World Of Michael Trent

  Today I am one of the makers in the first Paper Crafters Unite Against Racism Instagram Hop of 2023 -  #papercraftersuniteagainstracism.  The hop continues tomorrow with new makers. The goal of this hop is to raise awareness about: - anti-racism; - BLM (Black Lives Matter); - to stand with and demonstrate solidarity with, sadly, so many causes...Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (APPI), the Jewish and Palestinian people, and other oppressed minorities. Basically, be kind and respect others.  Even if you do not agree with them or their views.  They might not agree with yours either.     For my notecards today, I went simple.  I used the Wave Form Cover Die from Altenew to cut 6 different colors from the Harvest Gathering Matstack from DCWV.  I wanted these colors to represent different skin tones in humanity.  Then I used one of each color to form the different card fronts....

Hello everyone.  There is a huge Instagram hop happening today called Paper Crafters Unite Against Racism. Although I am not taking part in it (my own fault for not signing up in time), I wanted to show my support with the Paper Crafting community. Racism in the USA and the world is out of control and really needs to be talked about.  No one is born racist. It comes from our upbringing.  I was taught to love people.  The color of their skin or where they were from was not important.  What was important was who the person was.   We just need to talk to each other.  Start a dialogue. Educate ourselves.  Attend protests, if possible.  Try to be part of the change! Anyway, at the end of this post is a screenshot of the crafters taking part in the hop if you want to stop by some or all of their Instagram pages to show support.  For my card - I recently saw a quote that moved me.  "The heart never knows the colour of the skin." By Ch...