Cards for Bulgaria

This is the third year in a row that our church has partnered with Mission Bulgaria to provide Christmas shoe boxes for the Roma children in Bulgaria. What is different from the Samaritan's Purse Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes (which is also a very fine organization) is that their hygiene/school needs are provided separately so our boxes can be filled with the fun stuff like toys and candy. And the best part, is that we have a specific child to provide for complete with their name and a picture. One photo is attached to the shoebox top and one is to keep so that we may pray for them throughout the year. This mission sends around 3000 boxes and our church usually does about 300 of them. Click here for more info. 

I used some older products including a ready made PTI card front and the Reverse Confetti  (no longer in business) Joyous Holiday stamp and die set for the angel and an Illustrated Faith (retired) set for the nativity. Inside is a message from us that I typed in English and then used Google Translate to translate into Bulgarian. The sentiments (Christmas Blessings) were also translated and printed onto cardstock and cut out with an older Paper Smooches die. 

For Magdalena, age 7:

For Petar, age 11: 

Products: Reverse Confetti stamp and die, Illustrated Faith stamp, PTI card panels and cs, MFT, Concord & 9th cs and Michael's metalllic cs, MFT dies, Altenew and Delicata ink, Copic Markers

Copics for Angel: Skin-E00, E02, E11, R21; Hair- N2, N3, N5 N7; Horn/Halo-Y21, Y23, Y26; Dress-W00, E81, BG11; Wings-BG10, BG70

Copics for Nativity: Skin-E02, E11, E21, E15; Clothing-BG10, BG11, BG23, YG91, YG93, YG95; Baby Jesus-E00, E02, W00, E81; Manger-E30, E33

Both had to be done very quickly as I was running out of time. Due to lengthy overseas shipping all boxes are mass shipped in September in order to make it for Christmas.