Club Card and a Funny!

With Laila being sick, I'm running a bit behind on preparing for club.  I finally designed a card to go along with our ornaments today and got it all ready to go.   I'm not sure we'll have time to do both, but we'll see how the night goes.   I saw a fun sketch at Create with Connie and Mary and while I wasn't able to stamp and enter it, I still had a great time with it.

My Happy Hour set seemed neglected so I thought I'd pull it out and make something fun. With the way this week has been going, I could use a cocktail.  lol   Maybe I can treat myself on my birthday next week!  :)

I'm pretty sure my Old Olive went into shock when I pulled it out to use it today. I remember back in the day when it was THE green to use.  I think both it and Chocolate Chip are probably a bit depressed these days.  

Now on to the funny...  

Jason and I were cleaning out some drawers and found this "gorgeous" Valentine that I made him back when I first started stamping.    It's very special that's for sure.  I tried right?   It's good to look back and see how far I've come with my hobby and how much using Stampin' Up! almost exclusively has helped as well.

My sweet girl isn't throwing up today but she is pretty tired.  She fell asleep playing in her bouncy seat today.  I think her tooth is starting to push through the gums a bit more so she has been pretty fussy today.  I am not a fan of teething so far that's for sure.

FMS65: Cupcake Cutie

Here's my buddy Linda's fun sketch for Freshly Made Sketches.  I used a few new things including a new DSP from the upcoming catalog and a stamp from SAB. 

Just a really quick post for me.  Laila has been sick all day and we are exhausted.   I almost forgot to type this up and schedule it before I tried to get a little rest.   I'm sure it is going to be a long night.   Those darn stomach viruses are the worst!

MDS Santa Page

I just had to scrapbook this awesome picture.  :)  I'm not even close to catching up on her book yet, but I skipped ahead to play along with a challenge on a new MDS Facebook group that I joined.  They taught us how to add a picture into multiple photo boxes and it was new to me and pretty fun!   I keep playing around with this page, but I might leave it like this.  Maybe...

FMS64: Birdie Love

Time for a Freshly Made Sketch card again!   Cindy created this fun sketch for us this week.  There's so many possibilities that it took me ages to decide on something.   Now don't laugh when you see my card, okay?  When I say that I'm OVER Christmas, I mean I'm SO OVER Christmas.   :)

Oh yeah...Valentine's Day!!!!  :)   I have been making Christmas cards since July and I think I'm done with them for this year.  I hope anyway.   I admit that I'm a bit of a Grinch this time of year anyway, but 5 or 6 months of Christmas cards is more than enough.  

Now if I can just finish my holiday shopping!   Are you finished yet?   I just have stocking stuffers left.  Jason and I both have birthdays coming up, so I do have to go shop for a gift for that and the ingredients for a cheesecake since that's his favorite.   It's getting so crazy out there that I don't even want to leave the house. I love Amazon and become more thankful for it every year.   

Yikes.   I can't believe we'll be starting solids soon!   I keep telling her that Santa will be bringing her an avocado in her stocking.  Jason put together her little highchair and we put her in it for a test run.   It made me cry a bit.  This is all new stuff to us and every little milestone is just amazing.  

Perfectly Penned for Club

Wow you guys!!!!!!   I see that I went over the 200,000 views mark this week.   That's crazy!!   I appreciate you all visiting and seeing what's going on in my little corner of the internet.  I have a few cards that I'd love to send out to a few of you, so leave me a comment and I'll pick a couple random folks to send one out to!  

Are you like me and have a favorite sketch that you go to a lot?   This one from Try Stampin' on Tuesday is quickly becoming my favorite. I was working on some ideas for club cards and wanted to do one where people could pick their sentiment.  I like having a choice because some folks might need a birthday card while others need a thank you.   Perfectly Penned will work for either of those AND this layout.   Win, win!  Thanks to Glenda for her gorgeous inspiration.  

Santa was going to put these cute leg warmers in Laila's stocking but he sorta dropped them off a bit early.  :)   She's really discovered her toes now so she LOVES grabbing them.

Fabulous Dinosaur

Laila decided to take a long nap today (after not sleeping that great last night of course) and I had a bit of time to go play along with the challenge at Fab Friday.   I love the sketch and am glad I had time to play.  I don't know what's up with my horrible picture taking lately, but I'll try to work on that.  I think I moved my light tent the wrong way and it is not working out.   

Still working on cards for the younger folks and still trying to use up some of my hoarded DSP.  I used some old Halloween paper, Pick Your Poison, and embossed it with the chevron folder.   I love embossed DSP for some reason.   Do you ever do that?   It looks pretty cool I think.  I kept it pretty simple since I didn't know how much time I'd have to finish it, but every dinosaur card needs a bit of distressing!  :)  

After seeing all the other moms going on and on about Sophie the Giraffe, I finally broke down and bought Laila one.  She must be quite tasty as she likes to gnaw on her.   She seems like a dog toy to me, but what do I know?   :)   

Merry Mini Christmas

I'm a bit over Christmas cards since I've been making them since July, but my club ladies and I are doing a swap and cookie exchange at our December meeting and I need to work on some ideas for that.  Since my Merry Minis stamps were still on my shelf uninked, I figured it was about time to change that.   I bought them after seeing this cute card in our monthly demonstrator magazine's July edition.   I don't normally CASE cards, but it was just so adorable that I wanted to try to make one.   I'm not sure it will be my swap, but it's a cute card I can send out to someone if not.  :)

Now on to something even more cute...

Here's the picture we picked from Laila's Santa picture proofs! I LOVE it so so much!   There were several poses that were great, but I just fell in love with this one.   I already made and ordered some Christmas cards today using it.  :)  

Paper Players in Orange

It has been way too long since I had time to play along with my buddies over at The Paper Players.  I loved Jaydee's sketch this week and thought I could make it work for a young girl type card.   I was in the mood for some Pumpkin Pie (not the dessert as I think that's gross) so I used that and white for my card.  It's rare to just use one color and a neutral, but it happens every now and then.  :)

I really like how this one turned out.  I love the mix of patterns, the bit of bling, and the ORANGE.  Finally a bit of my retired DSP got used too.  I am running out of room, so I am trying to make myself use up some of it and NOT allowing myself to buy any more until I clear out some.  

The Christmas tree was just too bright for her.  :)