Good Morning and Happy Thursday!  You know what that means – it’s new release day for Lindsay’s Stamp Stuff. This week you are in for quite a treat – we have joined forces to offer you a special stamp set and printable card kit in honor of those of have fought, are fighting, or have lost the fight against Breast Cancer. As you know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness month – and has a special place in my heart as we have had several family members and dear friends fight the battle, and with God’s grace – all but one has won! 

For this week’s release, Lindsay has created another awesome Leaf set – Sketchy Leaves is perfect for your Fall projects. I just love the clusters! This set coordinates nicely with Lindsay’s Leaf Prints set – read Lindsay’s  tutorial on recoloring (and the coordinated free background papers) from last week and you can create stunning one-of-a-kind cards quickly!

As I mentioned, my project this week coordinates with Lindsay’s blog freebie – she has 2 fabulous BCA themed stamps for you and I have my very first printable card kit – inspired by my Hope Is paper pack. Here’s what I created using Lindsay’s BCA freebie and my printable kit:

The purse is available here. I have to say a special thank you to Mel of Melz Stamps for her templates and tutorials.  Check out Mel’s blog for awesome inspiration and detailed instructions for constructing purses like this one and many others. To add some sparkle to the flower clasp, after printing and cutting, I covered it in Versamark and added Super Sparkle embossing powder.  I also added faux beads with my silver Prisma marker.

For these cards – inspired by this week’s sketch at Inspirational Card Sketches, I used my printable card kit, wordart that I created in Photoshop, and Lindsay’s Save the TaTas stamp – check her blog for this awesome freebie.  I colored the bras with my copics and Spica clear glitter pen and Gelly Roll Glaze pen. For added shimmer I chalked the bra background with my Pebbles shimmer chalks. The stamps with cut and matted using my nestabilities and DCWV glitter CS from their Glitter Mat Stack.

For my Hope and Believe Cards, I printed the cards and mats from my printable card kit, embossed with my cuttlebug folder and texture plates, and adhered to Pretty in Pink CS.  I added sheer pink organdy ribbon under the sentiment.  In the Hope card, I used pink forget-me-nots from Prima (thank you Suzanne – they’re awesome!).  For the Believe card, the flower is Prima and the leaves are die cut mulberry paper that I made using a sizzlits die. All 4 cards and their envelopes fit inside the purse – so this makes a perfect gift for someone special.

That’s all from me – have a fabulous Thursday!  Be sure to visit Lindsay’s blog for your Free stamp set and the rest of the DT blogs for more amazing inspiration!

Robin of Robin’s Artful Musings has some AWESOME Halloween digital stamps on her blog – and she’s giving them away for FREE! Click the preview to visit her blog and snag the goodies for yourself.  Don’t forget to leave some love too!

Wow – another week has passed! Last time I wrote, I was preparing for a weekend visit with my Nana.  My Mom, Nadya, and I left at the crack of dawn last Friday and arrived home mid-evening on Sunday. We had a fabulous visit – Mom and Nana cut out school related items with Nana’s Cricut and then I showed Nana how to use her Sure-Cuts-A-Lot software and downloaded a few SVG files for her.  She’s excited to use the software with her cutter.  Saturday was her birthday, so we took her to lunch at one of her favorite restaurants – El Chico’s and then spent the afternoon hanging out and helping my Mom find a few clothing items.  She’s been doing well with her weight loss – 5 inches since last year.  This was the first time she’s been able to walk into a fashionable store and buy items off the rack.  You could just see the excitement and pride in her face – she was walking a bit taller by the time we left.  I am so proud of her!  That evening we had leftovers from lunch followed by a YUMMY coconut cake my cousin Brenda had made (her friend makes fabulous cakes!).

On Sunday, we helped Nana with a few things around the house, had lunch, and loaded up.  We all enjoyed the visit and I was able to capture a photo of Nadya with her Grandmother and Great-Grandmother (Nana).

We stopped at the cemetery since Sunday also marked the 1-year anniversary of Papa’s passing.  We laid some flowers out and watched Nadya smell the roses and say “I Love You Papa” when it was time to go. 

Our last stop was at Rosa’s to bring home steak fajita burritos with queso for Yasha – one of his favorites.  Rosa’s is a special treat since the ones around here closed, we have to wait until we visit Nana to enjoy them!

We’ve had a busy couple of days at home – yesterday was Wal-Mart for weekly groceries and today was laundry day!  The weather has been very pleasant here, so this evening we were able to enjoy some outdoor time without being eaten by the bugs or blown into the next county.  I’ve also been working on a special project with Lindsay of Lindsay’s Stamp Stuff – so be sure to check back on Thursday for a surprise!

Have a great evening! I’m off to reheat some of the chicken enchiladas I made last night – I think I’ll add some rice too.  Yummy!