Operation Julie's Smile

Hello my friend and welcome!  Today is a very special day here in blog land because we are going to give Julie Ranae her smile back!  You should have come by way of Julie Ranae's blog...what is this hop all about you ask?  Well, in Nicole Rixon, owner of Sweet Stamp Shop'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.”

I haven't known Julie personally very long, but she truly is a dedicated and very organized woman,, not to mention kind!  I am always impressed with her ability to juggle so many obligations.  I am currently on the Sweet Stamp Shop DT with her and well, she's the best!  This card is for you Julie!

Using on of my SSS favs, Gnomies for my card, I  stamped the heart border repeatedly in a rainbow of colors onto a white card base cut to 4 1/4 x 4 1/4.  I then die cut a label and stamped my sentiment, adhered a little colored and cut out gnome and mushroom and popped it off my card.

I hope you are enjoying the hop, be aware because of the large scale of participants there may be a few broken links along the way.  If that happens, please refer back to the Sweet Stamp Shop's blog for the complete list.  There are over $2500 worth of prizes donated by very generous sponsors, so in order to be eligible to win those prizes you can donate (link in the sidebar) and/or leave a comment on as many blogs as you can!  You have all weekend to hop (Sunday, October 9th AT 11:59pm EST) so no stress, just enjoy the amazing projects made from this caring creative community!  Are you ready to keep hopping?  Alright, head on over to see what the amazing Leigh Anne has for you!  Thank you so much for stopping by today!


Lindsay


Supplies:
Paper: White, Spring Rain Papertrey Ink
Stamps: Gnomies Sweet Stamp Shop
Ink: Tuxedo Black, Tangelo, Dandelion, Bamboo Leaves Tsukineko, Sicilian Blue, Silver Lilac Fresh Ink
Tools: Copic Markers, Label Die Papertrey Ink