I’ve been a busy little bee in my stamp room this week, and I’ve got a lot to share but not sure if I want to show all of it to you today.  I think I will just make you wait!  LOL!  Other than stamping my husband and I took the time to do a day trip this week.  We went to the Historic River Walk in Pueblo, Colorado.  Now it isn’t as big a deal as the one in San Antonio, Texas, but for the size of city that Pueblo is, I was impressed.  I’ve never been to San Antonio, but I hear that it is a nice place to visit.  We just might have to put that on our list of things to do once I am finally finished working.

I go back to work on August 12th.  It will be my final year of teaching.  I am approaching this final year with mixed emotions.  I officially retired at the end of this past school year, but this new one will be my “transition” year.  Part of me is anxious to get back into a routine and wonders if I will miss having my own classroom of students on a daily basis.  Part of me is ready to start this adventure called “retirement” and start doing some of those things I have always said I wanted to do.  Time will tell and the plan right now is to take things one day at a time.

Today I want to share a card I made using the Tag a Bag Accessory Kit (130153) found in our current Annual Catalog.  We got it as part of  one of our make-n-takes at convention.  I wondered what to do with all of the left over pieces after the make-n-take was complete and I decided to try this.  It turned out pretty well, don’t you think?

A word about the Tag It Stamp Set I used:  Every time someone purchases this set found on page 45 of our Annual Catalog, $3.00 is donated to Ronald McDonald House Charities.

Here’s what I used on this card:

Whisper White Card Stock  100730

Tag a Bag Accessory Kit  130153

Tag It Stamp Set  130300-w or 130303-c

Gorgeous Grunge Stamp Set   130514-w or 130517-c

Bermuda Bay Classic Ink  131172

Summer Starfruit Classic Ink  126991

Calypso Coral Classic Ink  126983

Old Olive Classic Ink  126953

Bermuda Bay Stampin’ Write Marker

Summer Starfruit Stampin’ Write Marker

The Stampin’ Write Markers are not sold separately in these two colors.  They appear in the set of markers that appear on pages 143 and 141 respectively in the main Annual Catalog.  Summer Starfruit is part of the 2012-2014 In Color Collection with the item number of 126856, and Bermuda Bay is now part of the new Brights Collection and can be purchased using item number 131259.  You will get the entire set of colors when you order using these item numbers.

Well, I hope you enjoyed your visit here today.  Until next time…

Happy Stamping!

Josie