Its Been A while

Hi there!!!

Well I decided to redo the blog, I love this background and I love the cherries!!! This weekend I am going to scrap, prolly going to start on Saturday, I need to find some challenges and what not!!

I'm liking Albuquerque and liking my new highschool now that I figured out where the heck I am going!! We are on a block schedule this year and it totally sucks!!! I have the normal classes; history, math, english, and science - but I do have 3 of the electives I really wanted!!!! Photography, French II, and Sewing and Fashion. So Far I am liking all of my teachers, they sure do have a mouth on them though!! This school seems more like a real highschool to me compared to all of the others I have been to! Our mascot this year is a cougar...much better than a porcupine in my opinion..... not in Texas any more haha :P

As far as scrapping I havent gotten a thing done, the crop we went to a few weeks ago didnt turn out so great.... but oh well I guess. I really do plan on getting more scrapping done I just need to do it! Take away my computer access and I'll be good!

Tomorrow is Friday...woohoo super excited for another weekend, I know I just got off of summer break, but oh boy this sucks, such a big change! :P

That's all for now headed to bed shortly!


Hugs
Cait

Blog Candy!!!!!

Hi there everyone!!!

Well I was told about some lovely blog candy that Carly is giving away, she will be celebrating her 1 year blogiversary very soon, and let me tell you it is amazing!!!! I know there will be one very happy stamper out there when we find out who wins!!!! So hop on over there for your chance to win this yummy blog candy!!! Good luck everyone!



Now onto something else, Mom and I have have a crop planned to go to this Saturday, crossing my fingers that she won't have to work, with a group of scrappers in this area! Really looking forward to it, I need to spend a day with her, I have been out of the scrappy world so much lately and am realizing how much it hurts our friendship, so I am going to spend more time with her scrapping and less time playing my video game! I love you Mom!!!



Well that is it for now, waiting for the parents to get home so we can go out to eat, Mom graduated from training today and Dad graduated last week, I'm so proud of them both!!!

Hugs
-Cait

Who Am I?

Hi there!!

I did this LO last Saturday after a few things went on and it really made me think - Who Am I?!



The Journaling Reads:

Who Am I? That's a question I have a hard time answering even though I ask it rather often. I feel like I am just like any other ordinary 17 year old girl, there's nothing special about me, I have no special tricks, talents, hobbies, or anything else special about me. I sit and wonder why is it so hard to meet someone who has feelings for the real me and not just who they think I am? Why is it so hard to get people to like me for who I am? If I don't even know who I am how will anyone else? Being as I am almost 18, 7 months away, I want to find out who I actually am. I dont want to live my whole life not knowing this. I feel that I should be enjoying my life at this age, instead I constantly wonder about the little things in life that shouldnt be bothering me. I never know if I will get to know who I am or if i will just live until I die without knowing. I know I shouldnt have to worry about these types of things at this age, but they are constantly going around in my head. SO with that said I'm ending this with the same question I started it with - Who Am I? I look forward to the journey ahead and hope to figure this out soon! - Caitlin July 2009


Thanks for looking all, I've got a crop in a few weeks and am looking forward to that!!! I may get some more scrappy related stuff done, just depends!

XOXO

Cait

U Is For United States - ABC Challenge Blog

Hi there!

I decided to scrap today with my mom, and just about gave her a heartattack I think! I woke up and felt like scrapping! I haven't gotten much accomplished, but I did get a card made for the ABC Challenge Blog and I think it turned out okay!



I plan on getting more after we eat dinner here in a bit, but I have a few things I go done the other day too.

I did this one for a challenge on another board, but I never got around to posting it, it was an All White Challenge.



And here is a box I altered for another challenge that I didnt get posted :(



That's it for right now, I will get some more posted tonight as I finish whatever it is I plan on doing!!

Thanks for looking!

Cait

It's Been a While.....

Well the move has finally ended and i am just getting around to making a post on here, i haven't done much for scrapping lately, but I did get a father's day card made about a week ago. I am planning to scrap sometime this weekend and am really looking forward to it!

I finally finished up my room and had alot of space left for a scrapping area! I took some pics to show everyone my new area, I'm happy about it, a whole room to ourselves would be great, but we'll live!!!











I realized I had a few LO's that I hadn't shown yet that I had done a while back.











I'm loving NM, the mountains are just beautiful and the weather is amazing!!! My dad took us up into the mountains for my mom's B-day, we had a blast just looking around at everything, my fave part though was honking the horn through the tunnels we went through!! LOL!!! Other than that not much has been going on, I will get some pics posted this weekend of what I get accomplished!!

Thanks for looking!
-Cait

A Few Layouts

Well I am enjoying my Spring Break scrapping with my mama and BFF Shelby!!! I've gotten 11 layouts done so far with the B-Day crop over at JS!!! I've got 1 more left for the B-Day crop and then I gotta find some more scrappy challenges to do!

Here's a few of the ones that I have gotten done in the past 2 days:











These last 2 are actually front and back, I was doing it for a challenge and it didn't meet the requirements so I scrapped on the back of it.



The Journaling reads:

"Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family." - Anthony Brandt
As I grow older I realize just how important my family is. Sometimes I may get upset or even angry with my mom, dad, or even my brother, but I stop and think about the situation and realize that it isn't worth it to fight, or argue with them. I try my best to spend as much time as I possibly can with them because I never know when that family time will quit and never come back. It may seem like I am strong and ready to grow up and live life on my own, but deep down inside I am very frightened and scared of what might happen. I look around me and see how wonderful my mom & dad and my nana & papa get along and lover each other, but I wonder if and when I will find someone that treats me with the respect like my dad and papa treat my mom and nana with the respect they have earner and deserve. I realize that I am 17 years old, but I feel as if I was still a little girl sitting on my mama's lap. I am closer to being an adult than a child, but sometimes it is hard to make important choices. I've made my fair share of not so good decisions, but my FAMILY is always there to lead me on the right path and to comfort me after I've come to my senses and realize I was int he wrong. I am very lucky to have such an amazing family that loves and cares about me. I am so thankful that my mom and I can be great friends no matter how many arguements we get into. My FAMILY is the most important thing to me, they lift me up when I have fallen down, they dry the tears from my eyes, and tell me everything will be okay. My mom and dad are my biggest heroes and I have no clue what I would do without them. I love and cherish every moment I spend with them and always make sure to never go to bed angry with them because you never know if you will have the chance to talk to them or apologize to them when you wake up the next day. Mom and Dad I love you with all of my heart and I wish that our friendships will continue to grow as we all get older. - Love Caitlin




That's all for now, I'm off to scrap some more with my mama!!

Thanks for lookin!
XOXO
~Cait~

Twilight LO

Well tonight I knocked out another challenge for the JS b-day crop! This one was for Cristal's weekly challenge and we had to add a POP of green... I started out with a different LO, but there ended up being too much green, so I will use that for another challenge when I finish it up!!

This was so much fun to make!!!



Journaling Reads:
About three things I was absolutely positive : First, Edward was a vampire; second, there was a part of him -- and I didn't know how dominant that part might be -- that thirsted for my blood, and third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him!" That was a quote from the Twight Movie and is also found in the book!

Well I think that is it for the night, I don't feel like I've accomplished much, but maybe I can finish up some of the other challenges this weekend, plus with Spring Break being next week I know I will be scraping alot with my BF!!

Thanks for lookin and have a great night!!!!

XOXO
Cait

Serendipity Card - The Cuttlebug Spot

Well I heard about this from a friend, Aymee, and just fell in love with how these cards looked!!! So I decided to make one as well!!

Here's my example of it:



These were a blast to make!!

Go check out the blog at: The Cuttlebug Spot and give it a shot!!

Thanks for looking!! I'm hoping to get some more scrappy stuff done tonight or this weekend!!

XOXO
Cait

Happy Birthday Just Scrappin'

Well let's see....

I've gotten a few things done for the March crop going on at Just Scrappin'... if you haven't joined yet, you should really go check it out!! We're having our big B-day Crop, Just Scrappin' turned 1 this month!!!

Alrighty I got this one done for Aymee's "Happy B-day Mr. President Challenge". We had to make it glamourous and girly!!!



This one was for Aymee's "Nothin' but my B-day suit" Challenge, the challenge was to pic a sketch listed and have WHITE SPACE!!



This one was for Mama Belle's (Carol) challenge "Send in the Clowns". We had to scrap a funny moment, I am always singing and shaking my butt and this time my mom caught me!!



This was for Michele's "Birthdays...nature's way to eat more cake", we had to scrap a picture of NATURE, no people in it!





And this one was for Kelly's "What's a birthday w/o a card..." challenge, based off of a sketch we had to make a card!




We still have quite a few challenges over there and the crop is going all month long, so don't forget to check it out, we love to see and meet new scrappers, so come chat with us and get your scrap on!!



Tonight we also had our 1 Hour LO contest, Cee hosted it for us, since Cristal couldn't be there with us!! It was fun, but I will admit that I do not do well when I am timed!! After the time was up there were so many beautiful LO's and all of the ladies did some wonderful work!!! Cee randomized the names, and I won!! I'm so excited about this, I don't even care about a prize.. I'm just so happy that I won!!!


Here was my LO:



I've decided that every few days (hopefully every day)I am going to start getting my work uploaded to the blog and every week I will look for one special scrapper's work that I have fallen in love with and will post it on my blog so that everyone can see how amazing it is!!

So for Today I choose Aymee from Just Scrappin'! I just love these two cards of hers!! I think they are just beautiful!!





Go check out some more of Aymee's work



Check it out when ya get a chance!!!

Well that is it for tonight, I will be back in a few days to pick another work of art that catches my eye!!

Cait

Lots of Stuff!

Well I've had a lot go on in the past few weeks. Let's see... I was out of school for a whole week due to strept throat(that totally sucked), I got better and then my dad caught something and had to stay home for a few days as well. My B-day was Feb
9th, I turned 17 years old, can't believe it!!!! Here's how the day started off:

I woke up took a shower etc etc, waited for Dyl to get up so he could say happy b-day. He wakes up goes to the bathroom, I sit there and wait for him to get out, he goes to his room and gets dressed, we wait for the bus... still no Happy B-day, bus gets there, when we get to the school I go with him to eat breakfast, still nothing.... We leave the cafeteria so I can go get my absent slip, his friend comes over to him and says " Oh yea it's her B-day".... Dylan then realizes that it is my B-day and tells me it was too early for him, he forgot!!!!

So to make up for it Dylan and his 2 friends (DJ and Brian) get the whole bus to sing to me....they found it to be very entertaining.... It was so funny... but I gotta say they are loud!!!

I got a really cute pair of jammies (the shorts feel like a blanket... it's so awesome), 3 shirts, a jacket, and a bair of shoes that I've been wanting... they are so cute, makeup and a DVD (P.S. I love you) from the parents, I got a really cute purse, a few tops, and money from my nana and papa and I also got money from 2 other sets of grandparents and a family friend...... Thank you guys!!!

Then Dyl got sick on Tuesday so school was boring that day, he was better by Wednesday and then we got Friday off from school as an inservice day... seemed stupid to me as we didn't get today, which is President's Day off like many other schools in the area did, I'd rather have gone to school on Friday... oh well. I finally got caught up on all of my work and I'm back on schedule now.

While my friend was up a few weeks ago I got her hooked on scrapping...woohoo!! We made 2 journals that are exactly alike, we had a blast!! I've got quite alot of pics to share as me and mama had a little scrappy night on Saturday while Dyl was at a friends and dad was at work!

Our Journal:









A few cards I made with a BG valentines kit that I feel in love with:

















Some more cards I made a while back:







The LO I made on Sat:



I snapped a few pics of my scrappy area, I decided to organize it a bit better... I kbow it's not the best, I'll have to get Aymee down here to help!!









Daisy and Snow (I just had to get a pic of kitty!!)






Then a few ladies over on JS were talking about:





and I fell in love with a few of the shirts, but my fave so far is

.


Well thanks for looking and I hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's Day!!!

xoxo
Cait