Currently

Reading: Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes

Watching: Finally starting binging Lucifer and I love it! I’m already up to the midpoint of S3!

Listening: Along with NPR UpFirst, I’ve been listening every weekday morning to The Indicator.

Making: So many lists. Story of my life.

Feeling: We’re driving home today and I have really been missing home.

Planning: Working on planning dinners for the next two weeks or so.

Loving: Last night we got peanut butter cup mixers from Culver’s and it was oh so good.

June 2019 Memory Planner Pages

Another month completed in my Memory Planner. Lots of good journaling bits this month.

A Little Owl for You

Today’s card

• Stamps: Check You Out

• Ink: Pretty Peacock; Lovely Lipstick; Crushed Curry

• Cardstock: Lovely Lipstick; random pattern paper

• Accessories: Whisper White Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon; Lovely Lipstick 1/8” Grosgrain Ribbon

• Tools: Stitched Shapes Dies

May 2019 Memory Planner Pages

I think my memory pages have become my favorite crafty project. I love doing these simple pages full of photos and journaling.

Currently

Reading: The Salt Line by Holly Goddard Jones on the recommendation of Reading Glasses podcast. Loving it so far.

Watching: Finally finished S5 and moving into S6 of The 100!

Listening: Slowly making my way through the bonus episodes of Unobscured S1 podcast. The bonuses are the uncut interviews with the various historians. Right up my alley!

Making: Cleaning out some of the leftover card kits to have some non-birthday cards for my stash.

Feeling: Surprisingly calm right now. There are tons of spinning plates in the air right now, but I’m actually pretty calm.

Planning: We’re leaving again next week for a short Indiana trip. Getting everything organized.

Loving: We’ve been hitting the 1/2 Happy Hour at Sonic a few times this summer so I can get my Cherry Limeade fix.

Need a Cup?

Today’s card is a complete throwback. I love the Coffee Cafe stamp set and assorted products, but they all retired last year. Boo!!! I still love my set and refuse to sell them. So I pulled all the products out and made a fun coffee card for this week. I know I’ve made this card design before, but it’s too good to not bring it back.

• Stamps: Coffee Cafe

• Ink: Pear Pizzazz; Early Espresso

• Cardstock: Coffee Break DSP; Pool Party; Early Espresso

• Accessories: Crumb Cake Ribbon (retired)

• Tools: Cup of Coffee Dies; Circle Dies; Diagonal Stripes Embossing Folder

Rococo Petals

Today’s card features the new In Color Rococo Rose. This is a nice dusty pink. I modeled this card off of a few examples I found on Pinterest. I love the piece of embossed cardstock layered on the same color card base. It creates texture without a lot of work. From there, I stamped, punched, and layered some flowers and leaves. Love how this card came together.

• Stamps: Pop of Petals; Genuine Gems

• Ink: Rococo Rose; Blushing Bride; Crumb Cake

• Cardstock: Wood Textures DSP; Rococo Rose; Blushing Bride; Crumb Cake; Whisper White

• Accessories: 2019-2021 In Color Faceted Gems

• Tools: Circle Dies; Four-Petal Flower Punch; Seaside Embossing Folder

July Crafting Goals

A recap of last month’s goals:

• Finish Q’s 2018 PL Album - Fail. I haven’t been back into my Project Life albums for over a month.

• May Memory Planner Pages - Almost success! So close… most of the pages are done, but I need to add a few more things and photograph them for the blog.

• Create a WITL kit - Fail.

• Gather items for a craft sale - Success. Everything has been pulled and priced.

• Organize road trip pics, miscellanea, and thoughts for albums - Fail. There’s a large pile on my desk right now.

• Schedule WITL for July - Fail. I think I’m going to push this to late August, early September.

• Create 10 cards (classes and just blog posts) - Fail. June was apparently super busy.

July’s Goals: Keeping it light as there is so much going on.

• May and June MP Pages - May is just about done and June has been started.

• Create 10 cards (classes and for the blog) - I have two started and need to make some more for the month.

• Schedule classes for the month - I’m thinking a Christmas in July class and maybe a DSP class.

Desktop Tuesday #6

Not quite so much stuff on my desk right now, but there are still a ton of piles…

Seaside Balloons

Today’s card Is a simple card highlighting the new Seaside Spray In Color. This is a nice light blue with hints of gray. I definitely like it better than Balmy Blue (too bright for me). I simply stamped and punched a few hot air balloons. and layered some pieces of cardstock.

• Stamps: Genuine Gems; Above the Clouds

• Ink: Seaside Spray; Blueberry Bushel

• Cardstock: 2019-2021 In Color DSP; Seaside Spray; Blueberry Bushel

• Accessories:

• Tools: Hot Air Balloon Punch; Stitched Rectangles Dies