Pop-Up Daffodil Card from Pattie Curran on Vimeo.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Pop-Up Daffodil Card
This is an easy card to make with a heart punch. If you are interested in any of the products I used to make the card, you can visit my SU! website Enjoy the video!
He is Risen!
Happy Easter! It is always hard to get back to work on Easter Monday. We're trying. We had a great time at the beach last week, followed by an interesting sleep study Thursday night. Joseph actually slept without waking up. The tech said he did not see any apnea events, but that we'd have to wait to see if the doctor sees something he missed. He also reported that Joseph was rough on the wires! Said he had to recalibrate things through the night because he was so restless in his sleep. The last thing he said is that Joseph had a lot of leg movements that the doctor may want to treat, but we'd have to see what the report says. The tech thinks the leg movements and limb movements may be what wakes him up. We just have to be patient and wait for the sleep study report.
It was the first Holy Thursday we missed in years. Matthew made it and served. Friday, he and Sean served...and then Joseph and Matthew served at the Easter Vigil. I love Easter! Saturday, I made my traditional lamb cake and was a little sad that none of the boys wanted to color Easter eggs. *sniff, sniff* They are all grown up.
My white irises started blooming on Holy Saturday and the purple ones bloomed on Easter Sunday. So very pretty. Our cherry tree is no longer blooming, the tulips have died out but other flowers are starting to pop up. I love spring! I made a pop-up daffodil card and will share the tutorial video here later today. It is the size of a real daffodil and I made it using a heart shaped punch. I also worked on a more complicated bouquet pop-up card for the Twosday's Techniques site this week. It is so pretty... once I got how to make the flowers pop up and fold in neatly, I was very excited. It is perfect for Mother's Day!
I'm happy to also report that I lost just over 23 pounds over Lent. I am going to try to keep away from sugar... well... only two more weeks to complete the diet with my friend, then I am going to try to be sugar free Monday-Thursday, fast on Fridays and do what I want on Saturday and Sunday. I figure this would be a god balance to keep the weight off. I really like the taste of sugar and detest sugar substitutes. Well, here's hoping!
Here are a few pictures from the last few weeks of spring:
It was the first Holy Thursday we missed in years. Matthew made it and served. Friday, he and Sean served...and then Joseph and Matthew served at the Easter Vigil. I love Easter! Saturday, I made my traditional lamb cake and was a little sad that none of the boys wanted to color Easter eggs. *sniff, sniff* They are all grown up.
My white irises started blooming on Holy Saturday and the purple ones bloomed on Easter Sunday. So very pretty. Our cherry tree is no longer blooming, the tulips have died out but other flowers are starting to pop up. I love spring! I made a pop-up daffodil card and will share the tutorial video here later today. It is the size of a real daffodil and I made it using a heart shaped punch. I also worked on a more complicated bouquet pop-up card for the Twosday's Techniques site this week. It is so pretty... once I got how to make the flowers pop up and fold in neatly, I was very excited. It is perfect for Mother's Day!
I'm happy to also report that I lost just over 23 pounds over Lent. I am going to try to keep away from sugar... well... only two more weeks to complete the diet with my friend, then I am going to try to be sugar free Monday-Thursday, fast on Fridays and do what I want on Saturday and Sunday. I figure this would be a god balance to keep the weight off. I really like the taste of sugar and detest sugar substitutes. Well, here's hoping!
Here are a few pictures from the last few weeks of spring:
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| Lamb Cake. I make one every year! |
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| Sean in our Cherry Tree |
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| Henry on Easter Morning |
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| Henry checking out the baskets...maybe he smells the Easter bunny! |
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| Sean with my lamb cake pan |
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| Purple and White Irises |
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| Lilac Bloom |
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| White Iris |
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| Valentine sleeping on Sean during spring break |
Friday, April 22, 2011
Viewfinder Card Tutorial Video
I love viewfinder cards! I hope this video I've made helps you to make your own card! Enjoy!
Viewfinder Card from Pattie Curran on Vimeo.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Lent is Almost Over
We're heading into Holy Week and boy am I glad! A friend challenged me to diet with her over Lent. A challenge it has been! I had told her that the only time I could diet would be over Lent because I'd be doing it for Jesus. Giving up sugar has been the hardest part. I love sugar. The natural substitutes just don't do it for me.
I found a tolerable way to enjoy my morning coffee. Sugar alcohols. I purchased natural Birchwood Xylitol and by itself it is pleasant, but found it is better if I mix in just a bit of Malitol syrup. I'm hoping to do this long term and keep the weight off. I'm still baking cookies and muffins for my kids and have to be satisfied with just smelling them. That part, I know won't be something I can do forever!
Did you see the cool stationery link I posted earlier? I've also been working on my New Year's resolution to write more real letters (i.e handwritten, snail mail letters!). You already know that I make cards, so I do send quite a few cards to friends and family....but I had slacked on letter writing. It really has been a great New Year's resolution, getting back into letter writing. Don't get me wrong, I still have a few friends with whom I only correspond via letter with, we just don't email each other. I've just made an effort of doing it with more friends, more often. You really should give it a try. Everyone loves getting letters in the mail. Especially on really cute stationery!
In case you are wondering, I've lost 20.5 pounds on this Lenten diet. I'm pretty sure if I was Jesus, I would have turned the stones into bread and eaten them, or I would have one upped satan and said, "Hey! Bread? That's the best you can do? Watch this...." Then turned them into the most wonderful, sugar laden, high calorie dessert!
I found a tolerable way to enjoy my morning coffee. Sugar alcohols. I purchased natural Birchwood Xylitol and by itself it is pleasant, but found it is better if I mix in just a bit of Malitol syrup. I'm hoping to do this long term and keep the weight off. I'm still baking cookies and muffins for my kids and have to be satisfied with just smelling them. That part, I know won't be something I can do forever!
Did you see the cool stationery link I posted earlier? I've also been working on my New Year's resolution to write more real letters (i.e handwritten, snail mail letters!). You already know that I make cards, so I do send quite a few cards to friends and family....but I had slacked on letter writing. It really has been a great New Year's resolution, getting back into letter writing. Don't get me wrong, I still have a few friends with whom I only correspond via letter with, we just don't email each other. I've just made an effort of doing it with more friends, more often. You really should give it a try. Everyone loves getting letters in the mail. Especially on really cute stationery!
In case you are wondering, I've lost 20.5 pounds on this Lenten diet. I'm pretty sure if I was Jesus, I would have turned the stones into bread and eaten them, or I would have one upped satan and said, "Hey! Bread? That's the best you can do? Watch this...." Then turned them into the most wonderful, sugar laden, high calorie dessert!