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Sunday, November 11

Christmas Banners for Special Needs Kids BLOG HOP

Christmas Banners for Special Needs Kids
BLOG HOP
November 10-12, 2012

"In the eyes of children, we find the joy of Christmas. In their hearts, we find its meaning."

As joyous as Christmas is for most families, for some, their holidays are filled with worry, medical treatments and tests, and pain -- for their child must be hospitalized or she or he needs long-term care rather than being home with their families.

For these kids, Santa doesn't slip down a chimney but rather, often comes in the guise of community volunteers who help make the season bright.

This is the second Christmas season that our own band of dedicated and loving paper crafters have come together to make Holiday banners for children who are too sick to be home for the holidays.
Welcome to the Christmas Banners for Special Needs Kids blog hop!

I am especially pleased that this year, not only have our numbers of generous crafters swelled so our Hop is over three full days, but also, that we have partnered with another great cause and recipient of our banners!

By teaming up with Madison Womack's I FEEL THE LOVE PROJECT, the banners our crafters have handmade will be going to the hospitalized children at Children's Hospital Central California!

I'll be sending this to Madison and the children at CHCC who are benefiting from the
I Feel the Love project in December:

The pennants were cut from
Pretty Pennants Cartridge at 3"
using cream card stock (base) and a Royal Green and Red
card stock for the top layers.

The font I used for JOLLY is from
Elmo's Party cut at 1.5" using the same cream and red paper.

The cute little reindeer is cut from Create-A-Critter
at 3" from textured card stock (tan, brown, red, & black)

I also added a few eyelashes and a cute

bow made of Twinery Twine to "cutesy" her up a bit!

Now, if you feel inspired to make and donate your own banner or a Christmas card or two to the I Feel the Love Project,
you'll be entered into a drawing to win
the wonderful HOSTESS Prize:

CARDMONKEY's SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS
Super-Fantastic Gift Basket
Throughout the month of December, Ellen will be adding crafty goodness to this basket so that it will be over-flowing and ripe and ready for under your tree. She'll be picking the winner on Christmas Eve, announcing the winner on Christmas Day, and if you win, you'll have the basket in your hands by New Year's Day!!

Stay tuned to the CardMonkey blog over the next few weeks leading up to the drawing, because she will be posting the contents of the basket as they mount.
OK, so to win the GRAND PRIZE
(all continents are welcome!),
here's what you must do:
1. Be a follower of the CardMonkey blog and tell Ellen in your comments how she can contact you.
2. Leave a comment telling Ellen what you plan to make and send to the IFTL project by their deadline, December 10. Then do it!
Go to www.ifeeltheloveproject.blogspot.com for mailing
information for your card or banner.
Your card or banner MUST be received
by Madison by the deadline
to be eligible to win the GRAND prize!

NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME??
You can still win great blog candy just by being here and commenting on as many banner makers' blogs over the course of the next three days.
Since we have more than 50 banner makers today, tomorrow and Monday, I'll be picking 5 blogs at random, and then one random comment from that Blog site, for that commenter to win one of five great prizes, which are:

Susan Bermudez, Independent Consultant for Creative Memories, donating a $20 gift certificate for Creative Memories products from her catalog (http://www.mycmsite.com/sites/susanbermudez/).
Scrappin' Madge: $25 Gift Certificate to The Scrappin Lounge Shoppe (http://madgesscrappinlounge.storenvy.com/)
Fresh Brewed Designs: Two prizes - One prize is a rubber stamp, Item #497 "Cutie Pie Ice Skating" (http://www.freshbreweddesigns.com/item_497/Cutie-Pie-Ice-Skating.htm), and the other is a $15 Digital Stamp gift card.
The Paper Temptress (www.papertemptress.com) - Owner Patricia Dunbar will donate a $25 Gift Certificate to her online store, the Paper Temptress.
The Pinque Peacock (www.pinquepeacock.com) - Owner Jessica Shelton will donate a gift certificate to her NEW store (products are being added daily -- watch as she grows!)
In addition, Close to My Heart Independent Consultant Lucy Kelleher will award a $20 gift certificate to a randomly-selected hopper who visits her blog (http://love2createitall.com) and/or Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/LucyK.CTMH) and posts a comment about the banner blog hop!

P.S. -- Be sure to check out as many blogs as you can, as several will be providing their own blog candy with their own requirements. If I catch them along the way, I'll add them to this list, as a shout out of gratitude, and also so you don't miss out on some sweet candy(canes!)...

Here is the Hop line up for Sunday, November 11:

Ellen ♥ CardMonkey - http://cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com
Jessica - http://jessicascraftshaque.blogspot.com/
Lezlye - http://lezlyes.blogspot.com/
Lori - http://www.scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/
Jenny D - http://www.yogimemories.blogspot.com/
Lissa Marie - http://somanycrafts.com/
Robin - http://scrapandchat.blogspot.com/
Jenny - http://crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/
Scrappin Madge - http://thescrappinlounge.com/
Jeannie - http://polkacabana.wordpress.com/
Rebecca T. - http://craftingwithrebecca.blogspot.com/
Lisa T. - http://bitbythecricutbug.blogspot.com
Kimi ~ http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com
Beth~ http://motherandaughterdesigns.blogspot.com
Patricia ~ http://blogs.papertemptress.com/
Robin L - http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/

YOUR NEXT STOP is: LEZLYE

Thank you again for visiting us here for a beautiful and worthwhile endeavor. God bless all the little children wherever they spend their holidays!!

Remember to Keep Crafting,

Because

♫ CRAFTING ♫

♫ ROCKS ♫

\m/-_-\m/

:O)

Jessica

Saturday, November 10

Christmas Banners for Special Needs Kids BLOG HOP

Christmas Banners for Special Needs Kids
BLOG HOP
November 10-12, 2012

The pennants were cut from
Pretty Pennants Cartridge at 3"
using cream card stock (base) and a Royal Green and Red
card stock for the top layers.

The font I used for JOLLY is from
Elmo's Party cut at 1.5" using the same cream and red paper.

The cute little reindeer is cut from Create-A-Critter
at 3" from textured card stock (tan, brown, red, & black).
I used a bit of Red Stickles on his nose....of course!

Susan Bermudez, Independent Consultant for Creative Memories, donating a $20 gift certificate for Creative Memories products from her catalog (http://www.mycmsite.com/sites/susanbermudez/).
Scrappin' Madge: $25 Gift Certificate to The Scrappin Lounge Shoppe (http://madgesscrappinlounge.storenvy.com/)
Fresh Brewed Designs: Two prizes - One prize is a rubber stamp, Item #497 "Cutie Pie Ice Skating" (http://www.freshbreweddesigns.com/item_497/Cutie-Pie-Ice-Skating.htm), and the other is a $15 Digital Stamp gift card.
The Paper Temptress (www.papertemptress.com) - Owner Patricia Dunbar will donate a $25 Gift Certificate to her online store, the Paper Temptress.
The Pinque Peacock (www.pinquepeacock.com) - Owner Jessica Shelton will donate a gift certificate to her NEW store (products are being added daily -- watch as she grows!)
In addition, Close to My Heart Independent Consultant Lucy Kelleher will award a $20 gift certificate to a randomly-selected hopper who visits her blog (http://love2createitall.com) and/or Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/LucyK.CTMH) and posts a comment about the banner blog hop!

Ellen ♥ CardMonkey - http://cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com
Jessica - http://jessicascraftshaque.blogspot.com/
Lezlye - http://lezlyes.blogspot.com/
Edwina - http://edwinascreations.blogspot.com/
Shawnee - http://quiverofangels.blogspot.com/
Scrappin Madge - http://thescrappinlounge.com/
Jessica E.~ http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com
Kimi ~ http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com
Janet ~ http://www.ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/
Theresa Neubaum ~ http://www.scrappyartcrafters.blogspot.com/
Khrista - http://creativeandcraftyteacher.blogspot.com/
An'Jenic - http://anjenicgibson.blogspot.com/
Jennifer R - http://craftycardgallery.blogspot.com/
Gloria W. http://gloriawest.blogspot.com/

YOUR NEXT STOP is: LEZLYE

Thank you again for visiting us here for a beautiful and worthwhile endeavor. God bless all the little children wherever they spend their holidays!!

Remember to Keep Crafting,

Because

♫ CRAFTING ♫

♫ ROCKS ♫

\m/-_-\m/

:O)

Jessica

Sunday, September 2

Halloween Spooktacular Banners Hop

Welcome to DAY 2

of the

Halloween Spooktacular Banners

for Special Needs Kids

Blog Hop

If you missed Day 1,

Please start -HERE-

Welcome to the annual
Halloween Spooktacular Banner Hop
for Special Needs Children!

I am delighted to join with more than 3 dozen other women
who have each made at least one Halloween-themed banner
that will be donated to hang in the room of a
medically-fragile child at Pediatric Specialty Care in Pennsylvania.

Our Hop Hostess (Ellen CardMonkey Jarvis) works at
PSC’s Bucks County site as Admissions Coordinator.

The Banner Hop starts there, so please be sure to circle back to the beginning
to see all of the terrific banners that
have been made for these very special children.

Ellen shared this information with us about Pediatric Specialty Care:
“PSC is a very special place where children stay either long- or short-term, typically after hospitalization. Most are dependent on ventilators and other technology to survive. Some have been born too early or with genetic diseases or birth injuries. Other children suffer injuries later in life that require constant care later, including brain injuries from trauma or loss of oxygen (from choking, suffocation or drowning) and spinal cord injuries.
These children and their families -- and PSC’s staff -- will be thrilled to receive the Halloween banners, to help brighten the season when their friends and siblings will be out trick-or-treating.”

Here is the banner I am sending to a child at PSC:

All of the wonderful little Halloween Children/Characters

were cut using the Cricut Paper Doll Dress Up Cartridge.

The Backgrounds behind each character

were cut from the Cricut Lacy Labels Cartridge.

The panels/pennants for each character on the banner

were also cut from Cricut Lacy Labels Cartridge.

Some added details
were added to the backgrounds
using my Big Shot and the following embossing folders:
Darice - Argyle
Cuttlebug - Textile
Sizzix (Tim Holtz) - Burlap
Sizzix (Tim Holtz) -Swirls

Each of the white panels has some stamped sentiments and images on them.
All the stamping was from the
Crafty Secrets Clear Art Stamps - Halloween Fun

I then added some Twinery Twine through
the eyelets and tied a few strands to dangle between each panel.
TwineryTwine used:
Charcoal and Tangerine

I also added small bows using my
3 Girl JAM Mistletoe Crinkle Ribbon
(Huge Sale @ 3 Girl JAM this weekend through Monday)

This Hop is two days (Saturday, September 1 and Sunday, September 2),
and on each day you will see different banners.
Be sure to visit on both days to see the truly inspirational work of these generous bloggers,
and leave some love (comments) on as many sites
as you can – because if you do, you can up your chances
to win some
Spooktacular blog candy, including from these sponsors:

Madge's Scrappin' Lounge is donating a $25 gift certificate to her store at http://madgesscrappinlounge.storenvy.com/

Lisa Peters - $15 shopping spree to her adorable paper piecing store at
Scrapping With Lisa Designs at www.scrappingwithlisadesigns.com

Lucy Kelleher - Independent Consultant for Close to My Heart is donating a $10 Gift Certificate which you can use towards any Close to My Heart products!
( http://lucyk.ctmh.com/).
To enter to win, you will need to leave a comment on her blog (http://love2createitall.com/) and become a follower of her blog.
For an additional entry, "Like" her Facebook page
at: https://www.facebook.com/LucyK.CTMH.

Debi Weidleman - Independent Consultant for Stampin' Up is also donating a $10 Gift Certificate which you can use towards any Stampin' Up
products - http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/debiweid/.

Erica's Craft Room is donating two Cricut cartridges (!!!) -- Pretty Pennants and Mini Books. Please visit and say thank you to Erica at http://www.shop.ericascraftroom.com/.

Patricia Dunbar for her kind offer of a $25 gift certificate to her store at
Paper Temptress www.papertemptress.com

To qualify, all you have to do is
leave at least one comment on our
Hostess’s site (www.cardmonkeyspaperjungle)
to name which banner spoke to you – ghostly or not!
What made it appealing to you?
Leave additional comments on as many banner makers’ sites as
you’d like for extra chances to win!

Prize winners will be announced on Monday, September 3
on the CardMonkey site, where there will be
a round-up of all of the Spooktacular banners for 2012.

Please move on your way to the next stop, which is:
Lori A ~ http://scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/

Thank you again for visiting!

Here is the Day 2 Lineup: