Annual Halloween Spooktacular Banner Hop for Special Needs Children!

 Welcome to the Annual Halloween Spooktacular Banner Hop for Special Needs Children!

We're delighted to join more than 3 dozen other women who have each made at least one Halloween-themed banner that will be donated to hang in the room of a medically-fragile child at Pediatric Specialty Care in Pennsylvania.

Our Hop Hostess (Ellen CardMonkey Jarvis) works at PSC’s Bucks County site as Admissions Coordinator. The Banner Hop starts there, so please be sure to circle back to the beginning to see all of the terrific banners have been made for these very special children.

Ellen shares this information with us about Pediatric Specialty Care: “PSC is a very special place where children stay either long- or short-term, typically after hospitalization.  Most are dependent on ventilators and other technology to survive. Some have been born too early or with genetic diseases or birth injuries.  Other children suffer injuries later in life that require constant care later, including brain injuries from trauma or loss of oxygen (from choking, suffocation or drowning) and spinal cord injuries.

These children and their families -- and PSC’s staff -- are thrilled to receive the Halloween banners, to help brighten the season when their friends and siblings will be out trick-or-treating.”

Here is the banner we're sending to a child at PSC:

Full banner- Click on each picture to see larger view

1st half banner view

2nd half banner view

Recipe: 

• Papers & buttons are from our stash/scraps.
• Simply Charmed, Pretty Pennants and Lyrical Letters, "Cricut" cartridges were used.
• Embellishments from K & Company.

This Hop is two days (Saturday, September 1st and Sunday, September 2nd), and on each day you will see different banners. Be sure to visit on both days to see the truly inspirational work of these generous bloggers, and leave some love (comments) on as many sites as you can – because if you do, you can up your chances to win some Spooktacular blog candy, including from these sponsors:

$25 Gift Certificate to Madge's Scrappin Lounge

(http://madgesscrappinlounge.storenvy.com/)

 $15 Shopping Spree to Scrapping With Lisa Designs

(http://scrappingwithlisadesigns.com)

Lucy Kelleher (http://lucyk.ctmh.com)

$10 Gift Certificate toward any CTMH product

Donated by Lucy Kelleher 

Independent Consultant for Close to My Heart 

Special entry requirements: To enter to win, you will need to leave a comment on Lucy's blog (http://love2createitall.com/) and become a follower of her blog. For an additional entry, "Like" her Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/LucyK.CTMH. 

Limited to U.S. entrants only, sorry.

http://stampinup.net/esuite/home/debiweid/

 $10 Gift Certificate toward any Stampin' Up product

Donated by Debi Weidleman

Independent Consultant for Stampin' Up. 

Limited to U.S. entrants only, sorry.

Two Cricut Cartridges ("Pretty Pennants" and "Mini Book") 

Donated by Erica's Craft Room

http://www.shop.ericascraftroom.com/

$25 Gift Certificate to Paper Temptress

http://papertemptress.com

To qualify to win one of these great prizes, please leave a comment on (Hop Hostess Ellen ♥ CardMonkey's) blog site and answer this question: 

What was your most memorable 

Halloween costume, and how old were you 

when you wore it?

In your comment, please leave a way for her to reach you if you're randomly picked to win one of the prizes!  Leave additional comments (leave ♥love!) on as many banner makers’ sites as you’d like for extra chances to win!  

Prize winners will be announced on Monday, September 3 on the CardMonkey site, where there will be a round-up of all of the Spooktacular banners for 2012.

Thanks for hopping by and be sure to stop back again tomorrow as I will have another banner tomorrow.

Please move on your way to the next stop, which is: Theresa.  Thank you again for visiting!

~Beth & Emily

Here is the full line up for today's banner makers in case you get lost or find broken links. Please don't forget to stop back tomorrow, to see more banners from a different set of 20+ wonderful women:

• Ellen ♥ CardMonkey - http://cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com/
• Sandie Dunne - http://sandieshores.blogspot.ie/search/label/banner%20hop
• Ashley - http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com/
• Pam - http://pammejo-scrapbookflair.blogspot.com/
• Janet S - http://www.ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/
• Lucy - http://love2createitall.blogspot.com/
• Jessica - http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com/
• Nancie - http://alittlepieceofmebynancie.blogspot.com/
• Patricia - http://blogs.papertemptress.com/
• Edwina - http://edwinascreations.blogspot.com/
• Shawnee - http://quiverofangels.blogspot.com/
• Beth - http://motherandaughterdesigns.blogspot.com/
• Theresa ~ http://www.thescrapbookingqueen.com
• Lezlye- www.lezlyes.blogspot.com
• Robin L. ~ http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com
• Christine ~ http://thecuriouscrafter.blogspot.com/
• Scrappin Madge: http://www.thescrappinlounge.com