A Special Stamp for a Special Boy

This week has been a very sad one as former i {heart} papers DT member Sarah Anderson’s 3 year old son Henry passed away. Little Henry was unable to overcome a virus that made him ill last week.

Lorie Ames has organized a way to donate for a memorial for Henry. Henry loved his local zoo and visited it almost every day in the summer. As a memorial, trees will be planted there in his honor. Melissa at Pink Cat Studio has created a digital stamp to help raise funds for a tree for Henry. All proceeds from the sale of the digi stamp, minus Paypal costs, will go towards the tree.

If you would like to donate towards the tree, please visit PCS to purchase the digi stamp here.

Another way to donate to the memorial is to print out this form and mail in your donation directly.

You can send in any amount using the form. The funds will be pooled. Please write on the form that the donation is for Sarah Anderson’s son, Henry. Once all of the money is collected, a tree and location will be selected. If you have questions about the form please contact Lorie Ames. Lorie will be in contact with Sarah along this memorial journey to ensure that her wishes are followed.

If you don’t know Sarah and would like to learn more about her, please visit her blog. Thank you for your help to raise money for a tree for Henry.

Here's a card that showcases this very special digital image using Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge. The image is colored with Copic markers. It's hard to see in the photo, but I covered the balloon with a thin layer of Glossy Accents for a shiny look.

I paired the adorable digi image with some leaf patterned designer paper from Cosmo Cricket's Early Bird Line. The giraffe's colors are a good match for the paper. I kept the leaf motif going by adding a leaf ribbon across the layered strip that runs across the card. A trio of green dot embellishments finishes off the card.

Materials Used:
from i {heart} papers: Cosmo Cricket Early Bird Mini Deck, Creative Impressions Olive Leafy Vine ribbon, Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents, Nestabilities oval dies

other: digi image (Pink Cat Studio); markers (Copic); Certainly Celery and Barely Banana cardstock, dimensionals (Stampin' Up!); green dots (Stamping Bella)