Welcome to the 2013 Caring Hearts Card Drive Blog Hop! This special card drive is now in its fourth year. The reason for this card drive is to use our love of card-making to spread joy in nursing homes across the U.S. and Canada. This time of year can be particularly lonely for the elderly and we want to do all we can to make the holidays a joyous occasion for them. All of the details, including where to send your cards and eligibility for prizes are included in THIS post.
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In my true style, I created a holiday card with stamping, die-cutting and lots of layers but still kept it clean and simple. Of course, I had to add some sparkle, too. First, I used the Duo Die 4 from Paper Smooches to die cut a frame with papers from Echo Park’s Winter Wishes paper pad. Then I used the Snow Drifts die from My Favorite Things to create a sparkly snow hill. I used that curve to draw a line where I would stamp the row of houses. Both the house and sentiment flag are from the Hero Arts/Studio Calico stamp set Spread Joy. After the stamping was done, I adhered both the background and hill directly to the card base and popped the frame with foam tape. To finish, I adhered the sentiment to the top right hand corner of the frame and rounded all four corners of my card.
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Avery Elle • Clearly Besotted Stamps • Ellen Hutson • Fresh Squeezed Stamps • Hero Arts • Inspiration Emporium • Lawn Fawn • Lil’ Inker Designs • May Arts • My Favorite Things • Newton’s Nook Designs • Online Card Classes • Paper Smooches • Simon Says Stamp • Studio Calico • Tim Holtz • There She Goes Clear Stamps • The Twinery
Very pretty card for a great cause!
Really like all the white space around the shaker part of the card. Thank you for sharing!
absolutely wonderful! love the shaker card Emily!
Emily, this is a classic Christmas card in blues and whites! Gorgeous!
Cute shaker card!!
lovely!
Gorgeous card! Love the sparkle.
Beautiful card.
Beautiful card love it very clever. Thanks for showing.
Love a shaker card!!! This is beautiful! TFS!!
So adorable!! Love your shaker style card with the little houses! 🙂 Thanks for sharing this cause!
I love shaker cards. Havent made one yet but I sure do feel inspired. Thanks for sharing and the chance!
Such a pretty card, Emily! At first I thought it was a shaker card, but when I read about the glitter cardstock, I love how you made it! The color combination is beautiful!
i know it's not a shaker card, but now i want to pull out my micro beads and make one! thanks for the inspiration 🙂
Stunning!!
Love the blue and white and rounded corners with that die.
Thanks for your inspiration!
Stunning shaker card!
Really sweet card!
Fantastic card. You can never have too much sparkle, right? I love it!
This is just so Pretty 🙂
Such a cool card! And thanks for sharing. A terrific cause.
Very pretty card for a great cause! Love the die cut and the snow drift!
This is such a great cause. Love your card. Thanks for sharing!
Ooooooooooooooooh, love the house stamp! Have to get one of those! 🙂
Really cute card!
Gorgeous as always…love the sparkle!!
Love the sparkle! Very pretty card and so much detail. Always a joy to see what you've made.
Pretty card!!!
very pretty 🙂 wonderful cause 🙂
Loving that sparkly snowdrift! Wonderful card!
Such a cute shaker card, love the design!!!
sweet card!
Love the sparkle and shine!!!
Love your card as always, Emily! Thanks for all your support. xo
I love that it's a shaker card
COZY winter shaker scene:)
Beautiful, Emily! I love all the detail you put into your cards!
What an elegant card it truly represents the season have a blessed holiday season TFS
Emily –
This is such a sweet card and so much fun! I love it, awesome job.
Elaine Allen
Your card is beautiful!
Another beautiful card, Emily! I love the blue and white. Lots of layers and details, but still CAS. You do that so nicely!!
Very cute!
Love your card! Great job!
I love the layers on this! So pretty!
Love the blue and silver together
Great card! Love the colors you chose. A great cause which I plan to participate in.
I love all the white space, I forget to use that as a design element and overcrowd my cards. I like how your center really stands out.
Love it, the navy on white is always a favourite of mine.
Beautiful card
Oh, this is so sweet Emily! Love it!
Such a beautiful card, Emily! I love all of your details and glittery goodness…so lovely!
I'm so glad you're taking part in the blog hop!
Love the scene you created. Beautiful!
Thanks for the chance to win!
Awesome card, as usual, Emily!!
Oh, I love shaker cards! Thanks for the inspiration!
What a fun card and inspiring too! Shaker cards are perfect for the winter holidays! TFS!
Cute card
Lovely card-had to look up close 'cuz your sparkly hill looked like glitter in a 'shaker' window. Thanks for sharing and contributing to this great cause.
Awesome card! I love the interactiveness!
Really cute card with lots of sparkle!
Very pretty card!!! 🙂
Is this cute or is this cute?! Very adorable card.
Lovely cards. Thanks for sharing your creativity with us.
Beautiful card!!
Nice card for a great cause.
I love your card! I like to use lots of layers and techniques too, so this card really speaks to me! Thanks so much for sharing, and of course, for the chance to win fantastic prizes!!
I love how that frame looks in patterned paper, Em! And it is framing such a sweet scene. (Can't wait till I get my own glimmer paper, it looks so good.)
Very lovely card! Thanks!
Cute card!!!
Beautiful snowy scene…love the glitter snow drift.
I love the glitter snowdrifts!
Sweet card, wonderful sentiment Emily.
So pretty! Love the sparkle and that paper is beautiful. Thanks!
Super cute card!
Very cute–I like the sparkle.
I love the frame and scene you have created for your card.
Thanks for sharing this beautiful card! It's perfect!
What a pretty card!
Such a gorgeous, sweet card, and I love your sparkly snow!
Hugs, Shannah xox
Beautiful card. Love the colour.
Gorgeous scene you've created here…thanks so much for sharing this!
Love the shaker card. Very appropriate for this time of year. Great card.
What a sweet shaker card.
what a great cause!
Sandra ltb
What a darling card! People are going to love your shaker card when they jiggle it. So cute. Thanks for sharing your creativity.
What a sweet card, love that frame die and the inset focal is so in trend right now! Love it!
Such a pretty card Emily!!! I love the "winter" colors 🙂
Love the dimension of this lovely winter scene you created. Your silver glittery hill is so fun.
wonderful shaker card!
How cute!! Thanks for the chance to win 🙂
Love all your cards. Great idea for a shaker. Thank you for sharing.
Great card!
Oh, I just love that little shaker card! Great stamped image and design!
Fabulous card! Love the sparkly snow hill!
Great shaker card. For a Great Cause.
Pretty shaker card!
Wonderful Card,Thanks for sharing!!
LOVE- the scene is wonderful and of course glitter just makes it even more amazing!
Sweet card!
Nice and simple. Thanks for sharing.
You inspired me with the navy and silver! A shaker card is always a home run.
There shall be joy received from your house to the nursing home! Your card is wonderful!
Fabulous card. Thanks for the inspiration.
Love your shaker card, very cool.
So beautiful!
A beautiful, classic layout. Such a nice job!
Sweet card, Emily, and AWESOME cause! My helper elves and I are working on 100 cards for the drive this year. Thanks for lending your talent to this most worthy endeavour.
Your card is too sweet!
I love the shaker card for holidays as it reminds me of a snow globe. Nicely done!
Love that little row of houses! So cute!
Such a pretty card! The touch of silver is just wonderful with the blue and white!
Lovely card! I really like the sparkle.
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I love your card Emily! It looks like a small framed piece of art. TFS
of course, sparkle is neccessary! lovely card
thanks
Holly
Oh gosh, That's so pretty !!!!
Beautiful card!
sweet and simple – fantastic!
Beautiful! Someone will be very happy to receive this!
Very sweet card- love the sparkly snowdrift. Great cause.
Those different layers add so much to your card!
Thanks for sharing!!
What a beautiful shaker card! Thanks for the inspiration. 😀
Love your shaker card! Very sweet!
Beautiful card…Love the blue on white!!
awesome blue and cream combo, love the die cut shape!
Beautiful card! TFS 🙂
I love your mix of firs and stamping! So pretty!
What a fabulous card.
This is so pretty!!! Love shaker cards!
Great shaker card – great cause!
oh so cute Emily!!! Love the glittery hill in the shaker!
Really great card–love all the layers!
I'm sure your lovely card with spread much joy to the lucky recipient. Love your sparkly hill and the row of houses!
Beautiful card for such a great cause! Be blessed!!!
prettY!
Such a sweet card.
A beautiful card, thank you for sharing. Hannah x
fantastic elections of colors!
Great use of the shaker box – sweet card!
Such a pretty contrast of the navy blue with the white and silver! I love the snowbank and the snowflakes! Thanks so much for sharing!
Really like the framing .
what a great card. love the houses on the card!
Oh, such a pretty shaker card!
Your cards are always so inspiring! Thank you for all you do!
I love the snow scene you created. Thanks for helping with the drive.
i love your snow scene!
Oh stunning, Emily. Absolutely stunning. I love your glittery snow and i'm glad i got to stop by here because of this fabulous blog hop. Thanks for supporting it! it's near and dear to me heart! cheers.