Chazita with a side of Chips: February 2012

In celebration of Valentines Day, I decided to share a fun project that was working on. In my ward we have a card club that meets once a month. For the club we make cards and trade cards with each other. For example, you would make eleven cards that are the same and at the meeting you then trade with everyone and leave with eleven different cards.

I made these uber cute valentines but was not able to go to the meeting due to Milo getting his shots the day before. I thought it would be fun to show how I made them in the hopes of inspiring other card makers floating out there.

To start I got these adorable red polka dot cards from JoAnns in the dollar bins. Not a bad deal if you ask me, six cards for a dollar!

Using my cricut (sigh, I really do love my cricut) I out eleven 3" ovals in black cardstock and eleven shadow ovals in white. I also cut out red hearts in various sizes and the letters I would need for the valentines.

I then cut out 1/8" thick red strips and about 1/2" thick black strips.

I glued the black strip about half way on the card and placed the red strip on top

I then glued the white and black ovals together and positioned them in the middle of the card as best I could.

Since the cards were Valentines Day themed I went with a fun flirty placement of "te quiero" accented with a couple of cute hearts.

So there you go, cute cards perfect for Valentines Day!

Next month is birthday cards so get excited!

I know that it has been a while but having a new born in the house is quite time consuming. But I am pleased to report that we are all do well and thriving. It was a little hairy there for a while, had troubles breast feeding, had long stretches of postpartum depression and reflux but now I can honestly say that I am having fun with little Milo.

I knew that having a baby was going to be a life changing experience but I never fully understood how much it would change your life. There were days when I didn't feel like myself at all. It was almost like a mini identity crisis because where this once confident, strong, calm, eager woman now stood a hopeless wreck covered in spit-up poop and other body fluids that weren't her own. It was terrifying because I was not able to fully rest nor relieve stress in the ways I normally do (scrapbooking and most importantly working out) and I felt things spinning out of control. Christmas time was the worst. It was the darkest place I have ever been in and at the time it felt like I was never going to get out. But due to an amazing supportive husband (one that could deal with a bundle of crazy for hours on end) and soldiering on, I am now able to look back and snicker at the goofball curled up and crying on the floor because she just got spit up on. Now that the first couple months are behind us I can now fully enjoy my sweet little boy.

He has grown so much over the last couple of months and I am amazed at how much his personality is already showing. The other day Chaz was playing with him the the living room and stood up to go get something from the kitchen. The second he stepped out of Milo's view, Milo began screaming and crying. Chaz immediately came back and Milo was all smiles again. Milo is so sweet and I really do enjoy my days with him.

Since it has been a while here are some pictures of Milo up until this point...