After
making the card on the left for the weekend challenge on Seongsook's Stampers,
I decided to dedicate my entire Sunday to making cards for it. This is a
challenge started by a Senior in high school out in Utah (daughter of a fellow
crafter I've never met). She is calling it the Encouragement Project. The idea
is to have cards available to teachers and staff to write encouraging notes to
students who are struggling, or being bullied or feeling very alone. They will
also be used for students who went the extra mile or finally
"understood" something. With each card I made, the more I thought
this was an incredible project...
Although
no cards were asked of us during this challenge, I have decided to send these
for the project and I have TWO reasons...
1. I
think it's a FANTASTIC idea and I hope it gets wings and flies... :)
And
2. When Zack was doing his project during his junior year to get every student
at his high school to send an "Any Hero" note, I was overwhelmed by
the amount of help I got from my crafting community. People I hadn't even met
sent us card fronts to adhere the notes to OR helped color in the notes. Since
we had 710 to do, the help was much appreciated.
This
is MY opportunity to Pay It Forward...
Cindy I think you are a very talented card maker but I believe your real talent lies in writing. This post was so well written it touched me. I believe we met when I offered to help with Zack's project! Seems like a long time ago!!! Keep up the great work. Your cards are beautiful and I am sure the students will love them!
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