Christmas tag

Here is a little Christmas tag using a red rubber stamp from C.C. Stamps. I added some stickles and bling to make it shine! I'm surprised at how clear the little JOY tag is... I can barely tell that it is a tag in the picture.



I'm entering this in the SDC173: Bling it Out challenge at Stampotque.
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House - DONE!!!

Our last pillow arrived this weekend. 6 months after starting our living/dining room design with Ethan Allen, we are done! It took us 6-months to finish the whole living room process, but it is finally DONE, and in time for Thanksgiving!... thanks to Caroline!

I love the bright paint, new puffy couch and the coffee table cubes and ottoman



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Happy Running

Whoo's in El Moro 50K

I just realized that I didn't share any pictures from Cheryl's first ULTRA race!

We arrived at Crystal Cove State Park so early in the morning that we couldn't see how to get into the parking lot.



This is Cheryl and her pacer, Steve. It's Steve's responsibility to make sure that Cheryl has a successful race. In this picture, he's helping her through some pre-race jitters.



And they're off! Ultra races are not very big... this one had about 120 people in it.



So Cheryl and Steve are gone with the 50K... it's time for me to start with the 25K group.



I met a guy during the race who was expecting to finish in 3:30. That's 30 minutes before the 4 hour cut-off, so I thought that would be good. He let me pace off of him for the race.



I finished in 3:21, 5th in my age group... which was dead LAST!

Then I waited for Cheryl and Steve...



And waited...



Here they come to the finish line!





Cheryl and Steve finished in 7:37! That's 7 hours and 37 minute of running... 23 minutes before the 8 hour cut off... 31 miles!!! Which makes this more amazing is that Cheryl hasn't run more than 18 miles in her training.



She made it! And 6th in her age group!... which is also dead LAST! Well, we have lots of room for improvement for next time! Thanks for joining me on our race recap.

Christmas Card

I'm on a Christmas Roll!!! Here is a simple card ready for Christmas giving!



The popped circle technique is called spotlight. I also used the partial die cut technique to cut the snowy field background.



Here are the challenges that I'm entering it in:

PIO- Feeling Cool
PTI - Make it Monday (partial die cuts)
Stampotique Designer Challenge - Spotlight
Stamping Sensations - simply christmas

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Christmas Tag

Another Christmas tag using die cuts!



Here are the challenges that I'm entering it in:

PIO- Feeling Cool
Scrappin' Mojo -Sparkle & Shine Challenge
Delicious Doodles - Cold Outside

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

Christmas tag

I'm getting into the Christmas spirit and have started on my Christmas tags! I just love the Button Bits stamp set from PTI!



Here are the challenges that I'm entering it in:

PIO- Feeling Cool
Scrappin' Mojo - use your supplies
Digi Stamps For Joy- ATG

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

Happy Halloween - Part2

I forgot to mention that Chris is working at The Gap in Mission Viejo Mall. That is how he ended up at "Trick or Treat at the Mall"... he was not trick or treating, hahaha!!!

Here are a couple more pics of Cheryl being cute as can be:



This one is blurry, but I thought it was adorable!



I hope that everyone had a happy halloween weekend!

Happy Halloween!!!

Here's my girlie dressed for work. The office had a contest... the PT/aide pair had to come up with a team costume. Here is Cheryl with her PT:



Chris didn't dress up for work, but he said he had his fill of trick-or-treaters! Today was trick-or-treat at the MALL! I asked him how many Elsas he saw today. He said he doesn't know... he saw a lot of princesses, but didn't look closely enough to figure out which ones they were. He also saw a ton of minions. He's avoiding the trick-or-treaters tonight. He already had his fill of little ones in costume, haha!

I hope you all have a great evening!

Jena misses Uncle Buddy

Blog Hop

It's been a while since I participated in a Blog hop, but I loved PTI's color inspiration this month... and I really need to get some tags done for Christmas. I used the following color combo to make a non traditional colored Christmas tag which made it perfect for the Merry Monday challenge. I LOVE this one! It's the colors of my new living room :oD



Here is my tag!



Products used:
PTI Doily Details
PTI Limitless Layers
PTI Cover Plate: Quatrefoil Die
PTI Winterberry Stamp Set
Sizzix Tag & Tie die

THANK YOU for stopping by today.. I can't WAIT to see the other creations!
Have a GREAT day!!