SPECIAL CARD - FOR A LITTLE GIRL (JAIMIE)

Thank you for joining us today in this special blog hop. This hop started at Katharina's and you should have arrived here from Shannon's . After you leave my blog you should continue to Linda's

Reading the story of Jaimie reminded me of what happened to my neighbors last year. They are in their 80's. They hired workers to do a few repairs on their house. The next week, one of these workers broke into their house. He was able to enter the house by reaching through a dog door and unlocking the door. He stabbed both of them. The woman was able to run outside and scream so the intruder fled. Her husband, however, was stabbed so many times he was not expected to live. He lived, but still suffers mentally and physically from this attack. We live in a v very nice neighborhood where there has not been any crime, but this random act changed their lives and many others in the neighborhood. I cannot even imagine what Jaimie and her Dad must be going through.

"On October 4th, four teenagers armed with knives broke into a home in a small town in New Hampshire. Alone and sleeping inside were a mother and her 11 year old daughter. These four boys broke into this home with the intent to rob and kill anyone inside. They stabbed the mom, Kimberly Cates, to death and left her daughter, Jaimie, for dead in their driveway. It was a completely random act, their home was chosen only due to its secluded surroundings." Our hope is that everyone hopping around today will stop for a moment and think about Jaimie and her father and what life must be like for them now. One moment in time has changed their lives forever. We are asking that everyone reading this message please take a moment to make a card and send it off to Jaimie. You can make something very simple or much more involved, but please share some words of hope and love and let her know that people do care and want the best for her.

Please send your card to the address below:
Jaimie Cates
c/o Mont Vernon Fire Station
Main Street
Mont Vernon, NH 03057

You can go here for more information.

I have been wanting to make a circle card. Well, here is the final result. Jaimie likes snowboarding and I had a Penguin set from CTMH and thought this little guy would cheer her up. The image is heat embossed, colored with copics and a little stickles added to his hat. The feet and snowboard are glossed with SU Crystal Effects. The snow was made by running the mirror cardstock through my Cuttlebug swirls folder. I added a little SU Dazzlin Diamond glitter to make the snow glisten. The card is finished off with snowflakes and I added red rhinestones. The red background paper also has a mirrow finish so it was a little difficult to get the true effect of this card because of the reflection.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Stamp With Us - Christmas
Stamp With Fun - Scene
Creative Card Crew - Snowflakes
Paper Blooms - Circle Card
Simon Says - All That Sparkles
Creative Inspirations Wednesday - Red and Black

The inside has the same white mirror finish cardstock on the top that I used on the front of the card.

Thank you for stopping by and if you have time, please send Jaimie a card. I am sure she and her Dad would enjoy looking at them to help them through this time.