Sending Hugs Card

I am sharing today another project that I made last week. It is for the Where Creativity Meets C9 current challenge has to do with Sparkle and Shine. 

Here is what I came up. I used sequins for sparkle and heat embossing powder as a shiny element. 

 Supplies: cardstock (the Paper Studio), pattern paper (My Mind's Eye and Crate Paper), journaling card (Project Life), stamps (Concord & 9th), ink (Tsukineko and Close to My Heart), embossing powder (Gel-a-tins), watercolor pencil and crayon (Faber-Castell), doily (Doodlebug Designs), Tools (Heat embossing gun and MISTI) and sequins (SpiegleMom Scraps) 

 Inside of the card. 

A 36 Year Old Story

   Last week, I took a little me time and did work in my studio instead of stitching up the last of pet bow ties that were piled onto my table. I ended up using a sketch from the Creative Scrapbooker Nov. sketch challenge. 

I ended up scrapping my parents wedding anniversary. 

Supplies: cardstock (The Paper Studio and Bazzill Basics), pattern paper (Echo Park Paper Co., Carta Bella and Crate Paper), stickers (Basic Grey, My Mind's Eye, Studio Calico and American Crafts), chipboard (Crate Paper), tags (Studio Calico and Elle's Studio), doily (Doodlebug Designs), embellishments (Crate Paper), texture paste (Shimmerz).

   Lately, I have been loving chipboard pieces so when I saw the Maggie Holmes one on clearance at Hobby Lobby and couple of months ago I was sure to snag them. 

   These tags were something I got last year during the Black Friday sale at Studio Calico. 

   On the top of this page, I slipped a journaling card behind the main pattern paper for some journaling. 

World KC Day

   Today was the first time keratoconus has own day to give more awareness to this rare eye disease that no cure has been found or what even causes it. Having this has taught me how to never take small things for granted. I am amazed at all the beauty every day holds and that sight is very precious.
I am happy that collagen crosslinking is FDA approve now and I hope the kind I had done (epi-on) will be in the future.  

   I know my case is not as bad as others but it is still trying on days when I take out my contact lenses out too early but I am grateful what this journey has taught me. This thing has made me more of my own advocate personally and professionally, which I don't ever want to use as an excuse to hide behind.

   Since getting my new soft contact lenses I have been testing them out. I love looking from my bedroom window at the woods watching birds and planes going by. Now, when I look at the moon I don't see five images but two which I am still very grateful for. Last week, I had tears come to my eyes when I looked at Christmas lights. They looked like the shape of their bulb instead of the typical bohek effect that I have grown use to.
  
   I am not letting this rare eye disease live my life for me. KC I have kicked you to the back seat, enjoy the ride and watch what this girl is going to achieve. 

Here is a pic from 7.11.15 during the first cxl surgery. 

   This is me after the second cxl surgery on 4.02.16. 

Cards from WCMD

   Over the weekend I realized that I have never shared my World Card Making Day cards that I did back in Oct. I played along with challenges from Studio Calico and Sketch~N~Scraps. I am about to share with you 9 cards that I did that day. I loved how they all came out. If you like them and would like to have them head over to my Etsy shop. 

 Supplies: cardstock (Canvas Home Basics), pattern paper (Photo Play Paper), washi tape (The Paper Studio), stickers (SRM Stickers and Photo Play Paper), punches (EK Success), die cut (The Paper Studio), doily (Sunny-side Bakery) and SpiegleMom Scraps) 

 Supplies: cardstock (Canvas Home Basics), pattern paper (Echo Paper), washi tape (We R Memory Keepers), rub-on (American Crafts), punches (EK Success) stamp (?), ink (Tsukineko), chipboard (Simple Stories), and paperclip (Pink Paislee)

 Supplies: cardstock (Canvas Home Basics), pattern paper (My Mind's Eye), journaling card (Simple Stories), stamp (Studio Calico), embossing powder (American Crafts), embossing powder (Versa Mark), sequins (SpielgleMom Scraps), die cuts (SpielgleMom Scraps and Simple Stories), punches (EK Success), doily (Doodlebug Designs), and heat gun. 

  Supplies: cardstock (Canvas Home Basics), stamps (Studio Calico), embossing powder (Gel-a-tin), inks (Close to My Heart and Umbrella Crafts), stamping tool (MISTI), watercolor crayons (Faber-Castell), and punches (EK Success)

 Supplies: cardstock (Canvas Home Basics), pattern paper (Crate Paper), chipboard (Crate Paper), die cuts (SpiegleMom Scraps), doily (DoodleBug Designs)m sequins (SpiegleMom Scraps), stickers (My Mind's Eye)m and punch (EK Success).

 Supplies: cardstock (Canvas Home Basics), stamps (Studio Calico), embossing powder (American Crafts), ink (Umbrella Crafts and Versa Ink), stamping tool (MISTI), washi tape (My Mind's Eye), enamel dots (My Mind's Eye) and punches (EK Success)

 Supplies: cardstock (Canvas Home Basics), transparency (Webster's Pages), pattern paper (Webster's Pages)stamp (Studio Calico), die cut (The Paper Studio), ink (Close to My Heart) and punches (EK Success)

 Supplies: cardstock (Canvas Home Basics and American Crafts), pattern paper (American Crafts and Studio Calico), stickers (My Mind's Eye, SRM Stickers, and Studio Calico), doily (Doodlebug Designs), sequins (SpeigleMom Scraps), chipboard (Crate Paper and Um Wow Studio), and punch (EK success)

Supplies: cardstock (Canvas Home Basics), pattern paper (Echo Park), sequins (Studio Calico), burlap string (Maya Arts), stamp (Karen Foster), ink (Tsukineko), doily (Doodlebug Designs), markers (Spectrum Noir), punches (EK Success) and rub-on (American Crafts).