Wednesday Weigh-In #4

Well, it's been four weeks... one month! How is everyone doing so far? I lost another 1.5 lbs this week. I seem to be slowing down some, but it's understandable because I've been slacking on the exercise and water lately. I need to be better about both. I did buy a new exercise video, but it's still not out of the envelope it was shipped in, so it's not doing much for me yet. LOL. :o)

I also have to share this comment that Sue left on last week's post:

I love it! So, this week I lost 6 cubes of butter. :o) Woot!

How about you?

Be Mine

Today is another CBC Challenge day, and this week's challenge is to make a masculine Valentine card. I *finally* got around to using one of my new images from Artistic Outpost's Cutie Pie set. Isn't he just adorable?! I love him! Both the main image, and the "XOXO" stamp is from that set. I really wish I had a little football charm that I could have hung from the bow, but unfortunately I don't. I hate it when that happens. And the kicker of it all, is that I'm sure at some point in my crafting life I've held a football charm in my hand at a store, and thought Nah... I'll never use that. *smacks forehead*

Anyhow! lol! Be sure to click over to the other chicks blogs (located in my sidebar) to see what everyone else came up with this week. If you decide to play along, be sure to link your creation back to Courtney's blog for a chance to win a little prize.

I also am sad to say that this will be my last week as a CBC Chick. *sniff* I recently decided to resign my position on the team (it was an indefinite term) in an effort to achieve more balance in life between stamping and my other hobbies. I'll miss playing along each week, but will hold on to the friendships I've made, and am very thankful for all of them!

One of those many hobbies I need more time for is reading. I love to read - always have. I usually have two books going at one time. One of the two is a novel, something that I have to stick with and want to read regularly because when I read it's like watching a movie in my head. I can literally see it all unfolding in my mind (and for the record, the mini-movie in my head is always infinitely better than anything they decide to put on the big screen with the same title). The second book I keep in Jack's nursery, and I read a few pages while I'm nursing him before naptime and bedtime every day. I'm happy to report that after ten months at a few pages a day, I've finally finished my "upstairs book"! Woot!

Ok. Go ahead. Take a moment to regain your composure. Yes, this is the book I read. Three's Company is my all time favorite television show. I have seen every episode dozens of times. I own the whole series on dvd and watch it frequently. In fact, I was watching a Three's Company marathon while I was in the hospital giving birth to Henry. I just can't get enough. I love the comedy farce of John Ritter, and the way he and Joyce DeWitt play off each other. My Mom bought me this book for Christmas a few years ago, but I didn't start reading it until Jack was born (go figure, and no, I don't think that's why I named him Jack, but maybe it was a subconcious reason that I always loved the name). Anyhow, excellent book! If you are a fan of the show, or curious about what happened with Suzanne when she left, or just have an interest in entertainment trivia, I would recommend the read!

Enjoy the day!

A Dirty Word

Just a super quick and easy card using the CPS sketch for this week, and Sweet n' Sassy Stamp's set called Chocoholic. I love this set, and especially love this sentiment!

Enjoy the day!

Thank God For You

It's day two of the Sweet n' Sassy Stamps blog hop, and that means it's my turn! Woot! I used one of the sentiments from their new set called A True Friend today. I love this set. I'm such a sentiment junkie! I can never get enough sentiments, and love that these are all unique - not things I've seen elsewhere. Oooo... I just noticed that the set is 20% off right now, so if you're thinkin' about adding to your collection, this would be a great time to do it!

The two different DP's (one on the arrow, one on the background) are from Basic Grey's Scarlet's Letter collection. I've had this paper pack for some time and really wasn't too sure about some of the papers in it, but I am loving them for kind of a grunge look like this. How cool is that?!

I stamped the sentiment twice - once on whisper white, and once on creamy caramel, and then tore the white one in half and adhered it to the caramel for a different twist. I hope you like it! The black dots on the sentiment are actually sticky pearls colored black with my 100-black copic, and I have three screwhead brads at the bottom.

I'm the last blog on the hop today, so be sure to pick it up again tomorrow, starting with Christi, then on to Cindy Sandy Janette and back on the SNSS Blog to wrap it up!

Enjoy the day!

Bath Time!

These pictures of Jack were taken on New Years Eve, but I forgot to post them. I just found them today while I was flipping through my photo folders, and thought I'd share.

I love baby toes. :) And baby toes in water and just as cute as can be!



What's cuter than baby toes? Baby fat! Isn't it sad that fat doesn't remain cute into adulthood? lol.

The only way we can keep Jack happy in the tub is to let him chew on this lid. And yes, it has to be *this* lid.

My blue-eyed boy:

Count Your Blessings

I needed to make a masculine birthday card last week (I know what you're thinking..."so where is it?" lol!), and this is what I came up with. When I got to this point, I started thinking about what else I could add.... I was going to tie a bow and adhere it to the bottom of that ribbon and use some dew drops on the sentiment. Then I sat back and took a good long look at my card and realized it was soooooo not a masculine card. LOL. So, rather than start from scratch, I just stopped. Because in my mind, minimal = masculine, even if vines and flowers are involved. bwahahahaha! Thank goodness this went to a close friend who gets me, and won't be offended! Maybe I'll luck out and he'll read this and email later to say he had no idea it wasn't masculine. Ok, maybe that's a stretch... *grin*

I used one of my all time favorite color combos on the card: Old Olive and Eggplant Envy. The background stamps are from SU!'s Baroque Motifs, and the sentiment is from an older SU! set as well, though I can't think of the name of it at the moment. Oh, and note how there are also flowers stamped inside the card. Yeeeaaaahhhh. They're masculine flowers, so drop it. HA!

Today is also the first day of another Sweet n' Sassy Stamps Blog Hop! I'm in tomorrow's group, but if you want to hop through today's blogs, check out the info in my sidebar!

I also have to play along with a little tag I got recently. My friend Debby B. tagged me in a photo challenge. The rules for this challenge are - Go to where you store your photos on your computer. Go to the SIXTH folder and pick the SIXTH photo. Post that photo on your blog along with a SHORT story about it. Tag SIX people and leave a comment on their blog or email them letting them know you chose them.

Well, here is that photo... Actually, this is the 7th photo, but only because the 6th one was totally obstructed by the nurse, and kinda dumb. Basically the same shot though:

This is my youngest, Jack, just after delivery when he was being all cleaned and measured. AWWWWWWW! :) Hard to believe he's a thunder thigh totin' ten month old now!

Wanna play along? Then consider yourself tagged! If you decide to play, let me know. I'd love to see your random photo!

Wednesday Weigh-In #3

How is everyone doing this week? I'm sorry for my delay in posting. Every time I sat down to do this today, I was distracted by something else. Ugh. I've done pretty well this week, but once again am struggling with choices. I haven't always made the best choices in terms of food, so I'm beating myself up a little over that, but I guess it's all part of it. I lost 2.5 lbs this week, so I'm down 10 lbs total. That feels good, but I know I have a lot ahead of me yet (of the 28 I pledged, and then beyond).

I think I only exercised once this week, and even then it was only some crunches and push ups. Nothing significant. I need to break out my dvd's and get to work!

So, how about you? How did you do?

Luv You

Well, it's challenge time girls!! Here are the deets:

LOVE My Pink Cat Stamps – DT Challenge
hosted by Janna Hull

Challenge Description:
Since Valentine's Day is coming up fast, I have a LOVE themed Challenge for you! But this isn't any old love themed challenge, this is a special one! My challenge for you is to create a card or project with at least four elements (you can have more if you would like), but four of your elements have to spell LOVE. For example, you can use Layers, Ovals, Violet, and Embellishments; see spells love. Or you could use Lily, Owls, Very pretty sequins and Emerald brads. Spells love. The possibilities are endless and yes, V can stand for very! Just remember that four of your elements must spell LOVE. Have Fun, can't wait to see what you come up with!

Date the challenge ends:
Tuesday February 10th, 5 pm EST

Requirements:
A Pink Cat Studio stamp must be used as the main stamp on the card or project. It is okay to use stamps from other companies as well. Your entry can be a card or any type of 3D project.To be eligible for the prize you must upload your card before the deadline to your PaperCraftPlanet gallery and include the tag PCSDTC1. You may enter only 1 project for this challenge. If you have questions about this challenge, please post them in the challenge discussion thread in the Pink Cat Studio group on Paper Craft Planet. Here is a link to the group: http://www.papercraftplanet.com/group/pinkcatstudiolilyandbillylovers

Prize:
On February 11th, a winner will be chosen by a random draw from all of the challenge participants. The winner will receive a grab bag of Pink Cat Studio stamps. The winner will be announced in the PCP challenge discussion thread and on the Pink Cat Studio blog. Some cards from the challenge will be displayed on the PCS blog and all entries will go into the PCP gallery.

SO! That was the challenge that was issued, and that card up there is my LOVE card. I used the "Luv You" stamp, and Old Olive Paper, on a Valentine's card, with a heat Embossed sentiment! Get it? I thought this would be a cute card for my little guys to give to Grandma for Valentine's day. :)

My card also fits in with this week's Belli Challenge, which was to "make a cake" in celebration of one year of Belli's. You can see more details on Chris's blog, but the jist of it was that we had to choose five ingredients that we would like in our cake, and then each ingredient would be assigned to a card element. My elements were brads, DP, ribbon, scalloped punch, and buttons. What? You don't see the button? It's behind the main image. I swear. *wink* In hindsight, I could have tossed a button up in that top corner, but I just didn't think of it at the time. Be sure to click over to the other Belli girl blogs in my sidebar to see what everyone else came up with!

Now, I have to ask you a question... This is muy importante (yes, I took Spanish, and yes, that's about all I remember). How do y'all organize your unmounted stamps? Because I need a system. I have been keeping all of mine in Sterlite drawers, but I am just getting too many now to keep track of all of them, and I find myself having to empty the drawer completely in order to find anything lately. And then there are my Pink Cat stamps that are on EZ Mount, that just sit in a pile on my desk. What do you do with your EZ Mounted stamps (btw - I LOVE EZ MOUNT!)? What do you cling them to? Help!!

Any thoughts or ideas would be most appreciated!

A Million Little Things

Today is another CBC Challenge day, and this week we have a color challenge:


I went with Rose Red instead and Pink Pirouette instead of Real Red and Pink Passion because I need to place a paper order in the worst way and had to make due with what I had on hand! Here's my card:

The image and "BFF" sentiment are both from the new Lily and Billy Sweethearts set by Pink Cat Studio. The Friendship sentiment is by Whipper Snapper. The brown and silver DP can be found over at i {heart} papers, and is called Diamonds and Pearls. The layout is a flipped version of this weeks Mojo Monday sketch challenge.

Be sure to click over to the other CBC Chick's blogs (listed in my sidebar), and if you decide to play along this week link back to Courtney's blog for a chance to win a little something!

Enjoy the day,

I Chews U

Guess who's ba-ack?! BUBS! Here he's paired with another senitment from the set - "I Chews U". I love the sentiment, and thought it would be especially appropriate for an edible valentine. I found this little clear plastic box in my stash and filled it with red tinsel and Reese's Peanut Butter Hearts (all of which are conveniently hidden by the foil). I thought it would make a cute valentine for someone special.... and let me tell you, they have to be dang special to get my Reese's hearts!!! I lovvvvve Reese's peanut butter cups to the moon and back.

Pretty much everything I used is from i {heart} papers, and Kate is having a HUGE sale right now to make room for all of the things she is going to order at CHA. Be sure to click over to the store and take advantage of the sales when you get a chance.

i {heart} papers supplies:
Bubs The Beaver (Our Craft Lounge)
Labels 2 Nestabilities
Flying High DP
Coffee Shimmerz
5/8" Pink Twill Ribbon