A new me

I had my hair down to the middle of my back, for awhile I have been planning to get it chopped off but then life happened and things just got busier...so in other words it didn't happen. So yesterday, I decided to go for it and make an appointment for this morning :)! They put my hair in a pony tail, cut it off...told me I had the right amount to donate and told me that is my good deed for the day :)! I wanted my hair short but not too drastic, so here is what she came up with for me ...boy does it feel weird and light :)! 

Inky Hugs,
Catherine

Sundy night card

I have started teaching a class Sunday nights at my church, and it is for the next 4/5 weeks...I have 5 women in our group and my Father in Law. This class is about Encouragement, so we send out our cards to someone we feel needs to have their spirits brightened...I helped out with a class last year with my friend Anita.

The flowers are from Unity Stamp company (thank you Dejah for carrying this line of stamps), and the sentiment is by Cornish Heritage Farm set called "Friend Centers".

Inky Hugs,
Catherine

Crafty night

Here is our project for "Crafty Night" on Saturday night at Julie's house, that Julie found online and Val/Kim helped out with the project :)! This was a really FUN project, and will definitely do it again soon....perhaps a great Mother's Day gift or something. Don't worry my mom nor my Mother in Law don't look at my blog often, so I am not too worried about them seeing this project...

Here is the other side of the box we created, we started out with a blank box from Michael's, painted Gesso onto it, then painted our box whatever color we wanted. We then also made this GORGEOUS flower, which I will be making again and again I am sure :)! I added the beads on the bottom of the box for feet, and will be adding more to the box later but just wanted to show you all what we created.

Every month we issue out a challenge to our crafty group of gals, then the night of our "Crafty Night" we draw names and swap our challenge projects to each other. This time I drew Vals name, LOVE your card :)! Love how you had the pattern on the patterned paper shimmery...beautiful work Val :)! 

I received a card in the mail from Maryann Lawrence in my mailbox, thank you so much for this cute card...very nice :)! This card is part of the CEE (Canadian Card Exchange) that I am part of, where you have to send 2 cards a month once signed up and you get 2 cards from two other people...fun stuff.

Thanks for stopping by,
Catherine

Blog Candy over at "In My Minds Eye" blog

Please head on over to "In My Minds Eye" blog, as she is having a blog candy giveaway of all the items above in the picture. Pretty nice giveaway if you ask me :)!

Thanks for stopping by,
Catherine

Encouragement small group class I am teaching tonight

Yep,  you read that correctly I am teaching a class tonight at my church! We are doing this "Hinged Card", I haven't ever done and thought it would be perfect for the group I have tonight. The card looks so much better in person, I am seriously disappointed with my picture of this card am going to definitely take a photography course and get a new camera.

Here is the inside of the card, will have to say that I will make this card again and it was actually a lot of fun to make :)! The flower on the card is actually a layered flower, not that you can tell by this picture (sheesh), and I used glue dots to attach the flowers together then to the card.
The class I am teaching tonight is a small group that has the theme of "Encouragement", so the people in our group will be sending the card to someone they feel needs some cheering up or just because :)!

Inky Hugs,
Catherine

bad blogger

Hi, my name is Catherine and I am a BAD BLOGGER this week! I not only haven't posted or done anything crafty but I have fallen off my challenge wagon too. Sadly, the next 2 weeks are going to be insane with appointments for my middle son and also I am taking a course called "The Incredible Years" once a week for 2 hours. I am also starting to do a card night at my church as well, which shall be interesting since no one really is into making cards besides my friend Anita at our church. I helped Anita last year do the same card making night, but this year she is helping me out occasionally :)!
I want to get back on my challenge wagon, will try my best to catch up this weekend with a ton of cards...or so I hope :)!
On a side note, my middle guy E* was assessed today for OCD and we found out he does NOT have it... so the question of the day then is: what is it then if it isn't OCD?? Well, we are going to do more assessments/testing and are taking things one day at a time! Good news is I LOVE our new Psychologist and finally someone who is on the same page as me....someone who get's our situation.



Thanks for stopping by,
Catherine

Stencil question

Someone asked me who made the stencil that I used on my "Today" card that I made the other day, and it is by TheCraftersWorkshop.com . It is called "Mini Swanky"


Have a super crafty night, I will post some stuff tomorrow :)!

Inky Hugs,
Catherine