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!
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!
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What a pretty card. Thanks for sharing your great ideas.
Your card is beautiful. I had my Caring Hearts workshop yesterday and will be sending in 100+ cards. Such a worthy cause 🙂
I love the pink colors!! Always wanted to try non traditional Christmas colors but have been afraid to try!! You make it look so fun and beautiful!!
I love the colors of your pretty card. Makes me happy.
Beautiful cards for a beautiful cause. Thank you so much for your inspiration and gracious heart.
Renee
Your card is Merry & Bright!
What a bright and cheery holiday card! Thanks for sharing!
Wowzers~ LOVE the brilliant pinks and reds!! They definitely make a festive and fun card!! TFS!
Your card is merry and bright and sure to lighten up someone’s life.
How merry do these colors look?! Yes, blue and silver will work as well but, I LOVE how these colors look.
Beautiful card. I love this stamp set!
This card needs to go to a nursing home in FL or HI! A fun tropical card!
Your card is so pretty!! Love it and this card drive:)
Where is it written we must use red and green for Christmas cards? I say color yourself silly. Great card
Very merry and bright. Love it.
Wow! This is so bright and colorful! It totally lifted my spirits on this gloomy day! Very pretty!
Take care!
Michele
crimsonowl@charter.net
The color on this is gorgeous! So bright and pretty….
Very pretty. Love the untraditional colors.
Great card!
Beautiful card! Love the ink colors you chose and that sentiment is gorgeous!!!
Your card is so bright
and beautiful! I love
the colors!
this is such a bright and colorful card! And I love the cause you are supporting. My goal is 100 cards, and I am up to 92!
Jessica, your card is certainly “merry and bright” and will surely bring a “bright” smile to whomever receives it….absolutely gorgeous colors!!! Thank you so much for participating in this blog hop and for your support for this amazing Card Drive!
Your card is MERRY AND BRIGHT, and beautiful.