apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

i've started making cards for local kids involved in The Ali Forney Center. they provide temporary housing and support for kids who came out to their families and were kicked out of their homes. the nyc kids in the program number 48. 3 cards down, 45 to go! i only just found out about this organization last week and was so touched by their mission, i just had to reach out. maybe you could whip up cards for kids in local programs who otherwise don't have the means to buy their own?

that video is amazing. such craftiness. i'm inspired to make my own cards now.

i've already started mine, thank you very much - trying not to get behind this year :)

Great video! I found some super super cute homemade cards on Etsy the other day actually that remind me of this, I bookmarked the page:

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6312510

That is a tremendous amount of work if one has great number of cards to send out!

It's not so much work if you make it sort of assembly line style and do all the pieces at once. It helps to have all the stuff she does though, like the embossing buddy, and the punch. Did she use a piece of chipboard I guess for the frame? You could also make your own frames using Stampin Up's square scallop punch and a smaller square punch. But each one of those punches sets you back about $16. Stamping gets pricey ... :)

Oh gosh. Before Mom worked full time (as an art teacher), she made cards every year. Some of them she drew, had professionally printed, and hand-colored accents. She did woodcuts. She silkscreened. One year, she did some super-awesome potato prints. (Not the kind you do in elementary school; detailed prints that had to be hand-painted with watercolor for each press.) Me, I may add some rubber stamp embellishments, but that's as far as I go.

Probably cheaper and cuter to buy them...