I'm getting my life in order...

Hello there! So, as my title says, I'm getting my life in order. Since we moved into our new, smaller house, I have felt unorganized, crowded, claustrophobic and just plain frustrated. Slowly but surely I am putting things in their places and eliminating unnecessary things. This isn't just about our "stuff" though, it's also about people, emotions, and priorities as well. A lot of things have changed in our lives over the past few months and we need to be able to keep our heads up, looking ahead, and progressing positively. Don't get me wrong, things are not bad! The family and I are doing well, there are just things that can be improved. For example, in the last two weeks alone, Angel has started actively potty training, I've gone back to work after a short "stay-cation", the boys are going to a summer program at school, David is transitioning for the NCO Academy and then a new position at work, I've lost my Abuelita, David's father passed away the day after Abuelita, and more... Can you see why I feel like we need a little more ORDER in our lives? haha! So I'm moving forward. I will be starting with ME, because I can't change the world without changing myself first, right? Or something like that. There are things in my life that I love to do, like blog and craft and read, but I have been neglecting those things. Also, I love to play with my kids... but I don't actually play with them nearly enough. Another thing, and probably the biggest, hardest change... I am not nearly as close to God as I used to be and want to be. I plan on doing something about that! I plan on changing up my blog just a bit... I will still be posting my crafty stuff, but I am hoping to include more things about me, the kids, our family and life in general. I want to be held accountable for my progress (or lack of progress) and I feel like maybe putting it on my blog will be a good thing to help with that. We'll see how it goes.

If you are a regular reader, I hope you'll stick around! Until next time, be blessed!

Love Card

Just for the fun of it, I decided to use one of my Cheeky Cherry girls and make a Love card. I copied the sketch from one of Amy's cards but flipped it so the sentiment is on the right and the image is on the left.

It has felt so good to get back to crafting, but it seems that my crafting has turned into a weekend hobby instead of daily like it used to be. Not sure why... but as long as I get to craft sometime, I'll take it! I've gotta run so I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Ciao!

Quick Post

Hey all! I'm about to head off to work after 2 weeks off! It's going to be a busy couple of days but I wanted to post something in case I don't get a chance to pop back on here for a few days. I was able to participate in another TGF challenge! I made this scrapbook page for the Saturday Sketch over on Club Anya & Friends:I bought a scrapbook kit and finally decided to start making the pages for it! The album is travel themed, and I want to scrap the pictures from our Greek cruise. Just imagine a picture of me and the kids in front of our cruise ship on that blank panel on the page!

OK, I have to run off now and finish getting ready for the day! Until next time, be blessed!

Happy Independence Day!

Hello! I hope you are all having a wonderful celebration today with your friends and family! Even if you aren't in the U.S.A., I hope your day is fabulous. Instead of just a regular Scenic Sunday post, I thought I'd give you a picture and a project. Oh, and Angel Baby says Hi!LOL, she's all about sticking out her tongue lately, HAHAHA! So, I recently discovered a new blog called Simplicity that has a weekly challenge called "One Layer Wednesdays". This is exactly what I've needed to get myself trying things that are a little different than what I usually do with my cards. This week's challenge was to make a patriotic card and this is what I came up with:
It was a little difficult for me to make this card. I don't have any stamps that are geared toward Independence day, so I had to come up with something! I colored a white felt sticker with a red copic marker, stamped the blue lines stamp from TGF's Spotlight stamp set, and used some stars from a SU! set then colored those in with red. I added glaze in the stars to make them a little shiny, and finally I added faux stitching with a blue marker all around the edges of the card. This card sounds simple, but it took me forever! I really wanted to stretch my abilities, try something different than my normal style, that way I can also enter this into the Raise The Bar challenge my blogging buddy, Joni has going on! I love her challenge blog, but I never participate! So with this card, I am entering two challenges! Woohoo! Speaking of Joni, her awesome daughter, Maali, just graduated Kindergarten and is about to have a birthday! In celebration of these momentous events, Joni is having a CANDY. Go to her blog and check it out! Okay, I'm off to celebrate the festivities with a movie, some live bands, and lots of fun to be topped off with FIREWORKS of course! Have a wonderful day on Independence! Be blessed!

Another project from the "vault"

Lol, not so much a "vault"... just my pictures file on my computer! So I had been itching to make a tissue holder for a looooooong time. I bought a bulk pack of tissues with the intentions of making tissue holders to give out to friends, but I never did. I bought the tissues about a year and a half ago, and still have about 12 packs! But back in April, I finally made a holder using a digi from TGF. I used Dressy Jeremy for the first time for this holder. The template for the holder came from somewhere online... if I find it again, I'll let you all know!
I also used papers from TGF and the ribbon from SU! The "hey you" sentiment is from a TGF stamp set as well, but I can not remember which one! I looked online and just can't seem to find it right now... hopefully I'll find it and I'll come back to edit later. I hope you all have a fantastic Independence Day weekend! I'll be back tomorrow with another Scenic Sunday post. Until then, be blessed!

Did I show you this?

Hey there my friends. I was going through some pictures of projects I have made, and there are a few things that I don't think I've shown you yet!I made this scrapbook page for the TGF Royal battle back in April (I think it was April). My team didn't use my layout, but I was quite happy with how it turned out, especially since I hadn't made a page in probably a year!
I used the colors from the photo for the layout. My dear blogging friend, Gabby, made Angel Baby this crochet bunny, with a beanie! She also made me this gray beanie, but Angel Baby wanted to wear it and looked awesome in it. Angel LOVES her bunny, and this was a picture showing that. I used stamps from TGF's Whimsical Greetings, Hello Go Round, and the first Hope and Grace stamp set. You can click on the pictures to see the project up close if you'd like. I hope you enjoy your Wednesday and I'll see you all soon!

Be blessed.

Fleur Anya with a sketch!

Hello there! I'm back for the THIRD day in a row! Woohoo! I really hope I can keep this up once I go back to work. I've been on a little summer vacation for the last week and I go back next week, so we'll see...During my little "hiatus" from stamping, I purchased a few stamps and Fleur Anya is one of them. I love how whimsical and spring-like she is! I decided to use the sketch from CA&F's Sketchy Saturday to make a card with Fleur Anya.
This card didn't start out as a bright summery card, but it turned out that way! I used some AWESOME glittery paper I got from my blogging buddy, Jenn Raff sent me after we competed together in the TGF Royal Battle. BTW, did I tell you all we won third place! WOOHOO! Jenn sent me a little package of papers, embellies, etc so I used what she sent. The hearts are stickers and the bigger one says "Best Friends Rock".

I wanted to use the glittery paper so that I could enter this into the Oh, Alice! Ch. 19 challenge for this week as well. I love the Oh, Alice! challenge blog but I haven't played yet. I figure NOW'S the TIME! If you haven't seen the challenge blog yet, you need to go over there and look at all the fabulousness. it will blow you away!

Okay, so it's movie time with the family. I'll see you all next time and until then, be blessed!