Birthday card

Hello Friends! I hope you had a great weekend, and an awesome SuperBowl Sunday! We threw a little party and had plenty of food, fun, drinks, and laughter! Since we live in the sunshine state we were able to throw some hamburgers and hotdogs on the grill, and watch the game outside. It was really a beautiful day!

So, today I'm popping in with a birthday card. Remember how I was talking about reorganizing my craft room and putting the light tent near the window? Well, I got to thinking...(do you smell smoke, LOL!) and I came to the realization that "hello you really do live in the sunshine state, why not take photos outside?" So, that's what I did, talk about natural light!! I'm really not sure what took me so long to figure this out, but like I said, I'm a work in progress! So, without further ado, here's my card:

Not too bad, eh? I just realized today that I had a little smudge on my lens so that's what you see in the upper right of the pic. I didn't notice it when I was snapping, but it's fixed now. Again, work in progress...

About the card, it came together pretty quickly once I figured out I wanted to go the musical route. I used a giant sheet music stamp for the background, a little patterned paper, and some musical notes from my Silhouette. I kinda wish I would've cut those a little smaller but I think it still looks okay. I used a die-cut frame with matching stamp for my sentiment, and that's about it. 

Well, that's it for me today, I hope you have a great day and thanks so much for stopping by!

Carol

Supplies:

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink

Patterned Paper: Basic Grey - Hey You!

Stamps: Papertrey Ink (Boutique Borders - Birthday), Stampendous (sheet music)

Embellishments: Silhouette music notes, scalloped border punch, enamel dots

The Baby Diary

Hello Friends! Happy MLK Day! I'm popping in with Paige's 3 month photo. I can't believe she's already 3 months old! So many of my friends and family have told me how fast the time goes, and boy were they right!! She is growing so fast and every day she discovers something new, it's so heartwarming to see her eyes light up over everything she sees and hears! She's starting to "talk" A LOT and it is SO DARN CUTE!! My husband called me at work last week to tell me she was going to town talking to herself for about an hour! Too cute!!

She is just super sweet and she is such a joy to watch. My husband and I find ourselves staring at her all the time for no reason at all, it's hilarious! She is such a blessing! Here's another pic I took of her right before bed one night.

Doesn't she have the sweetest face ever?! Well, I hope you enjoyed this update and I apologize for taking so long but I've had major issues with posting pictures on Blogger lately. It looks like I've got it resolved for now, thank goodness, I was missing the blog! :-) We are off to the fair today to eat lots of fried food, people watch, and enjoy time with our family. I promise to post pics of all the fun!

Have a great day and thank you so much for stopping by!

Carol

First photo with new camera!

Hello Friends! Are you having a good weekend? I know it's super cold in many areas, so hopefully you're snuggling up with a cup of hot cocoa and staying warm! My weekend has been great so far,  Paige and I met my friend for lunch yesterday and we also ran a few errands. She's such a good baby! I'll post her 3 month pic very soon, I can't believe she's already 3 months old!

I was able to get in the craft room and make a random birthday card just so I could take a pic with my new camera. Let me tell you, Sasha is amazing, I just set her on "intelligent auto" and she does all the work! She automatically went to the Macro setting and I think my first pic with her turned out pretty good.

What do you think? The photo is definitely sharper than what I was used to with my old camera. I'm thinking that I may rearrange my craft room and put my light box right next to the window because my room is pretty dim (not much natural light - see I'm learning!) so I'm going to try that and see if I can get even better quality pictures. It's a work in progress...

 

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Carol

 

Supplies:

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink

Patterned Paper: Crate Paper (Flea Market)

Stamps/Dies: Papertrey Ink - The Sweet Life, Boutique Borders - Birthday

Misc: embossing powder 

Goodbye Nikon, Hello Sony!

Hello Friends! I hope you are all doing well and settling into the new year. I'm slowly getting adjusted to being back to work. My husband will be taking care of Paige for the next 4 weeks, so it's good to know that she is in loving hands!

So, today's post is all about what Santa brought me for Christmas. I guess I was really a good girl last year because I've had a camera on my Christmas list for 3 years running (I've been using a crappy Nikon point and shoot) and finally figured that Santa was not going to bring me a new one. So, I omitted it from my list this year thinking why keep wishing for something that I'm obviously not going to get. Well, surprise, surprise when I opened this cute little box on Christmas morning and found a Sony DSC-HX300 camera!!!! Woohoo, talk about excited. I totally got off the couch and did the happy dance! LOL! Would you like to take a look at her?

Isn't she beautiful!! I've named her Sasha. I've been taking some practice shots so I can get comfortable using her, and I tell you the photos are unbelievable!! I'm hoping that my cards will start looking MUCH better on the blog and as they say, practice makes perfect!

 

Well enjoy the rest of your day, and thank you so much for stopping by!

Carol



Happy New Year!

Hello Friends! Happy 2014!!! I hope you all rang in the new year with those you love and had a good time doing it! It was pretty quiet around the Weatherspoon household, we turned on Dick Clark's Rockin' Eve just in time to see the ball drop. We popped open a bottle of Moet and toasted to the new year. I must say that 2013 was amazing for us, but I know 2014 will be even better as we watch our little girl grow.

So, last year I made a few resolutions (or revolutions as the kid says in the AT&T commercial - LOL!) and now is time for me to see if I accomplished them:

1. Be an awesome wife - mission accomplished!
2. Be a fantastic friend - mission accomplished!
3. Blog More - I would like to post at least twice per week. - I think I did pretty good with this one
4. Read More - I think I only read 2-3 books this year and that's just not right. So, I would like to read at least 6 books next year. - Didn't quite meet this one, I think I read 3 books last year
5. Work on my photography skills. If that means taking a photography class or looking up a bunch of videos on YouTube, I would like to see my pictures look better on the blog. - this will be better in 2014, I'll share why soon!
6. Open my Etsy shop. This is a BIG goal for 2013, I've discussed this at length with friends and now I just need to do it! - didn't even come close to accomplishing this one!
7. Sell my cards and other papercrafts at a local Farmer's Market. I've heard that this is a great way to get started with selling crafts on a local level. - mission not accomplished!
8. Continue to exercise at least 3-4 times per week (and hopefully drop a few pounds in the process!) - I did great with this one. I gained 16lbs during my pregnancy and so far I've lost 25lbs. I started going back to the gym (I was just doing the treadmill at home) so hopefully I will see lots of progress with this one.
9. Mail more cards. Isn't it funny, I make so many cards throughout the year and mail so few of them! I would really like to start mailing just because cards to friends and family just to let them know how much I love them. - I did better, but still need to work on this!

I must say that I think I did pretty darn good! This year, I really don't have a list of resolutions because this year my main priority is to be a good mommy and continue being a loving wife! Of course I will still craft my little heart out, but the most important thing for me is family.

Will you have any New Year's Resolutions? If so, I wish you much success and remember don't get so caught up on the small stuff, set reasonable goals so you can celebrate often!

Have a great start to the new year and thanks so much for stopping by!
Carol 

Another thank you card

Hello Friends! I can't believe that Christmas is next week! Where has the time gone? Well, I do have good news to report...I'm all done with my Christmas shopping, woohoo!! I'm popping in today with another thank you card that I made for one of my co-workers. He gave me some Christmas gifts for Paige, which was so thoughtful!

Since I made this card for a co-worker, I decided to go with an office theme for the card. Hopefully he liked it! Well, I'm not sure if I'll be back before Christmas, so I would like to wish you all a Merry and Blessed Christmas! I hope Santa brings you everything on your list!

 

Thanks for stopping by,

Carol

 

Supplies

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink - pure poppy

Patterned Paper: October Afternoon - 9 to 5

Stamps: Papertrey Ink - Everyday Classics, Stampin' Up - Established Elegance

Misc: Washi tape, Spellbinders banner die

 



Stocking Stuffers

Hello Friends! Did you have a nice weekend? I certainly did! We finally got our Christmas tree and put up all of our holiday decorations, so I'm a happy girl right about now! Paige has been focused on the lights on the tree and it's so sweet to see her little face sparkle!

After I made the grocery list for my girlfriend, I realized what a great stocking stuffer those would be. So, I whipped up a few more to add to some Christmas gifts. One will be going to my mom (hence the one that says Helen's grocery list). I made the mistake of putting her name on the first one I gave to her so now she expects it on every one of them! LOL!

These are pretty self explanatory as you've seen them many, many times! I used the same pad of paper for all of them, October Afternoon's 9 to 5 collection and then I varied the sentiments on each. I like the color combos on these, and hopefully it will be a nice little surprise in their gift bags!

 

I hope you have a wonderful day and thank you so much for stopping by!
Carol

 

Supplies:

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink - Kraft

Patterned Paper: October Afternoon - 9 to 5

Stamps: Papertrey Ink - Happy Day and Take Note

Misc: October Afternoon doodads, enamel dots