I stamped!!!

Here is the first card that I have made that wasn't a baby thank you card, or birth announcement in the last 6 months. I had a baby shower to go to and was really happy to have been able to make a card!

$50 giftcard

I entered a contest for a $50 giftcard to GoldSmith Jewelers in Provo here. Here's hoping I win!

Chocolate and DVDs

There is a giveaway for some yummy chocolate here and some kids DVDs here!

Office Max giftcard

Full Nest Reviews is giving a $25 giftcard for organizing your stuff. Click here for details.

No cards yet

I don't have any new cards (who has time to make cards with a baby in the house?), but I think this diaper bag is pretty cool and wouldn't mind winning it!

And only a month later. . .

. . . here I am with another card.

This is a birthday card that I made for a friend. It really is hard to get into the creative mojo when the mojo is off hibernating somewhere!

Where have I been?

In the past 5 months I have not really been crafty at all. So here is why:

1) In April we went through an in vitro cycle to try and get pregnant.

2) It worked!!! And I didn't feel like being very crafty the first trimester.

3) My husband has had health problems and spent time in the hospital on 2 occasions, having major surgery during his second stay.

4) I taught classes all summer and am still teaching this fall.

5) I am always tired.

I have been missing being crafty but just feel beat most of the time, thus killing my creative mojo.

However, I do owe some thank-you cards for some baby gifts we have already received (baby boy is due January 26th). So here I am jumping back into being creative!

how long has it been?

It has been forever since I stamped. In fact, over 2 and a half months. There was really a lot going on for me and Justin and then I just wasn't in the mood to stamp much.

But I went to a baby shower this past weekend, and wanted to make something cute as part of the baby gift. So I decided to make the mom-to-be some thank you cards that she can send out to people for presents, or she can save some and give to people who bring her meals once the baby comes.

I finally stamped!!!

Too late, but that's ok

I tried to get this done yesterday, but it didn't happen - even though it is a super simple card. Oh well!


I decided to make a pretty simple thank you card - I really need to have more thank you cards around here.

Beate's WSC #42

I wasn't sure if I was going to play in this weekend's sketch challenge. Especially once I made my card. I'm not sure about anyone else - but if I go for a couple weeks without being creative, it takes a little while to get my mojo back. In fact, this past week I even sat down at my craft table and I was stumped - I couldn't figure out what colors I would want to use, what kind of card I would like to make - I finally gave up.

Today I decided that I wanted to use some of the many, many rub-ons that I acquired during Sale-a-bration. But once I started, I realized that I think I like the idea of rub-ons more than actually using rub-ons. I have to tell you - I seriously thought about not posting this card because I felt like it was the worst thing I have made for quite a while. But then I decided - oh well, we all have bad days, right?

After I realized there was nothing else I could do for this card, I decided that I could definitely do something better and I had to make another card right away. I hadn't made a pocket card for a while and this little skunk from Pun Fun kept taunting me to use her (or him). I feel a little better about myself and my ability to use rub-ons now!