Cards for the Card Drive #7

Hello! 

 I hope you've got all your Christmas cards

done and mailed or ready to go soon.

This is the last post in the

Caring Hearts Card Drive

series.

Today I'm showing you the last card style

I made for the drive.

A few years ago I found a great deal on this

patterned card stock and I love it.

I got it at Tuesday Morning,

25 sheets for something like $2.99.

I love it so much, but I don't use it a lot,

I guess I just don't want to run out of it.

I pulled it out and created this simple card.

I used a couple different colors of mats as well

as card bases.

I thought it needed a little extra pop so I heat embossed

the sentiment with clear embossing powder over the

VersaFine Onyx Black

to give it some shine.

If you haven't made your cards yet and want to,

this is a very simple design to make.

I did them in assembly line style,

cutting all the pieces at once, then stamping and

assembling all the sentiment pieces.

Having everything cut, stamped and ready make it go

very quickly and easily.

You can see I made quite a few of these style.

I ended up with 107 cards.

I had an extra panel and needed to use it, then I 

had an extra card base and had to use that, then there was

an extra mat and on and on.

So my 100 cards turned into 107,

but that's okay, I know they will bring smiles to someone's

face this Christmas season.

And here is what 107 cards all in envelopes looks like.

All packed up and ready to be sent out.

I can't wait to get the cards that I will deliver to 

"my homes"

Vera Yates

heads up this card drive every year.

If you want to be involved, be sure to 

keep an eye here next October for info

or follow Vera's blog

Ling's Design Studio

She usually posts the info in October and cards

can be mailed in during the month of November.

This is a huge undertaking,

last year these ladies collected and sent out

over 22,000 cards for delivery to nursing homes.

This year we are all hoping to top that,

they are collected and distributed in 

The USA,Canada, Australia and this year

they added the UK.

Thanks for stopping in to see my cards.

I truly enjoyed making each and every one of them.

Come again soon,

you never know what you might find on 

Kristie Kreates.

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

Card Drive Cards

 Hi all!

Today I thought I'd show you some more of the

Christmas cards I made for the

Caring Hearts Card Drive.

You can find all the information about this

wonderful drive on 

Vera Yates Blog

All the cards from this drive are sent to 

residents of nursing homes and senior care facilities.

I made several of the same cards.

Once the stamps are set up in my

MISTI stamping tool, it is simple 

to make several at one time.

I was inspired by Julia Altermann

to make this card.

Here is the card that inspired me.

I set up the stamps on my MISTI,

then removed the star stamp.

I stamped all the sentiments with 

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

I then re-positioned the star stamp,

removed the other stamps and

stamped the stars with 

VersaMark Ink

and heat embossed them with 

WOW Gold Sparkle Powder

I glued a few small star sequins

around  for a little more sparkle and

tied "bakers twine"

that I made, around the panel and

tied a bow to finish it off.  

See how I made it on 

this post

I accidentally got some black ink smudges

on this panel, but went with my motto

"There are no mistakes in crafting,

only opportunities to be more creative"

and I cut the panel down, adhered it to the

card front and added a bow at the top.

It's a little different than the others, but just

as nice, don't ya think?

Thanks for stopping in.

I hope you've been inspired in some way

and I hope you'll join in the

Caring Hearts Card Drive

and help bring smiles to the faces

of some of our seniors.

Until next time,

have some fun crafting! 

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

Caring Hearts Card Drive

This is the 7th year that Vera Yates and her crew

have organized the 

Caring Hearts Card Drive 

This card drive is near and dear to my heart.

This will be the 3rd year that I will be helping to 

distribute cards to 

Brothers of Mercy Nursing Home and Rehab Center

and 

Sacred Heart Adult Care Home

where my Mom lives.

Many people in nursing homes and assisted living

centers don't receive many cards and visitors.

This is one way to bring some cheer into their lives.

When Mom receives her cards, she has been thrilled

to show them to me and tell me where they came from.

They are always a big hit in the dining room where the

residents find them at their places.

They share them and compare them and are so 

excited to receive them

Be sure to follow the link above and see how

you can help with this card drive.

Here are some cards that I've made to send in for the

drive.

(click on the pictures to see them larger)

I stamped this cute snowman

(Skinny Snowman from QKR Stampede)

onto white card stock and also a piece of 

Post It paper to use as a mask.

I covered the snowman image with the mask

and used my MISTI stamping tool to 

repeatedly stamp the Holiday Wishes sentiment

onto the card.

I'm sorry I don't know what set that sentiment

is from.

On this card I stamped 

Patchwork Holly

from Biblical Impressions

and used the same process as above to 

stamp the Holly Jolly Border 

from 

CAS-ual Fridays

This one I used 

"Holly" from QKR Stampede and

a border stamp from 

Holly Jolly Borders

I colored the images on all the cards with

watercolor crayons.

Thanks for stopping in today,

I hope you will join me in donating to

this very special

card drive.

Come again soon,

you never know what you'll find on

Kristie Kreates.

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.