Oct 7, 2011

Operation Julie's Smile Blog hop event!


Welcome to the Operation Julie's Smile blog hop!


I'm honored to participate with many other designers in this amazing blog hop event in honor of our friend Julie Ranae!  If you came here from Carisa Zglobicki'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 checking out all the projects that over one hundred blog participants have prepared for this weekend's event!   You have ALL WEEKEND to hop with us.

Be sure to leave comments along the way on as many blogs as you would like to and if you are so moved, make a donation  - all of which can help you win some amazing prizes that dozens of companies have donated for this hop!

Here's the purpose for this weekend's blog hop event in Nicole's own words....

“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.”



One of the sponsors of this event is The Craft's Meow.  Julie is on the design team with me, so I thought I'd use a couple of stamps from TCM for my project today.  I used two stamp sets illustrated by Nina Brackett for TCM called Fruity for You and Just Sayin' - aren't they cute together?  Lots of patterned papers and cute stamps made this a rather quick and simple card to create!

Card Details
Stamps: Fruity for You; Just Sayin' (TCM)
Ink: Versafine
Card stock: Stampin Up card stock & patterned paper
Other: Copic markers; Sewing machine; Basic Grey button & brads; SU tinsel

Next up on the hop is Andrea Matthews!  If you come across any breaks in the hop list, please hop over to The Sweet Stamp Shop blog for the full list of the amazing designers joining in the hop in honor of Miss Julie!  Be sure to leave a comment and consider donating to be entered into the random drawing for some of the amazing prizes up for grabs this weekend!  More details and a full listing of all the sponsors who have donated to this event can be found on The Sweet Stamp Shop blog.

Happy Hopping and good luck!
Jessica

69 comments:

~amy~ said...

I always love visiting you...your choice of colors and patterns always me happy:)

Jingle said...

This is beautiful!

Lindsay said...

Oh this is lovely Jessica! I LOVE the papers!

*Alison* said...

love the bright bold colors of your card.. I "heart" Julie.. and donated! off to the next blog on the hop :) HUGS

Carisa said...

this is absolutely darling!!! I love the pears and how you stamped them on that pattern paper. I also love the fiber and stitching! So many great details. :D

Miriam Prantner said...

Love all the layering on this card and the colors, and those pears. Guess I just love it all!

Lizscraps said...

great patchwork country feel of this card. makes you feel all warmed up. Nice.

Marla said...

Great card for fall with so much dimension!!

Karen Day said...

Love that little speech bubble! Cute card :o)

Jan Garber said...

What a cute card! Love that pear stamp! Wonderful hop and a terrific cause!

Sarah Anderson said...

fab pears! Gorgeous autumn colours :)

Monique said...

What a lovely card.. So many layers, textures and colors :)

Linda Harris said...

I love the patterns on your card. They are great!!! Linda Harris

Vera Yates (Ling) said...

Fab card! Love the layering on your card.

mjblahnik56 said...

Love the card and how you worked with the colors and textures.

mjblahnik56@hotmail.com

Amy C said...

This is absolutely fabulous!! I love the colors, layering, and stitching.

My Happy Place by Vanessa said...

Love those pears and the fibers!!! Well done! :D

~Vanessa W

NinaN said...

Lovely!

zehra said...

Love the layers on the card, awesome

Tonya said...

love the patterned papers

Stephanie said...

pretty pattern & color combo!

JenMarie said...

Ooo...absolutely FABulous!

Anonymous said...

Love your card the colors are great, thanks for sharing it.

Ashley Newell said...

How fun! I love that trim!

Evelene S said...

The combination of the papers you used really are so cute!

Tammy V said...

What a lovely card!

Karen B. said...

Love this card and love the colors! Super great way to use this stamp! It is so neat to find other bloggers from WI too!

cappuccino and colour said...

such a sweet sentiment on this beautiful card. lovely.

Laura Williams said...

LOVE those stamps, LOVE those colors, and LOVE this card!!!!! you rock! :)

Dawn L said...

What a cute pear!

dawnweck@hotmail.com

Tenia Nelson said...

This is awesome!!!!

Houses Built of Cards said...

Gorgeous!!! LOVE all the pattern papers!!!

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

Tanya said...

Oh this is beautiful! I love those new TCM stamps!

Marsha said...

Very cute, Jessica. Love all the papers. And stitching.

Tami Grandi said...

This is absolutely adorable!

Tracy said...

Awesome card! I love the sentiment!

Tracy
owlbecraftin at gmail dot com
owlbecraftin.blogspot.com

Fiona said...

Jessica this is a lovely card - the colours are so strong and vibrant - great layering! Fiona (madebyfee)

Fiona said...

Oh dear, I'm not sure my comment went through - I may have shut the window down too fast... you can delete this one if my other one worked...

Jessica your card is deliciously rich in colour with fabby layering! Fiona (madebyfee)

Suzanne said...

Jessica, all the layers and the stamps are so perfect! I love this card!

Kim H said...

wow the all the colors and patterns work great together. the layering, stitching, create great dimension. and that sparkly twine adds a beautiful texture and sparkle. thank you.

Nichole Bryant said...

Love the colors!

Maria said...

Wow! So many fun patterns for a beautiful card...great job!!!

Dana said...

Wonderful card!!

Scrapacat said...

Such strong fall papers work great with these bold images. Love it!
~ky
scrapacat at yahoo dot com
http://bunnynest.blogspot.com

Denise said...

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

MissScrapAlot said...

LOVE IT!!!!!! HUGS AND PRAYERS HER WAY!!!!!!!!

wyme98@yahoo.com

Deb said...

Hello, my friend! Love your gorgeous card! Rich colors, beautiful prints, fabulous details! LOVE it!

Would LOVE to have a chance to catch up with you! Phone or Skype? :)

Irene said...

Great colors and layout...such a fun card!!

Lisa Elton said...

Great colors and patterns Jessica!

Christina said...

Wow! The colors, stitching, layering, EVERYTHING about this card is fantastic! I especially love the bit of tinsel trim.

Heather Henderson said...

what a fun card

Monika/Buzsy said...

So pretty Jessica. Love the pretty papers and those 'stitched' pears. :o)

Anonymous said...

I just want to curl up under those pears! Very nice!

Indy's Designs said...

What cute pears and beautiful fall colors.
indyowens at yahoo dot com

Betty said...

such a happy colorful choice of color and design - sure to bring on a smile!

Lisa said...

pretty card! 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

Betty Neville said...

Gorgeous card Jessica! Beautiful combo of colors. Hope you are well.

Ruby said...

LOVELY card!! I love the striking papers together, really pretty!

farmhouse-story said...

such a darling card, jessica!

Holly said...

This is amazing! I love all the patterns of paper! Amazing work!

Holly

hollyshobbie at gmail dot com

Lagene said...

Such a cute card for such a great cause!

Lindsey Wood said...

Cool card! I love all of the patterned paper!

Lindsey said...

This is one beautiful card! The pears are gorgeous and I love all the patterned papers.

Unknown said...

Cute card! Love all the pp and your stitching! TFS! ;o)

Tamara said...

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

Savannah O'Gwynn said...

I LOVE your papers!!! LOOOOOOOVE the stitching and brads--great job!

Jessica Griffin said...

Oh Jessica, I LOVE your card! It's gorgeous!!

Jessica Griffin
http://www.canyoupixelthis.com

Nicki S said...

Very unique card...great job!

Kimba's Kreations said...

This is amazing!

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