New Year swap with a difference!

The first CHARITY CARD CHALLENGE of 2012 will be for ....

23rd March 2011

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Full details:

"Quote" Isobel

This year, instead of our usual Card Kit Swap I thought it would be a good idea if we made a card for charity each month.
In the first instance, I will supply each participant with two sets of element(s) e.g. chipboard shapes, diecuts, ribbon, flowers etc., one set to keep for your own use and one to be used on a card which has to be returned the following month, if you are not attending the following months workshop you can bring your card to another months workshop or post your card to me or Jackie!
The element(s) won’t all be exactly the same but similar and it will be great to see the range of cards made by individual participants.

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In the second instance, Jackie suggested we also have a ‘Charity Kit’ box where anyone can donate card, paper, ribbons, flowers, embellishments, stamped images etc or any little extras you come across when you are card making, which can then be divided up into kits periodically and distributed to anyone who wants to make a charity card whether they take part in the monthly challenge or not. Each card returned will be entered into a draw for a little 'goody bag'.

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If you would like to start making extra cards to bring along to any of my Workshops for the chosen charity that would be great, there is no theme to the challenge so anything goes!
At the end of the year (or perhaps 6 months depending on how many participate) we will ask for suggestions as to which charity/charities we donate the cards to.

e.e.....................................................................................................................dded some goodies to the Charity Stash Boxes ~ these will be swapped or used to make extra kits for various charities.
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Isobel

How your Charity cards are helping!

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Hi jackie,

Thanks to your workshops, Isobel gave me some cards which I brought to a charity night last week for Child Aid Ireland-India. They made €91 for the charity and I wish to express my thanks to you and Isobel for giving same to me.

I have been involved with the charity for nearly 10 years and have 3 children sponsored for their education in Tamil Nadu in Southern India. I have visited them 3 times and witnessed the dire poverty they and their communities live in.

The Race night last week netted almost €3,ooo.

Thanks to all

Sincerely jean O'leary

This is a picture of me in India in 2009 with one of my sponsored children Deena that received her 1st Communion while I was out in India, I brought the clothes from Ireland.

If you would like to help various charities by donating handmade cards click the logo on the right hand side of my blog for details.
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Quote:Isobel
(March)
. Thanks to all the ladies who brought back a challenge/charity kit card. One of our members sold some cards this week at a charity event and raised 91 euros for Child Aid Ireland - India.
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(January)

"Many thanks to all the ladies who rose to the January Challenge and made some fantastic cards for our first chosen Charity i.e. 'Daffodil Day'.

Thanks also to those who added some goodies to the Charity Stash Boxes ~ these will be swapped or used to make extra kits for various charities"

Isobel

YOUR CHARITY CARDS! August 2012

 

 

Your charity cards are still raising funds for various charities, the latest lot were donated to Lisa H for another special charity fundraiser ( see details below),so keep the cards coming, each month at my workshops Isobel hands out card kits where you can return one card and keep one for yourself or you can make as many cards as you like and add them to Isobels charity box, cards are also collected from other groups who kindly donate ......

You can click the logo along the right of this blog to read about a few of the charities your cards have beed donated to!

 

The Sunni Mae Trust has been founded to help a little girl who has stage 4 Neuroblastoma. This is a rare form of cancer that effects 1 in 100,000 children in Ireland.

Charity Overview :

Lily-Mae Morrison is 4 years old, she likes dinosaurs and dancing, she lives in Claregalway with her parents Jude and Leighton (who also like dancing). Lily-Mae also likes her little brother Evan, she is very sick at the moment but hopes with your help to be dancing again soon.