#The100DayProject

Today is the first day of the 2024 #100DayProject. It’s been a few years since I participated, but I had an urge to find a project this year. It took me awhile because I wanted the project to move me ahead with one of my intentions for the year. On the top of that list is getting through all the unused, but beautiful product, I have in my craft room. I also know that my time from day to day varies a lot. I just started tutoring in an ESL Special Needs first grade two mornings a week, and continue to be involved in committees at church as well as other commitments. Finally, I think I’ve fashioned a project that should work for me.

GOAL: to use my unused stamps, dies, and stencils. Work a minimum of 30 minutes/day using unused products with the goal of creating a “stash” of cards during the 100 Day Project.

I also know that it’s perfectly legitimate to make up the time if there’s a day I can’t commit to 30 minutes. But actually, they should be pretty infrequent. There will be at least one week when we are away before the end of the project (May 28th) but I can certainly take some supplies with me to work on while I’m away.

I do have some cards to share today. These were completed yesterday. One of my dear friends passed away on Valentine’s Day. I almost never have a stash of sympathy cards made ahead of time, so I needed one to send to her husband of 59 years after the service this morning. It ended up being a two-fer:

After I die cut the leaf for the sympathy card the green piece of Bazzil Prismatic paper looked perfect for another card.

For the sympathy card, I die cut two rectangles from Ellen Hutson’s Essential Rectangle dies and layered them on top of one another. I then added the leaf before adding it all to the card base created with cold press watercolor paper. The gold embossed sentiment is from a new set from Honey Bee, Be Still.  I always love a CAS design, but I almost always rely on a CAS design for sympathy cards.

The birthday card came together quickly. I trimmed the edges of the die cut piece and layered it twice-once with cold press watercolor paper and then with a piece of Bazzil Prismatic black cardstock. The Prismatic paper has a wonderful texture. I purchased it years ago, and rediscovered it when I redid my craftroom in the fall. This is the only piece of green I have, but I have a pretty large folder of it in different colors. I don’t know if it’s still available. 

The silver embossed sentiment was one that I had embossed earlier and was in one of my “sentiments to go” envelopes. It’s from Pink and Main’s Special Day sentiment set–one that’s seen a LOT of use. 

I’m sending the sympathy card to Simply Clean and Simple for my second entry this month, and to Time Out Challenge where they are celebrating their 10th birthday! (I’ll have another 
one for them later.) 

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