Hello everyone and happy Sunday! Today I am sharing a craft post for a cause: We are organizing fundraising for our friend Shery Russ. Shery is a paper crafter, creative designer, illustrator and owner of @stamplorations along with her husband. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in April 2022, and it has spread to her right pelvis. She and her husband David have two beautiful daughters, who are 6 and 4 years old.

Shery has been unable to work since receiving her diagnosis, and as of May 23, David is responsible for pretty much everything due to Shery’s chemo treatments. So we join together to send her some good energy and help thru purchases/donations with this crafty hop. (Please read all the way to the end for a change to win a little prize, too).

I created this card for Shery using STAMPlorations stencils and papers from my own stash. The stamped elements are also done with STAMPlorations stamps. Now due to the treatments and concentrating on her cancer journey, she has clearly not been able to keep the sore open as usual, BUT if you want to help, here are some options:

July 3, 2022 — Since my breast cancer diagnosis in April, I’ve had to drastically cut back on work. I needed to focus on getting to doctor appointments, having labs/scans/tests/procedures done, and (since May 23) going to chemo treatments. Our online store is our family’s main income source; our finances have taken a major hit since my diagnosis.

As my physical health allows, I’m making select products available to order. I’ve bundled them up and put them in envelopes so they are ready to be mailed as soon as possible. They are also available at up to 64% off (either at an instant discount or with their respective discount codes indicated on the product titles and product descriptions). At this time, we are shipping only within the US and Canada. I need to keep shipping simple for when my husband has to take over shipping duties. Shipping is either a flat $5 (orders under $35) or free anywhere in the US, while shipping to Canada is a flat $21 (inclusive of duties and taxes via Delivered Duty Paid).

For our loyal customers and friends who have asked about ways to help us during this time, a sister at our church has put up a Meal Train page for our family — those who live close by us could bring us prepared meals, and those who live far could send us gift cards through GrubHub or donate money to ease our financial burden. If you would like to donate directly, we have created a page dedicated to our family’s breast cancer journey that we will regularly update.

Whether you order from our store, help us through Meal Train, or make a donation, our family is eternally grateful for your help and generosity!

Also what you can do to support Shery and her family is you can go to the STAMPlorations digital product section and purchase designs there. Here is the direct link there. Any purchase and donation is a help, no matter how small!

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To follow the blog hop, please kindly start from Sadia´ s Instagram page and hop along from there. Any kind of help towards Shery´ s family is greatly appreciated. Thank you for your support and/or purchase.

Here are all the Instagram accounts to follow throughout the hop:

1. altenew_planner_girl
2. aniladk
3. april_notes
4. beccreates1
5. bzscrapper
6. c.justme
7. cbkirch
8. claires_card_on
9. craftee1
10. deesartutopia
11. foleysfriend
12. foo_the_craft_paca
13. handmadebykavya
14. handmadehellosstudio
15. hcbc2_handcrafted
16. helendesigns
17. jess.crafts
18. made.by.michi
19. mamakobs
20. maryredjr
21. mfasharia
22. marilynndegroot
23. purplejetjt
24. quill_ish
25. ME
26. shylaashree
27. sheharper
28. stampinkathy4
29. tinkercards
30. vanessacardmaker
31. whimsynotesbyanni
32. suchi_art_craft
33. tinkerscraft
34. everydayengineered

Also kindly leave a message to this post, and I will draw one lucky winner, to whom I will send one random stencil from my STAMPlorations stencil designs!! Good luck!!! I will draw the winner form all comments next Sunday, the 24th of July 2022!!

xxx, Sanna