Coffee and Cards with Deb and Celeste | Breast Cancer Awareness Month | Hope Card

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Hello, y'all.  Welcome to October, aka Breast Cancer Awareness Month, or in the USA, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  Every October, major breast cancer charities around the world organize this campaign to increase awareness of the disease and raise funds for research. 

My friends Deb (Meticulosity) and Celeste (Crafting Junky) asked me to join them this month for their monthly card collab, "Coffee with Deb and Celeste", where this month's theme is Breast Cancer Awareness.  Of course, I said YES!


Did you know that a woman in the U.S. has about a 13% chance of developing invasive breast cancer during her lifetime?  That's about 1 in 8 women.  The overall 5-year survival rate is 91.9%, rising to 99% if the cancer is caught early.  

Since there is HOPE, I made a mini slimline HOPE card.  

  • I made a card base, 3" x 7", using white cardstock.
  • I cut a piece of pink cardstock, 3" x 7", a piece of white cardstock, 2.75" x 6.75", which I embossed with the Poppy embossing folder by Anna Griffin/Cricut Cuttlebug (old and from my stash).
  • I printed the word HOPE on a piece of pink cardstock using the open Londrina Shadow Font at 220 pt. and fussy cut the letters. 
  • I found a Breast Cancer Awareness ribbon image online, which I saved, printed, colored, and fussy-cut.  This will act ast the "O" in the word HOPE.


Then I put the card together.

  • I adhered the pink cardstock to the card front.  
  • I adhered a piece of fun foam to the back of the embossed white piece, then to the card front. 
  • I glued the H, P, and E and the colored ribbon using foam dots.

I'm going to be sharing these cards on the A Perfect Time to Craft Card Challenge and the Crafts Galore Encore Card Challenge Blog, which are both "Anything Goes" themes each month.   


I hope you enjoy the card.  Below are the cards that Debra and Celeste have made.  A link to each of their blogs are below each of the cards.  I hope you can take a moment to click on the link and leave them some love too.    



Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today. Cancer sucks.  If you know someone dealing with this issue, give them a call, make them a card, bring them some brownies, and show them some love.

Until next time...

Hugs from Brasil.

~Michael 

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