A Lady I Think is Amazing

My friend Jen del Muro is amazing.

She fought breast cancer like a BEAR over the last year, emerging victorious. She's one of the first people I met from Splitcoast many years ago at a big shoebox swap that used to be held in Dallas. She was so talented even in the way back days, and was an early Dirty Dozen design team member at Splitcoast that I oohed and aahed over. Like her personality, her design style is clean, sweet and sort of whimsical.

Talent like she has is destined to grow into something tangible, and her talent did - she ended up starting her own stamp company - Reverse Confetti, with designs that perfectly matched what I loved about her cards - they are sweet, clean and upbeat.

Even though we only live 3.5 hours apart, we hadn't seen each other much over the last few years - time flying by as it does, but I had so freaking much fun with her at a retreat this fall. She emerged from her treatments even prettier than she was before, rocking her new short locks like no other.

Here we are with Lori, having breakfast at First Watch in Cincinnati. Isn't she beautiful? I'd so have my hair like that if my giant head wouldn't make me look like an egg.

I just adore her and admire her so much. She kept her business open during her treatments, but scaled way back, and today we are hopping with her to celebrate her returning to her normal release schedule. What an accomplishment. My hat is off to you, my friend!

I thought it would be appropriate to make a card just for her for the hop, and her new release is absolute perfection for that. Because I do think she's amazing. I used the Kindness Cards stamp set and the Kindness Cards Confetti Cuts dies for my card, along with the Forever My Love 6x6 Paper Pad. These are cool because they are one sided, so you don't feel like you're wasting the pattern on the back. Neurotic, I know, but something papercrafters feel pain over. :)

Kindness Cards [ RVR ] Kindness Cards Confetti Cuts [ RVR ] Forever My Love 6x6 Paper Pad [ RVR ] Plus VELLUM ADHESIVE Double Sided... [ SSS ] Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock by... [ SUP ] Grafix Matte 0.005 Dura-Lar Film,... [ AMZUS ] Gold Glitter Flakes (146816) [ SUP ] Marvy Uchida JEWEL PICKER Tool 91GRC [ SSS ] Mini Multi Medium Matte Glue (3820) [ MFT | ELH | SSS ] Whisper White Cardstock - Thick [ SUP ] MISTI Stamping Tool [ MSW | HA | SBC | ELH | SSS ] Altenew MINI BLOSSOM DIE CUT MACHINE... [ SSS | ALTN ] Absorber - Synthetic Cleaning Cloth [ AMZUS ] Rotatrim Professional Series Cutter -... [ BLIC ] Xyron ADHESIVE ERASER 23675 [ SSS ] Multipurpose Liquid Glue by Stampin' Up! [ SUP ] Bone Folder by Stampin' Up! [ SUP ]

I used my Jewel Picker to apply the gold glitter flakes that I LOVE with Matte Medium after it was all said and done.

Now I also have a quick video for you today with two amazing tips. One is a die cutting tip for linked dies, and the other is the AMAZING invisible vellum adhesive that I've been searching for like a Hobbit my whole stamping life. It's FANTASTIC. I used it to adhere the vellum onto the paper behind amazing above, and I used the die cutting tip to cut that word out.

So enjoy!

Now here are the rest of the hoppers today celebrating Jen & Reverse Confetti! Cheers to strong women everywhere!

Amy Kolling 

Melissa Phillips 

Nichol Spohr 

Tricia Barber 

Debby Hughes 

Yana Smakula 

Lisa Henke 

Amy Rohl 

Laurie Schmidlin 

Heather Hoffman 

Amy Tsuruta 

Amy Sheffer 

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Kathy Schweinfurth 

Audrey Tokach 

Samantha Mann 

Deanne Kuntz 

Wanda Cullen 

Jeanne Jachna 

Wanda Guess 

Jessica Frost Ballas 

Susan Liles 

Jennifer McGuire

Loveyameanitbye.