Get Well | Catered Crop

Get well cards have become so humorous
that if you don't get sick you're missing half the fun.
~ Flip Wilson

We're shaking things up at Catered Crop. This month, our Follow the Recipe challenge is part of a month-long "year in review" with different themes each week! Last week I had a blast looking at all your favorite Thank You cards from 2011. I love that Tricia Traxler took the opportunity to use the Thank You theme to express our gratitude to our armed service men and women. Her card is stunning.

I know, we're breaking the rules. Most challenges ask you not to link back to previous projects. Well, forget those rules! Go back into your archives and pull out your favorites from 2011. This week our theme is Get Well cards. And, here are the favorite Get Well cards our Top Chef designers picked from their 2011 archives. Just click on the picture to go to their original blog post.

So . . . here are the rules for playing . . . there are very few rules.

Link up your favorite Get Well cards from 2011, including, if you prefer, any you make this week.
Keep the party going and fun by leaving a comment on the projects of the two people who posted in front of you.
This party ends at 8:00 PM on Saturday, December 10, and we'll start another one on Sunday, December 11 (so be thinking about your favorite Birthday card for next week).
Enter as often as you'd like.
Feel free to leave a comment about why this is your favorite 2011 Thank you card.

I can't wait to see your 2011 showcase!

December 4, 2011 | Filed Under: Dorcas Designs, Featured Guests, Follow the Recipe, Get Well, Peggy Marsh, Renee Van Stralen Tagged With: Dorcas Designs, Follow the Recipe, Peggy Marsh, Renee Van Stralen | 3 Comments

According to my research, laughter is the best medicine,
giggling is good for mild infections,
chuckling works for minor cuts and bruises,
and snickering only makes things worse.
~ Randy Glasbergen

When Jak Heath sent me this image from John Boundy (of Just Inklined) to help spread the word about her campaign for Katie, well, I just about bent over laughing. I'd apologize to all my nursing friends for this nurse caricature, but, actually, I think it looks just me when I was a hospital floor nurse. Okay, I never wore a white cap (that was before even my time), but I always had a stethoscope around my neck, squinted more wrinkles into my eyes through my green glasses, and, yes, wore goofy big 'ole shoes. And that hair! Just part of the madness.

This crazy image is just one of the dozen or more digital stamps Jak Heath has gathered to raise money for her friend Katie Renz. Katie is an amazing young paper crafter battling Stage IV cancer who's just captured all our hearts. Jak can explain her campaign so much better than I can, so just head over to "Help for Katie" at Jak's site. When you get there you'll be able to see what all the talented artists have designed for Katie's cause. Make a donation of £15 (or about $24.00), download the images, and you'll also be entered to win some amazing prizes.

You'll get John Boundy's crazy fun digital stamp in both black outline and in color – how fun is that?! And, see, I didn't even use the whole stamp.

Recipe

This week's sketch from The Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge, SSSC99, just jumped out at me.

Mr. Boundy's image is so fun, I really didn't use a lot of ingredients (well, not as much as I usually do, anyway).

Paper – My Mind's Eye Be Loved, Stampin' Up! Barely Banana, Neenah
Stamps – John Boundy's Digital Help for Katie
Inks – Copic Markers
Tools – Nestabilities
Embellishments – Stampin' Up! Button
Fibers – Maisy Mo Tastefully Tattered Cotton Strips, DMC Embroidery Floss, rickrack ribbon
Other Mediums – Crystal Effects for those wild glasses and thermometer
Techniques – Paper Piecing

So darlin's, go send a little laughter to Katie and then go visit her friend Jak. Oooo, and if you do join in the fun, be sure to leave me a comment here so I can see your creations with all those incredible stamps.

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January 10, 2011 | Filed Under: Digital Scrapbooking, Get Well | 6 Comments

The Lots of Bots stamp set is just so much fun to play with. This little card was inspired by the colors Renee Van Stralen used in her card over at Stamping for Sanity. She did such a great job with this stamp set.

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We made this little guy in our hostess club meeting back in July, and I’m just now posting it. I know, I’m a little slow. The card uses many of the new colors, which coordinate beautifully with grey tones. and, of course, one of my favorite things to do is to use fabric for ribbons. I love to collect fat quarters of funky fabrics and tear them into strips to use as ribbons. The fun thing about that is you can tear your strips as wide and as long as you like.

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August 23, 2009 | Filed Under: Get Well, Stampin' Up! | Leave a Comment