Saturday, October 23, 2010

Caring Hearts Card Drive Blog Hop-----

Welcome to the Caring Hearts Card Drive Blog Hop where the name of the game is "caring" !!




This is stop #9 of 39- Yup it's a long one, so I hope you got some snacks & a bevy cuz we are gonna keep you hopping for a while!
If you came here from the crafty Cassie's blog, then you are on the right track.
Your next stop will be the dynamic Donna's blog.
If you stumbled across my blog by accident or good fortune today & wish to participate in this amazing blog hop, pls start at the beginning here!

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Whilst I was looking for challenges the other day, I stumbled across this blog that had an amazing thing going on......a card drive to collect CHRISTMAS, THANKSGIVING & HOLIDAY WISHES cards to send to elderly people living in care homes & assisted living complexes.



This drive is inspired by Vera's mom who said,
"Sometime as much as the elderly understand that it might be necessary for them to live in care center or nursing homes, it's still not an easy thing to be away from your family or being away from their home. It can be lonely and some of them might not even have anyone who would visit them. Would be nice if you can get a bunch of cards send to them".


Vera is hoping to collect cards & have them in her hand by November 15 in order to get them arranged for delivery for the appropriate holidays! She is giving away prizes, as well, for each card you send, the more times your name goes into the draws....................


For more information on this (ie- address of how & where to send your card, what to write inside the card, inventory list of sent items, etc)....... PLEASE CLICK HERE!

BUT...............

Dont' forget to continue hopping first, cuz
--some of the stops along the way are offering some candy of their own!!!
--and there are (random draw) prizes for those who participate and leave comments along the way!!

You don't wanna miss that!!!

My creation is a Thanksgiving card, specifically for a man.
If there is one thing I know, it's that there are never enough homemade cards for men, so this is my contribution to all the little old men out there!
The image is a freebie from Karen's Doodles & the sentiment I made on my computer.
I used my SU punch to punch out the sentiment & my fiskars corner punch to shape the corner of the picture & back blacking paper.
I used my new MS punch to punch the bottom of the orange & black paper....speaking of which, this paper is actualy a halloween digital design which I downloaded from the Bearly Mine Designs! There are a TON of beautiful digital papers over there that you need to check out, when you are done hopping here!!
The off-white Jute ribbon & the shimmery Satin Apple green ribbon are from Really Reasonable Ribbons!
The two flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.







This is my CTMH personalized stamp I always stamp the back of my creations with. Isn't it pirdy!!


NOW get hopping. you have a long way to go!!



Challenges for my card:
Stamp Something- digital image
The Stampman- Cards for Men
Simon Says Stamp- give thanks
Baby Bud designs- fall/halloween
Creative Belli Blog- pumpkins
Karen's Doodles- distress it



54 comments:

Vera Yates (Ling) said...

Corry, this is so lovely. Love al the details and the coloring. Thanks so much for all your support for Caring Hearts Card Drive. Hugs.

Samantha Mann said...

you are so right - masculine cards are hard to come by! good thinking! and your card is fantastic!!

www.samsscrapcandy.blogspot.com

Tiff said...

Gorgeous inside and out!

Denise Clark said...

WOW! Corry, this is fabulous! Love the welcoming feel of your card! Really says Thanksgiving! The jute ribbon really adds texture! You did a wonderful job with the coloring! The shadowing really adds depth! Terrific card!

Thebug415 said...

How pretty! Fabulous card. Thanks for playing with us at the Creative Belli Challenge.

Kryssi said...

gorgeous card!

Michele Gross said...

Wonderful!! I'm not a colorer but truly appreciate the effort it takes to make it look good. Your coloring is beautiful!! Lovely shading-yum! This will absolutely make someone happy!!

Trinh said...

Beautiful!

B said...

So lovely -- love the fun details and coloring!

scrappin2babygirls said...

great card I love the coloring job! thanks for sharing!
-jamie

Anonymous said...

Corry, what a gorgeous card hun! xx

Deirdre said...

Wow, amazing card.

Cassie_lu said...

beautiful card and great idea making it with a man in mind.

christys_scrappin said...

What an adorable project for the blog hop! Very talented for sure!

http://christysscrappin.blogspot.com/

gberry14 said...

Beautiful card inside and out! The detail is fabulous and will make the oliday special!-L. Berry

Scrappy Jackie said...

Beautiful card. I am so happy to be doing this hop and finding some wonderful blogs to follow! You do beautiful work. Tank you for inspiring!

Lin said...

You are so right to make a Thanksgiving card for a man - someone special will feel so pleased to receive this!

Pickle said...

Full of Pumpkinny goodness this one :) Great card for a man and I am sure it will bring a smile to the lucky person who receives it.

Joey said...

Hiya Corry

this is gorgeous I just love your colourwork!!! gorgeous layout. thanks for joining us at karens doodles

Joey.xx

Kelly said...

gorgeous. The coloring is so pretty!

Anna K. said...

Lovely coloring!

Ruby said...

Lovely card, especially the way you've done the inside too!

Neva said...

WOW Corry this is fantastic, love your coloring. Thanks for playing along with this weeks Treehouse Thursday "Thankful" challenge.

Julie said...

Gorgeous card Corry! Love your coloring, distressed edges and embelishments! Thanks for joining us this week in the Treehouse Challenge!

Mary Anne said...

beautifully designed thanksgiving card. I love the autumn theme and your embelllishments, awesome. thanks for joining our challenge at babybuddesigns
Mary Anne
"bbd"

Pam said...

So wonderful to design a card for a man. It's beautiful!

Ren-Yi said...

that pumpkin is just gorgeous - love how you made the inside also so fun!

donna mikasa said...

Love your autumn-y card! Beautiful coloring and I love all the details on your card--even decorating the inside!

Christiana said...

What a great card for a great cause!

Brenda said...

Beautiful card and I love your colouring!

Anonymous said...

so beautiful inside and out. LOVE IT.
Thank you so much for joining us at Karens Doodles this week.
Good luck.
Dorte aka dot-scrap

Lorraine A said...

Gorgeous card :-) beautiful colours and details :-)

luv
Lols x x x

Playing with Paper said...

What an awesome card I love it!! This is such a great cause. This blog has really inspired me to make some cards for this cause. Thank you.

Unknown said...

Fantastic card Corry, love the colours and I looove Karen's stamps, haven't used this one yet!

Peri said...

What a great card Corry - I love the details. Thank you for playing along at Karen's Doodles this week.
Peri xx

Denise Bryant said...

Gorgeous card! I love your coloring!
DeniseB

tanjaak said...

Hi! Cute card. Thanks for joining us at Karen's Doodles this week.
hugs, Tanja

Anne said...

Fabn card hunni
Thanks for playing along with Karen's Doodles this week. Good luck
Anne x

Lilygirl said...

Beautiful Card!! You do great work!! TFS!!

kathlee said...

Beautiful card. I love the punched edge-nice touch! TFS

shulsart said...

Corry, this is a beautiful card, thanks for using it in your blog hop. Good luck and thanks for joining in on the fun at Karen's Doodles challenge blog.

Vee said...

This is a beautiful Vintage creation. Thank you for playing with Charisma this week.
xx Vee

Kelly Latevola said...

I love how you colored those pumpkins so pretty!

email: Steph@SimonSaysStamp.com said...

Your coloring on this is fantastic!! I love the punched edge along the bottom too!!

Thanks so much for entering the Simon Says Stamp Challenge!!!

-Sarah

Anita Rex said...

Such a gorgeous fall card!

Lisa Petrella said...

Lovely Autumn image---and your coloring is fabulous!

debby4000 said...

Wonderful card, love the sweet image and colours.
luv
Debby

~amy~ said...

such a gorgeous card...love your coloring and details!

BethW said...

All of your cards are amazing-such beautiful work. Thank for helping our seniors have a happy holiday season.

Mandy said...

Gorgeous card hunny, fabby colouring, I'm still hopping away lol
hugs Mandy xx

ThePurplePlace said...

Thanks for sharing your lovely card with everyone. I especially love the nice fall image and think you did a fabulous job with your coloring.

We are very happy your joined our very FIRST chalelnge over at Baby Bud Designs and hope to see you again on Friday.

Happy Craftiness,
Lis
Baby Buy DT Member

Lorraine said...

What a beautiful thanksgiving card!

Kelly Braund said...

Great card!

The Stamp Man said...

Great thanksgiving card, lovely colours! Thanks for entering The Stamp Man challenge.

Jill

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