Doodle Challenge for February 2020 – Love

February 2020 doodle challenge

The doodle challenge was a big hit in January and my group couldn’t wait for this to be posted 🙂  This month’s theme is, (as expected): Love 🙂  I added a few faith components at the end, but for the most part, these doodles are traditionally Valentine’s-day themed.  That seems what people really wanted, so I’m giving you what you asked for 🙂

I can’t wait to see your interpretations!

 

Why do we doodle?  Doodling simple things helps you to develop your drawing skills, which helps you increase your Bible art journaling skills.  It also increases your hand/eye coordination which helps in many areas of life!

This challenge is participated in by the members of my Facebook group, Christian Planner, Journal, and Craft Fellowship and any of you who would like to join us! You can join us in the group or join along on Instagram.

Click the thumbnail image below to pull up the full-sized PDF file for printing! –>

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I usually print these out on 28 pound white paper (or 32 pound paper is even better) and just stick them right into my planner or journal. The heavier the paper, the less chance it will tear out of your binder or planner by accident and helps resist bleeding or ghosting from your pens or markers. It helps the page turn easier too.

If you choose to print these out on full-size (letter) sticker paper. I use these here. They’re priced great and you can write on them easily. They are good enough quality for my needs. If you want a top-quality sticker paper look for these or clear ones here. (Though not all pens or markers will write well on the clear ones). If you don’t want to use sticker paper, you can print them on card stock or regular printer paper and glue them down. Honestly, the sticker paper is the best way, however. Regardless of the type.

Going through a lot of ink printing out planner stickers? Do like I did and enlist in the HP Instant Ink program! I’ve saved so much money on ink since I did a year and a half ago. They have different plans, but the one I’m in (the most pages) is that I can print up to 300 pages worth of ink for just over $9.99 per month. You can choose lesser pages for a lower rate, but I do a lot of printing between coupons, planner stickers and other things. Click on the image here to check it out! –>

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February 2020 Scripture Writing Plan -Love

February 2020 Scripture Writing Plan

Hi everyone!

Time for a new scripture writing plan for us 🙂  I asked my Facebook group about the theme for this month and it seemed like love is still the topic for a February challenge. I got lots of other great ideas and I did make note of those for future plans, so if you are one of those who chose other topics, know it will come around eventually 🙂

For those of us coming through a really tough time, we need to be reminded of the love of God and the power of that love.  God’s love is so transformative and with all the onslaughts of the world, the cares of life,  and the enemy in our lives, we need to stay reminded that God’s love will bring us through anything. I for one, need a month of love reminders 🙂

 

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I’m so thankful that so many of you are enjoying and spiritually benefiting from these monthly scripture writing plans! I love putting them together for you knowing that you find them useful and uplifting! Use these passages to write out the scriptures and grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! Click on the image below to pull up the full-sized PDF file for printing –>

February 2020 scripture writing plan

I  usually print these out on 28 pound white paper (or 32 pound paper is even better) and just stick them right into my planner or journal. The heavier the paper, the less chance it will tear out of your binder or planner by accident and helps resist bleeding or ghosting from your pens or markers. It helps the page turn easier too. If you choose to print these out on full-size (letter) sticker paper. I use these here. They’re priced great and you can write on them easily. They are good enough quality for my needs. If you want a top-quality sticker paper look for these or clear ones here. (Though not all pens or markers will write well on the clear ones). If you don’t want to use sticker paper, you can print them on card stock or regular printer paper and glue them down. Honestly, the sticker paper is the best way, however. Regardless of the type. Going through a lot of ink printing out planner stickers? Do like I did and enlist in the HP Instant Ink program! I’ve saved so much money on ink since I did a year and a half ago. They have different plans, but the one I’m in (the most pages) is that I can print up to 300 pages worth of ink for just over $9.99 per month. You can choose lesser pages for a lower rate, but I do a lot of printing between coupons, planner stickers and other things. Click on the image here to check it out! –>HP Instant Ink

Freebie Friday Food and Fitness Starter Pages!

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This is my first Freebie Friday since being active in my blogging again after losing my husband four months ago.  I really want to get my “new normal” established on a good footing, so I’m sharing part of the Food and Fitness Planner I recently designed and put up in my Etsy shop.  I’m sharing four pages from it to help you get a good start at a healthy lifestyle effort in 2020.

I have my son and I  eating much healthier trying to lose weight.  I’m down the lowest I’ve been in many years, but I still have plenty to lose and this is a brand new chapter.  I’m extra motivated right now because my 16-year old son (autistic/non-verbal) is at his highest weight which is about 80 pounds higher than he needs to be.  I want to be a good example and nip his weight issue in the bud this year while he’s still young.

I hope you will join me!

To download the 4-page PDF, click on the thumbnail below  —>

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If you like the freebie, I have a 49-page Food and Fitness planner in my Etsy shop.  I have three versions available. Click on the thumbnail below to check out the listing!

Food and Fitness Planner Rose Version   Food and Fitness Planner Geometric Version Food and Fitness Planner Black and White

 

I recently posted a financial planner for 2020 too!

January through June

July through December

Food and Fitness Planner New in My Etsy Shop

Another chapter of weight loss has begun for me; this time with my son.  I had to take him to the doctor the day after Christmas for a sinus infection and was not happy with the weight on the scale for him.  I’d lost about 20 pounds during the cancer treatments and death of my husband, and Evan seemed to have found it.
I used to weigh about 180 pounds more than I do now, but still have weight to lose.  Now that I need to try to get some weight off my son, we’re going to tackle it together.  I’m doing well so far (down 10 pounds since January 5th). Not sure yet about him because when I put him on my scale (a digital one) he moves around too much for it to get a reading. It just says “E”.  But he’s eating pretty much what I am at home, so I think he’s doing well.  He’s starting to reach for apples and carrot sticks instead of the chips he devoured before.  Now with my husband gone, I’m the last line of defense for my son and I need to set a good example for him and also make sure I’m going to be around to care for him as long as possible (he has autism and is non-verbal).
To that end, I’ve just created a printable food and fitness planner for myself and wanted to offer it for you as well here in my Etsy shop.  This one is black and white. You can find other colors (uploading momentarily)This is a digital download, there will be no physical product shipped to you. The benefit of this is you can print out just the pages you need and you can print them over and over again!It’s 37 pages of charts and logs to keep track of your food and fitness goals, logs, and progress. (You’ll be printing out the same pages multiple times in some instances for daily plans, charts, etc.)
This one is black and white but you can find a rose pattern here and a geometric pattern here! (sample image at bottom)

Here is what’s inside! —>

2020 year at a glance (the only dated page in the planner)
Breakfast Ideas
Lunch Ideas
Dinner Ideas
Snack Ideas
Commonly Consumed Meals
2-page Grocery List (I’ll be printing this out weekly or monthly)
Habit tracker (weekly)
Habit tracker (yearly)
2-page Daily Food and Fitness log (this is the heart of it). It includes
Space for:

*Date, day number, and day of the week
* Meals and snacks for breakfast, lunch, dinner,
and three snacks. Tracking calories, carbs, fat, protein, and two empty columns to track anything else you’d like to track. (I’ll be printing this out daily). This spread tracks:

*Water consumption
*Today I feel
*Today’s verse or phrase
*Currently list
*Prayer check off
*Reflection box
*Today’s weather check off boxes
*Medication and supplements check off boxes
*Sleep log
*Journal today check off boxes
*Thoughts area
*Calories burned today
*Weight progress met response
*Today’s weight box
*Workout summary (steps, miles, other activity)
*Heart rate log

2-page measurement and weight progress
Mission statement page
Monthly brainstorming (undated) calendar
Monthly dinner (undated) planner
Monthly review
Monthly step tracker
Monthly workout planner
Notes
Progress charts
Progress photos
2-page vision board spread
Weight and measurement progress tracker
Weekly workout planner
Weekly workout tracker
Yearly goals pages
Yearly progress
Cover and inside cover

And a printing instructions sheet

Don’t be intimidated by the amount of information. Just print out what YOU think YOU would use! 🙂

Here are the thumbnails of the pages included. The originals are high resolution and without the watermark:

  

Check out my Etsy shop for other planners and other printable items
Thank you for your consideration!

Here’s a sample of the geometric and rose patterns:

other versions

2020 Financial Planner Printable with a Freebie

2020 Financial Planner

Brand new in my Etsy shop is a 2020 Financial Planner I just put together!

(Check out my Food and Fitness planner here too!)

Actually I made it for myself and a few people in my Facebook group asked if I was selling it and I decided to polish it up a bit and add it to my Etsy shop.  I’ve been wanting to get more offerings in there anyway.  In addition, if you do decide to purchase it, just know that you are helping my son and I with bills and groceries as we await my husband’s social security income decision (for my new readers, he passed away in September…)  Things are really tight at the moment and you would be helping me to build my online business and provide for my son and I in my husband’s absense.

If you’d like a freebie page of it, click HERE

If you would like to purchase the whole thing, it’s in two parts (due to Etsy size restrictions) at the following links:

January through June, 2020

July through December, 2020

Here are thumbnail images of what’s inside.  I’m giving you a thumbnail view which has a watermark on it.  The original is created at 300 dpi for nice clear printing and does not have the watermark on it.  When you see the images created for January, every month has a matching page for it.

 

Check out my Etsy shop for this planner and other printable items

Thank you for your consideration!

 

I usually print these out on 28 pound white paper (or 32 pound paper is even better) and just stick them right into my planner or journal. The heavier the paper, the less chance it will tear out of your binder or planner by accident and helps resist bleeding or ghosting from your pens or markers. It helps the page turn easier too.

Worried about ink-heavy pages?  Do like I did and enlist in the HP Instant Ink program! I’ve saved so much money on ink since I did a year and a half ago. They have different plans, but the one I’m in (the most pages) is that I can print up to 300 pages worth of ink for just over $9.99 per month. You can choose lesser pages for a lower rate, but I do a lot of printing between coupons, planner stickers and other things. Click on the image here to check it out! –>

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