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Friday, November 8, 2013

Caring Hearts Blog Hop!

Hello and welcome to my blog and the Caring Hearts Blog Hop!  You should have arrived here from the Fresh Squeezed Stamp Blog!  If not please start at Vera's blog for all the fun! The Caring Hearts Card Drive collects cards for the elderly who are in nursing homes, a lot of elderly people don't always have visitors and the holiday time can be really hard for them.  Sending a card really does brighten there day to see that a stranger cares enough about them to make a card write a message and send it to them.  I am personally collecting cards on behalf of Canadians and have a large nursing home to give cards to!  So if your in Canada and love to make cards please send them!  If your in the US send it to Vera!



I have 4 cards to share with you. I stamped a whole bunch of Poinsetta's from WPlus9 Design Pretty Poinsetta and die cut them.  Often when I make Holiday cards I make more than 1 of a design which was my plan with these cards but than I changed my mind.  I already adhered down the main panel so I was stuck with that as my base (I considered trying to pull it off that never works) So I played around with the same elements and stamps and did four designs:





It was fun coming up with different designs using the background and stamps!  I used a Hero Arts background along with My Favorite things Cheerful Christmas Greetings, and a Joy die cut from Papertrey Ink.

The next stop is Sarah Moerman!

Please leave a comment by Tuesday November 12 for a chance to win prizes from these companies:

Clearly Besotted Stamp
Ellen Hutson
Fresh Squeezed Stamp
Hero Arts
Inspiration Emporium
Lawn Fawn
Li'l Inker Designs
May Arts
My Favorite Thing
Newton Nook & Design
Online Classes
Paper Smooches
Simon Says Stamps
Studio Calico
Tim Holts
There She Goes Stamp
The Twinery



A few important details:

  • This card drive will be going on till November 28, 2013. We need to receive your card by November 28, 2013.
  •  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 (it can be stamped or hand written).  
  • Please sign your name and where you are from. 
  • Please include an envelope for each card and 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                                         Card Drive                                            
                       109 N. Post Oak Lane Ste. 430               c/o Tina Schrof                                    
                       Houston, TX 77024                                        P.O. Box 75                                                
                                                                                                     Springboro, Ohio45066                                                                                                                                                                        
 
Pine-Fine
Attn  Anita
P.O. Box 30
Piney, MB R0A 1K0
Canada

147 comments:

  1. How fun! I love seeing a card set using the same elements! Pretty!

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  2. Beautiful cards, sure to brighten the spirits of whoever receives it, just as you've brightened mine by sharing today! Thank you!
    c

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  3. Beautiful cards, sure to brighten the spirits of whoever receives it, just as you've brightened mine by sharing today! Thank you!
    c

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  4. Anita, your poinsettia cards are Christmas card classics! Love them ALL! So nice of you to help out with the drive in Canada...what a great lady you are!

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  5. Anita, your poinsettia cards are Christmas card classics! Love them ALL! So nice of you to help out with the drive in Canada...what a great lady you are!

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  6. These cards are lovely. Thanks for sharing.

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  7. These are gorgeous! I especially love the Joy one! Thanks for sharing!!

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  8. Such stunning poinsettia images! Love your papers too! Thanks for sharing this cause! ;)

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  9. Fantastic cards! I love those poinsettias!

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  10. Really beautiful cards! That flower is so pretty.

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  11. Thanks for all the poinsettia ideas!

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  12. Love how you made multiples yet each is a little special/different!

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  13. So bright and cheerful! And a terrific cause. Thank you for inspiring!

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  14. Beautifully designed card!!!

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  15. What a lovely set of cards, Anita!

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  16. Cute cards! I love poinsettias!

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  17. Love the Christmas Cheer card -- I am sure it will bring a smile to whoever receives it! Merry Christmas to you!

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  18. These cards are so beautiful, and very classic!

    Elaine Allen

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  19. A very beautiful set of cards!

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  20. AWESOME!! I am a FAN of this Card Hop!! THANKS for sharing such a FUN Card and for the chance to win!! Have a Fabulous Weekend!! =)

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  21. Lovely...crazy about the poinsettia and, since the background is one I own, love it too.

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  22. Great set of cards! Love those poinsettias!

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  23. Beautiful set! Love how you created 4 different designs with the same elements.

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  24. Love your style! Thank you for the inspirations!

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  25. What a bright and cheery set - thanks for sharing for this great cause! :)

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  26. Liked how each card is unique using the same things!

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  27. Beautiful card set, Anita!

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  28. Your lovely flowers are dancing all over those cards!
    Great set!

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  29. The stamping on the flowers turned out nicely! Pretty cards!

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  30. I like the idea of four different cards may you have a blessed Holiday Season TFS

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  31. Such pretty cards—love them all!

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  32. Lovely poinsettia, I'm sure the recipient will love this

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  33. What a great way to complete a bunch of cards at one. Like all your designs.

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  34. I love the variations you came up with! Definitely can take the tedium out of creating a stack of cards for mailing ;)

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  35. Love that poinsetia image! Obviously very versatile! Wonderful samples, TFS!

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  36. Thanks for the chance to win!

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  37. How awesome! I love that you created such different looks with the same supplies!

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  38. Such bright and cheery cards thanks for sharing

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  39. Pretty and festive set of cards!

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  40. It is nice to see how you can use the same image and make different and unique cards with small changes. Fabulous!!! TFS

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  41. Great collection of cards...nice to see how you used the same images in different ways. Thanks for sharing in this great cause.

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  42. Lovely, bright colours. Sure to make someone smile!

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  43. Love your pretty cards!!!

    Thanks so much for taking part in the blog hop!

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  44. I love those poinsettias!! :)

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  45. Beautiful cards! I love poinsettias. A great cause in which I will be participating in.

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  46. Beautiful cards... love the bright colored flowers. Thanks for the inspiration!

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  47. Lovely cards, great job! Nice to know that it's open to Canadians as well. :)

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  48. Same base, same images and four beautiful cards.

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  49. So very pretty, sure to cheer someone this season!

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  50. Your cards are wonderful Anita. The poinsettia is so pretty. Great cause

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  51. Thanks Anita for being a part of this Card Drive here in Canada, such a great initiative! I've already sent you several of my cards to brighten someone's day.

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  52. Beautiful assortment of cards! Love the large poinsettias!

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  53. Hi Anita, I am the one before you in the blog hop tomorrow - just stepping by to say hi! Gorgeous cards - they will be treasured!

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  54. Wonderful rich colors! Lovely cards.

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  55. Very pretty set of poinsettia cards.

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  56. How fun! I love how you mixed it up.

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  57. Gorgeous cards...love this stamp set and you stamped it beautifully!

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  58. Great cards for a great cause. TFS.

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  59. Such a beautiful set of cards! Bright and beautiful!
    Hugs, Shannah xox

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  60. Love the idea of the same basic card but the placement of the embellishments are changed. If you have to make a lot of cards this is a good idea. Keeps you interested and ready to go - instead of getting bored and ready to quit. thanks for sharing.

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  61. So pretty!!! Thanks for sharing your lovely cards :)

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  62. How sweet of you to create four beautiful cards for a fabulous cause!

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  63. Very pretty cards. Thanks for sharing!

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  64. So beautiful! Thanks for the chance to win :)

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  65. Very pretty cards. Thank you for sharing.

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  66. Stunning cards! I love the red poinsettias!

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  67. Unusual colors but still pretty!

    Kris in Alaska
    funamom at yahoo dot com

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  68. Love what you've done. Beautiful cards.

    Jannette D,

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  69. I spy WPlus9 stamps/dies! Your cards are beautiful!

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  70. Like the vibrant color you used.

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  71. I love background stamps and this one is awesome. Fabulous cards. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  72. May your cards bring much joy to those who receive them! :-)

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  73. Love the easy to make and change up a little cards that are easy to mass produce! ~God bless!

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  74. Love the great to mix up sayings and mass produce cards! ~God bless~

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  75. Beautiful traditional cards. Thank you for sharing.

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  76. The cards are lovely and I love the variations on the one theme!

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  77. What a beautiful set of cards, Anita!

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  78. Wonderful cards...love how you used the same elements on all the cards to create totally different looks.

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  79. Great cards! The flowers are so pretty!

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  80. A nice range of choices from simple to more complex, and using the same basic elements - CLEVER!

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  81. Cute cards! nlundeen at catt dot com

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  82. Beautiful set! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  83. I'm surprised to read that you made the background with a stamp. It's so perfectly stamped that I thought is was a patterned paper!

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  84. I'm surprised to read that the background is a stamp. It's stamped so perfectly that I thought it was patterned paper!

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  85. Beautiful! I like the Joy one best of all :)

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  86. What a great group of cards you made.

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  87. What a great example of how to make a set of fabulous Christmas cards! Thanks for the inspiration. :D

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  88. Love the pretty poinsettias and the fresh look of your cards!

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  89. Wonderful! I would really love those poinsettias.

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  90. Lovely cards. Love how it shows how you can mass produce the elements but put them together differently.

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  91. love the bright red colour poinsettia...so gorgeous!

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  92. These are all so bright and happy. They'll certainly be appreciated.

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  93. Fabulous collection of cards.

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  94. Great set of cards, Anita. Love the way you varied similar elements as each one looks so different. How awesome of you to collect cards for this great cause!

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  95. Lovely set of cards. I especially like the one with the red rhinestones. The colors of those poinsettias will warm whoever gets them!

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  96. Wonderful cards,Thanks for sharing!!

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  97. Beautiful cards for a great cause! Thank you for sharing!

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  98. Love the bright colours and use of the patterned paper together, thank you for sharing. Hannah x

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  99. love every version of your card! thanks for sharing!
    linda patti tpatti@windstream.net

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  101. Beautiful cards - Thanks for the inspiration!

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  102. I love them all! The flowers are so pretty and I just adore those sentiments! Thanks so much for sharing!

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  103. There are a super beautiful cards!

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  104. Anita you make beautiful cards with flowers! Gorgeous designs!

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  105. Very pretty cards and I love the colors!! Fab!!

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  106. such pretty cards! thank u for sharing!

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  107. Fun to see all the variations!

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  108. Oh such lovely cards! I love poinsettias! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  109. Love all those bright poinsettias. Thanks for helping with the drive.

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  110. Like the bright colors you used.

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  111. I love love those poinsettia. Stunning card. So glad i got to stop by this blog because of this card drive. Thanks for supporting it! Cheers.

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