What To Do...What To Do...

with all this time that I have today. My hubby took the kids and went up to his parents and to an extended family Christmas today. I didn't go because I had to work this morning and then they would have had to wait for me to get out of work. Nevertheless, now I have all this time today, after work, to do whatever I want. What I really want to do it scrap...but, what I should be doing is cleaning. What a dilemma. What I will probably do it clean a little and scrap a little, clean a little and scrap a little. I really do have a reason to scrap. My brothers girlfriends baby shower, that we are throwing for her, is February 13th and I am making the invites...that need to go out like the end of next week!! Ah!! Anyway, I really need to start those, so that we can send them. So, I have a reason. Anyway, hopefully I will post some new stuff today! And get some cleaning done.

New Year, New Resolutions!

So, today is going to be my last post of 2009. Thank goodness. I have always loved the New Year because even though so many new years resolutions go undone or unfollowed through, I still feel like it's a new beginning. I have many New Years resolutions this year in a couple different areas of my life:

Family

• Every day my kids get bigger and bigger and more independent, it makes me sad, yet it makes me happy too. It means that Justin and I have done something right. Therefore, I am going to cherish every day with them and do something special with them to develop more family traditions that they will remember as they get older.
• I am determined to have family dinners at least 3 times a week. It's hard, but I think that it's important and it just takes a little bit of planning.
• I will also try to remember that my husbands needs to know how special he is to me also. I will try to make a larger effort to show him.

Work

• My dad always said, "All you have to do is what they ask of you." It's so true if you think about it. It will not only help you do your job, but also help you go above and beyond.
• I will make an effort to be grateful that I have a job, when so many other people don't.

Scrapbooking/Cardmaking

• Recently I have started making cards and I have found that I really enjoy it. So, I will continue to make cards and develop my cardmaking talents.
• I will also make a bigger effort to get my kids scrapbooks done and to scrap those cherised memories, not just the ones that I have pictures for, but the ones that really mean something.
• I am also going to make a HUGE effort to organize a design a craft room that is conducive to creativity.

Well, that's it for now. I'm sure that there will more as the year goes on, but all will encompass the loves of my life, my family.

One Last One...

Here is one last card that I whipped up for my hubby tonight. It's his last day at work for 2009 tomorrow and I wanted to make it a good one, so I am stuffing this in his briefcase tonight for him to open in the morning. Enjoy!

Simple Birthday Card

Here is another simple card that I did with the help of a Pagemaps card sketch. It's a birthday card. I used my Gypsy, mt Cricut Expressions, and my Martha Stewart Embossing Gun. Sorry it's not the best picture. My craft space is a huge mess right now, so trying to find room to take a picture is a little difficult!

Get Well Soon...

Here is a card that I did for my grandmother who is in the hospital tonight...please pray for her. She has a lot of fluid in her lungs and they think that she was in respiratory arrest.

It is also the card layout from the Mojo Monday Sketch Blog. I have been meaning to try one of their sketches for quite some time and when I saw this sketch I sat right down at lunch and planned it all out on my Gypsy...unfortunately the sentiment turned to Get Well Soon when my mom called in the afternoon to tell me about my grandma.

Hope you like it. Thanks for looking.

New Toys in Action

Hey Everyone! I am finally getting around to posting some of my work.

I was a very LUCKY, SPOILED, girl on Christmas. I usually don't ask for anything, just because I would rather the money be spent on the kids, but since everyone was going to get me something anyways I decided that for once I would actually tell them what I wanted. Well, what a surprise it was when I actually got everything I asked for including several things that I wasn't expecting.

I had jokingly asked my hubby for a Gypsy, not thinking that he would actually go out and spend the money and get me one, but low and behold, HE DID!

I also asked my mother-in-law for a Cuttlebug (been wanting one forever!) and an embossing heat gun. I got both! Couldn't believe it.

Also, got a ton of clothes and some gift cards, so nice! It was a wonderful Christmas without the gifts, but what a nice surprise. Anyway, without further ado here is a card that I made for my father-in-law whose b-day is in January. I used my Gypsy to plan out and cut the car and the "enjoy the ride" and I used my Cuttlebug to emboss the silver background paper. I also heat embossed the inside, however I don't have a picture of that. Hope you like it! Thanks for looking.

Stressful Scrapping Weekend

So, this weekend I am suppose to be working on finishing up the Scrapbooks that I am doing for my parents and grandmother for Christmas. However, fo some reason I have been having a really hard time getting motivated to finish them. I think that I have figured out why.

When it comes to scrapbooking, even though I do it as a creative outlet, I am a perfectionist! I have a problem. I like to be organized and since I seem to be horrible at it I get stressed out. With these scrapbooks I decided to do them so close to Christmas that I haven't spent as much time on them as I would have liked. Therefore, they are not exactly what I wanted them to be. So, I think that is discouraging me and makes me feel uncreative. And from there it is just a vicious cycle.

Now, I am lucky enough to have a wonderful husband who not only is letting me take all tomorrow to work on them, while he is cleaning out all of our kids toys and rooms to get ready for Christmas, but he is also always there with words of encouragment. When I was done on my work last night he said told me that the work I had done was beautiful and that everyone was just going to think that they were terrfic. How lucky am I? I try to always remember that!

Anyway, I think that I will feel better after Christmas when they have opened them and they like them, or dislike them, however I think I know my family and I have to remember that they will love them because I made them.