Brandy Jesperson
In the words of Zanne, one of our Paper Crafts Facebook followers, “Real women read Paper Crafts.” The geniuses behind Dove’s Real Beauty campaign recently invited Paper Crafts to participate in their Fall 2009 newsletter. So you can only image how thrilled we were when the newsletter was sent out! On their list of “5 Beautiful Things” was Getting Creative, followed by a card created by the talented Roree Rumph.
Please join us is supporting the wonderful Dove products and their equally wonderful campaign by checking out their Fall newsletter HERE. We’d also like to encourage all of you to celebrate your creativity by making beautiful cards. Make a thank you card for someone you love or create a card of encouragement for a friend in need. If you’re looking for a little inspiration, you can also turn to this beautiful card created by Stephanie Muzzulin.
Stephanie Muzzulin's Many Thanks Card is an online bonus project in our November/December issue.
Since this real woman loves to giveaway prizes, I will randomly select two lucky winners to receive an assortment of fabulous paper crafting product. In order to win, you must send a card to someone. I don’t care who. Just send a little note to brighten someone’s day, and then leave a comment telling me who you gave your card to. All comments must be received by midnight (MDT) on Sunday, Oct. 18. I promise I’ll do the same. My family recently lost a dear loved one and I have loads of thank you notes to send to friends and family alike.
Celebrating creativity and sharing beauty,
Brandy
My uncle passed away last spring and my dear aunt is not coping very well without him. I try to send her a card every couple of weeks to let her know that I am thinking of her and brighten her day. I am putting a card in the mail today to remind her that she is thought of often.
Yesterday we sent off a birthday card to my daughter’s Sunday School teacher. She’s the sweetest woman who is so wonderful with the kids each week, and we’re so thankful for “Grandma Dayle”.
My co-worker’s brother died suddenly last week. She loves handmade things and always is encouraging me to sell the things I make. I made her a sympathy card. She loved it. It is nice to know that the time put in to make something is appreciated.
I made my boss a fantastic “grateful” card with fall colors using Stampin’ Up!’s new Autumn Traditions paper. (I also made her a banana bread and a pumpkin bread and put them in a basket with the card.) She’s 9 mo. pregnant and she can either eat it now or freeze for later!
I had planned on sending a card to my cousin Christy, she has been struggling with cancer for years and just found out it has spread to her brain. That being the situation, she only has 1 – 2 months to live. A really hard card to make, and write in, but this post has encouraged me to get it done. Thanks.
my DH just deployed, and I’ll be sending him a card everyday {as soon as I get their addy in Iraq} I’ll also be sending some cards to his soldiers, I know it’s hard being away from loved ones, so I’m sure they could use a lil cheering up!
Right now I am working on a birthday card for my dd’s mother-in-law. I am so happy that my dd and her have a fantastic relationship. They both live in Houston TX while I am IL. I know Glenda loves her like her own daughter and helps out whenever she is needed.
I am working on a card right now to send to my sister. She called me yesterday to tell me that she and her husband are expecting their first child! I am so excited and happy for her!
I sent a thank you card to my Aunt jackie in OR. I haven’t seen her in 16 years and recently reconnected with her and my grandparents. They mean the world to me and I love contecting with them.
I just made a card for my mom with one of her grandsons on it. Living far away I try to send her lots of treats in the mail.
I am going to give a thank you card to my manager who hired me one yr ago next week and a little treat to go with it. She has been very easy to work for and I appreciate all she does for me.
I sent a card to my sister who I haven’t talked to in forever!
I just sent a card to my BFF who is living on borrowed time. She has a fatal disease and we’ve been friends for over 25 years. I send her one every couple weeks. I’ll keep doing till the end and then her hubby will get them.
I’m sending my Grandma a cheerful birthday card. I also gave one to my step-niece over the weekend for her baptism. I love sharing my cards to brighten other people’s days. What better way to share yourself.
What a great project teaming up with Dove like that! (Congrats Roree!)
I am sending a card (and probably more in the future) to a sweet little girl named Rebekah who was born with Spina Bifita. You can learn more about her story at her neighbor, Giovana’s, blog: http://giovana-believe.blogspot.com/2009/10/cards-for-bekah.html. I did a post about it also here: http://sarahmartina.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/sending-a-happy-hello/. There’s nothing like making someone smile… it’s priceless, and it’s really what I think card making is all about. Hopefully my cards and others’ will bring lots of smiles to little Bekah’s life!
I have a bunch of fall cards I have made for various challenges piling up. so, I am going to a scrapbooking weekend towards the end of Oct. and decided to bring a bunch of these fall cards to give out to my various friends that are attending the event. Fun, fun…
It has been a great week of sending out cards! We had a big dinner at our church and could not have pulled it off with out help. Those thank you’s went out. I was at a friends daughter’s wedding that was a true fairy tale event. I shared my joy at being part of this special day with their family. It’s always fun to send a hello to a friend. More heartfelt with a card than the email.
I am sorry about your loss. The concept of sending a card is at the heart of this hobby. I, too, sent off a card today…a cute Halloween themed card I labeled ‘bewitched’ to a friend for her birthday. We all love receiving cards don’t we?
I’ll send my card to C.F., who is having a birthday and recently lost her adult daughter to suicide.
~Shari R.
I will be giving the hubby a bday card this weekend.
I’ll be sending a card to my Great Grandma. She is the last of my Greats that is still living. And I don’t get to visit her as often as I should! So I want to send her a card to let her know I love her & think about her often!
I just gave my husband a card to thank him for taking care of me this week; I’ve been extremely ill and he’s been at my side and tireless tending to everything I could want or need. He deserves more than a card, but that’s all I can do right now while I still can’t leave the house!
I will be giving a card to my wonderful husband this week!
i sent out a card today to my friend michelle, thanking her for treating me to lunch. we haven’t seen each other in a couple months, so it was a nice visit.
Just so happens I made a few cards this past weekend. I picked out one and customized it for one of my best friends and mailed it to her this afternoon.
My cards are going to several friends battling illness, depression and “blah”….it’s so true that a real note can brighten a dark time! That’s why I stamp in the first place!
Wonderful fall card in this post….just beautiful!
Kim Marie
Okay, I just mailed a card. Its funny because I don’t normally mail them, just hand them out… today I mailed a card for a friend that just moved to a new house.
Our cousin is in the hospital, she has a hard time breathing and the doctors are trying to find out what she has. I’m sending her a get well soon card.
sent a thank you card to the mom of my daughter’s friend.
I made a card and am sending it to my cousin for her son’s first birthday.
That card you posted is beautiful!
Thanks for the chance to win some goodies, too.
Have a great day!
My dear uncle’s birthday is coming up. I’d made him a card, but my husband thought it was too “girly” – so luckily, I had one in my stash that he deemed acceptable.
He should have it in his mailbox by the end of this week.
I just finished making halloween cards for my nieces and nephew. They all love to get real mail, and I love to make cards – it’s a natural fit!
These were the easiest ones I have made in a long time – punched two holes in the front of a black card, attached carft wiggly eyes on the inside under the holes. Inside, I wrote “Boo!” using the eyes for the o’s. Done!
I sent a card to my cousin Jenny. I’ll be in her hometown next week for a convention and dropped her a note to see if we can get together sometime. I used K&Co. Fall Rust Stripe paper as a background, stamped a big swirl on top and “Just a note” message. I just love papers with fall colors.
I just sent a bunch of cards to my friend who lives clear across the country. A birthday card to my Dad and sis! What fun it is to make a new card and to share it with someone you love. What a great creative outlet!
I just sent a card to a friend who only lives about 35 miles away, but who works full-time plus lately. It has a dog on it, just like her 3 little stamping companions, so she wanted to borrow the stamp when she saw the card on my blog. It’s a really old rubber stamp & so I just peeled it off it’s huge block of wood, stuck it to a plastic sheet & included it in the card. She’ll be able to stick it to an acrylic block & stamp to her heart’s content! I even wrote the card as though the puppy had written the message to her! I hope she enjoys my little surprise!!! She’s often loaned her stamps to me, so I didn’t want her to have to wait until we get a chance to get together again!
i sent a card to my cousin, who lives with MS.
I am so sorry for your loss. You’re in my prayers.
Thanks for the push.
I’ve been making a card for a friend who was married
months ago and i was out of town then.
i finished the card, along with a set of note cards i made for
the bride – that makes 7 in 1 – put it all in an envelope and
posted it today! Yahoo!!
Thanks!
yes…sending tomorrow…a ty and a photo of my ds to my aunt
I just put a thank you card in the mail to a stylist that donated her time to a resource-necessity house that I help out at- and I’ve got one just waiting to be addressed to one of my dearest friends & her husband- they just found out he has Hodgkins lymphoma- so I’m sending them a pretty card full of my love!
My grandma sent me a nice long letter this week. She is 92 and still lives in her own home. Sometimes she still gets lonely since her remaining siblings are all in nursing homes or too ill to come see her. She lives 9 hours from me so I can’t get to see her too often. I decided to make a cute fall card and send it to her along with a letter. Thanks for the chance to win a great prize.
I sent a card to my father-in-law….just to say to “Look to God always; seek His face”….in hard times that is where we need to focus;)
I just sent my Dad a card and it always surprises me that out of everyone I make cards for, he seems to appreciate them the most
I sent a thank you card to my grandma for a birthday gift she sent my son who just turned one.
I am sending a thinking of you card to a girlfriend of mine whose 3 yr old daughter had an accident in their pool in July and is currently in rehab with hopes of recovery. My friend had been so strong, it is amazing !!! She deserves to take two seconds to smile !!!!
I’m finishing off a “Thank Boo” card for a dear friend who is always sending me crafty surprizes.
I am sending a thank you card to my dear high school girlfriend who just donated some cash to Susan G Komen for the Cure, I am doing a 24 hour “Survivor Crop” here is San Diego county to raise money and awarness for breast cancer. It is put on by my favorite scrapbook store ever after scrapbooks in Vista, CA and if you want to know more about it log onto http://www.scrapbooks.info I am very excited to be part of this event this weekend! lots of great women papercrafting for the cure! Last year I not only got to scrap some great pages and also made some great cards to be donated to our troops!
I don’t usually SEND very many cards but I make them everyday so I’ve been known to give a lot of the away. I, just today, gave about a dozen to both of my aunts. I love it when people enjoy my cards!
Blessings,
Christine
I’m part of a group of stampers who randomly draw names and send cards to another member of the group once a month. I just sent off my card — a halloween card — to another member of the group. Who doesn’t love happy mail?!?
I just sent a thank you card to the friends that hosted us this past weekend at their home. They went the extra mile and had goodie bags to welcome us. Soo sweet.
I made a card just today to send to a friend. It goes postal tomorrow. You can see it here: http://eclecticendeavours.blogspot.com/2009/10/vintage-baby-label-card.html