Growing In Unity, Day Two

Welcome back to Day Two of my Growing In Unity week!  Every day this week I will be showing off a project I completed using Unity Stamps.  Make sure to leave me a comment because you will be entered to win your choice of 2 Itty Bitty stamp sets at the end of the week!  Sweet!

Here is the card I created for today's post:

I pulled out my Simple Stories Summer Fresh 6x6 pad for this one.  I thought the quilted chevron paper would go well with the stamp set I used, Stitched Greetings.  I used some burlap twine on this card, as well as a paper punch, to punch out the tiny buttons on the heart and star.

That's all for today!  Make sure you check back every day this week and comment for your chance to win!  Until next time...

Growing In Unity, Day One

ME!!  :)

I am so excited to be the Growing in Unity gal this week!  I feel relatively new to the stamping world (within the last year or so), so this is kind of a big deal for me.  Every day this week I will be showing off a project I completed using Unity Stamps.  Make sure to leave me a comment because you will be entered to win your choice of 2 Itty Bitty stamp sets at the end of the week!  Sweet!

I'm not going to beg for followers.  But if you want to follow me, click over there --->  Just sayin'.  :)   

Here is the card I created for my first post:

Anyone who has been following me for a while knows that I am an aqua hoarder.  Can't. Get. ENOUGH of it.  Something I enjoy even more?  Doilies.  And burlap string.  Not necessarily in that order.  :)  I stamped the sentiment on vellum.  This card was getting a little too fancy for my taste, so I had to throw in some burlap twine to ground it a bit.  I think it turned out beautifully.  

For this card I used the stamp set Blossom Stackers. 

That's all for now!  Make sure you check back every day this week and comment for your chance to win!  Until next time...

It's How-To'sday over at Scrapbooksteals.com!

I made these cute necklaces for my girlies for Valentine's Day.  Be sure you hop on over to Scrapbooksteals.com for a tutorial on how to make them!  They are so super easy and fast to throw together.

Hope you all have a wonderful Tuesday!  Until next time...

Urban Swank Urban Lily Paper Craft Collection

Hello, All!  Today I am over on the Scrapbooksteals.com blog to show you a fun project I made with products from today's steal, Urban Swank Urban Lily Paper Craft Collection.  I had SO MUCH FUN working with these products, so go check out what I made!  

Here is a little teaser:

 

Now head over to the Scrapbooksteals.com blog and check out the rest! 

Until next time...

Simple Stories Happy Days Collection

Today is my first post over at the Scrapbooksteals blog!  I got to use the Simple Stories Happy Day Collection, which is so great for creating cards and layouts  The photo sleeve-like system makes it super easy to create fast layouts and cards as well. 

Here are a couple sneak peeks at a couple layouts I made with today's steal:

You heard me say *sneaks*, right?  ;)  Make sure you head over to the Scrapbooksteals blog to see the rest of these projects, as well as many other scrapbooking ideas!

Until next time...

Some news...

I just wanted to share some exciting news...

I was chosen to be on the Scrapbooksteals.com Design Team for the Winter term!  As I said in the announcement over on the SS blog, I feel like I have come full-circle in regards to Scrapbooksteals.  Starting from being a fan, to making lasting friendships within the SS community, to attending the crop and now being on the design team.  Aside from working there, this is about as far as I can go in the SS world!  :) 

I'm excited to show you the projects I've been working on!

Until then...

One Little Word...Breathe

Happy 2013!  It's always nice to start the new year with a some fresh perspective, isn't it?  I don't usually do resolutions because they are sometimes unattainable.  For instance, one of mine would be to live richly.  That can be interpreted in many ways...to live life to the fullest, to love to the fullest, etc.  But in my head, that would mean we need to win the lottery.  See what I mean?  :)

Some of my scrappy friends have chosen one little word for the new year and I felt like this was something I needed to do as well.  2012 was a hard year for me, mostly because of those unattainable or unrealistic expectations I put upon myself.  A mini meltdown in October opened my eyes in a new perspective and I feel like I can continue with it for the next year.  This brings me to the word I chose:

This word has so many different meanings to me. I'm not reminding myself to breathe in the literal sense.  My breakdown in October was caused by all of the stress I was putting upon myself.  I was trying to be the perfect mom, the perfect wife, have a perfect home, do all the right things and it all caught up to me at once.  To me, breathe means to relax, think before I speak/act, let go and let God.

I need to learn to just breathe before I react to things my girls do.  My youngest is a very strong-willed child and as much as I love that little nut, she really knows how to push my buttons.  Instead of just reacting to what she does, I need to take a deep breath and realize that whatever she did or said probably wasn't as big of a deal as I would have made it out to be.

I need to learn that there really is no such thing as perfect.  As long as we have a roof over our heads, food on our plates and love in our hearts, everything else will just fall into place.  If I get the laundry done in one day, great!  If I don't, oh well.  If I clean up the house every few days, sweet!  If not, no one's going to like me any less for it.

I am not sure what I will actually do with this word as far as a project or layout is concerned, but I'm sure I'll come up with something.  And if I don't...I won't beat myself up about it.  Coming up with my word and choosing to be the change I wish to see is a success in and of itself. 

Until next time...




PS  One little word is a concept developed by Ali Edwards.  You can learn more about it by visiting her blog here.