H2H Guest Design Team Member

Hi there!  I'm up this month over at Heart 2 Heart Challenges as their guest design team member.

This weeks challenge is 'snow much fun.'  Check it out HERE! and play along!  You can also see my project!

Have a great night!

How many pennies did I move?

You will never believe this, but I had an awesome week with Weight Watchers and Shredding!  I was able to move.....

7 Pennies!!

I was pretty strick with myself on WW and with the shredding.  I've read on WW that this may happen the first few weeks so I don't count it on happening every week- I know that would not be healthy. 

I felt pretty satisfied all week- drank a lot more water and ate a lighter breakfast and lunch.  By light I mean oatmeal and salads with fruit, veggies, yogurt, cheese, ham, egg, regular salad dressing.  This way I was able to eat a little more at dinner leaving me feeling very satisfied in the evening- this is when I tend to snack.

I'll continue to keep you updated on Mondays- Here's to a new week!

Let me crawl in a hole! Please!

Oh boy, I need to share with you the most embarrassing moment I have had in a very long time!  It occurred this afternoon while shopping in walmart.  While approaching the check out, we ran into my brother in law and nephew- I told my husband I was going to run and grab something and I'd be right back (pads). I grabbed them and returned to the checkout but my hubby and kids weren't there anymore.  I walked around and found them talking to my boss and his wife!  Yes, I had my pads in my hand!  Our cart was full and both of the kids were in the cart.  As approaching them, I could feel my face start on fire!  I quickly threw the pads in the cart and acted 'natural.'  Yeah, not real easy with a 4 year old that explained to them that 'his mom wears those!'  OMG, I wanted to crawl in a hole and die!!  We said our goodbyes and all my husband and I could do was laugh! 

Kids....they certainly make life interesting and there's never a dull moment! While driving home, I told Chuck I felt like I wanted to crawl in a hole and die!  Beau immediately said, mama you can't dig a hole and die in there!  No way mama!  No way!  Again, all I could do was look at chuck and laugh!

Monday should be an interesting, yet awkward day at work!

Weightloss in a Jar

haha! If only it was that easy right?  If you've been following my blog recently, you know I'm focusing on losing weight and have started the Jillian Michael's 30 day shred (a painful process).  Well, I'm a visual person and I thought it would be more motivating for me if I had a little reward for every pound I lost.  Check out pinterest and you will find a lot of awesome ideas!  This is what I created-Thanks to Cassie for the inspiration!

Weightloss in a Jar

The jar to the left has 48 pennies in it (yes, pennies people.  I didn't think I should put chocolate chips in the jar...sounds good though!).  I've seen others use clear marbles, etc but I don't have time to run out to purchase those so pennies it is!  I started this journey with 46 lbs but last week bumped that up to 48 lbs!

My start date is on the back of the 'to go' tag.

 

I love how little the jars are- perfect to set on my kitchen window as a reminder (it will match the picture of the pig that my boy painted at preschool which hangs on my fridge hehe) .  We'll see if I'm able to move any of these little pennies next week. 

~Kim :)

Girlie Girl Cards- Live Fast/Celebrate

Hi there!  My kiddos are napping and I was able to play a little this afternoon.  (I made the first card last night) I found 2 new challenges and I thought I would play along. 

The sketch I used is from Try Stampin on Tuesday! 

 The paper pack I used is a retired (for a few years now) ctmh pack- Notebook.  It was one of my favorites!  Rather than continuing to hoard it, it was time to use some of it up.  I cut the dress, etc with the Artiste Circut cartridge.  I love how it turned out! 

I'm entering my next card into the new challenge blog Inkspirational!  This one is a color combo:

Fun colors!

The sketch I used is from Freshly Made Sketches.

And here is my card:

A while ago, I accidently bought 2 inch Glue Dots! I decided to open them up and play around with some left over rosette ribbon I had.  This was the result and I love it!

Thanks for checking out my creations!

~Kim

SOUS Challenge

Hi there!  There's a new challenge up at STUCK ON U SKETCHES!  It's a fun one!  We'd love to see you join in on our fun!

I just can't get enough of ctmh's Clementine paper.  The stampset used is in the current idea book and is called Many Thanks.  The ribbon is unknown- purchased at a craft show in a jar.

Hope to see you over at SOUS!  Have a great day!

~Kim

Feeling Challenged

Happy New Year!

Hope you all are enjoying the start to the new year!  We met up with good friends of ours at a water park last night- the kids had a blast! We got home and I was feeling a little challenged so I made a few cards.  The first one is from Retro Sketches.

The paper pack used on this card is Clementine and the stampset used is State of Mind (ctmh retired).  I love this combo and am pleased with the clean and simple look to the card.

The next card was a little more challenging for me.  I think it was the color combo- although I LOVE these colors together, I just could not figure out how I wanted to lay it it all out. The patterned paper is from my 6x6 minds eye Christmas collection, stampset is Just for You (ctmh), ribbon is retired from Stampin Up!

I entered this card into a few challenges:

ColourQ

Thanks for checking out my creations and have a great night!