free mini kits for personal and commercial use

I have discovered a site that offers lovely free mini kits for personal and commercial use (please read their TOU). Enjoy!

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Cancer and little kids

Greeting Card Universe, the world's largest Greeting Card store, will donate 100% of the profits from the sales of specific greeting card collections to "Kiss the Toad" creations. "Kiss the Toad" helps and supports children undergoing medical treatments against cancer. I find that awesome! Those children need all the support they can get, they are so brave! I have included the link below: please have a look. http://news.yahoo.com/greetingcarduniverse-com-supports-childhood-cancer-awareness-month-donations-130126287.html Here is a video; http://www.nbcbayarea.com/video/#!/news/local/The-Cape-Making-Crusader/165674336

Life and tightropes

I don't know what your life is like, but I guess that it's like mine - with ups and downs, just like every other life on this planet.
Sometimes I have more ups, and sometimes the downs dominate.
To me, it's like walking a tightrope. One can lose one's footings. it's a balancing act. and sometimes it just means hanging on to that "umbrella" in order not to fall off ....
I made an illustration about it, based on Psalm 46:1 :
~God is our mighty fortress, always ready to help in times of trouble~
Hope you like it!

dreams on a leash

from time to time i do some serious pondering ... and it struck me that i often put my dreams and wishes on a leash - or hardly allow myself to dream anymore. although i've got a lot of dreams. some are small and feasible (with a little time and energy and money) and some seem absolutely impossible to realize. i've given my dreams permission to fly and be free. maybe someday some will return back to me, fulfilled and a reality. who knows? miracles still happen.

sweet fonts

as an artist and card designer, I just love fonts, in every form and fashion. Surfing the net, I came upon a sweet blog site featuring - among others - sweet fonts for free. If you want to use their fonts commercially, please see their TOU's.
Have included their button/link. Enjoy!

Föhr - a little German island situated near the Danish border

I spent four weeks in a clinic in Utersum, a very small village in the eastern part of Föhr. It was great, the clinic was situated on the beach. It was a wonderful treat after the chemo treatment. No cooking, no cleaning, no tidying up.
Instead I had different therapies every day, physical exercises, swimming, health tips... I took long walks on the beach, explored the island and even managed to paint in the evening....

I've included a few images. The houses are covered in straw roofs.

A typical "Strandkorb", a seating place that protects you from the wind and the sun...

And wonderful sunsets!

The skies were wide, there was breathing space and lots of space for the soul !

And some roses I painted in the evening and made into a card for cancer survivors :