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.
OMG I could not love this more. I bet the person behind you was blown away!!!
You are a peach!
Posted by: Lydia | Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at 09:16 AM
Amazing and such a great idea to have gift cards!!! I like that idea better!!
Posted by: Susan Wymer | Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at 11:18 AM
WOWZA! All gorgeous. And you hand-stitched them? *thud*
Posted by: leslie | Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at 12:42 PM
Superdupergreat job :D
Posted by: MsScrapmess | Thursday, November 26, 2015 at 02:54 PM
Love these ideas! The colors are so fun. Thanks for sharing. Have a wonderful day!!
Posted by: Leanne in CA | Thursday, November 26, 2015 at 03:04 PM
Amazing ideas - have a blessed day.
Posted by: Deirdre | Thursday, November 26, 2015 at 03:45 PM
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
Posted by: carol | Thursday, November 26, 2015 at 04:08 PM
Awesome ideas to share kindness <3
Posted by: Tamara Ostroznik | Thursday, November 26, 2015 at 04:15 PM
Such wonderful, random acts of kindness!
Posted by: Satori | Thursday, November 26, 2015 at 04:17 PM
You are an inspiration! I think these ideas are wonderful!
Posted by: KT Fit Kitty | Thursday, November 26, 2015 at 04:22 PM
Amazing what an angel you are.
Posted by: Pat Strothmann | Thursday, November 26, 2015 at 04:38 PM
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!
Posted by: Amy A | Thursday, November 26, 2015 at 04:39 PM
Super sweet. Love that tag. It's so cute. Thanks for pitching in to help Jennifer, also.
Posted by: Bunny | Thursday, November 26, 2015 at 04:44 PM
Perfect ideas!!! Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Cortni Hoover | Thursday, November 26, 2015 at 04:47 PM
These are great ideas. I love the windshield cards!
Posted by: Jo Ann F. | Thursday, November 26, 2015 at 04:57 PM
So so kind ... and clever! Thanks for the tip on the stripes!
Posted by: Jeanne Jordan | Thursday, November 26, 2015 at 05:01 PM
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
Posted by: Mary Holshouser | Thursday, November 26, 2015 at 05:05 PM
What a great idea.
Thanks for sharing this hope you Thanksgiving is full of joy.
always to pay it forward.
Posted by: marilyn | Thursday, November 26, 2015 at 05:15 PM
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!
Posted by: Dawn McCloskey | Thursday, November 26, 2015 at 05:16 PM
beautiful...thank you for sharing your big heart.
Posted by: Renee Berry | Thursday, November 26, 2015 at 05:46 PM
Great ideas--thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Judy | Thursday, November 26, 2015 at 05:47 PM
Thanks for sharing your great ideas & for your kindness.
Posted by: Sylvia Sanchez | Thursday, November 26, 2015 at 05:51 PM
Awe, what great ideas!! Love your Laura Bassen-- inspired rainbow gift card holder :-)
Posted by: Cheryl Sager | Thursday, November 26, 2015 at 05:54 PM
Cute and fun
ideas!
Carla from Utah
Posted by: Carla Hundley | Thursday, November 26, 2015 at 06:01 PM
What a treat for the recipients! Such cute, cute designs.
Posted by: Di W | Thursday, November 26, 2015 at 06:06 PM