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Halloween Treats!

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Aren’t these adorable?

These cute little bags are known as “Genie” bags. I used a small white sack that usually stores coffee beans and cut it down to a length of 3 1/2″. The bag cover measures 4 1/2″ square. I used my larger oval punch to create the handles.

I used some retired paper from Stampin up to cover the fronts. The spider is made using 2 – two inch scallops and the legs are photo corners. The bat is a retired Stampin Up bat cut out twice, I used a pop dot on the back and between the two layers. Each of these creatures has google eyes to set them off.

Adorable! They are filled with four small pieces of candy, some small play dough, pixie sticks and couple small cotainers of bubbles. More treat than sweet!

I also had a nice little outing to the AC Morre in Bowie. It isn’t very far from my home (about 35 minutes or so) and used a couple of coupons and treated myself to lunch out. It was a beautiful day for the drive. Alot of the road I take to get there is fairly undeveloped so you can really see the beautiful Autum leaves!

I will be doing more of these bags as favors for the neighborhood kids. I hope they’ll like them. My 19 year old (who will be 20 on October 21), told me he’d love to have one!

Oh, I probally won’t blog tomorrow, we’ll see. Chad (da goof) is turning 14 tomorrow. We may be taking him out for dinner. We’ll see. He is being a bit stubborn at the moment!

I hope every one is having a great day!

Stamp Happy!

Loretta

Shoe Box Card Swap!

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Hello everyone!

I hope you are enjoying a pleasant Tuesday! The card above is the one I am doing for the upcoming Baltimore, Maryland shoebox swap!

The recipe is very easy peasy!

Recipe:

Cut pink card base so it measures 5 1/2″ X 4 1/4″ folded
Dark blue card stock measures 5 1/4″ X 4″, and is randomly stamped using white craft ink and a speckle stamp. I then applied some dots of glitter randomly.
The embossed piece measures 4″ X 2″ and the back ground light blue piece measures 4 1/4″ X 2 1/4″.

The large pink scallop is embellished with a paper piercing tool, and measures 3″. The white scallop measures 2 1/2″ and is embellished with stickles.

The stamp is a retired stamping up set, snow angels. She is stamped with memories ink and colored with copic markers. The sentiment measures in at 1″ X 2 1/4″ and the card is embellished with gold ribbon, glitter and confetti snowflakes!

Yesterday I made 30 packets for the shoebox swap on November 1st. All that is left for this one is to type and print the directions as well as do a final quality check to be sure I haven’t forgotten anything!

Now, I am going to add more blog candy! I will be including some random stamped images. Stamped on high quailty white paper! It will be a surprise I hope that you’ll like them!

Stamp Happy!

Oh my aching feet!

Hello everyone!

It is Sunday evening and my feet ache! I worked all day at the Rams Vs. Redskins football game!

I got to help out at a Lemonade stand, it is hard work, you not only have to make the darn lemonade but you have to keep supply up with demand. There was alot of demand!

This volunteer day gave funds to my husband’s former unit to raise funds for their Christmas party. (Which trust me on this one is a blast every year).

Sorry I don’t have any photos to post tonight, I haven’t gotten any stamping done as of yet. I will be doing some major housework and laundry tomorrow. I figure I have earned some stamping time! Besides I have a bunch of 50% off Michael’s coupons that really *need* to be used!

I have mentioned before the “Send Me” foundation that helps solidgers who have been injured or hurt or have retired and find themselves in difficult situations. I am still trying to find their websight so you contribute time and money if you so feel the need. I have personally seen some outstanding things happen because of this organization.

In most recent times, the foundation along with First Baptist Church of Laurel have been assisting Louise Rosa-Valentine. He was injured in an IED attack in Iraq. He has lost both legs below the knee, one arm, the hearing in both ears and his taste. Currrently (as of our last week about a week ago) he was doing physical therapy to get ready for prostetic limbs as well as he will be getting a hearing aide and hearing implant surgery.

The organization along with the Church have begun renovations to make his home handi-cap accessible. He also just learned he and his girlfriend are expecting their second child!

His positive spirit and faith in the Lord are just fantastic, he does live here in the local area (about 5 miles from our home) and there will be continuing need. It is a blessing to know this young man. If you are local, his story appears in the Gazette newspaper!

I hope every one will pray for this family and the great need.

Stamp Happy!

Clean House Friday!

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Hello everyone!

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Here is a new on line stamping community I recently found, click here!

If you are truly looking for a community of wonderful people to stamp and chat with, this is the group for you!

The galleries and challenges are many fun things and it is filled with the nicest of people! The group does not tolerate any back biting or ugliness, which is more than I can say for SCS.

I will be leaving that thread in January after I have completed my current obligations on the boards/threads. I will no longer tolerate the back stabbing and allegations made by some members of this group. As my husband once stated ‘you can’t fix stupid’.

The pictures above are of my Christmas and Thanksgiving Cards, I love the way both turned out. The cornucopia image is colored with copic markers and embellished with glitter. The ribbon is a scrap I received as part of a thank you hostess package.

Ok, onto other stuff. I am starting blog candy today!

We’ll start with a wood mounted stamp. Isn’t this pretty!

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This is an inkadinkado stamp, it is the first offering of blog candy! Please play along, leave comments from today’s blog or any where on my blog you choose, I will be adding blog candy during the next several weeks, I plan to run the candy offering from today, October 10 until about November 24. The last blog candy winner was Brenda, your package went postal yesterday, please let me know when it arrives! I hope you will enjoy all of the swell goodies!
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Today it was so refreshing to once again have our home opened up and let the beautiful breeze come through the house. In spite of the fact I have still got this lingering cold, I cleaned out my closet and drug the under bed storage boxes out and ‘changed’ out the season’s clothing. It felt so good to get everything re-organized and to be able to try things on. Unfortunately now my ‘fat’ clothes are a little well, tight. I’m going to need to purchase a pair of kaki pants.

Mike (my Dear Husband) and I are volunteering at a football game in Baltimore on Sunday, apparently there is a dress code. I’ll be working the lemonade stand and he will be selling beer in the stands. Pray for us both! It should be alot of fun. Most of the proceeds go to the ‘Send Me’ foundation. I will blog more about this organization and how you can help hurt and sick solidgers and their families.

I hope every one has a great evening.

Stamp Happy!

Drum Roll Please! We have a winner!

Thanks to random.org the winner of the blog candy is:

Brenda said…
Great boxes, the look fabulous. Love the witch.
October 5, 2008 3:11 PM

Brenda please email me at ms.rhetta@verizon.net with your mailing information, I’ll try to make the post this week (I’m not feeling well, so no promices). Congratulations! I hope you will enjoy all of the goodies.

Blog candy will begin again on Thrusday of this week, provided I’m feeling a bit better!

Today, I haven’t done any stamping. I hope to sit down and get something accomplished though. Its sad seeing my craft area light off!

The card is made using the tutorial I posted on the butterflies, I applied it to different papers and finished it off with a ribbon and sentiment.

I’ll blog you guys later, congrats Brenda!

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