Caring Hearts Card Drive

Hi all. It's almost holiday time again and I am back for the 3rd year for my annual Caring Hearts Card Drive to collect holiday cards for the elderly that lives in nursing homes. Last year I teamed up with the fabulous Jennifer McGuire and we were able to send card to quite a few nursing homes.

This year, since Jennifer just had a new baby, I am back to running it again by myself. I hope that many of you will join and help me to reach as many nursing homes as possible and continue to spread more joy.

The holidays are about family, about 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.

We all love making cards and what’s better than knowing our creations can bring a smile to others? I hope that many of you will help out in the effort to spread joy & cheer.

We have some people that already agree to help us deliver the cards to selected nursing homes.

A few important details:

• This card drive will be going on till November 30, 2012. I will need to receive your cards by November 30, 2012.
•  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 (can be stamped or handwritten or both).  
• Please sign your name and where you are from. 
• Please don't seal the envelope.
• Please stick to just cards (all size welcome)
• And please don't use any pins (safety reason).
• You can mail the cards to:

                        Vera Yates
                        P.O Box 19158
                       Sugar Land, TX 77496

• In each package, PLEASE include a piece of paper with your name, address, email address and how many cards you sent.  This helps me in keeping track for prizes! For each card you send, you will get a chance.  So the more cards you send, the better your chances. 

To thank you for your generosity in supporting this drive, I have several PRIZES ready for several winners. There will be many winners and remember… the more cards you send the better your chances. :)

I'll update the prize list as more prizes coming in. And huge thank you to all the fabulous companies who support this card drive by donating awesome prizes.

Avery Elle - $20 GC

Avocado Arts

Becky Oehlers Stamps - You Say Goodbye I Say 'Ello set

Bella Blvd

Hero Arts - 4 cling stamp of your choice

             

Lawn Fawn - $30 GC

May Arts - 3 rolls of ribbon of your choice

Neat & Tangled - $30 GC

From Jennifer McGuire - Online Card Classes - 2 classes of your choice

Paper Crafts Magazine - 5 Special Edition

Some Odd Girl - $25 GC

Paper Smooches - $25 GC

Penny Black - 1 clear & 1 cling set

Technique Tuesday

Two Peas in A Bucket - Free Workshop of your choice $25 value

Wplus9 - $20 GC

Simon Says Stamp - Holiday Apothecary Label Stamp & Dies set

                                                             

CAS-UAL Fridays Stamps - $30 GC

I will update the prize list as I get more. :) Please feel free to share about this card drive. I really appreciate your support & kindness. Let's rock this card drive and bring Christmas joy to as many nursing homes as we can!! Thank you. 

Hubby of Mine

Today we are celebrating hubby's birthday. We started the celebration yesterday with a fabulous crab leg dinner, courtesy hubby to try out the new induction cooktop he got from my mom. And it will continue today. :)

There are so many reason why I am so thankful for my hubby. My family loves him, too and they all think I am so lucky to have him as a hubby. My mom think he's the best son-in-law (hm.... I wonder if she says this because he cooks for us, hah...). No, for all seriousness,my family love him because he is sweet, thoughtful, and kind.

He is the kind of husband who saved the best piece of steak for his wife or given up the last piece of dessert because he knows his wife love dessert. The thoughtful hubby who woke up super early in the morning to let the dogs out, so his wife can sleep in. A strong man who doesn't mind sharing household duties, a supportive hubby who let his wife going to CHA because he knows how much papers and stamps make his wife happy. A quiet man who can be so silly and goofy. A thoughtful man who treat me like a princess.

He makes me a better person. Nope, he is not perfect, just like I am not perfect. But, we are good for each other. I am grateful to have him as my life partner and I want him to know that I appreciate him very much.

Below, is a layout I made of his 40th birthday. Isn't he so cute?? Honey, I know it doesn't sound manly, but I am your wife, I am allowed to say you are cute. Hah... Sorry for the crooked pic, I couldn't figure out how to take a good pic of 12x12 layout.

So, happy birthday to my best friend, my co-worker (yep, we work for the same company), daddy to our pups, hubby of mine. I love you and I wish you many happy blessings.

My Puppy Eat My Homework

I made this Kaylee's card for Some Odd Girl featured digi that went up on Some Odd Girl blog this past Monday.

And.... the sad thing about this card?? Eli the puppy love papers and cards just like his mom and he decided this card belongs to him. Luckily, I already took picture of the card when the accident happened.I tried to reprimand him, but he gave me this look that say, "why are you mad, I love card just like you, you should be happy about it!" Even hubby said that, yep, he's mommy boy, he loves paper.

Seriously, sometime he look through my scrap paper stash and kind of look around before deciding to pick one up. And, he thinks it's super funny when I am running around chasing him.

So... that term... my dog/puppy eat my homework is true. At least, I have picture of the card to remember what it looks like. :)

Ribbon Background

Quick post today as I am swamped at work. I want to share this card that I made for May Arts blog and it was posted there last week (you can see the full post HERE).

The ribbon I used to make the background is one of my favorite new ribbon from May Arts. I just love it. What do you think of this ribbon?

Sorry for the short post. So much going on at the moment. I do appreciate you taking the time to visit my blog and I apologize for being behind in leaving comments. I do try to keep up through my google reader, though. Hope you all have a wonderful day.

Some Odd Girl Sketch Challenge

** This is my 2nd post for today. For Avocado Arts post please scroll down below. **

I am back with a second post today as the first of the month also marks a new challenge time at Some Odd Girl. This time we're going with a sketch challenge. Let's look at the sketch, shall we? 

And, here's my card using my favorite pup from Some Odd Girl Preppy Pups set. 

I hope you will play along. If your card get picked as favorite you could win a 4x6 Some Odd Girl clear stamp set of your choice. You have till October 29th, 2012 to enter. You can view and enter the challenge HERE. Thanks for stopping by here. :)

Fall Leaves

Happy October, lovely peeps! Are enjoying the lovely fall colors on your neck of the wood? I wish I could say that I am enjoying fall colors on my end, but there's not much fall colors here, except brown. No pretty mix of yellow, red, orange, etc.

But, I definitely can do fall leaves color on my card. :) Here's my CAS card using the leaves from Avocado Arts Gobble Till You Wobble set.

I simply colored each leave with distress marker and then stamp it to the card. And... what do you know... today we actually have fall weather in Houston. It's a nice change after the hot weather we have to endure in the summer. Hubby who grew up in Michigan, definitely loving this cooler weather. 

Hope your October starts off wonderfully and may this month be a great month for you. Happy fall! And from here, please check out what the Pit Crew has created for you.

Ashley Harris

Cristal Hobbs

Becky Oehlers
AJ Otto

Latisha Yoast

Vera Yates

Geeky Turkey

Hi everyone and happy Sunday! Hope you have a good weekend so far.

It was a rainy Saturday here in Houston, so my mom and I spent the day shopping. have I told you that I'll be an aunt soon? Yep.. yep.. my li'l brother is going to be a daddy in just a few more months and they have just found out (even tough they've been guessing about it) that they will have a girl!!

So, needless to say, my mom and I start looking for girl stuff. :) We call the baby, li'l sunshine. This will be the first grandchild for my mom. The whole family is super excited. And yes... it's so hard not to go crazy shopping for baby stuff. So much cuteness....

We finished the day with a very nice family dinner with all my cousins which I enjoyed very much. It's nice to catch up with everyone and enjoying a good food at the same time.

Now, let's get down to card business, shall we? Today I am sharing a new project using Avocado Arts Gobble Till You Wobble set. You see the  turkey? Hah... it reminds me of my li'l brother when he was a toddler. My mom used to call him birdie with his big eyes and bald head. Just like the turkey. :)

This time I dressed up my naked turkey as geeky turkey. :)

I love fall colors in nature, but I have to admit that it's not my favorite color combo for card. I figure the pink color would liven up the card a bit. And, with that glasses I think my turkey looks pretty geeky cute. :)

My team mates has created some fabulous projects using this set. Check them out. Below is the list.

Ashley Harris
Cristal Hobbs 
Becky Oehlers

Latisha Yoast

Thank you so much for stopping by here. Have a blessed Sunday everyone!

You Say Goodbye I Say 'Ello

I am still alive. :) It's been quiet around here, isn't it? Well, this week I am swamped with submission projects and I also have my aunt and cousin from Wyoming staying with us. So, lots of family time and a bit less of blogging time.

But, I did manage to squeeze in a card to showcase the latest set from Becky Oehlers Stamp for Gina K. Designs, called "You say Goodbye I Say 'Ello."And, this set is a cutie!! Here's a look at the full set.

The set comes in CLEAR and RUBBER. How awesome is this set?? Here's my card with all it's chevron trendiness. :)

Now, please check out what the fab girls in our team has created using this set.

Latisha Yoast, JJ Bolton, Becky Oehlers

And, I also want to do a quick birthday shout out to my girl, Laurel Beard. We clicked from the moment we met and I am so thankful for her friendship. Laurel, I wish you the very best and may this year be your best one, yet. Hugs. xx

Moxie Fab Seasonal Decor

This morning, my old pug, Ollie woke us up several times. I am not sure what is wrong, but she whined and barked a lot through out the night. Starting at 1.30am. So, my morning didn't start in the best way, but oh boy, it changed right away with a visit to Moxie Fab World.

Yep, today Cath is sharing Seasonal Decor from Holiday Cards and More and she's showcasing my Seasonal Greeting Shadow Box!! (You can see the post HERE). I am so excited and thrilled. I think I yelped with excitement when I saw my project there. Then I am grinning ear to ear like a fool. :)

I have 4 projects published on this edition. Beside the shadow box, I also have this penguin card in there.

There are so many cool inspiration on this edition. And this is the first time I get to share the magazine with my mom. Usually she just see it on my blog, but since she is here, I am able to show her the magazine hot off the press.

Thank you for letting me share my excitement. Have a very happy Friday everyone!

Hi Y'all

Quick post today to share the latest digi release from Some Odd Girl. Today we're showcasing Cowgirl Mae and Pink Ribbon Mae.

First up is Cowgirl Mae and being a Texans, I have to use our slang of y'all. :)

I do adore Cowgirl Mae a lot. I think she just look super sweet & cute with her cowboy hat & boots. Sigh... I might be a Texans, bit those two items I do not have. I guess I am just not a wearing a hat kind of girl. Very rarely you'll see me with a hat. Am entering this cowgirl cutie to Moxie Fab World asymmetry challenge.

Next, another sweetness, this is Pink Ribbon Mae. I think almost all of us know someone who's affected by cancer and next month is breast cancer awareness month, so this image would be perfect for an encouragement, hope, or thinking of you card.

Check out what the Oddies girls created HERE. Thanks for swinging by here and I really appreciate your sweet & kind comments.