Welcome on this blog hop and thanks for stopping by! This blog is about creating awareness for asthma, which comes in many forms from very mild to severe asthma. On this hop I want to share some information about what asthma is and what you can do to help. Of course, I will show you my card project for this hop and describe how you can reproduce it and there is a giveaway explained at the end which is sponsored by amazing stores and brands!
Asthma is a chronic lung disease which occur in children and adults, the airways are sensitive, and it depends on the kind of asthma what triggers the asthma. Asthma narrows the airway and cause swelling, it can also cause extra mucus due to inflammation. Symptoms of asthma
can be shortness of breath, a wheezing sound when someone breathes but isn't necessary, coughing, chest pain and feeling like all the energy just disappeared. There are different triggers, like exercise, allergic triggers such as pollen, dust, food and others and also non-allergic triggers like perfume, smoke, air pollution and viruses.
Approximately over 300 million people have asthma worldwide and unfortunately people can die from it too. Luckily with more information, research and new medication it can be controlled, but there is no cure yet. Most people know the inhalers, but there are also pills, injections called biologicals and prednison to reduce the symptoms. Some people with asthma have minor problems, while others can't work, and asthma has a high effect on their quality of life. The last one is called severe asthma, only 2-5% from all people with asthma has severe asthma so luckily it is rare.
How can you help someone with asthma?
Everyone reacts different and on different triggers, so ask them what their triggers are. For example, some people get an asthma attack from smoke (cigarette, BBQ, campfire, cooking dinner), perfume, humidity, some people can predict when snow is coming and many other triggers. Luckily everyone reacts differently. If you know the triggers of the person you can help them prevent to get in contact (and if you can control the weather you are the greatest hero on the world haha), this is really helpful for someone with asthma. Asthma can cause problems on one day and the next day everything is fine, so if someone needs to cancel the appointment be flexible and try to come with a solution. Like instead of going out, watch a movie together and ask if they need some help with cooking dinner for example.
Onto my card;
For my card, I cut a Smooth White top fold base card. Inkblended some Salty Ocean to the bottom of the card. Die cut a white cloud and adhered it onto the card using foam tape. Stamped the sentiment directly onto the card. Die cut two seperate clouds and adhered them to the card.
Voor mijn kaart, sneed ik een Smooth White top fold basis kaart. Inktblende Salty Ocean op de onderkant van de kaart. Stanste een grote wolk en twee kleintje en plakte deze op de kaart. Stempelde de tekst rechtstreeks op de kaart zelf.
Stamped the image, colored it up and cut it using my sciccors. Added some Gold glitter to the pants and shoes and finished of the card adding some clear sequins.
Thanks for hopping along hopefully you learned something from it!
Paper: Smooth White
Een mooie toepasselijke kaart voor het mooie initiatief Marieke. Alles klopt aan deze kaart.
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