Sometimes life is bitter hard. And the least we can do is try and support one another. This is an effort to support Katie Renz and her family. This post promotes either buying the stamp I used for this card or donating directly to Katie.
Starting today through Wednesday, over 150 stampers are joining together to support and encourage Katie, who is battling inoperable gastric cancer, and to raise money for her and her family. Kate at I Heart Papers (my favorite place to buy Copics...) organized this.
If you're not familiar with her, Katie’s cancer story started just before Christmas last year. Katie was suddenly diagnosed with an inoperable stage 4 gastric cancer, virtually overnight. Her first post about it is here. The idea of “Swimming for Katie” came from her recent post here. There is something about Katie, her husband Kevin and their 3 young boys that have touched my heart -- her bright smile, adorable kids, loving husband, and her spirit just shine.
Becky Oehlers designed the exclusive stamp used in my card above. It is available as a clear stamp, as well as a digis or a dig and SVG cut file. 100% of the profits of the sale go to Katie's fund to help her and her young family. If you are able to do so and interested, you can donate, either through a puchase of the stamp or through a direct donation.
In addition to the Keep Swimming Octopus, Marianne Walker and True =D Doodle Designs both also donated digis that are for sale. All the information you need 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.
Here are all the items available for sale.
Since I cannot figure out how to link to the other stampers participating, I'm going to send you to Debbie Olson, because she does have that list! You can see Debbie's post HERE.
Can you join me in helping Katie through a purchase or donation? Thank you.
Oh, and if you would like to send a card to Katie, here is her address --
Katie Renz
PO Box 5913
Bellingham, WA 98227-5913
