Hope House Home for Boys

The cards that I sell here in Chapala and Ajijic, Mexico benefit the dental program for the boys at Hope House in the nearby village of Ixlahuacan. There are close to 30 boys at the home and many of them come to the home having received no dental treatment. If you live here at Lakeside and would like to order a quality, hand crafted card for a special occasion and help me contribute to this worthy cause, please e-mail me at bettyinchapala@yahoo.com Card price is 50 pesos; the entire sales price is donated to Hope House.

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Sunday, January 2, 2011

Flourishes Christmas Spirit Challenge


At the Flourishes Christmas Spirit Challenge we are to recycle something we received at Christmas. My recycled element is the little metal "Joy" that is featured on the front of my card. We are also to use Flourishes stamps. Since the outside of my card has no stamping at all, I decided to stamp on the inside. Stamps are from Flourishes, Christmas Music. I have also used Nestabilities to frame the sentiment from the same set and to have a place to sign our names. Check out this monthly Flourishes challenge and if you enter you will have a chance to win one of their Christmas stamp sets -- my favorite of their Christmas sets is All That Glitters!
Betty

10 comments:

Becky said...

These are beautiful Betty.

Myrna said...

Betty
I like this idea. The simplicity and the music sheet really are great.
Myrna

craftieodmae said...

Both are fantastic!!!!! I love the music sheet as well!

Colleen said...

Betty,
I love that paper on the front of the card and the inside is fabulous. Thanks for the great comment on my scrapbooking page.

Stacy Morgan said...

This is lovely, the joy sentiment is great. Your music notes on the inside is a great idea.

The Other Patti Sue said...

Great job Betty! Love the red, white and black... always a winner!

A Consuming Passion said...

Both lovely cards Betty!!!

Mary Anne / MA54K said...

Clever choice to use the stamps on the inside! Great card!

Wordbird said...

This is brilliant Betty...the stamping on the inside is so pretty and I love your little box for writing a note. I'm so bad to not embellish the inside of cards, so I love this!

Melisa Waldorf said...

Oh wow! It is so beautiful on the inside that I thought is was another card. I'm so jealous that you already have your first Christmas card of the year done! I did order a couple of small, inexpensive Christmas stamps to add to my collection last week. i got them from stampfrancisco. These have a vintage feel to them.
http://www.stampfrancisco.com/Product.asp?Sku=12-381&Desc=Season%27s+Greetings
http://www.stampfrancisco.com/Product.asp?Sku=12-165&Desc=Christmas+Calendarhttp://www.stampfrancisco.com/Product.asp?Sku=12-154&Desc=Celebrating+the+snowman
Aren't they so cute!