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September 21, 2009

Cuttlebug Spot

Hey everyone!!!

Well I got another card done for the Cuttlebug Spot - You had to use Ink on one of your embossing folders, this is a really cool and fun technique!!!


Here's My Card!

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Thanks for Looking!!

Hugs
Cait

September 20, 2009

Scrappy Sunday!

Hey everyone!

Well mom asked me to scrap with her this weekend so I we spent today scrapping, I didnt get much accomplished, but I got a card and a LO done. Think I am getting sick, my brother just got over it, so I think its my turn, headed to bed after Im finished posting pics!


Ok heres the pics!


Tim Holtz

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Journaling

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It reads :
Mom, Nana, and I all went to the grand opening of Micheal's in Hurst, Texas to meet Tim Holtz! It was a blast meeting him and doing the make and takes!!! 10/12/08


Trip Over Love - Just Magnolia

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B-Day Card I got done a few weeks ago

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Well thats it for tonight! Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Hugs
Cait

September 07, 2009

What an Exciting Weekend!!!!

Hey everyone!!

Wow what an exciting Labor Day weekend it was for me!! Well, my grandparents got here Thursday afternoon, they were here waiting for us when we got off of school. Friday was kind of a relax day for them, but Saturday we all went to Globe, Arizona to see my uncle, Glen or Butch as my mom calls him, that all of us haven't seen in about 13 years or so and my dad and brother have never met him, we also hadn't met his wife Diana before that, they arlso have 2 dogs, Pepper and Max.. they are both so cute and were finally about to somewhat get along with Daisy on Sunday a few hours before we left, next time we hope they remember that they are friends!!! I don't remember much about my childhood and he was a memory that I don't remember at all unfortuantly..... but it was amazing to get to know him again and meet his wonderful wife!!! We arrived around noon Arizona time (holy cow I get so easily confused with time, but I got it down!) and spent the night there and ended up leaving around noonish Sunday due to a Caity moment causing us to leave later.... you dont wanna know :).... Diana is an amazing cook... she went all out and cooked us T-bones, a pot of beans, salad and some homemade salsa and it was all so tasty!!!

Of course we have a ton of pictures because mom and I both love to take them, the scenery on the way there was amazingly beautiful, except for an area called Salt Lake Canyon, oh boy that was scary, it was very pretty but super dangerous, my uncle said a semi goes off the edge of it atleast once a month!

Ok here's some pictures of the scenery, some is on the way there and others are on the way back!!



Family Pictures! (I will add more later, because my silly self didnt get any pictures of Diana and the ones I got of Glen are...well like a side view...)



So we got home around 4 or 5 yesterday and kinda relaxed, had left overs for dinner and then all of us headed to bed.... Today we started all over again! Dad took us to Old Town, it was very nice, I loved looking at parts of it, but Nana got tired pretty quickly with the walking we did, so we headed on up the mountain. Dad took us to Sandia Crest which is like almost 11,000 feet in elevation...holy crap I am scared of heights... like bad, it was pretty looking off of the edge, but kinda creeped me out after a while, luckily I got some pictures before that happened!




I figured slideshows would be better instead of individual pictures... that'd take up way too much room! :P

Now onto something else.....

I found this blog while searching for something, at this point I can't remember what in the world I was looking for, but I stumbled up Erin's blog and read this

"Hi everyone,

I looking for some help here. For those of you who read my last post, I mentioned briefly of the condition of my neighbor. She, Paige age 13, was in a serious boating accident a few weeks ago and just had part of her arm amputated. The doctors are working to save the rest, but are unsure how much they can do. Here is a link to the article that describes it more in detail. Included in the article it mentions they've run out of room for flowers and stuffed animals, but cards are welcome. Well my family and I really want to something and I thought amazing cards from all you wonderful ladieswould be just what could cheer Paige up. She is one of those girls that ALWAYS wears a smile.
I'll be offering up some BLOG CANDY for anyone who mails a cardeither to me to hand deliver or directly to Paige using the address from the article.
Cards can be mailed to Paige Welch at Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115.
All you need to do is make a card for Paige, post on your blog, leave a comment here and mail it out. Not only will you then be entered in the drawing but you'll also be helping a very sweet girl and her family through a very hard time. I'd love to reach 100 cards for her!!! "

I've decided to send a card myself and will start working on that tomorrow when I get home from school and I think my mom is planning on one too. I know that Erin will be able to receive atleast 100 cards and I'm sure they will all bring a smile to Ms. Paige! :)

Well I think that's it for tonight, I am worn out from all of this excitement!!!

Hugs!

Cait

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UPDATE:

Ok, I just realized mom already had a slideshow posted so I stole hers....shh don't tell her :p






September 03, 2009

Sous le Vent

Well... nothing scrappy related tonight, but today in French I learned a new song, its a love song and I am literally in love with it! It's called Sous le Vent, Céline Dion and Garou sing it.... It is just so beautiful!! So now I've decided I really like her voice... and am planning on watching Titanic in the next day or so! :P

Here's the video of it!



Lyrics in French:

Et si tu crois que j'ai eu peur, c'est faux
Je donne des vacances a mon coeur, un peu de repos
Et si tu crois que j'ai eu tord, attends
Respire un peu le souffle d'or qui me pousse en avant
Et, fais comme si j'avais pris la mer
J'ai sorti la grande voile et j'ai glisse sous le vent
Fais comme si je quittais la terre
J'ai trouve mon etoile, je l'ai suivie un instant
Sous Le Vent
Et si tu crois que c'est fini, jamais
C'est juste une pause, un repit apres les dangers
Et si tu crois que je t'oubli, ecoute
Ouvre ton port aux vents de la nuit, ferme les yeux
Et fais comme si j'avais pris la mer
J'ai sorti la grande voile et j'ai glissee sous le vent
Fais comme si je quittais la terre
J'ai trouve mon toile, je l'ai suivie un instant
Sous Le Vent
Et si tu crois que c'est fini, jamais
(Sous le vent)
C'est juste une pause, un repit apres les dangers
Fais comme si j'avais pris la mer
J'ai sorti la grande voile et j'ai glisse sous le vent
Fais comme si je quittais la terre
J'ai trouve mon etoile, je l'ai suivie un instant
Fais comme si j'avais pris la mer
J'ai sorti la grande voile et j'ai glisse sous le vent
Fais comme si je quittais la terre
J'ai trouve mon etoile, je l'ai suivie un instant
Sous Le Vent
Sous Le Vent

Lyrics in English

And if you think I was frightened
It's not true
I'm giving vacations to my heart
Some rest
And if you think I was wrong
Wait
Breathe a little the golden blast
Which pushes me ahead
And

Do as if I took to the sea
I set the main sail
And I glided with the wind
Do as if I left the ground
I found my star
I followed it for a while
Under the wind

And if you think it's over
Never
It's just a pause, a break
After the dangers

And if you think I forget you
Listen
Open your body to the winds of the night
Close your eyes
And

Do as if I took to the sea
I set the main sail
And I glided with the wind
Do as if I left the ground
I found my star
I followed it for a while
Under the wind

And if you think it's over
Never
Under the wind
It's just a pause, a break
After the dangers

Do as if I took to the sea
I set the main sail
And I glided with the wind
I glided with the wind
Do as if I left the ground
I found my star
I followed it for a while

Do as if I took to the sea
I set the main sail
And I glided with the wind
Do as if I left the ground
I found my star
I followed it for a while
Under the wind
Under the wind

I'm going to start trying to sell some of my cards, not sure if it will happen, but we'll see!!!

I think that is it for now... Im not sure yet!!


Hugs
Cait

September 01, 2009

What is Love.....

Okay...dont ask... as soon as I thought of a title the song "What is love, baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me no more" popped into my head.... yea Im silly :P

Anyways, the real reason of this post is that I got something scrappy related done woohoo!!!! I love it too. As I said I was going to get some scrapping done this weekend, but as I was bringing my stuff out here to scrap mom let me know that she had a ton of school work to get done, so I scrapped in my room...What exactly did I scrap...well as I was cleaning some stuff I ran across one of the Bo Bunny My Word Board Books, and it was the LOVE one... hence the title..see there was a reason for it!!! Well anyways, I started this on Sunday, played with it for a while, worked on it yesterday after school, and finally finished it up today!! I am in LOVE with it!!!

Here are the pics!:

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Well that is all for tonight! Headed off to bed, thanks for looking and have a great week!!!!

HUGS
Cait

August 27, 2009

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

August 06, 2009

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

July 24, 2009

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?!

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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

July 06, 2009

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!

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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.

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

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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

June 17, 2009

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!!!


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

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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

March 18, 2009

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:

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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.

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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


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

Thanks for lookin!
XOXO
~Cait~

March 15, 2009

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!!!

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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

March 13, 2009

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:

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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

March 10, 2009

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!!!

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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!!

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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!!

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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!

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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!

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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:

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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!!

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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