Crafty Friends Give Blog Hop

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Welcome to the Crafty Friends Give Blog Hop. We are so glad you could join us for Day 1 of this very special hp. The mission of this blog hop is to raise awareness about bone marrow donations to help Leukemia patients.

Bone marrow donation technology has come a long way, and is now as simple as giving blood. So we are trying to raise awareness and get people to register at http://marrow.org to be a bone marrow donor. And why are we doing this your might ask? To help a friend a fellow crafter, Liz Decade. Liz is battling 2 different forms of acute Leukemia and needs a bone marrow transplant. We are hoping that this hop will help her to find a match. You can see her story at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va6RNwYj4BE&list=UUz-JkPSKRldHJNbbEotv8DQ&feature=plcp.

Even if you are not a match for Liz, you can still help her. You see bone marrow registrations drives are expensive, you have to pay for each person who is registered, and Liz is trying to raise money for bone marrow drives and medical expenses (it costs a lot of money to get a transplant). You can donate to Liz at lizquesada.leukemia@gmail.com. All of the money donated will go to bone marrow drives or medical expenses.

And we have some wonderful sponsors who have donated prizes for our hop.

Sweet Stamping Treats Digital Stamps, Trendy Twine, MB Treasurista, Paper Piecings by Nikki, Inspired Stamps, My Pink Stamper and Peachy Keen Stamps have all donated prizes to this hop. In order to be eligible for one of  these prizes you must comment on every blog in this hop! There are other requirements for the sponsors so please see Liz's blog post for more details.

If you are coming from Amber's Blog, you are right on track. If you just came across my blog and would like to hop along, please start over with Liz (http://decadeofscrap.blogspot.com)

Here is my card...

Recipe:

Papers are from Stampin Up Crumb Cake and DCWV Citrus

Lady Bug Bear Digi Stamp from Paper Piecings By Nikki

Copic Sketch Markers-B14, E31, E33, E35, E37

Joyslife.com All Around Sentiment Stamps

Atyou Spica in Baby Blue

Small flower punch from Fiskars

White gel pen

VersaFine in Onyx Black 

I do have blog candy...

To win, simply leave a comment on this post and the one tomorrow for this hop (yes, I'm on both days). Please leave a way for me to reach you. Extra entries if you become a friend of my blog and Facebook. I will announce the winner on Monday, February 20th.

Thank you for stopping by and don’t forget to go to http://www.marrow.org and find out how to become a marrow donor. There will be a new set of hoppers tomorrow so please stop back tomorrow at Liz's Blog.

Your next stop is Tiffany's Blog.

Here is the entire hop list for day one incase you get lost:

Liz - http://decadeofscrap.blogspot.com

Amber - http://pixiperfectcreations.blogspot.com

Ashley - http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com

Tiffany - http://creativeconfessionsoftiffanyleola.blogspot.com

Leslie- http://ScrapOfArtDesigns.blogspot.com

Liz C. - http://tryin2craft.blogspot.com

Lina- http://sweetnothingspaperco.blogspot.com

Jamie- http://jamiek711designs.blogspot.com

Tonya - http://ittybittyladybugs.blogspot.com

Angie - http://atuttletime.blogspot.com

Doris - http://mybugandmecreate.blogspot.com

Michelle - http://scrappinforkenzie.blogspot.com