Caring Hearts Card Drive 10/4-11/28

Hi there friends!!!!!  The holidays are approaching and my good friends Vera and Jennifer are back for the 5th annual Caring Hearts Card Drive to collect holiday cards for the elderly that live in nursing homes. Last year they received over 3600 cards.

There are a few ladies helping  in collecting the cards. Vera is collecting some and Tina Schrof is working with Jennifer in collecting the cards. And to support the nursing homes that are located in Canada, they have Anita Recksiedler and Caroline Bredeson helping out for our Canada joint venture. Since international shipping is expensive, those of you in Canada can mail your cards to Anita or Caroline and they’ll distribute the cards.

The holidays are about family, kindness, and joy. During this time many of the elderly who lives in nursing homes would really feel the loneliness or missing their family. Wouldn’t it be so awesome if we can bring a smile to their face & brighten their holiday season simply by sharing our love of card making? A simple gesture to let them know that they are not forgotten.

A few important details:

• They need to receive your card by November 28, 2014.
• Please make the cards for Christmas or Holiday Wishes. Anyone can send a card – your children, church group, scout troops, etc.
• All cards need to have a message in it.
• Please sign your name and where you are from.
• Please include an envelope for each card and please don’t seal the envelope.
• Please stick to just cards (standard size A2 or 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″).
• Please don’t use any pins for safety reasons.
• This is totally optional: If you’d like to include $1 or $2 to help with shipping, it would be much appreciated. We cover the shipping cost ourselves – with no sponsor – so any donation toward shipping would help tremendously. However, this is NOT necessary.
• In each package, PLEASE include THIS SUBMISSION FORM.  This helps us in keeping track for prizes! For each card you send, you will get earn an entry.  So the more cards you send, the more entries your earn.
• You can mail the cards to any of these addresses:
• Vera Yates, 109 N. Post Oak Lane Ste. 430, Houston, TX 77024
• Card Drive, c/o Tina Schrof, PO Box 75, Springboro, OH 45066
• Caroline Bredseson, 7 Brown Street, Ottawa, ON, K1S  1L9, Canada
• Piney-Fine, Attn: Anita, PO Box 30, Piney, MBR0A 1 K0, Canada

To thank you for participating in this drive, they have many PRIZES for lucky contributors. (Please note that there will also be a blog hop in celebration of this card drive soon… and we will have more prizes from Simon Says Stamp, Online Card Classes, Inspiration Emporium and Verve Stamps for that also!)

Prizes:

(When you next do some crafty shopping, please consider supporting these generous companies!)

• Spectrum Noir – The COMPLETE line of Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers + accessories! Includes 168 markers, storage unit, nibs and a DVD! Over a $400 value!
• Jennifer McGuire Ink – TEN fabulous stamp/die sets from Jennifer’s favorite companies.
• Ellen Hutson – The COMPLETE line of Julie Ebersole’s stamp and die release. A $210 value!
• Hero Arts - $75 gift certificate
• Simon Says Stamp – $50 gift certificates
• Online Card Classes – class of your choice! (THREE winners.)
• Ali Edwards – Four new stamp sets.
• Lawn Fawn - $50 gift certificate.
• Becky Higgins – $50 gift certificate for Project Life products.
• Paper Smooches - $50 gift certificate.
• Waffle Flower Crafts  - $50 gift certificate.
• Freckled Fawn - $50 gift certificate.
• Tim Holtz – Four Tim Holtz stamp sets.
• Crafter’s Companion USA - Stamp & dies package.
• My Favorite Things  - $50 gift certificate.
• Poppy Stamps – $50 gift certificate.
• Clearly Besotted – £30 ($45 US dollars approx.) gift certificate.
• Organize More – $40 gift certificate.
• Latina Crafter – $35 gift certificate.
• Avery Elle – $30 gift certificate.
• Winnie & Walter – $30 gift certificate.
• Verve Stamps - $30 gift certificate.
• Frantic Stamper – TWO $25 gift certificates.
• Inspiration Emporium – $25 gift certificates!
• Impression Obsession - $25 gift certificate.
• Neat & Tangled – $25 gift certificate.
• Lil’ Inker Designs - $25 gift certificate.
• Wplus9 – $25 gift certificate.
• Altenew – $25 gift certificate.
• Newton’s Nook Designs – $25 gift certificate.
• Mama Elephant – $25 gift certificate.
• Butterfly Reflections – $25 gift certificate
• Reverse Confetti – $25 gift certificate
• A Jillian Vance Design - $20 gift certificate.
• Stampin’ Up Package from Alica Thelin.
• Sweet Stamp Shop - $10 gift certificate and some additional goodies!
• WOW Embossing – Assortment of embossing powders.
• Studio Calico – $20 gift certificate.
• May Arts - 2 rolls of ribbon from May Arts Holiday Collection
  

Card Drive for Emma

Hi Lawnscaping peeps!  Our friend Kelly is hosting a card drive for a sweet little girl who has been diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.

All of the details can be found on this post. Here is a recap of the guidelines and mailing address:

• Cards can be anything cheery, encouraging, supportive, etc.You can include or incorporate kid-friendly jokes! Please avoid get well card and reminders of being sick.  Please avoid holiday specific cards so the cards can be used anytime over the next two years. 
• Emma loves the colors green, purple and blue.  She has no siblings. She has two dogs, a cat and a fish.  She LOVES horses and bunnies.  She enjoys horseback riding, swimming, dancing and singing. 
• All cards need to have a positive message in it for the child/family.  Please also sign your name and the city or state where you are from.  There could be a geography lesson in there!  Also, please don't seal the envelope, as the parents might want to preview cards before Emma sees them.
• Please stick to just cards or lightweight things like stickers, etc. if you'd like to put something in the card.  I will be delivering the cards to Addison's family and they will then get the cards to Emma's family so no additional shipping costs will be incurred.
• You are welcome to send store-bought cards, but they will not be eligible for prizes.
• There is no need to send money or postage with your cards. 
•  In each package, PLEASE include a piece of paper with your name and email address and how many cards you sent . This helps in keeping track for prizes!  For each handmade card you send, you will get a chance for a prize.  So the more cards you send, the better your chances; however, one prize per person. 
• PLEASE SHARE this post on your blog, etc. Maybe consider making a card for Emma using a sketch or color challenge.  The more people who see this, the better!
• Winners of prizes will be randomly drawn on or around July 20, 2014 and notified on this blog and via email (must be provided with cards and written clearly).

All cards can be mailed to the following address: 

Kelly Bertram

P.O Box 58388

Cincinnati, Ohio 45258