Page 174 – Loretta Rodger

Owl be thinking of you — a never ending card.

Last flip — back of card

Third flip

Second flip

First flip/front of card

Every time I make a never ending card, I seriously question my own sanity. I necer really start off with one thinking “umm, I’ll make this one in xyz theme today”. Generally speaking, they take on a life of their own keeping in mind what I happen to have out on my desk at any given time.

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It must be an orange and golden yellow kick. I sure am drawn towards these bright colors this week! This really started with my playing with the new stamping up punch, the little owl that I poped off the card using black dimensionals.

I will be bringing the card and cute mini note pad to my group counseling appointment this week.

Last week’s party/session was such a huge success that when it is time for e to finish up my sessions (in about 6 weeks) I plan to bring something special for everyone!

So, here are a few things about the feeling of today’s card.

When you have time on your hands, put them together and pray.
Be the person who changes everything in some one else’s life. Your own life will be blessed.
Be true to yourself and believe in the power of your dreams. Even when you don’t see a point, know that the blessings to come will come down like a welcome shower of rain on a super hot summer day.

Speaking of rain, our dry parched neighborhood received very welcome thunder storms and nice heavy steady rain last evening. You could hear our vegtables and grass raising up and praising the Lord for the bounty of the blessing.

Blog candy will be drawn on July 22, so please remember to get those comments in, tell your friends and spread the word! Thanks to all whom have emailed, signed up as followers and left positive and encouraging feedback!

Have a wonderful Monday night, we will be enjoying our first Bacon,Lettuce,Tomato sandwiches using our own lettuce and tomatoes! I am so excited about a sandwich I’m getting pretty excited thinking about every mouth watering bite!

Stamp Happy, Be a blessing to someone today!

New storage — reminder blog candy until July 22 — LOTS OF PICTURES!

Hello my crafty friends!

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Here it is, isn’t it grand? Do you see what is under the skirt? It is a Craftsmen tool chest. I bought it from a guy in Bethsda, Maryland on Monday. It was $150.00. A similiar one is over $300 + and this baby is built to last. It is storing my large sizzix dies and I just love it.

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I covered the nit with a skirt which is velcroed in place. I will need to reinforce the joints with some safety pins to keep everything neat, but that shouldn’t be hard to do.

The punch art is from stampin up and I just love it, I made a “beak” out of an orange sticky note and added google eyes for more fun and movement. It is embellished with scraps of patterned paper and glitter. They are not difficult to make, just a bit time consuming.

Blog candy continues until July 22, so get those comments posted! Remember it is over a $120/value.

I hope you guys have a great weekend, enjoy the pictures and I’ll enjoy my space! It has so opened up an other wise crowded – tight basement and I am so pleased with the results.

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Stamp Happy!

Mail — oh a happy day!

Hi Gang,

Yes, I have been crafty but no pictures (I know, what the heck!) I sold off my over sized took up too much floor space quadruple piece of crap computer desk! Pictures to come tomorrow.

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I am having a blast, I bought (I know only me) a craftsman tool chest that measures like 31″ x 36″ x 19″ deep. It is holding my over sized dies. That must be the word of the day for me, “over sized”, like my waist line — oh my its time for bed :-).

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Any how, blog candy people, lets get to posting comments, its good until now NEW DATE JULY 22 I will pull a name, hopefully I’ll double my followers and quadruple my comments. Please get to reading and commenting!

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See the side bar, that is one cricut cart, one stamp set, one altered item and $25.00. Over a $120 value in scrapbooking/stamping materials. ALL FOR FREE, all you have to do is post a comment.

NEW** Extra chance to win, add me to your side bar and get 8 votes, it used to be 5 now it is eight votes, so that is a total of 9 votes for the initial comment and an additional one vote after that for each comment. Yupper, so get to it!

On the home front, the new medication I am taking is already making a huge difference in my overall mood. I am so thankful. I start the new dosage this weekend and am looking forward to the possibilities. My depression issues have abated to a great degree and for that I am so thankful!

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Stamp Happy, have a great weekend. I promice tomorrow’s post will have pictures!

Hugs,

Party Time!

Hello my Crafty Friends!

Here are the party favors for a birthday party with my group therapy session next Tuesday night. One of our members (it is an all girl group) will celebrate her 20Th birthday.

It must be pretty obvious I have spent my share of years as room Mother, VBS and Sunday School Mother not to mention the countless Shoe box swaps, Stamping Parties, Birthday and celebration gigs I’ve catered favors for over the years.

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This is a sizix box with handles die, I cut it from very inexpensive (on the markdown at my Michael’s store). Before I assembled the boxes, they where sponged with Only Orange ink from Stampin up. I really love the added dimension the sponging gives to this project. The “Happy Birthday” sentiment is from Inkadinkado, it was actually part of a larger stamp that I cut apart so I could use it as part or whole.

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The scalloped paper is punched from green and orange card stock and also sponged with the orange ink. The bags are filled with candies, glow sticks and a fun little wind up chattering teeth toy. I know this is a party for adults, but the suggestion of keeping it simple and silly — meant I just couldn’t resist.

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Please spread the word about my blog, a picture of the current blog candy is on the right side bar, it also includes $25 (not shown) gift card or cash. Which ever the winner prefers.

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Stay tuned for more fun projects, and thank you for joining me today. Stay cool, and Stamp Happy! Much love!

Have a bright day!

I hope you all enjoyed a nice 4th of July holiday weekend. We stayed close to home, enjoyed shotting some fireworks, eating water mellon and enjoying smoked chicken wings, bbq ribs and other delicious traditional holiday foods.
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I made the card above for my mother. We have been at odds for many years and after speaking with one of her sisters, I decided to write her a little note to just let her know that I was thinking of her. Sometimes you just have to be the bigger person.
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I am so excited I received a large order from My favorite things stamps on Saturday, I’m having a great time playing with them. I really love their pure innocence stamps, the images are just simply adorable, fun to color, layer and use in may applications.
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Once Chad *finally* wakes up we are going to head out and do a little shopping, I have promiced him that we would go to Walmart so he can spend some of his gift cards. It is always fun to take him out with me,, he is a really witty kid and fun to be around.
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Don’t forget about blog candy, picture on side view, and remember there is also $25 in the pot. PLEASE PUT MY CANDY ON YOUR SIDE BAR, encourage folks to come visit me with your posts as well, I’d really like to see 10X more comments than I am currently receiving.
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Have a great week, enjoy the summer stay cool and safe. Stamp Happy!

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