From December 2008 through December 2011- our group of ladies have sent 6,117 cards to the troops.
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two more halloween cards
24 more cards to add to the total so far I have made 122, I have 28 more cards and I will finish my goal of 150 cards.
Here are 4 of the 7 halloween cards that I made. Forgot to take pictures of the other 3 before sealing them in their envelopes. Below is the inside of the middle card. The eyes are on accordin folded paper so the eyes pop out when the card is open. All the older nieces and nephews got explopding candy. I have to make a trip to the dollar store today to buy some soft candy for the 2 little ones that are only 2 years old.
Ms. Virginia made 5 of these beautiful cards for the soldiers.
Wendy made and donated these 3 beautiful cards
Sanda made and donated 3 of these beautiful christmas cards.
My scrapping buddy, Peggy M made another 5 christmas cards.
Peggy and I have went to a few crops at Scrappin Friendzee and when ever she sees a new face in the store. She take time out and introduces herself and helps them. This lady and her little girl came into the store with a stack of pictures. The lady was looking for someone to scrapbook the pages for her. Peggy said that she should scrap the pages herself because it is such a personal thing. Well the lady did not expect to be scrapping that day, but her and her daugther did 2 - two page layouts and a title page and she was hooked. Can't wait to see the finished album.
The paint bug has bitten again. Yes I am starting a new picture. It is a Mardi Collage.
On Wednesday, Oct 14 I taught this halloween paper piecing class at Scrappin Friendzee -2201 Barataria Blvd. Marrero, Louisiana
yes I made a ton of cards for the troops. I totally enjoy sharing my cards with these brave men and women.
Lori made and donated 13 of these beautiful cards.
Finished my #4 painting. My son wants to sell my paintings. My sister's brother in law wants to buy my 1st painting. I am not selling any of them I painted them for my living room wall. I have now sketched out my 5th painting.
This year we have 6 troops to send to.
on this bunch of cards I also decorated the envelopes.
my goal this year is to make 150 cards to send to the troops. So far I have completed 89 cards. I have another 20 that still needs to have sentiments put into the inside of the card.
peggy made 20 home made Christmas cards for the troops, she also donated another 18 home made All Occasions cards.
Thank You Peggy for the beautiful cards.
Charlene made 12 of these beautiful Santa Claus christmas cards. Look closely she used paint chips to make the santa claus paper piecing on her cards. Great job
Thanks Charlene for the cards. Charlene also donated 189 store bought all occassion cards.
here is the progress of my 4th painting which is a collage of seafood. Started this on Sunday evening. Should be finish this picture tonight (Tuesday).
Cathy sent Peter home with 44 beautiful hand made all occassion cards for the soliders. Here they are and they are beautiful, she did make several duplicates.
Thanks Cathy for your beautiful cards.
Wanda made some needlepoint cross pins for me to include in the boxes of cards that we will be sending to the troops in November.
The PINK crop was held at Scrappin Friendzee at 2201 Barataria Blvd, Marrero, Louisiana on Friday, Oct 8 and Saturday, Oct 9, 2009. I attend on Saturday and worked on cards for the troops. I completed 20 cards. While there we were asked to decorate a pink breast cancer ribbon. I did not bring anything pink all christmas cardstock and paper. But be hold I did search my paper container hoping that I had something to decorated with and I did, one magenta cardstock and a very small piece of a pattern pink cardstock. So yes I was able to create a little something to put on my ribbon. It was a memory ribbon for my mom, who lost her battle with breast cancer in 1991.
I am really on a roll another painting just a simple craw-de-lis painting. I am sure I could use lots of instruction on painting, but I am having fun just doing it on my own. So here it is the 3rd painting.
Instead of doing a paper piecing class last month (September) at Shey Lynne's crop at Cucos's the group worked on flowers. I cut flowers from the circut and showed the ladies how to use a stylus to give the flower a 3d look and some texture. Here is the end results.
After doing my 1st painting I was ready to do a second picture and here are the end results of that picture.