Good morning everyone and welcome back!!! I am so honored to be a part of Lea Lawson’s special fundraising event blog hop! If you arrived here from Betsy Veldman’s Blog, you are on the right track!!!
Lea has a very touching story and is hosting this fundraiser in honor of her sweet, baby-in-heaven, Layton’s birthday. All the money raised will go towards purchasing Starbucks gift cards for parents who find their little ones in the NICU at The University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital. For more details behind her story and this incredible event, head over to Lea’s blog.
- PRIZES
- The Ton is one of many companies sponsoring this event. Specifically, we are giving away a $25 gift certificate to our shop* and a stamp set of choice.
- *Gift certificate only applies to The Ton branded stamps, dies, ink and gilding.
- How you can help:
- DONATE! – directly to Layton’s Legacy YouCaring Fundraiser. For every $5 donated, you will be entered into the drawing for one of the prizes above!! All winners will be drawn from donations made thru the YouCaring Site. **Prizes will be drawn and announced on Lea’s blog on Saturday, May 19th.**
- SHARE! – I know that not everyone is able to donate, but sharing about the fundraiser gives it more visibility! Please feel free to share the YouCaring Link or this post on all your social media outlets
- SHOP!
- –Pinkfresh Studio will be donating 10% of TODAY’S sales.
- –CAS-ual Fridays Stamps will be donating 15% of their sales thru May 19th.
- CREATE! – this is also a card drive, and if you’d like to create a card using the theme/moodboard below, I would love that! I will be including these handmade treasures with the giftcards when I hand them over to the NICU social worker, and my dream is that the NICU will be covered in beautiful creations inspired by Layton!! Link them up HERE, and then please email me (lea@lealawsoncreates.com) to get the address for sending – and note that I will need them to arrive by May 31st.
- BLOG HOP
- In addition to a fundraiser, this event also includes a blog hop with some really talented individuals. All creations have been inspired by this mood board put together by Lea.
Here is my project.
My project is a pretty literal take on the mood board. I love the mural on the wall and the color palette. I began by stamping the Mountains layering stamp set with Crystal Pewter, Smoky Quartz & Light Onyx inks. Next, I cut the stamped image with the Mountains Coordinating Die. (I did place the die a little lower, as I didn’t want the white border above my mountains.) The clouds, from the Golf Course set, were stamped with Blue Diamond and Cali Blue inks, before cutting with the Coordinating Dies. For the sun, I used the golf ball die from the Golf Therapy Die set to cut it out, then I ink blended Vanilla Frosted Cupcake and Bleach Blondie inks onto it. The sentiment if also from the Mountains set. It was stamped onto a strip of black cardstock with Versamark, then heat embossed with white embossing powder. White Nuvo Drops and superfine clear glitter were used to give the mountains some snow caps and add some shine to the clouds. The background panel was cut using the largest of the Double Stitched Rectangle Dies (Large) from light blue cardstock. The mountains, sun, clouds and sentiment strip were all adhered with foam adhesive. Finally, I added some birds, from the Palm Tree set, with Noir Ink.
Next up on the hop is the super talented Carissa Wiley.
Thanks so much for stopping by today!!! See you soon!!
Wow, that is just beautiful. That mountain range looks amazing on the blue background and your clouds are so cool
I actually said “wow!” out loud when I saw your card! So beautiful! When my husband and I went on a driving vacation across the western part of the United States last fall, we drove through mountains that looked just like this. You captured them perfectly! 🙂 Someone will be so touched to receive this gorgeous card.
Love those clouds.
Gorgeous scene!!
Such a LOVELY card. And so wonderful of you to support this heartfelt drive. I can’t wait to get home and start making some cards! LOVE THE MOUNTAINS!
I love the mountain scene you created ! It is gorgeous and up-lifting !
Your card is wonderful!
Hi Brenda…this card is stunning. Love the details. Thank you for sharing and being part of this card drive and blog hop.
Beautiful! I love you made your card cheerful and appropriate for anyone who might receive it. What a blessing this would be to struggling parents watching their newborn fight an uphill battle. Thank you for sharing!
Great card.
Beautiful card – love the Mountains!
WOW! WOW! WOW! Truly amazing!
Oh my GOODNESS!! I am in LOVE with your gorgeous card! I can see how much love you poured into making this beautiful heartfelt card!!
Beautiful card!l love the mountains and clouds
Such a gorgeous and inspiring card! Perfect for the cause! xoxo
Wow! This is SO gorgeous! I love the beautiful layers of ink , especially in the clouds. I am really awed by this pretty design! Thanks so much for being a part of this!
Love the texture 3/D effect!
Oh my goodness…I just LOVE LOVE LOVE this! I think I need EVERYTHING you used…lol! The scene you’ve created is just so peaceful & serene. It makes me think of my home state of Montana.
Thank you SO much for helping me make Layton’s Legacy possible! Words can’t really express my gratitude, and just know that you are helping touch the lives of those who really need it most. ♥♥
Perfect color combo scene for your card!! Just beautiful!
Brenda, your card is lovely and a great replication of the mood board. Very inspiring.
I do love mountains, my country (Switzerland) is full of them … and they always bring me strength and peace. May they do the same to the persons who’ll receive this beautiful and heartfelt card <3
Beautiful, beautiful scenic card.
WOW !!, Amazing scene, so calm, peaceful and serine. Love the feeling you get looking at it that there is future out there in the world, your little one’s turn will come soon xx
The mountains are amazing on your card! You did a fantastic job replicating the mural on the mood board. It’s a lovely card!
I love the mountains on your card! We live in northwest CT and we have a big picture window in our living room. I can see a lot of our town out it and you can see the hills and valleys and even mountains. It’s a beautiful view like your card. I love why we are having this blog hop but I don’t love that Layton had to live for only a short time. God wanted Layton up in Heaven with him. I might not have the animal stamps and I have to check but I am sure I have the colors. Layton is in Heaven looking down at all of us and smiling.
I love the texture you’ve added on here. Beautiful!
Beautiful card, that scene you created is amazing. What a great cause