Live…Laugh…Love Life

Hello ladies!!!  Today I have another new release for you at McMahon Five Designs and guess what?  It’s the time again where we give you a gentle reminder to do your self check.  If you do, we have a free image for you and I made a card with that image.

Since the month of February is Organ Donor month, we are highlight Organ Donor Awareness.  (Sue has written more about that later in the post.) 

I colored my image in the colors for Organ Donation and used an Awareness pin in the middle of the flower as a fun embelly.  Then the recipient of the card can take the pin off and put it on their lapel.  I handed out a lot of these pins ever since I was put on the transplant list.  I love that image!!!  As with last month’s image, it’s appropriate for any type of awareness.

Deets:  The DP is Basic Grey, the rose is cut from American Crafts ribbon and I added some Making Memories (I think) gold pearls.  The ribbon is vintage.

 

The Rose

Hearts

 

Emmaline

 

Winters Champion

 

Meadows Sunset

 

Valentine Buttons

 

Exclusive Line of Acrylic Stamps
By D'Amour Allure
Wishes of Love

 

Even though our focus is Breast Cancer Awareness, our images can be used for many other cancers and diseases.  Listed below are the Awareness' for February.

One is very near and dear to our Hearts.  Literally.  Our very own Christine, is a Heart Donor Recipient.  You can read about her story HERE.

If you aren't an organ donor, please consider becoming one.
It can save a life....like Christine's.  There are currently 110,179 people on the waiting list for a new heart.

You should also know that even if you sign up on the back of your drivers license, you should also register with your state.  In an emergency situation when minutes matter, it makes it much easier for health professionals to know your wishes if you are registered with your state. Please sign up with your state HERE.

After you have completed your self breast exam this month,
this beautiful digital stamp is yours FREE!

Live, Laugh, Love Life

 

AMD/LOW Vision Awareness Month: www.preventblindness.org
American Heart Month (Red or Red & Blue Ribbon): www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4441
International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month (Pink & Blue Ribbon): www.groupbstrepinternational.org 
National Children's Dental Month: www.ada.org/prof/events/featured/ncdhm.asp
National Wise Health Consumer Month: www.aipm.net/wise
Give Kids a Smile Feb 5th: www.givekidsasmile.ada.org 
National Wear Red Day Feb 5th (Red Ribbon): www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/hearttruth
Congenital Heart Defects Awareness Week Feb 7-14 (Red or Red & Blue Ribbon)
Burn Awareness Week Feb 7-13 (Red Ribbon): www.burnawareness.org
Children' of Alcoholics Week Feb 14-20: www.nacoa.org
National Donor Day Feb 14th (Green) (3rd Thursday of Jan): www.organdonor.gov/get_involved/nationaldonorday.htm
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To see the rest of the teams creations, please visit the Design Team blogs!

Amy, Bonnie, Carolyn, Christine (me), Kristine, Lorie, Michelle, Raven, Ruby (guest designer), Shelly, Sue

Blessings,

Christine

p.s.  I’ll be back later this afternoon with the winner of my giveaway!  If you haven’t entered, theirs still time!!! Stay tuned.

Eat Cake

It’s my day again to post on the Paper Maniac Inspiration blog. This week we are showing off our Memory Box papers (and stamps if I had one). I hadn’t seen Memory Box papers before ordering them from Paper Maniac and I am in love with them now. They are kind of whimsical, kind of vintage, kind of shabby all in one paper stack. They’ve become quite a popular line at the store. There are some great Memory Box stamps as well.

I chose to play with the Memory Box Gossamer stack and since I don’t have an appropriate Memory Box stamp (the only one I have is Christmas) I chose to use the Unity Domestic Bliss set by Melody Ross. Of course, you all know how much I love things by Melody!!! I also added some Kaisercraft pearls that I colored with Copics.

Speaking of which, Patti is now stocking Melody’s Homespun Chic and Artsy Urban papers by GCD. She has also ordered some others that are debuting at CHA. I know I’ll be ordering one of everything that she gets!!!

So, I hope I’ve kept you with me until now! We are having an Inventory Reduction Sale at Paper Maniac and it’s a progressive sale. This is how it works.

Patti has put tons and tons of stuff on sale. Happy shopping!

Blessings,

Christine

Deets:
Medium-ink; Image-Unity Domestic Bliss by Melody Ross; Sentiment-Unity Domestic Bliss by Melody Ross; Ink-Papertrey Ink; Paper-Memory Box; Pearls-KaiserCraft colored with Copics; Ribbon-Papertrey Ink; Punch-Martha Stewart; Cuttlebug-Nestabillities.

Challenges:
Stamp Something--Anything goes
Sketch Saturday--sketch
Pile it On--Anything goes

Sally Space Girl

It’s Thursday so that means it’s release day again at McMahon Five Designs.  We have some fun and beautiful images for you today.  I’ve included all of my teamies cards today because they are so beautiful!  The M5D team is so talented.

I made a card today with Sally Spacegirl.  She is all decked out for Space Camp. 

One of my favorite places in the world is Cape Canaveral.  I have been there three times and I spend the whole day touring the facilities.  It is such an amazing place and just holds me in awe.  Ever since I was young and looked up at the moon when Neil Armstrong was took the first step on the moon, I have been enamored by the space program! 

My dream job would be to work with the computers at NASA!  However, I wouldn’t really want to live in either Florida or Houston so I guess that’s not going to work!!!

Now on to the release!

 

 

Sammy Spaceman

Card by: Michelle

Card by: Shelly

 

Sally Spacegirl

 

 

New Beginnings

Card by: Raven

 

 

What's The Buzz

 

Card by: Kristine

Card by: Lorie

 

 

Stained Glass

Card By: Amy

Card by: Bonnie

Card by: Ruby

 

As an added BONUS this week, Fairydoodler has given us another Freebie to offer!  Isn’t she adorable.  I really wanted to color her up this week but just didn’t have time.

Clara

Card by: Kristine

 

Be sure to check out the samples by the rest of the Design Team!

Amy, Bonnie, Carolyn, Kristine, Lorie, Michelle, Raven, Ruby, Shelly

 

Blessings,

Christine

Deets:

Image—M5D Fairydoodler, DP—DCWV, buttons—Papertrey Ink.

Lovely Thoughts

It’s my turn to post on the Paper Maniac Inspirations blog. Our theme this week is vintage—my favorite style. I used two images and a sentiment from the fun Artistic Outpost Neverland set. I feel in love with this set and had to have it!!!

The paper is from the Kaisercraft English Rose pad. The lace is vintage from a RAK. I love using vintage items on my creations whenever I can. The pearls are Basic Grey and cardstock is Papertrey Ink.

Please check on the Paper Maniac Inspirations blog the rest of the week to see some more vintage creations.

The Soul Restoration class starts tomorrow, 1-11-11 at 11:11 pm. I’m so excited, kinda’ like the first day of school!!! I’m heading to be now (they are taking my internet down in two minutes). See you tomorrow!!!

Blessings,

Christine

Stamps: Artistic Outpost

Alice Wonders

It’s release day once again at McMahon Five Designs!!!  We have some cute, some vintagey, some digi paper, all kinds of stuff for you today!!!

Today, I made a card with the adorable Solocosmo Alice image!  I’m always partial to Alice in Wonderland images because my sister’s name is Alice.

Here’s the rest of the release!

 

 

 

Chloe Snow

 

 

Charlie

 

Little Bessie

 

 

 

 

Alice

 

 

Hey Sweet Thang

 

 

 Hey Sweet Thang Vintage Designer Papers

 

 

 

On The Slopes

 

Be sure to check out the samples by the rest of the Design Team!

Amy, Bonnie, Carolyn, Christine, Kristine, Lorie, Michelle, Raven, Ruby, Shelly, Sue

 

Did you see my giveaway post yesterday?  Don’t forget to check it out and leave a comment!!!

Blessings,

Christine

Winter Birds

It’s my day again to post for the Paper Maniac Inspiration blog and our theme this week is winter.

I used the Memory Box Mistletoe paper stack. Aren’t those little birdies so cute dressed up in their hats and coats. I inked it all up with lots of Distress Ink. I added some of the paper to a chipboard bird and applied Distress Ink all over it as well. I dyed some crinkly rayon seam binding with some of the same colors of Distress Ink that I used on the papers.

Now it’s way past time for me to go to bed. I’m scheduling this post for noon so you’ll probably be seeing it before I even get logged on to my computer. He-he!!!

Blessings,

Christine

I’ll be back later with the deets. Also, I received my order in the mail for my giveaway so I’ll put everything together and take a photo later so we can get this thing started. I hope you like it!!!

Deets: Chipboard Image-GCD; Sentiment-Unity; Ink-Papertrey Ink Pure Black; Paper-Memory Box Mistletoe; Pearls-Kaiser Craft; Ribbon-rayon seam binding dyed with Distress Ink; Punch-McGill Swirls; Cuttlebug-Nestabillities.

Challenges:
Card Positioning System--sketch

Scribbling with Tim

Posting quick so I don’t miss the deadline for the Compendium of Curiosities Challenge by Linda!!!  Back in a bit for details!

I’m back!  I made this tag on the day after the challenge was posted but was so busy with everything at Christmas time that I totally forgot to post it.  I saw a project on someone else’s blog yesterday and still almost forgot!  Yay, but it’s here now!!!

The challenge this week is the Scribble Stain technique!!!  I love this technique but you can’t really see it much on my tag.  I only have two colors of distress reinkers and not good ones for this technique to really show. 

More re-inkers are definitely on my wish list for 2010!  I’ve been buying a paint dauber every time I go to my lss but I think I’ll start adding reinters to that list!!!  There are just so many things that you can do with puddles of distress ink!

I’ve been working on a lot of fun creative projects this week and will hopefully have something to share tomorrow! 

Did you work in your Art Journal today for Art Journal Everyday?  I worked on a couple of things but not one of my art journals.  I’ll be making time for that between now and when I start on my project for Paper Maniac Inspiration this week!

See ya’ later alligator!!!

Blessings,

Christine