I've been wanting...

Late last week and over the weekend it hit me how much school work I had to do before Sat. I've been working and working on getting it completed before Sat. I've sooo wanted to do some crafty things though. It's been hard to resist the urge but I've been able to so far. Now, that's not to say that I haven't been distracted by things that are going on online. I've been plenty distracted there ;) Work has been busy also. It's just been a crazy week so far. I'm almost finished with my portion of the paper we're writing but I've reached a block. I can't see to get any more information on paper or connect the parts that I do have. I also realized how much work I have to do before the semester is up. I'm thinking the next few months are not going to be very productive for me in terms of crafting. The house work has also been piling up but I've been trying to do one little thing a day. Anyway, just wanted to let you all know what's been going on and that I probably won't get to do as much crafting as I'd like to in the next month or so. Better take all the chances I can get :) I'm planning on next week being able to do some crafting and go crop with some friends.

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Sweethearts Wedding Card

Here's a card that I made for a wedding that I'll be going to tomorrow. I used the Sweethearts cricut cartridge along with some MFT die-namics and stamps, and a couple of Lawn Fawn stamps. I tried to use the wedding colors and the bride's favorite color. The one thing that was hard to decide on was the hair color for the bride, she likes to play with her hair color but I decided to use a shade of blonde.

The inside of the card

For the inside of the card I used the My Favorite Things Ditzy Doily border cut out in the deep purple color. The sentiment is from the Clearly Sentimental about you set from MFT and the hearts are from Sophie's Sentiments from Lawn Fawn.

Supplies used:
Colored cardstock
MFT Ditzy Doily
MFT Ditzy Doily border
MFT Framed Greetings & Die set
MFT Clearly Sentimental about you stamp set
Lawn Fawn Sophie's Sentiments
Cricut Sweethearts cartridge
ATG adhesive
Zig 2-way glue pen


Go watch my YouTube video to see how I put it all together.

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I FOUND IT!!!

Happy dance, happy dance. I'm so excited. I found the cricut cartridge Kate's ABCs. WOOHOO!!!! Yeah! I decided to go into Joann's really quickly and see if they had the cartridge. I first looked where they keep all the tags that you can take up to the front to redeem the cart but nothing. Then I looked below where they have a small display of carts that are behind glass. It was sitting there in the bottom, just waiting for me. So I rushed up to the front to ask for someone to get it out for me. The lady was nice enough to even let me look at a couple of other carts that were in the case too. I decided to just buy this cart and I couldn't be happier. I paid more for it than I would normally pay for a cart but it is just too perfect. The name, the images, it even has an alphabet. How much better could you get. I think the little girls are so cute and I love the animals. As an added bonus, there's a jar shape that I can use. I've already hidden all of the features that I don't want on the jar, so that it's just a plain jar. Yeah! Anyway, I'm off to go play tomorrow and it's going with me so that we can all play.

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Exciting find

I have an exciting find I want to share with you all. Hobby Lobby has their own version of the "Clip it Up". Their version is called the Clip & Spin. It's $34.99 plus you can use a coupon on it so it's much more economical than the "Clip it Up." While I have really liked the "Clip it Up" from afar I could just not justify spending the money if I wasn't sure that I had the space for it. It seemed like it would take a lot of space and I didn't have that big of a permanent area for a long time. Since I've now got some space I figured, why not? and for $21 I figured now was the time to try it. I've been an organizing mood recently. I think it will help me to be able to create better because I'll know where stuff is. I just had a mild panic tonight when I realized I wasn't sure where some of my Greeting Farm stamps were. I had looked in the place where I keep them but hadn't opened it up enough. Whew! Enough rambling, here's two pictures of it.

I made a video explaining what I have on it, it's here.

I placed a couple of orders so be on the look out for haul videos and updates. YEAH!!!

Anyway, I haven't done anything productive the last few days. I have school work to be doing. I've really got to get on the stick (is that right?). I did manage to make dinner tonight. We'd been mostly eating frozen Boston Market meals or pizza. Since I was sick all of last week I really didn't feel like cooking and I hadn't really done a whole lot of it the week before. Here's what I made:

It's Penne alla Vodka. The one suggestion I have if you make it is to make sure there isn't a strong vodka smell before you continue the recipe, otherwise it's going to taste a little like vodka. I should have cooked it longer to reduce the alcohol more. I think it's suppose to have a hint but this was a little stronger than a hint. I couldn't finish it. Hubby liked it alright, so not a total lose.

One other thing to share. Hubby has been working on fixing his guitar and totally redid all the electronics. He put Texas specials and a new pick guard on his electric guitar and then did some other things I can't remember. Here's the finished product. I think he did a great job.

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First Layout, First Layout, yeah, yeah!

Yeah!!! I've finished my first 12x12 layout!

I completed it for a YPP layout challenge. We had to use a love song as either the title or somewhere in the layout. I decided to use the song, "I Will Always Love You" as the title of the layout. Our wedding colors were white and black with red as an accent so the paper pad from Me & My Big Ideas was perfect. The font is the Gypsy font, the ribbon is from my stash and the butterflies are Martha Stewart punches.

I also finally took some pics of the prize from Graphic 45. Thank you Graphic 45 team!

I'm excited to get the chance to use the products. I'll try and keep you all informed of what I create.

I added a bunch of videos to my YouTube account. You all should go check it out.

I'm off to go finish the cards I need to make for tomorrow.

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Bluck

Ugh! I've been really sick for the past couple of days. I knew I was getting sick over the weekend and was trying my best to ward it off. I didn't do a very good job. :( It's been so bad that I took off of work and it's almost always easier to go to work then to make arrangements to be out. As my mom and I tell each other, I feel blucky! She was kind enough to bring our favorite sick food, potato soup, yum! It's not all fancy like the soup you would get at the restaurant it's just plain old potato soup. Always seems to do the job when you don't want anything else to eat. I did actually have my first food craving today which I think is a good sign. I'm gonna take tomorrow off and then I hope I'll be well enough to go back to work on Friday.

In the meantime I need to be working on cards and finishing up my recipe cards. I've been trying to be better about posting and getting my projects up. I am close to finishing the scarf I was working on but I figured it wouldn't be good to work on it while I'm sick. I'm sure the germs couldn't hang on for that long but I don't want to take any chances. Plus, I haven't really felt like doing anything the past couple of days. I've thought about it a couple of times but alas, nothing has come of it. Maybe tomorrow will be a crafty day. :)

Hope you all are staying well.

WHAT?!?! Why was I not informed?!?!?!??!?!

Why was I not informed that there is a cricut cartridge named after me??!?!??!????!??!??! I'm very distressed now because I can't find it without it being really expensive. I'm super excited there is one, actually there's two but I don't have an imagine so that cart was not a possibility. I want this one:
Kate's ABCs

Can't wait to get my hands on one. If anyone finds one let me know, please.