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.

 

SLIMLINE CARDS

 Slimline cards are the "IN" card style right now so I have made some and find that I really like them. And they fit in ordinary envelopes so no more searching for the right size among my envelope stash!

Cards For My Card Group During Pandemic

 

I have so missed meeting face to face with my card group that I decided to make them a set of cards they can put together on their own. I used dies from Heartfelt Creations. I love these dies so much that I couldn’t keep them to myself. I hope the group likes them as much as I do.

More Covid and Crafting Update

 I am still living between my sister's house and mine but have accumulated sufficient supplies at my sister's house to continue card making, water coloring, and alcohol ink coloring. I just need a few more supplies to be fully operative.

In the meantime the most significant Covid after-effect is my ability to wake from a nap that I wasn't aware I was taking.

Well, maybe that isn't the most significant after-effect. I lost weight during my Covid battle and am determined to keep that weight off. In addition my risk of diabetes is significant now so I started a low carb diet and am continuing to lose weight. I am using an APP to track my eating and exercise (walking) called Carb Manager. I'm really liking it. It is easy to use and already lists many of the foods I eat.

In order to keep this post craft related I'll show you my latest Kit and Clowder project which I turned into a Christmas Card !

COVID AND CRAFTING UPDATE

 Two days after my last post my brother-in-law passed away due to complications of COVID 19. Within a week my sister was also diagnosed with COVID 19. Then it was my turn. Fortunately we have both recovered. I continue to stay with my sister to help her with housekeeping and shopping, only going home at night to sleep. Since all of my craft supplies are at my house it has been difficult to do much crafting. I am, slowly, bringing essential supplies to my sister's house. I hope to be able to show you some cards I have been working on for my card class, which I hope will soon be able to resume meeting.

I hope you have been staying safe and well.