"I Feel The Love" Cards

Hello, CardMonkey fans.

Those who have been following here for a while know that I am a big fan (biggggg fan!!) of a young blogger named Madison.  Madison is a high school student -- hard to believe, as she's wise beyond her years -- and she has a heart that is deeper than it is old.

Madison's blog is at www.funkycards.blogspot.com.  Earlier this year, Madison launched a cardmaking project called "I Feel The Love" (IFTL), where she has her followers make cards for individual children whose lives have been complicated by illness. Be sure you hop over there to learn more about Madison's IFTL project, as well as a little about this fun, upbeat young woman.

The latest IFTL child is Ethan, who is turning 2 in November.  Earlier this year, Ethan had a liver transplant and is doing super!!  Here is the card I made for Ethan:

I used my Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker LLC paper that I recently won (yahoo!!)
for most of the elements here.  The Pooh was cut using my Cricut Pooh and
Friends cartridge.  I computer-printed the sentiment on a cut-out square accent
by NSS (in the release), and crocheted bakers' twine for the pennant rope.

Sadly, not all of the IFTL children pull through. One little girl, Marley Moore -- just 3 years young -- died earlier this week at home in the loving arms of her parents Brett and Nikki. Marley battled a brain tumor that was just too aggressive. She fought valiantly, and touched the lives of many of us who followed her story through "The Caring Bridge" posts her family made during her treatment.  Marley's funeral services are this weekend; while they are too distant to attend, I made this card in Marley's memory:

The butterfly on this card was cut using a
Cheery Lynn die.  To make the background paper,
I smudged Tim Holtz distress stain in "spun sugar"over white
cardstock and striped it with more distress stain in "stormy sky." 
I spritzed the stain with water and let it drip, then helped
the drying along with my embosser/dryer. I found the
sentiment online, and printed it on my computer-printer.