 Hi everybody. All right, we are here today with something new and interesting at least I think so um, I Don't know so I just I just I thought it was interesting for a long time So I go to a store here in the San Jose area called the universal connection and it is a Metaphysical store. I will include a link to their online Website their website in their online store in the description below They do do online orders and that sort of thing They have always when you go into their shop, which is really cute It's on Lincoln Avenue by the way if you're in the San Jose area should stop in over there They have crystals and incense and their Store just really has a positive atmosphere And one one of the things they have by the cash register when you're checking out is this dish of these cards and Each one of these little cards has like a positive affirmation word Or phrase on it and they're called the angel cards They do sell them there and actually when I was there recently they were sold out And I may at some point just order myself some from their online store because every time I go They seem to be sold out of them. I did though when I got home think, you know I should make myself some with words on them that have meaning for me or that are reminders for me in particular So the more I thought about that the more the idea wouldn't leave me alone and I came up with three and well two and a half pages of words I sat down at the computer while I was chatting with friends and I created some pages that have words on them that for me have meaning or are reminders for me on things I want to do or be or say and I Printed them on one side with just black ink and on just plain white cardstock and then I took them and put them back in the printer and printed the back side with some artwork now This is my feather download I have printed it four times on one page and Because I wanted it to be smaller I didn't want to the one page really big because each one of the cards is going to end up being really small It's only going to be this big so I Got everything printed up just like this and Then I'm going to show you how I made them. This is what they look like when they're finished in this little jar that I had There's just this little deck of cards and I can at random every day. Just pull one out This is so appropriate for me right now breathe remember to breathe And you can carry it around with you You could put it in your pocket or in your wallet for the day or longer and just you know Use it as a reminder. It's sort of a secure almost a security thing, right? I did as you can see kind of you can see that it's a little shiny, right? So I'm gonna show you how I did that old-fashioned way. You don't need anything special for this you can just do it With stuff that you have you need the printable so I'm going to Have this printable set of work cards available in my shop and for sale and You can print it out and then you can Make your own deck of cards So how how I once I had it printed I wanted it laminated because I really wanted to sort of last a little while right? It's going to get held and rubbed on and stuck into my wallet or God knows where I'm thinking about making a little sort of Kind of a keychain envelope or pocket keychain attachment for my bag that Periodically I can just open it. I can take the card that's in there out Put another one in and close it and then I just I know that cards with me or one or more So that's going to be in a different video, but that's what my thoughts are So okay, so what I did is I took my card my card once it was printed and some clear packing tape old-fashioned clear packing tape and Just put it down on the card and then I took take a gift card. This is a frosting spreader and just Make sure you get all the air bubbles out and Another piece of tape overlap. I'm just a little bit. I Know you're not going to be able to see because the tape is clear If you get like right there, and I did this on the original deck too I got one little one where there was like a this fold in it, but Once you cut them up, it's going to be fine. Try not to do that though. I did it in the original deck too Push it down really well then lift it up off your surface In this case my table Go And so now you can see it's Laminated right so I'm going to flip it over and I'm going to do the same thing to the other side I've got a piece of string or something stuck in there. Okay, that's okay Now on this half sheet it isn't super important that you do all the way down for just for the sake of Demonstration, I'm going to but you don't necessarily have to You want to make sure you cover the part where the words are now that you get the words You can push down each row of tape after you do it or you can Do the whole page After you get it all taped, but whatever you do do push the tape down really well I'm going to do the other two sets There's an air bubble right there There we go got it So if you get an air bubble if you just do that did you hear that pop if you just do that and you push on it Usually you can pop push it towards the seam where your tape is Overlapping the other one and usually you can pop it out. All right, I'm going to do the other two sheets I'll be right back once you have your sheet all taped up It's as simple as getting out your paper trimmer. Now. This is an exacto Guillotine style trimmer and I'm going to line up the edges of the card stock to start with to get me some straight edges Then I'm going to go in And I'm going to line up the black grid lines on the print Once I get all the excess tape and start cutting my cards out Just follow those lines on that grid. That's why I left the lines on there on the printable When I created it and then once you get that done and Into rows of course, then you can cut your cards apart Now you could use these as tags and some of your artwork You could just have them out laying around your studio if you're having a gathering of like-minded friends and art enthusiasts You could scatter them across the table. They could use them as inspiration for their work or their journal pages. I Just really love them. I can't even tell you guys how much I'm going to cut these up and Add them to my bowl. I Like the idea of having two decks in the bowl because then there's plenty in there I can give some away to friends when they come I can encourage them to take one home with them Just really cool. So I don't know what you want to call them a positive affirmation deck and a I don't know. I think positive affirmation deck is a good is a good name For it Whatever I whatever I've decided I'm sure is in the title of the video Don't know what that is right now But I've enjoyed making them and you don't need anything but your printer and Some packing tape now if you don't have a computer and you're thinking, you know I don't have a computer or I do have a computer, but I don't have a printer You could make this by hand and measure out your Squares on a piece of paper put words in them that work for you that are inspiring for you That are affirmations for you and Create your own. I would love to see what you do if you guys do that. I would love to see your cards So that's it. I'm gonna finish cutting my cards apart and add them to my little bowl I hope this gives you some ideas of something interesting and unique that you can do The most important thing is to go out and have a great day everybody and do something nice for yourself Because you deserve it and I'll see you later. Bye guys