 
Good Monday morning friends! Well today “Should Do” and I had a little talk. It seems that “Should Do” doesn’t feel like it’s been getting enough attention. I felt overwhelmed by this accusation and looked back for support from “Wanna Do” whose arms were crossed doing anything not to meet my gaze. In the meantime, “Gotta Do” was absolutely glaring at me with those piercing eyes. Ugh . . . they all have quite the competition in my house and I have to admit that “Wanna Do” has been getting an awful lot of my time. (Rolling eyes). . . they.are.so.needy!! All that to say, I have a quick card today, but “Should Do” kept interrupting me to the point I probably got rude and as we speak is in the corner pouting. “Gotta Do” has finally made me feel so guilty that we’re going to spend some alone time together this afternoon. “Wanna Do” is gloating as I post this card. So, I’ll run through this quickly so that I can get on with my appointment with “Should Do” and “Gotta Do”. Oh the characters at my house . . . (Smile)
My card today is Mojo 203. I pulled out one of my new Our Daily Bread Design sentiments to show off – this one is called Sewn with Love. Lol, I’ll never give up regular paper, after all then, what could I hoard???? But . . . I pulled one of the journal pages off of the Crafty Secrets Creating with Vintage Patterns CD using Photoshop Elements 9 and printed it to my color inkjet printer for an easy background then built the rest of my colors around that page. (I erased the journal lines using my clone tool but in retrospect it probably would have looked charming to have left them in.) My card is 5.5″ x 7.5″ and the journal page is printed out at 5″ x 7″ because I like big cards . . . it’s just as easy to print this element out at 4″ x 6″ or at 3″ x 5″ :-) Just sayin’
I use Photoshop for most of my editing and pictures but for digital papers Elements makes it so easy; it has an organizer that I just love and all that without the Photoshop price tag.
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I stamped my sentiment on Spellbinders Labels Twenty Two, omitting the word “heart” (it was too long), then added a punched heart to get my thought across. I smudged the sentiment with Tattered Rose Distress ink while still in the die. The journal page really carries the card because the only other things I added were lace, seam binding and pearls. I love a quick card on Mondays!
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Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs – Sewn with Love
Paper: Crafty Secrets Creating with Vintage Patterns CD, Bazzill
Ink: Versafine – Onyx Black, Tattered Rose Distress Ink
Accessories: Spellbinders Labels Twenty Two, Lace, Seam Binding, Pearls, Heart Punch
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Thanks so much for stopping by. I’ve cleared off enough of a space on my craft table that I’m actually looking forward to sitting for a spell :-) See you tomorrow.
Thank you so much for stopping by friends! Yesterday so many of you left comments as a testimony, of a friend or a loved one stricken with cancer. My heart goes out to you, God bless you! It seems as though no one is untouched by this dreadful disease. I’m so proud to participate with JustRite Stampers in JustRite Crafting for a Cause.
JustRite Crafting For a Cause
In an effort to find an early diagnostic test or screening tool for Ovarian Cancer, JustRite Crafting For a Cause will donate 20% of the sales from Be Strong and Courage and Strength in 2011 to Ovarian Cancer Research. To learn more about the symptoms of this “silent killer “ visit www.OvarianCancer.org.
The second of the two Crafting for a Cause sets, that I’m showing today is called Be Strong. As I mentioned yesterday, it is JustRite’s first set of clear stamps. This set, like most you’ve seen over the past years was designed by JustRite’s stamp illustrator, Amy Tedder. This cause is near and dear to her heart as she is a six year Ovarian Cancer survivor. I hope you’ll take a second and read her story HERE.
I designed a card today around the teal ribbon which corresponds with ovarian cancer. One of my favorite new dies is Spellbinders Postage Stamp; used along with Spellbinders Classic Squares LG, I think it makes such a unique frame. I know I’ll get emails about this, so I’ll whisper what I did if you promise not to tell, lol! The frilly, lacey die inside the postage stamp is really Spellbinders Holly Motif – I simply cut off the small holly leaves to show you that it’s going to be a dazzling holiday die cut but with use of your handy, dandy exacto knife you’ll be able to to put it other uses too. On top of those two elements I cut/embossed Spellbinders Classic Ovals LG for my focal stamped element. Along the bottom of the card I had what I thought to be an unlikely pairing however once they were cut (using Spellbinders Classic Scallop and Classic Petal Edgeabilities) I simply loved the combination. Although I already had a lot of edge treatments, I couldn’t resist one more so I added in a panel of scallops that seemed like a great place to lay a row of lace. Whew!! Although today I used teal and yesterday pink, take a gander at all the list of ribbon colors below
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Stamps: JustRite Stampers – Be Strong
Paper: The Girls Paperie, The Paper Company, Pink Paislee
Ink: Colorbox Chalk Ink – Prussian Blue, Vintage Photo Distress Ink
Accessories: Spellbinders Holly Motif, Spellbinders Postage Stamps, Spellbinders Classic Scallop Edgeabilities, Spellbinder Classic Petal Edgeabilities, Spellbinders Classic Squares LG, Spellbinders Classic Ovals LG, Eggshell seam binding, lace, pearls,
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Thanks so much for stopping by!! I have some Becca Bits in the works so stop by again soon. In the meantime, please stop by and see what the rest of the Design Team have created!
JustRite Inspiration
Becca Feeken
Kellie Fortin
Mona Pendleton
Sharon Harnist
Heidi Blankenship
Michele Kovack
Kathy Jones
Stephanie Kraft
Angela Barkhouse
Barb Schram
Hi there blog friends. Yes, I know I’ve been quiet for a couple of days. I’ve been finishing up some maintenance work behind the scenes on my blog. The first part of this year had been so wonderfully busy that I didn’t want to spare even one day to take it down to look under the hood, lol! I put it off until I had no other choice. You won’t necessarily see a difference, but my blogging platform was upgraded – the first in a couple of steps to troubleshoot some annoying issues I was having. Thanks so much for hanging in there with me. In the mean time today is a special day – JustRite Stampers has created two special stamp sets to acknowledge and celebrate cancer survivors.
JustRite Crafting For a Cause
In an effort to find an early diagnostic test or screening tool for Ovarian Cancer, JustRite Crafting For a Cause will donate 20% of the sales from Be Strong and Courage and Strength in 2011 to Ovarian Cancer Research. To learn more about the symptoms of this “silent killer “ visit www.OvarianCancer.org.
The two sets I mentioned above are Strength and Courage and Be Strong. I hope you’ll click on the link to see both of the sets. Do you have preference in rubber or clear? Although different, both of these sets share the familiar ribbon motif and I’m happy to say that one of the sets is being introduced as clear stamps – this is JustRite’s first set of clear stamps. Below in my post I’ve shared the chart that shows the different ribbon colors that correspond to the different cancers. That means that with one of these sets, you can actually tailor a card for any cancer cause you choose. For my card today I chose pink to support breast cancer. I lost the love of my life, last fall, to Multiple Myeloma which is burgundy. I’m working, trying to work, on several scrapbook pages about some milestones in his disease and I’ve planned to use several of these motifs.
Now for my card, as I mentioned, I picked pink and used the Strength and Courage Set. I used a couple of my fav girly papers that I knew would match. I created a medallion using Spellbinders Picot Edge Circles as the base, then built up using Spellbinders Blossom Tags and Accents. I topped off the medallion off using Spellbinders Classic Ovals LG.
The inspiration for todays stamps are thankfully provided by Amy Tedder, The JustRite Stampers Illustrator who herself, is an Ovarian Cancer Survivor. Her story is so inspiring that you won’t want to miss it at the JustRite Inspiration link below. In the meantime friends, thanks so much for stopping by to see me today. Hug a special woman in your life today and more importantly, save one of those hugs for yourself!! Be sure you hop to the other members of the JustRite Design team to help us all celebrate!!
JustRite Inspiration
Becca Feeken – You are here :-)
Mona Pendleton
Debbie Olson
Michele Kovack
Kellie Fortin
Kathy Jones
Stephanie Kraft
Angela Barkhouse
Kazan Clark
Heidi Blankenship
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Becca,
This is so Beautiful. I just purchased the CD and it arrived on Friday, I wanted to start using it this weekend but my Gotta Do’s won out this weekend. :) Thank you so much for always bring a smile to our faces and creations to our hands. You are a very special person. Have a wonderful day.
Beautiful card as always. Love the CD. Thank you for sharing! I’ve made a few cards with it already!
What a beautiful card and an inspiration to create.
Oh, those characters in your house… LOL! Can you believe that the same trio lives in my house, too? And they just NEVER get along!
Love your background from the CD! What a great idea to use a journalling page (which I usually wouldn’t know what to do with) as a backdrop for other elements on the card. This is a great reminder that a decorative paper doesn’t always have to be an all-over pattern.
Beautiful – as always!
This is gorgeous!!!
Your cards are always GORGEOUS…….I usually like to do the Wanna Do
and put off the Gotta Do untill I Have To…..you are a hoot …love checking
in on you everyday…I don’t always comment but I always look in.
big Texas Hugs
You must get tired of hearing ‘just beautiful”, but….it IS! Sure am enjoying the vintage papers from your crafty cd. Have a good week, and don’t let “GOTTA DO” get the upper hand. Blessings.
Oh those characters live at my house too and torment me as well.
Your card is simply beautiful! I love the heart, the lace and all the other elements.
Blessings Bernie
I just about fell off my chair laughing when I read about those three pesky personalities you live with and you caught in the middle trying to appease everyone. I’m know them all intimately, but never heard it described like that. I’m still laughing.
I’m delighted that you and Wanna Do spent time together this morning, because the result is stunning. I just adore what you two put together. It’s a real charmer. What a team!
I must order that CD, I’ve been procrastinating and Should Do is really cheesed off with me.
Thanks for your entertaining and informative post today. I know I’ll be rereading it.
Beautiful. Do yo have the bow already in a tutorial? I would love to see how you make it.
You gave me my giggle for the day with your “should do”, “wanna do”, and “gotta do” story! What a hoot! And the card is, as always, just lovely as can be. Thanks, Becca, for being an inspiration to us all.
Beautiful card Becca, I sure do love those papers.
Love the card and the sentiment.
Keep those rowdy characters over at your place!
Got enough guilt going on about procrastination over here!
Another gorgeous card, Becca! Wish I had half your creativity and imagination. Got a chuckle out of your struggles with “Should Do”, “Wanna Do” and “Gotta Do”! Would love to have photoshop and be able to do all those nifty things!
I am soooo glad “Wanna Do” got top priority today as your card is as stunning as ever!! It is strange how many of us also have Wanna Dos and Should Dos living at our houses too-LOL. Thanks for sharing your funny narrative with us along with your wonderful card.
God bless!
Beautiful card . . . and I love your ‘do’ family! could I share your ‘dialogue’ on my blog with full credit given to you (I won’t include the pic of your gorgeous card)?
Very pretty card. I love the softness of it. Beautiful.
Beautiful card!….. all I can say is life is full of “shoulda, woulda, and coulda”…… ha-ha
Gee, that trio lives at my house, too. But they have an even more stubborn partner-Just don’t wanna do-Rears his ugly head more often than I’d like lately-especially in the heat and humidty we’ve been experiencing the last few weeks.-have to have a serious conversation with him soon!
Your card is so pretty~I love the bigger cards, too. Gives you lot more room to create and embellish. Thanks for sharing ;-0
Another Beautiful card and I so love reading your blog– You are so real with your comments.Nice to know that you face the same characters that we all do.
Have a wonderful afternoon
Hi Becca,
I really love your clever post :-) and absolutely GORGEOUS card!
Have a great day,
Barb G.
Love the card Becca. Just beautiful.
KC
Such a cute post, Becca. You’re a terrific writer, as well as card maker.
What a joy to start the day with your gorgeous card! You are at the top of my list of daily To Do stuffs. ‘ A day without Becca is like a day without sunshine.’ So never mind Wanna, Shoulda and Gotta. Enjoy your day with whatever comes first or happens….like the national deficit problem which we peons have very little or no control over anyway. As long as the dust balls aren’t tumbleweeds yet, there’s food on the table, your health is good or decent, your family is well and happy and the sun is still shining…..you go ahead and have a great day! Aloha.
SIGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh Becca!!!!!!! THIS is SOOOO LOVELY!!!!!!!!!!!! It is ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WISH, WISH I could make my cards look as lovely!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
Becca, This is such a beautiful card. Your writing is just as creative as your card making, I had a smile on my face the whole time I was reading .
Joyce
My mojo has left the building lately, so I did my “gotta-do’s”. Now that they are out of the way, maybe my mojo will return…my “wanna-do’s” are beginning to make themselves heard. Really like this card…colors are my colors.
I just love this card, well really all your cards the colours are just too beautiful.
Thanks Becca for giving the size of your card. I like knowing the size, when creating simular designs.
The card is as beautifuly as always.
Thanks for all you do.
That’s so beautiful.
This is especially yummy! Love the sentiment, too!
So beautiful
This is absolutely beautiful!
Your card is so lovely thank you for sharing it.
Becca,
Your card is just beautiful. I love the colors & so clever to put the heart there instead of the words.
Vicky S.
I have popped in here several times to check out this beautiful card so I thought I would come back one more time to tell you that I LOVE it!! LOL I want to know where in the world you find all that beautiful lace.
I definitely know the feeling of “Should Do” & “Gotta Do” lately. Just so much “To Do’s”, I feel a little overwhelmed. Hubby has been feeling poorly for a few months, and I have been trying to do what I usually take care of as well as covering for alot of his chores. It is starting to consume me. Hope the old Doc finds out what is causing it and hopefully we will get him back on track. Meanwhile I have a huge list of “Must do’s”.
Just love your card. It is so pretty. Don’t you just love this journal page. It is one of my favorites off the CD, ( I just think this CD is one of the best buys I purchased in a long time). I know that once my new Spellbinders arrive, I will probably be saying the same thing about them.
Becca,
I love your card. It is beautiful. My gotta do’s has been dictating a lot at my house lately. The wanna do’s and should do’s are just sitting in the corner waiting.
Hopefully I can get to them soon. Happy Monday!
Just beautiful!
Never ceases to put me in awe… you ARE truly Amazing!! Thank you so much for all of your work.
Well, you’ve done it again. Now I can’t wait to start printing out some of the things from that CD you made me buy. there are some really interesting and beautiful things on it (between what you’ve done with them and my first fast look!). I always look forward to your posts to see what new and beautiful things you’ve decided to share with us! Blessings and thank you one more time!
Sounds like Gotta Do and Wanna Do have been making their rounds lately, I have been fighting with that also :)
Glad Wanna Do gots some time this is just Lovely in every way, great sentiment and like all the pearl accenting and pretty lace!
Fabulous card, Becca, but girl, you need to get out more…!
Becca I thought my house was the only place for the trio to live. So glad the
good one won out. Another card of pink which is my favorite. And to top it off,
its just beautiful.
cynthia
Becca, I didn’t even make it to your card inspiration today because I am laughing at the faimiliarity I have with Should Do, Wanna Do, and Can Do. Here I thought your inspriation came in prayer and artistic talent. Today, you blessed my day with your good humor.
Tammie
Awesome card, Becca! Love the green mat and floral background, and the diagonal ribbon placement is wonderful! My time with “Wanna Do” is about over as I will be returning to my classroom soon. A great summer discovery is APG and I intend to make time to visit after meeting my new students.
Beautiful card! I love all the different laces you use. Why can’t I ever find anything like that when I’m looking?
Ahhh – the ‘wanna do’, ‘should do’, and ‘gotta do’ could get us all in trouble sometimes!! We are so grateful that you listen to ‘wanna do’ – we reap the benefits whenever you post!
The card is sensational – love the lace.
hugs
Becca, had to laugh about your “conversations” with Should Do, Wanna Do, and Gotta Do. We had that same conversation here today. Gotta Do and Should Do won, but Wanna Do has been promised tomorrow! This card is lovely! I adore the lace that you used. WHERE do you find your lace? I’ve been looking and can never find anything nearly as nice. Hope you get some more play time…since I miss you when you aren’t here! Have a great evening,
R/
This is just gorgeous. I love the sentiment and how you used the heart to finish it. Lovely color combination. A beautiful shabby-chic card. I’m glad you figured out the coulda wanna and so forth and I think it’s a conversation that we have all had with ourselves. LOL!!! As always Becca, TFS!!! :-D
Beautifully done Becca…as always, it’s so refreshing to visit your blog!
Thank you!!!
Jan
Love this blog – you’re just too funny today girl! Once again, your card is lovely. By the way, I’ve been missing your quote at the bottom of your blogs – just saying.
Great post Becca — I have the same irritating “Do’s” at my house too.
This is soo pretty! Love the soft and delicate colors and love that lace!
Becca, This card comes at a perfect time.
I have been really down the last few weeks missing my sweetie something terrible.
I talked to a friend tonight that lives in Florida and me in Ohio.
She talked to me passed her bed time and this would be the perfect card to send to her.
Well it won’t be this good but she would get the idea. Thanks so much for all your inspiration.
I have all your cards filed back and someday I will use them.
I love theis card you do such Beautiful work it inspirs me thanks
Oh, my…as well as inspiring me with your beautiful and creative artwork, now you’re making me laugh out loud, too! Thank you, Becca!
Stunningly elegant Becca….beautiful colour too.
Love Sheila xx
Quick card!!! it’s stunning………….
Hugs
HW(UK)
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Hi Becca, beautiful card, and the sentiment would cheer your heart,
the world is very sad just now, we all need a good friend to care about.
Wow, your card is STUNNING. Thank you for sharing on Mojo Monday!
Hi Becca
How do get your inking inside your spellbinder so even
Awesome card
Becca, what a beautiful card, and I love your comments, something many of us can totally relate to! I think I need to do more of the “Wanna do’s”, you totally inspire us.
This card is absolutely beautiful. You are such a talented woman. I really enjoy reading your blog. Thanks for sharing your talents and your heart!.
Marilyn
Thank you so much Becca!! With this card in particular you have helped me to think outside the box, something I struggle with. I Always learn so much from your posts…not only about this art form that I love so much (but not very good at, lol) but also about faith and friendship. Thank you for being you, Becca :)
God Bless