Feeling lots of love for my family these days. My kids are doing their best to find their way in life (I am doing my best to let them), and my sweet hubby works so hard every day for all of us. Oh, how I love them! Everything I do is for them.
So in honor of Valentine's Day this week, here is another 5x7 printable for y'all. Rich, you truly ARE the love of my life, and forever & ever after this life ends. Thanks for loving me!
"Love one another and you will be happy. It's as simple and as difficult as that." —Michael Leunig
"Who, being loved, is poor?" —Oscar Wilde
"Will you love me in December as you do in May,
Will you love me in the good old-fashioned way,
When my hair has all turned gray?" —James J. Walker
Okay, so I thought I had a cold but it was the flu and it was awful and let me tell you there were many times over the past seven or eight days that I seriously wanted to die. Ugh. I am starting to feel a little better but oh my has this been a tough one. I know in the scope of the world my little temporary illness is nothing, and I am very grateful for that, but it has definitely shut me right down and put some things into perspective, that's for sure.
So. Valentine's day is coming and while I am not huge on that sort of thing (we should show our love EVERY day, am I right? I shouldn't have to be told to show my love and spend money on gifts or insist that money be spent on me...), anyway, I thought I'd share a little something today. This will be available later this year as a rubber stamp, but for now here it is as a 5x7 printable. Let me know if you'd like a pdf, or an 8x10, or even another color. I'm easy that way.
Lots of things on my list to get caught up on, and I have almost no energy and I can't breathe very well, but I'd better get to it. Maybe. Just a little. Okay. Here goes. Enjoy your day!
"Where there is love there is life." —Gandhi
I am sick. A cold has kicked my butt and I can't do much of anything besides rest and try to breathe. I know that lots of cruddy sicknesses are going around these days, so why not make a get-well card for someone you love, or even yourself? Here's my "Get Well Wishes" set from Impression Obsession. It's CL330, and is currently a best-seller. Go HERE to get your set today! It's a fun one...
Time for me to go lie back down. Take care, lovelies. See you in a couple of days, hopefully feeling much better!
Monday greetings to the world! Just popping in before I run out the door to share some motivation. Faith. Bravery. Let's do this!
Have a great week, everyone.
(This layout will be available in late 2013 as a rubber stamp, but if you're interested in having it as a 5x7 or 8x10 printable just email me and I will happily send it to you)...
Hey there people! Even though it's wintertime I am for some reason really loving butterflies lately. This sweet card was created by the very cute and ever-talented Daniela Dobson from Impression Obsession's fab design team, and it features designs from two of my new clear sets, just released at CHA this month: Picture Frames (CL430), which includes full-size polaroid-style frames along with some cute photo-related phrases, and Thank You (CL427), which gives you more than ten cute and creative ways to say thanks! Click on over and get yours today. They're fun and very versatile! And thanks again Daniela for another amazing card. Love the colors, the elements, and the stitching. Love love love! 
Yes, indeed it is wintertime, and I have been nursing a sore scratchy throat for the past couple of days so I am going right now to put on my warmies, get myself something soothing to drink, and curl up with a good book before bed. Nighty-night!
"Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire; it is the time for home." —Edith Sitwell
Hello! Lots of new designs of mine were unveiled at this month's CHA convention & trade show in Anaheim. Here's just one of the new beauties. It's a clear set called SEASONS IN VERSE and I absolutely love it. You can do lots with this set! Get yours from Impression Obsession HERE. The clear set is CL429. The four images are also available individually from IO as wood stamps, which, if you're not a stamper (but you should be!), look lovely on a seasonal-themed mantel, side table, centerpiece arrangement, or other vignette. LOVE THEM.
The amazing Laura Fulcher of IO's design team made a Spring-themed card using the Spring (duh - haha!) image from this set. Check it out below, and see Laura's blog for more info. Okay, gotta run. Have a nice day!
"Live. Get out. Explore. Thrive. Challenge yourself!" —unknown
In amongst all the new things I am working on here in the new year, I've been thinking about this blog and what I want to do with it. It's amazing to me that 2013 is my fourth year blogging. The time has flown. I do love the process of blogging, and over these past years the content of this blog has varied from the sometimes personal to the completely business aspects of my life and what I do. I will probably continue to touch on a bit of everything, but I am feeling now that I want to simplify. Not quite sure what that means exactly, but while this blog continues to change and evolve I thank you all for your interest and your support. I often don't know who I am touching with what I write here, but the very act of "putting it out there" is, I hope, making the world a little better. That's my goal, anyway.
So with that being said, here is my inspiration for today. Let's all make it a great day!
"If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely." —Roald Dahl
I am sick. A cold has kicked my butt and I can't do much of anything besides rest and try to breathe. I know that lots of cruddy sicknesses are going around these days, so why not make a get-well card for someone you love, or even yourself? Here's my "Get Well Wishes" set from Impression Obsession. It's CL330, and is currently a best-seller. Go HERE to get your set today! It's a fun one...
Monday greetings to the world! Just popping in before I run out the door to share some motivation. Faith. Bravery. Let's do this!
Hey there people! Even though it's wintertime I am for some reason really loving butterflies lately. This sweet card was created by the very cute and ever-talented Daniela Dobson from Impression Obsession's fab design team, and it features designs from two of my new clear sets, just released at CHA this month: Picture Frames (CL430), which includes full-size polaroid-style frames along with some cute photo-related phrases, and Thank You (CL427), which gives you more than ten cute and creative ways to say thanks! Click on over and get yours today. They're fun and very versatile! And thanks again Daniela for another amazing card. Love the colors, the elements, and the stitching. Love love love! 
Hello! Lots of new designs of mine were unveiled at this month's CHA convention & trade show in Anaheim. Here's just one of the new beauties. It's a clear set called SEASONS IN VERSE and I absolutely love it. You can do lots with this set! Get yours from Impression Obsession HERE. The clear set is CL429. The four images are also available individually from IO as wood stamps, which, if you're not a stamper (but you should be!), look lovely on a seasonal-themed mantel, side table, centerpiece arrangement, or other vignette. LOVE THEM.
"Live. Get out. Explore. Thrive. Challenge yourself!" —unknown 
In amongst all the new things I am working on here in the new year, I've been thinking about this blog and what I want to do with it. It's amazing to me that 2013 is my fourth year blogging. The time has flown. I do love the process of blogging, and over these past years the content of this blog has varied from the sometimes personal to the completely business aspects of my life and what I do. I will probably continue to touch on a bit of everything, but I am feeling now that I want to simplify. Not quite sure what that means exactly, but while this blog continues to change and evolve I thank you all for your interest and your support. I often don't know who I am touching with what I write here, but the very act of "putting it out there" is, I hope, making the world a little better. That's my goal, anyway.