Showing posts with label ronald mcdonald house charities. Show all posts
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August 17, 2017

Sharing Sweet Thoughts - Ronald McDonald House Charities blog hop from the Stampin' Up! Artisan Design Team

Hello friends, and welcome back to another Artisan Design Team blog hop!  We are the official design team of Stampin' Up!, and we hop every two weeks to share a product feature with you.  If you're not starting here, you've come from Rochelle Blok in Australia; you're currently here with me, Shannon Lane, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and you'll be moving onto Sylwia Schreck in Germany shortly!  

Today's product feature is a stamp set called Sharing Sweet Thoughts.  This set is a special one - each year, Stampin' Up! has a charity stamp set, wherein each set purchased includes a $3 donation to the Ronald McDonald House Charities.  To date, Stampin' Up! has donated over $1.5 MILLION to RMHC, an incredibly worthy cause.  We have had family members on both sides stay in their local Ronald McDonald House while their newborn babies were in the hospital receiving life-saving surgeries and medical care far from home, and they will attest that their services are truly amazing; it really is a home away from home for families who need to be close to their children during extremely difficult and stressful times.  It's a very worth charity and one of our personal favourites! 


This beautiful stamp set features on-trend mason jars, so I wanted to stick with the theme and create a tag for a jam jar.  If you're a gardener and a canner, 'tis the season for packing up your bounty!  I barely harvest enough from my little garden to gift with others, but when I do, I love putting a homemade tag on it.  Sharing Sweet Thoughts is perfect for this!

This tag is a little bit rustic and a little bit country - I love the contrast of the bright, fresh strawberries with the natural woodgrain paper.  And with mason jars, it's super easy to cut a circle to size and slip a coordinating piece of paper in the lid!


Now let's hop over to Sylwia and see what beautiful creation she's sharing today!  


But wait!

Have you heard?  The full Stampin' Up! 2017-2018 Holiday Catalogue will be available on September 1st; I've seen it (and ordered from it!) already and trust me, you're going to LOVE it!  Want some FREE holiday goodies?


Yeah - I said free!  This month's ordering bonus is a GREAT ONE!  This bonus is for August only, and only through my Online Canadian Stampin' Up! Store!  Read on... 


August Ordering Bonus:  Spend $50 or more (before shipping and taxes!) in my Online Canadian Stampin' Up! store using this month's host code - 4BG2MCM6 - and you'll receive a free grab bag of BRAND NEW supplies from the upcoming 2017-2018 Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalogue shipped on September 1st!  Don't miss out on this awesome bonus!  Valid August 1-31 in Canada only.

Thanks so much for stopping in!

Cheers,
Shannon

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February 19, 2015

Triple-Up Thursday: Flamingo Lingo (and Ronald McDonald House Charities)

It's Triple-Up Thursday again!  (Already?! This week has FLOWN by.)  If this is your first time here:  Triple-Up Thursday is a weekly feature where I share three 3x3" cards created with a single stamp set and five ink colours - crafting doesn't have to be difficult or involve a lot of supplies!

This week's feature set is Flamingo Lingo; before I get to the cards, I want to blab for a minute about Flamingo Lingo.  Each year, Stampin' Up chooses a stamp set as their "Make A Difference" set.  Stampin' Up is partnered with Ronald McDonald House Charities, an organization that is close to my heart, and for each copy of Flamingo Lingo sold, $3 is donated to this amazing cause.

My husband and I have long supported Ronald McDonald House Charities - so much so, actually, that they're the designated recipients of our entire estate if we are all wiped out in an accident.  They are an amazing organization that provides a huge, meaningful services to parents with sick kids - a place to be comfortable and call home where they can focus on their family.  And best of all, the overhead costs are paid for by McDonald's Restaurants, so all charitable donations go directly to the cause.  How awesome is that?

Two years ago, though, RMHC became very special to us when it became home for my cousin and her husband.  Their son, Aleks, was born with a twisted bowel, and shortly after birth, he had to be rushed to a hospital in a different city, where he ended up staying in the NICU for 4.5 months.  Ronald McDonald House in London, Ontario became "home" for Ashley and Ben so they could be with Aleks.  It allowed them to be minutes away from him, instead of in another city entirely.  It gave them the ability to focus on his care without worrying about anything else, and it's all without cost so there is no additional financial burden incurred during already-tough times.

Aleks was the poster-boy for Ronald McDonald House of Southwestern Ontario that year; isn't he a cutie?


Two years after he was released from hospital, Aleks is a healthy, happy, rowdy toddler and Ronald McDonald House is that much more special to our entire family.

Anyway - this brings me back to Flamingo Lingo.  If you haven't already, grab this set and know that you've made a difference.  And when it arrives, you can whip up these three easy cards!


This colour pallet is a bit unconventional, but I love how it came together.  Lost Lagoon, Blushing Bride, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, and Rose Red.  We've got a mix of In-Colours, Brights, Subtles, and Regals - a bit of everything!

I kept the embellishments super simple - aside from the ink and cardstock, the only thing I added was Old Olive Baker's Twine!  I will link punches and framelits for your convenience, but all of these shapes can easily be hand-cut with a pair of scissors, too.  



I love the brightness of the first card, the colour in the second, and the simplicity of the third.  Which is your favourite?

Thanks for popping by today - have a fabulous day! 
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