Thursday, September 24, 2009

It's {almost} FRIDAY!

and i am stoked. my girls are coming in from Philly and jersey this weekend. it is bittersweet though. it is for a ride for a our best friend who lost her sister 3 years ago to a massive heart attack. she was 8 mos pregnant at the time and they lost the baby, too. so the last saturday in september we do a ride for her and we bar hop and raise money for the American Heart Association and the Harley's are a blazin'! if your the praying kind, this would be the time to say a prayer for her 15 year old son, tyler, and her husband {tyler's step dad} and the rest of the family. every day is still a rough one for them. she was only 35.

okay, debbie downer is done now...on a happier note! I participated in the Collage Press challenge again this month. I just flippin' love their papers. I did the altered challenge last month here. The stamp is a myStampBox stamp, 2 of the buttons & ricrac are Jillibean Soup and a touch of Core'dinations.

one more thing...Don't forget about the Pimp Your Bra Crop over at Serendipity Scrapbooks! We have a TON of sponsors...Core'dinations, books from Ali E, Sherry Stevenson and Becky Fleck, DCWV, Stampin' up! and more! And we are having a Critter Craze contest this month!!! Got Critters??? this would be a great way to use them up! AND you can win 50 bucks in product! if you haven't seen kristen's kits then you are missing out.


20 comments:

Linda Beeson said...

I can only guess that their days are hard to get through but hopefully each day does get better! Have fun with your friends and CUTE card.

Jocelyn said...

What a great way to remember your friend and her baby!!! So sad....but yay for you for the fundraising....My Joe has heart disease and it is a scary thing!!!!! Love the card!!!! :)

Julie Overby said...

So sorry to hear about your friend. Wow. I'll say a pray for that family today.

I just wanted to let you know your card looks great! Thanks for playing along and good luck!

Murphy's Law said...

awesome way to remember you friend and baby. hopefully each day w/be less painful. love the card.

laterg8r said...

so sorry to hear about your friend!

lovely card :D

mustangkayla said...

The story about your friend gave me chills big time! So sad! What a neat thing to do in her honor! Thats gotta be insanely hard! **hugs**

Melonie said...

Love that you do something special to remember your friend.
Beautiful card!!

Unknown said...

sorry for your lost, I love the beautiful card

Andrea Amu said...

Oh MY GOSH...how sad about your friend's sister and baby... that is so tragic and unfortunate, Ellen! Breaks my heart to hear that! Ohhh my :( I'm glad that you get to see your friends though, and join in on the cause.

Love that card. The bitty piece of ric-rac looks fab... and so do those buttons!

Deanna said...

LOVe this Ellen and I love that line! I neeeeed some of it! You rocked it girl!

Tara Powell said...

How tragic about your friend, but I think it is awesome what you guys do to keep her memory alive!
I will say a prayer for her family

Love your card, isn't Collage Press the best?

Also wanted to say thanks for visiting my blog, I love yours and will be checking in again!
:)
Tara

Jen Martakis said...

your card is so cute! I will say a prayer.

Anonymous said...

Awesome beautiful card.
Poppin by from2peas...and I'm so sorry to hear about your friend :(

Katrina Hunt said...

what a remembrance tribute...they say it gets easier...but sometimes I think things like that don't.....LOVE your card....Great papers!

sally said...

cute cute work!! very inspiring!! said a prayer for your friend's fam!!

Carla said...

Love this gorgeous card! The buttons are the perfect touch!! That's a miserable story, and my heart really goes out to the family and all their friends-you included. It sounds like you have all come up with a really special way to honor her memory. I'll say a prayer...

Amy said...

so sorry to hear that ... what a wonderful fundraising!!

Stacey Michaud said...

You sound like a great friend! Hope all goes well. Your card is so great and I am inspired to use my Cuttlebug now looking at your other posts!!!

Aphra Bolyer said...

So sorry to hear about your loss, Ellen. Such a sweet, creative way to honor her.

Meda said...

I love this rich color card. Great job, Ellen!