CC Designs Mermaid and Britt Nicole Video

Hi Friends!! Yay! It's March. . .meaning a new day, a new week, and a new month! I was looking forward to the start of a new month. . why? Well, last month was such a sucky month for me. I had such a negative attitude about everything. . .ugggh, I was beginning to not able to stand my own company! LOL!

I was eating unhealthy food, not wanting to craft, not wanting to blog, not wanting to do my chores. The only thing I managed to do is attend church weekly and exercising 3x a week. Other than that. . .life was pretty much blaaaaaaaaaahhhh! Ugggh! I blame it on the rain! LOL! It's been raining here in normally sunny California every week for the past month. Maybe it was chemically induced. . . .. I was telling my husband that the virus I caught in January affected me chemically. I wonder if that can happen. Maybe it attacked my brain.

Anyway. . .so. . .I will be more positive this month. Kick me if you start to hear me whine and complain. . okay. Sometimes I need someone to kick me in the butt and have me snap out of my miserable state.

Well. . .this card was fun to make!!! I used my new CC Designs stamp that you can find at Little C's. I decided to do something different by creating waves on my card! I typically create cards with a regular layout. I'm trying to step outside of my comfort zone. I created the wave with a Creative Memories "scallop" ruler and hand cut the scallop.


I colored my image with my Copic Markers then I added a ric rac and a ribbon. That's about it.

Before I go, I wanted to share a video and song with you. I love listening to Christian bands. Because I live in a valley, it's really difficult to receive transmission of radio stations and the only station that would transmit clearly is the radio station "Air 1". It's a "positive alternative music" station. . .aka. .Christian alternative and positive music. They play a mix of Christian and mainstream music (non-Christian) but all with positive messages.

I wonder if it was God's message to me that I needed to return to him. I've been raised Catholic and attended church throughout my childhood but when I came of age, I sort of stepped away from attending church. While I was in college, I discovered Buddhism and began practicing its philosophies and spiritual practices and I still do. I learned a lot from it. The understanding that we are in control of our thoughts and actions are something I truly believe in. . . that it's not a "higher power" that wills us to be good and compassionate. But. . .I sort of had this mistaken idea that you can't practice Buddhism and Christianity at the same time because the practice is somewhat different. But, the truth is . . .you can be both, not in practice but in values. The values and philosophies are actually very similar.

Anyway. . .back to Air 1. Well, because of Air 1, I discovered music that I absolutely LOVE!!!! The band at our church plays many of the songs that this station plays! I love it.

Okay. . .now to the video. This is a video of a song by Britt Nicole. I love her music. This is one of my favorite songs. . .it's called "You". I have a lot of favorites actually but this is just one of them. I wanted to share it with you. It sort of sums up my experience. . .)

Hope y'all have a wonderful day!!

Card Details:

Stamps: CC Designs Mermaid, Pink Cat Studio
Paper: DCWV designer paper, SU So Saffron, Soft Sky (I think)
Ink: Copic Markers
Accessories: SU Grosgrain Ribbon, Making Memories Ric Rac, Creative Memories Scallop ruler, Nestabilities