Always Be Kinder Than Necessary
Hi friends! Thanks for stopping by the blog today. Happy Saturday! We’re very happy to have first time guest to our blog, Dana Joy, as our featured artist on the blog today! I just love the happy colors she used to go with the fabulous sentiment from SugarPea Designs. Be sure to read on and enjoy!
This (Kindness Matters) is one of my favorite stamp sets from SugarPea Designs. It’s one that is always within arm’s reach in my craft room. The sentiments just remind me that there are still good people in the world.
I love making cards and sharing crafty happiness on a daily basis with friends, family and even strangers. So recently on a daily trip for coffee and chocolate frosted donuts with sprinkles I decided to make a card for the young lady who gets my order right every single time. She does this with a huge smile on her face and a cheerful hello and goodbye. Well she deserved a little bit of love today. Just that little act of kindness made this young lady’s day. Not only did she break out in a happy giggle but so did I. She ran around the counter just to give me a hug. See, that to me is what kindness is all about. Making someone’s day just a little bit brighter.
Sharing kindness is easy. It’s absolutely FREE to give. Doing this on a daily basis not only makes me feel good, it also does my heart some good too!
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Thanks for reading today, and thanks to Dana for being our guest!
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Love these soft colors and the sentiment is wonderful
Very pretty cards. The sunburst direct off the sentiment perfectly.
FAB cards! LOVE that sentiment!
Very pretty cards. The sunburst die sets off the sentiment perfectly.
Totally gorgeous cards!! Thanks for sharing! :D
Can I just say WOW !!!
Very pretty cards! LOVE the stamp set. Added to wishlist :)
So pretty soft coloured cards. I like them!
Wonderful design
Beautiful cards…and what a beautiful sentiment! Cheers.
Beautiful cards and beautiful sentiment behind them! What a lovely gesture to make to your coffee server!!!
Beautiful cards! But more than the beautiful cards is the important message of your blog post title today. Recently, an Instagram “re-post” showed up on my IG feed. The profanity and vulgarity was deafening. Normally I would just unfollow the person. But for whatever reason that day I decided to stand up and say something. I used no bad language in my response. I told the person to consider themselves un-followed and why. The card crafting community makes it pretty clear that it is kindness that we are trying to spread by creating handmade cards along with a handwritten message – an art in and of itself. The backlash was as deafening as the re-post. I was told “I could consider myself obnoxious.” The saddest part was the number of well known people who gave the re-post a “like” I was shocked, saddened, and troubled. So much so that I have unplugged from IG, FB, and Twitter. I miss my online friends in the card community terribly, but I just couldn’t justify staying in an environment that acted the way many had. My response to your beautiful cards and message today is this: “let the words of your mouth be a benefit to others and may your actions match.” Thank you to Simon Says Stamp for the wonderful products, the good customer service, and the designers that bring beauty to the lives of others.
Susie Lessard
aka: Sincerely_Susie
Beautiful card love the message
Love this card!
What a lovely sentiment! I love these cards!
I love these cards and the message!
Fabulous cards!
Love these beautifully inked cards and the sentiment is amazing!
Very pretty cards. The colors give you a warm fuzzy feeling!
Love all of the colors, and love the saying. Too bad not everyone in the world practices this…can you believe how amazing the world would be if everyone did.
Love the cards, love the message!
I love the card. But most of all the message is the greatest of all. What you did to the lady at the coffee shop was fantastic. Thank you have a great day.
Wonderful sentiment & great example of easy it is to spread a little kindness! Beautiful cards–such a neat die!
Love the soft colors on these lovey cards. The raised sun rays are so classy:)
Amazing how much POWER a simple card can PUNCH!
Love the subtle, but powerful, effect of the dimension!
Very pretty cards!
Lovely set of cards.
Very nice, Dana!
These cards are wonderful! I especially appreciate the Kindness comment that Sugar Pea Design made into a stamp. Kindness isn’t always readily evident in our society these days, but we can do our best to show it as much as possible.
Love these monochrome cards!
Wow – these are delightful!!!
Awesome cards…awesome colors. Love how you lifted the two corners…brilliant! Thanks for sharing with us!
Such pretty cards and I love the story about your coffee barista! Kindness does go a long way and it sure does feel for your soul!
I love the sunburst design you used. That is just like Kindness…it will burst forth and spread the more we show it. :) so pretty!
Beautiful, beautiful cards!! Love that sentiment!!
All of your cards are beautiful Dana. I’m not surprised that you gave that young lady a thoughtful card, you are just THAT SWEET! I am sure you made her day!
Such a beautiful way to deliver an amazing message!
Very lovely cards and I really love the sentiment!!
These cards are so sweet. Love the soft colors.
Love the unexpected dimension…really draws the eye to the fabulous sentiment. Can’t wait to see more from Dana Joy!
The sentiment is perfect for the world today. Love your cards!
Lovely cards and sentiment.
LOVE the cards and sentiment! AND I’m very impressed with the
idea behind them. The young lady was obviously delighted too.
Love your colors and how you popped up some of the rays. Pretty.
Beautiful card and beautiful sentiment! One I try to live by!
Love this die. I really like the stencils that are similar
What a great idea! Love your cards & that beautiful die!
Lovely cards. Awesome die.
Your cards are wonderful!!! Love the sentiment:)