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Caring Hearts Blog Hop (+ MEGA GIVEAWAY!!)

13 Nov

This is my second post for today!  For the 25 Days of Christmas Tags blog hop and giveaway, please scroll down or click here!  And don’t forget to comment on my Winnie & Walter Leading Lady posts here and here for a chance to win a $30 gift card to Winnie & Walter and on the Hero Arts My Monthly Hero post here for a chance to win the November kit!

Good morning!  I am thrilled and honored to participate in a blog hop to celebrate the 7th annual Caring Hearts Card Drive!  The purpose of this card drive is to collect handmade holiday cards for the elderly that live in nursing homes around the world.  Since 2010 we have been bringing joy to many nursing homes throughout the US, Canada, and Australia.  And this year, we are branching out to the UK!  What better way to share our love of card-making than to bring joy to others, right?  We hope you’ll join us in supporting the card drive.  Details on how to participate in the card drive can be found at Vera’s and Jennifer’s blogs!

Today is also World Kindness Day so we thought it would be fun to put together a big blog hop to bring awareness to the card drive, share some crafty inspiration to get your mojo going for card drive, and give away quite the shopping spree to one lucky commenter!  You’ll find a list of all the hoppers plus details on the giveaway at the end of my post!

I wanted to share a card that could be easily mass-produced in a variety of color schemes.  I chose to go slightly non-traditional with corals, pinks, reds, and golds.  I absolutely adore the sentiment from WPlus9’s Be Merry stamp set.  To create my card I stamped the sentiment with versamark using my MISTI and then heat-embossed it with gold embossing powder.  I stamped the flowers from Be Merry Florals using a variety of inks from Hero Arts and WPlus9 (Sweet Gelato is one of my most favorite colors EVER!) ;).  Finally I used copics to color the sentiment and match the ink colors.

I’m looking forward to making different variations of this card…I think blues and silver will be really pretty, too!

giveaway

So what’s a hop without a giveaway, right?  Simon Says Stamp has generously offered a $150 gift card for this hop.  That’s one heck of a shopping spree!!  All you need to do is visit and leave a comment on each blog. The winner will be randomly selected from one blog and will be announced on Vera’s blog on Friday, November 18th.  You have until midnight, Thursday, November 17th, 2016 to leave your comments.  The more comments you leave, the better your chances!!

You should have arrived from Ruby and Wendy is your next stop!  The full hop list can be found below:

  • Vera Yates
  • Jennifer McGuire
  • Laura Bassen
  • Shari Carroll
  • Debby Hughes
  • Heather Ruwe
  • Julie Ebersole
  • May Sukyong Park
  • Yana Smakula
  • Ruby Ianigro
  • Jessica Frost-Ballas —> You Are Here!
  • Wendy Ramlakhan
  • Kathy Racoosin
  • Amy Lee
  • Simon Says Stamp

Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful day!  If this is your first time visiting my blog I hope you’ll come back!  😉 Happy Hopping!

suppliesInterested in the products I used?  To make them easy for you to find, I have listed them below. (Affiliate disclosure can be found here). Your purchases help keep my blog running and I thank you for the support!)

Wplus9 BE MERRY Clear Stamps CLWP9BEME
Wplus9 BE MERRY FLORALS Clear Stamps CLWP9BMF
Wplus9 BE MERRY Clear Stamp And Die Combo WPLUS359
Wplus9 BE MERRY FLORALS Clear Stamp And Die Combo WPLUS356
Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad FRESH PEACH Mid-Tone AF247
Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad PALE TOMATO Mid-Tone AF233
Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad RASPBERRY JAM Mid-Tone AF228
Flamingo Dye Ink
Sweet Gelato Dye Ink
Cranberry Crush Dye Ink
Classic Crest Super Smooth Solar White 80# Cover 8.5
Classic Crest Cover Solar White 8-1/2×11 110lb 250/pkg
Copic Markers
MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping Tool Kit
Powder Tool Adhesive Deactivator
VersaMark Ink Pad
Simon Says Stamp EMBOSSING POWDER GOLD Ultrafine Detail GoldEP4
WAGNER HT 400 650-Degree Heat Gun
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492 Comments
Categories:
bloghop, card-making, crafting
Tags:
caring hearts card drive, christmas card, wplus9

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Comments

  1. Tania K says

    November 13, 2016 at 8:35 am

    Very pretty card! It will make someone happy to receive it! I love this card drive!

    Reply
  2. Maureen says

    November 13, 2016 at 8:51 am

    Love the stamp set and variation on traditional holiday colors! My daughters would love this card.

    Reply
  3. Aslin Santiago says

    November 13, 2016 at 8:51 am

    I am sooo participating in this drive this year again!!

    Reply
  4. Tinkerbeth says

    November 13, 2016 at 8:54 am

    What a pretty card! Love that you used all of those pinks!

    Reply
  5. barb gmitro-best says

    November 13, 2016 at 8:54 am

    Very pretty. Non traditional colors make it really beautiful!

    Reply
  6. craftysmell2015 says

    November 13, 2016 at 8:54 am

    What a beautiful card. I would never think to use these colours for Christmas. I am glad the drive is now being opened up in the UK. I am now thinking how to mass produce some of my own to send to this great cause. Thank you x

    Reply
  7. Enna says

    November 13, 2016 at 8:55 am

    When I started making cards for this drive, I thought single layer cards would be best; however, I can’t seem to manage to stay to 1 layer. This blog hop has given me the inspiration. Thanks.

    Reply
  8. Bonnie E says

    November 13, 2016 at 8:58 am

    This is just such a bright, cheerful, and FUN card!

    Reply
  9. Jennifer Kinney says

    November 13, 2016 at 8:58 am

    Very festive!

    Reply
  10. Wendy Rivard says

    November 13, 2016 at 9:03 am

    Love the non traditional colors! Very pretty!

    Reply
  11. Dolly (scrapthat) says

    November 13, 2016 at 9:03 am

    I love all the colors you chose for this one Jessica!! TFS

    Reply
  12. Maria says

    November 13, 2016 at 9:04 am

    Beautiful card

    Reply
  13. Jennifer T says

    November 13, 2016 at 9:04 am

    Beautiful card, love the gorgeous colors you used! So rich and lovely.

    Reply
  14. Cindy C. says

    November 13, 2016 at 9:06 am

    Oh this is so pretty!! It makes me think of a tropical Christmas holiday!

    Reply
  15. Trina P. says

    November 13, 2016 at 9:08 am

    Pretty card. Love the non-traditional colors for Christnas.

    Reply
  16. Janice says

    November 13, 2016 at 9:12 am

    Beautiful colours on your card. Someone’s heart will sing!

    Reply
  17. pamboe says

    November 13, 2016 at 9:12 am

    It’s fun to venture beyond the traditional red and green. Someone is going to love your card!

    Reply
  18. Dori Johns says

    November 13, 2016 at 9:12 am

    I just love the colors you used on this sweet card!

    Reply
  19. audreypettit says

    November 13, 2016 at 9:15 am

    Love the non-traditional color palette! Such a burst of happiness in a card!

    Reply
  20. Lizzie Stoltz says

    November 13, 2016 at 9:22 am

    I love the use of pink!! So pretty! 🙂

    Reply
  21. Becca Yahrling says

    November 13, 2016 at 9:22 am

    I love these colors together. And the sentiment goes perfectly with.
    Beautiful card.

    Reply
  22. Adriana Bohusova says

    November 13, 2016 at 9:33 am

    Love the non-traditional colour scheme. I’m a fan of this combo as well.

    Reply
  23. Sam O says

    November 13, 2016 at 9:38 am

    What a wonderful cause to brighten up the holiday for someone : ) Love the bright colours.

    Reply
  24. Leslie Kiley says

    November 13, 2016 at 9:43 am

    Pink is my color!!! I love your card! Love the reason for this blog hop too!

    Reply
  25. Jan Elmore says

    November 13, 2016 at 9:44 am

    What a happy Christmas card! I like those colors!

    Reply
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