Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Heart2Heart: Always Remember

Before I get to  the details of this card, I want to take a moment to honor and remember my mother, Diane, who passed away in 1984 from a rare form of breast cancer. She was only 35 years old and left behind a husband, 17 year old daughter (that was me), 15 and 5-year old sons, and a 17-day old baby girl as well as parents, siblings, and numerous other family members and friends. She was smart, funny, brave, a little off beat, loved scary movies and books but got genuinely scared by them, she was great with children and she is still missed every day. If you haven't had a mammogram yet this year, I urge you to do so and also to encourage your friends to do the same. Until we find a cure, early detection is our best weapon.


card details:  This week's challenge at Heart2Heart is a technique challenge of inking a stamp with one color and then rolling the edges in another color before applying the image to paper.  I chose a very basic, clean and simple card to try this approach and I'm hoping the color combination is not too subtle, but I used Blush for my base color on the retired Always Remember stamp set with Hollyhock as my edge color.  I cut the card shape at 5" height using the Art Philosophy cartridge, sponged Baby Pink on the edges, and I used Blush ink on the A Typeface alpha (A1117) and Hollyhock  on the "find the cure" sentiment which is also part of the Always Remember set.
 
Happy crafting!
 
Annette


10 comments:

  1. very nice card, thanks for joining us at H2H

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  2. Nice card and beautiful sentiments about your mom. I am going on a year and a half cancer free and totally agree! And would add the self check is so important!
    Kim (a fellow Iowan)

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    1. Thank you, Kim, and congrats on 1 1/2 years of clean checkups! Prayers for health & happiness for many, many years to come!

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  3. What a great card! Love the crossword type entwining of words and the shades of pink you "rocked and rolled"! What a beautiful tribute to your mother! My heart goes out to your family for the loss of her life.

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    1. Thanks so much! I was on your blog yesterday and I was SO impressed! I will be following your blog for more inspiration!

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  4. I love this card and really am inspired by your post. How great is it that you can use a tragedy in your own family to give back to others - you are a blessing indeed!

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    1. Thanks for your kind workds, Elizabeth. I am always inspired by your work!

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  5. Beautiful card, Annette, and beautiful back-story as well. The crossword works so well with the "typeface" alphabet. Thanks for adding your ribbon of hope to the H2H challenge this week.

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  6. Beautiful card and story, thanks for joining us at H2H

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  7. Thanks to the design team at H2H and all the players, I have found so much inspiration from all of you!

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