After Three and a Half Years

The Russ family, October 30, 2025

After three and a half years, STAMPlorations is making a comeback. I'd like to thank our loyal friends and customers who supported and helped me, Shery, through my breast cancer journey.

While my metastatic breast cancer is incurable, it's treatable, with many lines of treatment available. I'm in treatment for life. The good news is that I'm still on my first line of treatment and I've been NEAD (no evidence of active disease) since February 2023. It took my body a while to get used to all the medications I'm taking but I am finally at a point where I'm able to handle all the side effects at a reasonable level. I still tend to run out of energy quickly, but I have learned over the last 3 years to prioritize, rest, and listen to my body when it tells me I'm not the Energizer bunny anymore so I better stop for a bit :o)

I'm not the same person I was three and a half years ago, but I still love paper crafting, still love stamping, still love painting, still love everything about this community and so I'm once again taking the leap and throwing myself fully on STAMPlorations.

Re-opening wouldn't even be possible without my awesome design team -- the amazing ladies who stuck by me and waited so patiently for me until I feel well enough to pick myself up and get back to doing what we all love doing. I owe a lot to these amazing, creative ladies, and I'm excited to see the next few months unfold when their creativity takes flight with STAMPlorations products.

And so from today until the end of the year, we're doing a re-opening sale. I'm offering existing stock at huge discounts to make way for new stock and new products in the new year.

I've lived the last three and a half years of my life in utter and complete reliance on Jesus, believing and trusting in Him and His plans for me. He gave me a great cancer care team: knowledgeable and competent doctors, nurses, medical assistants. He gave me a supportive community: family, friends, church family, and even fellow crafters I've never met but were moved to either lift me up in prayer or donate to help us get through our initial daily struggles.

Back in April 2022, I believed I wouldn't live long enough to celebrate my children's birthdays that year. And now three and a half years later, I'm still here. My girls, now 10 and 7, still have a mom. I've celebrated Kathryn's birthday 4 times, Winter's 3 times (soon to be 4 times, as her birthday is coming up next month). That's what I call blessed! :o)

And so...I hope you'll take a look at our store, check out what we've got on offer. Maybe pass on the word to fellow crafters who might be interested. And please know how thankful and grateful I am to and for YOU. <3

With love,