Oh wow it's busy!

It's been uber busy these last few weeks. I am happy to report the race went pretty good. It took me about 30 mins longer than planned however I did it that's what matters. There were some nasty hills that I did not train for. I'm training for them now. :D

Also a couple of weeks ago I started teaching community card classes at the local college. :D I have 4 students and having a great time with it. Three hours of card making for 4 Saturday's. To make things even more exciting I've been asked to teach classes at to different churches. 4 classes in 1 week. CRAZY!!

I'm way behind on posting photos, please forgive me. These are from my last class at the college. The focus was on die cutting, embossing and alcohol inks.

We also inked up a Christmas ornament unfortunately I didn't get pics of that. I'll do my best to upload pics of everything quickly. 

I hope all is well with you,

Katie

Spooky!

What is super spooky is how fast time fly's these days. It's been a month and I promised I wouldn't do that to ya. Thankfully I've gotten back into the crafting habit again I'm very happy about that. My crafting world is still kinda in an uproar though. I've moved crafting areas and half the stuff  is still downstairs and I have no shelves in the up stairs. It's chaos. :D Hopefully this weekend that will change, I'm planning on going to Home Depot for shelves.  I have managed to craft a number of cards recently and have a banner planned for this weekend. 

I made this Halloween card for ya: 

I don't know what it is about Halloween I just love decorating for it. Not that I've put up any decorations yet but it's on the agenda. There are 2 stamps used in this card. Lawn Fawn's Happy Haunting for the ghosts and everything else is a stamp I can't remember the name of. I can say I cut it apart. I'll have to make another card and take pic's of the stamp and write down the name for you.  

In personal news. I've lost 35 lbs.. a total of 26 inches! Very exciting. My run is a week from tomorrow and last week I ran 3 miles in 30 mins. :D Happy Days! 

Katie

The Sabbatical is over

Hello!

I'm sorry I needed a break, that's over now and I'm back. I'd love to say I'll be posting every day but I can't guarantee that. I do promise to post a lot more often. :D  I've begun card making again. I was worried I was leaving the hobby behind like all the others however that's not true and that makes me happy.

For a quick card and some coloring ideas you can check out the post I did for today's Stamp Fever's blog:

Design Team Wednesday with Katie

Check that out and leave a comment if you would be so kind. :D

In personal news I'm down 29 lbs! It a slow process however I feel so much better and am so much stronger.

I'll be back tomorrow with photos of my class I'm teaching this Saturday.

I hope all is well with you guys and that you had a great summer!

Katie

Your awesome!

This one is for you! I've been seriously AWOL lately. I'm back now and itching to craft my heart out. :D I made this not to long ago and I want to dedicate it to you since you are still here with me.

I was inspired by one of Danielle Walls card. I adored how she did those flowers so I did the same thing. 

Life is good here. I'm happy to say I've lost 5 inches! I've really toned up. Last week I got sick so I wasn't able to workout that much but I'm feeling better. :D 

Nancy did a great post over at the Stamp Fever Blog. She showed a great way on how to use your punches.  Very cool. Click here to check it out. I plan on making a card for the post I encourage all of  you to do the same.  

Be back soon promise! 

It's on like Donkey Kong!

Finally the crafting bug has returned. I think I took in so much information over the last year my brain just needed a break. I was supposed to teach this weekend but my good friend Gina asked to switch so I'm teaching this coming Saturday. Here are the 3 samples: 

A window card with some masking

A fun travel card for either boy or girl:

and a masculine card. I used a fathers day sentiment but you could use anything. 

If your in the area (Orange, Ca) come on down! I'll have all the supplies as well as some treats even sugar free for those who are watching their sugar intake. 

Thanks for putting up with my break, I'm excited to get crafting. 

Katie

Hello my name is Katie, and I'm a gamer.

So I've been awol lately. I normally would post but I didn't want to admit it to ya'll but I'm a gamer. I've not played video games in awhile mostly because there are so many other things to do and they can be what I call a time suck. However the sequel to the greatest game ever (Diablo 2) came out last week. It's been 12 years since D2 came out. Diablo 3 was announced 4 ish years ago and we've been chomping at the bit ever since.

Yes, we were those really nerdy people who were in line at GameStop at midnight to get our copy and yes I was the only girl gamer there. (Thankfully Jenn my brother in law's girlfriend came so I wasn't the only girl)  It's been awesome to play again. Although I have to say I'm slightly disappointed with Blizzard (the manufacturer) You see they are the only company that will take as long as it needs to make the game perfect, by that I mean free from glitches and bugs. (bugs are when something doesn't work right with software) Diablo 3 is awesome however I've found a number of minor issues with it and that's slightly disappointing. I hope this isn't a sign Blizzard is starting to slack off. That would be quite the disservice to the gaming world.

Here's a trailer if your interested:

I promise to have more crafting stuff up soon. :D  A few days ago I forced myself to create a new rule. No gaming until at least one card has been created. I have a pile of cards to share. Now I just need to create the no gaming until the cards have been photographed rule. :D

My First Video!

Hello! Woot! Two posts to days in a row!

Last week I quickly mentioned that I made a video for Stamp Fever's blog. I adore glossy accents (even though it comes in a plastic bottle) but I hated how it would clog up all the time. I was constantly unplugging it. I even broke the nozzle on my last bottle. :(  I finally figured out how to keep it from clogging and realized after chatting with the owner of a local stamp company that I had to make a video. Here it is.

As Dk has a degree in photography the lighting and a number of other things will improve for the next video. (He was not happy with this one) Now to figure out what that next one will be. :D

Happy Thursday.