Yesterday my young neighbor came over for a visit. I took her to my craft room for a look-see and she was so excited to see all of the craft supplies. She picked up one of my blending brushes and asked what it was for. I immediately set about getting her some inks to try out the brush. She made a beautiful background and we decided to turn it into a birthday card for her grandma. In addition to the background we used a paper flower that I had sitting on the work table and a Happy Birthday sentiment I had made for practice. On the inside I had her emboss the sentiment so that she could learn about powder embossing. She and I were so pleased with the result.

CARDS FOR FOSTER CHILDREN

 The Bearly Art company sponsors a Cards For Kids event asking crafters to donate handmade cards to be distributed to Foster Children. I signed up to donate forty cards. I made 20 cards for boys and 20 for girls. I tried to make a mix appropriate for all ages. While the majority of the cards are birthday cards I tried to make some that were congratulatory or supportive.

I used the Cricut Joy to make all of the boys cards but made all except one of the girls cards by hand. This is my second time making cards for foster children and am so appreciative of having the ability to to participate.

Using up Bits And Pieces

While playing around with card making I end up with lots of useful bits and pieces that I promise myself I will, SOMEDAY, make into cards. Well, today I kept that promise

     I made two complete cards and cut card fronts from five embossed papers. I wasn’t able to turn the embossed pieces into cards because I don’t have the correct size card bases.