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Saturday, October 23, 2010

Caring Hearts Card Drive

Welcome to my stop along the Caring Hearts Card Drive blog hop! I'm thrilled you are here for this special hop to benefit seniors in nursing facilities. With your help, we can send a lot of love to seniors this holiday.


I have two card creations to donate to the drive and show you today that are made from recycled Christmas cards. Recycling is also near and dear to me.


For this card I cut the manger scene out with the Creative Memories circle cutter and added a jute bow. The inside message was cut out too and added to a piece of brown card stock that I folded and cut to look like ribbon.


For this card, I used my circle cutter again and attached the wreath to this beautiful shimmery gold card stock. For a little more sparkle, I and added a few red rhinestones to some of the holly berry clusters on the wreath.

On the back of each card I added the original card information so the recipients can see who the illustrations were made by.

If you arrived at my blog from Jenni Newlan's Soaring blog you are on the right track and should proceed from here to Kathy Racoosin of the The Daily Marker. If you have come directly from another site and would like to follow the hop, please visit the host of the Caring Hearts Card Drive for a list of participants and to find out how you can participate. Lots of fun prizes have been sponsored to make this card drive extra fun.

Thanks again for stopping by! :) Kathy
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50 comments:

  1. LaurelOctober 23, 2010 at 9:30 AM

    Oh such fabulous cards!

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  2. Vera Yates (Ling)October 23, 2010 at 10:12 AM

    What a pretty card, Kathy! Don't you just love it when you can recycling things insteadof just throwing them away?! Thank you so much for all your support for Caring Hearts Card Drive. Hugs. :)

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  3. TiffOctober 23, 2010 at 10:19 AM

    I love that you've recycled your Christmas cards! Brilliant idea :) Your cards are truly inspirational for so many different reasons!

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  4. cnelsonOctober 23, 2010 at 11:09 AM

    Lovely work Kathy!!!

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  5. Michele GrossOctober 23, 2010 at 11:49 AM

    So pretty Kathy! You always do wonderful work :)

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  6. AnonymousOctober 23, 2010 at 11:58 AM

    Hi Kathy
    My oh my, soooo pretty hun! xx

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  7. DeirdreOctober 23, 2010 at 12:35 PM

    Gorgeous cards Kathy - love them.

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  8. Cassie_luOctober 23, 2010 at 12:37 PM

    such sweet card that will bring a smile to faces for sure

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  9. KryssiOctober 23, 2010 at 12:41 PM

    super classy!

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  10. Giovana October 23, 2010 at 1:08 PM

    Beautiful!!!

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  11. gberry14October 23, 2010 at 2:48 PM

    I loved these recycling card ideas!!!Definitely inspires me!-L. Berry

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  12. Scrappy JackieOctober 23, 2010 at 2:54 PM

    I have collected so many cards over the years. Now I know what to do with them. Beautiful job! Those who recieve them are going to be so blessed. Thank you for sharing your great idea!

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  13. BOctober 23, 2010 at 3:02 PM

    Kathy, lovely recycled cards What a lovely idea! :)

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  14. LinOctober 23, 2010 at 3:17 PM

    This is a wonderful idea - I'll be going through my old Christmas cards from last year very soon to see if I can recycle any of them.

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  15. Sharon D. from CanadaOctober 23, 2010 at 3:20 PM

    Lovely cards! Great idea for up-cycling!

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  16. Kathy (krolski)October 23, 2010 at 3:50 PM

    Pretty cards! Love them!

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  17. Cor*October 23, 2010 at 3:59 PM

    Great cards indeed.

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  18. PickleOctober 23, 2010 at 4:34 PM

    Great traditional style cards. Very pretty. :)

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  19. Audrey PettitOctober 23, 2010 at 5:07 PM

    Very cool cards, Kathy! They look wonderful and this is such a great way to recycle.

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  20. KellyOctober 23, 2010 at 5:25 PM

    Beautiful. They will touch someone's life!

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  21. TrinhOctober 23, 2010 at 6:06 PM

    Fantastic way to recycle Christmas cards!

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  22. Anna K.October 23, 2010 at 6:15 PM

    My whole life my mom made gift tags out of the Christmas cards we received. Unfortunately, most folks just don't send Christmas cards anymore, so her stash is running low. But your cards bring back special memories for me :)

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  23. MarisaOctober 23, 2010 at 6:52 PM

    What a darling nativity image and the twine bow is fabulous! Great wreath card too :)

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  24. RubyOctober 23, 2010 at 7:04 PM

    Lovely cards, isn't it a great feeling recycling!

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  25. EliseOctober 23, 2010 at 7:16 PM

    Wonderful cards!

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  26. PamOctober 23, 2010 at 8:44 PM

    Beautiful cards. I love that you recycled! I do that, too.

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  27. donna mikasaOctober 23, 2010 at 9:30 PM

    Great recycling, Kathy! Two wonderful cards...

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  28. Niki EstesOctober 23, 2010 at 10:49 PM

    What pretty cards, Kathy!

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  29. ChristianaOctober 23, 2010 at 11:06 PM

    Darling! And what a great way to recycle old cards!

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  30. Ren-YiOctober 23, 2010 at 11:40 PM

    what a neat idea - i love trying to recycle materials into my crafts. i use to reuse the front of cards by making them into tags. these will certainly make the elderly feel thought of.

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  31. ~amy~October 23, 2010 at 11:42 PM

    Such gorgeous cards!!!

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  32. WinterOctober 24, 2010 at 1:10 AM

    So pretty! :)

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  33. Lorraine AOctober 24, 2010 at 5:58 AM

    beautiful cards Kathy :-)

    luv
    Lols x x x

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  34. Denise MarzecOctober 24, 2010 at 6:17 AM

    Oh wow, BEAUTIFUL CAS cards, Kathy! I'm in love with the image on the first one....sooooo precious. :)

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  35. Playing with PaperOctober 24, 2010 at 7:08 AM

    I just love the idea of recycling cards I saved a bunch from last year and may have to try this out. I usually use them for tags but I like this idea!! Wonderful cards!!!

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  36. Denise BryantOctober 24, 2010 at 2:21 PM

    Great cards Kathy! The cards I receive are so pretty I hate to throw them away. Love this idea.
    DeniseB

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  37. Virginia L.October 24, 2010 at 7:26 PM

    GORGEOUS cards, Kathy!I'm passionate about recycling, too!Love the inspiration from your cards!

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  38. AnonymousOctober 24, 2010 at 8:56 PM

    These are such gorgeous cards! Love both of these - stunning work! :)

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  39. LilygirlOctober 24, 2010 at 10:48 PM

    I love your card!! So pretty! TFS!!

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  40. kathleeOctober 25, 2010 at 7:50 AM

    Love the recycle idea and you still used creativity! Love the concept! TFS

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  41. Kelly LatevolaOctober 25, 2010 at 9:12 AM

    what a beautiful way to recycle!

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  42. Monika/BuzsyOctober 25, 2010 at 9:18 AM

    Precious cards Kathy! Love those images. :o)

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  43. {VICKI}October 25, 2010 at 1:03 PM

    fabulous cards

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  44. Lisa PetrellaOctober 25, 2010 at 6:26 PM

    Great cards! I love how you used recycled materials!

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  45. Suzanne COctober 25, 2010 at 10:22 PM

    Beautiful clean designs! Lovely re-cycling of the cards.

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  46. BethWOctober 26, 2010 at 9:24 AM

    Incredible cards-they are lovely.

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  47. MandyOctober 26, 2010 at 5:47 PM

    Gorgeous cards Kathy, fabulous recycling
    hugs Mandy xx

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  48. Anita RexOctober 26, 2010 at 5:56 PM

    Love your recycled cards! Such a great way to make some cards quick and not waste too!

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  49. KayOctober 26, 2010 at 7:34 PM

    So incredibly sweet, Kathy. I adore this idea!! ♥♥ Kay

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  50. Alice October 27, 2010 at 9:03 PM

    gorgeous cards, Kathy!

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