Author: nurtureyrheart

Mom, Wife, Grandma, Full-time Elder-Care giver; Multi-media Artist, Word-Smith

3 Fall Tags – Tag #2

This tag combines creating some shapes in SCAL, using some older tools and materials as well as some digital paper from Echo Park.


The crow and cup are made using and combining some basic shapes, detailing with a pen and some Wink of Stella. The cup is heat embossed using a long retired Stampin’ Up! stamp circa 2005 (Fun Filled). Then the color is added to the cup base and handle. Facial features are water colored and popped up with some foam tape – the piece behind the crow and cup is a print 2 cut element that is also splattered with a little bit of color and a water brush. It was fun using the line found in the SCAL library and duplicating it to fill in the row. Save as a group – then you can easily duplicate and center each of the groups as needed around the edge of the rectangle.
The back piece is a simple rectangle filled with some digital paper with some eyelets added in each of the four corners. That Silent Setter came in very handy again for the small eyelets!
As a final touch, a cute little sentiment strip to finish things off after placement on the kraft gift bag.

be a trailblazer – try something new!

3 Positives:
a bit of fun in the studio and 5 of 12 Halloween ornaments completed
sourdough is ready for lamination and final rise
Have decided on the family gift for this year’s Christmas

My Journey Notes:
Need to redraft a bit on the regular routine and lists. Hopefully, the tweaking will help a bit in staying on top of some “neglected” chores. LOL Drafted the rest of the household to help last week and that has made a difference this week. More of the same this weekend! 🙂

3 Fall Tags – Tag #1

It’s that time of the year again… the weather is changing, it’s football season and it’s finally getting cool again. I love Fall! Lots of good memories – leaves changing colors, bon fires, s’mores, hot chocolate and soup weather! And creating some fun tags of the season.

This year, I’m trying some new to me stuff including making sketches, using SCAL and some other software to design some elements as well as use tools and other stuff that haven’t seen the light of day for a while. This tag involves pulling a few things from the drawers and cupboards! I’ll bet you’ll be able to recognize a few of them!

Stamps (Stampin’ UP! retired), embossing powder (heat embossing), embossing folder (Cuttlebug, retired), inks and of course digital images from Sandra Createinspain. And to finish, some Mod Podge for a little shine and a bit of ribbon make up this tag.

9.24.25

3 Positives:
Sourdough is ready to use! I think a cinnamon swirl loaf will be in the oven later today!
New design is coming together
enjoy the quiet moments

My Journey Notes:
Monday’s bloodwork is bringing another change to the thyroid meds. Levels still not as stable as the Dr. would like. The pharmacy is having to “find” the pill as it’s not one they keep on hand. Second time this week they’ve had to delay filling a scrip for me this week.

kindness begins with each of us

3 Positives:
made some “ok” English muffins with the sourdough discard – I think next time, we do the full version with actively fed discard or sourdough start
dr appointment went well
another night of good sleep

My Journey Notes:
Reminded to keep up the walking — and dr was happy that most of the sleep issues have been resolved with recent changes in routine and meds. Stress levels have gone down a lot since my last visit. We did talk about a few other things I’ve had some concerns about. He did order some other bloodwork so we’ll see what those results are — should have them today.

each step

3 Positives:
a pretty good night’s sleep overall
no midnight awakening
The car is back and looks pretty darn good.

My Journey Notes:
Pre-registration for Monday’s appointment completed. New app, new forms to complete as not much carried over from the old app. Review of some insurance claims and it’s nice to know that pre-authorization for one of my meds is no longer needed. SWEET! Now, just to get the pharmacy to stop ??? the scrip. To-do list fell by the wayside yesterday afternoon. Found myself not getting anywhere on anything. Stared at a “construction” sheet of something I’d done before and couldn’t fathom how to do it. Hoping today will be a better day overall in the studio – there’s one project I need to finish up today. We also have some preps to do before family dinner tomorrow – and another run to the store to pick up a few things for our contribution to the meal ….