Running behind as usual

So, I know I promised there would be another page to the 50 moments challenge, however, I have been crazy busy these days buying a house, and I have been put on light duty from my doctor. Everything is totally fine with baby, but with my previous pregnancies at around the same time, I have started to threaten pre term labor. This time, it's not the case, but the doc says that I have to take it easy, or I will be on bed rest. And that is just evil! So, bear with me, there definately will be more to come with the challenge, but I have decided that until I am settled into my new house, there will not be a time line set on the challenges. It will just be a surprise! So, there you go, I promise it will come soon, but until then, you will just have to wait!

Cheers!

Crazy Exciting News Amongst Poor Baby Madness...

So, I am totally stoked today, because we put an offer on a house a couple days ago, and THEY ACCEPTED IT!!! We found out today that we have our mortgage approved, so all we have to do now is get a home inspection, and we can remove subjects and it's ours!!!!!!!!! It's our first home, so I'm very excited!! We're also living 45 minutes out of town right now with my mother in law (don't get me wrong, she's great) but it's just living with ANYONE else that can grate on your nerves after long enough. Being out of town isn't for us either, we're in town aaalll the time. So I was super excited that I found a house in town, in a great area for walking and really close to the church that we would like to go to (where I already go to a mom's group) as well. We get to take possession on February 26th!! I can't wait!! We probably won't move in right away, because we're staying with my mother in law to help her out over the winter, so we'll probably just slowly move our stuff in and unpack, then when spring comes, we'll be all ready to go! It's been a crazy few days getting all the paperwork and all that done, and it came at such a bad time for my youngest son, because on January 2nd, while I was cropping it up, he started puking, and hasn't stopped since! I was in the hospital all day with him today, because he hasn't been able to even keep water down. He's okay, and he didn't have to have an IV or anything, which was nice, but they did bloodwork to make sure everything was working as it should be, and tested for a bladder infection, and it's all good...it's just a loooong lasting stomach flu as far as anyone can tell. He hasn't thrown up since this morning, so that's a good sign, and I'm crossing my fingers for no more! So needless to say between the excitement of buying our first house, and my little baby (who's going to be 1 on the 21st!) being so sick, I'M EXHAUSTED!! I was in need of some retail therapy tonight, so I couldn't help stopping by Creative Accents tonight to do some shopping. It's so crazy, because even when I think that there couldn't possibly be anything that I need there (because I really need Scrapbooking stuff (all you fellow addicts out there know what I'm talking about! lol) I see something that I haven't seen before (even though it's been there for a while) and I have to have it! lol So, to make a long story even longer, I bought some paper and stamps and shiny stuff and hopefully I'll get a chance to play with it all in the near future! I definately see a thank you card for my realtor in the future!

Snow Day!

It was so nice to get out and scrap for 12 hours straight last weekend, that I became totally inspired to get more creating done in the following days...I don't have a whole lot of completed projects, as I've still been practicing with my Copics, and my youngest son has had the stomach flu since Saturday and hasn't been able to keep water down until today, so I've been a little busy and had to put the scrapping on the sidelines. My husband and I also just put an offer on a house today, so I'm super excited about that, and I'm crossing my fingers that they accept it!!! I did manage to finish that last double page layout I was working on at the crop this weekend, so I'll share it with you!


Now, I did write down all the info on this page when I brought it in to Creative Accents, but now I totally forget which PP it was, all I know is that it's called "Frosted" and it's awesome! It's got some great strips on the back that I used (the pic of the snowman on the right is part of those strips) and basically everything else on that page is from that one piece of PP! The dark blue cardstock is American Crafts and I used the Versa Mark Frost on it and just rubbed it on to make it look kind of...well...Frosty! lol I used the QK Zelda alphabet, and also the QK snowman and snowflake. I had originally wanted to put a 2x2 snowflake in the middle of the page with a really cool sparkly brad, but then I realized that I would have to chop the brad in half, as it's a double pager! lol So I opted for the revolution snowflake instead and just make it with really cool blingy sparkly blue paper instead! I almost forgot, I also used the QK rectangle journaling square (I just cut it out twice and pieced it together so it would be bigger) If you haven't noticed by now, I'm a bit of a Quickutz junky! lol So there it is, the cutest (well, they're all the cutest aren't they?!) pics of my son this year! lol I hope you enjoy!

PS: I just applied for a spot on the Dixie Pieces Design Team! Wish me luck! I love their site, they are a great source of inspiration, they have a wicked monthly kit, and they also have a great Gallery full of amazing art! you can check them out here: http://dixiepieces.com

That's all for now! Hopefully the next time I post, I will be the proud new owner of our very own home!!

Cheers!

New Year, Renewed Challenge!

So it's a new year, and I think for me it's definitely time for some new inspiration (or renewed inspiration!) So, as promised, I am starting the Lisa Bearnson challenge to scrapbook what's most important. Every week there will be a new page inspired from her book "50 Moments: Scrapbook what matters most" This week's was Words to Live By. For this page I wanted to make it about my favourite quotes that I try to live my life by. I'm not sure the journaling came out very clear in the pic, so here it is: "If you are around me long enough, you will often hear me say "life takes care of itself", "If it's meant to be, it will happen", or "What will stressing out about it accomplish? Nothing! So don't do it!" If you haven't noticed by my fav quotes, that I like to live life as it comes, and be as stress free as possible!"

Living that way is way easier said than done, but I try to follow my own philosophies!


The paper I used was Bo Bunny, and I used some QK for the fonts and photo corners. I tried for the first time (and fell in love with) Tim Holtz Grunge board! I inked them with some red ink, then put brown sparkles over top, and I love them! hehe There will be a new page every week for 47 more weeks!




I had a lot of fun yesterday at the Crop at Creative Accents, and probably too much fun, because I got a very unimpressive amount of creating in! In 12 hours, I made 1 single layout, started (but didn't finish) a double page layout, and made 1 card! But it was my first time playing with my new Copics that my husband got me for Christmas! I am learning that I SUCK at coloring! lol I made a card with the Copics (my first card using Copics). The stamp is the Cupcake Diva from Stamping Bella, and the papers I used where from the Basic Grey Nook and Pantry collection, which I didn't think too much of when I saw it online, but when I saw it in person, I bought the whole collection! It's the cutest paper!!

So, there it is! I've finally posted some new creations! I hope you enjoy them! I plan on keeping it up this time too! Who knows what I'll get into tonight, but maybe I'll finish that second LO and have something new for you tomorrow! (no promises though! lol)

Thanks for checking out my little neck of the web!

Hopefully in the New Year...

I know I've been really suckin at bloggin lately, but at my In Laws where I'm living, there is currently only one pc, and we're all sharing it! But hopefully we'll be getting ours fixed soon, and my new year's resolution is to start scrapping waaaay more than I have been, and start blogging way more too! I don't know if you remember that challenge that Kaylyn and I started a while ago, but in the new year, I plan on starting that up again. In case you don't remember, or haven't been following that long, it's a challenge to scrapbook the 50 most important things from Lisa Bearnson's book "50 Moments: Scrapbook The Pages That Matter The Most"
The original plan was to do 1 a week. I got the first one done, then I found black mold in my house, and had to move out and my creative flow was seriously disrupted, and I've been having a hard time getting it back. I'm determined to scrap more in the new year before the baby comes and I have no time!! I'll kick it off with a 12 hour crop on Wrestling day at my LSS. For those of you who don't live in Williams Lake, Wrestling Day is our after New Years Day holiday...ya know, Boxing Day after Christmas, Wrestling Day after New Years Day...hehe

So, stay tuned for the second installment of the 50 most important things. I'll post it on January 3rd!

Some Exciting News!!

So, I haven't really been blogging too much these days, but I have been quite preoccupied lately. I think a lot of you already know this, but it's pretty exciting, and TOTALLY unexpected! We found out about a month ago that we are having another BABY!!! At first I was feeling majorly overwhelmed because our youngest one is only just 9 months old. The first thing I did after I found out was turn on the tv and watched 18 kids and counting, and that made me feel better! hehehe
But now that I've had some time to process it some more, I'm really excited, and I know I'm going to be super busy (Caleb and the new baby are going to be only 15 months apart), but it will be awesome! Everything happens for a reason, and at least this way, we'll go through all the stages quite quickly between the two of them. I'm pretty sure that this will be our last baby too...which does make me feel a little sad. Part of me doesn't want to be done having kids, but I really don't want to have 4. I think it just makes me a little sad to know that there will be no more babies after this, but it has to be like that at some point...I know I don't want to be another "Dugger" family! lol So, I'm due May 2nd. And we're pretty excited!! I have a little pic of the teeny little one here too...
although this ultrasound was too soon to find out, we will be finding out what this one is eventually...we didn't with our first two, but I want to this time...So, I'll keep you posted!!

I Know It's Been Forever!!!

It's been soooo long since my last post I know! I can't even really say that I've been all that extremely busy. Well, I'm still not altogether unpacked, and Ethan has school and we now live 40 minutes out of town, so I guess I've got a bit of an excuse. But mostly I have to say that I think it's been sheer laziness! I've settled into fall nicely and all my fav shows are on, so I've been sitting downstairs relaxing and catching up on Grey's Anatomy instead of scrapbooking (or at least bloggin!)
But life is good, and I have managed to do a little scrapping here and there, and I am very excited to get going on my next project (I have part of the Quickutz holiday gift set to play with! shhh!! But I'm not allowed to tell anyone what it is!!! hahahahaaaa!!) I'll post my work with them...when they come out of course! lol I know, I'm evil!! Muahahahaaa!!

Anyway, here's some of my latest pages. The Halloween one I finished before I even moved out here, but I've been too lazy (and without a pc) to get it posted...but without further adieu...