Happy New Years!

Happy New Years everyone! I hope everyone was able to enjoy the holidays spent with family and friends. It's always a busy time of year, but it's nice to take a few moments and just have fun:) With 2011 upon us, I thought I'd see how I did with my list of things to do in 2010:

1.) Sing Karaoke in Vegas

Done and Done! And without the help of alcohol I might add:)

2.) make a romantic meal with Jesse from scratch
not so much.....maybe Jesse and I need to spend more time together in the kitchen this year:)

3.) finish 12 books
Easy Peasy! Here's what I read:
My Sister’s Keeper
Twenties Girl
Her Fearful Symmetry
Still Alice
Yes, My darling Daughter
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
Loving Frank
Girl with a Pearl Earring
The Poisonwood Bible
Vanishing Acts
The Slap
Reading Lolita in Tehran
River of the Broken hearted
Mockinjay
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Sarah’s Key
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

I'm going to up the anty next year

4.) Bake something new each month:
carrot cake

cinnamon rolls

squash muffins

black and white muffins

Not a favourite for me or Jesse:(

zucchini/chocolate chip muffins

peanut butter cookies

pumpkin chai loaf

chocolate/peanut butter brownies

caramel filled chocolate cookies

These are delicious!

So 9/12 isn't so bad, but with my new kitchenaid mixer that I got for Christmas I'll have better luck next year!

5.) Eat carrots grown from my own garden

I had high hopes for my garden this year. We even planted these chrysanthemums in the hopes that they would scare away any pests, but alas my first garden did not succeed. Next year I resolve not to neglect it!

6.) Make applesauce from the apples on our tree


Success! Althouth it tastes a lot more like apple pie filling than applesauce...oh well....still delicious!

7.) Make my own pickles


these were a blast! Thanks Amie for all your help! Next year we'll use smaller pickles so we can get more than 4 in a jar:)

8.) Teach Attaboy to "roll over"

we didn't succeed.....most of our training sessions turned into cuddle sessions, but I'm not complaining:) Maybe next year

9.) Sell a homemade card at a farmer's market


The farmer's markets were a blast this year and I did manage to sell a few cards! Amie's mother-in-law was my first customer:) We will definetly do it again this year:)

10.) Lose 10 pounds.
Not so much....'nuf said:)

So....some success, some not so much, but for those that I didn't do, I've added them to this year's list:)

Bake a pie from scratch
Make a spinach salad from my own garden
Read 24 books
Sell a card on etsy.com
Teach Attaboy to roll-over
Learn to can tomatoes
Lose 10 pounds
Bake something new each month
Make a romantic meal with Jesse from scratch
Ocean white water rafting
Learn to play tennis

Looking forward to 2011!!
Thanks for stopping by!
Jenna

Couple of Christmas Cards

I managed to get a couple of cards made this weekend, but I have a lot more to do:) I was lacking inspiration of my own so I cased a couple of cards. This first one I cased from the current stampin' up mini catalogue.


Supplies:
-cherry cobbler, very vanilla, chocolate chip cardstock
-perfect polkadots embossing folder
-scalloped edge punch, ornament punch, and fancy label punch
-"delightful decorations" and "four the seasons" stamp sets
-real red and versamark ink
-white embossing powder

this second card has been in my "to-do" file for awhile and I didn't keep the name of who I cased it from, but if you recognize it, please let me know:)



Supplies:
-garden green, whisper white, and chocolate chip cardstock
-scalloped edge punch
-real red satin ribbon
-"Patterned Pines" and "warm words" stamp sets
-real red and basic black ink
-Merry Moments DSP

thanks for stopping by!

WMSC #24

Even though I have tons of christmas cards to make I also have to pump out a few birthday cards too:) Here's one I made using the new waltzingmouse sketch challenge and my new favourite Decorative Label Punch:)



Supplies:
-pacific point, whisper white and real red cardstock
-Decorative Label Punch
-real red satin ribbon
-basic black ink
-"Garden Greetings" stamp set
-Celebrations DSP

thanks for stopping by!
Jenna

Jolly Holiday

So.....it's been quite awhile since my last post, but I have a good excuse!! I recently took on a new job title and haven't been spending as much time in my craft room lately, but that is all going to change! I am seriously behind on my christmas cards and if I want to send them out I better get my but in gear! Here's the first of many to come:) When I first saw "Greeting Card Kids" in the new catalogue I knew I had to have it! And then there was this gorgeous crochet trim! Needless to say the idea for this card has been floating around in my mind just waiting until I had the supplies to make it happen:) and here it is:

I used a clean and simple sketch from a few weeks ago: FTL 112. Hope you like it:)


I used my ink pads and an aqua painter to watercolour the little girl, I just might be persuaded to ditch my blender pens for the aqua painters....we'll see:)



Supplies:
-chocolate chip, very vanilla, cherry cobbler, and old olive cardstock
-Jolly Holiday DSP
-watercolour paper
-crochet trim
-chocolate chip double stitched ribbon
-"Greeting Card Kids" and "Four the Holidays"
-corner rounder punch
-paper piercer
-basic black, real red, old olive, soft suede, and not quite navy ink

thanks for stopping by!
Jenna

Where have I been?

My poor neglected craft room! I haven't spent any creative time in there in days, but I was able to squeeze some time in there to make a few cards today. I missed out on an embellish challenge in my absence and I couldn't let that happen again:) So here's my take on the current challenge to use black, grey, white and yellow and a background stamp. I also used last week's mojo monday sketch for this card.



Supplies:
-basic black, basic grey, crushed curry, and whisper white cardstock
-crushed curry, versamark, and basic black ink
-white organza ribbon
-scalloped edge punch
-black embossing powder

As much as I love the organza ribbon, I am still struggling to tie a bow that looks nice with it:( Thanks for stopping by!

Jenna
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FTL #104

My poor craft room has been so neglected! It's hard for me to spend time in there in the summer (it's so hot with no a/c), but don't feel sorry for it, it gets plenty of love in the winter:) I did manage to whip out this quick card last night though. I have seen other people make cute DSP with their Fox and Friends' critters and I thought this sketch was perfect for it:) I also used this colour challenge:


For some reason, I'm drawn to making these baby cards that have multiple colours in them. I think in my mind they are meant to be gender-neutral, but A LOT of pink always finds its way in.....not so gender-neutral afterall:)


Supplies:
-rose red and whisper white cardstock
-rose red DSP
-pretty in pink satin ribbon
-"Fox and Friends" stamp set
-rose red, old olive, so saffron, and pretty in pink ink

thanks for stopping by!
Jenna

Quirky Cutesy Clean Embellish Challenge

Another Embellish challenge that I can't resist! And Quirky Cutesy is just up my alley:) The colours to use were sea foam, kraft, peach, and cream. I didn't have any peach paper so I decided to watercolour this little bird from "Animal Crackers" a peach colour. Isn't he the cutest?


Supplies:
-baja breeze, crumb cake, very vanilla cardstock
-basic black, and stazon ink
-Me and My Big Ideas DSP
-perfect polka dots embossing folder
-"Animal Crackers" and "Pun Fun" stamp sets

thanks for stopping by!

Jenna