Paper Expressions Rubber Stamping & Video Tutorials

A card from the Ronald McDonald House

This Says it all! Good work everyone!

 

Check in starting Tuesday through the end of the week to see photos of the 12x12 pages I made at the crop over the weekend!

Ronald McDonald house project

 

Boxes of Scrapbooking supplies and card fronts donated by:

Shauna Miller from Indiana-  she really sorted her scrapping supplies and sent SEVERAL boxes!

Ann Tutje of Ilinois

Sue Stout Springfield, Mo

Leslie Esterl  of Nixa, MO

Me- Gwen Mangelson Rogersville, Mo

The gang of us consisted of Jane, Leslie, Tammy, Sue, Me, Kay (my hubby)

Photos of our work day:   I have no clue why my flash is dark, it's recently started to do this. I am thinking of taking it in to a camera shop to have the bulb replaced. argh!

We talked, we chatted, we oohed we aahed we decided we needed to do stuff together more often!  We really had a good time and it went a lot quicker than we had planned!

oh my we had some great snacks too!

 

Jane is busy sorting the box from Ann Tutje

 

Leslie Brought pre cut shapes in these cool containers- the kids are gonna flip!

 

Kay on the right and Leslie on the left are busy cutting out card backs and adhering fronts to backs

  Tammy is sorting cards and adding donated envelopes

Leslie, in the far darkness and Sue, in the near darkness, are assembling cards!!  See what I mean about my flash? grrrr

Boxes of envelopes that Leslie brought-

Friday Kay has the day off and he and I will take the 7 boxes of items in to the RM house of the Ozarks in Springfield, Mo.  I will do my best to remember the camera and have more photos to share on Saturday!

Many thanks to all and we still have some supplies ready and waiting for any unwanted card fronts from swaps that you demonstrators may have stashed away!!

My integrity under question- RE: Ronald McDonald House donations

OH my gosh!  I have asked a few yahoo groups to donate items for the Ronald McDonald House of the Ozarks scrapbooking project and now my "integrity" is under fire and being questioned!   Here is the official Stampin Up site http://www.stampinup.com/us/enu/487.asp  to see that Stampin Up is a partner with Ronald McDonald houses all over the United States. 

Feel free to call demo support at  1-800-782-6787  to verify that I am indeed a volunteer Lead house representative for the Springfield Missouri RM house.

visit the website http://www.ronaldmcdonaldhouse.org/   or better yet, call and ask for the RM house manager :

Contact info removed by request of RM house of the Ozarks on Nuly 7, 2009.

 

 

 

I have over 1200 DONATED card fronts in my studio sent to me by wonderful demonstrators and blog readers. 5 local demonstrator volunteers will be assembling those card fronts into cards on Saturday, here at my home. Donations from you the readers & people who are on yahoo groups with me include many scrapbooking items, rubber stamps and other supplies to numerous to list. 

I will have the house take photos of me with the manager when I deliver it all next week. I will then share them here because I have nothing to hide, nor am I trying to swindle anyone. My business ethics are in place and so is my integrity and I intend to keep it that way!

 

Thank you for your patience and your understanding and your continued support plus your wonderful donations to this project each time I ask you!  I love helping the RM house and this year if I have to do it alone, we will be donating our valuable time to the house with their scrapping projects! I am anxious for this opportunity. You see when my now 24 yr old son was born, his father (my ex hubby)  and I spent 3 days in the RM house in Seattle. So I know from a different angle how it all works and want to help other families. That is why I volunteered with Stampin Up! "To make a difference".

 

 

 

 

Your help is needed

First of all a BIG "Thank You" to all who are sending card fronts and scrapbooking supplies to fill our local Ronald McDonald house request.

We still need items for this project:

• Packages of white cardstock to make these card fronts into full cards. (our local demos have to assemble these before they can be delivered)

• We need envelopes to fit the cards, each card must have an envelope (white from walmart are fine!)

• We need Adhesives to put these together (please no glue sticks)

Please feel free to donate any items to the cause. Our local Ronald McDonald house appreciates all we do to help them with their projects. Supplies do NOT have to be limited to Stampin Up products, any and all products are fine!

 

In case you are not aware, I am the lead representative for our local Ronald McDonald house through Stampin Up.

Making a Difference

Stampin' Up!'s mission statement, called its Statement of the Heart, reads: "To love what we do and share what we love, as we help others enjoy creativity and worthwhile accomplishments . . . in this we make a difference."

To help fulfill this statement, Stampin' Up! launched its Making a Difference program in 2003. This program facilitates corporate giving and promotes service among demonstrators and employees.

Through the Making a Difference program, Stampin' Up! partnered with Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC). Each year, the company donates $100,000 to the organization. In addition, we design an exclusive stamp set to promote the partnership with RMHC, and donate a portion of the proceeds from the each sale of that set. To date, more than $95,000 has been donated from RMHC stamp set sales.

Stampin' Up!'s demonstrators are also encouraged to volunteer their time teaching local Ronald McDonald House guests the creative art of rubber stamping through the Making a Difference program. Demonstrators also create cards at training events which are donated to Ronald McDonald Houses. Those staying at the Houses then use the cards to keep in touch with loved ones while they are away from home.

 

Will you help me with our local House request for scrapbooking supplies of ANY kind or brand and for the supplies I listed above? Do you have supplies sitting around or left over from a project that you may never use and need the space for new items? Then contact me by email for my address so you can send them and I can take them to the RM house before the 20th of December!

Launching "BRING A SMILE TO A CHILD" Campaign

We are launching the “Bring a Smile to a Child” campaign to support the children and their families who stay at the Ronald McDonald house of the Ozarks.

 

We are asking paper crafters everywhere to make and donate birthday cards and envelopes. They will be distributed to our local Ronald McDonald house in

Springfield

,

Missouri

.  Our goal is to ensure that each Ronald McDonald house of the Ozarks Child, or their family members, receive a card from RM staff on their birthday.

 

Please join us by sending birthday cards with envelopes to:

 

RM Card Campaign

C/o Gwen Mangelson

323 Autumn Circle

Rogersville

,

MO

65742

Feel Free to pas this post along to your other email friends.  Let's light up the lives of these children and their families!

Update from the Ronald McDonald house

So many of you sent cards for the RM house project when I asked that I decided I better share the wonderful card we ALL received for Christmas - sorry it's late my entire life is late thanks to surgery! Click on the photo to see it larger and read it-

   IF anyone wants to send more cards you can do so anytime and you dont HAVE to include postage they said- (not what SU told me but hey)

anyhow  thanks again to all of you wonderful stampers!

Ronald McDonald House Cards from Diane!

Special Thanks to Diane Lapointe from Canada for sending these adorable cards to be donated to our Ronald McDonald house of the Ozarks card program!

Diane, YOU ROCK Baby!  Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your generosity!

How bout it viewers? anyone else have spare cards and envelopes to donate?

Your help is needed

Hello everyone and happy November!

It is holiday time once again and the Ronald McDonald house of the Ozarks is in need of Christmas cards in traditional theme, holiday theme and Hanukkah theme this year.

I am asking for donations of cards in lots of FIVE- yes only five cards including envelopes and postage.

I need the all no later than Nov 21st.  You can email me for my home address or for any questions you may have.

I know that most of you are making your own holiday cards and if you would just add 5 more to your stack and send them this way, it would help relieve a bit of stress for the families that will be staying at the RMH this season.

Thank you for your help! I know I can count on you.

How you can Help. (feel free to click for the link)
The need is great because our task is so important.

The Ronald McDonald House needs contributions from individuals and corporations. It is how these priceless services continue to be available to families in the Ozarks.

You are invited to be part of this good work by volunteering time, providing meals for families, taking part in special events, donating an item on our wish list, contributing money or in-kind items, or praying for our guests and their families.

Exciting News

thanks to typepad, my first post on this topic was lost due to an internal error on their part.

so here we go again! (she says while grinding her teeth)

HELLO!

I want to share with you my exciting news! I am the new Stampin Up! Lead contact for the Springfield, Missouri Ronald McDonald house of the Ozarks. If you are an active demonstrator and would like to be involved, please email me for directions to sign up. I am excited to work with you!

If  you are a customer, viewer or know anyone who would like to share handmade cards WITH envelopes to be donated to our RMH, please email me and I can give you details.

Here are a few other programs that we could use your help with

• POP TAB Program - Collect pop tabs from aluminum cans to benefit our Family Fund
• Donate newborn clothing and baby items for our new parents at the Ronald McDonald House.
• Supply medium size gift bags, small gifts and toiletry items for our parents' and children's "Welcome Bags".
• Provide paper products & non-perishable food items for our families.
• Contribute children's toothbrushes, toothpaste and floss

If any of these appeal to you and you would like to contribute one thing or have a drive in "your" area, send the items to me to take to the house, please contact me!

I am a firm believer of service for others and I look forward to being very active along with you in this wonderful program!

Gwen