April 27, 2022 — We often hear from cardies, “I’m so grateful that my mom passed the card-loving gene to me!” So to acknowledge Mother’s Day and the love of cards we all share, we thought we’d gift you 50% off gift cards through this Friday, April 29th. (All the better if the giver and recipient are both You! 😉)

As those who follow Cardthartic know, we love and admire the mother daughter duo of Rosemary Tolliver and Jenni Betz. Between them, they’ve authored 22 popular Cardthartic cards! So how cool that Jenni’s sister, Kate Shelley, became a contributing cardie this year, too.

A nurse as well as mom to two wee ones, Kate is surely busybusybusy, yet she found a quiet moment to email Rosie and Jenni, “The baby didn’t let me sleep last night, so today I was channeling you both a lot. Here’s a sentiment for a card you guys should make: ‘My kids are lucky to have you as a grandmother, and even more lucky that I had you as an example for a mom.’”

Replying to Kate and copying Jenni, Rosie wrote, “I watch you both as mothers and wish I had been as loving and wise for you!” Jenni responded, “Mom, you were/are the best.” Then she forwarded the whole loving thread to Cardthartic, hehe, without copying Mom or Kate, so the new Mama Bear and Cub mother’s birthday card came as a complete and lovely surprise to the women Jenni loves and admires most :)

We recommend Jenni’s blog every chance we get because it’s full of her beautiful musings about this remarkable family. “Crazy busy,” Jenni wrote, “is a tempting armor, but we shouldn’t be so far out in front of life that the truth of how we’re feeling — what we really need — can’t catch up with us. Huddling close and holding hands, taking walks and taking naps, and trying to make it all easier for one another when we can.”

Our hope is that gift cards at half-price make it easier for you to enjoy and share this passion of yours! And that it will help make clear how very much we admire and appreciate you and all the card-sending you do.

Jodee Stevens
Founder & Chief Creative