Saturday, September 12, 2009

OPERATION SMILE® MISSION

Throughout the world, Operation Smile volunteers repair childhood facial deformities while building public and private partnerships that advocate for sustainable healthcare systems for children and families. Together we create smiles, change lives, and heal humanity.

Close To My Heart invites you to join with us in supporting Operation Smile®, a non-profit organization whose medical volunteers travel the globe correcting facial deformities in thousands of children. There are several ways you can help in this worthy, life-changing endeavor:

• Round up your order total to the nearest dollar and donate the difference.
• Purchase My Acrylix® stamp sets. Close To My Heart donates a portion of the proceeds from every stamp set sold.
• Donate your loose change, or make a contribution of any size.

Close To My Heart is committed to making a meaningful difference in people’s lives—and not only through the joys of scrapbooking and stamping. We want every child to have happy, life-long memories; ones fi lled with joy, acceptance, and love, unmarred by a cleft palate or cleft lip. We have raised our annual contribution commitment this year to $150,000 for Operation Smile—that’s nearly 600 surgeries, an entire schoolyard of miracles! Please open your heart and help us make a difference.

OPERATION SMILE® PROGRAMS
International Medical Missions
• Has more than 30 medical mission sites in 26 countries.
US Care Network
• Provides a network of resources to assist families in the US who have children born with facial deformities.
Education
• Provides a framework for its partner countries to share knowledge, technology, and skills.
Chapters & Foundations
• Has Global Resource Chapters that raise funds and awareness to support its programs.
Student Programs
• Has more than 500 Operation Smile Student Associations around the world that build awareness, raise funds, and educate students.
To learn more about Operation Smile visit the following website http://www.operationsmile.org/

You Can Help a Child Smile— for a Lifetime!

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

AUTUMN MANY THANKS CARD

6" X 6"
This is a great way to give thanks during Fall!
I used for this card:
- 12" x 12" CTMH Cardstock Chocolate, Vanilla Crea and New England Ivy
- Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad Chocolate Z2111
- Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad Hollyhock Z2128
- Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad Autumn Terracotta Z2101
- Many Thanks, My Acrylix Stamp Set, D1371
- Embellishments
- Cord

SCRAPBOOK LAYOUT EXAMPLE


For this project I used the following:

- Bella Level 2 Paper Packet 12" x 12" B&T Duos.
- Endless Friendship My Acrylix Stamp Set, D1354
- Card Comment My Acrylix Stamp Set, C1281
- Ribon
- Buttoms
- Embellishments
- Glue