Strength and Hope ... Day 1

When Stampin' Up! announced they were going to have a special fundraising effort for Breast Cancer I was pretty excited to see the stamp set they designed exclusively for this dreadful disease.  Of course it came out after we had planned our Strathroy fundraising event, but that's okay because this is completely different!  Stampin' Up! is donating $2 from EVERY stamp set they sell (clear, wood or digital) from May 1st to August 31st (and of course from all the sets demonstrators got to pre order).  I am super excited to offer a class on Thursday May 12 in honour of this great cause...afternoon (1 pm) or evening (7 pm)!  To top off Stampin' Up!'s donation, I will be donating all of my earnings from this class to our local Cancer Research centre as well!  The cost of this class is $30 and includes a package of the pearls and the clear stamp set Strength and Hope.  (if you would like wood please let me know)

When I watch commercials or speak with women who are breast cancer survivors there are automatically words that come to mind: strength, determination, courage, hope and love.  So I thought in designing my five cards for this class I would select fellow Stampin' Up! demonstrators that inspire me on a regular basis and showcase some (or all of these) amazing qualities.

So my first inspiration came from Shalae Brown.  She is actually a Stampin' Up! employee and also a Stampin' Up! demonstrator.  The quality that I think represents Shalae is courage.  I first met Shalae at Founders Circle in the fall in beautiful Utah.  She was so sweet and kind, but admitted to being a little bit shy.  In the past six months she has grown SO much!  At Leadership she said the blessing in front of hundreds of crazy women (something she said she wouldn't do!) and she has also started sharing her craftiness on the Stampin' Up! website by shooting videos!  All of these things she said were out of her comfort zone and not only is she doing this now, she is doing an amazing job!  So thank you Shalae for not only the inspiration for my colours on my projects for this class, but also for the first card!  I appreciate all that you do!

If you are in the local London area and would like to attend this class please RSVP to me at adamsum@yahoodotcom (notice I wrote dot but really use a . - I do this to try and prevent spam:)  If you are not a local stamper and you would like to participate, I will also be doing kits in the mail(that include the cut card stock, instructions and stamp set...you just need the inks:) and you can email me for details.

Thanks for visiting today and I hope you can attend this fun event!

Take care,

Heather

Comments

[Barb Dean]

Heather! Wow, these are BEAUTIFUL!!!!