Friday, October 7, 2011

Operation Julie's Smile

It's finally time for

Operation Julie's Smile


You should have arrived here from


The beginning of the hop is here
(in case you just stumbled here)


Here is Julie's story - in case you don't already know it -

“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.”

(if you'd like to donate - the Paypal donate
button is over on the right hand side of the blog)

winners will be selected from
BLOG COMMENTS
PAYPAL DONATIONS
BLOG HOP HOSTS


 If you totally love this image, and can't live without it -
leave me a comment here that you donated, and I'll send it to ya
free!!!!

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64 comments:

~amy~ said...

darling card Julie..love the embossing!

Houses Built of Cards said...

Such an adorable card!!! Love the embossing too! I made my donation this morning!

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

Pattie said...

Sooo cute Julie!

Jingle said...

I love what you've done with this image! Great card!

Handmade Cards by Archana said...

so cute!! loved it!

Angela Fehr said...

I like this version, Julie! It's bright and fresh!

Marisa said...

Loving all that white space! Blessings for being a part of such a great cause :)

*Alison* said...

love all the textures.. I "heart" Julie.. and donated! off to the next blog on the hop :) HUGS

Laura Davis said...

Super cute!
hugs
Laura

Miriam Prantner said...

Love seeing all the different versions of this digi.

Marla said...

A cute card. Love the embossing!!

Janice M said...

Cute!! LOVE that embossing folder!

Monique said...

So cute..Love all the texture and Twine :)

jan farnworth said...

great card

Linda Harris said...

Cuteness!!! That digi stamp is sure cute. Linda Harris

NinaN said...

Lovely!

mjblahnik56 said...

Nice card.

Lizscraps said...

Great use of colors to give this digi a bright fall take. and that embossed background is wonderful.

Karen Day said...

Great fall card :o)

zehra said...

Wonderful image and card, very pretty

JenMarie said...

Jules, this is caaa-UTE!!!

Amy C said...

Beautiful card!!

Tonya said...

love the texture

Tammy V said...

Love that embossing!

Laura Williams said...

so so sweet!!!! beautiful job!

Karen B. said...

What an adorable image and card!

Vera Yates (Ling) said...

Adorable!

Jennifer Scull said...

love that embossing! cute card! :)

Sarah Anderson said...

they are such a sweet couple! Lovely colouring

Tenia Nelson said...

This card rocks!!!

Ashley Newell said...

Very cute card! How wonderful of you guys to giveaway a digi!

Evelene S said...

That is so adorable and such a cute autumn card. I'd love the digi image!

Tracy said...

Adorable card! I love the colored twine!

Tracy
owlbecraftin at gmail dot com
owlbecraftin.blogspot.com

Tami Grandi said...

so cute- love the texture (and I donated- noted that on the design blog also)

Suzanne said...

So pretty!!!

Tanya said...

Darling! Great texture and coloring. Love the image, I just got it in my email, that was quick! :D

Fiona said...

Hi Julie sweet colouring - great image on the white background! Fiona (madebyfee)

Dawn L said...

Very cute image. I donated!

dawnweck@hotmail.com

Kim H said...

Beautiful coloring, and love the embossed background. thank you.

GabrielaD said...

Great card!

Nichole Bryant said...

pretty coloring!

Maria said...

Darling image! I donated yesterday! Love the embossed background! Take care!!:-))

Marsha said...

What beautiful embossed BG. Very nice.

Lagene said...

Great card for a great cause!

Lagene said...

And I donated & would love to have the digi of the boy & girl carrying the pumpkin.

MissScrapAlot said...

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

wyme98@yahoo.com

Dana said...

Lovely card!!

Heather Henderson said...

cute card!

My Happy Place by Vanessa said...

I love the embossing! Beautiful card!

~Vanessa W

Lindsey Wood said...

Great card! I love the texture on the background!

Anonymous said...

That twine is perfect for this card! So cute!

Christina said...

Beautiful coloring, and I love the embossed texture. It looks like a cozy scarf!

Lisa Elton said...

Sweet card...love the pops of fall color against the white!!

Indy's Designs said...

What a great card. Love the white background.
indyowens at yahoo dot com

Deb said...

So cute, Julie! Love the textured white with the Fall colors!

Betty said...

nicely done - the embossing background really sets it off well!

Irene said...

Love the way that you made the digi the star of the card! Thanks for participating!

Lisa said...

very sweet 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

Ruby said...

Sweet card! I love the embossing!

Lindsey said...

Great CAS design! The textured background really sets off the main image.

Tamara said...

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

Unknown said...

Adorable card! TFS & that adorable digi that you are giving to the donors! ;o)

Kimba's Kreations said...

sooooo CUTE!

Savannah O'Gwynn said...

BEAUTIFUL design--LOVE your white background with the image! And your coloring is SUPER FAB!