I'm back again today with another post on Child's Play, the charity organization that I talked about in my previous post.
Child's Play is a charity based in Seattle, WA that works to contribute games and game consoles to different hospitals around the world so that the children staying in those hospitals have a fun way to distract themselves "from an otherwise generally unpleasant experience." (from their About section)
Matthew and I are drawn to this charity because our lives are submerged in the gaming industry. With Matthew being a game developer at Ubisoft Entertainment, video games are a huge part of our lives, and we know how a child can benefit from having access to age-appropriate games. Games can be a great distraction from whatever treatment they are receiving and help them feel like a normal kid, giving them something familiar to handle in an unfamiliar place.
And it's not just games that Child's Play strives to donate to hospitals. Tablets, and Ipods are so beneficial to the hospitals. One testimonial on the Child's Play site states that Ipads and other tablets are being used to help children communicate with their parents if they are in 2 separate hospitals. How amazing our world of technology is now! And how comforting for a child to be able to talk to their parents even if they are not able to be there in the room with them. All with the help of Child's Play.
I encourage you/ask you to please take a few minutes and look around the Child's Play website. See their work. Read the testimonials and know how much the work they are doing is impacting patients lives! It's so incredible to read!
So here is my card for today. This is the "girl" version for my Child's Play charity cards.
The card base is cut from the Lacy Labels cartridge. I welded 2 of them together, then cut out a third as the top layer so it was the full shape.
I used the Balloon Wishes image from Saturated Canary. I love the soft colors of the card and how everything flows together :)
For the 2 flowers in the corner, I tried to do stamp resisting on them...it sort of worked...I tried to do it on glossy paper like all the tutorials instruct, but I couldn't get the embossing powder to stick! Anyone have any tips for that? So I did it on normal card stock, embossed it with clear embossing powder and rubbed my pink ink pad over it :) Rubbed off whatever I could from the embossing and cut around the 2 stamped flowers.
The bees are a stamp that I have had for...oh so long! But they are so cute on this card!
I made up a few buttons in staggering sizes to put in the corner...just love making those. The frame behind the image is wrapped with some lacy ribbon and embossed with the D'vine Swirls folder.
I used a new sentiment stamp from Cardz TV for the Big Hugs sentiment. I love general sentiments and this one was perfect!
Then I cut out the Child's Play logo and mounted it into the corner! Super cute! I think it's perfect!
I have decided that for the month of September, 10% of each sale made in my Etsy shop will be donated to Child's Play. I will also be adding my 2 Child's Play cards to my shop in the next day or two and 100% of the purchase cost of those cards will also go to Child's Play. It's my small way of helping out a wonderful organization.
I am entering this card in the following challenges in hopes of having as many people as possible hear about Child's Play:
Bitten by the Bug 2-All Shaped Up
Celebrate the Occasion #78-Hey Honey (include a bee)
Come and Get it-Light Shade of Green, Pink, and Blue
Craft Your Passion #126-Floral Image
The Crafty Pad #186-Anything but Square
Catered Crop-In the Pink
Deep Ocean #33-Things with Wings
Digital Tuesday #176-Shaped Cards
Divas by Design #51-Friendship
Our Creative Corner-Dare You to Resist (use resisting)
Ribbon Carousel #69-Beautiful Bows
Robyn's Fetish #123-Pearls, Swirls, Glitter
Scrappy Moms Stamps-Shape Up
Seems a Little Sketchy #21
Tammy's Scrapin Corner #26-Anything with Wings
V's Sweet Ideas #3-Photo Inspiration
Thank you so much for enduring my long post once again on Child's Play :) I hope you have a wonderful day and are encouraged to look into your own charities to support!
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Today I wanted to share with you some information about a charity that we learned about when we lived in Seattle, WA.
Many of you know that last month Krista Smith at Saturated Canary put together a fundraiser of sorts to help raise money for St. Jude's Children Hospital. After reading through her posts about giving big and thinking about my own life and what I support, my husband and I decided that we wanted to start contributing more to different charity organizations. There are so many out there, and most if not all of them run off of the money that they receive from gracious donors.
One such organization is Child's Play located in Seattle, WA. Child's Play works with several hospitals worldwide to create wish lists of items that the hospital would like to have available for the patients staying there. You can view these wish lists and donate an item by visiting their site. They also accent donations that will go toward the purchase of new games, toys, and other items for the hospitals.
Living in a hospital doesn't seem to be an easy way of life. And having a life threatening condition doesn't help. But Child's Play works to make the lives of these children a little more enjoyable and interactive with the games and consoles they provide.
A quote from their "About" section seems to say it all: "These donations allow for children to enjoy age-appropriate
entertainment, interact with their peers, friends, and family, and can
provide vital distraction from an otherwise generally unpleasant
experience."
We all wish for distractions from some things in our lives. Why not help provide that for an ill child?
So here is my card to go along with the Child's Play charity:
This is the Give Big Boy image from Saturated Canary. I felt it went perfect for this theme. I will be posting another card later today/tomorrow that also is in support of Child's Play.
I embossed the background behind the image with the traffic jam folder and then dabbed a blue ink pad across the pattern. The red card stock behind the red ribbons are embossed with the swiss dots folder, along with the yellow flags on the banner. The banner is cut from the Birthday Bash cartridge. I cut out and wrote up a little Happy Birthday banner at the top that is removable...I wasn't totally set on a birthday card, but wanted something at the top of the flags.
The 3 red stars are gems that I covered in red paint :) Worked out pretty good!
I then made a die cut of the Child's Play logo and mounted it in the corner next to the boy.
I hope this blog post helps to draw your attention to new charity organizations and encourages you to consider giving. So many people need help in so many ways and if there is something in this world that touches your heart, there is probably a charity organization dedicated to it! And you can always help!
I am entering this card in the following challenges in hopes of having as many people as possible hear about Child's Play:
2 Sisters #107-Primary Colors
A Gem of a Challenge #54-A Boy Thing
By the Cute and Girly-Boys/Men
Cardz TV #115-Color Play
Cooking with Cricut #101-What did you do this Summer?
The Crazy Challenge #128-Seeing Spots
Divas by Design #50-Let's Celebrate
Forever Friends #44-Embossing
Lia Stampz #24-Red, Ribbon, Rhinestones
My Heart Pieces-Layers Layers Layers
My Mum's Craft Shop #72-All the 3's (3 stars)
One Stitch at a Time #129-Use a Digi
The Paper Shelter #79-Layers on Layers
Pattie's Creations #51-Birthdays
The Pink Elephant #164-Use Patterned Paper
Saturated Canary #25-Dotty
Simon Says Stamp-Anything Goes
Sketches by Carly #64
The Squirrel and the Fox #25-One for the Men
Stampin Sisters in Christ #155-Birthday Card
Thank you so much for stopping by and enduring my long post :) Please leave me a comment! I'd love to hear what charities you are drawn to, or if my post encouraged you to consider your own contributions :)
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