Two totally different things! LOL!
Both explaining my feelings of ย last week or two.
Thanks for the comments and prayers for Noah’s surgery. Also want to tell you Alexa enjoyed the comments about her card for her friend.
STILL no video. I have been to busy with the kids home from school. Trying to get in some quality time doing projects and stuff while they are home. I want to keep them happy so I don’t go INSANE! LOL!
I really hope to do one today. I guess I’m not even sure what to show you this week. My mojo is FLAT! All the cleaning sucked the life out of me maybe ๐
Anyway-feeling like that-I decided to play with some digital images from SquiggleFly. I’m actually their Featured Artist this month! Sadly I hadn’t had more time to play :C February seems to always be a busy month for me.
They do have a FREE download for you to try so you get an idea HOW digi images work. Check it out if you have time.
My dear friend Holly‘s daughter designs all the images ๐ She totally ROCKS!! She has a video on her blog sharing how the downloads work! Check it out–> HERE!
This is SOOOO me
Overwhelmedย <—–image from SquiggleFly
(minus the apron, and me COOKING! LOL! Pretend I’m cleaning or something else! LOL!)
Re-edited photo after posting! Sorry! It was WAY too big
LAUREN’S TIP!
I used my Copis to color her. I don’t know WHY, but I print my digital images on MATTE Photo paper! It takes my Copic ink like a dream when I color! Granted, not as THICK as PTI cardstock, but I adore the look I get for digi images. So white and bright.
I also used myย NEW! SU! paper, feltย flowers and brads. Im in LOVE!! I added some adhesive rhinestones to the flower centers. I love this layout.
My sentiment isHandwritten Notes by PTI
I think as a woman so many of us can relate to this woman.ย We have SO many hats to wear. When we need something done, we do it ourselves. When everyone is sick or needs something we are there. When we get sick we STILL have to do everything for everyone. We don’t ge to “punch out” of our job at 5pm, take a lunch break, get weekends off, and FORGET the vacation. Won’t happen!
Thats why its important we TRY our very best to make a LITTLE guilt free time for us! No matter what your fancy! For me- stamping and exercising, maybe your guilty pleasure is reading a chapter in a book (locked in the bathroom so no one bothers you! LOL!) maybe taking a bath or watching your favorite show.
Whatever it is, try to take a few moments for you-without feeling bad. I have several friends-all new moms going through MAJOR guilt because they are burnt out and do want time for them. They haven’t had 5 minutes to shower, let alone anything else. Having the “men” take the kids so they can have a few moments of “me” time, and they feel bad about it.
Why are we programmed this way? If we don’t de-stress we will break down. We can’t get broken! The world will fall off its axis! LOL!
One of my friends husband goes out 2 nights a week! She doesn’t get 5 minutes of time for her. She wants to get back in shape or do “Something” but when she hears the baby cry she stops. tends to her, and doesn’t finish what she started. She says she feels bad the baby needs HER. Well yes the baby does need her, but daddy can deal for a few moments.
We have to stop the guilt!
You will actually feel a little better if you get a “mini break” Granted thinking this will happen daily isn’t realistic, but its not impossible.
So try to make time to do something for YOU. Even if its go for a haircut-without kids in tow.
OK now onto happiness!
Happiness Is
OK see what I mean?! This one is PERFECT size. Good grief. I’m so technically challenged its ridiculous.
I used the UBER cute Flower Mice<—- image for this one. (OMGosh! Upon linking this I saw –>THIS ONE!!! I NEED that one ASAP!) I think they are beyond cute.
So NOT my usual colors. When do you seeย ME use pumpkin, blue and avocado together?! NEVER! But I saw a cute TV ad (yes inspiration is truly everywhere!) using these colors and said “Self, you need to try that!”. So I did.
I was quite happy with it.
The sentiment is from JustRite Stampers-$1 section Friends Pre-Inked set! Where can you get SO many sentiments (8 in each)ย for a BUCK?! I bought all of them! LOL!
Anyway, used MORE SU! Stuff since I just got in a order. I hadn’t ordered anything from them in YEARS!!! But there were lots of paper/accessories I fell in LOVE with. They also had a GORGEOUS hostess set God’s Beauty (I think its called) that was a must have, so I got that too. OH and the Butterfly Die! HAD to get that as well. You know me and my butterflies ๐
OK so thats it. If Im going to get a video done (crossing fingers AGAIN) I better get going.
Again-keep me posted on what you want to see from me ๐ I keep a list for future reference ๐
Thanks for taking time out of YOUR busy day to visit me here. I feel so special knowing you do. I know how busy life is, as I barely get “online” time, I’m so busy doing everything else.
Later!
23 Responses for "Overwhelmed-Happiness"
Cute cards Lauren. I was hoping you were going to do your video on the box you made for Enchanted Lily with the black and white paper from Papertrey ink. I ordered the set after seeing your beautiful samples and my favorite was that pretty box. TFS Ann Lind
great post today Lauren – my SIL and I were just talking about this very thing last night. Lovely cards too ๐ Have a super day, and enjoy the week off with the kiddos!!
I was checking back to see all the great
things i’ve missed. Cute sketches…
Beautiful Cards! Love the images ๐
*So sorry to hear about Noah’s surgery..
Thoughts and prayers!!
and lots of hugs!!
Dee
So cute and so very true. I think most of us wives and mother’s feel that way. We try to do so much and hubby gets time away. Then we feel guilty when we take time for ourselves. I know I do. I want to be home when hubby is so we don’t miss anything.
Anyway, I LOVE the cards. They are just adorable. I am off to look at the digi images. Thanks for the heads up of the free download. I will be trying that one out soon.
Also, I just posted the card I made using your last sketch as a guide. It is on my blog now.
Thanks!!!
Well, I don’t ever want to lose whatever mojo I have so reason enough for me to give up cleaning altogether! Why take the risk of my mojo going flat!!???/ I love the image from Squigglefly, God knows that’s exactly how cute I look when i’m harried! LOL! I WISH!
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I LOVE LOVE LOVE this blog – you’re the one I keep for last each day. Please keep telling us new things to do with our Timeless Templates – I have now made THREE birthday card boxes and loved each one. I plan on making 90% of my gifts from what I have seen on this blog this year and you are SO inspirational.
I sound such a stalker now…. (but please keep doin’ what you’re doin’ !!!) xx
Beautiful cards Lauren (as always ๐ )! What color copics did you use for her blond hair? I keep shying away from blond when coloring my images because my yellows are too bright, but I’m not sure which ones I need. Yours looks perfect!! Thanks for sharing and continuing to inspire us!
Beautiful cards! I love the squigglefly image. I have the turtle because he is just too cute. Thanks for the reminder that we need to do a little something for ourselves.
Lauren, Ran out of time to comment before but just to say I will be thinking of you Friday and also how cute Alexa’s card was.
Been so busy laying flooring, varnishing worktops and putting together furniture as well as doing my day job! Hopefully Ikea tonight to get a chair and some jars for my flowers, buttons etc.!
One thing you could do a video on is how you made your swing card actually swing – moving cards are fascinating and fun but my brain doesn’t fathom them out too well! Thanks Janine
love both cards!! awesome words of wisdom!!!! i know the overwhelmed thing . . . have had sick kids for a week and half now . . . one isn’t getting better so off to the doctor today (no insurance . . . even more stressful) and the cats have horrible horrible flea issues . . . i feel so bad they are suffering and nothing i do seems to work. AARRGGHH!!
Beautiful cards!! I haven’t tried digi yet so maybe this is a way to give it a try. Thanks for everything.
My idea for a video is how you come up with sketches or designs for cards. I hope that isn’t to stupid.
way cute!!! i love squigglefly!!! your images look great on that paper-i may have to get some of that!!!
Lauren, I love what you did with these images! Your coloring on them is just so great. I especially like the way you colored the girl on the first card, and your sponging on the second card is awesome! that paper you used on the first card is wonderful. I’m going to have to get some of that!
It’s so true what you said about women (and mothers in particular) needing to take the time for themselves without feeling guilty about it. Guilt is such a useless emotion anyway when you think about it. When we take the time we need for ourselves, we are better for the people we love.
Thanks so much for helping spread the word about squigglefly.
Thanks for using some SU stuff. As a SU demonstrator, you know I need to use our products, but I am so addicted to your blog! It is my favorite one of the several I look at each day. I love everything you make, SU or not, and I especially love how you share so much of yourself with us every day. I get lots of great ideas from you, but it is really nice to see some using our great products, too. Glad you found some goodies to buy this catalog. Thanks for all the many things you do. I need to find time to use my sample templates because I know I want them all.
Roberta
Cute cards, Lauren!
I will keep Noah and your family in my prayers.
Hugs~Kris
I completely relate to the “guilt” trip we all feel when we actually get 5 minutes to ourselves. It is so nice to know that I am not the only one out there – thanks for that.
The samples are super cute – love the SU! stuff too!
Annie
gorgeous! Surgery? darn… I hadn’t checked in in a little while but I’ll get caught up. Noah’s in my prayers!
Now this looks like ME today. I just finished a total rearrangment of the kitchen in the home where I live. It is such a wonderful home, with a huge kitchen and a Jenn-Aire stove. I always wanted one. And Susan said fix it up however I wanted and so I made it user friendly as it is so big. I love it. Just had to brag and I also wanted to say stop worrying about that vid. How do you ever do what you do anyway? We will wait. Hugs to the babes.
Thanks for letting us know about Squigglefly…love the name. This seems like a good way to leap into the world of digi-stamping. I think this company will do quite well for us stampers who are running out of room.
Erica (who totally relates to your comments…even as a retired grandmother.
Erica
Gorgeous cards Lauren. Totally agree with you about the world falling off its axis if men took it over completely. Nothing would ever get done at all. Make sure you get some mytime this week too my friend.
The “Overwhelmed” gal was me last night! Water was boiling over and timers going off at the same time. Very cute cards and hope you’re feeling better soon. TheraFlu, chicken soup, and jello are the bomb!
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