New Design!

So I decided to redo my blog since my last design was deleted :( But I like this one sooo much better!!! Thank you mama for helping me with it as well since I can be a dummy sometimes :p But I am hoping to get back into scrapping more and yea, so :) We'll see, but Ive got a new job at Staples, working 8 hour days...intense for me hehe :P but Senior year is starting in 16 days oh my golly!!! hehe :p Gonna go shopping with mama this weekend since Jeff is gonna go visit his family, so itll be a good mamadaughter weekend that is needed :) Anyways, I thnk imma hop to scrapping now, do a card or something along those lines :)


Hugs,
Cait

Helping Others is the Best Way to Help Yourself

Well I got another one done today! Not sure if I will get more done, probably so hehe Im actually having alot of fun with these :) This Card knocked out a few more challenges... 5 to be exact.. I normally dont mix this many challenges together, but it fit so well for all of them!!

Challenges:

Caardvarks - Embossing, either wet or dry
Mojo Monday - Sketch
The Pink Elephant - Red, Scallops, and a BowDaring Cardmakers - Pearls
Just Magnolia - Lace Borders

You should def go check out the challenges and partake in them, lots of fun!

And here's the card, Hope ya like it!!



Well that's it for now I may have some more later!!


Hugs
Cait

Thanks... not just for the BIG things you do, but all the wonderful little things too!

Well I got another card done! Yay! hehe This one knocks out another 3 challenges, these challenges are a "lotta" fun hehe! We had pizza for dinner tonight was pretty good actually... esp since im not much of a pizza eater. I kinda wanna go watch a movie, but I dunno what I wanna watch :( So Instead I made this card :p

Challenges:

Pollycraft - Bling and Ribbon

Creative Card Crew - Thanks as the Theme :)

Basic Grey Challenges - Sketch (This sketch was kinda tough for me to work with.. but thats the whole point of a challenge huh! :P)



Hope ya like it!

Hugs Cait

May Love Surround You, May Faith Sustain You, May Hope Encourage you Day by Day :)

Wooohoo I got another card done, and I like this one tooo! Heheh Im actually having fun making these! I need to start on making Layouts, but I dont really feel that right now. hehe so I will keep doing challenges cause they are all really fun :)

So I knocked out 3 Challenges with this Card.. I havent done that in a long time, but they all fit pretty well :)

I did this card for:

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Floral Delights

Tuesday Taggers - All That Blooms

Cuttlebug Spot - Sketch


And here's my card, hope ya like it :) (Its a Little Blurry..sorry :( )



You should go check the blogs out and partake in the challenges, lots of fun!

Dont know if i will get more accomplished tonight or not, im thinking about it :))


Hugs Cait

You're Always On My Mind :)

This was alot of fun to make! I havent scrapped in a few weeks, and since I have nothing better to do I decided to start it again by making a card, I am in LOVE with this card! hehe I dunno why but I really like it :)

So I made this card for Cupcake Craft Challenge Blog and the theme of it was Dazzle Us...use glitter... I think I got enough glitter hehe :) This was a really fun challenge for me, and didnt take too long to make :) Well here are the pics! Hope ya enjoy and you should stop by and check out their blog :)

Front:



Inside:



Well Im off to make some more stuff hehe, Im feeling crafty today woohoo!!! :)

Hope everyone has a good day!
Hugs
Cait <3

A New Card

Well... its been forever since ive scrapped so I decided to sit down and mess around with some stuff today and found out Allsorts has a great challenge up for their first birthday!!!! They have a fun lil blog hop as well you should go check it out :) Anyways, heres the card I made


Off to make more :)
Hugs
Cait

Christmas Cards for A Cause

I just found out about this from my BFF through Facebook:

"His name is Noah Biorkman. He lives in South Lyon, MI. He has been battling with this cancer for 2 1/2 years. He is not expected to make it until christmas and all he is asking for is Christmas cards. He and his family are celebrating Christmas this weekend. If you are interested, then either make or buy little Noah a Christmas card and send it to...... Noah Biorkman 1141 Fountain View Circle South Lyon, MI 48178"

I plan on getting a card made with hopes of making this little boy's day, if anyone would like to join me just send a card little Noah!


Other News:

I felt like CRAP today but went to school anyways, stubborn me, got mom to pick me up in m 2nd class cause I felt bad, but also had to go to the doctor to get the results from my blood work..... and we were hoping we'd find something, but the doctor told me I had one of the best hearts he has seen in a while, yay... but also ugh that sucks! I have to have an MRI to see whats wrong with me, hoping they find something, I just wanna know whats wrong with me! I've been having massive headaches and dizzy spells :(

I feel better now, the doctor still knows nothing from the blood work, going in for an MRI sometime soon I hope -Found out I only have to work Thursday this week, which sucks, but is also cool cause I have Wednesday off which I will spend making cards and such with mom, and then we have a craft show Saturday!!! Wooohoo!

Well that's it for tonight,I'll post some stuff I've been doing tomorrow :)

Hugs
Cait

A Few Sets of Cards....

Well, mom and I are going to a craft show sometime this month and have alot of cards that we can sell... but we are also making sets of cards to see if they will sell! I've only gotten 2 sets done, one yesterday and one today, they are super simple, but I think they are pretty cute, lemme know whatcha think!!

The first set is a Christmas set:



The second is a Happy Birthday set:



Well I think that's it for a bit, I got frustrated with the Christmas set last night and had to give up on it til today... so I may get some more done today, if not tomorrow :)

Hugs
Cait

Guilty Pleasure

...... Ok I am in love with this song, I honestly am not sure why, but I heard it a while back and have been listening to it since!! It's called "Guilty Pleasure" by Cobra Starship - I figured I'd add a video on here!!!!



Well I plan on getting some scrapping done this weekend, doing nada for Halloween.... a bit upset though, I went into orientation yesterday at my job (wooohoo) and well... the manager that told me to be there had the day off. I was kinda upset 'cause it was important to me and I knew I didn't have the wrong date... I dunno... well the other manager told me that she is sorry for wasting my time and that orientation will be next Tuesday, so I hope it turns out..... :)


Anyways, off to eat dinner

Hugs Cait

Crafty Sunday!

Well, so far I've only gotten 1 card done while scrapping with Mom today, but I have a ton of challenges I plan on getting done tonight after we watch a movie and eat some nachos, yum!

I spent FOREVER on this card but am really liking it!! I've decided this stamps new name is " The Girl Who Will Hold Anything" stamp due to the fact that we stick about everything in her hand, from the ladybug she comes with, to a pumpkin, and then presents so far, but mom and I have a ton more things to "stick" in her hand!!!

I was able to knock out three challenges with this card, woohoo!!

2 Red Bananas - Use the color red, have 3 buttons, and have a square.

Sunday Sketch and Stamp - A sketch

Pile it On - Use the colors Blue, Green, and Yellow and combine with another challenge.


And here's the Card!



These challenges were all fun and I enjoyed doing them!!


Ok off to watch a movie and eat dinner! Be back shortly with some more!


Hugs
Cait

Lots of Stuff!

Well, its been a few weeks since I've posted and I've gotten a bit done!

A few weeks ago the Albuquerque Hot Air Balloon Fiesta started lasted a week... or maybe two, I honestly can't remember... getting old I guess haha!... anyways it was pretty awesome getting to see hot air balloons in the air every morning on the way to school! We also spent a Saturday morning watching them... they had some really cool ones... Darth Vader (by far the best although I didnt get to see it :(.... oh well), a giant lady bug sitting on a flower, a cow, penguin, bees, smokey the bear... and I could go on and on, but I won't!

Schools been ok... except the school has lost my transcript... that just makes me so happy... not! I keep telling my parents they better not make me start over again LOL! We had Wednesday and Thursday off this past week for Advisory meetings with our parents, I've got A's and B's except for one class... Math... and yea we didnt have a teacher for the first oh 6 weeks I'd say so we pretty much taught ourselves and I am not a good self teacher, but yea I have a C in there... I'll get it up though. Learned about a scholarship called the Lottery Scholarship... you can pretty much go to college for free if you have atleast a 2.5..... my 4.0 works good... and you have to obtain a 3.0 throughout all 4 years of college... so sounds pretty easy to me!!

Crafty stuff... hmmm... well I have been scrapping more... I enjoy it, I've gotten a few layouts done and a few cards, I'm spending some more time on them instead of just throwing them together....


Breast Cancer Month Card

( Well I did this for a challenge.. but totally forgot to post it... woohoo!)



Classy and Fabulous (Challenge over at Cuttlebug Spot )





Mom's First Christmas




Anniversary Card for the Parents... their anniversary is on Monday the 19th




A layout I did a while back....



So this morning before I picked up the bathroom I put Bobbie our bird in the shower and closed the curtain.... well I come back in a little later and open the curtain... guess who's back there... Kitty (a.k.a Snowball)!!!! I tried to get her out, but she was content on staying there staring at Bobbie.... so I took a picture of her :)



I think that's about it for now!

Hope everyone has a good weekend!

Hugs
Cait

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!




Thanks for Looking!!

Hugs
Cait

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



Journaling



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





B-Day Card I got done a few weeks ago



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

Hugs
Cait

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





UPDATE:

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

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

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!:
























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

HUGS
Cait

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