tag tuesday challenge

This weeks theme for tag Tuesday at kardkrazy is to use a monogram in your tag. This is perfect for this week because it is my husbands birthday and I love using chipboard monograms on birthday cards. I love how this tag turned out! I sprayed a chipboard K with rustoleum multi color textured spray paint to give it a sandy stone finish. I kept the tag very outdoorsy so my husband can later take the tag and put it in his fishing scrapbook (I make pages for him when I see new papers and he fills it in with his fishing trip pictures). I also distressed all the edges with Tim Holtz ink.

Check out everyones tags and great talent at Kard Krazy!

tag tuesday challenge

Happy Birthday Louise!! In honor of her birthday, she chose 'happy birthday' to be the theme of this weeks tags at Kard Krazy.

I first sprayed my tag with wild current glittermist. Then used an inchie stamp with purple to stamp the bottom and up the sides. It gave the tag a beautiful tone on tone effect. Then I stamped a dancing ballerina bear and colored it in with paint markers. I didn't like the effect so I restamped over the bear using black ink. Only I didn't quiet line it up exactly. I actually like the effect, gives my bear motion :) I topped it with a wild asparagus celebrate tag, some music vellum and ribbon.

What I'm reading now

One of the things I love to do is read. I am always reading one or two books all the time. But I really have to be in that 'reading funk' to sit down and finish them, even when they are a good book. Right now I'm in that reading state of mind!

I'm hoping to finish the 2 books I'm reading now (The graveyard book by Neil Gaiman and Heart shaped box by Joe Hill (Stephen Kings son). Both are great reads! Next I am cracking open The likeness by Tana French. I have only read great things about this book on book blogs that I stalk!

On my list of things to read in 2010 are:

The Hunger games and Catching fire by Suzanne Collins before her 3rd book comes out this year,

The Shack, which I have reserved for next week at our library,

The book Thief

Under the dome by Stephen King (my daughter is almost finished with this book and she said it was awesome. I either love a Stephen King story or hate it so we will see...it's a huge book to get through)

Also, I have ran across a couple of great new book blogs with great reviews of books if you are like me and like to hear how a book is before opening it. These are worth checking out! Sherry's book reviews, Tabitha's reads, and Jen's book shelf.

So now you know where to find me in the afternoons. On the couch, curled up with my reading buddy Remi, getting lost in my books :)

Tag tuesday challenge

It Tuesday already! That means it's time to dig out my supplies and scatter them all over the dining room table! For this weeks challenge, Louise chose Polka dots and Stripes together on one tag. This was perfect, for my daughter made a BoBunny Friends chipboard scrapbook for her best friend at Christmas and I have lots and lots of stripes and polka dot papers left over.

Here is my tag for this week:

Can't wait to see what everyone else did with their polka dots and stripes this week! Click here and see what everyone else did at KardKrazy!

Tag Tuesday challenge

This weeks theme for the tag Tuesday challenge at KardKrazy is the New Year. What a perfect chance for me to make a tag for my journal with my Word for my year in 2010!!

I inked my tag with Color box Colonial Blue and then used my Technique Tuesday clear inchie stamp of words that also hold meaning to me (Hope Live True Believe Learn Laugh Cherish....) in the same Colonial blue. The second 1/2 of my tag holds my motto for myself for this new year; B Strong.

To check out everyone else's creations, go to Kard Krazy.

Happy New Year to all of my Blogger Friends out there!!!!!!!

one little word

(Post take from B fit by 40 blog)
I am not one to make a New Years resolution. For me, they do not stick. Last year I got an idea from another blog to pick one word that will represent that upcoming year.
A few examples are:
Fresh
Wild
Inspirational
Alive
Real
New
Last year I picked the word Accomplish to be my word of the year. 2009 was my last year in my 30's and there were many things I wanted to accomplish and ends I wanted to tie up in that year. Having my word of the year really helped me stay on track.
This year, I have chosen the word Strong. Actually my motto for the year 2010 is B Strong. I want to make sure I am strong in everything I do in the year 2010. From doing my first 5k to dealing with my sons insurance claims, to eating healthy and being the best I can be, I want to always remember to B Strong through it all.
So I challenge you to pick a word to represent you this year. Write it on your journal. Print it out in bold letters and have it posted in places throughout your house. Carry a piece of paper with it printed on it in your purse. And live up to your word.I would love to know your word or Motto for this year and why you chose it!
“You must be strong now. You must never give up. And when people make you cry and you are afraid of the dark, don't forget the light is always there."

Holiday blues

Once again this year, I was struck by the holiday blues. They snuck up during the middle of Christmas day without warning. I have never been able to figure them out before, my husband always thinks it is because I am missing my parents. Although I do miss them terribly this time of year, I have been bitten with these blues a few times long before their passing.
Then last night, out of no where it hit me!! For the last 5 weeks I have been searching for those perfect gifts. I have been decorating the house from top to bottom. Making treats and wrapping presents. And running non-stop to Chorus concerts, band concerts, parades and parties. On Christmas eve I stood outside while the dogs got their last run around the yard of the day and just felt the magic in the air! The same magic I have always felt on Christmas eve. It all has been building up to the joy of Christmas morning. I came inside to sit by myself while everyone else was asleep to stare at the tree and all of our ornaments of the past. To miss my parents even though I know they are together in a better place and in my hearts, and to remember the true meaning of the holiday, Christs birth. I think I get those blues because of all the running and anticipation. And by the end of Christmas day, it is all over. In a few days I am packing everything up.
I think I try so hard to make everyone feel happy and the magic that I feel, that I forget to stop Throughout those 5 weeks and really enjoy them like I do on Christmas Eve.
It was a great feeling once I figured out why I get like that come 5pm on Christmas day.
I hope everyone had a great Christmas season! It was a great one for us!
Next week I will have to post the new tree I got for us at the after Christmas sale. Let's just say, I thought a 9ft tree would look great in our home...if only we can figure out how to make it fit from the floor to the ceiling :)