Totally 4 Troops stamp-a-thon Success!

Huge apologies to Jill!  (I was too focused on trying to keep my crazy boy aligned).  Sorry I didn't think to get a shot of everyone before a bunch of people left!

I am so slow in getting this posted!!  The Totally 4 Troops stamp-a-thon was so much fun and a great success!  We made over 200 cards in about 2 1/2 hours!  Thank you so much to all those that came and participated!  I can't wait to do it again!

Our Young Women are awesome!

Isn't that beautiful?!

Our Big Shot hero!

You cut that card stock girl!

Chris workin' the Big Shot.

Whoa!  You guys rock!

Success!

Our World Card Making Day stamp camp on Saturday was a success!  We had a house full of delightful people that didn't complain when there weren't enough places to sit! :)  For Camille Clark and I it was the most stress-free stamp camp to date.  Thank you so much to those that came to stamp with us!

We raised $33 to go towards our Totally 4 Troops project.  Congratulations to Allison Graves for winning the raffle basket!  Thank you SO MUCH to all those that donated!  Every little bit counts and we're anxious for January to come so we can make up lots of cards to donate to the troops! 

Totally 4 Troops - September 2010

This is the September Totally 4 Troops card.  Isn't it pretty?!  I'm asking for either cash or product donations for the supplies to make this card and we'll be making this and other cards in January for Totally 4 Troops. Donations don't need to be a big deal - $1 here and there goes a long way!  For product donations, you can add the needed product to your order and when doing so, you'll receive free shipping on your total order as a thank you!  You need to email or call me to place orders with donations instead of placing on my website.

Products needed:

Whisper White card stock $8.50

Baja Breeze card stock $6.95

Glue Sticks $3.95

Dimensionals $3.95

As of now, I'm hoping to schedule either Saturday, January 8 or 15 for our big card making day.  I'll let you know once it gets closer, but keep an eye on those dates so you can join me and help make hundreds of cards for our troops!

Please email me if you have any questions!

Totally 4 Troops

I have some exciting news!  I met a very fun and friendly mother and daughter at a craft show my sister and I did last week.  They told me about an organization called Totally 4 Troops that makes cards and ships them over to troops away from home so they have something special to mail back home to their loved ones.  I loved the idea and wanted to get involved.  I've been contemplating how to do this and I believe I have come up with the answer - and I'm very excited to tell you about it!

Starting now, each month I'll create a card using the specifications given by the organization (you can click here to check out their website).  For 3 months I'll be collecting supplies (by the way of orders) or cash/check donations.  All orders or donations will strictly go to the cause and will be kept separate from my own supplies.  I'll list the supply items that I'm in need of each month and you may add supplies to your order, order them separately, or provide a cash/check donation for me to use to purchase the needed supplies.  If you choose to order supplies for this cause, you will receive free shipping on your total order as a thank you!

Starting in January (I had to stretch out this first quarter), I'll hold a grand card making night where you can all come and help make the cards using the donated supplies.  So at each card making night there will be 3 different cards to make.... but hopefully hundreds of those 3 designs! 

I'm so excited to be getting involved in this good cause and I hope you are too!  Please help me thank those that are serving our nation by participating in this small act of kindness and gratitude.  There's nothing like receiving a card to help lift spirits, don't you think?!

Here is the first card we'll be making.  It's one we're making at stampo this week so for those that are attending stampo you can have one all for yourself as well!

The supplies needed for this card are:

*White Card Stock $8.50

*Daffodil Delight Card Stock $6.95

*Cherry Cobbler Card Stock $6.95

*Marina Mist Card Stock $6.95

*Dimensionals $3.95

*Glue Sticks $3.95

I'll be collecting supplies for this project through November, however, next month I'll have a different card that will need supplies purchased for.  I'll keep you posted of supplies still needed as time goes on.  

Again, thank you so much for helping with this!  Please email me if you have any questions!