My Etsy shop is closed

I am sad to say that I have closed my etsy shop. No more hand carved rubber stamps for sale by gettiinghooked :(
About 7 months ago my neck started hurting and at times it would actually cause my head to shake like fatigued muscles do after a hard workout. I have been to the Dr. and they are still in the process of running tests, I am not to worried that it is anything serious but I think I may have given myself  nerve damage by bending over a magnifying glass for hours a day. I just hope it is not permanent. So, by the Dr.'s suggestion, I am taking high doses of vit. B12 and am giving my neck a rest.

Despite my limited ability to carve stamps right now, I still hope to continue with all of the other crafts I am totally hooked on. So keep following me to see what my crafty heart comes up with. Crochet is top on my list right now, along with getting back to some fun swaps!

Of course, I will have to make the occasional stamp for my family's letterboxing adventures. Now that we are in a new place we are excited about planting some new boxes in the area :) We have found a few boxes already, take a look at our latest letterboxing adventure... we brought some of our new friends with us and they are now hooked on letterboxing too :)

Isn't this such a beautiful place to letterbox?? 

Thanks JeLyBean for planting these boxes in the Ute Valley Park.

A few new custom hand carved rubber stamps, take a look :)

I am LOVING carving these custom orders!! They are sooo much fun to do. The first picture is of a design I already had in my shop but with a name added to the bottom.

These next few pictures are of a stamp that  is for a fellow letterboxer; this will be their signature stamp. I was sent a drawing of the design and made a stamp from that drawing... I had a lot of fun carving this stamp! The first pic is the drawing

Ya'all know I love comments :)

Been playing around with my stamps and cricut!

Just a few cards I made with my stamps... you can find them in my etsy shop, just look to your right :-)

This is a letterboxing log book I made, I am sending this stamp to a letterboxer in another state for a letterboxing swap! The other boxer will plant this box in her state and I will plant the stamp she sends me in my state! Very Cool :-)

Letterboxing In Washington DC and Beyond

Letter-boxing, that is how the stamp carving started. I just love this hobby for so many reasons. I love that we often see places we never would have seen had it not been for fellow letterboxers planting wonderful boxes in those special places. I also love that I always get a little memento to bring home with me to remind me where I have been. Here are a few pics of our most recent letterboxing adventures, we made some great finds with very memorable stamps hidden inside!!
**If you do not know what letterboxing is please visit www.atlasquest.com for more information** IF you are interested in participating in this wonderful hobby and need your own signature stamp please contact me through my Etsy shop and I can set up a custom order for your signature stamp!!

Purple Heart

planted by Papa Bear

Parrot Rifles: before and after planted by

flintoid

This box was found in the Smithsonian Zoo... too cool!!

DC Zoo: Black Crowned Night Heron

planted by Melissa and Ben

This is one of those places we would not have seen had it not been for letterboxing. It was at a beautiful park called Sandy Bottom. We spent a little time there walking around and taking pictures of a beautiful lake.

Fishy  planted by

The Coasties

Three Sails

planted by TheFabFourofWFNC

Iwo Jima D.C.

planted by Troop Boxer

This little box allowed me to have a wonderful little reminder if where I had been.

Thanks to all of the letterbox planters!!

A fellow letter-boxer custom!

I really enjoy carving custom orders... this one was a small challenge though. It required A LOT of lettering in less then a 2" space.... but I was up for the challenge :-) Actually the buyer was very kind and said that it would be fine to leave out the city and state. I thought I would give it a try though, and I was very glad I did! Here are the results!

Another custom hand carved stamp for a fellow letter-boxer

I really like this stamp! I think "mombo" will too!!

Love this custom

I really enjoyed this custom  order. Maybe because it represents Air Force!! :-)  This is for a fellow letter-boxer. Happy Letter-boxing :-)