Autism Awareness Blog Hop

April 18, 2018

Hello and welcome back. I am posting again today in hopes to bring more awareness to autism and autism research. This fun group of talented paper crafters are creating projects to help bring information and awareness to you. Below you'll find links to the blogs in this Hop. Along this hop you'll find tons of fabulous ideas and a boatload of information surrounding autism.

My card today uses a fun new stamp set, Animal Outing from Stampin' Up! that will be available to purchase June 1st. This set was gifted to me at the most recent Stampin' Up! demonstrator event. Yep, I am a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator and love this companies products. I find there is always a product to fit a specific need. I feel this stamp set is a perfect set to use for my card today.

ICYMI - April 2nd was World Autism Awareness Day and I was thrilled to participate in another blog hop to bring awareness to this important issue. You can check out that hop and those projects beginning here.

This hop is working in conjunction with the annual Fundraiser put on by Lee Conrey and will be just one of multiple hops bringing awareness to autism. How can you help?
There are a number of fabulous organizations where you donate.
We are suggesting:

Organization for Autism Research

Global Autism Project

Autism Self Advocacy Network
More Information here.

Next up is Sandi MacIver.

Sometimes links break. Oops! If this happens you can catch back up
with us by clicking on our blog link below.

BLOG ROLL:
Sue Plote
Jenny Hall
Denita Wright-Smee
Maria Willis
Elizabeth Price
Tami Hewlett
Lisa Curcio
Lauren Alarid
Tanya Boser
Jen Sootkoos
Eva Dobilas
Kim Oliver
YOU ARE HERE Charlet Mallett
NEXT Sandi MacIver
Adrienne West
Amy Koenders
Carolynn Sander
Stella MacKay

To learn more about autism and support these with autism
you can visit any of the following sites:

Autistic and Unapologetic • Autism Society • Awareness Day • Autism Speaks • UN

Are you Interested in purchasing Stampin' Up! products? I would LOVE to be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. If you live in the United States you can order your paper crafting supplies from my online store. So easy. THANK YOU!

Bubble Over - Color Challenge Global Design Project

April 9, 2018

Hello! It feels like forever since I've blogged. It's only been 1 week since my last post but that feels like I've been seriously slacking given my recent pace. No excuses but I was away for Stampin' Up's! OnStage event in Hartford and I can't wait to share all sorts of new goodies with you soon. Until then I have a great card and new color challenge for you.

This week's Global Design Project color challenge is a great assortment of blue, green and brown. Perfect for a masculine card and that happens to be the approach I took. My card features the Bubble Over stamp set and framelits along with some of the fun embellishments from the Truly Tailored product suite. See below for a full supply list.

Check out the Global Design Project blog to see more inspiration from the design team and play along!

Product List

Bubble Over Photopolymer Bundle

[146082]

$40.50

True Gentleman Buttons

[145596]

$7.00

True Gentleman Designer Series Paper

[145593]

$11.00

Pinewood Planks Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[143708]

$10.00

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

[145372]

$30.00

Linen Thread

[104199]

$4.50

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

[126975]

$6.50

Tranquil Tide Classic Stampin' Pad

[144085]

$6.50

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

[126970]

$6.50

Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[120953]

$8.00

Soft Suede 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[115318]

$8.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

$9.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Fast Fuse Adhesive

[129026]

$10.00

Crafting Forever - What Will You Stamp

April 9, 2018

My Grandfather makes the most gorgeous wood pens. I created this card for him using the Crafting Forever stamp set. I was inspired by his awesome handiwork and tried to take that approach with this card. I used my Stamparatus tool to line up the pen images and then stamped them in Momento ink. Each pen is uniquely colored using Stampin' Blends. A full supply list can be found below.

I like how this card turned out and hope he does also. While I didn't mean to, this card also channels the current color challenge over on the Global Design Project Blog. HA!

This card was actually created for this weeks What Will You Stamp challenge featuring the Crafting Forever stamp set. I love this stamp set and use it often. Want to see more goodness with this set? Check out what the WWYS team created and play along with us.

Product List

Crafting Forever Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143958]

$20.00

True Gentleman Designer Series Paper

[145593]

$11.00

Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[119686]

$8.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

$9.00

Night Of Navy Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144040]

$9.00

Old Olive Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144597]

$9.00

Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144601]

$9.00

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109132]

$5.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$8.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.00

Fast Fuse Adhesive

[129026]

$10.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

World Autism Awareness Blog Hop

April 2, 2018

I'm honored to be a part of a massive blog hop bringing and raising awareness to Autism. My project today plays off of the prominent #lightitupblue campaign. I've used the WATTS of Occasions Stamp set available from Stampin' Up! The background on this card was created using Brusho Color Crystals.

In my early days working as a photographer I was asked to create a family portrait for friends who had a three young children and one child with Autism. While there was lots of planning for the photo day to help make the experience successful we had not accounted for the bright flash of the camera. That spontaneous flash was traumatizing for this sweet little one and every flash brought on a mini attack (and a kick to the photographer, lol). This young man is now in his late 20's and I wonder if he even recalls this experience? I should ask him. Ha. Regardless we ended up with a memorable photo! Humbling how everyday simple experiences aren't always so simple ... a flash of a bulb.

To learn more about World Autism Day and Austism you can visit any of the following sites:

Autistic and Unapologetic • Autism Society • Awareness Day • Autism Speaks • UN