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Sunday, February 9, 2025

4th Annual Valentines 4 Vets is in the Books!

Our 4th Annual Valentines 4 Vets at Grant Township was a success!

What a wonderful morning it was when the community came together to craft cards

and write heartfelt messages to our local veterans!

I’m so very thankful for the volunteers who came out for this year’s event!

We made about 230 cards this year and could’ve kept creating more! Next year’s goal is 500, and I know we can do it with our amazing community members! Thank you to Grant Township!

It was great that different community organizations attended the event as a group!

The ladies of the Auxiliary, The Corvette Club, and American Royal Pageant.

Saturday, October 26, 2024

It's Make a Difference Day today!

How do you make a difference?

Did you know that it is Make a Difference Day? I'm so grateful for my Stampin’ friends who helped me make over 45 birthday cards for local foster children at my Birthday Bash Craft for a Cause event this week and all of their support over the years!

How will YOU make a difference today (or this week)? Let us know!

Craft for a Cause 2024 update

Thank you for your support through Host Codes and attendance!

Here is a little update on our Craft for a Cause events and initiatives.

Bright Pink: $50 donation from my Sweet Thoughts Card Class

Lake County Haven: Notes of Encouragement to homeless women in the program

Fill a Heart 4 Kids: Birthday cards and gift cards for foster kids from my Birthday Bash event

Midwest Veterans Closet and other Lake County Vets: Valentines 4 Vets

Lake County Honor Flight Mail Call: veteran thank you cards made at Honor Flight Card Night

Veterans Path to Hope in McHenry: veteran thank you cards

**Veteran events held in conjunction with Grant Township**

October's Hostess Code: MKXFMTTS
to support my Craft for a Cause initiatives.

You can follow me on my Facebook Page to be notified when I post Live videos. If you do not already have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator, I would LOVE to be yours. Would you like to enjoy the demonstrator discount? Join my group, The INK Crowd! Click here for details.

All the supplies used to create these projects can be ordered through my online store here. Please use the Host Code found on the right side of my blog when ordering through my online store to help support my Craft for a Cause initiatives. If your order is over $150, don’t use the host code so you can redeem all the Host Rewards....which means FREE product for you!

Julia Mazur @ SimplySheStamps

Monday, October 23, 2023

Birthday Bash Craft for a Cause Event!

Announcing the next Craft for a Cause Event! Join me in making birthday cards...you keep some for your stash and donate some to brighten a child's special day! Your $25 fee covers supplies & donation. Of course, there will be CAKE! Appropriate for ages 13 and older. RSVP by October 23 to guarantee a goodie bag. Find more info @SimplySheStamps or jmazur.stampinup.net

October Host Code is: Q2U49HYB

SHOP WITH ME! https://bit.ly/juliamazur-SHOP

click on photo to shop with Host Code

Use October's Hostess Code: Q2U49HYB
to support my Craft for a Cause initiatives.

Julia Mazur @ SimplySheStamps

Sunday, September 25, 2022

Honor Flight Card Night

I'm so grateful for those that helped make over 30 cards last week to give to the veterans for next month's Lake County Honor Flight! If you're unfamiliar with what the HONOR FLIGHT is...

Lake County Honor Flight celebrates America's veterans with a multi-day trip to Washington, D.C. to visit the memorials dedicated to honor their service and sacrifices. The Lake County Honor Flight works diligently to raise funds to make trips available to veterans at no cost!

If you'd like to learn more about ways to help,

please visit: www.lakecountyhonorflight.org

Please contact me if you'd like to know when the next Honor Flight Card Night will be!

Here is an up-close look at the cards in case you'd like to recreate them! Some items used are retired, but you can always swap out products. Hope you're inspired by these card ideas to make cards for our veterans and active military members.

Monday, February 14, 2022

Annual Valentines 4 Vets

The Grant Township community members made over 150 valentine cards for our local vets in the Fox Lake Area and the Midwest Veterans Closet Valentines 4 Vets event! Find out more about this organization here: www.midwestveteranscloset.org

We used extras of last year's valentine paper, stamps, and Paper Pumpkin to make quick and easy cards so we could spend time writing messages of appreciation and gratitude to veterans.

These young ladies from the Lake County Scholarship Program were a HUGE help in boxing up chocolates and helping the attendees with card-making! And with clean up too!

Our Junior Miss Fox Lake Area traded her crown for a scrap bin just for a bit!

And our Miss, Teen, and Little Fox Lake Area Queens delivered the valentines

to our local American Legion chapter in Fox Lake.

A BIG thank you to all that came out to help so our

community could spread some love and appreciation!

Thanks for stopping by! Julia Mazur @ SimplySheStamps

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Friday, November 5, 2021

Make a Difference Day!

So very proud of these young ladies...Ashlyn and Katrina! This Little Miss organized an amazing event for our community on Make a Difference Day just a couple of weeks ago. Lots of family fun with crafts, making scarfs to donate, and of course...hand-made birthday cards! We helped with Miss Katrina's Call to Care initiative by crafting birthday cards for homeless & foster children.

I'm always looking for ways to Craft for a Cause and give back to our communities. Next up is World Kindness Day on Saturday, November 13, 2021. The purpose of World Kindness Day as outlined by the World Kindness Movement is “to highlight good deeds in the community focusing on the positive power and the common thread of kindness which binds us.” It is a day devoted to the positive potential of both large and small acts of kindness.

Please join me this year in donating to Cards for Kindness by Scrapbook.com

Hand-made cards are needed for this initiative "to get handmade cards to people who are in need of an emotional boost, a smile, or a helping hand". Thinking of You, Happy Hello, and general non-specific sentiment are the greatest cards in need. Feel free to drop off your cards to me or send your own!

Find more info here: Scrapbook.com Cards for Kindness

Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Pretty Perennials Class for FREE!

I have a GREAT class planned using the Pretty Perennials Bundle!

Order your bundle NOW!

Add one more item and get a Sale-a-Bration item for FREE and the class for FREE! I'll send you supplies to make SIX cards (2 each of 3 designs).

You'll need the stamps, dies, and the following ink pads (Mango Melody, Coastal Cabana, Melon Mambo, Granny Apple Green, and Black) to create the cards as designed. Versamark and White Embossing Powder are a plus too! The Mini Cut & Emboss works great with the Perennial Petals Dies!

By using the host code 3394DU2P, you'll help me donate even more to my Bright Pink Bouquet of Hope Fundraiser! Don't let Zoom scare you away! I'll help you get all set up on it! You can even watch from your phone if you're not home!

FREE Virtual Class is on Saturday, February at 1:30pm Central

Product List

Pretty Perennials Bundle [156234]	Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Pad [147093]	Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad [147051]
Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095]	Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad [147097]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]
Versamark Pad [102283]	White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132]	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053]

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When the Bouquet of Hope February Paper Pumpkin Kit was revealed, it was the perfect opportunity to offer this kit as a fundraising event for Bright Pink. I learned about Bright Pink through my fraternity Zeta Tau Alpha’s philanthropy as we partner to educate our communities about breast cancer prevention and early detection.

I will be donating $5 to Bright Pink for every Bouquet of Hope kit purchased!

Please consider Crafting for a Cause with me. For more details click here.

Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Coming Home to Make a Difference

My Facebook LIVE video last night showcased the Coming Home stamp set. For every set sold, Stampin' Up! will donate $3 to organizations for foster care, adoption, and infertility. From now until the end of December, I will be donating 20% of my sales of this stamp set, coordinating framelits, anything from the Trimming the Town Suite, and the Brick & Mortar 3D embossing folder to local foster care families. Please join me in Making a Difference and Craft for a Cause!

I did CASE the card above from a card created by Mikaela Titheridege. I changed up just a few things. Don't shy away from this set if the framelits don't fit into your budget...these images are pretty easy to fussy cut!

The next card was inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest, yet I must apologize for not being able to find it again and give credit to the stamper. Thought it was a great card for a newly licensed driver!