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01-13-2008, 09:18 AM
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If you give a girl a stamp...
I wrote a little story about stamping and SCS that I posted to my blog today. It seems only appropriate to share it will all of you since I bet you can appreciate (aka relate) the story. It is inspired by the children's book, "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie".
Hope you enjoy!!
If You Give a Girl a Stamp
By Tracy Harp If you give a girl a stamp she�ll want to make a card�she�ll need an ink pad to go with it. She will spend hours pouring over colors trying to decide just the right one to buy. In the end she�ll decide she just can�t choose so she�ll buy them all.
Then she�ll remember she�ll need card stock to match the ink so she�ll quickly add four packs of assorted paper to her list, oh and white, vanilla, black and kraft!
Reading about certainly celery, purely pomegranate, pale plum and pumpkin pie will make her hungry so she�ll go to the kitchen for a snack. While munching on cookies she�ll realize she needs ideas of what to do with the stamp. She�ll go to her computer and google rubber stamping.
She�ll find a site called Splitcoaststampers. Wow!! So many techniques and ideas and a gallery that never ends. She�ll spend hours gazing at beautiful cards and projects. Her eyes will become dry from staring at the computer screen. She�ll go to the bathroom for some drops.
On the way, she�ll pass her family sitting at the kitchen table waiting for dinner. She�ll quickly heat up some leftovers and try to pretend she hadn�t forgotten. While talking about the days events, her son will bring out the school pictures he had gotten that day.
That will remind her she wanted a digital camera to take pictures of her cards so she can start her own SCS gallery. She�ll convince hubby of all the reasons the �family� needs a new camera. He will finally agree and she�ll head to the store to buy one.
On her way home she�ll pass by Joanns and remember she needs an Ott-Lite to go with the camera she just bought. While shopping for a light she�ll see aisles of paper, punches, embellishments and ribbon. She�ll pick out a cart full of items but realize they don�t carry THE punch she saw used on a card she saved to her favorites. She�ll return home and go back to Splitcoaststampers to find out where to get THE punch.
Her search will lead her to someone�s blog where she�ll see a Starbucks bottle made into a cute candy container. That will remind her she has some bottles in the recycling bin so she�ll go to the garage to rescue them from the trash.
While in the garage she�ll see her son�s bike which will remind her she needs to buy a new helmet for his birthday. Thinking about birthdays will remind her she wanted to bake some cupcakes for him to take to school.
As she walks to the kitchen she�ll pass by the table and see the stamp. The stamp will remind her that she wanted to make a card and she�ll probably want some�
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01-13-2008, 09:22 AM
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Very cute! Thanks for sharing!
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01-13-2008, 09:22 AM
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That is great! And so very true!
Thanks for sharing with us...
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01-13-2008, 09:24 AM
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I love the book if you give a mouse a cookie and if you give a pig a pancake - isn't there one about a moose? oh yeah if you give a moose a muffin - and this is just delightful!
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01-13-2008, 09:53 AM
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And I thought it was my own personal form of ADHD...very cute and 100% correct. TSF
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01-13-2008, 09:54 AM
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Tracy, that is a fabulous story!
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01-13-2008, 09:55 AM
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So perfect! Yup! That sounds like me to a T!
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01-13-2008, 09:57 AM
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Quote: Originally Posted by jailbirdstamper I love the book if you give a mouse a cookie and if you give a pig a pancake - isn't there one about a moose? oh yeah if you give a moose a muffin - and this is just delightful! |
There's a movie one, too. I have all the stuffed animals to these books when they were on sale at Kohl's a couple of years ago.
Here's my "If You Give a Moose a Muffin" inspired card. 
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01-13-2008, 10:05 AM
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Quote: Originally Posted by jen70There's a movie one, too. I have all the stuffed animals to these books when they were on sale at Kohl's a couple of years ago.
Here's my "If You Give a Moose a Muffin" inspired card.
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That is so great Jen!!! Love it!
My boys had all those books and we read them over and over and over. They are older now and we haven't read them in awhile but the idea was so strong in my head it wouldn't let go until I put it to paper. I can sleep now, LOL! __________________ Tracy {Inky Doodles}
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01-13-2008, 11:15 AM
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I *adore* all of Laura Numeroff/Felicia Bond's storybooks! Tracy, mebbe you better ring 'em up and discuss publication of this one. I would definitely buy multiple copies . . . ;)
LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!!
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01-13-2008, 11:22 AM
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Quote: Originally Posted by jen70There's a movie one, too. I have all the stuffed animals to these books when they were on sale at Kohl's a couple of years ago.
Here's my "If You Give a Moose a Muffin" inspired card.
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that is adorable!!! do you need my address?;) __________________ Please visit my Sweet Suite blog
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01-13-2008, 11:28 AM
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How fun! Great job on this Tracy!
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01-13-2008, 11:28 AM
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Such a great story --and it is so true!
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01-13-2008, 12:32 PM
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Awesome!!! My kids love the "If You Bring a Mouse to School" one |
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01-13-2008, 12:33 PM
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LOL!! I had just read one of these books with my youngest the other day! This is too cute!
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01-13-2008, 01:08 PM
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Super story and so true.
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01-13-2008, 01:12 PM
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So awesome, Tracy!!! We have several in the series. LOVE your version!!!
Adorable card, Jen!! ;)
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01-13-2008, 01:20 PM
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Wonderful! Maybe I can substitute this one for tonight's bedtime story! |
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01-13-2008, 01:50 PM
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great story - and not a bit of fiction!!! thanks
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01-13-2008, 02:10 PM
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can you say... ADHD?! lol
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01-13-2008, 02:17 PM
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Maybe I am just too stinkin old, but I have never heard the story "If you give a mouse a cookie". I have to say, I love your story. That could be me. I can look at something someone is wearing and know that it looks like a stamp set. You need to get this published. TFS!!
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01-13-2008, 02:43 PM
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I SOOOO enjoyed this rendition. I created my own story the same way last February (2007) and shared it on my blog but it wasn't NEARLY this creative. I too am a Numeroff fan. We have ALL the books.
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01-13-2008, 03:01 PM
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This is TOOO funny, and SO true! I love reading all of those books to my toddler, and she always wants to read them over & over again.
I read it to my DH and he cracked up too!
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01-13-2008, 03:04 PM
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Very very cute! Gold star for creativity!
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Super story! I love it!
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01-13-2008, 04:06 PM
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OMG!!! That is way too cool! You definitely need to get this published. I would buy one FOR SURE!!! I just bought 23 copies of If You Give A Moose A Muffin from Scholastic for my son's kindergarten class as a Christmas gift. They were only 95 cents each (for paperback). I thought it would be a nice gift. Great story! I'm sure everyone can relate. |
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Quote: Originally Posted by themilesmumI SOOOO enjoyed this rendition. I created my own story the same way last February (2007) and shared it on my blog but it wasn't NEARLY this creative. I too am a Numeroff fan. We have ALL the books.
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Alli, I went back and read yours, it was very cute!!! __________________ Tracy {Inky Doodles}
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01-13-2008, 04:51 PM
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tracy thank you for sharing this is a very well done "story".
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01-13-2008, 04:53 PM
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Great! Very well done!
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Great story and sooooooo true!
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Love the story, and sooo true!
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LOL!! Love it! These are some of our favorite books as well!
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LOVE it! |
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Tracy, so true...so true....so true!!! How adorable your story is.
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Literary perfection!!!!!!!!!!!
The truth shall set us free!!!!!
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Tracy, that is fabulous!! I love it!! I so remember the book - if you give a mouse a cookie.... well - you've hit the nail on the head about we stampers!! Great job !
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01-14-2008, 05:10 AM
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Awesome! We love the Mouse books here too...I may have to print this to read to the kids!
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Totally hysterical. I would buy it!!!!
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Absolutely darling!
This couldn't fit me any better!!! Get it published--you already have a *huge* market right here and y'all know that we can't resist buying anything that's talked about on SCS!
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