Fight Like a Girl Blog Hop

The month of October is Breast Cancer Awareness month.  Here at Jens Digi Stamps we want to recognize the 2.5 million women who survived breast cancer,  Honor those that are standing up right now and Fighting Like a Girl we support you !   

Please take the time to get a mammogram....

About 1 in 8 women in the United States (12%) will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime.

The most significant risk factors for breast cancer are gender (being a woman) and age (growing older).

These statistics came from www.breastcancer.org

I'm so pleased to be part of this hop.  We have a program here in Maine called, 'Buddy to Buddy'.  Each month we are to remind our 'buddy' to do a breast self-exam - each year we remind our 'buddy' to schedule her mammogram.  Here is my card to my 'Buddy', reminding her to schedule her yearly appointment.  Hope you like it!

There is lots of candy offered for this hop, but I have a little bit of my own.  I'm offering two followers a 'Breast Cancer Awareness' coffee/tea cozy, that I hand knit.  Please be a follower and leave a comment and I will draw a winner immediately after the hop.  

TEA/COFFEE CUP COZY
FREE PATTERN AT BERNAT.COM

Your next stop on the hop is Tina Keller.  If you get lost along the way, here is the line up.

Jens Digi Stamps  

Jackie Randolph

Debbie Wilson 

Tanya Johnson

Patti Ross (me)

Tina Keller (next stop)

Linda T 

Amanda Haynes 

Susan Bermudez 
Meg 

Jamie L. 

Shawnee Penkacik 

Barbara Babe

Dianne Watson 

Janet 

Gabby 

Fabi

Christelle 

I Won Some Papercrafting World Digi's!

That's right, I won some Digi's from Papercrafting World.  Madison, from Funky Cards had a $10 gift certificate to Papercrafting World offered as a prize for the "Pocket Full Of Memories" blog hop and I WON!  *Doing a happy dance and singing*

My 4-year old grandest daughter and I, have had so much fun playing with our new digital stamps.  We've colored them in marker (crayola) and colored pencils (again, crayola) and even crayons (yep, crayola again).  I haven't had a chance to do "serious" coloring - but wanted to share a couple cards I made with colored pencils.

As you can see - I'm not the most talented coloring girl out there...but I can't tell you the fun I've had.  My grand-daughter and I are really getting good at coloring in the lines - and of course, stickling everything we can!!!   Hope you all enjoy!

BIG THANKS to Melin and Madison for the digi's!!!!!

WORLD CARDMAKING DAY - BLOG HOP -DAY 3

Hello crafters and welcome to The World Cardmaking day blog hop on this the 4th of October.

This is a 5 day blog hop with 10 different participants each day. If you arrived here from Erin  you are in the right place.  If you want to start at the beginning of today's hop, you can hop over to Gill and start from the beginning!   Hope you've enjoyed hopping so far.  Today is my day to share!

As it is World Cardmaking Day the participants of the hop are donating cards for charity. Plus in the line up each day you will find a UK crafting celebrity taking part among us mere mortal crafters !!!

On with the hop - if you have arrived here in blogger land and want to hop along then your on the right track and I hope you enjoy what you are about to see, not only from me but from all the participants - Remember to show each participant some love - there is some major blog candy offered along the way!

I made two cards for this hop, using House Mouse Stamps.  If you haven't had a chance to see them, you HAVE to check them out.  Not only do they offer some amazing stamps - but you can sign up to receive a daily "squeeek" from them in your email each morning!

After matting both stamps, I embellished with stickles. 

I hope you like what I've come up with. Now your next hop stop is Debbie T. where you will find another GREAT creation and lots of inspiration!
Thanks for hopping and hope you join us again tomorrow for another GREAT lineup of cardmakers!

WORLD CARDMAKING DAY WITH INKING IT UP CRAZY

Kassidy, from Inking It Up Crazy asked a few of us to help her out in celebrating WORLD CARDMAKING DAY!  I am so honored to be a part of this special day - and to be included in such a GREAT bunch of cardmakers!  My project is BIRTHDAY and my 4-year old grand-daughter, Lexi, wanted to help.  She loves stickles and I think she did a pretty good job of getting them in the right places!  Here's our offering.

I used "Hoot 'n Holler" Lite Cartridge that I got from my local Walmart.  They had it marked down to $15.  I decided that I wanted to do something with fall colors that would be suitable to give a man.  I used some kraft cardstock and inked it all over with my versamark pad and a leaf stamp.  I embossed some green cardstock with my cuddlebug folder - to give it a wood grain texture.  I attached the three owls on a limb with some pop-dots to make it pop and then matted the sentiment and used pop-dots on that too.  Lexi loved adding the stickles and the bling.  She wants to give this to her Great-Grandpa for his birthday this month!  

Thanks so much for taking the time to look at our project.  

Fall Project with House Mouse Stamps

I've had so many people ask me about my House Mouse Stamps.   My sister Linda, who started me on this papercrafting journey, got me hooked on them.  I LOVE them to pieces.  They have a way of capturing our day to day lives and just making you smile.  One of the wonderful things they offer, besides their stamps, is a "Daily Squeeek".  Every day it is waiting in your email inbox.  A new image each day.  I have a folder just filled with their images and when I am in need of inspiration - well that folder calls to me.

This is a card I made last night.  I printed the image onto watercolor paper and then with a wet brush, enhanced certain parts of the design.  Then I added stickles - matted the picture and used my new favorite stamp set from Peachy Keen (scarecrow accents) "Be Ye Thankful".  The leaf paper and cutouts are from Hot off the Press (paperwishes.com)  

Please email me with any questions - or if the links to House Mouse Stamps, Daily Squ--eeek doesn't work.  I'll be glad to sign you up!

I'm entering this card into the Whimsical Wednesday, "Anything Goes Challenge".

Happy Crafting!!!!  (And a big thank you again, to my sister Linda....who always knows where to hook me up for what I need in the scrapping world)

ANNUAL COMMON GROUND FAIR

Today we took our oldest Grandest-Daughter, Lexi, 4, to the Common Ground Fair.  This fair is sponsored by the Maine Organic Farmers and Growers Association.  There is such a diverse culture and belief system there - and so many avenues to pursue and explore.  My favorite places included the 'fiber arts'.  Sheep, angora rabbits and goats...Ahhhhhh, I could go on and on.  I love feeling the many fleeces and fibers...the natural dyes and the many knit, crochet, spun, woven and hooked creations.  Then there are the vegetables...the herbs...the many remedies and folklore we have some how lost along the way.  I feel inspired, I feel in awe and I feel overwhelmed.  Today, I saw it all through the eyes of a 4 year old.  She tried on angora hats and declared, "Nana, these are so fashionable."  She pet alpaca's and said, "Oh, Nana they are so cute and cuddly - I need to hug and kiss them".  She decided Llama's were not her thing - but the babydoll sheep and angora goats she threw her arms around and declared we just had to get some.  How I love that little girl and her ability to embrace everything in life.

This Donkey was cute, but she decided he didn't smell so good.  But the next stop - angora bunnies...were so soft, she didn't care if they smelled a little yucky at times.  After face painting and contra dancing and a ladies drumming group, we made our way back to the truck....

This is one exhausted little peanut.  Sleep well, little Butterfly Princess and dream wonderful dreams...

Get Sketchy With it - Challenge at Crafty Sprouts

Crafty Sprouts has a sketch challenge this week.  I've done two other sketches this weekend and thought I'd try my hand at another.  Here is my entry!

I had a lot of fun with this - just using pieces from the scrap box.  I used some cricut cuts and my Martha Stewart Border Punch and some stickers from Paper Wishes.