This is my first "Bella" card and I made it for myself. I have a pink Townie cruising bicycle that I love to ride. It has a bell on it and I feel a bit sassy on my pink bicycle, so this stamp really spoke to me...no pun intended! Anyway, I had to wait to buy my first Bella stamps and this was one of them. I am going to put it up in my cubicle at work. I hope that it will inspire my self-confidence, which sometimes lags, as a 50 year old woman back in the workplace learning something totally new for the first time in many, many years=) I also needed to do something creative today because I have been studying CPT medical codes re the cardiovascular system. I always get kind of anxious when I am studying about the heart and all of the different procedures that can be done. In some ways, it is very amazing to know something about this area of medicine and in other ways, it is just downright frightening. I got some other Bella's and Stella's (stamps) that I hope to be able to play with sometime in the near future. I have to be patient with myself and life right now. I knew going into this full-time work situation and schooling situation that February through mid-May would be tough. So I am in the thick of it...but I only have about 5 weeks left too.

I will really miss school. I have so loved going back as a mature adult and learning so much new information and earning A's. This is SO not what college was like for me at 17 1/2. I was even invited to join Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, which I did quickly, before they realized that they may have made a mistake in inviting me;-D

I know I need to make a couple of more cards this weekend for a birthday and the birth of a baby. I'm only a few months late on the baby card. By the time I actually get the card made and sent, the baby will be a toddler :-] I had to wait til I found the right stamps in order to make the card. My new Bella stamps came last Friday and I am sooooo looking forward to making actual cards this weekend and not just imprints. I got some Stella stamps too. I just love her attitude! ......until this weekend.

This is the second card. This is a card for my father who is retired and an avid golfer. I wanted to think a little bit about the colors I used on this card as my father is red and green color blind and I wanted him to be able to see the colors in their true glory!

Well, two more cards to add today. This is a birthday card for my son's 12th birthday. I have finally found paper and ink that work with my copic pens. I used my new copic pens for the second time and really, really enjoyed using them. My black ink didn't run and I seem to have gained a little control over my pens. I want to learn how to blend with the copics and hope to take a class soon.

I had a fairly productive weekend. I was able to get a very decent amount of homework done and got a bit more caught up with my CPT Coding coursework. Only 7 more weeks and a week of exams and I will be done. I know I will miss studying, but it is not near as enjoyable when I am stressed for the time. I have really enjoyed studying and being successful with my grades as an older adult, in a way I was not when I went to college the first time at 17 1/2.

Sunday Evening March 15th - Finally

I am thrilled to have an image to add to my blog. I made this particular card because I needed to get it done. I would have like to wait until next week when my new Bella stamps may have arrived. My friends birthday was last week and what with working full-time and going to school at night, I have been hard pressed to find time to do anything fun. I've worked full-time now for about 3 1/2 weeks, so I think we (my family and myself) are starting to get used to the changes in our lives. This week is Spring Break, so the kids are home and I have no night school this week. Hopefully, I can catch up with my CPT Coding and make some more cards next weekend. I have at least 3 family birthdays that I need to make cards for =)