Junk Journal July Day 11 - Fussy Cutting

 Coffee/Tea of the Day - Spiced Hazelnut coffee 

Welcome back to another project for Junk Journal July. for more information about the challenge, see this post.

front of card

Today's prompt is 'fussy cutting.' oh my gosh, is this ever my nemesis. I love the look of fussy cut ephemera, but good golly is it ever hard for me to do. my tremors make it difficult to hold onto any paper to cut. I also can't do it for very long or else it triggers seizures. that is why if you ever see fussy cutting on something I have made, you know that it is a special project for a special person. ;)

back of card

I created a journaling card to add to Tyler and Danielle's nautical journal.  I have used a junk mail postcard covered in coffee dyed paper. other papers are from Fancy Pants and Mintay Papers. fussy cut pieces are from Ronda Winstead, Mintay Papers, and 49 & Market.

I added some netting from an onion bag as well as a blue ticket. I kept the back a bit more simple to allow room for a photo or writing. some white paint was spattered across the card front. 

thank you for stopping by today! 

Pink Power

Coffee of the Day - Maple

It's absolutely gorgeous here! also our big Maple Festival is going on, so lots and lots of people visiting our little town. first year in many that the sun is actually shining for the festival, so that is nice. Ryan is in the bathtub races tomorrow morning, so that should be fun. it's weird to not have anyone marching in the big  parade. that's what happens when everyone goes and graduates from high school! ;)  since we only live a block from the town square, I can smell the yummy foods when I step outside my door. oh my gosh, all of the maple aromas are divine! we let friends park in our driveway so they can just walk up from here. traffic gets really jammed up, and the dogs pretty much spend the entire weekend barking at all of the people walking by the house.

anyhow, I wanted to share a card I made for several challenges. main reason I made it though is to work on my stash of cards to take to my oncologist's office when I go again for the card box I have set up there. When I was there the other day, the box was almost empty. Can't have that! :) so I want to make plenty more cards for all of the folks going through chemo to grab if they want to. hard to believe it was a year ago that I was going through all of that myself. my hair is still growing in. it's all curly wurly now and looks so goofy. some of it is almost about 3" long! almost! tee hee! probably closer to 2", but I'm like the little toddler who's birthday is ALMOST to the next one.....

this fun boxing gloves image comes from Oak Pond Creations, papers are Fancy Pants Time for Spring, ribbons are all May Arts, and sentiment is Create with TLC. the bright pink ribbon is really tied in a bow, but I cut it off in the scan. it got all smooshed in the scanner anyhow....faux stitching finishes the card.

Challenges:
Oak Pond Birthday Bash - use an Oak Pond image
Link Up For Pink - breast cancer awareness
Dilly Beans - think pink
QKR Stampede - fave things (PINK!!!)
Sweet Pea Stampers - support your fave charity (cancer patients, see above)
In the Pink - ribbons and/or ruffles
Crafty Ribbons - anything goes with ribbon
Rhedd and Rosie - stitching
Whimsy - pretty in pink

So Sweet at Jellypark

Coffee of the Day - Cinnamon Hazelnut

Today starts a new challenge as well as new releases over at Jellypark Friday Friends! be sure to stop by the challenge blog for some fun news, too! :)

Our challenge is 'So Sweet' - we want to see how sweet you can be with your projects!

My card uses the fun ticket for tea image, Fancy Pants Time for Spring paper collection, Cottage Cutz tea time border die, and various other embellies. lots of stickles, too! :)

have a wonderful weekend!

btw - thank you to so many of you who have let me know about 'The Walking Dead' starting up again this weekend. sadly we don't have cable tv, so we wait until the current season comes out on DVD at the library. until then I just dream of zombies........ I try to stay away from all of the spoilers, but gosh, it is HARD!!! ;)  PLEASE enjoy it for me!! :)

also, please forgive the quality of my crafting these past few days. my not feeling well is most certainly showing in my projects. hopefully it will improve soon.