Pages

Friday, October 7, 2011

Operation Julie's Smile!



I am so glad that you joined us on this amazing blog hop
for Operation Julie’s Smile.
...see Julie's story at the bottom of this post...

If you came here from Nicki's blog, then you are in the right spot.

If not, you may want to start from the beginning
at the Sweet Stamp Shop’s blog and take your time.

You have ALL WEEKEND to hop with us
and win
prizes!
(speaking of prizes...I donated an Ippity set and a 6x6 paper pad...so they are in the prize pool!)


When I first heard Julie's story,
I thought of these two card I had made:







Link

Both cards use stamps from the IPPITY set:
Quotes a'la Happy


I'm a Unity Endorsed IPPITY Chick
so you can get this set from me!


We just had an IPPITY release on Oct 5th!

You can see some sample cards
using the new stamps...





I have the LOWEST PRICES Ippity allows...

so no need to shop around!






Click
HERE to get your {ippity} stamps!







I hope you enjoyed your stop here on the hop!
The next stop is Nora Anne’s blog!!
Make sure you leave a comment here before you go so that you
can have a chance at the amazing prizes up for grabs...
and if you can,
please make a donation so we can help bring back a new smile for our friend!
...donation button on the sidebar --->

Here's Julie's story:
“The creative blogging community is coming together this weekend to help one of our friends, Julie Ranae. You may know her as the Design Team Coordinator for many wonderful companies from bakers twine, die cuts, rubber stamps and more. What many people don’t know about Julie Ranae is that she has had some pretty major dental surgeries in her lifetime due to medication she had to take as a child. It was in her plans to think about having all of her teeth replaced at some point in the next 5 years, a decision that was pretty easy to plan out. But then it happened…she chipped her front teeth on a weekend a month ago. The dentist told her there was no way to save them & that it was his recommendation that she give in and have them all her teeth removed soon, but for that day, they needed to get her front teeth done so her gums could begin to heal. He said he would 'work out payments with her to have ALL this work done...but when she called to make her appt for the first step of impressions, they told her the amount of money that was needed and that the 'payments' applied only to the two teeth that were extracted that day. Her husband Paul was with her & that too, was his understanding as well. So this is how she has found herself in this situation…Needing at least $4000 to get started and another $3000 to finish the process…a total of $7000.

Nicole Rixon, owner of Sweet Stamp Shop put together this benefit after finding out about this situation and before Julie Ranae knew it, it took flight!

Because she is an event organizer by trade, she has taken on the job of organizing all of the blogs in this hop as her way of ‘working overtime’ for what she needs, the same as if she were able to work overtime at an outside job to pay for the work to be done.

It is the goal of all of these generous friends & sponsors to help make this situation more do-able for our friend so that she can share a brand new smile with all of us soon.


If there is anything you can do to help with a financial donation, there is a donation button ready for you to click. Any amount is appreciated and ALL DONATIONS will be eligible for prizes from our sponsor pool of over $2500.”




93 comments:

  1. I love them all Jen Marie!!!! Happy Friday!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Those are both completely ADORABLE!!! LOVE them both! I made my donation this morning...what a great cause!!!

    housesbuiltofcards@gmail.com
    www.housesbuiltofcards.blogspot.com

    ReplyDelete
  3. JenMarie, these are Fabulous cards!! All for such a great cause, too. Great job!!

    ReplyDelete
  4. All your cards are AWESOME! I just love your creative and inspiring MOJO! Thanks for always inspiring me!

    ReplyDelete
  5. Amazing cards. My favorite is the balloon. That is so neat and one of my favorite sentiments!

    ReplyDelete
  6. in. love. especially that quotes ala happy card....those birdies are some of my fAVEs!

    ReplyDelete
  7. These are so pretty! What great cards!

    ReplyDelete
  8. WOW.. what STUNNING creations..love all the details.. I "heart" Julie.. and donated! off to the next blog on the hop :) HUGS

    ReplyDelete
  9. haven't YOU been a busy little bee!!!! I love all your cards as usual. Perfect sentiment for Julie and this hop.

    ReplyDelete
  10. Oh, WOW! I LOVE both of these so much!!! The hot air balloon card is so adorable and clever and I love the yellow and lace on the other. Both are fabulous!!! TFS!!!

    ReplyDelete
  11. I love your cards! Especially the first one with the. Love how you threaded the ribbon under the paper, and the felt clouds. TFS!

    ReplyDelete
  12. your card so cute.I love them both.

    ReplyDelete
  13. Love all of them. I would love to receive one of these.

    ReplyDelete
  14. hello ..
    wonderful job
    stunning
    hugs
    mallika
    would love if you will visit my blog too
    mallikakejriwal@gmail.com
    www.missnotsogoodwithwords.blogspot.com

    ReplyDelete
  15. Love the texture you added to your cards!!

    ReplyDelete
  16. really lovely set of cards, these stamps are adorable.

    ReplyDelete
  17. Your little hot air balloon is adorable! I will have to copy that!!! Loving the hop!

    ReplyDelete
  18. Oh that hot air balloon card took my breath away :) Really special! Thanks so much for supporting my sweet friend Julie Ranae. I'd like to personally invite you to link your card with us for our special OJS challenge at http://cas-ualfridays.blogspot.com

    ReplyDelete
  19. Great cards and love the stamp set used. Linda Harris

    ReplyDelete
  20. love them all - just beautiful xxx

    ReplyDelete
  21. JenMarie, I just LOVE your {ippity} cards. Wow, you have chosen fantastic colors for all of these! Super, duper work on these. :)

    ReplyDelete
  22. Wow I love them all.. super sweet cards :)

    ReplyDelete
  23. These cards are amazing of course, love your use of the stamps!

    ReplyDelete
  24. Great cards TFS

    mjblahnik56@hotmail.com

    ReplyDelete
  25. So many great cards. I'm not sure which I like best.... sharon dot gullikson at gmail dot com

    ReplyDelete
  26. All of these cards are amazing, too hard to pick a fave!

    ReplyDelete
  27. Your cards are awesome! I love the textures!!! Those stamps are adorable!!! Thanks for helping Julie in this way!!! :D

    ~Vanessa W

    ReplyDelete
  28. All cards are great, love the sun and the sentiment with the birds

    ReplyDelete
  29. JenMarie, I love that second card so much! Great colour combo, bright and pretty all at the same time!

    ReplyDelete
  30. What fantastic cards!! I love the colors in both of them and that stamp set is fab.

    ReplyDelete
  31. Wow they are all so beautiful! Thanks for being a sponsor for Operation Julie's Smile!

    ReplyDelete
  32. awww... these are so sweet and delightful. wonderful cards!

    ReplyDelete
  33. your cards made me smile!!!!! creative as always! :)

    ReplyDelete
  34. Such gorgeous happy cards!! Julie will love them. LOVE that little balloon basket, SO cute!

    ReplyDelete
  35. These are so cute! I especially love the little birds and the lace trim on the second one. Great choice of colors!

    ReplyDelete
  36. what a gorgeous collection of cards! I love ippity stamps

    ReplyDelete
  37. Wow.....these cards are all sooooo wonderful!!!! tfs!!

    ReplyDelete
  38. Super pretty cards! So sweet of you to make a donation!

    ReplyDelete
  39. Very nice workl!


    dawnweck@hotmail.com

    ReplyDelete
  40. Both cards are great. The first card (hot air balloon) is so neat - love the piecing and the clouds.

    ReplyDelete
  41. Love LOVE LOVE your ippity cards! :)

    ReplyDelete
  42. Both of your cards are awesome!

    Tracy
    owlbecraftin at gmail dot com
    owlbecraftin.blogspot.com

    ReplyDelete
  43. These are just fabulous JenMarie! My favourite is the one with the little birds on it - beautiful combination of colours! Fiona (madebyfee)

    ReplyDelete
  44. These are adorable!! Love all the texture you added. This would make anyone smile.

    ReplyDelete
  45. Oh these are just adorable! I love the basket on the balloon, great texture.

    ReplyDelete
  46. all wonderful cards. my favorite is the birds card, love the texture and details. thank you.

    ReplyDelete
  47. Great cards JenMarie!! Wonderful way to support a friend!!

    ReplyDelete
  48. I just love the hot air balloon and the little basket. Your cards are amazing.

    ReplyDelete
  49. Very sweet of you to join this great operation....hope it is successful. I am doing my part by participating in the blog hop.

    Denise
    dopey423@aol.com

    ReplyDelete
  50. LOVE IT!!!!!! HUGS AND PRAYERS HER WAY!!!!!!!!

    wyme98@yahoo.com

    ReplyDelete
  51. So many gorgeous cards, Jenmarie! I think the birds in the sunshine is my favorite!

    ReplyDelete
  52. Fabulous cards Taylor. The images are so pretty and the trim, ribbon, burlap pieces look so pretty. :o)

    ReplyDelete
  53. Your cards are wonderful, thank you so much for sharing them.

    ReplyDelete
  54. I love the way the ribbon is threaded on the card! Great, great, great!

    ReplyDelete
  55. What pretty cards.
    indyowens at yahoo dot com

    ReplyDelete
  56. wonderful cards - thanks for the inspiration!

    ReplyDelete
  57. The sentiment stamps are great---very clever cards!!

    ReplyDelete
  58. great cards! they are so cute! TFS

    It is truely inspiring to see so many people giving of themselves to help a friend! God bless!


    Have a scrap-happy day
    Lisa G
    http://lisa-scrappingspot.blogspot.com/
    lkgra@hotmail.com

    ReplyDelete
  59. Beautiful cards!
    ~ky
    scrapacat at yahoo dot com
    http://bunnynest.blogspot.com

    ReplyDelete
  60. Such a GORGEOUS card for such a great cause!

    ReplyDelete
  61. These are so beautiful and happy and full of life and texture! LOVE!

    ReplyDelete
  62. Beautiful, beautiful cards!

    Holly

    hollyshobbie at gmail dot com

    ReplyDelete
  63. Really love that 'smile' sentiment! Your cards are filled with "wow" JenMarie...every one of them is fabulous!

    ReplyDelete
  64. Great cards! I love all of the texture on your cards!

    ReplyDelete
  65. Wow, you've made some *awesome* cards! The one with the little birdies is my favorite--I love to see those stamps in action.

    ReplyDelete
  66. Beautiful creations AND you've donated prizes to this hop! Wow. Love that awesome ribbon on the first card and how you popped the yellow bird on the second.

    ReplyDelete
  67. Love your cards!! Think the hot air balloon is my fav.

    ReplyDelete
  68. Your cards are simply adorable! Love the hotair balloon! ;o)

    ReplyDelete
  69. Thank you for being apart of such a great hop and cause! Love the cards!
    sweetheartcopper at msn dot com

    ReplyDelete
  70. OH GOOOOODNESS--these are super cute! I LOVE that hot air balloon!! Perfect sentiment for this card/hop! LOVE your second card too--LOVE your papers and color story! BEAUTIFULLY done:)

    ReplyDelete
  71. love love love the cards you've made! My fav is the yellow one!! xo

    Jessica Griffin
    http://www.canyoupixelthis.com

    ReplyDelete
  72. Such GREAT cards! I LOVE that second one! THe colors are just fabby!

    ReplyDelete
  73. such awesome cards, jen marie! i esp. love your basket on the balloon--so clever:)

    ReplyDelete

Thanks for leaving some love!