Vacation

I put my stamping aside and went to Las Vegas with Jon and our good friends. It was a wonderful, relaxing time! We stayed downtown and walked up and down Fremont Street each night to see the Light show and the characters that were everywhere!

This is the Casino and Hotel where we stayed.

After dark, they have a light show on the structure over the street, along with music. 

This is what the same area looks like in the daytime. Very different! Very quiet. 

The Light show lasts about 15 minutes. Between shows there are other things to entertain you.

There are performers everywhere. They have boxes or hats for collecting money.

The better they are, the more they collect. It is all free will offerings. 

This one, standing on the box in the above picture, ended up in the box. 

This one, and several others, just sit there, in the air, with no support! How do they do that? 

There are people dressed up as famous people as this Marilyn and Michael. 

There was also a chubby Elvis and a little boy dressed as Michael Jackson and was dancing. He was really talented. He and many other young children were out there until very late each night. Maybe I'm old fashioned but I don't think children should be out at 11:00 at night being exposed to all that entertainment. There were even several in strollers.

Then  there were the crafters. This one did paintings with spray paint. Quick and beautiful.

This was a team doing clay busts. The times that I saw them, they each had a person sitting across from them and were forming the bust with clay. 

This is the display they had. You could also get a frame for the finished piece. 

It was very interesting to walk from one bit of excitement to the next. 

I am off to bed. Thanks for stopping in to share my vacation. 

Trefoil Cross for First Communion and blog candy winner

The Trefoil Cross embossed with either silver or gold on white makes an elegant card.

The chalice stickers were a gift from my friend in Germany. 

Thanks, Christine, I finally got around to using them. 

This card will be back in April as First Communion is usually around Mother's Day. 

The Mother's Day card in the previous post will also be back in April as it was a favorite and the supplies were used up quite early. 

The blog candy was won by Margaret. Since she was at the Stamp Along she already has her gift of a roll of ribbon. 

Leave a comment on my blog and your name will be entered for the next drawing on April 14th. I draw the morning of the Stamp Along so, if the winner is there, she can take her gift along home with her right away. If you follow by email, on the right side, under the little crab, you will get an email when I post a new card. That way you won't miss the chance to leave a message and get your name in for the drawing. 

Thanks for visiting! 

Stamp Along cards and Fire update

Are you as ready for spring as I am? 

One of the cards that will be at the Stamp Along this time. 

Even though mine is a Mother's Day one, I will have stamps to make it Easter or Birthday also.

 Judy Di Scipio had a similar one on her blog that I really liked and thought you would, too. 

Thanks, Judy. 

I just got the word bubbles framelits and used them on this kid's birthday card.

You can add the number for their special birthday on the inside to match the background DSP.

Don't forget to leave a comment and get in on the drawing for a gift. I will draw on Monday morning so you can pick at the Stamp Along if you are there. 

Follow by email so you will know who won in the next post. 

They started removing the house across the street today.

 This is the side view of the house. I braved up and took a walk across the street and a little way up the block the other day. It has been so cold that I don't have many pictures of the house that haven't been taken through my kitchen window.

 This is the front from my kitchen window.
That is our tree that is in the way.

As I was leaving this morning, they brought in the big machines on a flat bed truck.
The excitement in the neighborhood waits for me to leave.
Thanks to Jon and the camera, I don't miss out on it.
You can see the second machine on the left, holding up the side of the house while they pulled things out from the right side.

The big truck in the front was filled and it was taken away. It seemed like they separated the metal from the other scrap.

It was starting to get dark when I took this one. They still have more to do and there is a fence along the front. It is going to be a big empty space.