Merry Christmas CD Card

This sweet BIG card was one the Becky did as a make and take for our Crafternoon Crew card club last time we met. The white shaker window part is actually a CD sleeve. Pretty darn creative use for a CD sleeve! The stamps used are from The Angel Company, and I am going to have to get me some of them! Snowflake punchies are Martha Stewart from Michaels. I believe that you can find the how-to for this one on Split Coast Stampers.

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Let me tell you how my life goes some days... take this past Saturday for instance. It really began on Wednesday when Mom and I did the grocery shopping for the Angel Breakfast at church. We stopped at the rec hall and put the groceries in the refrigerator that night. Fast forward to 7 AM Saturday. The fridge decided to stop working at some point between Wed and Sat. All the eggs and milk, etc. are ruined. So we call around and round up more eggs and milk. Breakfast is going well, except for being a little behind schedule.

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At least the kids were really into coloring the cards that I had stamped for them to make for the shut-ins and they weren't running around the building like crazed lunatics screaming like they often do. So breakfast now is ready, we eat and start to clean up. Kathy does the other really nice foam craft with them so it has some time to dry while they are listening to Kipp read the Christmas story. By the way the cocoa packet favors are a BIG hit! While the cleaning up is going on the phone rings, it is Charlie and Dan from Camp Harmony. They are having a cookie baking demo today and their cookie baker is ill and can't make it, can we help? Sure, we can help. So finish cleaning up and off we go, drop Abby at the hair salon to get her hair done for the Christmas Dance (yes, we still call it a Christmas Dance... if you want a winter dance have it in January!) Stop off at the house so I can compile a list of great websites for cookie recipes and a list of cookie storage tips.

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Out the door again and stop at the grocery store for some ingredients. Up the hill to Camp to start mixing cookies. You would think that all would go smoothly from here right? Um, yeah, OK. Charlie broke the mixer and while trying to fix it (with a hammer) he REALLY broke it. So now Dan is calling around to get us a mixer.

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In the middle of this we are unwrapping Hershey kisses and caramels and my nephew wants to help, so I tell him to wash his hands. He tells me he did wash them, and I tell him to wash them again, and he loudly informs me that he did wash them after he pooped, which caused a giggling meltdown of the adults present. By the way we have 2 hours to do this, because we have to get Abby finished for the dance and my Mom and Dad are going to her work Christmas party. So general craziness ensues while we demo and bake for a few hours.

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I also showed how to stamp on white lunch sacks and make paper toppers for zipper bags to dress up your cookies for gift giving. Pack it up and get on home. Oh, and now for my evening activity... babysit the four year old nephew who only thinks you have to wash your hands after you poop. Thankfully we did have the smarts to deprive him of his nap, so that we could both take one that evening! Pretty much a typical day in my life...LOL!