Masculine cards

In honor of Father’s Day, we are requesting 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.

Thank you Diamond Lake Lutheran Church for this creation

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 Diamond Lake Lutheran Church for this creation

April Showers

Happy Spring!  We are welcoming this weather with open arms after a long winter season.  We want to help bring the spring weather to all our recipients who are unable to go outside and enjoy the warm weather.  This month our challenge is to collect "April Showers" cards.  This can include anything that reminds you of April shower weather (umbrellas, rain boots, clouds, or rainbows).  We look forward to seeing your creativity.

Thank you Chi Omega Alumni group for this creation 

National Craft Month-Embossing Challenge

Did you know that March is National Craft Month?  As crafters who like to help others, we want to recognize your devotion and good will in donating cards for people facing cancer.

The challenge for March is a crafting technique that we love - embossing.  Embossing is a method where paper is pressed to create a raised design in the paper.  This technique can add a touch of elegance to a greeting card.  We also encourage texture in our cards because it can be helpful for our elderly recipients who may have trouble with vision and seeing the detail in a card.  Being able to touch and feel a card can make the impact even more powerful.  Thank you all for putting your craft skills to a good cause!  We're excited to see the embossing that you send our way!

Thank you Susan C. (NH) for this creation

Valentine's Theme

Thank you to all of our loyal blog followers as well as those of you who are new to our blog challenges! In the spirit of Valentine's month, this February we are looking for cards that incorporate the colors red and/or pink. We love our color theme challenges as you all always bring us such exciting and unique designs! As our new Bundles of Cheer program is taking off, we hope that we can incorporate these cards with many of our bundles to be distributed to cancer patients all over the country. 


Thank you Karen H. with Send a Smile for these creations

Holiday Postage Challenge

Happy Holidays!  Regardless of what holiday you may celebrate, it is a time of year for sharing and giving to others. In the spirit of gift-giving, we encourage you to consider sending in a donation or book of stamps to help cover the cost of postage expenses. Particularly with the launch of our new Bundles of Cheer program, we welcome and appreciate your assistance as it costs approximately $15 to send care packages to recipients. Postage costs adds up quickly for our program and we anticipate a large number of cards and care packages to be sent this holiday season. Every contribution helps!

Donations can be sent to:
Card Care Connection
112 Saddlehorn Court
Fenton, MO 63026

We continue to welcome any and all card submissions throughout the holiday season.  We hope you are staying up to date with Card Care Connection, and invite you to visit our donation page. Thank you for all of your support and happy holidays!

Bundles of Cheer

Happy first birthday to Bundles of Cheer!  Throughout the last year, we have been excited to see the growth of our program and the ability to reach out to more recipients by sending personalized care packages and cards.  Last November, we launched Bundles of Cheer to provide an added service to our recipients.  We have been so grateful of the outpouring of donations and support.  This month, we challenge our supporters to gather travel-sized products.  We are specifically looking for practical and compact items.  Suggested donations include handmade pillowcases, nail polish, lip balm, lotion, socks, teas, tea light candles, small toys, etc.  The packages will be given to men, women, and children so we welcome a diverse range of products.  We also encourage our supporters to think of other people within their own networks who many be able to donate items.  Please spread the word about our program so we can continue to expand our outreach.  Check out the link on our website