The Stamp Out Breast Cancer Campaign Begins!

I'm so glad you've joined us for Aly Stamps' Stamp Out Breast Cancer Campaign! Starting today, you will find daily samples of hope, special card kit offers, giveaways and more!

My goal during this campaign is to raise enough funds to donate $100 to The American Cancer's Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer.

How can you help? There are a couple of different ways!

Place an order at my Online Store! From October 25th – 31st, 10% of all orders placed through my online store will be donated to The American Cancer Society's Making Stides Against Breast Cancer foundation. To place an order, all you have to do is click the "Order Online!" Button in the upper right hand corner and then click "Shop Now!" on the next page that will pop up. There is no minimum order requirement – every little bit helps!
Order a Stamp Out Breast Cancer Card Kit! There are two different exclusive Card Kits that will be offered this week and this week only. The first is posted below and the second will be posted on Wednesday, so check back frequently! For each Card Kit that you purchase, $4 will be donated to The American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer foundation – that's 40% of the purchase that's being donated back!
Encourage your friends, family and co-workers to come to this website! If my blog receives 3,000 hits during this campaign (from October 25th – 31st) — I will DOUBLE what has come in in fund raising!

There's something in it for you! For those who support the Stamp Out Breast Cancer campaign with a higher priced order, I have a special thank you gift!

Place an order totaling $50 or more:

You'll get wonderful, quality Stampin' Up! Products that let's face it, we all "need"!
$5 or more (10% of $50 or more) will be donated to a good cause – The American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer
As a special thank you, you'll receive a FREE ribbon sampler containing 2 yards of each of Stampin' Up!'s 7 pink ribbons!
- This ribbon sampler's value is $10.10!
- If you purchased a full roll of each of the ribbons it would cost you $51.65!
- This offer is a super bargin!

*You do not HAVE to spend $50 for 10% to be donated. ANY order amount will have 10% of it's priced donated, this is just a "perk" level.

Look at all of the ribbon 14 yards is!

Of course, I won't send it to you like that, it will be all neatly packaged so you can use it with ease:

Today's Ribbon of Hope Inspiration Sample is also a card kit that is available for purchase! Here's a look at today's Card & Card Kit for a Cure!

"hope happens." Card Kit for a Cure Contents:

6 pieces of 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" Basic Black Cardstock
6 pieces of 5 1/4" x 4" Whisper White Cardstock
6 pieces of 5 1/4" x 4" Pretty in Pink Cardstock
6 Pieces of 4" x 3" Melon Mamo Patterns DSP
6 Pre-Punched 1 3/4" Whisper White Circles
6 Pre-Cut 2" Basic Black Circles
6 – 12" pieces of Regal Rose 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon
6 "A Donation Has Been Made…" Cards
6 Whisper White Envelopes

What to Order to Complete the Card (Order Here and 10% of the order total will be donated to the cause!):

115552 Ribbon of Hope Stamp
113722 Hope Happens Stamp Set
115052 Priceless Stamp Set
101179 Basic Black Classic Ink Pad
101301 Pretty in Pink Classic Ink Pad
100425 2-Way Glue Pen
102023 Dazzling Diamonds Glitter

Who could you send these cards to after you've made them?

Any one you know who is fighting the battle of Breast Cancer
Any one you know who HAS fought the battle of Breast Cancer
Any one you know who has a loved one that has fought or is fighting the battle of Breast Cancer
Any one you know who has lost a loved one to Breast Cancer

Not sure if you know anyone that Breast Cancer has affected? Think Again.

Excluding cancers of the skin, breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed among U.S. women, accounting for more than 1 in 4 cancers.
Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women, after lung cancer.
One out of eight American women who live to be 85 years of age will develop breast cancer, a risk that was one out of 14 in 1960.
2.4 million women living in the U.S. have been diagnosed with and treated for breast cancer.
An estimated 40,610 breast cancer deaths are anticipated this year (40,170 women, 440 men).

"A Donation has been made in your honor…"
Because 40% of the sales from each card kit are donated to the American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, each card sent holds a donation value. To let people who you're sending these cards to know that you are contributing to the search for a cure, each card kit includes 6 "A Donation has been made in your honor…" inserts. You can choose to send these with the card or to leave them out, the choice is entirely yours.

Card Ministry Makes Hope Happens Cards…

Last week, the Card Ministry at our church made up a bunch of these "Hope Happens" Cards. The cards were put out in the church's lobby for members of the congregation to take and send to those they know who could use a little hope: