Inspire Me Tuesday

Ahhhhhh…. finally a moment where I can think and breathe… it has been hectic tutoring more than I usually do and suffering from a terrible congestion due to our lovely pollen!

But I’m back and ready to post post post… starting with today’s inspirational words….

Please take time to let this quote marinate in your soul and inspire you!  When life seems to be handing you some major storms.. just be patient and soon you will have peace and rainbows!  I will be posting this card tommorrow on our Etsy Shop(hoping we have a sunny day for me to take some pictures)

Now since I really didn’t post anything last week I’m going to be post a few APA facts for the monthly contest and postpone the contest to start this Saturday, May 31.

Keep Making Gifts Within A Card!

Maranda

 

Jog Your Memory Monday

I’m such a bad blogger…. it has been crazy here in da ville…. as some know I private tutor in the lovely maths.. and it is finals week so most of my students have been doubling their time so I am all over the city helping them make sure they getz that A.

No big holiday this coming week… BUT

Ask yourself — do I need to send some cards out this week?  If the answer is yes you better verify the address, pick a handmade greeting for that special person in your life, and put it in the mail or hand deliver!  Here is a cute Birthday card you can pass along….  You can find it on our Etsy site.

Counting down the days— Father’s Day is June 15th!

Keep Making Gifts Within A Card!

Maranda

 

Teach You Thursday - Scrap Word Paper

I apologize for posting this so late… things have been busy with my tutoring and work… by being off work 2 days with the sick kiddo I’ve been working longer hours so that I have mola to pay the bills. 

As a cardmaker I find myself wondering what to do when I have some scrap paper with words on it.  Trying to not waste paper or trash it I find some kind of card to make.  Which I hope to show you how to do with today’s tutorial.  In honor of Graduation season I thought I would relate the card to graduates.

Step One: Gather Your Materials (Note materials will differ on this card since it depends on what you have)

Materials:

Scrap pieces of paper with words on it                         Scrap pieces of coordinating paper                                  Adhesive
Embellishments if desire

 

 

 

Step 2: Layout your papers how you desire on the card

Using your various paper layer them on the card arranging your word paper so that they are legible to read. As you can see I used a patterned vellum paper for the top portion and my words appear at the bottom of the card.

Step 3: Add your desired embellishments
For me I needed something to serve as a divider between the vellum and the word paper so that the styles flow together. I took some blue cardstock - cut as a strip of ribbon and placed some red brads along it.

And you are done you have a card which uses your scrap word paper in congratulations greeting for the special graduate in your life. What do you think?

Keep Making Gifts Within A Card!

Maranda

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inspire Me Tuesday

I hope all is well for all today — I’m still at home with a sick child…. pesky change of the weather makes her so congested. 

Today’s quote card is:

Please take time to let this quote marinate in your soul and inspire you! It is very true that life is sweet no matter what you are going through it could be worse you could not be living.  If you are interested in this card you can find it here.

Now our APA Heritage Month Fact for today is based on the Korean Americans.

Estimated 1,406,687 Koreans reside in the United States.  It is stated that the significant initial Korean immigration is occurred on January 13, 1903, when laborers arrived in Hawaii to work on sugar plantations.  January 13 is celebrated as Korean American Day in order to recognize Korean Americans’ impact and contributions.

A unique site I came across has interactive lessons on Korean American which you can view at: http://arirangeducation.com/main/  As reading the site I learned that Arirang is a folk song of Korean Americans which is about moving from place to place.  The South Korean government designated Arirang as the official march of the US Army 7th Infantry Division, after its service in Korea during the Korean War.  And besides being a song it later became a Korean film made in 1926 which was considered to be lost in the Korean War.

If you want to listen to the folk song just go to this rendition - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eakOpAkalAY

Keep Making Gifts Within A Card!

Maranda

 

APA Heritage Month Fact

May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.  From May 12, 2008 - May 26, 2008 we will post facts related to the Asian Pacific American cultures.  We will hold a contest at the end of the month based on the facts.  Here is an image of what the winner will get so far:

Fact for the day:

The origination of the month started as a congressional bill for Asian Pacific American Heritage week in 1977 which later trascended into a month long celebration in 1990. 

The reason the month of May was selected is to commemorate the first Japanese immigrant on May 7, 1843 and the the completion of the transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869.

Keep Making Gifts Within A Card!

Maranda