April 4 (2010) - Happy Blogaversary to me!

 Happy Blogaversary to me! (giggle) It really is a wonderful celebration because that is how I met most of you - my precious on-line friends. I cannot thank you enough for your kindnesses, card exchanges, sweet comments, and constant inspiration and support.

Most of you already have everything you could possibly want, but for this special event, I'd like to extend a few freebies to you. Please do not sell them - I'll gladly donate to any challenge blog or person who would like them. Just email me at ELLISDONNA70@GMAIL.COM and let me know which set(s) you would like.

The sets I'm offering as free gifts are:

Vintage Country Home (sample card made here) or scroll down on this page to see what others have made.

scroll down on this page to see what others have made.

Again, many thanks for enhancing my life with your on-line friendships! Because I am homebound, I treasure each one of you more than you can know!

Stamping Hugs,

Turner Syndrome Awareness Blog Hop Winner

Wow!

Thank you to the 94 visitors who left comments for the

"It's a Girl Thing"

blog hop

My give away prize is 

And my random winner is:

BUNNY!

Thank you for participating in our awareness blog hop!

Please email me so I can order your Amazon gift card.

2020 Turner Syndrome Awareness Blog Hop

Hello Blogging Friends! It's good to see you. I invite you to follow me if you are not already too busy on the computer. (smile)

Welcome to my projects for the "It's A Girl Thing" Turner Syndrome Awareness 2nd Annual Blog Hop!  

Turner Syndrome is a genetic disorder leaving a girl baby with only one X chromosome, instead of two. These children (and adults) contend with life-long medical issues and learning disabilities. Occurring once in every 2,500 female births worldwide, it is more common for pregnancies to not survive full term. That is why TS live births are considered MIRACLES.

Thirty-six caring Sponsors and nine DT Members are offering prizes to commenters to bring Turner Syndrome Awareness to the Public. For details on how you might win any of these fabulous prizes, please see Lori's TS home page. Thanks for learning About Turner Syndrome. 

Prize Winners will be announced February 15, 2020, on the TSA blog. The winner of my personal prize will be announced on my blog after February 8.

My Personal Prize:

My TS related projects are inspired by the TSA official color board:



To achieve that rich black, glossy cardstock was used.
Wink of Stella was applied to the butterfly and birthday word.



A flower on the butterfly's body adds a feminine touch:





Living with Turner Syndrome: Linda Hunt

I am an appreciative fan of movie star
Linda Hunt
whose roles are always character-rich.
My favorite programs Linda has starred in:

NCIS Los Angeles
Kindergarten Cop

Linda was born with Turner Syndrome.


One thing I have learned regarding Turner Syndrome is that there are many chromosomal deviations that cause humans to be born with "interesting outcomes".

Here is the genetic graph for girls and boys born with KNOWN abnormal chromosomes.
 Next time we see a person who doesn't seem to fit a "normal" male or female pattern, we need to keep in mind that genetics plays a huge part in ALL OF OUR biological "development", which has nothing to do with a person's lifestyle choices:



After reading the above sentiments regarding acceptance and kindness, you will understand why the word KINDNESS was superimposed on the butterfly:





Remember to visit the "It's A Girl Thing" Turner Syndrome Awareness Blog Hop 2020  page to become eligible for prizes.
Thanks for joining us in the blog hop!

Products Used:

• Dies: MB Delia Butterfly 98353, MB Finn Butterfly #98351, SW Butterfly Frame CED7105, SW Seville CED1203, SW Cordoba CED1206, MB Kindness Cursive Script #94391, Poppy Stamps #1113 Jumbled Birthday
• Paper: Black Glossy, White, Pale Pink, Orchid, White on White Vellum, Checkered Pink DP, 
• Misc: Clear Wink of Stella, Old Paper DI, Bright Purple dye ink, Craftwell Honeycomb EF, 

Challenges I would like to support please:

1. World Wide Open DT Challenge #1 AG DT 2/15
2. Creative Knockouts #335 Birthday Wishes 2/5
3. Seize the Birthday #182 All Creatures Great and Small (C5) (sep post) 2/11
4. Scrapyland Challenge #130 AG with dies SL sells 2/4
5. Crafty Calendar (Feb) Use Die Cuts or Punches 3/1

Butterfly hugs and kisses,

Cards For Little Hearts Blog Hop Winners

Hi, Blogging Friends!

We are into our 6th week of the CARDS FOR LITTLE HEARTS card drive.
Thanks to everyone who has been making cards, and sending them to Christina Hor.

Today's post is to announce blog hop winners. OH BOY!

Winners for the blog hop can be seen on Christina Hor's blog here.

My blog candy was this darling Snowman Set by Bugaboo Designs:

My BLOG CANDY WINNER is:

KraftyKoolKat (Cathy Tanner)

THERE IS STILL TIME TO DONATE CARDS,
but hurry as the deadline is August 25,
and become eligible for prizes from the following kind sponsors:

If you were not able to do the blog hop, but still want to contribute to the cause,

all the details are found here for card guidelines and fabulous prizes.

EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATES WILL RECEIVE TWO DIGITAL SETS.

Please be sure to read all the guidelines before sweetly creating for little children!

Below are two cards I sent, just to give you an idea of how simple these thoughtful gestures can be. Precolored snowman with additional shading and coloring with pastel chalks.

Happiness is a heartfelt hug and a hot mug of holiday cheer:

Since we are using A2 size cards (that was my biggest challenge) with very little embellishing, I found it a perfect time to use paper scraps in my layering.

Thanks for doing what you can, and remember, even if you cannot send a card, I hope you have enjoyed the little snowman Winter Cards of Encouragement.

In case you missed it on my previous posts:

Here are some freebies for your cards. Just click on the Heart(s) you want, then right click to save to your computer. Resize on your word processor to whatever size you like. These are PNGs and are transparent outside of the heart area. Ink them up and play! Please, no commercial use, and no reproduction for selling.

Enjoy!

Playing in the following fun challenges:

1. Christmas Cards All Year Round "Must Use Yellow" 9/1
2. Die Cut Divas (Aug) Anything Goes using die cuts 9/1
3. Kerst-Christmas Challenges (Aug) Anything Christmas 9/1

on a personal note:

https://youtu.be/VVPl1lAguzk

(for my email followers, link is above)

Heartfelt Snowman Hugs,

Cards For Little Hearts Card Drive Blog Hop

Hello, blogging friends!

We are now one month into the CARDS FOR LITTLE HEARTS card drive.

Thanks to everyone who has been making cards, and sending them to Christina Hor.

Today begins our "thank you" blog hop.
(there is a little freebie at the bottom for you.)

The card drive's purpose is to cheer the pediatric cardiac in-patients at Nationwide Children's Hospital. They suffer from a variety of congenital heart disease issues, and it is hard for them to be in the hospital during a time when others are enjoying parties and celebrations. 

The cards lift the children's spirits, inspire them to fight the good fight, and to know they are not alone. Several prizes are being offered for those who donate cards to the card drive:

As a big thank you to everyone, today we have the CARDS FOR LITTLE HEARTS blog hop.

There are prizes from generous sponsors for winners who hop along with us. A few of us also have blog candy we'll be offering. We hope you will spread the word of this worthy cause, because the drive continues until August 25.

Randomly-discovered Blog Hop Prizes for those leaving comments on each blog:

$15 Simon Says Stamp gift card

$15 Ellen Hutson gift certificate

My blog candy is this darling Snowman Set by 

Bugaboo Designs (thank you, Jodie):

(My blog hop prize has one extra sentiment with the snowflake on it.)

To purchase this adorable set, please visit Bugaboo's Snowman-Snowflake.

Winners will be announced on Christina Hor's Blog at 8AM on August 8.

Winners of individuals' Blog Candy will be announced on our personal blogs.

My winner will be announced on my blog at 8AM on August 8.

My little snowman has been printed for an A2 size card (4.25" x 5.5").
He is darling in his lavender cap and scarf.
He has been colored with Copic Markers, and a little ink distressing here and there.

Tip:
To make your digital stamp collection go a lot further, try changing the size of the image, where it is die cut, and flip horizontally:

Here is the enlarged version of the snowman where he is facing the opposite direction:

He is also colored in the same color Copics, but the cap is green, rather than lavender.

Be sure to put a white piece of paper on the inside if using dark cardstock:

Blog Hop Order:

Christina Hor

Jo's Scrap Shack

Edwina Brown

Cara Malmrose

Andrea Norris

Sybrina K

Sandra Blaricum

Lori Kobular

Donna Ellis (hey! that's ME!) giggle


Here are some freebies for your cards. Just click on the Heart(s) you want, then right click to save to your computer. Resize on your word processor to whatever size you like. These are PNGs and are transparent outside of the heart area. Ink them up and play! Please, no commercial use, and no reproduction for selling.




Enjoy!

On a personal note:

My Hoya Rope Plant has vines approaching 10 feet (over 3 meters) long. The leaves are curled and very waxy. They do not require big pots for their roots. This one has begun blooming. The blooms are both waxy with honey, and velvety soft:

Here's a shot using Apple's new "portrait" mode shot on an iPhone. (giggling more)

Thanks for stopping by today!

Challenges I'd like to play in Please:

1. Crafty Friends Challenges #63 "Christmas in July" 8/10
2. Christmas Card Challenges #18 Snowman Inspiration 8/7
3. Dream Valley #160 Anything Goes (C10) 8/12
4. Kerst/Christmas Facebook Challenge - (Aug) Anything Christmas 9/1
5. Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenges "Summer Link Up" (comment 3 - 37, 107, 77) ends 8/31
6. Pammie's Inky Pinkies #1731 "Circles" 8/6
7. The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #11 Anything Christmas Goes 8/5

hugs,

PRIZES AND INFO

Hi, everyone!

First of all, I'd like to say thank my lovely blogging friends who participated in Christina Hor's Hug a Heart Card Drive and blog hop!

She has now posted the winners on her blog here.

Next -

Thank you to all my sweet, "regular", blogging buddies who visit and leave comments, invitations, and best-of-all, FRIENDSHIP... You mean so much to me... and it's time for a little blog candy award from here.

The winner is:

Karin van eijk!

Karin, please email me with your full name and mailing address.

And Karin, I would like to thank you for being one of my first followers, and your many kindnesses over the years of expressing loving, kind, encouraging comments!

I will have more blog candy later in the year.

hugs,