It's All About The Journey

A Qucik & Easy Card & A Photo

Hi Ladies. I have a very simple birthday card to share with you  today. I made my card using the PPA71 Color Challenge. My card took me about 15 minutes to make. Five minutes to think of what I wanted to make, 5 minutes to cut out everything I wanted to use and about 5 minutes to put it all together.

 

Here is my card.

 

Here is what I used.

Stamp set: My sentiment is from Occasional Quotes.Ink: Early Espresso. Card-Stock:Regal Rose, Pear Pizazz, Early Espresso and Whisper White. I used the Designer Series Pack-In Color. It is a hostess gift.  I used the Sizzlits Big Bold Cupcakes, the Photo corner punch, the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Dazzling Diamonds, and Early Espresso satin ribbon. These products are all from Stampin'UP!  Yet another simple and easy card to make.

 

The next thing that I would like to share with you is my photo for this weeks "The Simple Things"

 

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This week I need to have all things simple. I have too much on my plate and not enough time to get it all done. I am feeling stressed. I took this photo of Wayne while he was reading the mail. He had no idea I was taking this photo. Most of the time he has no idea that I am looking at him through the lens of my camera .   I love taking photos of  Wayne........just simple every day photos. It brings me joy and happiness and makes me forget about all of the "stuff" that I need to do. :)

I hope that what ever it is you have to do this week that your able to find a way to keep your days as stress free as possible. There is a lot to be said about keeping it simple.

We are now having cold weather at last. I have a feeling that I will be calling for oil again by the end of this week. OY! No snow yet but I've heard that it is on the way very soon. We have been very lucky to make it this long without snow and I am very grateful for that.  I hope that all of you are staying safe, staying warm ad smiling each day that you can.  Thank you for stopping by to visit with me. I will be back as soon as I have something more to share with you. :)

 

The Simple Things & Just We Three

 
Hi Ladies. Today I have decided to add a little diversity in the challenges that I participate in each week. Every week I not only design and play along with the challenges at Soul Scrappers but I also make a card each week for the PPA Challenge. I have one other hobby as most of you know and that is taking photos. While looking at blogs I found one that offers a photo challenge each week. The blog is called Simple As That. I love the photos and the ideas that are offered by  Rebecca Cooper,the owner of the blog. Checck out her photography it is stunning.  I will still be posting photos of Wayne and I and my family when I have some to share with  you. :)  I hope that you will continue to follow me on my  journey. 

 Here is my very first photo for The Simple things Challenge that I took yesterday.

 

If you would like to see my photo larger then please click on it.  Although my bracelet may not be considered an every day simple thing to most of you it is to me. It is something that I wear every day that I go out which is just about every day. It is a gift that Wayne bought me last year for my birthday and he has been adding charms to it for every holiday that we celebrate together. Aside from my wedding set this bracelet was given to with much love and thoughtfulness. So every day after I throw on my jeans and T-shirt the next thing that goes on is my bracelet.

 I also have a digital scrap page to share with you that I made for Caleb's book. I am so excited to give this book to Colleen for Christmas. :)

 

This is my favorite photo of Colleen,Caleb & Peter together. Again, just click on the photo if you would like to see it larger.  I made it using a challenge at Soul Scrappers.  I used the MDS program from Stampin'UP! to make my page.

 As I type this post the rain is coming down heavily and the wind is picking up. I have my flashlights,cell phone, laptop and magazines all set and ready to go in case we lose the power and in case I have to go downstairs. We have lots of very old and very big Pine trees on our land and close to our home. If the wind picks up more speed there is always the chance of one of them breaking and falling onto the house. So better to be safe then sorry. :)

I hope that all of you are having a wonderful day. Remember to stay safe, stay warm and Smile. :)