A little plug....

Hello everyone ~ I wanted to post a little something that is near and dear to my heart, so this is not a "crafty" post.  If your not interested in anything other than crafty there is no need to read on.  But I would appreciate it if you did.

You might notice on my right sidebar a little way down there are some buttons that you can click on.  I generally don't post anything on my blog unless it means something to me, and this does.

The other day I received an email from a dear lady Wendy.  She was so kind to comment on my blog and she had asked me about The Angel Company that I had listed on my signature line on my email.  Well it was not what she thought, but we talked about it.  She is the founder of Angels Anonymous.  It is a mostly Canadian site that helps bring terminal cancer patient their last wish.  Then I asked her if she did anything like Chemo Angels do, and she did not know about them so I forwarded her the link to their site. 

Chemo Angels is another wonderful site that a couple of dear friends have belonged to for a while and it's something that I always wanted to be involved in and have never signed up.  The Angels send cards and little items to patients to help brighten their day.

I have posted on my sidebar the buttons with links to their sites.  I would appreciate it if you would take a minute to visit them.  And if you can't join them maybe send them a dollar or two to help them out ~ they do rely on donations, and it is for a wonderful cause.

Thank you Wendy for bringing your organization to my attention ~ I think that it will give me that "kick" in the rear to step up and do my part.  You are really, truly and Angel. 

Pretty as a Princess....

Good Morning Everyone, I hope that your Easter was perfect! Ours here was beautiful, just cold. Of course I wish that I could of enjoyed it more but I was laid up. I have had some minor back trouble for years, but it is only been worse the past year after I fell down the stairs. Yes, me half asleep coming downstairs to take the dog out in the middle of the night decided to go down the stairs on my rump instead of the traditional way on your feet! But that's neither here nor there ~ let's talk about cards :)

I was chatting with a friend the other day and she is a Chemo Angel. If you'd like more info on the subject click here. Anyway, she received a new patient and she is a little 5 year old girl. She told me that the little girl loves pink, princesses and fairys so I had to help a little. I made a couple of cards to send to her.

For this first card that I made I used the Pretty Princess set. This set has not had much use out of it since my DD was little so I just had to use it. The main card is a pale pink cs that I bought at a show years ago. I used the scor-pal to make the diamond shapes on the Pink Passion cs. I then stamped the images and colored them in with my pencils and SU! markers. I sponged Pretty in Pink ink around all the edges and layered them on to Pixie Pink cs. The border at the bottom of the page is from my SU! Accents & Elements Sweet Nothings tin. I added some stickles to the card and I was thru.


This is another card that I made using my SU! sets. The base card is Pixie Pink. I layered that with papers from my TAC Sands of Time collection that was sponged with Pink Passion ink and run over the scor-pal to create the background. I sponged some Creamy Caramel ink to "grunge" it up. I stamped the image from the Fairy Nice set, colored it with pencils, sponged Pink Passion ink and placed that right on the card.

I punched out a tab with my round tab punch and stamped part of the saying with Creamy Caramel ink and a tab from the Lillianna collection to stamp the rest of the saying. I then used my Crop-a-dile to add the eyelets and then placed that on the card. With some left over scraps I made a photo corner, attached a scrap of ribbon and glued that in the upper right corner.

I only hope that these cards bring some sort of joy to a sick little girls day.

I'm not sure how much I'm going to get done today ~ but I will try. Here's wishing you all a happy and healthy day. Remember to tell the one's you love how much they mean to you.