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October is also Breast Cancer Awareness Month


I crafted this card to honor my mother because it is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. My magnificent and marvelous mother, Ressie May Walker nee Brown fought that illness and she succumbed to it in 1996. 

So I crafted this card, that features a pink ribbon in her honor. I'm a novice card maker; it has been less than a year since I started making cards and I am hooked!  Wanting to improve my crafting, I decided to enter card challenges on IG. However, most challenges require card makers to submit entries via a blog, which I didn't have, thus "Faithful Cards by Ruth". The title reflects my belief that Our God is ever Faithful and many of my cards reflect my faith.

Currently, #timeoutchallenges is sponsoring a card challenge focusing on the color pink to raise awareness about breast cancer. 

As this is my first blog and blog post and it's Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I'm dedicating this blog to my mother; that's her lovely picture to the right in the "About Me" area.

Have Fun Crafting,

Ruth


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  1. NonniOctober 20, 2021 at 11:12 PM

    This is beautiful and perfect for our challenge! Congratulations on your new blog, you are kicking things off with a very special, meaningful post and a beautiful card. Thank you for joining us at Time Out!

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