.....in stamps, supplies and gift certificates----products from companies such as My Favorite Things, Gina K Designs, Stamping Bella, Stamper's Dream, Unity Stamp Company,
Hambo Stamps,
smARTworks,
Jacksonbelle Embellishments,
JustRite Stampers,
Taylored Expressions, Flourishes, Starving Artistamps, The Cat's Pajamas, Kim Hughes, Verve Visual, Shimmerz Paints, Scor-Pal, Splitcoaststampers, Papertrey Ink and ........lots more????
Stay tuned--September 21 is World Alzheimer's Day and your favorite companies are helping us celebrate.....
ONE PERSON WILL WIN A PRIZE PACKAGE THAT IS ALREADY VALUED AT OVER $800 (
and is growing by the hour!) for doing something as easy as putting a card in the mail.
Will it be YOU!!!!!?????***************************************
It started as a
small idea-----and
GREW! Since we just finished releasing
Whimsical Autumn (where 100% of my proceeds will be donated to the Alzheimer's Association) I wanted to conclude with honoring the caretakers of those with Alzheimer's. What better time to do that than on National Alzheimer's Day??? And so---next week you will find out how you can brighten some one's day and enter to win
BIG! (And I mean
huge BIG!)
I thought it would be fun to add some blog candy to this and emailed a few companies I thought might be willing to help. About
seven seconds after I hit the "Submit" button on my first email, I received a response from Emily of Stamping Bella donating the first (of what became MANY!!!) gifts for the blog candy. Totally amazing gifts, I might add!
I did
NOT offer these companies anything---no advertising, no publicity, no nothing....Each of the company owners wanted to help out of the kindness of their heart......and so my goal is to honor each of these amazing companies throughout the months in the only way I know how---by using their amazing stamps and products!
Since Emily (
Stamping Bella) was the first (
followed minutes later by others) to donate---I wanted to use a Bella to help spread the word!
I created this card with
Stampingbella---what a fun gal she is. If you have been under a rock and have not seen these adorable stamps -- you
must check them out! (A few
favs:
i-wish-I-looked-so-good-on-a-bike-ABELLA,
Cosmobella ,
cuppacakeabella ,
snowbunnybella,
teddybella).
To create this design, I simply masked her stamping supplies (sob!) so I could add my punched hearts....I used rub-0
ns for the sentiment and I just love how the "to" blends right into the big hearted Bella!
Bella's heart is covered with red stickles.
Materials used: Stamps-Stamping Bella (Stamping Bella); cardstock-white, black (Stampin' Up!), Bohemia (My Mind's Eye), 4 bar notes (a muse); Memento Black Ink (Tsukineko); rub-ons-Always & Forever (Imaginisce); eyelets (Stampin' Up!) Cropadile; ribbon (Offray); heart punches (Creative Memories); red stickles (Ranger); black crystal stickers (Mark Richards); dimensionals (Stampin' Up!).
So---make sure you check out my blog on September 21 for "Heart to Heart"---find out how you can brighten some one's day AND win BIG!!!
In other news: We are awaiting hurricane Ike here---My in laws just came to stay with us--they live in Baytown right outside of Houston (near Galveston) and had a mandatory evacuation (yipes!) Please keep all those in the storm's path in your prayers tonight.
Thanks for stopping by!
Stamp credits: Best Friends Forevah (Stamping Bella), Cupcake (My Favorite Things).
And here we are just last month at Christmas (just a wee bit older, ahem, I mean better!):
Because I knew I would be out of town for Jeanne's birthday, I had to actually make this card several days BEFORE her birthday....(anyone who knows me knows that.......that IS love!)
