Day 56: "What Cancer Cannot Do" Book Mark

Unfortunately, my mother was recently diagnosed with stage two lung cancer.  I am trying to be supportive and positive for her, for my kids, for myself, and for everyone else who loves her.  I found this stamp when I was at Rubber Rainbows yesterday and thought I could make her a card with the stamp.  Then, on my way home, I stopped at Lulu's on Main in Morton, Illinois, and found a great book called There's No Place like Hope: A Guide to Beating Cancer in Mind-Sized Bites by Vickie Girard, so I decided to make her a book mark to go with the book. I almost didn't stop at Lulu's, but I just felt drawn there.  I guess God wanted me to find the book to send to her. Hopefully the book and book mark will bring her some peace of mind on those days when it will be so hard to carry on.


I used card stock, embossing powder, ink, and the butterfly from the "Strength and Hope" stamp set from Stampin' Up! and the What Cancer Cannot Do stamp from Verses Rubber Stamps.  Butterfly ribbon is from Michael's $1 bin and the sheer turquoise ribbon is from Oriental Trading Company.  The color for lung cancer is "pearl", but my mom's favorite colors are blues, so I chose to use blues to make this book mark for her.


Please keep my mom in your prayers.

Day 41: Make and Take Alcohol Ink Bookmark

Today I went and delivered all of the notepads and pens I made for the Women's Walk to Emmaus in Peoria.  Then I went to Rubber Rainbows located in Tremont Gallery in Tremont, Illinois.  I have heard lots of great things about this little rubber stamp shop, and I wanted to go and see what it is like.  They have a free Make and Take workshop the second and fourth Fridays of the month.  Today they taught us how to make an alcohol ink bookmark.  We placed three colors of alcohol ink onto a felt pad, added some blending solution, and then dabbed the felt pad onto a piece of metal over and over again. When the metal was dry, we placed it inside of a Cuttlebug embossing folder, ran it through the Cuttlebug machine, and then it was embossed with the design. We then used a sanding block to remove some of the embossing ink off from the raised portions of the metal, only leaving colors in the background. Then we mounted our bookmark onto silver card stock, and then layered the silver card stock onto a piece of blue card stock.  It was fun to learn a new technique; although it didn't really end up being free....of course I had to buy some stuff while I was there, and I will probably sign up for a class or two or three....

Craft Shows

I will be participating in two craft shows in October.

On October 4, I will be at the Metamora Farmer's Market in Metamora, Illinois. Come see me in the American Legion building!!

On October 25, I will be set up at Crossroads United Methodist Church at the intersection of Route 24 and North Main Street, in Washington, Illinois.

There will be Halloween goodies, pre-made scrapbook albums, altered clipboards, altered tins, and hand-made cards for you to see.

These craft fairs are the perfect time to get out and start your holiday shopping. Buy local. Buy handmade. Buy one of "Kim's Keepsakes"!