Winter Wonderland-DTC

Happy Tuesday! This card perfectly describes the weather we had this past weekend. It was a lazy Saturday with me crafting and hubby and kiddos playing in the snow. It was wonderful! 

This week at Digital Tuesday Challenge, we'd like to see your "Winter Wonderland" cards.  MyGrafico has generously sponsored us. The image from my card comes from their Penguin Digital Set-Cool Penguins. They are offering the winner 1 digital stamp set and 20% off an order.

I used the sketch from deconstructingjen. The snowflake punch is Martha Stewart. The sentiment was a clear quote that I cut out those three words and made my own. The image was colored with Copics. If you're looking for some fantastic tutorials you need to check out Kit and Clowder on my sidebar. She has started a new youtube channel and has several listed already. My hubby even sat and watched a couple with me. :) 

Challenges: 

Make It Monday-Anything Goes

Inspire Me Fridays-Anything Goes

deconstructingjen-Sketch

Weight Loss Update: I switched over to doing the Weight Watchers method this week. I was really struggling and almost gave up, but thought I'd give this a whirl. I think I just needed to trick my mind. :) It's going pretty good. I also joined a group on FB that I have to report my exercising to. That has helped tremendously! 

Picking Peaches

Happy Saturday! I have a fairly simple card to share with you today using Tilda Picking Peaches. I paper pieced her and then colored over image with Copics. It didn't seem to have enough definition plain.

The paper and larger brads are from My Mind's Eye. 

This card was made for The Rubber Buggy.

 Challenges:
Make It Monday-Anything Goes
Inspire Me Fridays-Anything Goes
The Paper Shelter-Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp-Paper Piecing

Thank you for visiting,

DTC-Favorite Color Combo

This week at Digital Tuesday Challenge, we'd like to see your favorite color combo. I have many, but chose to use one of favorites for boys. This page was made with a kit from our sponsor-Template Dreams. It is called 'Hey There.' We'd love for you to join us.

Tea & Cookies

Hello Everyone,

Just a quick card to share with you. The image is from Magnolia and can be purchased here. I used Copics to color.

Supplies:

Image: Magnolia Joyful Tilda

Coloring: Copics

Flowers: Recollections, The Paper Studio, etc

Bling: Recollections

Paper: Happier by My Mind's Eye

Punch: Martha Stewart

Challenges:

Sketch: Sketch Saturday 

Inspire Me Fridays: Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday-Diamonds are Forever

Make It Monday-Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting,

Rain or Shine

Happy Tuesday! It's been an interesting weekend for me as I threw out my back. I've been close friend with the lazy boy and when I do get up, I walk like the crooked old lady you see in nursery rhymes. Ooooohhhh painful! I'm headed to the chiropractor this afternoon. Thank goodness my hubby has been home to take care of me and the kiddos. 

Thankfully, I was ahead of schedule to get my card made for Digital Tuesday Challenge.  I was hoping to decorate the inside, but plans changed due to sitting up hurts. LOL! I wanted to put something like "No matter the weather, we'll be friends forever." Maybe tomorrow....:) 

The image was donated generously from our sponsor Spesch Stamps. Her name is Samantha. The "shine" is from K & Company. Saw it sitting in my stash and thought that went perfectly! I printed the "rain or" off the computer. I don't remember the font...sorry. The flowers are a random plethora from Recollections, Prima, Hobby Lobby, etc. Twine comes from My Mind's Eye. The papers are MME, Echo Park and the sun was cut out from Simply Stories.

Challenges:

Make It Monday-Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter-Flower Extravaganza 
Inspire Me Fridays-Anything Goes
Stampin' for the Weekend-Anything Goes 
Paper Crafting Journey-Anything Goes
Addicted to Stamps-Nature
Penny's Paper-Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday-Beat the Blues

Roses Are Red...

Good Morning! Happy sleeping in day! ;) 

I ventured way out of my comfort zone with today's card. I wasn't really in the mood to color *shocker,* so I decided I'd think out of the box. The verdict is still out on what I think about the card. I tried to make it look like a bouquet of flowers.

The red patterned paper came from The Rubber Buggy. Similar flowers can also be found there. Don't forget the challenge going on. Winner will receive a gift certificate to the store.

Challenges:

Sketch-Mojo Monday

B&W + Splash of Color-Simon Says Stamp

Flower Extravaganza-The Paper Shelter

Beat The Blues-Cute Card Thursday (Receiving Flowers)

Charisma Cardz-Happy Birthday
Make It Monday-Anything Goes

Vintage Nurse

For our challenge at The Rubber Buggy we were asked to use our top 3 of 2012 whether it be a tool, product, image, etc. My top 3 were:

• Nurse Tilda
• Copics
• Vintage Paper

We'd love for you to play along. The winner will receive a gift card. How fun is that?

A Little Birdie Told Me...

Digital Tuesday Challenge is back at it after the holidays. It was nice to have a quick break, but it's also fun to use some new Christmas goodies. :) I've seen our challenge NEW BEGINNINGS floating around on several blogs, so it shouldn't be hard to get inspired. 

I am using an image from our sponsor Robyn's Fetish-Waking Up Birdie. I chose to keep the sentiment generic so it could be used for several "new beginnings" in the future (You're Moving, You're Having a Baby, etc.). The paper is from My Mind's Eye and I was inspired by this card from Pickled Paper Designs. Copics were my form of coloring.

Challenges: 

Make It Monday-Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp-New Something

The Paper Shelter-Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday-Something New!

This card is for sale. Thank you for considering.

Weight Loss Update: I lost 3.6 lbs this week. To say I am excited is an understatement. I did not follow my calories to the T. We were invited out for dessert from our church friends, but I knew it was coming and tried to eat very light throughout the day. I also made sure I exercised. My legs are screaming at me this morning!
No new recipes to share. I tried one that I was pumped about, but there had to be a misprint in the book. It told me to let it cook for an hr and a half. I checked on it before halfway through and it was already scorched. Bummers!

Love U

I wanted to make a Valentine's Day card without overflowing it with hearts and red/pink. As good as my intentions are, I usually don't get them mailed and so therefore it could be used as an anniversary/spouse birthday/new love/etc card. The majority of the time I like to make my cards more general themed because I can use them for more than one occasion. I just build up my stash and run to it when needed. Sounds good in theory, right?! :) 

I chose to use Magnolia's Sister and Brother image. I've used it for Christmas before, as well. I followed the sketch from deconstructing jen. I'll have to admit I felt a little out of my league joining in this challenge, but I guess that is what "challenge" means. They are having a DT call, so I took a gander at that, too. 

The paper and twine are from My Mind' Eye (another treasure found at TJ Maxx-paper packs for $2.99). I believe the punch is Fiskars, but I could be wrong. The sentiment was hand written.

Challenges:

deconstruction jen-sketch

Make It Monday-Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday-Something New (new ♥)

Simon Says Stamp-New Something (new ♥)

This card is for sale.

Mojo Monday

1st card blogged of 2013...wow, that date just can't be right, can it?

I chose to use the sketch from Mojo Monday. The card is actually only 3x3-perfect for a gift tag. I used papers from Summer Fresh by Simple Stories. I love the vintage flair throughout the pack. It was brought to me by Santa. ;)  The twine is from American Crafts. I got a bunch of that for Christmas, too. Check out your local TJ Maxx where it came from. I've been hitting the jackpot on supplies!

I hope you all have a blessed year! Let's make it incredible.

Challenges:

Mojo Monday-Sketch

Make It Monday-Anything Goes 

Simon Says Stamp-Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday-Anything Goes
Charisma Cardz Challenges-Anything Goes

Goals

There is just something about the new year coming along and starting with a clean slate. I sometimes wonder why I make resolutions because it seems that I never can accomplish them all. (I always have high hopes). However, even if just a portion of that goal was completed, it's better than nothing, right?  There's a great post about that here.

One of my main goals this year is to become healthier. (I've gotta admit that I'm really wanting to go binge and eat on all that leftover Christmas candy as I'm typing). I have 2 children and a hubby and I'm a pastor's wife. Sometimes it just overwhelms me the amount of responsibility/duties/organization/etc that is involved. Kuddos to ya'll who have larger families.

Therefore, I eat.

I am an emotional eater.

I eat when I'm bored.

I like food.

Sure, I wanna be skinny (who doesn't?).  Sure, I wanna live longer. However, even though I know all of the "right" things to do, it once again seems to overwhelm me and I take the easy way out. I have OCD. I find that if I can't do something with "perfection" I don't do it at all. So, when I start my diets, I follow them to a T. But, when I mess up, then I give up all together. Make sense?  

So, I'm putting myself out there. I thought this might be one way to make myself a little more accountable. I'm hoping to keep up my progress on here, share my tips, try new recipes, and give encouragement. So far I'm aiming to:

• Stay within calories (myfitnesspal.com)
• Drink 6-8 glasses of water/day
• Exercise regularly (starting off I'm going to do 30 mins at least 4 days a week)
• Include lots of veggies in meals
• Try at least 1 new recipe/week
• Eat at home more

I'd like to lose 50 lbs this year. It needs to be more, but I figure that's just under a lb/week. Anyone care to join me? :)

Happy New Year!

I'll leave ya with a little humor: