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Thursday, May 30, 2019

Last Chance to Order Everything is Rosy: Only One Day Left

Good Morning Stampers!

Only a few days left for the catalog and the Last Chance to order this amazing Bundle:
Everything is Rosy



Here are more things you will find in the bundle and some beautiful ideas you can make with it.
The papers are absolutely gorgeous and don't you just love that stamp set!










 I hope you enjoy this share today. Get your Everything is Rosy Bundle today before it is gone!

Deb B


The Crafting Fool

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Technique Tuesday: Tri-Fold Accordion Card

Hello Stampers!

We have a little sunshine. Who knows how long it will last in light of all the storms heading this way. Scary stuff. We were blessed with Sunshine yesterday for a wonderful Memorial Day celebration and today the sun is out, even though it looks like it is threatening to leave. Hopefully the sun wins out!

Today I made a really cool Tri-Fold Accordion Card I found on Patty Bennett's site at  www.pattystamps.com. It uses almost a half sheet of 12"x 12" DSP and a 5 1/2"x 4 1/4" card base. I love how beautiful it turned out! You get to give a nice size card with all that loveliness of our DSP!

First cut your dsp (watch your direction) 5 1/4"x 11 1/2", then score at 9 1/2", 6 3/4" and 4".
Your design will actually be upside down when you are scoring, so be aware of that. (Ask me how I know 😞)

Cut your base of case stock 5 1/2"x 4 1/4"
Turn your paper to the desired printed side and burnish all score lines well:
Now glue your DSP to your card base, glue the back of the 4" panel as shown:
Glue the short flap down and give everything a good rub:
Your card should look like this: 
Now stamp and cut out your front panel, it can be a circle, oval, square or any other desired shape. Cut out a boarder shape as well and an identical shape for inside the card , this will be your mat for your message.
Next glue half to 3/4 of the shape to the front flap, leave a little hang over the edge by centering the shape you have chosen. 
Now open your card and lay the mat on top of the one you just glued down using the part that is sticking outside of the card as a guide. Glue the back and gently close the card over the mat to put it into place. You can stamp this before adding to the inside, just be sure to lay it face down and glue the back.
These are very quick to make. I completed three in no time at all. 
  

Just imagine the possibilities, with all that beautiful paper you still have hanging around! Get chopping and gluing! It's as easy as that! 
I hope you found this to be a helpful technique for a fun card design.

The catalog is coming to an end and so are a bunch of products. If you would like to order something before it's gone go to my online store here. The new catalog will be coming out June 3rd so be sure to go by the store and check it out. You can use the same link as above. If you would like a catalog, just send me a message with the subject heading "catalog" and let me know your details. I will get back to you ASAP and make it happen!

Thanks everyone for stopping by! Have a great week!
Deb B
The Crafting Fool




Monday, May 27, 2019

Monday Musings: IN Honor of Our Veterans

Hello Stampers,

In Honor of our Veterans today let us remember the sacrifice they have given for our freedom.
Thank You all who have and are serving, and for the spouses who serve right along by their sides caring for their families while they are gone. And especially for those whom have given the ultimate price, may God Bless you!

My husband is the Commander of the VFW #1421 here in our little town. He was honored today to speak at the memorial service for our fallen veterans in our area. We then enjoyed a meal at the post for their brothers and sisters.








 Yup, there he is at the top. Handsome man! Proud of him! The long haired boy in the green shirt is our son. It turned out to be a beautiful day after weeks of rain the sun was out and it was nice and cool outside. What a beautiful day to honor our fallen heroes!
Have a great day everyone!

God Bless the USA!
Deb B
The Crafting Fool






Wednesday, May 22, 2019

In the Word Wednesday: Genesis 23-28 Blessings Made Blessings Kept

Hello Everyone!

Wow, there is a lot to cover here! As I learned last week Abraham had faith that God would provide a sacrifice for the alter, and He did. He didn't have to sacrifice his son Isaac! So now Issac grows to be a man and gets himself a wife and has twin boys, Esau and Jacob. Esau is a Hunter and Jacob a Farmer. Esau is hairy and a rough, wild dude and Jacob a soft gentle man who stays close to home. One day Esau comes home hungry and wants feed and Jacob tells him he will give him stew he prepared if he gives him his firstborn birthright. Very conniving. Esau, is very dramatic and says he will die of hunger, so gives up his birthright for a bowl of stew. Can you imagine. I don't know how hungry Esau could have been to give up his birthright. After all he is a hunter. He had to have opportunity to have a meal while he was away. The Bible does not say there had been a time of famine from game, so why was he so hungry as to give up his birthright? Or was he just not interested in it to begin with. The Bible says he despised his birthright. I wonder if that means the responsibility that comes with it as he loved the outdoors and being free?
So, we move on to Chapter 27 when their mother gets involved. It seems to me these woman are a greedy lot. (I can't wait to read about the more honorable woman in the Bible)  She has Jacob pose as Esau on Isaac's death bed, when he could no longer see clearly. She had Jacob put goat fur on his arms, neck and chest to fool his father into believing he was his older brother, so he could receive Issac's blessing. Which he did.

Chapter 27 verse 27
27 So he went to him and kissed him.
When Isaac caught the smell of his clothes,
 he blessed him and said,
“Ah, the smell of my son
is like the smell of a field
that the Lord has blessed.
28 May God give you heaven’s dew
and earth’s richness—
an abundance of grain and new wine.
29 May nations serve you
and peoples bow down to you.
Be lord over your brothers,
and may the sons of your mother bow down to you.
May those who curse you be cursed
and those who bless you be blessed.”

Now, when Esau found out he was furious and wanted to kill Jacob. I have to ask why? He gave his birthright up freely just a while ago for stew. Why is it so important now? Or is it just jealousy? Esau most likely doesn't want the responsibility, but he probably does love his father and wanted the blessing that the father had for him.  He didn't want to be the servant of his brother either as I am sure he heard about. I am sure he wasn't happy about that. So now he wants to kill Jacob.

After Rebekah hears about Esau's plan to kill Jacob she tells Isaac she doesn't want him to marry a Hittite, a Canaanite woman, once again manipulating the situation. So they send Jacob away to Paddan-Aram the house of his mother's father Bethuel to find a wife. 

Meanwhile Esau heard that Canaanite woman were displeasing to father so he went to Ishmael and married Mahalath , Nabaioth. He had other prior wives.

Back to Jacob, he set out for Harran and stopped along the way for the night. When he slept he lay his head upon a rock. He had a dream of angels going up and down from heaven to earth, back and forth. 
  "13 There above it[c] stood the Lord, and he said: 
“I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham
 and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your 
descendants the land on which you are lying. 
14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the 
earth, and you will spread out to the west and to 
the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples 
on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.[d
15 I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go,
 and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you 
until I have done what I have promised you.”

When Jacob woke he said, 

16.... “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not
 aware of it.” 17 He was afraid and said, “How awesome 
is this place! This is none other than the house of God; 
this is the gate of heaven.” 

So he built an pillar and placed the rock on top and named this land Bethel. Jacob then makes a vow to give a tenth to the Lord since the Lord promises to protect him and return him safely to his father's household. He vow's to keep the Lord as his God. And that the Stone set on the pillar will be God's house.

So it seems even though this may not have been the original plan of God, or was it, God kept His promise of Isaac's blessing.  Maybe Esau would not have been a good leader being he was a wild child and didn't appear to like responsibility. God would have seen that, but more importantly, God keeps His word. He told Abraham that he would bless him with a great nation and through him it has come to this point Jacob's turn to carry that out, all be it not in the best way, God can turn anything around right! He will make lemonade out of lemons! Jacob stole the birthright but God must have seen some good in Jacob to allow it to be carried out. When the Lord appeared to Jacob he proved he would be faithful to the Lord and dedicated himself back to him much like we do at our baptism! He repented, he rejoiced, he dedicated his life anew! Amen! He had faith to carry on and so the story continues next week......

Thanks for coming and sharing with me this week. It was a long this time, wow! This lesson reminds me of the Song"On Christ The Solid Rock I Stand", in so many places in the Bible we get the same picture, that God is our Rock! Click above and enjoy the song!

Have a blessed week!
Deb B
The Crafting Fool!!!


Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Technique Tuesday: 2 ways to add Vellum Layers, without seeing the adhesive

Hello Stampers!

Have you seen all that beautiful vellum we have been carrying lately? Have you been discouraged trying to add layers only to find you see the adhesive? Well I have good news! I researched how to add that beautiful vellum without seeing the ugly adhesive behind it. I am sure by now you have used the tried and true technique of adding Rhinestones and Pearls and right behind them putting glue dots to hold down your vellum. That it one clever way.  Well today I have two new ways to add that vellum without a hitch! Here are the cards I made using these two new techniques, I hope you like them.



1. Take  your Multipurpose glue and squeeze it on your Silicone craft sheet. Take a sponge and dab it onto your paper, all over. Now you can adhere your vellum.
I did that here then cut my sheet down to the size I needed for my card front.


2. Set your card up and glue. With this card I embossed the vellum and added "embellishments" to the front. 
 I glued down the "embellishments"
Then flipped over the vellum and glued ONLY BEHIND THEM

I placed ribbon at the top of the card to hold the top in place and now the vellum is adhered to the card nicely.

One little trick I had to use with this embossing folder. It curled my vellum so I put my vellum through the Big Shot again, this time with no embossing folder. I used a sheet of card stock as a shim to make it a little tighter and voila! the vellum came out flat. The impression was not as dynamic as it was before but you could still clearly see it. I was pleased with it.

Well I hope these techniques help you to enjoy your beautiful vellum. I think it adds a richness to the project. I just love it. 

If you would like to help support my blog or card ministries, I do cards for Honor Flight as well as donating cards to church ladies to send to the sick, shut in's, etc., then please place an order at my store. Your order will help my business continue.  If  you would like to be a part of my team, click here. I would love to have you join me! Or if you would like to host a party, contact me at, deb.craftingfool@gmail.com, and in the message subject line state "host a party", don't forget to leave a message with the best way to contact you! Thank You!

Remember this catalog is coming to and end and on June 3rd we will be introducing our new catalog with new items. It's exciting and sad at the same time. The new items are wonderful as always, that's exciting news. The sad news it that we will be saying goodbye to some of our old favorites. So stop by my store to see the "LAST CHANCE" products and get yours while supplies last, because when they are gone, they are gone forever.

The Crafting Fool
Deb B

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