my monday ramblings...

Happy Monday! I am happy to report that I finally got everything crossed off my weekend list (new list for today, lol!)...what a great feeling!!!! The wedding countdown is on! 5 more days!!!!! I have been on a sleep deprived, caffeine, stress ride for the past 2 weeks...and it may sound crazy, but I have been pretty hyper, lol! I am looking forward to the day and having fun! I know things will come up and not go as planned, but I want to have great memories of the day...not a stressful perfect day.

Saturday night I had a few hours and thought I would stamp, but I was just not in the mood...and I knew nothing good would come from that. So I decided to edit some pictures I took two weeks ago for Operation Christmas Child. I am heading up this ministry at our church for the second year in a row. It is one that is dear to my heart, since my love language if gifts. Our family has participated in OCC for over 8 years.

I was making a display for OCC and wanted to pack a couple of boxes to use as an example...I decided to photograph them for the old blog;D of course my cat "Kitty" had to investigate.

Please email of leave a comment for me if you are interested in blessing a child with a shoebox gift.

Thanks for visiting! Enjoy today!!!!

cupcake birthday...

Happy Friday!
Another quick post for today...still crazy busy!!! The slide show is almost finished...yippee!!! And Ashley and I are going to start decorating the reception hall on Tuesday night...wow! Things are moving really fast! Okay enough wedding talk!

My niece Gillian's birthday was yesterday *Happy Birthday Gillian!!* I wanted to make her a cupcake card :D I used the same layout as my card from Monday's post...I really like this layout. I used some Aqua Mist cardstock and Aqua Mist polka dotted ribbon from Papertrey ink (another favorite color of mine).

I hope she liked it!

Have a great weekend!!!

Supplies used:
Stamps: Birthdays are the Best (SU!)/cupcake (Michael's $1 stamp)
Cardstock: Whisper White/Basic Black (SU!)/Aqua Mist (PTI)
Ink: Basic Black (SU!)
Markers: Bashful Blue/Pretty in Pink/Barely Banana (SU!)
Ribbon: Aqua Mist polka dot satin ribbon (PTI)
Circle Punch (SU!)

a simple thank you...

Happy Wednesday everyone!

Another quick post today...I am hopefully finishing my final wedding task today...yippee! I am putting together a slide show of Ashley and Nate. I am hopeful it will go smoothly;D I am a little nervous about adding the music into the program...but I am going to think positive. Then I have some yard work to do, grocery shopping, write a recommendation letter, send out some thank you cards and go into work for a few hours (I have unrealistic expectations of myself, huh?).

Here is a card I made for Linday's (Ashley's MOH) mom, Liz. She outdid herself for Ashley's shower, it was such a nice day! This was another card from my un-creative Saturday card making session, lol! I love my floral frenzy set and this new pure poppy paper/ribbon from Papertrey, definitely some of my fav's.

Have a super day!! Thanks for stopping by!!!!

Supplies used...
Stamps: Floral Frenzy (PTI)
Cardstock: Pure Poppy (PTI)/Chocolate Chip/Whisper White (SU!)
Ink: Pure Poppy (PTI)/Chocolate Chip/Mellow Moss (SU!)
Ribbon: Chocolate Chip Grosgrain (SU!)

a tired tuesday...

Howdy...

This will be a quick post...I am exhausted, and I still have a week and a half to go. I am really looking forward to the sigh of relief on 10.4.08 when I can sit back and enjoy myself (I hope). By then anything that didn't get done, won't matter!

I needed a thank you card and I made this one on Saturday. Since my creativity wasn't happening, it isn't too fancy, lol! I pulled out my butterfly kisses stamp set from Papertrey Ink, and used one of my favorite color combos...pink and brown.

Have a terrific Tuesday! Thanks for visiting!!

Supplies:

Stamps: Butterfly Kisses/Rustic Branches (PTI)

Cardstock: Sweet Blush (PTI)/Whisper White/Close to Cocoa (both SU!)

Ink: Sweet Blush (PTI)/Close to Cocoa (SU!)

Ribbon: Sweet Blush (PTI) Scallop Punch (SU!)

weekend ramblings....

Happy Monday...

busy, busy, busy is what I have been! Ashley and I made great progress, so I feel pretty good about that! I don't want to have a nervous breakdown next weekend, lol! I think we have most of the little ends all tied up, I was really thankful for Lindsay (Ashley's MOH), who flew in from Texas again this weekend to help us! The only thing I didn't complete was the slide show...which will hopefully be done on Wednesday! I cannot believe that the "big day" is less than two weeks away!!! I am ready for life to get back to normal...whatever normal is...Then Christmas stuff will start...*sigh* can't a girl catch a break, ha ha! Okay, enough wedding chatter!

Josh's girlfriend, Sharon celebrated her birthday on Saturday...so Sunday after church, we had to have the Clark family birthday celebration. I made teriyaki steak kabobs, oven roasted potatoes and cesar salad...finished off with a little help from Sara Lee, strawberry cheesecake...yum! Here is the card I made for Sharon. I have not been in my stamp room for weeks! So when I got in there...I sat there for a good 10-15 minutes (stressing), not feeling creative at all. I decided to pull out some of my favorite colors, one of my favorite stamp sets, and just use a layout I have used before. I had 4 cards to make, and did get them completed...which was a good feeling! I decided to make a little tag to attach to this cute bag I put Sharon's gift card in (from Target's $1 spot). I think it came out pretty cute;D It was a fun day of celebrating Sharon's big day!

Thanks for visiting! Have a wonderful day!

Supplies used...

Stamps: Floral Frenzy/Paper Tray (PTI)

Paper: Berry Sorbet/Pure Poppy (PTI) Whisper White (SU!)

Ink: Berry Sorbet/Pure Poppy (PTI)

Ribbon: Berry Sorbet (PTI)

Punch: 1 3/8 circle (SU)

Tag: same supplies as on card and Oval Nestabiliteis dies

the weekend is here!

Happy Friday...are you ready for the weekend?

I have lots to do, but am hopeful to have some "me time" sometime over the weekend! I have several thank you cards to make and a couple of birthday cards.

Wedding stuff is in full gear now...I hope to get the majority crossed off my list!!! I have to make a slide show for the wedding (hope that isn't too difficult), type and print the programs & name cards (and our printer is being wonky again...arrgh!), bring Josh and Mike's tuxes to the dry cleaners, and I think that is it for this weekend...hope I don't get too stressed, lol!

Here is the page I made for Lesson 2 in my type+writer class...it was kind of weird doing a page about me...because, I am usually the one behind the camera. Ashley took this picture of me during our "senior picture" photo shoot on Saturday. Of course I edited it a bit, lol! Wish that would work irl!

Have a fabulous weekend! Thanks for visiting!!

senior picture moments...

Hi everyone....

I missed a day...I think that may be happening more frequently over the next few weeks, so please be patient with me;D

Tuesday night our church kicked off it's new women's ministry. We are concentrating on relationship building, which is really great! I am looking forward to getting to know all the ladies in the group on a more personal level. Cindy Cain is leading the group and has had tons of experience, and our church will be blessed by her. I know she will do a great job...you can check out her blog here.

On Saturday, while Ashley and I were waiting to drive to Lindsay's house for her shower...we had about a half an hour to kill and of course we didn't do anything productive, lol! I wanted to take some pictures to practice some of my new skills...I guess you could call it "senior picture moments" I took lots of pictures of her and she snapped a few of me...we had a good laugh! I think we needed some down time! Anyway this one was my favorite!!! I did a little editing, and added the contra pop action, which you can find here. Actions...I LOVE them!!!! I am just warning you, once you start using them, you will run them on all your photos. You can download some free ones here (note these work in Photoshop Elements and higher versions of Photoshop).

I finished another digi page from my type+writer class...which I will post on Friday (it includes one of the "senior picture moments" Ashley snapped of me, which I had to edit a bit, lol!).

Enjoy today! Thanks for visiting!!!

Gretchen