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Hello stamping friends.  As you may know, I'm an elementary school teacher by day and a crafter by night/weekend.  I make cards and crafty things for friends, family, coworkers and my students.  This month, we had lots of snow days that prevented us from going to school.  Almost a whole week out of school and it wasn't even Spring Break.  Well, needless to say, the Dr. Seuss festivities we had planned for the week were out the window, or so I thought.

This Monday, I have a full day planning meeting where I'll get together with teachers on my team and on other teams so we can plan and collaborate.  I decided I'd put together some little Dr. Seuss treats to have out on the work table as we slave away (ha ha).

So it all started with the iconic Seuss hat.  I created red and white stripes using some FSJ cardstock, then added the "Sweet Treats" sentiment from the Little BIG Greetings (SS-0052).

When that was done, I filled some tiny glass jars that I found in the Target Dollar Spot with candy fishes, gumballs and candy sticks.  Oh, you know...One fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish as Seuss wrote.  

Aren't they the cutest little jars?  I scooped them ALL up because I knew they were PERFECT for this project...and inexpensive giveaways too!!!

And see those little composition books, They'll be featured here soon...They worked well as a prop-for now.  

Now for flavors...  GUESS the flavors of all four fish...If you do, I'll send you a special treat!  

Red:  Yummy!

Yellow: Yummy!

Green: Yummy!

Blue: Yummy!

And HERE WE ARE....(Ugghhh-I'm in the red on the lower left.)

In our fancy-schmancy new library...Fabulously painted by Mural, Mural On The Wall.  

President's Day Greetings...

Hello stamping friends and Happy President's day!  I'm headed to George Washington's house at Mt. Vernon today to have a little chat with the Prez.  Yep, for real!  I read they are doing some fun laser archaeology to document every little piece of the house- trying to determine what exactly is ORIGINAL!  It might be interesting seeing some folks crawling on hands and knees over there tomorrow...Looking for the proverbial needle in the haystack!

Anyway, while I'm over sipping tea and schmoozing with the President and Mrs. Martha, I'll leave you with another little treat.  I'm hosting a few new challenges over at my JOURNEY CHALLENGE BLOG and thought I'd be the first to post a linkup...

Now, as you already know, My FSJ supplies are limited right now...I'll get more soon, but for now, I have to use what I have.  Just squint really tightly and you'll see those stars are Richard Garay's Star diecuts (wink, wink).

I stamped the big stars on the Cranberry Bliss cardstock using Versamark ink.   I used distress ink and FSJ Black Licorice ink on the white panel and added the stars from the January Kit Of The Month and the itsy bitsy star from the Banner Party set. The sentiment came from the Thank You ATS stamp set.

Here's a close-up of the distressing/aging I did to the American Sun image.  I love that image and it's PERFECT for this special President's Day holiday.

The little flag on a stick was an after-thought.  I thought the brightness of the flag offset the distressed colors in the card and helped create the collage effect I was going for.  Adding the little beads to the Journey twine finished the embellishing off.

FSJ Shopping List:  

SS-0009 Banner Party Set

AT-0121 American Sun

AT-0084 Thank You

IP-0041 Black Licorice Ink

CS-0090 Cranberry Bliss Cardstock

CS-0023 Oatmeal Cookie Cardstock

CS-0040 Whip Cream Cardstock

AC-0004 Black Journey Twine

AC-0085 Journey Foam Squares (Regular)

AC-0063 Details Pro Shears

I hope you enjoyed this card.  Please join me (and other Journey Fans) in particpating in the Sketch challenge- It's fun, FREE and you just might win some FSJ goodies!!!

Check it out HERE