Sharing Handmade Kindness - Week 4 - Strangers

I am sad that Jennifer McGuire's Sharing Handmade kindness challenge is coming to an end - this is the last week. Of course that doesn't mean we have to stop the kindness - that is a year round thing!

I had fun sharing kindness two ways yesterday:

First I made a bunch of cards to leave for strangers. I put one on someone's windshield at Kroger. 

Second, I gave the next person in line at the Dunkin Donuts drive thru a Dunkin Donuts gift card.  I am sure that many of us have paid for the person behind us (and then sped off so they couldn't see who it was!  Ha! OK, is that just me?) This time I added a little handmade touch with a tag to put the gift card in. 

To make the cards:  I grabbed some random colors of cardstock and cut them 2.75 X 4 inches. The greeting I used is from Technique Tuesday (link below). Who wouldn't want to be told that right? I stamped it in Versamark and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. Then I rounded the corners. I used my Misti tool to make it faster but of course you don't have to have that to make these.  I put them in my purse so I always have them on hand.

To make the gift card tag:   I started by creating the striped pattern.  The key to making this is using the Simon Says Stamp grid paper  to line up the post it tape. This allowed me to get perfect stripes that were straight and all the same size. This simply wouldn't happen if I eyeballed it. (The green is the tape in the photo below)

I used Distress Ink (colors in links below) in a rainbow pattern ala Laura Bassen. (Anybody else think of her every time you do an inky, rainbow-y card? Since I knew I was going to heat emboss on that inky surface I hit it with a heat gun to make sure it dried. Once it was done I die cut the tag -- the back piece using white cardstock and the front piece using my inky background. I used the powder tool to be sure that I only got embossing where I wanted it.  I stamped the greeting with Versafine black ink and then used clear embossing powder and heat embossed it. To assemble the tag I stitched along the sides with DMC white floss. I added a ribbon on top and the gift card and it was done.  It was fun to make. I hope it brought joy to the person behind me in line at the drive thru. 

 

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MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping Tool Whole Kit and Kaboodle	Simon Says Stamp LARGE GRID PAPER Pack Pad SGRID1 The Color of Fun	*3M Scotch ROLL GREEN MASKING TAPE Post-It Adhesive 2650-G	*3M Scotch ROLL PINK MASKING TAPE Post-It Adhesive 2650-P	*3M Scotch ROLL YELLOW MASKING TAPE Post-It Adhesive 2650-Y
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Comments

[Lydia]

OMG I could not love this more. I bet the person behind you was blown away!!!

You are a peach!

[Susan Wymer]

Amazing and such a great idea to have gift cards!!! I like that idea better!!

[leslie]

WOWZA! All gorgeous. And you hand-stitched them? *thud*

[MsScrapmess]

Superdupergreat job :D

[Leanne in CA]

Love these ideas! The colors are so fun. Thanks for sharing. Have a wonderful day!!

[Deirdre]

Amazing ideas - have a blessed day.

[carol]

Oh my...you are a gem for bringing smiles to the faces of strangers, and you can include mine as one that is beaming brightly! Your good deeds: heart warming!
~carol

[Tamara Ostroznik]

Awesome ideas to share kindness <3

[Satori]

Such wonderful, random acts of kindness!

[KT Fit Kitty]

You are an inspiration! I think these ideas are wonderful!

[Pat Strothmann]

Amazing what an angel you are.

[Amy A]

Oh these are wonderful Ideas! I have done the Pay for the person in the Drive-Thru behind me as well, but love the tag/gift card idea too!

[Bunny]

Super sweet. Love that tag. It's so cute. Thanks for pitching in to help Jennifer, also.

[Cortni Hoover]

Perfect ideas!!! Thanks for sharing!

[Jo Ann F.]

These are great ideas. I love the windshield cards!

[Jeanne Jordan]

So so kind ... and clever! Thanks for the tip on the stripes!

[Mary Holshouser]

Would be nice to get a happy note on the car.
Hopefully the recipient of the gift card carried it forward.
thanks for sharing some great ideas.
Happy Thanksgiving

[marilyn]

What a great idea.
Thanks for sharing this hope you Thanksgiving is full of joy.
always to pay it forward.

[Dawn McCloskey]

Not only did you give a great idea of paying for someone's snack at Duncan Donuts, but you presented it in such a thoughtful/colorful way. Thanks for sharing the ideas AND the instructions!

[Renee Berry]

beautiful...thank you for sharing your big heart.

[Judy]

Great ideas--thanks for sharing!

[Sylvia Sanchez]

Thanks for sharing your great ideas & for your kindness.

[Cheryl Sager]

Awe, what great ideas!! Love your Laura Bassen-- inspired rainbow gift card holder :-)

[Carla Hundley]

Cute and fun
ideas!
Carla from Utah

[Di W]

What a treat for the recipients! Such cute, cute designs.