Spreading Holiday Joy Series!!!

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Here is another fabulous card in our Spreading Holiday Joy Series!!! You can check out others here, here, and here!!! I love love love getting cards in the mail and I hope everyone I send cards to enjoys receiving them too!

Tag It, www.LaurasStampPad.comThis card is one of my favorites because it uses a stamp from the Tag It Stamp which supports Ronald McDonald House Charities (check out this blog post)! Of course it is just precious too!!!

Supplies Needed: Cherry Cobbler Cardstock (2 cards per sheet), Basic Black Cardstock, Whisper White Cardstock, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Basic Black Chevron Ribbon, Tag It Stamp Set, Chalk Talk Framelits, and Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder

First you will want to run your Whisper White cardstock through the Big Shot with only 3/4 of the paper in the Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder. Then you can adhere that to your Basic Black cardstock and adhere your piece of ribbon with the ends wrapping around to the back. Put that onto your Cherry Cobbler card front! Stamp your Santa image in Cherry Cobbler onto a scrap piece of white cardstock and cut it out with the matching framelit! I then colored in his boots and belt with my black marker! Attach that to your card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals! All Done! This card takes about 2 minutes to assemble once you have your pieces all cut!!!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura


Ronald McDonald House!!!

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Ronald McDonald House, www.LaurasStampPad.com

 

Stampin’ Up! has been connected with Ronald McDonald House Charities globally for many years now – giving monetary donations, Stampin’ Up supplies, and so much more! For about 2 years now, my husband and I have been saving all of our soda pop tabs in a little Ronald McDonald House in our kitchen! My husband even has everyone as his work donating as well! They drop their tabs into his lunch bag every day! Each time our little house gets filled (a sandwich bag full) I mail them to our local Ronald McDonald House in St. Louis, Missouri! I always fill the rest of the box with stamped cards and goodies that I have laying around and haven’t used for another project! The picture above is the package that I sent out a few weeks ago! I even extended the donation to all of my stampers at the classes in November! If they had any cards or items to donate, they could bring them to me and would get a $10 Gift Certificate! Thank you to all of you who participated! I send out a box about every quarter so gather any extra cards you might have and bring them to the next event! I will put them in the next box to send and you will get a $10 Gift Certificate! I love knowing that the drinks I enjoy are helping others too! And I know the cards will put many smiles on others faces!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura


Be The Difference!

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Be The Difference is the theme this year at Stampin’ Up! and I want to make a difference this year! Stampin’ Up! is a global sponsor of Ronald McDonald Donation 7.2013the Ronald McDonald House Charities® (RMHC)! They have a stamp set each year where they donate $3.00 for each set sold to Ronald McDonald House Charities® (RMHC). This year it is called Tag It and it is fabulous! There will be a class on using the Tag It Stamp Set coming soon! Be sure to keep an eye on my Calendar of Events!

Another way to make a difference at the Ronald McDonald House Charities® (RMHC) is Soda Tabs!!!! I have this adorable little cardboard House that my husband and I put all of our soda tabs! My husband is so good, he even has his co-workers drop their tabs into his lunch bag every day! Every few months the house is full and I mail them off to the Ronald McDonald House Charities® (RMHC)! I was told that a full house (a sandwich baggie full) allows a family of 4 stay at the house for free for about 3 days! How amazing is that? Each time I send the tabs, I throw in some hand-stamped cards for them to use too! These in the picture are just a few of the cards I sent, there were about 50 total!!! If you have extra cards that you would like to donate, feel free to bring them over when you attend an event or you can mail them to your local Ronald McDonald House Charities® (RMHC)! I LOVE MAKING A DIFFERENCE!!!!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura