Cards for St. Jude's Prizes & Sponsors

First of all Thank you SO much to all the sponsors for the Cards for St. Jude's! It means so much to me that you would want to help out on this great cause! :)

(I will be adding prizes often.)

Prize #1

BIG Prize(From anonymous givers):

Unity Stamps- Life's Little Moments
PTI Stamps- Distressed Stripes
GCD- Whoop De Doo 12X12 paper pad
Sassafras- Sunshine Lollipops- Wee Bundle 6X6 paper pad
Sassafras- Paper Whimsies- Wild flower
Sassafras- Paper Whimsies- Peatal to the Metal
Nikki Sivils- "Dan the Record Man" 6X6 paper pad
Fancy Pants- The Daily Grind 8X8 paper pad
Basic Grey- Offbeat 6X6 paper pad
Basic Grey- Offbeat Chip Stickers
Basic Grey- Die-cut shapes
Basic Grey- Designers rub ons
Basic Grey- Motifs-transferts stylises rub ons
Technique Tuesday- Tile Toppers
Tattered Angels- Chip Tiles
Tattered Angels- Glimmer Glass
Graphic 45- Trim pack
Graphic 45- Chipboard Buttons pack
Faber Castell- Watercolor pencils
Hambly Studios- Clear Stickers
Maya Road- Chipboard Mitten book
Maya Road- Chipboard Cupcake book
American Crafts- Remarks accent sticker book
American Crafts- Nighty Night Flair Buttons
Dear Lizzy + American Crafts- Remarks Dimensional Stickers- Flutter
EK Success- Jolee's boutique- Flower tops stickers
EK Success- Jolee's boutique- BDay Cakes & Presents stickers
Heidi Grace- Printed Icons accents
Black River designs- Rub-ons 'details 3'
Scrapbooking & Paper Crafting Supplies- Paper Lace Hearts
JoAnn Craft Essentials- Love/Wedding bubble icons
Tim Holtz- idea-ology- Trimmings
DCWV- Latte Chipboard Stickers
DCWV- Latte Epoxy Stickers
DCWV- Latte Epoxy Sticker Alphabet
K&Company- Handmade Alpha Tear Pad
K&Company- Handmade Sentiments Silhouettes
K&Company- Handmade Adhesive Paper Ribbon
K&Company- Handmade Wood Art
K&Company- Elegance Butterfly Dimensional Stickers
K&Company- Smitten Adhesive Chipboard Tags
Little Yellow Bicycle- Freshprint Clothesline- Clear cuts- Monograms
Little Yellow Bicycle- Freshprint Clothesline- Chipboard Stickers- Words
Little Yellow Bicycle- Say What?!- Clear Cuts Journaling pieces- The Story
Little Yellow Bicycle- Say What?!- Clear Cuts Journaling pieces- Quote Bubbles

Prize #2
The Vintage Pearl- $25.00 Gift Certificate

Paper Crafts Magazine- 1 Special Issue to each winner

Prize #3

Tiffany Doodles- 5 Digital stamps- Winners choice

Prize #4

Practicing Creativity- Nature's Wonder stamp set

Prize #5

Lawn Fawn- $25.00 Gift Certificate
Prize #6

Wplus9 Design Studio- $25.00 Gift Certificate

Prize #7

Wilson Designs- Ride Away With Me stamp set

Prize #8

Fairy Knoll- 10 Digi Stamps

Prize #9

Whiskers Graphics- 3 spools of Divine Twine- Winners choice of color

Thanks SO much Sponsors!

Cards for St. Jude

Hey everybody! Happy New Year!
Since this month is my Blog's 2 year anniversary, I figured I would try and give back again this year. So back by popular demand is...another St. Jude Valentine's Day card drive! Woo Hoo!

Last year's card drive was such a HUGE success, that I really feel like I am suppose to do it again!

Here are some of the guidelines from

St. Jude hospital and a few of mine.

(St. Jude's has added a few new rules, so please read carefully.)

* Cards need to be a Valentine theme.

* Cards can't have anything about 'Get Well Soon', 'Feel Better', or anything reminding them of being sick. (Only Valentine Cards)

* Please make cards that can be used for any gender or age. (This could be a little tricky, but I think you can handle it!) :)

* Cards must be able to fit into a 4 1/2 X 5 3/4 envelope. (I will provide clear envelopes for each card, so there is no need to send one with your card.)

* You can include a message in the inside, but please remember, nothing reminding them of being sick. (Maybe just a Valentine sentiment.) You can also sign your first name but not your last name or where you are from. (St. Jude's rules state that they can't give out the givers info.)

*I will be excepting cards for the whole month of January. ( Jan. 1 - Jan. 31, Please don't send any out after that, because I have to send them off so they will get to TN. in time for Valentines Day. We will not be driving there this year.) At the end of the month, I will pick random winners for prizes. I will be adding more prizes, often. The more cards you send, the more times your name goes into the drawing. Let your kids get involved too! :)

* Please send a piece of paper with your name, address, email address, and the amount of cards you sent. (It will help when I have the drawings.) Alot of the prizes will be sent from the sponsor, so I NEED to have your email address for sure!

*Please send cards to me:

Winter Sims

Cards For St. Jude

P.O. Box 754

Warren, TX 77664

*If you would like to donate to St. Jude's, go here.

* If anyone wants to donate a prize for the drawings, please email me with the details at wintersims1@aol.com.

*You are welcome to use the St. Jude logo on your blog to spread the word, just remember to save it to your computer first.

Go here for all the sponsors and prizes.

I know it seems like there are ALOT of rules, but St. Jude's just wants to keep the kids as healthy and safe as possible and so do I. So I hope you will join us again for another great year and help us put some smiles on those sweet kids faces on Valentines Day! :)

If you have any questions, please just send me and email at:

wintersims1@aol.com

Have a Blessed New Year!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from Us!

Merry Christmas Eve!

Merry Christmas Eve! Hey everybody! Long time no post! Life has been VERY busy as I'm sure it has for everybody! I have been making lots of cards and I wanted to share some of those today.
These are some cards that I made some of my close friends, we called ourselves the Football Mommas back in football, but since we are starting basketball, we can call ourselves the Basketball Mommas! :)
We wanted to get together and make Christmas cards this year, but life was too busy and we didn't get around to doing it. So I made them each a card and I made them some tags too. Here are all of the cards together. I used my American Crafts Christmas paper that I won last year. I love that stuff, the colors are so pretty! And here they are by themselves. I made them like a quilt-y pattern (I'm sure that's not a word), and I thought it fit good with the scripture, "For unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given. Isaiah 9:6" And I stitched on each one and added some of my twine from The Twinery. LOVE that stuff! And here are the tags. I made them 10 each.I used several different Christmas stamps on all of these. I realized I have Tons of Christmas stamps...and that make it hard for me to choose which ones I want to use. So I just used all of them! :)
I made some more cards very similar to these for my MIL to give out, but I skipped the stitching and twine, I was running out of time. :)

Well that's all for today! I hope you all have a VERY Blessed Christmas Eve! :)

Warmest Winter Wishes Card

Hey everybody! Well I just realized it has been over 2 weeks since I posted anything! Sorry! :(
I have been EXTREMELY busy with the holiday preparation and many other things! So today I want to stop by and tell you I am still here! And I wanted to post a Christmas card that I made over a month or two ago! :)

Well that's it for today! I haven't blogged, but I have been making LOTS of stuff! So I will be showing you all those things soon!

Have a Blessed day!

Everything But The Kitchen Sink Challenge # 28- Textures

Good morning! It's time for another EBTKS challenge! I had a really fun time with this project! Ann used this picture of this fuzzy blanket and pillow as her inspiration. So we were to make a card with textures. My first thought was a fuzzy baby blanket. So I figured since the blanket and pillow were blue, I went with a boy theme. Here is my baby boy card. I used left-overs from Chace's blanket I made him last year. It's SO soft! I want to make one for a baby girl now! :)Our sponsor this time is LimeLight papercrafts! And here is the package up for grabs to the winner.So stop by the EBTKS blog for all the details and check out all the other DT's cards.

Have a Blessed day!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hey! Happy Thanksgiving! I just wanted to post some of my Thanksgiving cards that I sent out this year. We had a great day today with family! I'm full, but yet I keep wanting to eat more! :) I will be sleeping in tomorrow, as I DO NOT do the Black Friday! I would rather sleep and we had a cold front come in tonight, so it's going to be COLD! :)

I hope ya'll had a Blessed day! :)