Saturday, June 28, 2008

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.

Friday, June 27, 2008

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!

Thursday, June 26, 2008

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

Monday, June 23, 2008

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



Sunday, June 22, 2008

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!