Happy Birthday

Happy belated birthday to Card Care Connection! September marked our organization's fourth year of bringing joy and hope through inspirational messages to those affected by cancer, and in celebration, we are asking for donations of birthday themed cards for this month.

Birthday cards have an extensive history, a tradition developed over a century ago when messages of good will were exchanged to mark a special milestone. We challenge our cardmakers to continue bringing smiles and cheer to our recipients and look forward to receiving cards in recognition of our fourth birthday. Thank you to all of our supporters for your ongoing passion and creativity to providing encouragement and enriching the lives of those we serve. 

Created by Joanne P. (MO)

Cards for Children

September is National Childhood Cancer Awareness month, meant to recognize the thousands of children who are diagnosed with cancer each year. For September, we are challenging you to send us children’s themed cards.

Our Executive Director works as a pediatric oncology social worker and sees the smiles that a bright, cheery card can give to a child facing lengthy hospital stays and treatments. She sees the impact that cards have on the patients’ families, too, by providing a sense of community for their child. In addition, we have been receiving many referrals for children for their birthday. We look forward to being able to send beautiful cards to children all across the country that could use a smile and thoughtful card. 

Thank you Diane C. for this creation

Travel Challenge

In the midst of summer time, traveling with family, friends and your significant other is part of the fun! Whether you're going on vacation to a new city, a weekend getaway or a summer camping trip, the process of getting there is an important part of the journey. With that in mind, this month’s challenge is creating cards that show methods of travel. Show us some of your favorite ways of getting to where you're going, whether that is by plane, boat, car, or something else! How do you travel?

Be creative, there are lots of ways to get around!

Thank you Diamond Lake Lutheran Church

Beauty Bash

We are excited to host the 2014 Beauty Bash at the Saint Louis Galleria!  The Beauty Bash will be an afternoon of family friendly fun and pampering on July 26th from 1-4pm.  There will be makeovers, face painting, massages, facials, hair styles, raffles, refreshments, and more.  This event is open to the community and all are welcome.  

If you aren’t able to make it or don’t live in the area, help us grow this month by telling friends about Card Care Connection.   One way to complete this challenge is to invite friends to a card-making party to share the mission of Card Care Connection and do some meaningful crafting!

Another way to extend the reach of Card Care Connection is to send us referrals.  Making a referral to our program is easy and can be done on our website.

Also please consider donating stamps, unused crafting supplies, or a monetary donation.  Even though we are all volunteer based, postage and craft supplies add up quickly.

Thank you for all you do to help support our organization.  We hope to see you at the Beauty Bash!

Masculine Cards

In honor of Father’s Day, we are bringing back a request for masculine cards.  We recognize that it is easier to make bright color pretty cards that are more fit for a female, but we get a lot of card requests for males.  So, what kind of masculine themed cards can you create?  We hope this will exercise your crafting mind in a different way to come up with designs and combinations that are more fit for a male.

The possibilities are endless!  One way to start might be with changing colors to more masculine tones.  You can also use different images like boats, sports, or nature.  Here is a card we received from that you may want to use as inspiration.

Thank you to Diamond Lake Lutheran Church

Flower Challenge

Happy spring card crafters!  As the weather is getting warmer and flowers are in bloom, we thought this month’s challenge should be focused on flowers.  Flowers are our most received card design and our most requested.

We get flowers in many different forms: stamps, paper, embellishments, buttons, and more.  What are some clever ways you can create flowers out of your supplies?

Thank you all for all that you do!  We look forward to our monthly blog posts, because you all continue to impress us with such beautiful and creative cards.

Thank you Julie J. (IL) for these creations.

April Showers

Welcome back card makers! We want to thank you for all the hard work you continue to put into our challenges. Spring has finally sprung! We are welcoming this weather with open arms after such a chilly winter season. We want to be able to bring the spring weather to all the card recipients who are unable go outside to enjoy the warmer, spring weather. This month, our challenge for you is to send us “April Showers” cards. They can have umbrellas and rain boots, clouds, rainbows, or anything else that reminds you of the spring weather.

Thank you St. Louis Chi Omega Alumni Group for this creation