Friendship card Using Conie Fong Dandelion Wishes

Hello Friends!  I hope this finds many of you, relaxing and enjoying extra time at home during this World crisis.  I realized today that how we look at our situation will affect how we react to it.  I am choosing to look at staying at home as a blessing.  I think many of us need to slow down, enjoy our lives more, learn to connect in other ways, instead of in person social interaction.  We can  connect with our friends and families through the Internet, Messenger, phone, texting, etc. and just take the time to enjoy our lives.  

Yes, our life looks a lot different this week than it might have last month; but if we are alive, we are ahead of some of the others who have gotten sick, hospitalized and/or died from the Coronavirus.  It is a sad time for the World; but we need to do whatever we can to help prevent the spread of this virus.  It isn't about us.  It's all of us in this together.  Let's do the best we can in this difficult time.

I created this card for a friend who requested me to create with this sweet Conie Fong "Dandelion Wishes" digital image.  I wanted to create a card using a PNG image; so that the image would blend with the background.  It worked out very well; but I had trouble trying to figure out what to use as embellishments.  I didn't want it to interfere with the pretty background and colors.  

Conie Fong "Dandelion Wishes"

Digital Paper - A Bit More Time To Craft "Droplets"

Inside Card

Supplies used to create this card:

Dies
Frame inside with sentiment - Gina Marie Designs Pleated Lace Rectangles

Image - Conie Fong "Dandelion Wishes"
Paper - Outside - A Bit More Time To Craft - Droplets
Cardstock - 
Inside Paper - A Bit More Time To Craft - All Change
Glitter - CTMH Ranger Diamond Stickles
Dots - Gina Marie Designs
Stars - CTMH Loose Sequins Silver - Z4304
Sentiment Outside - Conie Fong (not released yet)
Sentiment Inside - Stampin Up "Beauty Abounds"

Markers
Skin - E0000, E000, E00, E11, R30
Hair - RV000, RV52, RV63, RV66
Dress - RV52, RV55
Wings - RV0000, RV000, V0000, V000 (with Diamond Stickles)
Stars - Y11
Stem of flowers - Y11

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes w/option (1 of 8)  (Sunday)

Angie's Digital Stamps - ATG/Spring (1 of 3)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes (1 of 3)

  Allsorts Challenge -Something Old (digi/cardstock), New (Stars), Blue (stars)  (1 of 3) (Saturday)

Crafters Castle - Anything Goes (1 of 3) 

 Creative Fingers Challenge - Anything Goes (1 of 3) (Friday)

 QKR Stampede - Anything Goes (1 of 3)

 Polkadoodles - Anything Goes (1 of 3) 

The Outlawz Festive Fridays Challenge - Easter/Spring (1 of 3)

  DL.Art Linky Challenge - Anything Goes (1 per day)   (Thursday)

Ellibelle's Corner - Bugs, Blossoms and/or Butterflies) (1 of 3) (Wednesday)

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes (2 of 5) 

Digi Choosday - Anything Goes (1 of 2) (Tuesday)

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes (1 of 2)

Artsy Stamper Challenge Blog - Anything With Wings (1 of 3) (Monday)

Crafting Happiness Challenges - ATG/Easter (No limit)

Jan's Digi Stamps - Anything Goes (1 of 5) 

Simon Says Challenge Blog - Add some Texture (glitter) (1 of 5)

A Bit More Time To Craft - Anything Goes (1 of 3) (Other Date)

A Perfect Time To Craft - Anything Goes (No limit)  

Classic Design Team Challenge Blog - Anything Goes (No limit)
Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper Challenge - Anything Goes (No limit)

Love To Craft - Anything Goes (1 of 5)
Morgans's Artworld - Anything Goes (1 of 3)

 Not Just Cards Challenge - Anything Goes (3 of 5)  

CTMH April Stamp of the Month 

S2004 O-fish-ally Awesome

Only $5 with a $50 purchase or $18.95 with no other purchase

CTMH Artwork

See CTMH Specials on the side bars 

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COVID-19 - Pay Atttention! Life or Death?

Words of Wisdom from the front lines of the Health Industry

Nick Dennison

March 22 at 3:22 AM

I’ve not posted on FB for a long time so read this.

I’m a consultant anaesthetist working in Frimley Park Hospital and this week all anaesthetists are being re-roled as intensive care doctors. We will be tasked with putting the sickest patients under anaesthetic and onto ventilators/life support machines. Each patient will require 10 days+ on a ventilator then may need a temporary tracheostomy to get them off the ventilator.

The intensive care unit is already full of COVID-19 patients on ventilators (12) with more requiring ventilation every day. My hospital usually has 4-10 patients on ventilators and is planning and EXPECTING 80 patients to require ventilation.

It seems the public health message is not getting through. Let me be clear. A lot of people are going to die. They will mainly be 70 years plus but be in no doubt, 30-40 year olds will die too.

Pubs have been busy, offices open, social events happening, kids parties etc. It all needs to stop. Infected people shed virus and it must be everywhere by now. It is your social responsibility to engage in social distancing. Actions NOW can prevent further disease transmission, ICU admissions and deaths in 10-20 days.

Two of my anaesthetic/ICU colleagues in other hospitals are off work due to being infected (doing ok). As health care workers, we are now EXPECTING to catch it despite PPE. This virus has been transmitted around the globe unchecked and will not stop until it has no where to go - social distancing/isolation Or patient death.

Here ends my public health message.

On a more personal level, my son turned three years old last week and is six weeks into a three year chemotherapy program for lymphoma. This virus is a big threat to his life and as I am going to be exposed this week doing my job, I can no longer live at home.

I have had to make the difficult choice: to do my job and save lives of people I don’t know, or to be with my son whilst he battles cancer. Alfie hopefully will survive his cancer and chemo, but many people will die from flu. My heart is broken making this decision, but I choose to save the lives of strangers and leave him in the care of my beautiful wife and family.

Later this week I’ll be moving into a motor home and will not be able to take any further part in his care for the next 6 months.

Bottom line. SOCIALLY ISOLATE or people die in two weeks.

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 Words of Wisdom From Another Dr. in Chicago. Click to see 

video. Dr. Emily Landon is the chief infectious disease epidemiologist at the University of Chicago Medicine, who moments after Pritzker issued the ordinance to take effect Saturday evening, took to the stand with a 7-minute-long speech that went viral after striking a chord for many individuals.

Share this video on your Facebook page. This lady is telling people the truth; but who will listen. Who will stay home to help shut this virus down and who will go ahead as if the virus doesn't exist and infect many more people out there and cause many more deaths?

Stay home, shelter in place, and wash your hands. Wear a mask when you go outside your home. If you don't want to do it to protect yourself, then do it to protect your family or others in your community - to help keep others safe who might die from this virus.

This is life or death! Make your choice responsibly.

________________________________________________________________________

CNN Coronavirus Town Hall – April 2^nd, 2020.  Watch this if you

can. Very good information. Share this on your Facebook page.  Let’s 

get the word out there. Don't bury your head in the sand and act like 

this isn't happening.  It is real.  You or your loved ones could be next if 

we don't do Social distancing, shelter in place, wash our hands, wear 

masks when we go in public and do everything possible to keep 

everyone we know, as well as strangers we haven't met - SAFE.

____________________________________________________

Here is a very sad story that people should read.  

Click on link above.  This is a story about a husband and wife, parents to 2 adult children; who just lost their lives to Coronavirus and they were perfectly healthy, married for 51 years and died 6 minutes apart.  The husband had a fever but the wife didn't.  Both felt bad; but the disease acts fast; and neither of them could be saved.  

Please follow the guidelines and do what is best for everyone.  Don't be selfish.  Make decisions out of love for human kind and the future of our world.

Please take care of yourself and each other and STAY SAFE.

Friendship Card Using Conie Fong Butterfly Daisy

Hello Friends!  How are you doing?  I hope everyone is staying safe during this World crisis.  I know many of us feel helpless during this time and don't know what to believe or what to do sometimes.  It is hard to know the truth when there are so many rumors and lies out there.  

This Coronavirus is real and we have to do what we can to keep it from spreading and killing others.  The sooner we accept and follow the guidelines, the quicker we can get back to a somewhat normal life.  Good luck and stay safe.

If you want to know what you can do to help stop the spread of this virus; it is best to check the official CDC site.  Don't trust all the information that you are seeing out there as the truth.  Click here to go directly to Coronavirus information.

I know many people are at home now, due to the Coronavirus.  Some of us will have time to craft and some won't.  Our focus has to change based on the needs of our families, with so many home schooling their children now.  

Here is my latest creation using Conie Fong Butterfly Daisy.  I am so in love with these new images Conie has created.  I actually pushed myself out of my comfort zone and created the hills, grass, sky, etc.  It was a big deal for me.  I want to learn to do more in the near future.

Conie Fong Butterfly Daisy

Sentiment on front is also with this set.

Inside Card

Supplies used to create this card:

Dies
Square Frames on front - Spellbinders 6 x 6 A, B
Frames inside - Stitched Rectangle - Gina Marie Designs Stitched Rectangles
Frame inside (with the sentiment) - Gina Marie Designs Pleated Lace Rectangles
Frame with outside sentiment - CTMH Hello Lovely Cardmaking Bundle Z3301 (retired)

Paper - A Bit More Time To Craft Digital Paper - All Change
Cardstock - CTMH White Daisy, Pixie, Reverse side of Pixie, Sky (retired)
Ink - CTMH Ballerina, Cotton Candy, Sky (retired)
Stamp Circles (bubbles) on front - Stampin Up Beauty Abounds
Flowers on front - CTMH Card Word Puzzle  C1494
Sentiment outside - Conie Fong Butterfly Daisy
Inside sentiment - Stampin Up Beauty Abounds
Pearls - CTMH White Pearls

Markers
Skin - E0000, E000, E00, E11, R30
Hair - RV000, RV52, RV63, RV66
Eyes - BG10, BG32
Lips - RV10
Butterfly - RV00, RV55
Dress - RV52, RV55
Flowers - RV00, RV55 
Grass flower stem - Green Slick Writer Pen
Grass - G40, G43, G94
White Dots - White Gelly Roll Pen

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes w/option (3 of 8)  (Sunday)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes (1 of 3)

  Allsorts Challenge -Anything In The Animal Kingdom  (1 of 3) (Saturday)

Crafters Castle - Anything Goes (3 of 3) 

 Creative Fingers Challenge - Anything Goes (1 of 3) (Friday)

Creative Moments - Anything Goes (1 of 3)

 Patties Creations - Anything Goes (3 of 3)  

QKR Stampede - Anything Goes (1 of 3)

 Polkadoodles - Anything Goes (1 of 3) 

  DL.Art Linky Challenge - Anything Goes (1 per day)   (Thursday)

Ellibelle's Corner - Spring is in the air (Butterflies) (3 of 3) (Wednesday)

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes (1 of 5) 

Digi Choosday - Anything Goes (1 of 2) (Tuesday)

Ike's World Challenges - O Out of Comfort Zone/AG (3 of 5) 

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes (1 of 2)

Unicorn Challenge Blog - Flower Power (Flowers) (3 of 3)

Jan's Digi Stamps - Anything Goes (1 of 5) (Monday)

Use Your Stuff Challenge Blog - Spring (1 of 3)

A Bit More Time To Craft - Anything Goes (1 of 3) (Other Date)

A Perfect Time To Craft - Anything Goes (No limit)  

Classic Design Team Challenge Blog - Anything Goes (No limit)
Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper Challenge - Anything Goes (No limit)

Love To Craft - Anything Goes (3 of 5)

 Not Just Cards Challenge - Anything Goes (3 of 5)  

CTMH March Stamp of the Month 

S2003 Family Legacy

Only $5 with a $50 purchase or $18.95 with no other purchase

See CTMH Specials on the side bars 

Thank you visiting my blog.  I hope you enjoy my creations.  I appreciate all of you.  Be sure to check out my tabs at the top of the page for my videos, tutorials, clubs, specials and  more. You can earn FREE products by joining my Rewards club.  Call, text, Facebook message or email me with any questions you might have.

Remember - Keep On Creating!!

It's Good For Your Health!!