Cards

This is the original card that inspired this card. Aren’t these colors fun and fresh? Obviously I loved the layout and card elements- I made three of the same cards in different colors! Which color combination is your favorite, and why?

Today was a CRAZY BUSY day. I stayed out late last night, so I decided to go to second service at church. After church, I had lunch with 20 friends. We had so many laughs and ate lots of yummy food. Oh, and we had an AMAZING waitress- she was so patient and on top of things! After stuffing ourselves with food, a few of us went to see a movie. Sadly the movie was disappointing……hate when the previews show the only good parts! After the movie I went home for 15 minutes and then headed out to a game night. After a 13 hour day of fun, laughter and food, I am SO ready to lay down in my bed.

That’s all for me tonight. Again, be sure to let you friends know about my blog candy! Less than a week left! With Christmas just 100+ days away, you need to start thinking of presents!

Oh what a wonderful Friday today turned out to be! The beautiful sunshine, sleeping in a little, getting a pedicure and my nails done, spending time with a girlfriend, creating lots of cards….life is good. I wish everyday was as good as today- well, except for the fact that I ate too many cookies. Why does my mom make my favorite cookies when I’m supposed to be on a diet?!

I’m going to make this post short. My sister is making batch #20+ of cream puffs for the wedding tomorrow and I’m going to help fill them. Just a fyi: don’t EVER underappreciate cream puffs- they take so much work! Seriously, after seeing my sister bake the last 4 days, I am so much more appreciative of bakers. The things they do to make us people fat! :)

I’ll take pictures of the beautiful creations. She made a cream puff tower that is AMAZING!

Hope you all have a fab night!

Even just typing out the title of this post made me happy! Yes, it’s true, I have an extra long weekend! It’s pure and utter bliss. I have Thursday- Monday off, and I am going to enjoy every single second of it! This summer has been crazy busy, so I’m definitely looking forward to some extra days off. :) In between a wedding, hanging out with girlfriends, spending time with family, creating/ promoting cards for Etsy, I won’t have too much time of nothingness- oh well, at least these are all fun things!

Yesterday I went to my first bachelorette party. One of my friends is getting married on Saturday, which is very exciting. Her sister threw a surprise bachelorette party for her- you should have seen her face! The process of getting to the party was not fun at all. I got off work and quickly had to run to the mall for a gift. You would not believe how hard it was to find a suitable gift! I seriously thought I could just go into Victoria’s Secret and find something really quickly. After 1 1/2 hours at the mall (15 of which were spent waiting for the lady to wrap the present!), I was FINALLY able to head to the party location. By the end of the gift hunting and thinking I was lost, I nearly fell apart and cried myself into oblivion. Thankfully, I held it together (for the most part), and was able to enjoy the party.

After work, I went to my LSS and got some fun goodies. I already made some things using my new items- really fun stuff. I’ve been trying to go outside my comfort zone these days, which has NOT been easy. Right now I’m playing with new color combinations and also some new layouts- haven’t decided if I like them yet. Judging from the response from the fam, I’m not too sure they like the “new style” either. :)

I’m off to blog hop now! ‘Night!

I have lots of fab cards (yes, I’m tooting my own horn) that I’ll be sharing soon. If you read my blog, be sure to leave comments- really motivates me to post often! ;)

Do you ever get to the end of the week and wonder how you are still alive? That has been my life for the past two months. I am so exhausted- I really think a vacation is in order….SOON!

In conclusion, here is a picture of my cardstocks. Believe me, the picture doesn’t show how much work it was to organize! Lesson: don’t let things pile up before you take care of them. It’s so much more work!

Let me start out saying, thank goodness the weather is cooler! It’s slowly becoming a “Seattle Summer” again. However, it seems like it’s been a lot more humid than normal….anyone else think so?

Tonight I am packing for one of my favorite stamp shows of the year- Stampaway! If I could chose just one show to attend, this would be the one. With so many fabulous vendors, the great promoter and the friendly people, you can’t go wrong. This year, we are flying in a day early- hopefully I can do some shopping in my down time!

Since I knew I wouldn’t be in the office the rest of the week, I tried to get everything done so I wouldn’t have a pile of work waiting for me. I got almost everything completed- yay! However, once I was nearly home, I forgot some IMPORTANT things that needed to come to the show. Is my memory really that bad, or is it because I have too much crammed into this brain? I’m hoping it’s the latter…it would be sad if my memory is already going.

I made this card a few weeks back. I just love the colors, and the DeNami Design buttons are irrisistable! I originally made this card to put on my Etsy shop, but decided to someone who is going through a hard time. I rarely send cards via snail mail anymore- I really want to get back into that habit.

Well, there is still much packing to be done. I’ll try to post pictures when I come back!

When I got the Cupcake Collection set, I knew I wanted to add lots of glitter to the cupcakes- who could resist glittery cupcakes?! I love how this card came out…it has all the components of a perfect card- polka dots, glitter and buttons! I normally don’t use yellow, but I made a really cute bridal shower card using yellow, and it inspired me to use it more often. I’m *trying* to go outside my comfort zone and use colors I don’t normally use. (You’ll see that in future posts.)

Today it looks like it’s going to be another HOT day. I’m helping with the set up of a show this weekend….I really hope they turn on the A/C! In between lifting boxes, going in and out of the heat, and setting up the booth, I’m bound to look like a mess tonight. Hot weather + Paulina= not a good combo.

Well, it’s off to get a blackberry smoothie before the busy day. Yummy! With this ridiculously hot weather, have you been eating/ drinking things you don’t normally?

Lastly, this card is dedicated to all of you blog followers, and those who leave me sweet comments. You guys are the best! :)

If you’ve read my blog for a while, you know that I can’t get enough buttons! I have so many jars, it’s quite ridiculous. However, I DO use them so I have to replenish, and then new colors come out….it’s an ongoing cycle that I do not foresee ending in the near future.

This card features the new set by Papertrey Ink called Everyday Button Bits- such a cute set. I’ve made lots of cards using several of the designs- I just need to scan them in and post! Alas, time seems to be the problem, as usual. I’m hoping that come September, life will slow down a bit and I’ll be able to find a routine again.

This past week has been SCORCHING hot! With work being so busy, I have had to help out in the warehouse- can you say unbearable heat?! We had all of the fans going and we limited the machine use, but with temperatures in the 100’s, you couldn’t really bypass the heat. Thankfully, it’s supposed to slowly cool down in the next week or so.

Well, I’m going to enjoy some moments of relaxation while I sit in front of the fan. :)

Night, girlies!