"I Feel the Love" Project for Mia

As promised (in this post) here is the card I made for Mia as part of the "I Feel the Love" Project started by Madison at Funky Cards. On Monday I shared the card I made for Mia's parents and here is the link to Marley's card (Mia's sister).

If you're not familiar with Madison's project, here's the scoop -- Madison started "I Feel the Love" in June. It is a monthly challenge that gives her blog followers the chance to create a card to give someone who may be going through a difficult time.

Last month's recipient was a teacher at her High School who is battling cancer for the second time. Madison collected 22 cards for Ms. Pentoney! This month the recipients are 3 year old Marley, 5 year old Mia and their parents, Nikki and Brent. Marley was diagnosed with a brain tumor near her optic nerve, brain stem and pituitary gland in August 2009. She has persevered through surgeries, a stroke that left her right side paralyzed, and numerous rounds of chemo. Madison has already collected 33 cards this month!

The "Make A Wish" Foundation recently granted Marley's wish and the family received a trip to Disney World. So I decided to make a Minnie Mouse card for 5 year-old Mia.

My card base measures 8 1/2" tall x 5 1/2" wide is made from a piece of Bazzil's pinkini. Minnie is cut at 5" wide and is from the Mickey & Friends cartridge. "Hello" is cut at 5" wide and is from the Cindy Loo cartridge. I used a little bit of chalk for Minnie's cheeks, some bling for flower centers and some pen doodling to complete her card. Other than the card base all of the papers came from my scrap stash. Here is what I started with: 

(I'm linking up Mia's card at Whimsical Wednesdays for their "Use Your Scraps" challenge.)

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my "I Feel the Love" project. I hope maybe I've inspired you to hop on over to Madison's blog and become part of the IFTL Team -- anyone can join -- the only requirement is to share what you love doing with someone who needs some "love."

~ Jen

"I Feel the Love" Project for Marley

As promised (in this post) here is the card I made for Marley as part of the "I Feel the Love" Project started by Madison at Funky Cards.  On Monday I shared the card I made for Marley's parents.  (Check back in a few for the card I made for Marley's sister, Mia.)

If you're not familiar with Madison's project, here's the scoop -- Madison started "I Feel the Love" in June.  It is a monthly challenge that gives her blog followers the chance to create a card to give someone who may be going through a difficult time.

Last month's recipient was a teacher at her High School who is battling cancer for the second time. Madison collected 22 cards for Ms. Pentoney! This month the recipients are 3 year old Marley, 5 year old Mia and their parents, Nikki and Brent.  Marley was diagnosed with a brain tumor near her optic nerve, brain stem and pituitary gland in August 2009. She has persevered through surgeries, a stroke that left her right side paralyzed, and numerous rounds of chemo. Madison has already collected 33 cards this month!

 

 

Marley loves dogs and her favorite color is blue.  So that was the obvious direction to take in making this card! 

I used Create-A-Critter and Cricut Design Studio to create this dog house-shaped card.  The dog house measures 5 3/8" x 5 3/8" and is welded on the top left side of the roof.  The dog food bowl measures 2 3/4" wide.  I used a small dog paw rubber stamp and embossed the paws on the bowl with white embossing powder.  The dog is cut at 2 7/8" wide and is sporting a blue collar.  Some white rub-on letters and pen stitching with a white gel pen complete this card.  I hope it makes Marley smile!  (I am linking Marley's card to the Queen of My Craftroom's challenge -- Create-A-Critter cartridge challenge.)

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my "I Feel the Love" project.  I hope maybe I've inspired you to hop on over to Madison's blog and become part of the IFTL Team -- anyone can join -- the only requirement is to share what you love doing with someone who needs some "love."

~ Jen

Cooking With Cricut Challenge: Wascally Wabbits

It's another wonderful Wednesday!  Our challenge this week at Cooking With Cricut was to use a bunny on our project in honor of the 71st birthday of Bugs Bunny!

According to Bugs Bunny: 50 Years and Only One Grey Hare, he was born on July 27, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York in a warren under Ebbets Field, home of the Brooklyn Dodgers. In reality, he was created by many animators and staff, including Tex Avery, who directed A Wild Hare, Bugs' debut role, and Robert McKimson, who created the definitive "Bugs Bunny" character design. According to Mel Blanc, the character's original voice actor, Bugs has a Flatbush accent. Bugs has had numerous catchphrases, the most prominent being a casual "Eh... What's up, doc?", usually said while chewing a carrot.

I created a birthday card using the rabbit from Everyday Paper Dolls and birthday party accessories from Doodlecharms.  The completed card measures 5" x 7" and is made with a turquoise card stock.  The patterned paper mat is by American Traditional Designs -- Tres Chic Brights, "My Words" (c. 2005).  All of the other paper are from my scrap stash.

Everyday Paper Dolls ~ bunny cut at 4 3/4" tall.

Doodlecharms ~ cupcake cut at 2 1/4" tall; party hat cut at 1 1/2" tall; and the gift box is cut at 2 3/8" tall.

I used glitter on the cupcake and party hat.  A small white pom-pom for his tale and 3-D crystal lacquer gave his little pink nose a nice shine!  Some pink blink, a little bit of chalk and some pen stitching complete my little gray hair hare.

Thanks for stopping by and helping us celebrate Bugs Bunny's birthday!  I hope you'll link up your bunny project over at Cooking With Cricut -- you could be this week's Top Chef.

~ Jen