Looking back on the blog

I kind of forgot why I had started this blog in the first place. I went back through it today to see what I had posted, other than a few recent cards that I had made. Turns out, I had started it in February 2008... not knowing anything about blogging. I had done it to satisfy my desire to write. I had mentioned that I had wanted to be a writer and that this is the closest thing to it. I had used the blog to document my feelings and fears of moving to another state. I had used it to document how great I felt in meeting my (current) husband and how I felt like I was the luckiest girl in the world! I documented how he was driving me crazy with his SECRET PROJECT and how "if he knew how much it would bothered me, he would have started it much before my birthday". Funny how, once we were married, he seemed to have forgotten my birthday completely.... and if I hadn't said anything about having grandpa come babysit so that we can go out this week, he would have forgotten our anniversary, too. However, we ARE BUSY and our lives ARE different. I have gone from working retail and having all the free time in the world to make cards and scrapbook... to being a stay-at-home mom with little free time. And Mike works A LOT of hours and has been in the process of ripping up our kitchen for a few months now. All in all, life IS good. And perhaps, I do need to continue THIS BLOG... for me, while the Journey of Life one documents life as a family.

Life is good.

New Baby Boy(s) at M's 1) Jarred 2) Liz

2nd Assistant GM Jerrad Pieper and wife Amanda welcomed their first child - a baby BOY last Sunday.  Having had a busy week, with a mid-week trip to Burlington, I sat down to make some cards this afternoon while Mike worked on the kitchen remodel and while Sydney napped.

Also, LIZ, from the CapApps department is expecting her baby (presumably a boy) in another 3 weeks. So, while I had all of the supplies out... I just made TWO. (I started making them both the exact same, but I am not an assembly line cardmaker so, I decided to switch things up a bit...

Here are my 2 baby (boy) cards, inspired by SplitcoastStampers.com:

Card stock: white, SU soft sky* (light blue), SU blue bayou* (dark blue)

Ink: SU bashful blue

Ribbon: a handle from a baby boy gift bag.... recycled.

Punch: SU 1/4" square, word window punch

Stamps: SU Itty Bitty Backgrounds, SU I'm Here, SU Warmest Regards (most likely all of these sets are retired, but I still like them!)

* Both were former SU "in-colors" that I believe have since been retired; unfortunately, I don't believe that I had ink pads to match. After-the-fact, I wish that I had it all matching because the footprint stamp looks SO different in color.

Wedding Congratulations to Katie@M's CabAp

This is the card that I made for Katie, one of the girls from the Cabinets & Appliances Department who helped us design our kitchen. She will be getting married on June 26th and this lovely card will arrive via USPS to her mailbox.

I did not have any textured cardstock so, I improvised... I use ordinary cardstock and I just kept crumpling and wrinkling it in my hand(s) and then unfolded it to discover some depth and texture.

Cardstock: black, white. 

Accents: two half pearls for buttons.

I had found the idea posted in a gallery on www.SplitcoastStampers.com

Here was the inspiration that I borrowed the idea(s) from:

Happy engagement Kerri & Greg

For some reason, it slipped my mind to send an engagement card to Kerri and Greg. I was SO TOTALLY EXCITED to get the news, but making cards has not been a high priority in my life this past year. I realized my mistake a few days ago and started playing around with beautiful type on my computer, in hopes of making a card for them.

If, by chance, you (Kerri) happen to check this MyTwoCents blog before your card should arrive in the mail, please ACT SURPRISED! I am SO HAPPY that you have found each other. You, Kerri, deserve happiness. I am honored to be part of your wedding as well. You are a WONDERFUL FRIEND!