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PDF Templates for Holiday cards from scraps

I'm making this a separte blog to make sure they work Well the links are there but dont show as the image which I made a pdf format. Too high of learning curve right now. Too many projects to make in a week. Hopefully you can print from my google drive link as I did make it viewable to all or highlight and copy the pic on the blog? Tested viewing blog outside from blog editing mode. I can highlight and copy the link which leads back to the google drive file. So hopefully that works to anyone that wants the pic or I can send back as email attachments. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PBBkqyfzf-7C4rwdHLYh-XyngpgjRokv/view?usp=drivesdk https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PAHJUyK063q8IidqfThhIolOQauebRBd/view?usp=drivesdk https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PILunc1f5pygVXXePSDABjWksBnTiRWQ/view?usp=drivesdk

Holiday Cards from Scraps

 I have so many scraps especially from making masks. I wanted to use them up but also keep thinking of ways to do things for the kids in town. We retired to this small rural town inland Southern California. Much of the activites are outdoors. My family has teachers, principals, aides in the family as I was an aide mysel. My mothers's motto as well as her mother's was volunteer and share skills. Growing up with my mother was like going to high end preschool.  Always arts and crafts and always upcycled. So I practiced making some cards using basic shapes. I bought some card stock I cut in half then folded those in half to make the cards. I gained a glue stick that says "permanent adhesive" in a donation of craft supplies. I've not used glue sticks for a long time so have no idea if this is a new concept. But it worked really well sticking the fabric to the cards. Below are more sample cards I made as well as the top photo. For the kids kits locally I'm including...