I"ve been trying to firm up, tone up, shrink up. So my daily routine is:
get up earlier, treadmill, get to the pool as soon as it opens to swim laps, be more active, eat less through out the day, go to bed early. And yes, somewhere in between do all the things I am asked to do and then stamp.
So today, we got to the pool and I was swimming laps. #1 has been getting nose bleeds so he's taking a break from the pool. Maybe it's too much clorine up the nose? Then E* says, Hey, there is a frog in here." (Meaning the filter.) And as I was swimming over to investigate, he said, "There are 2 frogs in here." Well, I opened the cover and yes, there were actually THREE FROGS. After unsuccessfully trying to scoop the big one out with some goggles from the last and found box, and it almost getting out 3 times, I realized that in the bottom was a basket to catch the leaves. So I lifted it up, amongst the 3 floating, struggling and dead frogs. And I put them over the fence in the park to safety. Yes, E* saved some frogs. The big one bounced away at some point. the medium moved a bit and was sunning himself, or at least declorine-ing himself. The smallest was dead, dead, dead. #1 got some sticks and carried him to a safe spot in the wooded area so he could lie in peace. Meanwhile, E* adn 2 other swimming kids looked in all the filters. We found one other dead frog in another filter. I flung him over to the pond area to rest in peace back in nature. But only after everyone got a good look at it. I said to the pool, "Maybe the frogs had a big party here last night. This is what happens when you party too much. Don't party too much." Of course, if it were just my kids, I'd say other more specific things. And I probably still will as we drive to do errands. Like, always RSVP so that people planning a party can do it well...but I digress. We will talk about the importance of staying safe, making good decisions and what could happen if you make poor choices.
Enjoy joy the day! (By the way, I'm down 1 pound and 3 inches this week!)
I made a masculine card using the great papers from Paper Temptress. You are going to want to lumber on over there in your best dinosaur gait to read up on all the details for this card. But I'll give a sneak peek of the inside:
Since the front is more simplified, I decided to decorate the inside too! All papers used are Paper Temptress. Inks are from Stampin Up. Stamps from Paper Makeup Stamps and Starving Artistamps. Now..I'm off and running to get things done on a busy and festive Saturday!
Paper Temptress has some great textured card stock that makes card making a snap! When you have to create many cards, simplifiying stamps is a great help. The red peper column paper is lined with classic stripes. The green felt paper has a subtle texture...a bit softer and thus a nice contrast to the striped red. I added the sentiment on the sparkle gold. Here is a detail so you can see the glints and gleams. It's so lovely in real life!
I created this card yesterday for Sherrod Studio. It's actually a birthday/cupcake set which I turned into a Christmas idea by cropping off the last line of the sentiment and choosing red, green and gold as my color combo. The gifts are great. Stamp two of them out, color and cut. Then I propped up the red and gold gifts on dimensionals...presto...you've got some depth!
