Hello stamping friends!
If you've been following my blog for some time, then you probably have heard of my little friend Luke. Luke suffered a 30 minute seizure on Dec 31, 2010 caused from a rare form of Encephalitis. The doctors basically said that Luke would never walk again. But Luke is a strong boy and their family is filled with Faith so through prayer and dedication, Luke IS walking...in fact he is RUNNING!!
On Luke's 6th birthday, he was in the hospital; it was one of his sickest days during this ordeal. So when planning his 7th birthday, his mom asked him what he wanted for his birthday and he said "snow"! So, so in Florida it did!!
My son Ryan is the one on the right leaning over.
I have a ton of pictures from the party at the end of this post. But first, I want to show the card I made for Luke. He's a huge Jacksonville Jaguars Football fan because "Jaguars don't walk, they run" so here is his card...
I tried to get the colors as close to the Jags colors as I could (their teal is a little darker IRL). The image is the adorable Football Bart from Whimsy Stamps. I found some fun football paper from AC Moore that's perfect for this image. I also used Pennant Banner Dies from Whimsy and You are my hero sentiments from WOJ and Starlight Lace die from Magnolia.
Bart was embossed in black onto watercolor paper and watercolored with Twinkling H2Os...
I embossed a 2nd football, cut it out, and attached it with dimensionals.
The Happy Birthday sentiment is from High Hopes and the quote is also from the You are my hero sentiments from WOJ.
Now here are some pictures from the party...
From left to right: Luke's brother Abram, Ansley, Luke, and Ryan (Ansley and Ryan are wearing their "Team Luke" shirts)!
Abram, Luke, Ansley (aka AnTsley as said by Luke),and a friend posing for another picture.
For some winter fun, they rented a snow slide!! How cool is that? Did you notice that Ryan and Ansley are in shorts? Its was in the low 70's the day of the party.
Here's Ryan going down the sled...
How fun!!
Here's Ansley (this picture was taken from someone else with a zoom lens)...
That's Luke's father Magnus on the right. He stayed at the top of the slide the whole party helping the kids!!
Look at that face! Do you think she liked it?!
Here they are signing "Happy Birthday" to Luke...
Luke was too far away and at an odd angle to blow out the candles so Ryan helped him (at his mom's request).
Here is Luke going down the slide...
Who said he wouldn't be able to walk again?! I think not! Not only can he walk and run, but he can snow sled as well!! "Lefty" held on tight! Luke's left side was severely affected by the encephalitis but is doing great and getting stronger each day!
Happy Birthday, Luke!
The card is for the following challenges:
Aud Sentiments: Happy (on the inside of the card)
Craft us Crazy: Favorite embellishment (dies and punches)
Cute Card Thursday: Winged Things
Crafty Creations: Fancy Folds (Center Step Card)
Thanks for stopping by! Happy Stamping!
~Lacey
Luke's recovery is so inspiring and wonderful to see. I love the pure joy on his face. Adorable card, too! I love all the embellishment you added and the chipboard name!
Posted by: Niki Estes | February 24, 2012 at 01:44 PM
Wow!!! how amazing! Every time I read about little Luke it makes me cry and today it's tears of joy at seeing how much better he is, it must have been an incredible day for everyone! Your card is stunning too, love everything about it! hugs, Jane x
Posted by: Jane Johnson | February 24, 2012 at 02:31 PM
What an amazing card, Lacey, for an amazing boy!! I am so glad that Luke is doing so well!
Posted by: Christine aka blankiefinder | February 25, 2012 at 01:13 AM
What a brilliant card and some wonderful photos. Thank you for playing at Aud Sentiments.
Hugs Ali x
Posted by: Dragonlady | February 25, 2012 at 06:13 AM
What an awesome birthday party. You can see the joy on everyone's face. You are such a good Mom!
Your card looks amazing. I love the textured paper on the side, the darling image and your coloring of it, the cardboard stars...it all looks awesome!
Hugs and smiles
Posted by: Beate | February 26, 2012 at 02:05 PM
Beautiful card and fabulous photos!
Many thanks for joining in the
♥Cute Card Thursday Challenge♥
this week! Debxx
Posted by: Deb Routledge | February 26, 2012 at 02:07 PM
Stunning design and gorgeous card! Beautiful photos. Thanks for joining us for the Crafty Creations Challenge! Hope to see you again next week and good luck!
Posted by: Rudlis | February 26, 2012 at 06:30 PM
This is such a beautiful card and I know it helped to put that big birthday smile on Luke's face.
Thanks for joining our winged things challenge at Cute Card Thursday!
Hugs
Kathrin aka Kruemel
Posted by: Kathrin aka Kruemel | February 29, 2012 at 02:32 AM