Part of the reason I am not posting as much as I used to is because I am on a “get healthier’ kick.  The problem with crafting is you sit.  You sit a lot and that is not good for anyone especially your waistline!  I was getting heavier and heavier so I decided I needed to do something.  First of all, I joined Noom.  It is an app on your phone where you keep track of your weight, exercise, water intake, and what you eat.  I know there are a lot of apps out there that do the same thing but Noom is different because it teaches you a lot.  You have to commit to it every day.  Noom likes you to weigh yourself every day log it (which I did not like but did anyway).  You also read lessons every day (about 10 minutes worth a day).  I have learned a lot about food, psychology, my habits and what is healthy and what is not.  One thing I like about the program is you can eat “bad” things once in a while ( as long as you stay in your calorie range).  It is a much more realistic program, in my opinion, then some of the others out there that won’t let you eat anything that is considered bad for you.  That is just not realistic and is often the cause of failure.   It must be working because I have lost 45 pounds so far.  By the way, if you are interested in Noom, fill out the questionnaire but do not join right away.  They will send you emails for a couple of weeks and each deal gets better as time goes on.

I went through my Stampin’ Up!®  stamp sets to look for something I have rarely used or not used at all.  I found the stamp set and dies called Timeless Arrangements.  I used a sentiment and one of the dies that cuts out the sentiment once and that was it.  I didn’t really get how the bundle worked.  After figuring it out, I realized it was genius!  Instead of cutting out a ton of small leaves and flowers and then glueing them one by one, the dies cut out a bar that have the flowers or leaves attached. You just glue the bar to the back of the sentiment instead of having to glue all those tiny little pieces.   It makes it so much easier.  Here is what one of the dies look like after cutting them out.

To use it, you just add glue to the bar on the bottom and glue it to the back of the sentiment strip.  It will look like this:

Genius!

I cut out the leaves in Old Olive and Mossy Meadow card stock and the flowers in Pumpkin Pie and Daffodil Delight.  I adhered them to the back of the sentiment.  So easy!

The sentiment is from the Tropical Leaf stamp set.  The background is an Altenew Trellis Cover Die.  I cut that out twice and layered them on top of each other to add a little dimension.  Lastly, I added some Matte Decorative Dots (retired).

Daffodil Delight

Pumpkin Pie

Old Olive

Mossy Meadow

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