Giving myself some goals

I've noticed that I'm getting lazy about the things I do for fun.... I have a lot of interests and find myself not taking time to do much of anything lately.

The first step I'm taking is to get back to working on my cards and scrapbooking more consistantly. I have my Cricut to explore, scrapbooks planned and inspiration to do a lot of different cards, but haven't really done much at all in the last month.

That being said, here is my first set of cards made since I decided to get my act together. They're using Close To My Heart stamp set "Happy Together" and a really fun paper pack. I explored using different types of embelishments on each of these little cards. I think they would be fun to use for a baby gift.

The stamp set is Close To My Heart's Stamp of the Month for July. If you're interested it is available on my CTMH website at http://cathleneb.myctmh.com/.

Artists

My husbands co-worker is a talented artist and recreated a picture we had of our daughter performing in Nutcracker last year. It is beautiful, and I am so happy to have it. There are talented people all around and I hope to never underestimate how important the arts are in life. There is so much more in the world than the skills that are necessary to put food on our table and a roof over our heads.

What more can I say. Today's task will be to get out and get it properly framed so we can enjoy it for years to come.