Note to Self: Don't Be too Busy!

Last Christmas my husband started the daunting task of transferring our VHS/Beta home movies to an external drive on our computer. Of course when you do things like that you get distracted and the task takes FOREVER...we still haven't finished it. BUT, we have all thoroughly enjoyed watching them while they are uploading! One of my favorites is a video we made of our boys (17 years ago!) on an average Sunday. My husband was filming, I was washing clothes and cleaning house, and the boys were running around being crazy. My almost two year old was running around naked and wearing only his big brother's cowboy boots because he was potty training. I would stop every little while and take him to the potty...my husband likes to capture "real life". At the time it was annoying, but those "real life" home movies are my favorites. I especially liked the clip where I filmed myself saying, "Future self, don't be too busy," then I panned to my boys all tucked in a twin bed together while my 7 year old read his little brother a book. Those are precious memories that I forgot we made and I'm so glad we have them. They are worth more than gold.

Today is the first day of the month and time for a new monthly challenge at JFF Rubber Stamps. The theme for the month of May is Mothers/Moms, of course!



I thought of my mom when making this card. She always had petunias in hanging baskets on our patio. I remember, I had to water them! The sentiment reminded me of my home movie, I love that quote. It reminds me to slow down and enjoy the moment.

[caption id="attachment_6247" align="aligncenter" width="635"] JFF Rubber Stamps Bunch of Petunias stamp image. Images colored with Derwent colored pencils and blended with gamsol. Club Scrap® card stock.[/caption]

I just have to share this...my mom used to sing "I'm a Lonely Little Petunia" when I was a little girl with ALL the sound effects! I need to learn to play it on the ukulele so that she can sing it for the grand kids, they would LOVE this!

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-w5FcEWRQU]

Thanks for walking down memory lane with me, those were fun times!

Click here to see what the rest of the design team has to share and play along with us this month. You have plenty of time before Mother's Day to make a card AND enter the challenge for a chance to win a gift certificate to shop at jffstamps.com!

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Challenges entered:

Sketch Saturday week #461 Pick ANY sketch 215-460 ( I chose sketch #228)



Time Out Challenge #82 Flowers with the optional twist of Kissing

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You Make Me a Happy Camper!

I snorted when I wrote that title! I'm not a fan of primitive camping (click here for the back story)...BUT I will do a "glamping" trip! I found this great post by Whit's Wilderness about a Texas tipi retreat. We have a girls' trip planned for the fall! Road Trip!

[caption id="attachment_6159" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Club Scrap® card stock from the Paradise collection. Fussy cut stamp images from the 2015 National Parks kit.[/caption]

Today starts a new color challenge at Cupcake Inspirations. Those spring colors are fabulous!



The sponsor for this week's challenge is Frantic Stamper and they are generously offering a Sponsor Prize:  Tropical Leaf card panel die! 



I used the Frantic Stamper Pop-Up card base die (scoring line with attached pop-up element) from the Pop Up Card Bases Precision Dies set for the inside of my card. Talk about making a pop up card a piece of cake!

[caption id="attachment_6160" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Club Scrap® card stock from the Paradise kit. JFF Rubber Stamps Round and Square camper stamp images. Sentiment stamp from the Club Scrap National Parks kit from 2015.[/caption]



Click here for more inspiration from the rest of the design team and link up your artwork! I can't wait to see what you do with the color theme this week!

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Yes, I Ride Like a Girl!

Sometimes it takes a swift kick in the a$$ to get moving.

I was a couch potato. I would come home from work, take a bath, put on pajamas and veg out on the couch til bedtime. I was getting the middle aged pudge, my muscles were aching and I was hobbling around like an old woman. WHAT THE?! My body was telling me to get off my a$$ and move. BUT, I loathe going to the gym. It's boring. I wanted to do something I enjoy, outside in the fresh air. I decided to buy a bike!

[caption id="attachment_6095" align="aligncenter" width="720"] Isn't that helmet CUTE?! I found it on bikepretty.com  After I had my first accident (without a helmet!) I bought a helmet and had to talk Sheri into getting one. This suited her to a "T"![/caption]

I loved riding my bike as a kid. I rode everywhere before I got a driver's license! Total FREEDOM! My best bud Sheri said she'd be my riding buddy and it was on! We ride every afternoon and have a fun day on Mondays. We have scoped out the bike trails in our area and have gone mountain biking or hiking on our Monday Funday!

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Yesterday we completed 4 weeks of daily riding and yoga on Tuesdays. Sheri's favorite saying is," We are getting so strong!" We are, we can feel it! I haven't lost a pound, but I can see muscles and I feel so much better. Yes, I ride like a girl, try to keep up!

I made this card to celebrate our small victories. "Acknowledge all of your small victories. They will eventually add up to something great!" ~Kara Goucher

[caption id="attachment_6089" align="aligncenter" width="3306"] I used the bicycle stamp from JFFRS and heat embossed with copper foil embossing powder. I found the quote online and printed on Club Scrap® cardstock using the recommended fonts for the April Cherry Blossoms kit...Charlotte and Desereted.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_6088" align="aligncenter" width="5184"] The bicycle basket is a stamp from the Club Scrap Succulents Jumbo Unmounted collection. It was a pot for plants! The cherry blossom stickers were embellishments in the Cherry Blossoms kit. I inked the edges with Concord Grape Distress ink.[/caption]

Stay tuned for more "Adventures with Wendy and Sheri" as we find new places to ride and hike around Louisiana! We're gonna be 50 and FABULOUS!!!

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4If-N3z53A]

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Challenges entered:

Club Scrap Cherry Blossoms Blog Hop and Linky Party

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Faith, Trust and a Little Bit of Pixie Dust

I loved the book Peter Pan. The Walt Disney movie version was my favorite, but Hook kinda grew on me! This scene is so sweet and just tugs on your heartstrings...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU_eHbEiNrU]

Wendy was always my favorite character, of course! I think we all have the memories of that "in-between" stage... not quite an adult, but you want to be and not a little kid anymore, but secretly you still want to to be! It's hard to grow up! That's why a little pixie dust always helps when you're growing up, up and away.

This is my niece Ellie...she turned 15 last week! She's super special...not only did she make me an aunt for the first time, but I was in the delivery room when she was born!



She's beautiful, has a great sense of humor and has more confidence at 15 than I do at 48! I love this girl!

Today starts a new challenge at Cupcake Inspirations and the theme is Mythical.



I happened to have the perfect stamp images and made this card for Ellie Belle's birthday!

[caption id="attachment_5918" align="aligncenter" width="575"] Club Scrap® card stock from the April 2017 Cherry Blossoms collection. Stamp set from Club Scrap Retreat 2015 Enchanted Forest. Images stamped with Versamark ink and embossed with copper foil embossing powder. Diamond stickles for sparkle.[/caption]

I just love this Tinkerbell quote!



Diamond Stickles makes awesome pixie dust!



The sponsor for this week's challenge is The Greeting Farm and they are generously providing a $25 gift certificate to shop in their store! Click here to check out what the rest of the design team created, then go make a card to enter in the challenge!

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