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Link to post about Holiday Mail for Heroes - cards for veterans through Red Cross

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. Karen M, Santa Ana CA - a belated THANK YOU for your donation of cards AND for shipping help! Wow, you are absolutely awesome, and your whole workshop group too!
2. St Leo University…..thank you for the wonderful Any Hero letters sent to several shippers.  The troops will love them!
3. Carol M, WI, your cards are always a treat to see, such pretty work.
4. Robin A, Cincinnati OH…thank you for the package of cards.  They are beautiful.
5. Rose Mary, Temple Hills MD…..WOW! What stunning Christmas cards.  Thanks so much for sending them in.
6. Debbie F, Raytown MO…..thank you for the package of beautiful cards and stationary!
7. Brianne N, Fort Sill OK…..thank you so much for the wonderful Christmas cards. Thanks for hosting card challenges on your blog and card website too.
8. Susan B, Castle Rock CO…..thank you for the wonderful cards.  They are beautiful!
9. Neva H, Spanish Fork, UT, Thank you for the very pretty winter themed cards.  Love the snowmen!
10. Katie L, Miramar FL…..thanks for the wonderful package of cards and Any Hero notes.  Very pretty!!!
11. Julie, you and the 4H members of Cohasset MN rock ! Thanks so much for your pretty cards and the letter to our heroes.
12. Kim G and Emmanuel Fellowship Church, Uniontown OH - Thank you so much for your Christmas cards for our troops.  They will touch their hearts.
13. To the donor from Penn Yan, NY, thank you for the big box of cards, they are so pretty!  Let us know who you are so we can thank you properly.
14. Janet W, Sprinville UT - Thank you for your donation of lovely cards.  They will be greatly appreciated.
15. Lianna V, Huntington Beach CA -Thank you for your generous donation of cards!  They are fantastic!  I enjoyed looking at each one.  They are sure to bring smiles to many faces.  Thanks so much for the postage donation as well.  We appreciate your continued support.
16. Martha B, Santa Rosa CA: Thank you so very much for your gorgeous cards.  I loved admiring all of the various techniques you used.  We appreciate the postage donation too.  Thanks again for your continued support.
17. Denise W, N Las Verga NV, Thank you for your beautiful cards!  They are perfect as always, just what I needed.  You do outstanding work.
18. eserie, Scottsdale, AZ - thank you so much for the package of cards, and the postage donation is a huge help!
19. Fabre S, Holliston MA, bless you for the shipping donation!!
20. Pam P, Colorado Springs CO…….WOW! What a great box of cards.  They are beautiful!  Love the colors and thank you for the different themed cards.
21. Denise W, LeRoy IL……thank you for the package of cards.  I love the Any Hero card from Megan.
22. Eva M, Minnetonka MN - Ooh, such darling cards, thank so much.
23. Sandy D, Hanover PA -Thanks so much for your beautiful cards, they will be loved.
24. To our anonymous cardmaker in Aurora CO, thank you so very much for the cards!
25. MaryEleanor R, Japan - Thank you for you contribution of beautiful cards.  They are fantastic!
26. R. Allison, Cohocton NY…..Thank you for the wonderful box of cards.  They are beautiful.
27. Shirley D, Monterey Park CA……thank you for the cards.  They are wonderful.
28. Jane and children who made the cards, Raleigh NC……THANK YOU! What wonderful birthday cards…..the troops will love them!
29. Danielle O, Ruckersville VA - thank you so much for your sweet cards, our heroes will love them!
30. Misty, Kathy, and the Soldotna AK stampers - thank you for the beautiful cards, what love you poured into each one!
31. Sandy H, bless you for the wonderful shipping donation!

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.