BLOG CANDY FOR A CAUSE!

This will stay up here until the blog candy is over. You MUST check it out! Not only are various companies we already know and love donating stuff to this awesome blog candy...but also the cause is worth MORE than the listed retail price of the giveaway. It's simple to enter...so check it out! It's worth a cause! Kaput Krafts: Bald is Beautiful blog candy!

Stamping for a cause! The Dunn Twins

I'm all about making cards for a cause, so this is one I couldn't pass up. Tomorrow as you're making cards on National Cardmaking Day, think about this: "There is something about sending a card, especially a handmade card, that brings something special and warm to the recepients heart". So please go to the following link to read about a very special cause ~ Crafty Engineering: Blog Candy For A Cause And don't just do it for a chance to win the blog candy, do it because it touches your heart. Thanks!

You can also read about the girls here: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/dunntwins

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Here is the card I made for the Dunn twins and the other card for their mommy, daddy, & big brother.

This one is for the girls. The butterflies represent them.

This one is for the family. I'm sending them lots of prayers. ~End edit

10/06~National Cardmaking Day!

What will you be doing tomorrow to celebrate OUR day?

I'll be making cards of course! I'm having a few ladies over for a class (and hopefully some sales, but I wont use that to take advantage of it of course!) and then after they're gone, I'll be working with LV (my 11 yr. old DD)...that's if she doesn't blow me off for Ryan's football game (her "boyfriend"). I'm kind of on the fence about that one, make cards or go to Ryan's football game...lol. I think cardmaking outweighs the football game, but his mom is very sweet. Hopefully we can all sit together (at least in spirit with each other) and make cards!

A bit about the Cardmaking day and a Thank You from Stampin' Up!

Stampin' Up! would like to thank all of you for your dedication and hard work in planning and preparing your World Card Making Day events. We are proud to announce that we have events taking place in all 50 states of the United States as well as in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Puerto Rico, South Korea, Japan, and Germany (thanks to our demonstrators in the US Military).
As you hold your events this week, and especially on October 6th, the official World Card Making Day, Stampin' Up! would like to wish you the best of luck and thank you for your participation. We look forward to hearing about the success of your World Card Making Day events!

Happy Stamping!

The team at Stampin' Up!

To find out more details, go HERE! (sorry I'm posting this late, I've just been a busy bee to have added this a couple of days ago)

So with that said, go and have yourself a fun cardmaking day!

Card for Anne

As I had mentioned before in a previous post, about a young lady by the name of Anne who is suffering a battle with bone cancer and isn't motivated to continue her chemo theraphy. Well I finished my card I'm sending off to her. I was stuck as what to say or what to make as I didn't want to make a "sympathy" card...I want to motivate her, not make her feel as though she's gone. Anyways, I decided to use this beautiful poem I found on a card made on SCS. It says:

What Cancer Cannot Do
It cannot cripple.....LOVE
It canot shatter.....HOPE
It cannot corrode.....FAITH
It cannot destroy.....PEACE
It cannot kill.....FRIENDSHIP
It cannot suppress.....MEMORIES
It cannot silence.....COURAGE
It cannot invade the.....SOUL
It cannot steal.....ETERNAL LIFE
It cannot conquer the.....SPIRIT
It cannot make YOU give up on LIVING!

Hopefully you that follow my blog will take some time out and make a card that can possible make a difference. I know there are tons of people out there who are in need of more, and if I could help them all I would, but I guess one step at a time. Wait until I become President.....:)

Supplies used:
Bashful Blue & Summer Sun cardstock from SU
Bon Bon DP from Marcella by K.
AwarenessBella from StampaBella
Lg. Prima flower
Mega circle punch by Marvy

Cards for a cause!

I'm an avid Split Coast Stamper subscriber and I came across something to sad while looking at cards made from Rox's great sketches.....there is this girl who is 19 in Canada in need of some kind words, support, and encouragement. Let me copy and paste what is said about her by a great lady who decided to start this great cause.

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PLEASE READ!!!! Abmurray's neice need some support

Please take a moment and read this post about Ann's (abmurray) 19 yr old neice. She has been battling bone cancer for some time now. She has had her femur replaced with a rod and 1/3 of her quad muscle removed as well. They can't account for 5-10% of the cancer so they decided to extend the chemo, but she has apparently had enough. Her parents have talked to her and were able to convinced her to extend the first time, but she isn't budging this time. This is an extremely difficult situation for anyone let alone 19 yr old girl who hasn't had a chance to live out her life to the fullest yet. I am posting this thread in hopes of getting cards send to her to lift her spirits and hopefully convince her to continue the chemo...Please send cards that are uplifting and encouraging... I know there are quite a few requests out there for other RAK's but how long does it really take to make just 1 more and get it in the mail? Please stop and take the time to send this young lady a few words of hope and encouragement. I also know she has shown an interest in card making but hasn't really started... Please feel free to stamp a few images and send them as well... If she continues her chemo, maybe this would be something she can do to pass the time a little faster and happier.

Thank you so very much in advance...Cards can be mailed directly to Ann's niece at

Anne Murray

192 MetcalfeGarson,

ON P3L1L4

Canada

You can find the story at Split Coast Stampers HERE!

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I'm getting ready to spread the word to my groups. Let's shower this young lady with lots of support and encouragement. I'm gonna be active in this because it's hit close to home. My uncle Sal also has bone cancer and he is just so stubborn and doesn't want any chemo anymore and our whole family on my moms side (he's my moms baby brother) and his children are really hurting because he is constantly in pain and in a ruddy mood. He use to stand 6' and now he's almost down a foot of how bad his cancer is. We're just praying it doesn't get worst than it already is...or worst yet. So please, take a couple of minutes, or however long it takes you to make 1 (ONE) card, and send it on it's way.