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Green & Cream Spring Card

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I had wanted to make a spring card with this stamp last year. I had borrowed it from Geeta, but spring got away from me and I didn’t. I finally used it and can now return it. Hopefully, she hasn’t missed it. This card was made for the Stamp Something weekly Friday challenge to make something cream and green.

Green & Cream Spring Card

Stamps: Elzybells Spring Wording; Stampin’ Up Wild Hearts (background)
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Very Vanilla, Wild Wasabi
Ink: Stampin’ Up Wild Wasabi
Markers: Stampin’ Up Bashful Blue, Creamy Caramel; atYou Spica Lemon, Clear, Red, Pink, Melon
Accessories: 5/8″ Michaels ribbon
Tools/Techniques: corner rounder punch

5 Months Old

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Gee, how time flies. Yesterday, Jessica turned five months old. I am so loving being a Mom. It is the best job ever!

Jessica, 3/9/10

Everything goes in Jessica’s mouth now. Her thumb, her fingers, James’ arm/hand, my hair, toys, even her toes. Today, she even pulled off her sock so that she could put her foot in her mouth.

Jessica in her Exersaucer, 3/9/10

She really enjoys bath time. She likes to lean forward to play with the toes. She hasn’t quite mastered staying in a sitting position by herself yet, so we have to keep her from laying down face forward in the water.

Jessica in the Tub, 3/10/10

Jessica and Mommy, 3/10/10

Isn’t her hair getting long? I almost wonder if I shouldn’t trim it in the front, but I kinda brush it to the side so it’s not in her eyes call that sufficient.

Jessica and Daddy, 3/11/10

Mommy Kissing on Jessica, 3/11/10

She moves quite a bit when she’s sleeping, especially at naptime. At night too, unless she is in a sleep sack. She still is napping two times a day. Her morning nap is typically about one hour and her afternoon nap is about two hours. It often starts in the stroller on our daily walk. However, I might have to switch the walk to before her morning nap before too long, otherwise we’ll be too hot.

Napping Jessica, 3/11/10

Jessica is still only breastfed. We’ve got the high chair put together now and will start solid food by 6 months or possibly sooner. She’s still happy with the four times a day she nurses. Only when she feeds from a bottle, does she seem like she wants more. When nursing, she will usually turn away and want to play. My guess is that she weighs about 15.5 pounds, maybe even 16.

Jessica Playing in her High Chair, 3/12/10

I’m having fun dressing her up. Yesterday she wore these adorable leggings. She was very stylish.

Cutie Patootie, 3/16/10

Jessica is quite the mover. We need to start baby-proofing. She rolls from her back to her tummy and from her tummy to her back all the time. She almost prefers to be on her tummy. Quite frequently she has rolled herself off her activity mat and under the coffee table. When on her tummy, she can turn herself 360 degrees and can scoot backwards. She hasn’t started scooting forward or crawling yet, but it’s not far off.

Reaching for the Elephant, 3/16/10

Relaxing Weekend

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We had a really nice relaxing weekend. Our friend Justin came to visit. He currently lives in Moore, Oklahoma. The last time he saw Jessica, she was only two weeks old.

Jessica and Justin

Justin and I started a puzzle Friday afternoon during Jessica’s nap. We finished up that night. It was fun. It’s been quite a while since I worked a puzzle. We actually started a second one on Saturday, but it is a much harder puzzle and isn’t quite finished yet.

Justin and James Working on the Puzzle

Justin and James with the Finished Puzzle

Saturday morning, we took Jessica to the Austin Zoo. We had lots of fun. The last time we went was over five years ago. The zoo, a  non-profit rescue facility, is making great strides in becoming a full-fledged zoo. Although, I will say, it is not a very stroller friendly zoo. The pathways are fairly uneven and there are lost of quasi-steps (timber posts every so often). A plus is that the zoo is in the hill country and has lots of shade, which is great for visitors and even better for the animals.

Tortoise Chowing Down

Jessica Enjoying the Zoo

Mmmm, Tasty Chicken

Leopard

I can’t wait until Jessica is old enough to enjoy the zoo more, as she slept most of the time we were there. I know she will get a kick out of the petting corral.

Billy Goat

Rooster

Betty, the Egyptian Uromastyx

Jessica, James and Jennifer

On Sunday, we took a walk to the playground. The weather all weekend was super nice.

Jessica and James Riding the Frog

James and Jessica Going Down the Slide

Jessica in the Swing

James, Jennifer and Jessica

And yes, Jessica looks sleepy in that last picture. She fell asleep on the way home.

Driving by with a Birthday Hi

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Our friend Justin came to visit this past weekend. His birthday was last week, so I wanted to make him a birthday card. This card was made for the ATS Wednesday Challenge 21 to use green. I think the idea behind the challenge was for the upcoming St. Patrick’s day, but I thought this was perfect challenge for Justin’s birthday card as his favorite color is green. I used the Our Creative Corner sketch from last week as the starting point to layout the card, but I changed it up slightly since this was going to be a card for a guy. I didn’t want to use a decorative edge.

Our Creative Corner - Sketch

Riley with a Blue Car

I ended up making two cards, since I couldn’t quite decide how I wanted to color Riley and his car. I actually let Justin pick which card he wanted to receive and he chose the green car. The green car has glossy accents all over the car, while the blue car just has glossy accents on the tires and lights of the car.

Riley with a Green Car

Stamps: Riley and Company Car Riley; Stampin’ Up Loads of Love Accessories (sentiment)
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Garden Green
Designer Paper: Stampin’ Up Paper Prints Certainly Celery
Ink: Stazon Jet Black
Accessories: Fun Flock Caramel Latte Tan (to make his antlers fuzzy); Inkessentials Glossy Accents; Dashes Dots & Checks ribbon (blue car card); Celebrate ribbon (green car card)
Tools/Techniques: paper piercing

Nametags

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I recently joined the Mothers of Young Children devotional group at SHPC. This spring, we’re discussing George Barna’s Revolutionary Parenting: What the Research Shows Really Works. I’m enjoying the conversations about spirituality. I am hoping my faith will grow.

The group was using the adhesive backed paper name tags. I offered to make long-term use name tags. I decided to make four different styles of name tags. That way if the fall group has new people, their new name tags won’t stick out. The tags are 4-inches by 3-inches and are placed in some horizontal badge ID holders I picked up at Office Max. I thought about stamping something on them also, but decided to go simple and just use patterned paper and bows to decorate. The bows are adhered on the outside of the badge holder.

All the Nametags

Style 1

Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Tangerine Tango, Real Red
Designer Paper: Stampin’ Up Summer Picnic
Accessories: Stampin’ Up Certainly Celery twill ribbon
Tools/Techniques: Nestabilities Standard Circles Large, Classic Scalloped Circles Large; bow embellishment

Style 2

Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Real Red, Cameo Coral
Designer Paper: Stampin’ Up Pink Flamingo
Accessories: red grosgrain ribbon
Tools/Techniques: Nestabilities Standard Circles Large, Classic Scalloped Circles Large; bow embellishment

Style 3


Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Almost Amethyst, Pretty in Pink
Designer Paper: Stampin’ Up Pawsistively Prints
Accessories: Stampin’ Up So Saffron grosgrain ribbon
Tools/Techniques: Nestabilities Standard Circles Large, Classic Scalloped Circles Large; bow embellishment

Style 4

Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Perfect Plum, Pale Plum
Designer Paper: Stampin’ Up Enchante
Accessories: Stampin’ Up Certainly Celery twill ribbon
Tools/Techniques: Nestabilities Standard Circles Large, Classic Scalloped Circles Large; bow embellishment