Autism Awareness Bear

Well it's Monday.  That means it's a brand new week and I have to say that I'm honestly not sure I'm ready for it.  LOL  I think I'd rather just take a break from the 9 to 5 weekday struggle and sit home and just craft for a while.  But who of us wouldn't, right?  Oh well, at least we had the weekend.

So today I have a card to share that I'm sending to a precious young man.  I belong to a group called I Run 4.  What this group does is match those of us who have the ability to get out there and run (or do other physical activities) with those who cannot.  Last year I was matched with a special young man who is autistic.  So when I saw the I Love Someone With Autism file from Marjorie Ann Designs I knew that I had to create something with it.

To create my card I decided to use my Distress Inks by Tim Holtz and make my own background.  I simply applied ink to a foam pad on my blending tool and then I rubbed it across my card.

After applying my bear to the card I decided to add skittles from DoubleClick Connections.

The stamped sentiment is from the Scrappy Moms Stamps set titled Ready, Set, Go.

Dirt Never Hurt

 

My Obstacle Course Race season began last month and in a couple weeks I get to race a new venue at Fort Benning in Alabama.  I'm always excited for this time of year and so I decided to create a new card using the Mud Run file from Marjorie Ann Designs. 

 

Recently I was looking through the various stamps from Scrappy Moms Stamps and came across this set titled Ready, Set, Go.  As soon as I saw the dirt sentiment I knew I had to add it to my collection.

 

I also added a couple of Caramel colored skittles from DoubleClick Connections to embellish my card.

 

On the inside I stamped the following sentiment:  Shatter your limits.

Courage, Strength, Sacrifice

 

Coming from a family full of both retired and active duty military showing support for those who serve is very important to me.  So when I came across the Homeland Heroes stamp set by Scrappy Moms I had to add it to my stash.

 

Then I came across this awesome Retro Sailor Girl file in the Silhouette Design Store.  This was created by Erin Doran and I was amazed with how beautifully this cut.  Not a single issue.

 

The background paper I used for my card is from the mat stack Proud to Serve from the Paper Studio.