I cough now, but I used to be nothing but sneezes.

Enjoying the Magic-Mickey Mouse photo contest

2012-02-08T07:33:00.002-06:00

Mickey Fantasia topiary in Disney's Hollywood Studios-2009

8th Card of 2012-Feel Better

2012-02-04T16:54:00.002-06:00

Created this card for this week's Scrapping the Magic sketch challenge using this month's {Stamps} of Life set, Umbrella4you.

8th Layout of 2012-Hey Hey Let's See the Monkees

2012-01-28T08:17:00.000-06:00

7th layout of 2012-My Buddy Carl

2012-01-27T07:25:00.000-06:00

6th Layout of 2012-Ice Cream

2012-01-26T07:48:00.002-06:00

5th Layout of 2012-Happy Camper

2012-01-25T12:47:00.004-06:00

The "happy camper" sign is really a card that hold hidden journaling on the background story of our trip to Bass Pro Shop that day.

4th Layout of 2012-Safari Hat

2012-01-24T14:40:00.001-06:00

7th card of 2012-Happy Birthday

2012-01-23T11:49:00.002-06:00

Used Scrapping the Magic's Saturday sketch (put on it's side) to create this card for a special guy's 90th birthday.

I got to play with another new toy, the weave version of the Sew Ribbon tool by We R Memory Keepers.

3rd Layout of 2012-Top of the Class

2012-01-23T09:40:00.001-06:00

2nd layout was Nik's class picture, so I didn't want to post that. Here is #3 Nik and his 2nd grade teacher. What a great guy!

1st Layout of 2012-Rated F

2012-01-22T18:58:00.002-06:00

Finally had a chance to do some scrapbooking today. Here is my first layout of the new year.

3rd-6th cards of 2012-Stamp Camp cards

2012-01-22T11:22:00.003-06:00

Cards I made at the stamp camp my sister hosted last night:

2nd card of 2012-Be Mine

2012-01-18T22:00:00.003-06:00

Here is a card I made for the Scrapping the Magic blog's Saturday Sketch. I wanted to try out my new toy, the Sew Easy new stampers. I thought I was rolling straight, but I think a ruler might help.

1st Card of 2012-Things to Do

2012-01-09T12:27:00.004-06:00

I used two stamp sets from the {Stamps} of Life: This month's set of the month, list2write and birthday4cookie. Plus patterned papers from the Celebration Stack by DCWV.

158th (and last) layout of 2011-Two Wheels

2012-01-01T08:33:00.002-06:00

Resolutions: Past and Future

2011-12-31T08:05:00.002-06:00

2011 Resolutions Recap

1. Exercise three times a week/Lose 20 pounds As of December 22, I lost 12 pounds this year. I did a good job exercising at the beginning of the year doing Leslie Sansome walking dvds. Then for my birthday, I got a bike rack for my car and started going to local bike trails. I was up to a 4 mile ride at Waterfall Glen before the weather got too cold and for the last two months, I haven’t exercised at all.

2. Create 260 scrapbooking layouts I finished the year way short of my goal. I only got 157 layouts done. Part of this is due to the large about of card-making I have been doing instead. After finally purchasing a Cricut machine this past summer, cards have trumped layouts in my crafty time. This year I will have a lower goal and add a card making goal as well.

3. Make at least one new recipe each month In typical resolution style, this goal was going great for the first half of the year. I still ended up making at least 13 new recipes that I had never made before, I just stopped keeping track of all of them on my blog.

4. Host a Operation Write Home card making event Besides sending several batches of my own cards to OWH, I also hosted an event at church this summer. Thanks to friends and church members, we were able to send over 250 cards from that event. The God and Me scout class also sent a batch of Any Hero letters, and this fall we received a reply letter and photo from a solider serving in the middle east.

2012 Resolutions

1. Exercise three times a week/Lose 20 pounds I plan to start up a walking program this winter and once the weather is warmer get back on the biking trails. I have purchased a treadmill to walk on and will use an iFit program to track my progress. I would like to get up to a 3mile walk (based on the Leslie Sansom program). For biking, my goal is to complete the full 7 mile loop at Waterfall Glen. Beside increasing my fitness level and removing excess weight off my body, a December trip to Disney World is part of my motivation—got to look good for Mickey!

2. Create 180 scrapbooking layouts and 100 cards I am adding a card goal and lowering my layout goal. I think this is more realistic based on what kind of crafting I did this past year. Looking forward to going on another scrapbooking weekend this year with my sister and friend Jennifer. The card total will not include any cards I will be designing for the church card making event I will host this January.

And here our two journals I made to help track my progress:

157th Layout of 2011-Easter

2011-12-31T07:59:00.001-06:00

156th Layout of 2011-Phillips Park Zoo

2011-12-30T19:29:00.001-06:00

155th Layout of 2011-Play Ball

2011-12-30T19:26:00.002-06:00

154th Layout of 2011-Strike a Pose

2011-12-28T07:30:00.000-06:00

153rd Layout of 2011-What to Do At the Zoo

2011-12-27T14:10:00.003-06:00

152nd Layout of 2011-Tappin' Sap

2011-12-26T10:14:00.001-06:00

150th Layout of 2011-Snow Drifts and Snowman

2011-12-25T10:27:00.001-06:00

149th Layout of 2011-Snow Play

2011-12-24T08:50:00.001-06:00

148th Layout of 2011-Blizzard '11

2011-12-23T08:31:00.002-06:00

147th Layout of 2011-Energy Lab

2011-12-22T10:03:00.002-06:00

146th Layout of 2011-Gary's Office

2011-12-21T08:08:00.003-06:00

145th Layout of 2011-Celebrating Gary's birthday

2011-12-20T08:10:00.000-06:00

143rd Layout of 2011-40

2011-12-19T09:34:00.003-06:00

142nd Layout of 2011-Wild & Crazy

2011-12-19T09:33:00.001-06:00

141st Layout of 2011-Birthday Bash

2011-12-17T12:16:00.001-06:00

140th Layout of 2011-Employee of the Year

2011-12-17T12:15:00.001-06:00

139th Layout of 2011-The Bean

2011-12-15T08:15:00.001-06:00

138th Layout of 2011-Cookies

2011-12-15T08:14:00.000-06:00

137th Layout of 2011-Birthdays

2011-12-14T07:25:00.000-06:00

136th Layout of 2011-Good Times

2011-12-13T14:09:00.001-06:00

135th Layout of 2011-Ladies on the Links

2011-12-12T08:41:00.002-06:00

134th Layout of 2011-Chillin'

2011-12-11T09:23:00.002-06:00

133rd Layout of 2011-Celebrating birthdays

2011-12-10T15:57:00.000-06:00

132nd Layout of 2011-Gary's Birthday

2011-12-09T10:22:00.000-06:00

131st Layout of 2011-Father's Day

2011-12-09T10:21:00.002-06:00

130th Layout of 2011-Decorations

2011-12-07T08:54:00.001-06:00

129th Layout of 2011-Opening Gifts

2011-12-06T13:10:00.001-06:00

128th Layout of 2011-Simple Pleasures

2011-12-06T13:09:00.000-06:00

127th Layout of 2011-My New Ride

2011-12-04T08:03:00.002-06:00

126th Layout of 2011-Live Nativity

2011-12-03T15:08:00.002-06:00

125th Layout of 2011-Pumpkin Safari

2011-12-02T07:07:00.000-06:00

124th Layout of 2011-Sycamore Pumpkin Fest

2011-12-02T07:06:00.000-06:00

123rd Layout of 2011-Bliss

2011-12-02T07:05:00.002-06:00

122nd Layout of 2011-Paper Doll House

2011-12-02T07:04:00.002-06:00

121st Layout of 2011- Jordan's sports

2011-11-28T10:31:00.001-06:00

120th Layout of 2011-Wrestling

2011-11-27T09:07:00.002-06:00

119th Layout of 2011-Sports

2011-11-27T09:05:00.001-06:00

118th Layout of 2011: 2003-2009

2011-11-25T09:16:00.001-06:00

117th Layout of 2011- 1997-2002

2011-11-24T07:28:00.002-06:00

116th Layout of 2011- E & J

2011-11-23T07:53:00.002-06:00

115th Layout of 2011-Good Ol' Boys

2011-11-22T07:50:00.002-06:00

114th Layout of 2011-I {heart} School

2011-11-21T08:21:00.000-06:00

113th Layout of 2011-All Smiles

2011-11-20T08:36:00.001-06:00

112th Layout of 2011-Jordan 3, Ethan 5

2011-11-20T08:35:00.001-06:00

111th Layout of 2011-Best Friends

2011-11-19T19:12:00.002-06:00

110th Layout of 2011-One Year Old

2011-11-17T08:10:00.001-06:00

109th Layout of 2011-Happy Go Lucky

2011-11-16T08:40:00.000-06:00

108th Layout of 2011-Jordan

2011-11-15T20:01:00.002-06:00

107th Layout of 2011-2 years old

2011-11-14T07:27:00.000-06:00

106th Layout of 2011-We Are Family/1 Year Old

2011-11-13T07:42:00.001-06:00

105th Layout of 2011- Ethan

2011-11-12T15:16:00.003-06:00

104th Layout of 2011-One Last Sunset

2011-11-11T08:05:00.001-06:00

103rd Layout of 2011-Johns Pass

2011-11-10T07:07:00.001-06:00

102nd Layout of 2011-Glow Golf

2011-11-09T08:30:00.000-06:00

101st Layout of 2011-Lunch at Suncoast

2011-11-08T14:10:00.002-06:00

100th Layout of 2011-Beach

2011-11-07T06:53:00.001-06:00

99th Layout of 2011-StM Ladies

2011-11-06T10:52:00.002-06:00

98th Layout of 2011-Makin' a Splash

2011-11-06T10:50:00.003-06:00

97th Layout of 2011-Explore

2011-11-04T09:15:00.002-05:00

96th Layout of 2011-Hope

2011-11-03T13:52:00.001-05:00

95th Layout of 2011-Quiet on the Set

2011-11-03T07:42:00.002-05:00

94th Layout of 2011-Clearwater Marina Aquarium

2011-11-02T09:06:00.001-05:00

93rd Layout of 2011-Winter's Tail

2011-11-01T08:28:00.000-05:00

92nd Layout of 2011-Beach Party

2011-10-31T09:40:00.002-05:00

91st Layout of 2011-First Beach Visit

2011-10-30T19:26:00.000-05:00

90th Layout of 2011-Busch Gardens

2011-10-29T09:36:00.002-05:00

89th Layout of 2011-Ruby's Boo-Boo

2011-10-28T07:21:00.002-05:00

88th Layout of 2011-Feed the Roos

2011-10-27T07:21:00.002-05:00

87th Layout of 2011-Animal Sightings

2011-10-26T07:37:00.001-05:00

86th Layout of 2011-Jungala

2011-10-25T08:01:00.001-05:00

85th Layout of 2011-(more safari pictures)

2011-10-25T08:00:00.000-05:00

84th Layout of 2011-Serengeti Safari

2011-10-23T15:16:00.002-05:00

83rd Layout of 2011-Munch

2011-10-22T10:23:00.002-05:00

82nd Layout of 2011-Feeding Giraffes

2011-10-21T12:24:00.002-05:00

81st Layout of 2011-Up Close with Giraffes

2011-10-20T09:13:00.001-05:00

80th Layout of 2011-Swim

2011-10-19T07:48:00.002-05:00

79th Layout of 2011-Time to Shop

2011-10-18T08:12:00.002-05:00

78th Layout of 2011-On Our Way

2011-10-17T13:40:00.003-05:00

Finally doing some more scrapbooking. Just got back from the Hear and Soul scrapbook retreat this weekend. I finished 46 layouts over the Friday-to-Sunday event, putting my total for the year at 125 layouts completed. Not even half-way to my resolution goal of 260 for the year--and only a little over two months left of 2011.

The first project I worked on this weekend was the trip to Florida Nik and I took this summer here is the first layout of that book:

World Card Making Day-StM Sketch: Thank You For Being You

2011-10-01T09:44:00.004-05:00

All pattern paper from the For The Record collection from Echo Park Paper Co. Stamp by Stampin' Up

Scrapping the Magic Saturday Sketch #6-It's Your Day

2011-09-25T13:11:00.004-05:00

I have the hardest time mixing pattern papers. Thankfully, there are a ton of great paper packs out there. These papers were from the Celebrations stack from DCWV. The sentiment image is from the Birthday Bash Cricut cartridge.

OWH sketch #87-thanks a bunch

2011-09-18T14:58:00.002-05:00

sentiment by stampin' up

Scrapping the Magic Saturday Sketch #5

2011-09-18T13:09:00.004-05:00

Two items of inspiration for this card. First at church this morning, the sanctuary was decorated with brown and turquoise circle for the undivided series we are currently covering. Love the color-combo.

Then I got home and saw this weeks sketch on Scrapping the Magic.

The {stamps} of life stamp

Scrapping the Magic-Saturday Sketch #4

2011-09-12T12:57:00.004-05:00

I used Basic Grey pattern paper and the {Stamps} of Life stamps

Nuts About U card

2011-09-05T13:52:00.001-05:00

I am lovin' the Create a Critter Cricut cartridge I picked up last week at Joanns. Here is another card made with two of its MANY cuts.

OWH sketch #85-Howdy

2011-09-04T15:33:00.004-05:00

The horse and sentiment was cut from the Create a Critter Cricut cartridge. The pattern paper was from my stash.