Friday, 15 September 2023

Lindsey's Legacy Hop

If you're following along with Lindsey's Hop you should have arrived here from The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers.


Today, we are hopping in memory of our dear friend and fellow cardmaker, Lindsey Martin-Penny, who sadly passed away last year from a rare and aggressive form of ovarian cancer. 


I will always feel blessed to have been a member of Lindsey's extensive friendship group. She was kind, witty and wise, and I miss our frequent email and FB chats very much. We were both school librarians and had battled the same battles for funding and recognition, and I found her clear-headed common sense so helpful during my final years in the job. Her tremendous sense of humour was something else I will always treasure.


September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month and Lindsey’s husband Burke thought it would be a great time to sell off her many craft supplies, with all of the proceeds going towards Lindsey’s Legacy Fund for Clear Cell Ovarian Cancer Research in cooperation with The Princess Margaret Cancer Centre.


The purpose of this hop will be to honour Lindsey, celebrate her life and all that she loved, as well as help spread the word to raise funds for clear cell ovarian cancer research.  You can help in one of several ways!



  1. Purchase a Flat Rate Mailer stuffed with loads of fabulous craft supplies.  These can only be mailed within Canada and there will be no tax receipts provided with the purchase of these boxes.  A box of craft supplies would make a great gift for yourself, a crafty friend or a child/classroom!  For details about the boxes and how you can go about purchasing one, please email lindseyslegacyfund@rogers.com with the message "Craft Box" or visit Lindsey’s original blog, Bashful Blogging.  Every craft box purchase in September will be entered into a draw and one lucky winner will win a $100 gift certificate to Scrap ‘n Stamp.

  2. During the month of September, shop at Scrap ‘n Stamp using the code LINDSEY10 at checkout.  You will get 10% off your purchase (sale items excluded) and Scrap ‘n’ Stamp will donate 10% of their proceeds to Lindsey’s Legacy Fund.

  3. Any donations over $15 made directly to Lindsey’s Legacy Fund will receive a digital tax receipt.

  4. Repost this hop on your social media and encourage others to share!




Longtime followers of The Sisterhood already know what a joy Lindsey was to so many of us.  Her wit, intelligence and creativity brought so much light into our lives and she is dearly missed. 


Today we are hosting our own little Happy Hour in honor of Linds who did love a good cocktail.  There won't be a gallery however we will be back tomorrow with our regularly scheduled programming.  


Lindsey’s Legacy Hop begins at Emily Leiphart’s blog.  If you get lost along the way, please return to Emily’s blog where she will have the entire hop list.


How to hop:

💙 Like and leave a comment at each stop

💙 Learn a little bit about Lindsey’s connection to that person

💙 Share this post and help us save lives


This is the card I made to honour Lindsey....



I think she'd approve as she liked a cocktail or two! The stamped images are from Happy Hour by Janes Doodles and I had fun masking and merging them.


I'm linking this card over at Colour Hues, who are also taking part in this hop. 


Thanks so much for hopping with us, and please head back to The Sisterhood's post to see more of our Lindsey Inspired creations.


The Christmas Kickstart Challenge #78 - Reminder

 


Hi guys, it's Reminder time over at Christmas Kickstart where we're in the mad-talented company of Kimberly W from Wienerhoneymooners.

 

Our theme for this month is:

Challenge #78 - Chillin' with my Snowmies

and here's a reminder of Kimberley's adorable card: 




I always like to create my Reminder card by taking some inspiration from the card created by our elfin guest and here's what I came up with...


One of the things I really like about Kimberley's card is the way your eye is invited to move around the card to 'read' the full story of her creation. I used Scene Builder from Mama Elephant and a Jane's Doodles Snowman from Winter Icons to make my card. 

I also made this fun little number...



Rudolph has a lovely prize for his Random Raffle for this challenge.



Kimberley and I both hope you'll come and play along!

Tuesday, 5 September 2023

The Christmas Kickstart Challenge #78 - Chillin' with my Snowmies!

 

This month at Christmas Kickstart I'm thrilled to welcome the amazing Kimberly Wiener as our elf! This gals colouring is awesome - I wish I had even a quarter of her talent.


Our theme for this month is:

Challenge #78 - Chillin' with my Snowmies

You will LOVE what Kimberley has created for our challenge together! 


Here's what I whipped-up for my offering...


As you can see, I was in the mood for something very CAS. I'm still enjoying playing with new-to-me set Christmas sELFies from MFT. Aren't they cute!


My second card for this challenge is also on the CAS side. I do like this sweetie from Paper Smooches Swanky Snowdudes. Sadly, I can't find any links to this sweet set, but I guess it has been around a long, long time. It's such a pity Paper Smooches shut up shop.

The embossing folder background is Tim Holtz Simple Snowflakes and is still available from Sizzix. The sentiment is Waffle Flower Label Maker Holiday Sentiments. This is a great set and has a lovely selection of sentiments which you cut all at the same time and can then keep for future cards. I added some little black gems for his eyes and buttons.


Rudolph has chosen an adorable prize for his Random Raffle...

  

Kimberley and I both hope that you'll all be packing the linky gallery with your snow folk this month!

Saturday, 2 September 2023

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #242 - R is for Retro

 


Edna and the gang are heading back in time for the next two weeks as we play R is for Retro!

I was gifted this fun design paper and thought it had a bit of a retro vibe about it. The cranky gal stamp is from VLVS and I could use this image again and again and again.


You'll love what we have on offer over at The Sisterhood, so please come on over take a look and join the fun!

Card Chain Challenge August 2023 - Reveal

Can you believe it's time for the August 2023 Card Chain Challenge Reveal??? We're racing through the year!


We had 32 participants who exchanged cards across the globe this month.
 
Total number of cards exchanged thus far by Card Chain Challenge participants is 4,105

All the cards exchanged this month used at least one of the following options:

Colour Palette Option


or

Sketch Option


or 

Theme Options: CAS/Fruit or Veg/Friendship

or 

Product / Technique Options: Vellum/Stencils


This is the card I sent to Marianne in Greece.


I had so much fun stencilling the grass after I masked this adorable Colorado Crafts Company bunny. 

My sender this month was Gundi in Germany and look look what she sent! 
Thanks, Gundi, I love your card.


If you're new to the Card Chain Challenge this is an event where everybody wins. You make a card for the person above you on the chain and you receive a card from the person below you on the chain. It's a personalized swap, sort of, and it's a ton of fun! Go here for past Chains.

Friday, 1 September 2023

Please spread the news...

 



Dear friends, I'd be grateful if you could please post this on your blogs!

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