Love is in the Air

Hey everybody! It has been a CRAZY week here in Texas! We have had 2 snow days, only a few days apart! It NEVER snows here, so it's got all of Texas going Crazy! :) So since we have had snow days, I been able to stay home and get TONS of work done on the Card Drive! So I'm very happy about that! The cards have been pouring in, Thank ya'll SO much for that! 

But I have been a little busier with some of the cards that were sent in! I thought my guidelines and rules were pretty specific, but I'm guessing I need to make them even more specific next year?! Don't get me wrong, some of them were exactly right,  but some of them had last names, the town they lived in, get well soon, praying for you, ect. It is suppose to have your first name and state you live in ONLY! No last names, town you live in, get well or anything religious (I don't think I had that listed on the rules this year, that's my mistake, but it has been mentioned in the years past) and no blog addresses (they aren't suppose to be able to contact you.) These are not MY rules, but the hospitals. I want to go by their rules, so they will allow us to send them for years to come. I won't throw any of those cards away, so I have had to fix them, so they do go by the rules, and you can imagine how time consuming that is, along with everything else there is to do! By no means am I complaining about getting cards, I'm just trying to make this a fun project, because right now, trying to figure out how to fix cards...isn't fun to me! So PLEASE read the rules very carefully next year. 

Ok, off my soapbox! Here's some cards! :)

Check the Sponsor page, I have been updating it too. If you haven't shipped your cards, don't! Because I don't think they will get here in time. I will be shipping cards tomorrow and the rest on Monday, so if I don't get your cards in time, they will be saved for next years Card Drive. 
Ok, I better go, I have TONS of work to do! 

~Winter

SNOW!

Hey everybody! Looky! Looky!, it snowed in Southeast Texas! This NEVER really happens! :) So of course you know we had a Snow Day from school! Us Texans can't drive in these conditions! :) It is a view from our back porch. Not much snow, but it's still fun for about a day or so! :) 

Me and my husband, braved the roads, so he could go and fix peoples heaters and I got out of the house to check the mail for cards and work on the Card Drive, until he gets done running service calls. Then it's home to a warm fire in the fireplace! :)

Here is a card I made awhile back. I really LOVE these little jars! :)

Well the cards are still coming in. I don't want to give out any totals, just yet, but the numbers are looking good! Thank you to everyone who has sent cards or are going to send cards. Just Please remember that I need them by next Friday Jan.31! I will be shipping cards out that afternoon, so I can make sure they get to the hospitals in time. So please don't delay, get your cards in the mail! :)
Check out the Sponsor page too, I've been adding more prizes! 

Have a Blessed weekend!,
~Winter

Cat & Dog Love

Hey everybody! I wanted to share another card that I made for the Card Drive.

 I used Lawn Fawn's Say Cheese stamp set for the polaroid picture and I used PTI's Tremendous Treats: Valentine for the cat, dog, heart, and heart with the sentiment inside.

The cards are coming in slowly, but the last 2 weeks is always the busiest! So if you haven't sent yours in yet, get them in! It's for a Great cause and the prizes are pretty Great too! :) I added more prizes yesterday to the Sponsor page and will post them when I get them in! :) If you would like to donate a prize, email me at wintersims1@aol.com and let me know what you would like to donate. 
Thanks so much! I'm off to watch my son play in his basketball game! :)
Have a Blessed evening! :)

~Winter

Girafee Love

Hey everybody! I'm just stopping in with another card I made. I LOVE these giraffe's! :) They are from Avery Elle and they are called "What's Up?". Avery Elle is one of our Sponsors too and they have donated a $30.00 prize package! :) 

I was so happy to hear that my son's art teacher has her classes making cards for the Card Drive too! How Awesome is that?! It made my heart so happy to hear Chace come home from school and tell me,"Guess what we were working on today? Cards for the Card Drive!" :) I hope everyone is working on their cards too! I have gotten a couple of packages in already.

Ok, well I'm off to go watch my daughter play in her basketball game.
Have a Blessed evening! :)

~Winter

Lots & Lots of Hearts

Hey everybody! Well it's been a few days since I stopped in, and I'm happy to say that I've already received 3 packages of cards in the mail so far! Woo Hoo! Keep'em coming! :) I've added more prizes and sponsors to the Sponsor page, and if you have something that you want to donate, Please let me know. 

Here are a few more cards I made. My craft room isn't at my new house, it's at my old house, which is now our new office. So that means on weekends, I usually don't go over to the office, so I bring some projects home to work on. I stamped a bunch of images and used my Copics to color them, one weekend. These are Wplus9 Design stamps and PTI sentiments.

Well that's it for today. I'll check back in tomorrow and give you an update on cards that might have came in. Have a Blessed Sunday! 

~Winter

Praying for Ava's family

Hello everybody! I'm here today with a heavy heart, as I hear about a sweet little girl, Ava, who lost her life to cancer this morning! :'( I don't know Ava or her family, as I have only heard about her from Facebook, but it still hurts my heart to hear about it. 

It's never easy to hear about someone passing away with cancer, but when it's a little child, it makes it even more horrible! These precious children are what give me the drive to make this Card Drive successful! All the hard work, emails, sorting  and packing cards, and everything else that goes into the Card Drive, is nothing compared to what those kids and parents are going through! And if I can help them in some small way, by them opening up a Valentines card when they are in the hospital, fighting for their life....it's all worth it to me! So I want to Thank you all, for your time that you spend on making the cards and sending them in. These kids and their parents appreciate it SO much! <3 font="" nbsp="">

Please continue to pray for Ava's family and for all the children who are fighting for their life to! 

~Winter

Happy Ice Cream cards

Hey everybody! Well we had a VERY cold day here yesterday!!! We had a low of 13* at our house! For a Texas girl...that is COLD!!! :) Of course, no snow, just bitterly cold! 

Which brings me to these cards I made for the Card Drive. For some weird reason, me and my family love ice cream even more when it's freezing cold outside! And I guess we aren't the only ones, because a lady at the store told us one time that they sale more ice cream in the winter time! :) I was just telling my sister about that last night, because her and her family were eating Big Red floats, a treat we use to eat at our Mee Mee and Paw Paw's house, during our summertime visits! :) 

I used Lawn Fawn's "here's the scoop" stamp set for both cards. This is such a cute set, as are all of Lawn Fawn's stamp sets! The ice cream just looks so happy! :) They are also sponsoring the Card Drive this year and I'm so grateful for their continued support! I hope you all will send in some cards and get a chance to win a Gift Certificate to their store! :)

Don't forget to check out the Card Drive and check out the Sponsor page, I've been updated it daily! 
Well I better go, I have a hair appointment today and I need to get some stuff done before then. Since I cut A LOT of my hair off, I realized that I have to have a hair cut more often! I'm not use to that, but I sure do like shorter hair!  :)
Have a Blessed day! 

~Winter