Ok, you know you're a diehard when...

you have a raging headache, have laid on the couch for 2 minutes and then remembered that you haven't posted your most recent layout LOL

Actually, my head is starting to feel a bit better since I took some Advil, so I'm going to post this and then try to have a big ol' nap when my kiddo goes down for his (which should be shortly). He woke up before 6:30 this morning and his daddy heard him and I woke up (barely) to see Daddy bringing him into bed with us. Trevin wanted to play, but I made him lie beside me and before we knew it, he was snoozing away on my arm. I breathed a sigh of relief and we slept until just after 8:00!! Yes, bless his little heart.

Over at Scrapbooking Fanatics there was a challenge to Re-do an old layout that you were not happy with or wanted to change a bit and I immediately thought of THIS layout that I did WAAAAY back in the dark ages (well, about 3 years ago LOL). I was never satisfied with it and it's always been in the back of my mind to do something about that. This challenge is what I needed.

Yeah, can you tell that I had VERY limited supplies? Crappy dollar store ribbon, not the greatest patterned paper and funny colored cardstock from a jumbo package I got from Costco LOL I'd even hand drawn the 'K' and cut it out. the other letters were lovingly done with stencils (yeah, I went a bit crazy buying those too...now they just collect dust LOL)

So now I'm sure you can understand WHY I decided to do something about this ridiculous LO.

Here's the updated version...let me know what you think :)

I 'm not sure if I'm 100% satisfied with this one either BUT it's a definite improvement over the last one. I may go back and add "soulmates" to it somewhere with rubons or something because that ugly sticky charm on the original says that (my sis and her hubby have that in a tattoo they share).

Well, off for a nap...maybe I'll find some scrappy time again tonight! At least I'm still being productive after competing in Iron Chef. I was worried that my productivity would fizzle out. Sure I'm not doing as many projects in a similar time frame, but I've gotten 3 layouts done this past week or so and that makes me happy.

An amazing contest!!!

I was just checking out some scrappy blogs and found an awesome RAK being given away at

Create Something Everyday

You definitely have to check out this blog, the work is amazing!!! I bet you will be inspired!

Thanks Trisha!

A few months back I won a little contest on Trisha Ladouceur's blog and I received this awesome RAK from her today in the mail! She is the ultimate talented lady and you should check out her work if you haven't already! I took a class with her at Scraptacular this past February and LOVED it!




Can't wait to play with my new goodies!!! I really need to get some more clips for my Clip it Up now!! LOL

A couple of recent LO's

A quick LO of my nephew Nolan. It's for a challenge at Scrapbooking Fanatics to use up some of your old stash. I used some old chipboard that I had as well as some rub-ons that have been kicking around for awhile.



This one was for the challenge to do something digital on your LO. It's been awhile since I've done any digital journalling, and I'm so glad I did it! I'm definitely going to have to download a bunch of fonts though, I lost all of mine when my old computer fried itself. So that shows how long it's been, because I've had my new computer for at least 6 months now. LOL

Sweet Costco Deal!

Went to Grande Prairie yesterday to do some shopping with my mom and guess what we came across in Costco... These cool scrappy totes from Portafolia Gifted Memories filled with goodies! There were three colors to choose from, dark blue, light blue and purple and everything in them coordinates. Personally, I thought they were a pretty good deal because they only cost $36.99 and I paid over $40 for my tote-ally cool tote and it was empty LOL

I'm not terribly excited about having more fibres, but hey, I got some other cool stuff in it and I just LOVE the tote. It's big enough to hold a 12x12 album etc so it's nice and roomy for taking to crops etc.

Here's what it included:

44 piece chipboard alphabet

5 chipboard frames

12 brads

8 chipboard labels

5 dimensional embellishments

30 feet of fibres

6 memory labels

7 metal embellishments

1 12x12 scrapbook album

1 scrap & tote

15 buttons

90 flowers

2 sheets glitter alphabet stickers

6 feet of ribbons

2 stamps

10 sheets of cardstock

2 scissors

1 paper punch

1 stamp pad

I figured if I'd bought all this stuff separate (even from a dollar store) it would have cost much more in the end than what I paid!

Clip It Up has arrived...

and has settled in pretty well I'd say, considering that I ran out of clips already!! MUST get more LOL

I spent some of the afternoon that day filling it up and then started re-organizing my scrappy space (yet again LOL). It's definitely better now. I think I just may have to re-organize every 6 months or so until I figure out exactly how I want it to be. It helps a lot though that I donated a bunch (well, okay a TON) of items to Scraptacular when my sis and I went and I've also sold some of my old Stampin'Up stamp sets because I was finding that I don't use them. It definitely cleared up a lot of space for me. I still need to go through my big shelf unit and get it to make more sense and not look so cluttered, but this was definitely a start. I'm really happy to finally have some of my creations on display by my workstation, so I'll have some inspiration now, instead of just white walls! Maybe a coat of paint would do the trick...hmmm...nah, it'll wait, cuz that would mean I'd have to move everything again! hahaha

WOWZERS!!!!

So I've been waiting patiently for the results for the final Iron Chef round and they were finally posted today when we got back from Whitecourt! Here's what Donna wrote...

"Ok - are you gals ready...

Believe it or not after 7 judges 1 point separated 1st to 3rd, 2nd and 3rd were tied and the winner won by one point! That is how close it was... so without further ado the winner of the clip it up system was...

KENDRA WTG!

And ladies you all deserved to have won... the cards were stunning and some of the layouts were like WOW! You are all too creative... thanks for having played along in our final Iron Chef and thanks for the DT for sticking around and voting!"

YAY, I can't believe I won!!! I'm actually pretty psyched to get the clip it up system, cuz now I won't have to dig in a drawer to look through my alphas! MUST make space on my table somewehre for it!

And to Happyscraps, Keelyowler and Tess...your projects were amazing and you were TOUGH competition! Thanks for inspiring me!!! I definitely don't envy the judges with the voting, it must have been SO hard!

Iron Chef - Round IV Altered Item

My altered item is a picture frame for a baby girl. I plan on giving this as a gift soon :)

Okay, now cross your fingers for me and hope that I win the contest! I've got some tough competition to beat!!! Guess we'll find out next Monday! It's going to be a long week! Thank heaven I'm leaving to go camping so I won't be distracted by this silly computer and checking in at ScrappersHaven all the time! LOL

Oh, did I mention that the prize is the upper and lower tier of the Clip it Up System by Simply Renee? Be sure to check it out!

Iron Chef - Round IV Layout

Here's my Layout, I love how funky it looks!

Final Round - card

Ingredients - chipboard, plastic and stamping

Okay, here's my card for the final round:

Off to work on my Layout now...