You Make a Difference

 This morning started off foggy and cold (lots of rain yesterday). This afternoon the wind picked up which makes it feel even colder. We helped pick up some furniture from a bank branch that is closing and took it to Teacher's Warehouse. Teachers from a 5 county are can come to the warehouse and pick up all kinds of things for their classroom for free. It's an amazing place and I wish that we would have had something like that when I was teaching in a classroom. Wow, the money I would have saved. This afternoon I did a lot of cooking. Not only made dinner but a batch of Chia Seed Jam and prepped vegetables for later in the week. And after that I sat down to craft. Yeah!

This card was made in response to some friends who are doing a Stamping Sisters Mini Winter Camp. Barb was the hostess for Day 1 so I tried out her tutorial using scraps. Who doesn't like to get rid of some of those?

Barb's tutorial showed how to make a background using different colors and widths of scraps. It's lots of fun. I first cut my scraps in three different widths. I covered the entire front og=f the card with double sided tape. I started laying the strips diagonally from the middle. After I got to most of the middle covered I decided to change directions and just filled in the side with whatever scrap I wanted so there isn't any symmetry to it. After I finished the background and cut off the extra paper hanging over the edges, I die cut three of the word "You" and glued them together for some dimension. The die I used was MFT You Trio die. The sentiment that goes with the die is from MFT All About You stamp set. I heat embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder and die cut it with MFT Essential Fishtail Sentiment Strips (retired). I am going to add this to my stack of Thank You cards that are going to Teachers Warehouse. The teachers are given 5 free thank you notes when they come to shop and asked to do some "homework" by sending the thank you's to 5 volunteers or donors. So we are always in need of thank you notes. I am entering these challenges:

• Cupcake Inspiration #511: color challenge (maroon, teal, gold) 
  
• Simon Says Wednesday challenge: make your own background
• Scrapping4Fun: anything goes
• Incy Wincy Designs: anything goes
• Penny's challenge: anything goes

Tomorrow we are back at Opportunity House to finish up some wiring that Tom is doing to help them install a card reader. Up until now we've been cash or check only so this will be a big change for us. Hopefully it will help make more money as we support a preschool. Well, thanks for stopping by. Hope your week is going well. Stay safe and God bless!

Donna