Thank God for Marnie's Craft Studio

I lead a Beaver Scout Colony.  And when I need a craft for said Beavers, one of my 'ace in the holes' is Marnie.  This year I came to her with the idea that I would get the kids to make a Christmas card for a loved one of their choice.  We'd focus on the message and then they'd get 20 minutes to decorate it.

The prep this involved was enormous.

For 2 hours we cut out disks and snowflakes, and more snowflakes, and Marnie used her magic machines to create "Merry Christmas" and character cut-outs.

I get impatient with this level of detail.  But Marnie talked me down off the ledge.  And showed me how to use these fabulous snowflake and circle punches while calmly running off die cut cut outs.

It was a master class in scrap-booking.   Anything I needed, Marnie had it in a drawer, on a shelf, or on a counter. 

I came equipped with paper and she turned it into creative choices I had to pull the beavers away from. They could have decorated a thousand cards. It was magic.  And every kid's card, no matter how enthusiastic they were with the glue, or adding details, had a unified feel, which made them work.

This was my son's finished card to his brother. Worth every minute with the snowflake punch.  Marnie you are truly the best!