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I made some cards???

I made some cards today!  What??  Yep, I made some cards.  It's been awhile!  I've really been wanting to post some new items in my etsy shop.  I sat down today during the kids' naps and came up with these cards.  I had so much fun!  :)

 

 

Also, I ran my 4th 5K today.  I placed 3rd in my age division!  I was so excited to get a medal!!  I didn't have a new personal record time-wise, but I was very happy with how I ran.  My last mile was faster than my first two miles.  I've been working on those negative splits.  There's some runner's talk for you.  LOL!  Here's a picture of me sporting my winnings.  Thanks for stopping by!  

Making Changes

So, I don't spend much time crafting anymore.  I'll get back to it someday.  Lately, my time is spent taking care of my family, going to work and exercising.  Exercising??  What's gotten into me? Three days after Jack was born, I decided to join Weight Watchers.  I wanted to lose some serious weight and get into shape.  I'm happy to report that I've lost 59 pounds!  I'm preparing for my second 5K (March 17th) and will compete in a Warrior Dash on June 2nd with my husband.  If you would like to read about my weight loss journey, please check out my Tumblr- Workout Mama.  

Thank You

      I'm planning to make some thank you cards as gifts for three para's that help in my classroom.  Here's one of the cards I came up with.  I'm really struggling with getting my creativity going.  I rarely have time to craft and when I do find time, it's just a very little bit of time.  Anyway, I'm happy with this one and I hope to get some time tonight to work on a few more.  

      

      This is the photo we're using for our photo Christmas cards.  At least two of us are smiling, right?  :)  Lily was bouncing off the walls and Jack was cranky.  We were fortunate to get this one.  Lily celebrated her 2nd birthday on October 14th and Jack will be 4 months old on December 17th.  He is a good little baby.  We feel so blessed.

      I have no idea when (or if) I'll ever be back to blogging regularly.  For anyone stopping by to read this - thank you! 

Family Pictures

I haven't had time to do any crafting (imagine that, right?), but I want to share some family pictures with you.  

 

He's Here!

     Jack Andrew Gilreath was born Wednesday, August 17th, 2011.  He was born at 1:02 pm, weighed 9 lbs. 10oz and was 21 inches long.  Jack is healthy and so handsome.  :)  We are so blessed. I'll share more pictures later.  

You Are One of a Kind

I recently bought some new stamps from The Angel Company and one of the sets is called 'One of a Kind'. I'm wanting to get back into coloring larger images. I get a little intimidated when its a large image, but I just need to practice. I get hung up on what colors to choose, too. This image made it pretty simple on color choice, though. Thanks for stopping by today!

Summer Card Camp - Day 1, Week 2

     It's already Week 2, Day 2 of Summer Card Camp!  I completed a card for this weeks new color combo that was given yesterday.  Here is the color combo-

And here is my card-

     I have a small stash of 6x6 pieces of patterned card stock from when I was a part of a monthly card kit club and found the card stock with the above flowers I felt it represented the red and oranges from the color combo.  I just cut out what I needed and then adhered it to a piece of Wild Asparagus paper from My Mind's Eye.  I stared at the card forever, knowing it needed something else...so I rounded the top left corner and then added the orange gems under the sentiment.  This project was fun and now I'm off to see what is in store for today's card camp class!

 

Supplies-

Card stock - floral paper (misc.), green stipe (My Mind's Eye - Wild Asparagus)

Ink - VersaFine Onyx black (for sentiment) and Tim Holtz's Vintage Photo (for inked edgest of green card stock)

Stamp- The Angel Company

Gems - misc.  

3x3's for my kiddos

I'm a Kindergarten teacher and I like to give my kids a DVD at the end of the year that has pictures from our school year. I didn't have them ready to go on the last day of school, so I told my class I would mail them. I finally have them ready to go and of course had to make a hand stamped 3x3 card to go with each DVD. :) I made a flower card for the girls and a fish card for the boys. I had fun using my Copic markers and Icicle Stickles. Thanks for stopping by!

 

Supplies:

Paper- -The Angel Company's 'Brighten My Day' Designer Collection patterned paper
          -Misc. coordinating card stock 
          -PTI's white card stock

Ink- VersaFine Onyx black for the sentiment and Memento Tuxedo black for the
      image

Stamps- The Angel Company: flower images from 'Beautiful Day', "bubbles" from 'Butterbees and More' and I don't know the name of the set that the fish came from.

Copic Markers- Y19    YG13   YG17   RV17   RV14   V17   V06   

Misc. - Icicle Stickles and gray Tombow Marker 

 

Summer Card Camp - Day 1

    I'm so excited to be apart of Kristina Werner and Jennifer McGuire's Summer Card Camp!!  Yesterday was Day 1 and we were challenged to make a card using the color combo shown below.  

Here's the card that I came up with:

 

    I've been in a card making rut and I'm really hoping this class will give me a boost.  I'm anxious to start today's assignment.  I hope to share it with you soon.  Thanks for stopping by.

Stamps: The Angel Company - Happy Birthday sentiment from 'Swirly Sayings' and the birthday hats are also from a TAC set...but I can't remember the name. 

Ink: Onyx Black VersaFine for the sentiment and Tuxedo Black Momento ink for the birthday hats.

 

Cheeeeese!

     I'm trying to make a few layouts of Lily before baby Jack gets here in August.  This picture of Lily and my sister Samantha was taken on Easter Sunday.  I used PTI's Spot Dot stamp set and TAC's Miss Moxie paper.  
    I'm on summer break and loving every minute of it!  Lily is 19 months old and keeps us on our toes.  We recently purchased a water table and sand box for her and it's so much fun to watch her play.  She's such a happy kid!  

Lily Jean  19 months