the homefront blog

These Thursday posts list items and blessings received during the last 7 days, so if you’re looking for confirmation that your package or monetary donation was received, check in on Thursdays.

Many thanks to all our donors!

1. Melrose V, Linden CA -Wow, thank you for all of the wonderful cards!  You have been busy.
2. Elizabeth S, New Canaan CT, thank you for your beautiful Christmas cards, your work is so detailed and beautiful.
3. Tana L, Maple Grove MN - Ohh, such pretty cards, thanks so much.
4. Debby P, Buffalo MO……thank you for the wonderful Christmas/winter cards.  I love all the different sizes that you made!
5. Dee N, Duluth MN - Thank you for your continued support.  Your cards are gorgeous.  I enjoy looking at each and every one.  Thanks for all you do for our troops.
6. Debbie W, Loomis, CA - Thank you ever so much for your generous donation.  Your cards were absolutely lovely and we appreciate the postage help.  I hope your son returns safely home soon.  You are both heroes.
7. Denise W, N Las Verga NV - Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful, creative cards and your generous envelope donation.  You do such an outstanding job!  They will be greatly appreciated by our troops and their families.  
8. Paula S, Stamford CT…….your cards are STUNNING! Thanks you for the wonderful Christmas/winter and male & kid birthday cards.  I so needed those birthday ones.
9. Cassie T, Columbus GA - Cassie….your cards are beautiful. Love the colors you choose!
10. Patricia B, Winchester VA……..I giggled so hard when I got your cards.  They are so cute and FUNNY!!! These will definately bring smiles to many faces! Thanks!
11. Tracy R, Glendora NJ…..thank you for the lovely package of cards.  The cards you signed are wonderful!
12. A.L, Fountain Valley CA - Thank you for the assortment of cards.  We appreciate your donation.
13. Judy D, Betty M, Diane P, and Donna M, Longview WA, thank you so much for taking a break from your Habitat for Humanity work to make cards for our troops. What huge hearts you have (not to mention huge talent!)
14. Lori N, Jefferson City MO…..thank you for the wonderful cards.  I needed those male birthday cards!
15. Sanders family, Holiston MA, what an amazing box of cards with such a selection! And the letters from your family will be such a treasure for our heroes, thanks!!
16. Tracey S, Rhonert Park CA, your cards are just fantastic, thank you so very very much!
17. Becky M, Ellicott City MD: We appreciate your package of colorful, fun cards, the troops will really love them.
18. Lake Hamilton and Loma Verde Young Women, FL - Girls your cards are beautiful ! You put so much care into making them and it shows.
19. Ann L, Orem UT - thank you so much for the generous shipping help, we can definitely use it!
20. Gwen C, Grand Forks ND, that was one heavy box of cards! Thank you so much for the beautiful cards and the postage donation, this time of year we appreciate postage donations more than you will ever know.
21. Barb L, and St. George’s Episcopal Church, Roseburg OR - Oh my what a huge collection of holiday and all occasion cards, and so wonderfully packed up (how did you get them all in those boxes, and they arrived perfectly!)
22. Nancy C, Hollister, CA, thank you so very much for the wonderful selection of cards, they’re so cute!
23. Rebecca P, Virginia Beach VA, bless you for your donation to sponsor a box, we appreciate your help very much!
24. Jackie S, Germany - wow, such beautiful cards, thank you so very much! Your talent will be appreciated by our heroes!
25. Elleen Klein, Midland MI, Thank you so much for the cards, the troops and their families will love them.
26. Deloris T, Cinnamon Lake, OH - Such pretty cards, thank you so much !
27. Chris M, BelAir MD…..thank you for the nice Christmas cards.  Was nice to get another large package of them.  
28. Dee N, Duluth, it’s always like Christmas opening up on of your boxes of cards, you do such beautiful work.
29. Chris S and the Garden City Pres Church and Sr Group, Livonia MI - Such an amazing assortment of beautiful cards, thank you so much.
30. Tammy B, Chaska MN - Each card is such a treasure ! Thank you so much Tammy.
31. Nancy C, Warner SD…….your cards are beautiful! Thanks for sending them in and joining our cause.
32. Deanna and the Spirited Scrappers, Denton TX……thanks so much for the lovely cards.
33. Jan D, Jacksonville FL……thanks for the wonderful cards, stationary, evelopes and pens.  They will all be appreciated by the troops!
34. Kramer L, Tacoma WA  - thank you SO much for the thousands of cards for your Scout service project! You are amazing and our troops will really appreciate all your hard work!
35. American Heritage Girls, Eagle Point OR - Thank you so very much for the wonderful cards, our soldiers will just love them!
36. Darla and Girl Scouts, Northumberland PA - you’re all so wonderful, thank you for the boxes of cards you made and collected! Our troops will be so blessed by all you provided, thank you!

Vendor deals we’re grateful for:

Custom Acrylic Stamps
Rebecca at Imagine Stamps has the artwork for these cardsforheroes.org stamps shown below! If you’d like to order any for yourself, go to her website and email her to ask for whichever one you’d like, what your name is if you’d like to have the ones with a name, and she’ll email you the cost. It is much more reasonable than you’d imagine!

Agape Gifts: 10% discount on stamps!
Sandy R at Agape Gifts on eBay will give a 10% discount to customers who tell her they’re for cardsforheroes! She carries those awesome military stamps from Paper Inspirations as well as a great selection of all sorts of stamps.

Moulding Frame Supply Liquidators: ATG tape deal
An ebay seller, Moulding Frame Supply Liquidators (also comes through on ebay as Ty Products) has ATG tape at a really reasonable price (six 36ft rolls of 1/2 inch tape for $9.99) — if you purchase more than one box of 6, they give you a great break on shipping, so email the seller from the ebay site to let him know it’s for the cardsforheroes project.

Patriotic fabric swatches
If you’d like some fabric for making patriotic cards, send an email (link at right), and we’ll hook you up with Cheryl who saves the leftover pieces from projects she regularly creates. Fabric is a challenge for cardmaking, but it adds nice texture!

Got thanks to share?

We’d love to pass on the gratitude for donations, discounts, deals, cardmaking help, hosts of parties/classes—whatever makes it possible for you to do more for our heroes. Email us with your kudos!

Note: if you forget where this post is and want to return to these vendor discount links, you can always search this blog by clicking on the “Categories” at the right when you’re here; posts with these deals will be linked in there.