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Happy New Year 2016! I hope everyone has a safe and wonderful New Year! 

I would love to hear what your goals are! My main goal is to clear out and organize my entire house by November 2016. I started working on it last summer and made really good progress and completed about 35%. This year, I am fully committed and already have pages and pages of check lists to keep me on track. My craft room will be the last room to get sorted, for this room will take me the longest!

I also commit to maintain my healthy lifestyle which I am currently in year number 3! If anyone would like to "buddy up with me for accountability" and start the new year off as a starting point, you can check out my running blog here and leave me a comment!



It's challenge time over at DL ART! 

Come join us in our current Linky Party! 

Spellbinders By Richard Garay Your day stamp set and pierced rectangles
We R Memory Keepers Storytime Paper Pad
Happy Birthday Stamp Scrappy Mom Stamps
Frost Skittles by DoubleClick
Sequin, Liquid Pearls, Wink of Stella
Copic markers:
N0, N1, N 2
B00, B01
Y00, Y02
BV00, BV20
R29
DL ART blue/white twine DL ART  

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Live Happy. Be Free. Regret Nothing! Motto for 2016! DL ART challenge!

It's challenge time over at DL ART! 

Come join us in our current challenge: New Year! 

I decided to make myself a reminder card for 2016:
Live Happy
Be Free
Regret Nothing

These are words to live by!

Paper from Dear Lizzy
Wood Veneers from Cosmo Cricket, Recollections and Freckled Fawn
DoubleClickSkittles: Sparkle Gray
Heart Brad, Wink of Stella, Liquid Pearls
Rose Crinkle Ribbon DL ART  

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Hello 2014!! Welcoming in the New Year with 3 Girl Jam Crinkle Ribbon! New Challenge!

Happy 2014! I hope everyone had a safe and wonderful New Year! I am super excited to be staying on with the 3 Girl Jam Design Team for another term!

Come join us for this super fun month long challenge! 

Theme: Anything Goes  w/Ribbon
Date: January 4th 2014 Thru January 31, 2014

Here is my project as a Design Team Member:

It is a page from my 2014 SmashBook!

2014 Tag using Plantin Schoolbook Cricut Cartridge
3 Girl Jam Seasons Ribbon
Buttons, clips, pearls flowers are all from my stash
Blush color skittles from DoubleClick
hello! Stamp from Docerela 
Dies from Heidi Grace
Misc dies from a Recollections card kit
Stickles Stardust

 Looking forward to seeing your creations!
 Just B Creative; Linky Party
Dl Art: Linky Party
Pin and Tack: Anything Goes + Sparkle

Happy New Year! Some Updates and some Winners!! A time to reflect and a time to remember!

A time to reflect and a time to remember!

Happy New Year to all my friends! I want to say Thank You to all my blogging friends, and how much I am looking forward to 2014! I think this year we are all saying what happened to 2013?? 

Every year I like to take just a moment to Thank all my blogging friends that have taken the time to visit, comment and check in on me! This has probably been my hardest year, I am raising 2 Pre-Teen girls... need I say more?? LOL! I have slacked on visiting from just pure exhaustion some days! I attempt daily to find the balance but let's face it between a family, job, chores, kids, and every responsibility in between that is not an easy task. I am still 100% committed to our fitness, and this has taken some time out of my crafting but it is worth it. You can check out my running blog HERE. So thank you for all understanding my shorter visits! I promise to get back on track!


I didn't post any resolutions last year, so here are  my resolutions for this year:

Find a good balance to have it all

Keep running! ( I ran 715 miles in 2013!)

To Remember:

This day is always a day for me to remember my Dad. He unexpectedly passed away 1-1-00.
Fourteen years is a long time to miss someone.
Not a single day goes by that I don't think of him and all that he has missed.

Announcements: 

I will be staying on with Docerela Creations and 3 Girl Jam! I am excited to showcase their products and hope you will all join in on the fun challenges!

 Winners:
 I know I am a terrible Slacker when it comes to posting winners, sorry...that will never change! 

Winner of :

From the Santa blog Hop:

7. poohbear said... [Reply to comment]

Great page.
New follower

Marcia

Winner of:

From my Special Black Friday Release:

4. Stacy H-W said... [Reply to comment]

I love all your skittles!! Totally gorgousness! I have you up on FB -https://www.facebook.com/stacyhwatson
I hope your Thanksgiving was fantastic!!! Ours was great! I took the older kids to see two movies today (Thor and Catching Fire) and then we went shopping for a bit. Just got home and had some warmed up leftovers (yum) Now we are watching Charlie Brown again. Can't wait for Sunday!!!!!!! I hope no one that we care about dies!!! hugs!!! Stacy

 

Winners you have 1 week to contact me!


Ok now onto my project, we are going to my best friend's house to ring in the New Year so I figured I would bring a card!

Martini Glass from From My Kitchen Cricut Cartridge
2014 from Plantin Schoolbook
All papers from Paper Reflections my stash from 2009!! Yikes I really had to dig this stack out!
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder Seeing Spots
Border punch
Celebrate and wish stamps from Inkadinkado
Pearls from Want 2 Scrap
Gems from Queen and Co
3 Girl Jam Crinkle Ribbon
Hemp

Entering into:
Exploring Cricut: New Year
BBTB2: New year Linky Party
Hiding in my Craftroom: No holiday
4 Crafty Chicks: getting tropical
Pumpkin Spice: Anything Goes
Little Scrap Pieces: Linky Party

I hope everyone has a safe and wonderful New Year!!

 Top 3 at Exploring Cricut!

 

My first day of 2013 Smashbook Style! Running into 2013

I had 2 New Year's resolutions last year, one was to make a Christmas card a week, ( I seriously only made 1!) and to enter the Crafters Companion Challenge once a month ( which I did until they change their entire challenge blog and I missed the last one).
This year my resolutions are to stay organized, keep a clear, calm head and to keep running. That's it!

Last year I made my own Smashbook, and I loved every single page! So this year I bought myself a real Smashbook!
Since my life right now is all about running and I spent my New Year at a running store it was only fitting I make  a running into 2013 Page.

 Good Times, Smile, Memories, January

 Trip to Road Runner Sports, Big Salads at Red Robin's, 3 mile run on the trail.

 Check out my Running Blog HERE!

Smashbook
2013 and RUN from Plantin School Book Cricut Cartridge
Pearls
Liquid Pearls
Seeing spots Cuttlebug Embossing Folder
January, hearts and phrases from Docerela Creations
Felt Arrow
Skittles Sunset Orange DoubleClick
Tag from Smash Pad
Ribbon and flowers from stash pile 
Scallop border punch
Photo label punch

Entering into:
Exploring Cricut: New Year
Tuesday Throwdown: Bright and Happy New year
Party Time Tuesday: Celebrate New Year
Lil Red Wagon: Happy New Year
Craft Ribbons: New Beginnings
2 Sisters: Anything Goes
Unique Crafters: New beginnings
Crafty Calender: What's New 
Pin and Tack: Spark your Creativity

Happy New Year!! A time to reflect and to remember!

Happy New Year!! A time to reflect and to remember!

Happy New Year to all my blogging friends! I want to say Thank You to all the friends I have made this past year, and how much I am looking forward to 2011!

I am so grateful for all that I have and all that I have been given and this is the perfect time for me to reflect on what a wonderful year it has been for myself and my family!

I have so much enjoyed visiting all the blogs of my friends and it amazing how much you can learn from each other, make a connection with someone thousands of miles away and have so much fun!



I look forward to another year of fun emails, awesome blog hops, fun challenges and lots of paper crafting fun! 

Here is the card I made for the celebration of 2011. We have a pretty big party with family, friends, food and games.

 Inside:

Now this was supposed to be the ball that is dropped On New Year's Eve, but my Husband looked at it and said he didn't see that at all.... (HMMMMM  he is so NOT crafty)Then little Meg came hopping in and said "cool New Years Ball Mom" then hopped away. So I'm not sure!

I used the Wild Card to cut the window card and celebrate and Accent Essentials to cut the circles. I cut two of the layers to hide the string that is holding the ball.

To Remember:

This day is always a day for me to remember my Dad. He unexpectedly passed away 1-1-00.
Not a single day goes by that I don't think of him and all that he has missed.

I am Thankful for the time we had, I am who I am today because of him  and I truly am my Father's Daughter.

Here is a photo of us it is from about 30 years ago:

 Never Forgotten, Always Missed!

It really is hard to post such personal stuff so my special thanks and prayers to Georgiana