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Happy February, everyone! So, I'm slacking in my posting! Sorry about that... =)

I've been rushing over to Nichole's blog every morning for the past few weeks to see hints for their anniversary release, and boy is it amazing!!!

They are having a neat challenge called, "It's In the Bag." I just happened to make this cute little note holder from one of Lauren's templates - All Boxed Up. So... here it is - hope you like!

... long notes ...

I made these note pads a couple weeks ago. I took a letter-sized pad of paper and had Staples cut it in half length-wise and covered it w/ cardstock like a book, wrapped the top of the note pad in coordinating paper and decorated the fronts. I also made mini versions of these for my girlfriends at Christmas, but never took pics of them. I have a few that I made for Valentine's Day that I'll post soon.

... tagged ....

Hey there! My friend, Susan, tagged me about a week ago (I'm very slow about these things).

Here's how it goes:
1. Link to the person who tagged you (as I did above).
2. Mention the rules.
3. Tell 6 things about yourself.
4. Tag 6 other bloggers by linking to them.
5. Go to each person's blog and leave them a comment to let them know they've been tagged.

So... 6 things about me:

1. I love Hannah Montana - her TV show and her music.

2. I tell each of my kids that they are my favorite child.

3. I eat super fast... um - this one is really weird, but I guess having so many kids, it's the only way I'll get to eat.

4. I love diet vanilla soda. I'm grouchy b/c both coke & pepsi quit making theirs!! Now I've bought the syrup and have to make my own...

5. My favorite day of the week is Monday b/c that's when my hubby and kids go back to work and school!

6. I talk a lot - to EVERYONE whether I know them or not...

Whew - that only took me half the morning to finish. So, I'm going to be lazy and not tag 6 people, because I don't have all day... Feel free to post 6 random things about yourself if you have the inclination! =)

... Kyle's 6th Birthday invites....

My second-oldest son, Kyle, is turning 6 in a few weeks, and we are having his party at a gymnastics place. I have no gymnastics stamps whatsoever- and it's really more of jumping and tumbling and doing fun obstacle course stuff, so I let Kyle choose whatever stamp he wanted for his invite. His main requirement was the color purple. So, I gave little Billy here a purple suit and added some purple accents and voila - he's done... The sentiment I printed off.

... Lauren's Saturday Sketch ...

I was browsing Lauren's blog this morning and saw the sketch she posted yesterday and thought it looked pretty neat, so I sent my good friend, Amber, a message and said - you wanna try Lauren's sketch w/ me? She said sure and we got busy... Here is what I came up with....Oh - the sketch is 'mytimess20'. I used SU!s birthday beauty - I just adore her. PTI's spring moss. Striped paper is from basic grey... I used my quickie glue pen and Martha Stewart glitter again on her...

EXPECTING!!!

My dear friend, Nichole, asked me to whip up a card for her neighbors who just found out they are expecting... Here is the card I "whipped up" last night....

I used the basic grey 6x6 sultry paper - LOVE IT. Image is from stamping bella - charm is from walmart... sentiment from M's $1 spot.

... love card ...

My all-time favorite blogger (MISH) made a card not too long ago that I LOVED. Well, gee, every card she makes I adore... But this one I actually decided to try to make... Anyhoo - here's my version... Hope you like.

Colors - sweet blush, spring moss; stamps from CTMH and SU!.

chichi fairy

Oh, I sure do love these fairies! I needed a super simple card, so made this one-layer card last week. I got an assortment of Martha Stewart glitter for Christmas, so outlined her wings w/ my quickie glue pen and sprinkled on the glitter. I love how it turned out....

new home cards

My friend, Nicki, just moved in to a new house a couple days before Christmas and I told her I'd make her cards that said we've moved.... It gave me an excuse to buy the Boards & Beams stamp set from PTI! =) So - since it was close to Christmas, I used some holiday paper from Basic Grey. Here is one of the cards (each of them used a different b/g because I didn't have all the same). I did use Always Artichoke for my base on all the cards. That gold "ribbon" strip is actually paper that I got in the Martha Stewart section of Walmart - they had a pack of pink, white and gold for less than $2! Way easier than cutting them out myself. Here is the card I made to give her - it uses the other house in the set.

Can you see I love using buttons lately?!

Crossfit...aka XFIT

Hey girls... So, you know I haven't been blogging a whole lot and I'm working on that. BUT, I wanted to share with you the workout program I've been doing since the beginning of November. If you're my friend, you've heard me blather on incessantly about this already (and I think I did mention it once when I first started). Anyhoo - it's now been just over 2 months since I started and I've seen huge changes and love how I'm looking. I've gone from a size 10 (that were getting snug) to a loose-ish fitting 8. I'm down 12 pounds and weigh a few pounds less than when I got preggers w/ the twins. I don't have a specific goal weight or size, I figure I'll plateau eventually. Anyhoo - here's a little example of a workout (this is what I did on Friday). Ran 800 meters (~1/2 mile), 50 back extensions, 50 sit ups - REPEAT THREE TIMES. Yikes - it was harder than I expected and it took me 24 minutes to complete three rounds, but I'm definitely noticing that my abs are firmer after Friday!

I even made myself a XFIT journal - I'll snap a picture of it and upload it soon - I used the barbella stamp from Stamping Bella.

thank you notes

Hey friends - well, I'm trying to blog more! Here are 4 thank you notes I wrote to send friends & family back home for Christmas gifts. This shimmery paper is actually part of one of my gifts, so I had to use it -- matches perfectly w/ the PTI Ocean Tides (my current favorite color of theirs). I went a little button crazy on that bottom left one. ;-)

Happy New Year!!!

Hey friends and bloggers ~ Sorry it's been two months since you've heard a peep out of me! Life has been super crazy and I'm hoping to be back into the swing of things now. I'm making a resolution to be a better blogger in 2009! Wish me luck....

... RANDOM STUFF ...

I've been a bad blogger lately and today is not even going to be stamping related... Sorry! Well, not really, but if you want stamping stuff - you can stop now. ;-)

I just finished reading a book last night called, "Remember Me" by Sophie Kinsella - it was a good chick lit kind of book. Easy reading and it was pretty good (in my opinion). She writes the "shopaholic" books and I've read all of those, too.

Oooh, my friend, Amber, told me about this website to get make-up for $1 - it's got awesome stuff. It's called eyes, lips, face. Very neat stuff. I seem to be into make-up lately. My husband isn't so crazy about the way I've been doing my eyeliner (loads of it). I also just got some (more) eyeliner at Walmart that's sparkly brown, AND new mascara that's supposed to highlight hazel eyes. It's nice, but I don't really think it affects my eye color at all.

Let's chat about exercise now... Last week I started this program called crossfit. Wow... it's intense and amazing. Today was exactly one week and I'm already seeing results. Now, my hubby can't, but I am sore pretty much every day - but a GOOD sore, not awful - I have to stretch before I get out of bed everyday. There's a site for the stuff we do if you want to check it out: http://www.crossfitcherrypoint.com/. Yesterday's workout was the hardest yet.

Um, I guess that's it. I have several card to share, but have to snap their pictures. I'm doing a lot of Christmas cards for my girlfriends this year.

Ciao!

... fall birthday bellas ...

I tried coloring on watercolor paper for the first time last week and really liked it. I made two birthday cards (I stamped happy birthday AFTER I took the picture).
The paper is really rust (old olive on 2nd card) and the patterned paper is from Basic Grey.
Thanks for looking!

... twins birtday invite ...

My twins are turning 2 next month and I wanted to come up with a cute idea for their invitations. My friend, Amber, suggested using the Just Rite stamper w/ their names on the outside and a '2' in the middle. Since there was plenty of room, I put "Happy Birthday" in front on each name above and below the 2. I used ripe avocado from PTI and their new polkda dot parade paper.