Come to my BIRTHDAY BASH!

Join us for the second annual Birthday Bash Craft for a Cause Event!  In honor of Make a Difference Day and my own birthday this month, we'll be making birthday cards, collecting gift cards, and raising funds for local foster children.

You'll keep some cards and we'll donate the rest to Fill a Heart 4 Kids (a local organization that supports foster youth).  There will also be an optional Birthday scrapbook page for you to make and take home!  Your $30 fee covers supplies AND donations. 

New this year...RAFFLES and PRIZES!  Earn tickets in various ways:

·        Submit your RSVP by October 10

·        Bring a friend (one ticket for you for each friend, and one for your friend)

·        Bring a $10 gift card from McDonald’s-Subway-Dunkin’ Donuts

·        Place an order using the October HOST CODE: MKXFMTTS

RSVP here 

 When you place an order with me, you get a special PDF with instructions & photos for FOUR cards!  This month we are featuring the Warms My Heart stamp set from the September-December 2024 Mini Catalog!

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

Your Biggest Fan!

Getting ready for GRADUATION season!  This was a card featured on my first ever Card Buffet last weekend.  I thought it would make a good graduation card, but it works for ANY kind of a pat on the back for a job well done!

The banner was made with the Hey Sports Fan Designer Series Paper and Sports Event Dies from the January-June 2022 Mini Catalog.  Since I don't have the coordinating stamp set, Your Biggest Fan, I used the stamps from the February 2022 Paper Pumpkin Kit Safari Celebration.  The stamps from the Batter Up past Paper Pumpkin kit would work great too!  You can find a selection of past Paper Pumpkin kits and refills HERE.

The Hey Sports Fan DSP may not look it at first, but it is really versatile!  The non-sporty sides and "B-sides" of the paper featuring Poppy Parade, Bumblebee, Night of Navy, and Evening Evergreen I think will work great for Disney Scrapbooking!  

Crafting for a Cause

And recently we used the stripes and blue woodgrain sides to make cards for local veterans taking the Lake County Honor Flight to Washington DC.  These Fox Lake Area Queens did a wonderful job writing messages of thanks and appreciation to these veterans!

Here are some more great ideas using the Hey Sports Fan Suite!  

Be sure to scroll down to see the items used.

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!
Thanks for stopping by!  Julia Mazur @ SimplySheStamps

Product List

Hey Sports Fan Suite Collection (English) [157896]	Hey Sports Fan 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [157882]	Resin Stars Embellishments [158144]
Sports Event Dies [157892]	Gray Granite 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146983]	Heart & Home 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [157928]
Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [147110]	Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100867]	2021–2023 In Color 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [155641]
Art Gallery Photopolymer Stamp Set [158201]	Very Vanilla Note Cards & Envelopes [144236]	Stitched Stars Dies [150653]

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

• Shop my ONLINE STORE
• Be part of The INK Crowd
• Follow me on FACEBOOK
• Craft at a virtual EVENT

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

 

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

Melon Mambo

Mango Melody

Granny Apple Green

Coastal Cabana

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]

• Shop my ONLINE STORE

• Be part of The INK Crowd

• Follow me on FACEBOOK

• Craft at a virtual EVENT

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.