Caring Hearts Blog Hop *GIVEAWAY*

Hello, friends:}

***Giveaway details below:)

I'm super excited to join in the fun with Vera Yates and Jennifer McGuire for the Caring Hearts blog hop Day 1! ***giveaway details below

Caring Hearts Card Drive is a card drive organized by Vera and Jennifer with the goal to collect holiday cards for the elderly that live in nursing homes. During this time many of the elderly who live in nursing homes would really feel the loneliness or miss their families. 

Wouldn't it be so AWESOME if we could bring a smile to their face and brighten their holiday season simply by sharing our love of cardmaking? This is a simple gesture to let them know that they are not forgotten! 

The card drive is going on RIGHT NOW until November 28, 2014. If you'd like to send your cards for the card drive, please go to THIS post on Vera's blog or THIS post on Jennifer's blog. All details and addresses can be found on these two blog posts.

GIVEAWAY details: No hop is complete without prizes!!! Please leave a comment on each blog for a chance to win! Comments stay open until the 8th at midnight CST. Winners will be chosen randomly based on collective comments left on the designers' blogs. Be sure to leave LOADS of love for everyone:) **Complete blog list below or click HERE to start at the beginning.

Prizes include: 
Online Card Classes – class of your choice! (THREE winners.)

Simon Says Stamp – $50 gift certificates

Inspiration emporium – $25 gift certificate

Verve Stamps - $30 gift certificate

Latina Crafter - $15 GC

May Arts – 2 rolls of ribbon

Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking - 1 year free subscription to Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Magazine

If you came from Ellen Hutson's blog, you are in the right place! ***Click HERE to start at the beginning

I went kind of CAS for today's card. I was inspired by a photo that I found on Pinterest- it was an idea for wrapping gifts... but I knew it would look awesome as a card! Everything was white and red.

I used Imagine Crafts Rocket Red ink along with the Paper Smooches A Holy Holiday stamp set. To finish my card, I stitched on the sentiment and added white enamel dots. EASY! *I think this card could definitely be mass produced! 

That's it for me today! Next up--hop on over to Caroline Bredeson's amazing blog! And don't forget to leave some love for everyone and for your chance to win some fabulous goodies;) 

Thanks for stopping by! Be blessed:}


Complete Caring Hearts blog hop list:  

Vera Yates

Ellen Hutson
Savannah O’Gwynn ***you are HERE!

Caroline Bredeson

Julee Tilman

Chaitali Narla

Reverse Confetti

Amy Kolling    

Amy Sheffer   

Sarah Gough   

Amber Hight  

Lisa Henke  

Kathy Martin   

Laurie Schmidlin   

Susan Liles    

Stacey Schafer   

Linda McClain

Latina Crafter

Newton’s Nook Design

Cards That Care blog hop--GIVEAWAY

Hello, friends:}

I am so excited to participate in the Cards That Care blog hop this year!!!! I love that Vera and Jennifer have decided to collect cards again this year--these cards will be donated to the elderly in nursing homes. If you came from Sweet Stamp Shop's blog, you are in the right place-- if you would like to start from the beginning of the hop, please click HERE.

I created a holiday card using several Sweet Stamp Shop images!! I used the Tree Traditions, Scootin' By, and Old School Rock sets for my card. I LOVE this simple design! I love mixing and matching sets too--the "rockin'" was a combination from Scootin' By and Old School Rock. The "Ha", "ve", and "a" were from Scootin' By--all different stamps masked and pieced together. LOVE LOVE LOVE!

That's it for me today--but be sure to stop by all the blogs on this hop! You won't want to miss out on the amazing creations...or on the prizes!!! Yes--there are some GIVEAWAYS!! 


Details: The following companies have donated prizes: : Lawn Fawn, Penny Black, Sweet Stamps Shop, Avocado Arts, Hero Arts, onlinecardclasses.com, and I Love It All. Winners will be randomly picked from comments left on participants blog. The more blogs you leave comments on-- the better your chances. :) 

-People have the whole weekend to leave comments (till Sunday, 11/6/11 midnight CST).

If you would like to participate and donate some cards--here are some important details!! 

• This card drive will be going on till November 31, 2011. We will need to receive your cards by November 31, 2011.
•  Please make the cards for Christmas or Holiday Wishes. Anyone can send a card, your children, church group, scout troops, etc.
• All cards need to have a message in it.  Please also sign your name and where you are from.  On the card envelope, write your name on the top left corner.  Also, please don't seal the envelope.
• Please stick to just cards.
• And please don't use any pins (safety reason).
• You can mail the cards  to either one of us:

Jennifer McGuire
P.O. Box 428612
Cincinnati, OH 45242

Vera Yates
P.O Box 17596
Sugar Land, TX 77496  

• In each package, PLEASE include a piece of paper with your name, address, email address and how many cards you sent.  This helps us in keeping track for prizes! For each card you send, you will get a chance.  So the more cards you send, the better your chances. 

Next up--hop on over to Aga's blog!! And leave some love!! 


Thanks so much for stopping by! Many blessings:) 

Limelight challenge;)

Hello, friends:}


I know I'm late for the challenge--but I had to add my card in today! I just love love love LIMELIGHT! And if you haven't been over to their store--head there now! They are closing up the shop and there are some AWESOME deals going on! I am going shopping this week {Merry Christmas, self!!}. 

The challenge was to use this sketch as well as sparkle or glitter...I love this little elephant stamp {Unity Wild Crazy}. And I knew I had to use the same technique that Jennifer McGuire did with Perfect Pearls [Thanks, Laurel, for the link!!]. I love how this elephant is shimmery! In person--it is super glitzy!! I also used a sentiment from Unity's July KOTM. The letters were cut out from the cricut and then glitzed up--super easy! LOVE this sweet little card!!

 

Side view of the Perfect Peals on the elephant.

That's it for me today! I am hoping to get more crafty time in this week before we leave to visit my family up in the cold tundra....or Indiana. Thanks for stopping by! Love my friends and followers! Be blessed:}

All Things Unity #16 {Cards for Kids}

Hello, friends:}

Welcome back to another 2 week challenge over at All Things Unity! This week we are making cards for Jennifer McGuire's Cards for Kids!! This card drive will help send 13 sick kids some encouragement, love, cheer, and hope. What a great cause!! 

My first card was created specifically for Zach- 8 years old. He looks so sweet in his pic! I wanted to personalize his card with his initial, so I used my Cricut for the letter Z. I also stamped Ippity's Book It! and Unity's Garden Variety tag. I masked this tag, as well as the sentiment from Unity's May 10 KOTM. Love how this turned out! So FUN--and boy-ish!! Hope he likes it:} This also fits in with the USCWCMD16 challenge by Stephanie [use a tag]. I'm loving using these tags on cards!! SO FUN!!!

My next card was created for any of the kids--and it is perfect for the USCWCMD17 challenge by Maria [NO patterned paper]. I have had this idea for awhile...and Cathy [our wonderful GDT] did something like this before! Great minds think alike!! I love this bird stamp from Unity's August 10 KOTM. I stamped it twice on the card base and then glittered one of the birds. Making it "one of a kind". The sentiment is from Unity's May KOTM [u and r] and 100% Happy. I embossed the word "kind" and then added glitter to make it pop! Love it!! LOVE how this card turned out:} And who would have thought--NO patterned paper!

My last card is my absolute favorite. I think it could be for any of the kids (maybe just a girl...since the colors are soft and pretty). I just LOOOOOOOOVE how this color theme and stamp set came together. I used Unity's What a Hoot! stamp set for the owl and branch/leaves. I paper pieced each of the images [making this card an entry for the USCWCMD01 challenge by AJ]. LOVE that owl!! So pretty! I also used Ippity's Sweet Thoughts of You stamp set for the sentiment. LOVE LOVE LOVE it! I can't wait to send this to one of the kids!!

That's it for me--but make sure to check out the other ATU DT members' blogs!! You are going to love these cards--so fun and perfect for little ones!!


Sara Henton
Andrea Murdock
Kyra Sandstone
Lynn Miller
Cathy {Guest Designer}
Savannah O'Gwynn {that's me}


We would LOVE for you to play along with us! All the deets can be found HERE! Remember to link up your creations by Saturday, October 16 at 11:59pm EST. That's two weeks to get your groove on:}


Thanks so much for stopping by today! Love Unity!! LOVE LOVE LOVE it! Love Ippity too!! Be blessed:}