Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Playing catch up....

I just can't seem to get caught up lately!!! Well, Stamp Fest 2007 has come and gone...it was a total blast!! The cards that everyone made were fabulous! I made so many new stamping friends, and I got to meet friends that I have been chatting with for over a year on SCS (Hi Deb and Sarah!!) I can't wait til next year!!

I won't go into the details but I recently went through a really rough time. Things are getting better each day, but it really made me take a good hard look at my life and make some decisions about what was important and what I wanted out of my life. The first thing I decided is that it's time for me to stop putting off going to school to be a nurse. It's something I've always wanted, but with 3 kids there were always a million excuses why I shouldn't. Secondly, I decided that being overweight just simply isn't who I am...so I joined Weight Watchers two weeks ago. I had been watching what I ate before then, and as of today I am down 12 pounds. YAY!

Ok, enough about me. Let's get to some stampin'!!!

Here is the Father's Day card that my club members are going to make this month.



Stamps: Classic Pick ups
Paper: Kraft CS, vanilla conffetti, Recollections paper
Ink: Chocolate chip craft, bucky blue, ditressing ink in walnut
Accessories: aquapainters, textile CB embossing folder, large oval punch, sponges, sanding block


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Here is a card I just did for fun...(I just had to play with my new fun flock)



stamps: Stamps by Judith, fancy flexible phrases,
paper: close to cocoa, choco chip, palette o'prints, sage shadow, vanilla confetti
ink: choco chip craft, rose red, close to cocoa
accessories: martha stewardt mini circle scallop punch, brown fun flock, CB embossing folder, heat and stick powder.

6 comments:

Rachel Hope

OH! I love that Pickup card! Perfect for Father's Day

Anonymous

I love the cards Mandy, So glad you stamped!!! Miss ya girl!Sarah

Meli Palmer

Whoo-hoo...new cards to drool over! I love the little critter card...so cute!

Laurie Hines

I just want to give you some words of encouragement on going back to school. I went back to xray school at age 30, with 2 kids, and had another while in the xray program!! If I can do it, so can you!! Good luck with school and your diet! PS - I like your cards also!

Anonymous

I've missed you Mandy! Your cards are always great and I hope things are better now with everything else.
Rebecca

michelle sturgeon

LOL! What a great stamp this is! CUTE card.