Cool images and a New Name for Card Cupids

The nonprofit, Card Cupids announces on its two year anniversary, its new name: Sunshine Mail Foundation. The Virginia based non-profit which began in November 2010 is changing its name to better reflect its mission of brightening the day of children in need.
“We began by providing cards and stuffed animals to a few children in hospitals but over time we have expanded to providing care essentials and age appropriate items to children in homeless shelters, foster care, hospitals and children facing medical challenges. We believe the name, Sunshine Mail Foundation, better reflects all of the services that we provide to children” says Stephanie Busby, Executive Director.
In 2013, Sunshine Mail Foundation has set a goal to reach more children in homeless shelters with their Sunshine Mail care packages that provide comfort, support and joy through care essentials and other age appropriate items.
Sunshine Mail Foundation supports numerous children’s hospitals and family shelters nationwide along with countless children in foster care and children facing medical challenges. For more information and to get involved, please visit www.sunshinemail.org. 

Come help us usher in the new name with our new challenge.  Our Dec 1st  theme challenge is “Cool”, and our sponsor is Bugaboo. I created my card with their “Cool” penguins digi.  Cute Huh? Link up your “Cool” creation for a chance to win images from Bugaboo.

Card Cupids

Our challenge is  Anything Goes  featuring Just Some Lines.  Hope you will come take the challenge and make a child smile:)

Here's my card. I used the Gab hanging around digi.

Flying by to say Hi at Card Cupids

We are thrilled to have Di’s Digis as our sponsor for our 2-week challenge. Our theme is “Too Cute”. We hope you will link up, and play along. Here is the card I made. I used the very cute Pilot Ted digi.

Happy World Card Making day and Happy Kids :)

 We are celebrating WCMD at Card Cupids by having a HAPPY celebration!!!!!

 We have a special reason to celebrate.  Card Cupids is officially a tax exempt organization! 

Come and join our "Sending Smiles" card challenge

We will be giving away THREE amazing prizes. Bugaboo Stamps will be giving a $30 gift certificate, Fresh Brewed Designs will be giving 5 free digis of your choice and Whimsy Stamps will be giving a $15 gift certificate. Go on over to Card Cupids to get more info.

Card Cupids Color Challenge

DT inspiration with The Stamping Boutique

Please note all the new card requests, and help us bring a smile to a child!
The DT loved The Stamping Boutique images for this color challenge. Colors for this challenge are black, orange, purple, green. You can find more about the challenge HERE, and join in.

 Here is my card

Save the Date- Card Cupids Celebration

After two years of hard work, we are thrilled to announce that Card Cupids has been granted tax exempt non-profit status!! We are so excited because this means that we will be able to support even more children in need. We could not have done this without you. So of course, we decided that we needed to celebrate and what is a celebration without prizes.
Our celebration will be on Saturday, October 6- Sunday, October 7. To participate in our celebration, post the below blog button on your site and then come back  on Oct 6 or Oct 7 to post a card for our challenge. Hint: the theme is related to our mission.  We will be giving away, not one, not two…but FOUR prizes and all you have to do to qualify is add our blog button and post a card for our challenge.

Here is the code to add our special button to your blog: <a href=”http://tinypic.com?ref=2euiipj” target=”_blank”><img src=”http://i50.tinypic.com/2euiipj.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”Image and video hosting by TinyPic”></a>


Also as a special thank you m just for putting our blog button on your blog, you will receive the below two exclusive Card Cupids digi stamps. To receive your digi stamps, please email info@cardcupids.org.

Card Cupids is 100% Volunteer supported. Our expenses such as shipping and mailing supplies are covered by the generous donations of our Card Cupids.  Please consider making a small donation and/or sending in  cards and items for the children  to help support our mission. To refer a child in need or happy mail or a birthday bundle, please click HERE.  Thank you for being a Card Cupid!!

Unscripted Sketches + Card cupids

Unscripted Sketches #176

It’s time for our monthly PIGGYBACK CHALLENGE! If you haven’t played along with us before on a piggyback week, it is simply an additional, optional challenge. Whether you choose to add the piggyback challenge element to your project will in no way effect consideration for Top 3 or other prizes.

This month’s piggyback challenge is to USE YOUR CARD! I know how we all love to make cards just for the fun of it, but this time, the challenge is to actually send/give it to some one. If there aren’t any birthdays or other special occasions coming up, perhaps you’d like to send a note of encouragement to a friend, thank a neighbor for letting you “borrow” their hedge trimmers for the last 6 years, or cheer up a co-worker whose last child has just gone away to college.

There are also many different organizations that love getting home made cards donated to them. You can get that info HERE 

 Here is my card. I will be sending it to Card Cupids

 Speaking of Card Cupids, It's time for another challenge!!!!

 We are so excited to be a part of Sketch Saturday, who generously shared their creative sketch. So, you can play in 2 challenges at once!

 

Here is my card. I used this cute digi from our sponsor Sassy Cheryl's

Card Cupids Halloween Challenge.

THIS JUST IN..... Stephanie at

LuvScraps
 Is giving away some Blog candy for her Birthday.  It ends on the 15th, short notice I know, but I just found out.  Go check it out.

 


For our Halloween Challenge, at Card Cupids we are sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps.

Check the Bugaboo website and blog, and join our Halloween challenge theme. Bugaboo has some of the CUTEST Halloween images! Here is just one of the cute digi stamps that I got to work with for my card.

You can also go to Card Cupids to get a list of current card requests. Check out the list and make a child happy by sending in your cards.  :)


I'm entering my card here:

http://bunnyzoescrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/challenge-28-distressing.html

Card Cupids

Milk N Coffee is our wonderful sponsor, and our theme is “Anything Goes!” One thing is for certain…you will LOVE Milk N Coffee Digis!
Shop the Milk N Coffee Etsy Store, and visit Milk Coffee Blog.

Come and Join our bi weekly challenges at Card Cupids

The cute digi I used is called Charlotte and her Love letter.

 

I am also entering my card here:

http://www.tammyscrapincorner.com/2012/08/weekly-challenge-24-anything-goes.html

 http://cutiepiechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/challenge-25-borders-and-frames.html

 http://liliofthevalleythursdaychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/spots-or-stripes.html

 http://thepapershelter.blogspot.com/2012/08/challenge-no-78-anything-goes.html

Doodle Pantry Dino

Over at the Doodle Pantry they are having a challenge (DPDC25) where you can use one of their free digis. Its this cute  dinosaur. I just  had to make a card so here it is:

I think I will send this card to card cupids to make someone smile :)

Card Cupids

At Card Cupids, The challenge for July 1st is to use either ribbon, twine, or washi tape.

This was my first card as a Design Team Member and I had a blast making it. The Cute image comes from The Stamping Boutique

I chose to use twine for the bars of the cage. I hope you will stop by Card Cupids to see the fun cards made by the Design Team.  Please join us in making children smile by sending your cards to those on the list. Everyone deserves a smile :)


I'm entering my card here;

Totally paper crafts - can you digi it?

Card Cupids Blog Hop

Welcome Card Cupid followers! My name is Michele. I live in Utah. I am married and have two teenagers. My daughter is 17 and my son is 13.  I have always been into crafting and scrap-booking.  About 7 years ago I really got into card making and paper crafts. You could say I'm obsessed, I spend all my free time making cards and anything else that has to do with creating. I love to up cycle items and alter things. I save almost everything that I think I might be able to use for a project, which drives my hubby crazy because he will want to throw something away and I always try to rescue it. LOL.  I'm excited to be on the Card Cupids design team and hope you will be inspired and enjoy the cards I have to offer.  I'm also excited to work with the other design team members.

Please stop by to welcome each of these fabulous ladies to the Card Cupids team. Just by leaving a comment on a Design Team members's blog including this one, you will be entered into a fun little give away for our two exclusive digis. By leaving a comment on each blog you will have 14 chances to win! You have until Monday, June 25 at 9pm EST to leave your comment.  Winners will be announced on each DT members blog as well as at Card Cupids on Wednesday, June 27.

 

Here are some more cards I made for Card Cupids.

Thanks for HOPPING by. Now go check out Nancies blog, she is next on the blog hop :) But before you do  that, make sure to leave me a comment, for your chance to win those cute digis

Here's a list of the DT members in case you get lost.

Karen

Carol

CG

Diane

Gina

Katie

Kim

Michele(me)

Nancie

Nubia

Pam

Ruthie

Sharla

Stephanie

Stephanie, Card Cupids Founder and Executive Director

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King of Rock

I love how this card turned out. I made this for Card Cupids. It is going to a teenage boy who is sick.  I bought these stickers along time ago and am so glad I get a chance to use them.

I am also entering this card at:  

DYSU #76 boys/men

A great new discovery

I came across a wonderful blog called Card Cupids. They provide Happy Mail to kids who are facing difficult challenges in their lives. You can donate your hand made cards to them and they send them to the children who need some smiles.  I'm glad I found this place. I love making cards and this will be a great way to share my love of creating. It also gives me a chance to make the fun kid type cards that I don't get to do much. I will definitely be doing this. You should check them out and maybe donate some cards too, cuz  who doesn't love HAPPY MAIL?

They also have challenges and the challenge this time is Animals. Here's what I came up with

Speaking of fun kid cards, here is one I made for My Nephew's Birthday. I got the pattern from a friend on the Inspire Swap Chat website. She found it on a blog and I wish I could remember which one it was, but if you go on Pinterest and  search for angry bird patterns, I'm sure you will find it. It's all made with punches.