Swimming For Katie

From October 10-12 some of the best stampers are joining together to support and encourage our friend and fellow stamper, Katie Renz, who is currently battling inoperable gastric cancer.  If you're not familiar with her, Katie’s cancer story started just before Christmas last year.  This young, beautiful, healthy, vibrant mother of 3 with her infectious smile was suddenly diagnosed with an inoperable cancer, virtually overnight.  A few tummy aches and then stage 4 gastric cancer.  Her first post about it is here.  The idea of “Swimming for Katie” came from her recent post here.

 

This exclusive stamp used in my sample, designed by Becky Oehlers, is available as a clear stamp, as well as a digis or a dig and SVG cut file.  100% of the profits go to Katie's fund to help her and her young family.  Her husband Kevin and her three young children need our help and support.  In addition to the Keep Swimming Octopus, Marianne Walker and True =D Doodle Designs both also donated digis that are for sale.  Direct donations are also being accepted.  Information central is HERE.  This is a permanent page that will stay active at i {heart} papers with current information and the full 3 day blog hop listing, as well as the donation button. There is also a donation button on the upper right column of my blog--it will also be there for the duration of the hop.

Here are all the items available for sale.

I hope you will join me in supporting Katie through a purchase or donation.  The following is a list of everyone who has projects posted today.  I hope you will be inspired by them and moved to purchase or donate.  If you would like to send Katie a card, her mailing address is:

Katie Renz

PO Box 5913

Bellingham, WA 98227-5913

Thank you!

AJ Otto Beate  

Carolyn Mustopa  

Dawn Burnworth  

Deb Felts  

Gretchen Belknap  

Heather Jensen  

Jen del Muro  

Julie Ranae  

Kate - i {heart} papers  

Kendra Wietstock  

Lisa Johnson  

Loretta Lock  

Lori Tecler  

Lynn Mercurio  

Marianne Walker  

Michele Gross  

Stacy aka Twinshappy  

Tracy Schultz  

Debbie Olson  

Cindy Lawrence  

Cindy Haffner   

Julie Koerber  

Christine Okken  

Tammy Hershberger  

Danielle Kennedy  

Barbara Anders (<---you are here!) 

Makiko Jones  

Ashley N Newell  

Shannan Teubner  

Taylor Usry  

Jen Tapler  

Jenn Balcer  

Jenny Chesnick  

Jess Larsen  

Jessica Knutsen  

Jimmi Mayo  

Joan Bardee  

Joan Ervin  

Julia Aston  

Julie Day  

Julie Ebersole

Thanks so much for stopping by!

~Supplies~

Stamps: Keep Swimming Octopus DIGIstamp (i{heart}papers)

Paper: Sweet Tooth; Baja Breeze, Pear Pizazz (SU!); Copic x-press blender paper; Barefoot and Bliss (Bo Bunny)

Ink: Printer ink; gold Pentel pen

Accessories/tools: Vagabond (Rim Holtz); Standard Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders);  Catch a Wave Die-namics die (MFT); button, baker's twine, Copic markers; bling