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.
| SUPPLIES I USED |
| Stamps: JustRite – Strength and Courage Paper: Xpedx Brilliant White Cover, The Girls Paperie, Colorbok – Flea Market Ink: Memento – Tuxedo Black Accessories: Spellbinders Blossom Tags and Accents, Spellbinders Picot Edge Circles, Spellbinders Classic Ovals LG, Lace, Ribbon, Pearls |
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!!
Becca Feeken – You are here :-)
So happy to see you back. I checked in every day, and am glad that it was “blog” maintenance and nothing more. The card is fabulous!! So beautiful.
I lost my very best friend to breast cancer two years ago. She was 50. She left two boys, one 13 and one 20. A year later, her husband died of lung cancer. Totally unbelievable. The oldest son is raising his brother. I was so sorry to learn of your husband’s passing.
My heart, my prayers and my deepest sympathy go to you and your family. It is unimaginable until it happens to you or someone you love. Your spirit, your craft, and your generous sharing of yourself on this blog say so many wonderful things about you. God bless you and your family, and to all those out there who have suffered a terrible loss.
Beautiful card, please do a Becca Bit on how your wove the ribbon thru.
God bless Justrite for doing these wonderful stamps.
Missed you Becca the last few days so it’s good to see you back with yet another stunning masterpiece. Love how you’ve used the stamp and the ribbons with the die-cut.
Love Sheila xx
Becca your card is just gorgeous. Love the shabby-chic look of it. It’s so pretty how you have woven the ribbon thru the die-cut. Beautiful work Becca, Thanks for doing the color chart on the ribbons, I never knew that there were so many ribbon colors well you learn something new everyday. As always Becca, TFS!!! :-D
Thank you, of course, for your luscious card, as usual. I just drool over your creations! But thank you for the ribbon-color list. My precious niece just completed an 18 week chemo journey for uterine cancer. I’ve been sending her cards (and even made some thank you cards for her to send out), but I want to make one using the peach for her particular case. I didn’t know the color until you posted it. Thanks. And keep hanging in there after the loss of your dear John. You are a tower of strength in our eyes. The Lord is able!
Oh,Becca, this is so beautiful that there aren’t enough words to describe it! What a wonderful cause too! May the Lord give you peace and strength as you work on your scrapbook pages of John! Love and hugs, Angie
Beautiful, beautiful card.
Hi Becca,
So glad to see you back.. We missed you and I am glad it was just computer and blog issues that kept you busy. Your card is beautiful and such a great cause.
What a gem this is! The color of pink brings forth its beauty so vibrantly. I am a survivor along with a younger sister but have lost two brothers, my dad, his brother and mother(my grandmother and uncle) to this enemy. We do thank God for His allowing us to be here to speak to others of His grace and goodness. Thanks for using your precious God-given talent in sharing such love with us.
Hugs ‘n God bless.
Jeanielou in PA
What a beautiful card! Thank you for posting the ribbon colors chart.
Gorgeous card, Becca! And how very important to raise awareness for such an awful disease. Thanks for sharing!
This is stunning Becca. Love how you did the ribbon. How did you do the ribbon :)
Welcome back!
Becca God bless u for doing this awareness article. I am a 17 mos. uterine cancer survivor, peach color. My Aunt passed on due to ovarian cancer so I know how awful that disease is!!! We all, as women, need to keep all this awareness GOING STRONG!!!!!!!!! Unfortunately this awful disease is NOT going away so lets gather more strength and beat this once and for all. Everyone out there suffering from cancer….KEEP HOPE GROWING….we can and will beat this awful disease.
I wanted to say Becca that God has indeed given you the strength to go on after losing the love of your life. You are an inspiration and I am so proud of you. You have used your talent to praise your hubby’s memory and now with this awareness campaign you will further that!! Thank you for your strenght, courage and I thank our Lord for your talents you so freely share with us. Luv ya. evette
Beautiful! I would have cherished this card when I was going through treatment and recovering from my mastectomy! This is one that would still be on my nightstand, especially now with facing it all over again. You are an inspiration!
Becca, Simply loverly!! Could you share with us how you folded the ribbon in the empty circle spaces? Thank you so much. Carol
My husband has tomgue cancer for 3 yrs and now I have ovarian cancer. I had no real issues and boom I had 5 tumors removed and I
am at stage 3 . Who can guess so much could happem in just a few days time. I so love to see all your beautiful work and so do the others at chemo. My nookbook is great for both reading and internet. So thanks for pleasantt things to think about at a trying time for me. I so appreciate you and your work.
Becca…you have hit it out of the park again. What a beautiful card to support these deadly diseases. I like the fact that the new set can b used for any cancer cause. thank you so much! And I have missed you.
Very elegant card!! Outstanding and very beautiful! I also, like many others, would like to know HOW you did the ribbon around your sentiment!! Becca bit, please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh no! More dies to wait for in breathless anticipation!! Also,
you always have the most incredible lace on your cards. And I love the way you wove the ribbon through the lace and also through the die. Lovely job, as always!
So glad to see you back. You’ve spoiled us with your daily delights so when you miss a day or two I worry about you, especially after that story about the spiders and snakes. :) I am glad it was just computer issues. Your card is absolutely stunning. I love all the various elements, paper, ribbon, lace and colors are all so strikingly beautiful.
What a great cause. We have lost loved ones from my father’s side of the family to nearly every cancer on that list and at the moment my daughter is being treated for breast cancer so this cause is close to my heart.
Blessings Bernie
Just a fabulous card with a wonderful and heartwarming story.
What a fabulous meaningful card for so many of us. Who amongst us has not been touched by this dreadful disease. You have done it justice, Becca. It’s a lovely card.
I’m happy to see you back in the saddle. I had an email written and ready to go because I was concerned about you. Before I pressed [send], I thought it might appear pushy and intrusive, so thought I’d let another day pass and write to you today. I’m glad I didn’t need to. Welcome back.
Hi Becca – this card is breathtaking. I give up on trying to find new descriptive words for your work, so simply beautiful it is:) As always thank you so very much for sharing your creativity! You are a kind lady. Blessings.
I love your card. Becca, thanks for sharing the info on the ribbon colors. I had no idea that the different colors I have been seeing stood for the different types of cancer. I will be more vigilant and aware now. Thanks.
Marcie
p.s. my comment appeared the instant I clicked send!
WOW, what an amazing card! What a great set of stamps with a meaningful cause. Congrats to Amy Tedder on her 6th anniversary of cancer free. What a wonderful group to showcase her stamps!!!!
Thank you for sharing your beautiful talents, Becca!!!!
Becca,
Your card is beautfiul as always. Thanks for providing the other support ribbon colors.
Good afternoon, Becca! Glad to see your back blogging! I missed you! Thanks for posting all those colors of cancer awareness…I did not know any but the breast pink one! Your card, as always is awesome! Thanks for sharing. Have a blessed day!
I am lovin’ this card…so many clever ideas! Thanks for sharing…glad you could work out your blog issues.
Beautiful card Becca – thank you too for the chart…I had no idea!!! Happy to hear you have fixed your blog problems…Woo Hoo! I know it was a frustration for you. Thanks for sharing youself and God given talents with us throughout the year!!! We love ya!
Jan
Becca, I like everyone else have missed you. You have become a big part of the inspirational start to my day. I love your new card. I too have several friends who are cancer survivors and some that succumbed to this terrible disease. Thank you for sharing ways for us to give back. God continue to bless you.
Beautiful card! Thanks for sharing the Ribbon Colors with us. God bless.
Fabulous ribbon treatment and a gorgeous card. Thanks for the list of ribbon colours to types of cancer. Had no clue and it’s a great resource.
It’s so good to see you back … you’ve been missed! You never disappoint, Becca. This is beautiful. And thanks for posting the different ribbon colors – I was not aware there were so many. My family has lost several members to different forms of cancer, so I guess I would have a multi-colored corsage. We surely need a cure.
Beautiful, elegant, heartfelt card! This is a must-have stamp set for me after watching my own mother be cured from cancer by God himself. Thank you for including the ribbon colors. I’ll be bringing this set home for sure. God bless, Barb
I am a big fan of yours. Your blog is one of the one I visit often. Your cards/crafted items just take my breath away.
Just wanted to add another color ribbon. Orange is for ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease.
PRETTTTY!!!!!!! LOVE all the loops of pink ribbon & the little flowers on your paper! I NEVER KNEW there were SO MANY different colored ribbons for different cancers! WOW!!!!! I’ve learned something today! Thanks Becca!
By the way, YEP, WE MISSED YOU!!!!!!!!!!! :)
Wow–another beautiful card. Simply love everything you do but this one really touches home and it is wonderful that Justrite is doing their part to help find a cure. I have purchased my stamps and hope everyone else will too. Thanks for spreading the news.
Awesome! Gorgeous! Beautiful card, Becca! What a fitting tribuute to those struggling to survive this terrible disease. Thanking God for blessing my sister who is a breast cancer survivor with a long and healthy life. Keeping you daily in my prayers for His peace and comfort.
Sending this along to test comments today.
One more for good measure.
Thank you, Becca, for the inspiration of your beautiful card. Also, thank you for posting the colors for all of the different sorts of cancers. It will help me as I try to support those struggling with this awful disease.
Gorgeous card and beautiful sentiment! I second the request for a Becca bit on how you did the pretty ribbon weaving, please. I’d been missing your posts and told myself I was going looking for you today and voila, here you are!
Becca, your card is gorgeous, as usual. It is hard to associate such beauty with the pain and grief of cancer. I lost a sweet aunt to breast cancer and my beloved grandmother to pancreatic cancer in the same year. I am sorry for your cancer journey with your husband and pray you will find healing. It is so good that Jesus came to provide for those who grieve and to give us beauty for ashes. Thank you for sharing your skills to promote cancer research. Your card would be a blessing to a patient
Christine
Such a beautiful card for a very worthy cause!
Well I really missed you and glad you are back today. This is a beautiful card for a wonderful cause. Please keep Bruce in your prayers as we await results from his tests.
OH WOW, blog is working better!!
Becca, this is an absolutely lovely card. I get such pleasure and joy from reading your blog; I’m glad to see you back up and at ’em. God bless.
Welcome back, Becca! Thank you for making and posting this gorgeous card, and for providing the chart of colors for awareness ribbons along with links to these two new stamp sets.
I am hoping that all women who are not aware of the symptoms of ovarian cancer will visit the website you mentioned and learn about them. Ovarian cancer is often called “the cancer that whispers” because symptoms are not clear cut and distinguishable from symptoms that could be caused by many other things. Also–a Pap test will NOT detect ovarian cancer. Please listen to your body and get checked out if symptoms listed on the website persist for longer than 2 weeks.
My younger sister is a Stage 4 ovarian cancer survivor. She was in denial for several months before consulting her doctor, so had to go through several surgeries, rounds of chemo, and much pain. I thank God–again–that she is doing ok today, though she will probably have more chemo in her future. I apologize if this is TMI, but just hope others can avoid what she has had to endure.
Wow!! As always your cards are absolutely stunning!!!! Love this card!
Wow, another beautiful card Becca! Thanks!
juste happy you’re back,,,kind of miss you……
thank’s
Your projects are always so inspiring. Thanks for sharing.
Glad that you’ve just been busy behind the scenes and not had some sort of problem. Been missing my Becca fix! This card is just gorgeous, Becca! I’ve been to see both sets and really like the clear one, just one more thing to add to the list. I really, really need to win the lottery!! Thanks for the list of all the colors, I have a hard time remembering them. Now I can just save your list.
Hugs,
R/
Becca,
You have been missed! I am disappointed when I don’t have an e-mail with a post from you. I check every day! I always love to see your beautiful cards and crafty creations. This card is beautiful and very close to my heart. My best friend has been on a cancer journey since last August. This will definitely be one of my have to have sets. Thank you for sharing such a beautiful and meaningful card. Thanks also for posting the many cancer colored ribbons.
Wow, what an amazing card!
Becca-glad you are back. You are amazing and inspirational. As usual, GORGEOUS card. I vote for a “becca bit” for your ribbon weaving technique. Thank you!
A really beautiful card Becca! Love the little pearls you use and your pretty ribbon treatment.
I love this card, and also these stamps sets. I hope they will be very popular.
I was also wondering if anyone knew the new website for the Spellbinders blog—I know they have a new one, but I can’t seem to find it and my google reader subscription didn’t carry over to the new one.
Thanks much!!
Stacy
Hi Becca,
In 2009 I was diagnosed with a rare cancer called Juvenile Granulosa cell tumor. I was miss diagnosed by 2 doctors. By the 3 time I saw a doctor he listened to me and found a massive tumor that was 8 inches long and was taking over my body. I had surgery and 8 units of blood transfusion. I had to take 6 rounds of chemo and after all I have been through I had an amazing fighting spirit. On June of this year my cancer has come back and I had to over another surgery another mass was removed and 2 small spots in my intestines. This time I had no symstoms at all. I have a wonderful doctor in Houston who has taken excellent care of me.
Becca, I just love that ribbon weaving thing you did on the oval. Gorgeous layering of all the dies.
This horrible disease – it has touched everyone’s lives in some way, hasn’t it? I lost my beloved Dad to it. Thanks for the lovely cards, Becca. Love the ribbon treatment – need a Becca Biton it, please!!
Beautiful card and wonderful cause. I love what you have done with the ribbon. Gorgeous!
God bless,
PeggyS
Oh my that is just breathtaking, lovely papers and the threading of your ribbon through the lace and scallops is just Beautiful!
Thank you for this precious information….I did not know all of these awareness ribbon colors existed.
I love this card, it is beautiful. I love the paper, pearls, ribbon, and center medallion and would love to know how you fashioned the ribbon around it. This is absolutely gorgeous!
Beaac,
What happen to your inspirational quotes on your blog, I love them and they were an inspiration to me.
Danette M