Acrylic Class Album

Isn't this neat? These acrylic albums are all it right now! I taught this class last Sat., and everyone really seemed to enjoy it. We stamped on it, added some bling, some paper, a few pics, and voila! An album is born! lol See the heart and "full house" on the front? I cut those out with my Pazzles, painted them, added some Glimmer Mist and chalked around them. What a pain! lol But they look pretty cool. You can check Patti's Blog for a few more pics of the book. I think I may make a few more of these for presents! Next month, I'll be teaching a clock class. I've got it started, but it needs more work. So check back and see how that one turns out!

Last week went really well for me, WW wise. I lost 3.8 pounds, making it a grand total of 17.8 pounds! Yeah! Can you imagine all that in butter?!!! lol The key to this whole thing is planning, I think. When Denny is off, we usually go to Subway or even Pizza Hut. The one in Dexter will make a thin crust mini and it's only 6 points. I add a salad to that and even have 2 cheese bread sticks. That uses about 20 of my points for the day, but then I just eat lighter in the evening. So I'm not depriving myself at all. I'm eating lots of chicken and veggies and salad, but I love them, so it's no big deal. And I have a great support group. My family is supportive, plus my scrappin' buddies are all on WW, too, and that makes a difference--for me. Peggie, we'll be a long-distance support group all by ourselves! lol But I'm actually enjoying the "weight loss journey" this time around. But I tell ya, all bets are off when we go up to Iowa. I'll just have to take the hit so I can have my Harris Pizza, Rudy's tacos and Acapulco. What's a girl to do???!

Here's Kelsea!

I cut out a couple more of the overlays and did one for her in her signature color--green, still using the Berry Sweet collection by K&CO. This pic was taken when we went to Iowa. We stopped at the Village Inn for breakfast one morning, and she ordered blueberry pancakes--never dreaming the plate would be as big as it was! So she was a happy girl when she got her plate. The after pic? She was stuffed to the gills--and couldn't quite finish it all. Needless to say she didn't order blueberry pancakes again while we were on vacation! lol

I had an OK weigh in this week. I was down .2 pounds. Better than a gain, I say. That puts me officially down 14 pounds, so I'm not complaining. This week is going much better. I didn't do so badly last week, but the few things I ate that I shouldn't have made a difference. So I've been pretty much on track this week. I'm hoping for 2-3 pounds. We'll see Tuesday!

I'm teaching a class this Saturday. I did a clear acrylic house album, with the theme being "A Full House". I used my Pazzles to cut out the chipboard on the front. (Just one more payment and it's all mine! lol ). I painted the chipboard, then sprayed them with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist. Then I did some stamping and added a little bit of bling. Turned out pretty cool. You can see a pic of it on Patti's website. I did have a sold-out class, but 3 people cancelled for various reasons. That's disappointing. Especially after making up the kits. I don't know what we're going to do with the extras. Patti didn't say. I'd assume we'd go ahead and make up the kits to sell them, but I'm not sure. Guess I'll find out tomorrow! lol

That's it for now. Wish me luck on the class! :) And have a great weekend!

You Are My Sunshine...

On A Cloudy Day. That's what it says on the overlay. (Click on the picture, and you can see the layout a lot better). I downloaded the file for this and cut it out with my Pazzles. I had a heck of time getting it to cut, tho. There was a sizing problem. So I had to ask someone at the yahoo group I belong to how to cut this out, and a nice lady answered my question. I finally figured out her instructions, and was able to cut this. I love it! I had taken this pic of Katie when we were on vacation, and wanted to do something neat with it. When I saw the overlay, I knew what I wanted to do! I used K&CO's Berry Sweet line of papers and embellies. It's so bright and fun! I'm going to have to figure out how to do these overlays. I'll put it on my list! lol

I weighed in Tuesday at WW. I did pretty good again last week. I lost 3.8 pounds, making it a grand total of 13.8! Yea, me! :) This week has been a bit harder. I did well until Thurs. All it takes is just one little step backwards, and it can kill a diet! lol Friday wasn't much better, either. But I did good today, so I'm happy about that. And tomorrow we're going to the river, so a day full of activity should help. I'll let you know how it all works out! :)

Oops! I Did it Again!

Joined Weight Watchers, that is! And for my first weigh in, I lost 10 pounds! Yea!!! Wouldn't it be nice to be able to lose that much every week?! lol I really like going this time. The last time, I had to travel 40 miles, deal with a goofy instructor I didn't like, and I didn't know anyone. This time I'm 20 miles closer, 6 of my scrapping buddies are going--talk about a support group!--and there's a new instructor that is really nice! It's just more fun this time. So, the meetings are on Tuesday. I'll be back each week with my results. Here's a link to an angel food cake that is de-lish! And if you use a sugar free one, all the better! I made this and took it to Libby's for the 4th. It was a big hit. I'll try to pass on some good tried and true recipes when I get them. Then you can get "skinny" with me! :) lol