Happy Mail for Grayson Card Drive

Danielle Walls from Neat and Tangled is having a card drive for a high school friend's
2-year old son named Grayson who has a tumor on his brain stem.

His mom, Jackie, has a blog she updates regularly, where you can visit
and learn more about this spunky little guy.

Danielle wants to light up Grayson's life with some serious happy mail!

She spoke with Jackie and was told that Grayson loves to receive mail

and thus, the Happy Mail for Grayson Card Drive was born.

Grayson has a big brother named Aydan who I'm sure would love to receive

some mail, too. Speaking from personal experience, seeing your child go through

chemotherapy is difficult, and receiving happy mail 

will certainly bring smiles to the whole family.

The card drive will run from now through February 28, 2013.

Danielle will happily accept cards from international addresses, too!

Please send your cards to:

Grayson Savery and/or Aydan Savery

c/o Danielle Walls

P.O. Box 5808

Wilmington, DE 19808

Here's a card for Grayson that I made using the new Cuteasaurus set from 

Paper Smooches. What little boy doesn't love dinosaurs?

Let's flood Danielle's mailbox with lots of cards for Grayson and Aydan
and bring some huge smiles to the Savery family.

SUPPLIES:

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Cards From the Heart Card Drive

Winter Sims is once again organizing her Valentine's Day card drive to send to 

various children's hospitals in the US. Go here to see all the rules and guidelines, 

as well as the list of sponsors and prizes.

Purple Onion Designs is one of the sponsors and Michele is also offering a $25 prize package 

if you link up your Valentine cards on her blog before you send them off to Winter.
She will choose a random winner during the first week of February
and increase the prize to a $50 prize package if the winner used
Purple Onion Designs stamps!

Here are some cards using Purple Onion Designs stamps:

Stamps used: LOVE noteblock, Home Sweet Home (heart)

Stamps used: Home Sweet Home (heart)

 Stamps used: Home Sweet Home (heart), Love You to Stitches (sentiment)

So is it obvious that I love that heart?
I white embossed a bunch of them and ink distressed in different colors.
A white pigment pen was used to doodle some designs for a bit of fun.

Last year, Winter collected over 3000 cards so let's see
if we can break that record and don't forget to link up your cards at POD!

SUPPLIES:

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A card of Hope

Deborah Nolan coordinated a secret card drive for a Hero Arts Flickr friend who was battling a terrible illness. I wrote up this post over a year ago. It was published, and some of you commented, but I "unpublished" it because it was still a secret. And now, a year later, Deborah said it was time for the reveal.  So here it is, again...

Just wanted to share a card that I made for a Flickr friend who is going through a difficult time right now. Deborah is hosting a secret card drive that drew an amazing turnout, which just goes to show that stampers have the biggest hearts.

I am loving Hero Arts' new Friend Definition cling stamp. It's huge and covers a lot of card in one stamping, and it also stamps so crisp and clear.

I sponged Shabby Shutters on cream cardstock and stamped the definition in brown. Tore the edges with a metal edge ruler and finished up with some flowers that were colored and cut out, along with some leaves from my new favorite Sizzlits leaf die.

Here's hoping that our secret friend knows that she has our love and support and that there will be brighter days ahead.                                    --November 2009

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Ruth, we're all so happy for your progress and the battle you've won so far. I hope that all the cards you received brought a little sunshine in your life and that you continue to be strong and always have hope. 

Happy Holidays to you and your family!

Card drive and yummy candy!

Jennifer McGuire is once again hosting a card drive for ailing children and their families. Cards for Kids is an ongoing one, and cards can be sent not only at Christmas, but year round.

Visit her blog for the details and even if you're super busy, it's such a "feel good" effort to send even one card to brighten a young child's holiday or any day. Even a (gasp!) Hallmark card would be heartfelt and appreciated.

Our younger daughter was a cancer patient when she was 10 months old and I can empathize with families who spend the holidays in or out of the hospital with an ill child. Siblings are sometimes forgotten and a card would surely brighten up their day as well.

Thanks to some enabling from Alice, I've discovered Mo's digital images that are so easy to print and color. This Sophie card will be on its way to Jennifer this weekend.

Stamps: Mo's Digital Pencil, My Sentiments Exactly

Cardstock: Gorgeous red by Gina K (thank you, Judy!)

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black

Other: Nestabilities oval dies, Sizzix embossing dots,

Copics for coloring, corner rounder, buttons, twine, pop dots

And the very talented Jenn Biederman is generously giving away her prizes that she won for a Hero Arts challenge together with a card and an ATC that she created. Her cards alone are the true prizes and I can attest to this because I own a "JB original"! Visit her blog and prepare to be dazzled by her cards, projects and layouts. Thanks, Jenn!