quickie

Okay so I am sitting here rushing to get out of the door but I refuse to leave before I post these two cards... This always happens, I make challenge cards but dont get a chance to post them... then I get mad bc usually the really cute ones dont get posted because I just look at them all day haha. Ok well sorry this is so quick but basically I got to run! Hugssss

this is for the runway inspired challenge

Another DASH

Hello everyone, Im back for another craft dash =) This week over at the ten minute craft dash the color combination is AMAZING ! I am obsessed with coral and navy together and adding a little green just makes it even more AMAZING. For this challenge I used Washi tape !!! I had never used it until I bought a few packs over at Michaels this month on sale =) I think I was intimidated bc of the transparency of it... Either way I am sad that I haven't really used it prior to today because it is amazing. I love how this card came out , I also stamped the background which consumed most of my time ... but I do like the end result and I made a few of these I think Im going to use the same template and switch out the colors to make a cute card set! Oh and soon I will be adding a video of a new spin I am working on its called a Beilman spin... I had to stop working on it bc of the injury I attained three weeks ago =( Speaking of injuries I tweeked my poor ankle really badly yest. and caught it on film it was a weird fall long story short it KILLED and my ankle swelled really bad but strangely thank God my ankle is feeling better today than it did the day before =) God works in mysterious ways.

                                     This card took me 9 minutes and        48 seconds.

Another Dash and a skating update!

Hello friends,
Well It has been a few weeks, like always so much has happened ! I had another competition it was horrible I injured my ankle badly the day I was supposed to leave ... saw my Dr. and he okayed me to tough it out... Needless to say thank God my mom came and drove the 5 hour drive because I sure couldnt have. I was in so much pain... and the next day was my competition I was NOT happy. ANyway, the next morning came and my ankle was not as bad as the day before... I just had a gut feeling though not to push it but didnt listen to that and skated for the practice (taped my leg) that was a bad idea the taping caused more pressure and pain so I removed it and was acutally able to jump painlessly but stroking was another story, and the end of the program practice during my footwork I re tweeked my ankle... OWWW Long story short... I went back that evening for my competition and was humiliated during the 5 min warm up because I couldnt do ANYTHINGGGGGGGGGGGG it all hurt too much... My coach gave me two options 1) get off and never know what I could have done and throw away the experience 2) go out put on a show and act like nothing is wrong... I chose option 2 ... I was sooo proud of myself because even though my program lacked my usual grace/ spunk/ and triples I went out there and landed my first double axel in a program and did a clean skate !!! I did get penalized for not having the triples but we knew that and weren't risking hurting my ankle further with triple attempts... I was so happy I competed in 1 event ( had to withdraw the long bc of sweeling) bc I proved that I am REALLLY tough and not afraid to go after my dreams. Since then 2 weeks ago my ankle is healing nicely still hurts but it only kept me off the ice for a week and a half so I am grateful. God is so good he uses our trials to bring out our best! Next week back to triples =) and run throughs.

Okay well enough of my chattering, I also created this post post because I made my first video ! I made it for the ten minute craft dash.. and boy is DASH a proper description of my last few seconds. I barely made it with 2 seconds left !!! I hope you enjoy... I was a little quiet bc I was pretty focused on the challenge and please excuse my crazy hair it was already close to 11pm... Anyway the challenge was to use a star ! 
I hope you enjoy ! This card too me 9 Minutes and 58 seconds. (really less bc I spent around 30 seconds dealing with the camera lol )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuqZZcKY47M

I am a Senior Lady !

Hey there blog friends, todays post is a quick challenge card I made for the ten minute craft dash. I feel like lately I have been partaking in these challenges for a few reasons... other than the fact that the craft dash has an amazing design team... I find that having a ten minute time limit really helps me get motivated to craft after exhausting training days. . . for those of you who dont know, I am a now US figure skating GOLD medalist competitor. This past weekend I took my last and final test in my sport , its the highest accomplishment and qualifies you to compete at the regional event at the Senior Ladies level. Anyway it was amazing, I had taken this test back in august of 2012 and Failed.... It was just too soon after my June 17th heart procedure and my stamina with nerves got the best of me... this time around I passed with flying colors it was a life defining moment that I will never forget... I wanted to share it with you all..

anyway I had made this card a few days before my event but because of all the chaos am only posting it now... It took me 9 Min and 52 seconds... I was sweating bullets because I did not think I was going to be able to finish it within the ten minutes but I did. I think it took so long because of all the die cuts I cut and embossing... Oh and I had to stamp the Thinking of you stamp twice... since I accidentally stamped the sentiment off the die cut area. Okay well here it is. I must say this color combination is new to me but i do like it... Oh and to save time I cheated and only stamped the edges of the background paper since it was going to be hidden by the second embossed card stock layer.