What will you do with today?

What will you do with today? It will never come again? So often we get caught up in our daily routines and forget how lucky we are to have today. We may not have it tomorrow.

I get it! Life is busy and sometimes complicated. Some people live for their job and that is alright too. Just don't loose sight of what is around you and most of all, what is important to you. It is easy to loose several of the hours during the day surfing the net, watching television, blogging...those are precious hours you will never get back.

When is the last time you took a walk outside, or read a good book? I am not a huge fan of exercise, but I feel so wonderful after I do it. If I pop in my earplugs and just listen to my music while I am walking, it is so much more relaxing than sitting and watching a television show. Reading is usually not my "go to" to relax, but when I get enthralled in a good book, it is hard to pull me away.

So while we are saying T.G.I.F, lets not forget to enjoy life every day and at least try to make every day memorable, not routine. Take that walk, listen to your music, read a good book, craft... Whatever it is, make time for it, because it is time you will never get back and it will be time well spent!

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

• TIME OUT Challenges- Embossing with the optional twist of sparkle
• Inspiration Destination - - Always Anything goes
• Moo-Mania & More -  Trees
• Penny's Paper-Crafty - #204 Anything goes
• WordArt Wednesdays - #155 -  Anything goes

Path of Positivity - Peace

Welcome to a new challenge over at Path of Positivity. I hope you had a chance to play along with us last month, but if not, we would love to have you play along this month.

Our theme this month is Peace and our sponsor is Sparkle N Sprinkle. Now when most think of the word peace, it usually relates to War. Many of the quotes I found out there on peace reference it to war. But Peace to me is a sense of calm. It is when there is balance in ones life. Having peace of mind may refer to inner peace, satisfaction of a decision you have made or where you are at in your life. Peace and Quiet, where one can hear themselves think, ponder and just enjoy the beauty of the moment, separating yourself from the hustle and bustle of the world and just enjoy. That is what I think of when I hear the word Peace.

For my inspiration this month, I chose to work with some nature images. What could be more peaceful than a hummingbird and a flower?

The quote reads:  Peace is the inner nature of humankind. When I found this quote, I knew it would be perfect for a Nature/Peace card.

So what does Peace mean to you? We would love to hear your story and/or see your inspiration.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

• Ends April 15 - 2 Cute Ink Challenge -  Anything Goes
• Ends April 30 - Imagination Crafts - Anything Goes
• Ends April 15 - Sunday Stamper - #302 Nature
• Ends April 30 - Crafty Calendar -  Things with Wings
• Ends April 30 - Paper Wings - Get Inky

Earth, Nature, Life

Evening all! Well, my make and take Christmas card party was a success. Everyone seemed to have a good time...and I sold lots of cards and got several orders. Now when I sell cards, I get to buy toys. So I took a little of my stash and bought some spellbinder die cuts. I was dying to play with my new toys, so I pulled out my crayons, as my husband calls them, and put on my creative cap.  Ike's world had Winter Robin as a  freebie so I thought I would give it a try. So here is what I came up with:

Here is what I did:

I used brown card stock for the base of my card. Matted it with card stock I had in my stash. I am not sure where I got it, but I knew I had it and would work perfect for a nature card. I used my Spellbinders - Classic Scalloped Squared to cut out my brown card stock and grunge'd it up with my sandpaper.
I then tacked it down with 4 brads and added my handmade flowers and sentiments.

My LIFE tag worked perfectly with the overall Nature theme along with my handmade flowers and leaves. I added the green gems in the middle of the flower to finish it off.

I was so excited about my finished card, that I didn't realize Ike's current theme is "It Feels Like Winter.". YIKES. Well, I guess this could be a winter theme. Well, I am going to enter it anyway, as I did use the Freebie and I think the card came out Great. Perhaps I will make another one and this time color my Robin Red.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Ends Dec 9 - Ikes World - # 6 Feels like winter (Freebie used)
• Ends Dec 9 - MIM - #169 Anything Goes
• Ends Dec 10 - Paper Take Weekly - Anything Goes
• Ends Dec 10 - Songbird Challenges - #28 Die another Day
• Ends Dec 10 - TTCRD - Anything Goes
• Ends Dec 10 - Use it Tuesday - Anything Goes
• Ends Dec 4 - Simon Says - Anything Goes
• Ends Dec 9 - Scribble & Scrap - Anything Goes

Well, I guess I better get back to work and complete those orders! Have a great evening everyone.