Winner! Winner!

The randomly selected winner of the Copic/Hero Arts giveaway is Kay Taillon, who very kindly commented on Facebook:

Love your clean & simple cards!  Your cards have increased my joy in making cards by showing me it doesn’t have to be ornate and fussy.  Thanks for introducing me to CAS years ago!

It’s always exciting when a long-time reader wins something! Kay, please send me your snail-mail address at susanraihala at roadrunner dot com, and I’ll get your goodies out to you ASAP.

Many thanks to all of you who participated!

Another fun Hero Arts set was used to make this highly subversive card. Peace, love, and pink are not exactly what we’re hearing about in the news. But each one of us cardmakers knows that we are motivated by loving-kindness, the pure joy of creating order out of chaos (if your craft space is anything like mine!), and the desire to lift others up. 

Honestly, I don’t know enough about the situation with Iran and Israel and the U.S. to have an opinion on recent events,  and it’s unlikely either side would be moved to peace by a daisy stuck in its missile launchers. 

What I do know is that my faith requires me to leave the world a better place than it was: to visit the sick, feed the hungry, give voice to the voiceless, do all the good I can with what I have where I am, and most importantly of all, LOVE God, my neighbor, and myself. A million different acts of love and kindness won’t make the news, but they are being done every single minute by people just like you and me all over the world.   

That’s the vibe I want to resonate with. 

In the comments, please share something good you’ve done for someone or that’s been done to/for you in the last few days. 

I’ll go first. I can’t get into specifics, but several people have come to me recently in need of more than a hug. I’ve been able to hook them up with Stephen Ministers, who will walk with them through their troubles for as long as they are needed. I thank God for the people who serve as Stephen Ministers, who receive extensive training and commit to caring a level above the norm. 

What about you?

Mercy, grace, peace, and love,

Susan