Honoring Becky Smith

Becky Smith is a Close To My Heart Consultant in Brownfield, Texas.  She was recruited by Paige Lindsey and is in the All Keyed Up Consultants Team.   Becky and Paige have been dear friends for  years and they team teach workshops and classes together.  Becky has been struggling with cancer for several months. 

On Saturday, the All Keyed Up Consultants Team met and made these beautiful Pink Ribbon card sets to auction off .  The proceeds of this auction will be donated to the Susan Komen Foundation in Becky’s honor.

We will be taking bids from now through Friday, October 28 at Midnight.   To place a bid, simply leave a bid and your email address (for notification purposes) in the comment box of THIS POST.   Please make your bid at least $1.00 more that the last bid in the comments section.  There are 4 sets of cards that are being auctioned off and you can bid on both blog sites:  http://aaronsbooth32.blogspot.com and http://stampingaudrey.blogspot.com.    A PayPal invoice will be sent to the winning bidders on Saturday, October 29 (we will ship them to the winners).  Happy Bidding!

Pinktober

In honor of Pinktober - Breast Cancer Awareness Month - Susan G. Komen Foundation, I finally used this awesome stamp set Always Remember.  When I served on the CTMH  Advisory Board in 2007, I practically begged CTMH to create a ribbon stamp set that could be used for Breast Cancer, Heros/War, etc., and Whoa la - they created one.  If you don't have it, you should definitely get it.  For this card I used Cotton Candy Cardstock and ink, Kraft Cards, Dark Chocolate Striped Ribbon, and Red and Pink Sparkle Assortment.

Also, did you know that 1 out of every 6 women will be diagnosed with Breast Cancer?  Those statistics are astounding in my opinion.  My mom and I walked in the Race for the Cure held in Lubbock on October 1st with the Women of the Church of Westminster Presbyterian Church.  The WOW board organized our team as a project that we could do as a group.  As they were planning events for the coming year, they were meeting at the Moderator's house and there were 6 ladies at the table - out of the 6 ladies - 5 of them had been treated for Breast Cancer! 

In my family, we have Breast Cancer on both sides of the family.  My maternal grandmother had Breast Cancer and Uterine Cancer.  Her sister had Breast Cancer 3 times and her daughter (my cousin) recently had it and went through chemo and radiation.  I found out several weeks ago, that my Paternal Grandmother's Sister also had it.  Whether you have Breast Cancer genes in your family or not, I believe early detection is so important.  I have been having mammograms since the age of 30 because of family history.  If you haven't already had a mammogram this year, please have one.  Even if you don't have insurance, the test is not so costly that it isn't worth it.  Remember - YOU are someone's sister, mother, grandmother, niece, daughter, and you matter!

Fall Mini Album

 

This cute little 3x3 Fall Album was created from one of our new Kraft 6x6 cards.  I simply cut the card in half - making it 3x6.  I scored the 2 card halves every 3," and then overlapping the flap, I adhered them together.  I accordion folded it to create the album.

The album is adhered together by the scallop flap, thus making a pocket for the tag (middle of the album under the sunset flourish).

Here are the inside layouts.

I used Mischief  paper, Kraft 6x6 Cards, Mocha Opaque Gems, Cricut Art Philosophy, Chocolate Ribbon, Mini Medley Pewter Assortment.