Maroc Mama

Well, yesterday was a doosy.   I left my office about 2pm to run to pick up a passport from am embassy.  Afterwards as the sky got dark and the news people on WAMU continuously told me there were tornadoes spotted in Northern Virginia I said self you had better just go home.  So I snapped a few pictures, first one is headed out of the office, then the Washington Monument, and Jefferson Memorial/Tidal Basin on my way down I-395S

This last one is not taken by me but totally looks just like what I saw going to the off ramp to get home.  I swear as I sat there and looked at the sky it was like a huge black sheet came across with thunder booming and vertical rain that immediately flooded the roads.  Thank God I only had half a mile to get home.

Check out more pictures on WTOP News Site.

After the first storms went through there was another set of storms about 4 hours later.  They didn’t seem as severe where I was as in wind and rain but nonetheless they had a lot of lightning.  We could see almost fuschia lightning our our balcony window.  Today is bright and sunny so I guess that’s a good change!

I’m off to Indianapolis this weekend and going to Wisconsin next week.  I’m not sure if I’ll get a chance to update in that time but I’ll be on email if anyone wants to put in a stamping order!!

So I found on SCS this category for card swaps - and I’m having so much fun!  Right now I’m signed up for 2 card swaps and 2 recipes swaps.  I also have an ethnic food recipe swap that I’m trying to get people signed up for.  Anyway one of the card swaps is for little boy cards.  I found this great little technique for pull cards, meaning they open up.  I took some pictures (sorry it’s from my camera phone!)

So this is the front.  I used the Sahara Sand SU paper, and some misc. green cardstock for the little seal.  The castle is from a super old SU stamp set from 1996!  But I really love it because the set is soooo cute!  I used markers and prismacolors for the image.

A little closer up.

And when you open it up………….there’s a DRAGON inside!!! (and some cute little toadstools too!)

He’s a cute dragon though and not scary at all.  Totally appropriate for a little boy I think!  Now only 6 more to make.

Send me a comment if you want the full recipe

This is such a great deal and you can start ordering on June 1st - just a couple more days!  The set comes for $30.

You get:

30 pack of the love notes cards in Soft Sky, Rose Red and Whisper White

Circle of Friendship Stamp Set (8 stamps) (catalog page 143)

Rose Red Stamp Pad

Roll of Whisper White Grosgrain Ribbon

It’s a great pack to pick up for a girls night.  Or just to send some cute notes to your closest pals who would appreciate something besides the normal email!