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The picture is of a chalk board card I did around the Halloween holiday, it is a neat card, and stay – tuned, I will be doing a totorial on it soon.

Thank you to all who are commenting and continuing to comment on my blog, blog candy will be tomorrow.

Happy Staming!

Loretta

This beautiful medallion card also features stamps from sparkle n sprinkle. I love the combination of papers and the detail offered by these simple yet elegant stamps.

Here is a picture of the current blog candy offering:

Notice the ‘suprise’ element in the candy offering? Also I know there isn’t a picture of the buttefly pin or the Michael’s gift card, I simply forgot to lay them out on the table.

Remember it’s not to late to try for this lot of goodies! May 5th in the evening I will put all names in a hat and have my son Chad draw out the winners. Just a reminder, if you are overseas, I will pick at least two folks to receive a card from me, but the blog candy winner will be from the US only.

If you have any questions, please ask them. I love having these give aways and really wish I could give every one a little something!

Happy Stamping to all and to all a good night!

Loretta Rodger

Just too cute! I love the stamp and the sentiment. Stamps are from Sparkle N Sprinkle.

Just a quick update for you blog candy wanter’s out there. I will draw on May 5th for the current blog candy. I am putting this off a few days because there will be a surprise in the package along with the blog candy you already know about. So keep those comments coming!

I have enjoyed a very cool spring day here in Maryland. That darling husband of mine has been outside most of the day putting in new planter beds. One will have a knock out pink rose and the other beds will contain herbs.

So beautiful. I will be posting a few pictures in the next day or so of the new planting beds. I can hardly wait for them to be finished. Ohh laahh lahh!

Happy Stamping!

Loretta Rodger

“Hey mom, Just Five more minutes”

It was not your typical Friday. Those wonderful long awaited trees arrived today. Michael has all but one in the ground, and we are busily working to get the rest of the yard and our small garden started.

Chad, playing contently outside, is called for dinner, just five more minutes, of course, its Ok since I still need to get the garlic bread out of the oven. It is just one of those days. I nearly burned the bread when I called him the second and third times…..

I’ve called the 19 year old Craig and asked him to move his car for the fifth time, for goodness sake that dog has been barking for five minutes, she isn’t gonna hold that ‘present’ for much longer.

The Lexie dog just threw up on the rug, Snicker dog pooped on the rug (hey but he tinkled on the paper), and Buttecup is ‘mark marking’ (She doesn’t really bark) for the fifth time in 10 minutes. Again.

Some days, the day is just five minutes too long. I’ve asked for the recycling to go out five times to many, (but mom I need five minutes), the garbage is piling up and the laundry is still waiting patiently to be finished.

The husband has grumped about something you can’t possibly control and your dear mother is driving you up the wall. I’ve told the kids to brush their teeth for the fifth time, or they’d end up with only five teeth. Must be a day of fives. Maybe I should play the lottery. Then again, I don’t have five bucks in my purse.

I was thinking, what I could do with five minutes, one of my favorite videos, talk about Mom sense, its worth the watch. The video doesn’t take five minutes to watch though 🙂

Sigh. I have decided that life is too short to worry about five minutes. Maybe, just maybe tomorrow will be a ‘want five more minutes’ please day.

My mom told me that there would be days like this. I guess she forgot to tell me that they may last for more than one day, one week, one month or even one year. Keep your head up, feed the dog, clean up the living room .

For those of us who are believers in Christ, my favorite scripture is Jeremiah 29:11-14, I hope you will dust off your bible and read it. It is simple, I keep in mind that the Lord is the one in charge of my path, he knows the plans he knows the ways, I only seek and find his ways.

Just a few thoughts! Have a blessed Friday Evening!

Loretta

Hello Everyone!

It is indeed Thrusday!

I hope every one is doing well.

Here in Maryland it is a beautiful day! I am enjoying having our beautiful home with windows open. There is something relaxing and comforting about seeing the sheer curtains blowing in the breeze!

These are great for gift card holders. You can view their other great stamps and projects by clicking here.

I am making all kinds of goodies to sale. Our community is having a yard sale in May, and since I don’t have much in the way of traditional yard sale stuff, I’ve decided to do some crafty stuff to sell!

By the way, New blog candy, “studio G clear stamps, VS4911 Series 11, “thank you” and “widgets”, these are new dollar stamps I found at Michael’s, but they are darling and I thought I’d throw them in!

I will also include one of these money holders, I’ll be posting other styles of these in future blogs, and (no, I’m not crazy — yet) There will be a $15.00 Michael’s gift card in one of these! Yupper, talk about candy!

For these money holders, I used double sided Designer papers, stamped, and cut out, I embellished the sweaters with shrink plastic butterfly ‘pins’ the stamps are from the starving artist studio. There stamps can be viewed by clicking here. I have been stamping these onto transparencies as well, they are coming out so lovely!

On the Home Front!

Exciting News! My dear Husband. (I need to take his picture so you can appreciate this guy). Got up with the youngest son, Chad this morning. I got to sleep until 7:45 am. You guys out there with kids can appreciate that that is ‘late’!

Once up and dressed we went to our local nursery, and bought five cherry trees to replace those lost over time to underground cable, fios, etc. They will arrive tomorrow. Michael is out now with his shovel and baseball hat preparing the holes for these new trees!

Oh if that isn’t enough, Chad made the Honor Roll! I’m now officially one of those dork parents with that ‘my kid is on the honor roll’ bumper stickers on my car. I am so proud of him!

Remember feel free to ‘CASE’ my work at anytime, just be kind, don’t submitt it for publication and don’t sell stuff without asking.

Stamp Happy!

Loretta

email me at ms.rhetta@verizon.net