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Gratitude

It's hard to find things to be thankful for when there are so many things that we used to take for granted, that we are unable to do. But this is the most important time to give thanks, to be grateful for what we do have, and, when this is over, to appreciate things all the more.

I decided this week to make some thank you cards. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with them. I may send them off somewhere myself, or offer them to people who gave someone to thank. I got 100 card blanks in the post yesterday, so that's 100 thank you cards to do. Here are the first ones. Each batch of 10 will have a different design.

For this one I used the Tim holtz destination die, with metallic Kraft paper for the globe and galaxy paper for the background. I also used Tim holtz paper for the background, Tim holtz words for the sentiment, crayons for the edging, and nuvo drops on the corner.



I've also been working on the stitch. 




I've taken some more pics this week. Some discarded gloves, some more flowers and some of the larger Disney figures in my collection.






This is a funko my brother got me for my birthday. It's a blank one, so I decorated it pointilism style with sharpies. 




Until next time
Ems


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