The best candy....

The best and only kind of candy I am allowed right now is BLOG CANDY!!!! Go check out Dannie's Blog and check out the sweet stuff she is giving away.

Love, Carrie

My first trip

O.k. girlfriends, I have officially taken the plunge! I have joined a wonderful group of girls with my very first sistah Kimmie and now I am accountable!! I signed up with Bally's fitness through the Discover Channel 30 Day Body Challenge. Today I went to my first session at the gym with my personal trainer Melissa. She is awesome!!!

I have a very scary (100 lbs.) amount of weight to lose. I know, everyone seems to think that what I weight is not true....oh trust me....it is! I about had a heart attack when the "meat head" at the gym put me on the scale. After I said "What the F&^%@!!!, he laughed. DUDE!!! I wasn't kidding!!!! Really?...What????? I went to work, because I don't own a scale ( I know, it's probably the reason for my surprise) I double checked my weight at work. It was true!!

So, my first steps is to add water and leave the candy bowl alone at work. Before yesterday I can't honestly tell you when my last drink of water was. HORRIBLE, I know. Melissa told me I needed to poop at least 2-3 times a day. WHAT!!!! Sorry, it may be TMI, but sooo true. I will let you know how things are going.

In scrap news....Since I no longer fit into my workout clothes, I am not allowed to spend any money on anything stamp or scrap related....GASP!! Boo Hooo. I will get a new pair of shoes and workout outfit out of this deal. Hubby says it's to see if I am really serious before I get into one more thing. I have to agree. I can do it! I am hoping he was only talking about like a week or so. YIKES!!!! I might want to check out the fine print!!! I will let you know. As for now, I am going to clean up my scrap room and see what I have to work with. Teee Heeee** He doesn't remember that my SU! order just came just over a week ago and My order from SweenSassy is on it's way...Heeee Heeee.

Thanks to Melissa, my legs are spaghetti...ooooo spaghetti yummmmmy....FOCUS!!!! I will probably be sore tomorrow. That's o.k. No pain No Gain!!!

Thanks for listening. Love Ya!

Carrie

I'M A WINNER!!!!!

YEAH FOR ME! YEAH FOR ME! YEAH FOR ME! I won Challenge #3 for the Jacksonbelle Embellishments. You can see my entries for each of the 4 challenges just a few posts below this one. I just had to share this very exciting news!! Thanks for all of the great comments. It's really nice to have comments every time you log into blogger.

I am so happy to know such wonderful people!!

Love, Carrie

Finally!!! Some Mojo!!!

Tomorrow I have to go back to work. YUCK! I have been off for over 2 weeks. Until yesterday I only had finished 3 cards.... what the heck?! I guess I just needed to be challenged....hahaha! Before I left work to go on Winter Break, I made all of the secretaries that I work with a decorated tile or candle...their choice. But they were all personalized to fit their taste. I didn't get this last one finished...or started...until today. I have had the Hello Kitty Die Cut for a while now, but just got to using it.....what a regret!! She is so much fun to piece together. And with 2 little boys, the perfect outlet to get girly!! I think the girl at work who loves Hello Kitty will like her, what do you think? I used DCWV Blossoms with glitter and HK Paper from Michaels and Hello Kitty Sizzix Die, and Cuttle Bug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder with my Big Shot. Pssst....Don't forget you can get the pink and black Big Shot from SU! and a nice little thank you if you order from my website. *Wink*Wink*

Off to do laundry and get ready to get back to work :-(

Love, Carrie

Wish on a Scrap Challenge #1

A lot of my blog friends are doing the challenge from Wish on a Scrap. I wanna play too!!! Here is my version...

Every single day I get on the computer and scrap with my real sister who lives in Arkansas. We always use yahoo or stickam and scrap with our webcams on. It is sooo much fun!! I am always just grabbing my blue robe when I get cold and the other day my brother in law asked if I was going to get dressed or just wear the same thing as the day before? LOL!! Duh! Brother,I changed....sorta...I showered and just took my hubbys p.j.'s out of the dryer and wore his while mine were washing. HAHAHA!!!

Another part of the card is the slippers and the blue shirt under the robe. I didn't just do a color mix up and decide to color it blue...almost. I couldn't just leave it white and have everyone think I was naked!!! LOL!! Under my robe is my new Wii pajamas that my MIL got the whole family for christmas and they are also blue. She was sooo super smart!!! LOVE HER!! She got me and hubby the same size so I could alternate washing and wearing. TMI ALERT!!! Shhh...he only wears his boxers....hehehe...mostly. My MIL is also a slipper and P.J. FANATIC!!! Seriously!!! Although I do not have bunny slippers, they are white Abonomable (SP?) Snowman slippers from the Christmas cartoon Rudolph. I had to...uhh emm...we wore them when she visited from Washington and we did Black Friday shopping. You HAVE to wear themed P.J.'s when shopping the day after Thanksgiving. I flocked the bunny ears to add some deminsion. I made this card for her, it totally fits her. That's the reason for the "missing you" on the front of the card.

I know, really long blog post. I loved this challenge. What a great idea!! The paper is DCWV and glittered, basic cardstock and handmade flowers out of mulberry paper....leftover from my "Tear Bear" attempts. Uggghhhhh...that's a whole other story! Anyways, I just love this color combo. Hot pink and blue-ish-teal?? I can't ever seem to get away from the pink, at least it wasn't green....again.

P.S. This also goes with the new Mail it out challenge for SNS Yahoo group...wooo hoo I am doubly challenged....oppps (Insert Scooby Doo tilted head here saying Ruttt?)

Sorry So Long....Happy about playing Challenges,

Carrie

Jacksonbelle Embellishment Challenge Time!

I am sooo excited!! I have officially started working on challenges. I have 4 of them. One of the cards is a do-over....can't have too many Birthday cards.

Here is Challenge#1: Anything to do with the word "ring". I used DCWV and the "Ring around the Rosie's theme". I also used Ring shaped Grommets.

Challenge #2: Black, White and Bling. I used DCWV with glitter and embossed an image from the "An Affair of the Heart" stamp set from Inkadinkadoo. I added some bling to the corners and ribbon to a small binder clip.

Challenge #3: New Years Resolution. I used Diplomabella, my Cuttlebug embossing folders on my Big Shot and a graduation hat charm. I am hoping to graduate with my degree this year and start teaching.

Challenge #4: Birthday. It is Lindsey's Birthday over at Jacksonbelle. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LINDSEY!!! You all have seen a card identical to this one about a week ago. Since I have to make duplicate birthday cards, this is what I came up with. I used Partygirlbella and embossed SU! cupcake wheel on some Deisgn Paper picked up at Hobby Lobby.

Usually I just play along in "made up" challenges with my cousin. This is both of our first "official" time playing in challenges. You can click HERE to go and see her version of the challenges. Give her a shout out and leave her a comment while you are over there. This is her first blog site and she finally made it about 2 days ago.

I am hopefully going to start on some SweetNSassy Challenges now, I had so much fun at their Blog Party last night!!

Love, Carrie

A cute little Love You Bundle

By now you have been seeing adorable creations that have been made using the Stampin' Up new Love You Bundle that is available. I got my set and let me tell you how stinking adorable it is!!

From now until January 31st. you can get this amazing bundle at 20% off!! You get the Love You Much stamp set, the Candy Lane Designer series paper, and the Heart to Heart punch all for $41.48!! Regular price is over $50!!

If you order a Love You Bundle from my website HERE, I will send you this set of cards that I made with the Love You Bundle. If you think that this set won't get you far, let me just tell you that I made 4 sets of all these cards with just 1 piece of the Designer Paper that comes in the bundle, and some cardstock, ribbon and embossing powder...VOILA!!! It was sooo easy. I even had a small scrap of Designer Paper left over to cover exactly 4 Binder clips to use as Photo Clips.

AREN'T YOU SOOOO EXCITED!!!! Use this as teacher gifts, secret sisters, honey bunny gifts...anything. These are so easy to stick in the mail and a cute little gift set too!!

Contact me TODAY!!! These sets have gone on back order once already, be sure to grab one at this great price before it is all over!

Love, Carrie

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