This post will not contain any photographs, layouts or other generally nice things to look at is is purely a rant before I smack a massive hole in the nearest wall or my head explodes. Please don't feel obliged to read/comment I just need somewhere to vent!
Now that I have that out of the way let the moaning commence. Do you remember I mentioned that I have been sick, well I have now gotten used to the pain in my ears and it's bearable unless I move wrong or sneeze. I have the added complication of getting the same problem I get every time I take the antibiotics I was given (no I am not sharing details because that really would be way TMI). So that problem required another visit to the doctors yesterday. Now I seem to be coming down with another virus because my throat is swollen I have a killer headache that is completely different to the headaches or migraines I am used to, I ache absolutely everywhere and have a fever. I kind of alternate between shivering and sweating it's great fun. Yes that was sarcasm at it's best it truly sucks but anyway I can deal with being ill, I'm used to it. Feeling like crap is not a new concept, more like I'm ill again big whoop! So what pushes being ill across the line from bearable or tolerating to complete mummy meltdown and ready to smash things that would be a combination of Nan and my husband. Guaranteed to drive even the sanest of person round the bend (but I am not entirely sane and rational to begin with am I lol). So since it feels like I am living in a war zone let me try and explain it in those terms for you. Here goes.
In the red corner, possessing the qualities of not listening to a word anyone says, repeating the same complaints over and over again and being of the opinion she is right about absolutely everything and everyone else is completely thick. Secret weapons include, raised voice, amateur dramatics, tears and the death stare - Nan.
In the blue corner, possessing the qualities of being able to waste hours staring at the television, ignoring every word spoken to him, refusing to answer anyone and being incapable of doing absolutely anything without being told at least a million times. Secret weapons include stinky socks, endless sport and grunting. - Mark.
Put them together and you live in my house, I am sick of hearing one whinging about the other one. I am sick of saying the words if you asked Mark to do it why are you telling me about it. I am sick of saying the words, if Nan asked you to do it why haven't you. I am sick of repeating myself to everyone. I am sick of hearing the words "I'm so ill" whenever I ask Nan why she hasn't called this person or that person to sort out what she is endlessly whining about. I am sick of hearing the words "I'm going to my dad's to do washing" before Mark goes off and spends the whole day there and then the following day either has to go and do more or pick up stuff that wasn't dry. Actually I am just sick and desperate to climb into my bed and be left alone. Desperate for a few hours of not listening to either of them or Lukas who seems to be whinging constantly or having meltdowns I have reached my breaking point and right now I am clinging on to the tiny piece of sanity I have left and wishing they would all just go to hell or at least lose their voices lol. They are very depressing, I don't feel like listening to a normal conversation yet somewhere along the line I became mediator, moderator and little miss fix it all. My mojo is completely gone thanks in part to feeling ill and in bigger part to the chaos in this house. We go away in 8 days time and I have even reached the point where I am no longer looking forward to it. I feel really rough and just wish they would give it a rest so maybe I could grab a little rest of my own. I could cope with being ill if they would pack it in for a little while. I could cope with their crap if I could stop feeling ill for a little while. I have to get everything ready and packed, and I can't do it while all this is going on. Maybe I should just bang their heads together if nothing else I might get some satisfaction from doing it lol. I feel a bit happier now I have got that off my chest thanks for listening. I am now off to find some more painkillers and plead with Lukas to go to sleep so I can join him. Mark is at work, Nan's watching tv so at least that issue is solved for a while. Will probably be back tomorrow, I have a layout from a couple of days ago to share.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Monday, October 20, 2008
It's been a long night
I am still sick, and I am really getting fed up with it. Antibiotics should be done with in the next day or so then I can make another doctors appointment and hopefully find some way to feel better before we go away. I have been asleep nearly all day, Mark cleaned some up the room while I was asleep so that was nice to wake up to. Lukas has been busy playing on the computer, I am usually doing stuff on it so he doesn't just get to play very often. I made a deal with him that if he sleeps in his own room he can earn 1 hour computer time every day after school. It was nice to hear when I woke up that he went into his bedroom with no fuss and went straight to sleep. Last night I got up to check my emails before I went back to sleep and saw that Chrissy had a new kit coming out today and I couldn't resist having a play with it. Then despite chatting with Chrissy on Yahoo and telling her I was going to bed, I got inspired to create a second layout lol. So I never ended up going to bed. I have even got dressed. I am going to try and stay up all day and then sleep tonight. I have lots to get done and at least it keeps my mind off the pain and feeling sick. So do you want to see the layouts? (You do know it's not really a question don't you, because I am going to show you them whether you want to see them or not lol).
Credits: Layered template ({Still} Mixin' It Up Rectangle, Template 1) and My Dog Lucky Bum by Chrissy W. Fonts are FO-Textura and FO-Textura Traced both by Fontologie.
Quotes reads: “Whoever said you can’t buy happiness, forgot little puppies” Gene Hill.
Enabling: {Still} Mixin' It Up Rectangle Templates and My Dog Lucky Bum by Chrissy W available here and here and FO Textura and FO Textura Traced Fonts by Fontologie available in this pack.
Credits: Layered template (McTurtle'icious Rectangle, Template 2) and My Dog Lucky Bum by Chrissy W and Eclectic Needs Variety Basic Straight Stitching by Jessica Bolton. Font is DJB Nicole by Darcy Baldwin.
Journalling reads: You love all of your toys, but some of them are a little bit more special than others. You called this one “Leo Doggy”. We bought him when Leo was in NICU, to watch over him and keep him safe. When Leo died they gave him back to me and you asked if you could have him. We gave him a wash to get rid of the nasty hospital smell and then he was all yours. You carry him almost everywhere. You have cried many tears into his fur but you always seem to be happier and more confident when you know it’s close by. I think it’s because he makes you feel like Leo is always close by watching over you and keeping you safe Ths little doggy helps you to never forget him.
Enabling: McTurtle'icious Rectangle Templates and My Dog Lucky Bum by Chrissy W available here and here,Eclectic Needs Variety Basic Straight Stitching by Jessica Bolton available here and DJB Nicole by Darcy Baldwin available here.
Hopefully back later with some more layouts.
Credits: Layered template ({Still} Mixin' It Up Rectangle, Template 1) and My Dog Lucky Bum by Chrissy W. Fonts are FO-Textura and FO-Textura Traced both by Fontologie.
Quotes reads: “Whoever said you can’t buy happiness, forgot little puppies” Gene Hill.
Enabling: {Still} Mixin' It Up Rectangle Templates and My Dog Lucky Bum by Chrissy W available here and here and FO Textura and FO Textura Traced Fonts by Fontologie available in this pack.
Credits: Layered template (McTurtle'icious Rectangle, Template 2) and My Dog Lucky Bum by Chrissy W and Eclectic Needs Variety Basic Straight Stitching by Jessica Bolton. Font is DJB Nicole by Darcy Baldwin.
Journalling reads: You love all of your toys, but some of them are a little bit more special than others. You called this one “Leo Doggy”. We bought him when Leo was in NICU, to watch over him and keep him safe. When Leo died they gave him back to me and you asked if you could have him. We gave him a wash to get rid of the nasty hospital smell and then he was all yours. You carry him almost everywhere. You have cried many tears into his fur but you always seem to be happier and more confident when you know it’s close by. I think it’s because he makes you feel like Leo is always close by watching over you and keeping you safe Ths little doggy helps you to never forget him.
Enabling: McTurtle'icious Rectangle Templates and My Dog Lucky Bum by Chrissy W available here and here,Eclectic Needs Variety Basic Straight Stitching by Jessica Bolton available here and DJB Nicole by Darcy Baldwin available here.
Hopefully back later with some more layouts.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
So as you can see
I went back and added the enabling to the previous post but I haven't gotten around to doing the older posts I will try and get it done tomorrow. I do have 2 more brag book layouts for the Brag Book Challenge at Scrapbook Graphics hosted by WendyZine Scraps to share with you though.
Credits: Layered template (March, Right Side) by WendyZine Scraps, Funky Junky Spring contributions by Michelle Godin and Rachel Young, Spring Posh by Royanna Lea Fritschmann and Citrus Sugar Styles by Carol Abram (recoloured) Font is FO Printing Primer In Between by Fontologie.
Journalling reads: When I told you we were having an Egg Hunt for Easter, you were really excited. Originally I planned to hold it outside but thanks to the bad weather we were forced inside. I thought it would take you a little while to find all of the eggs and then you would enjoy eating the chocolate. I was wrong on both counts you were super quick and had no interest in anything except doing it again and again. I guess it was more fun than I thought it would be for you.
Enabling: Spring Posh by Royanna Lea Fritschmann available here and FO Printing Primer In Between by Fontologie available here. Citrus Sugar Styles by Carol Abram are now retired.Funky Junky Spring Fling was a collaboration between Michelle Godin, Kate Hadfield and Rachel Young, it's now been split into individual mini kits or seperate paper and elements. Michelle Godin is at Scrapbook Graphics papers and elements, Kate Hadfield is at The Lily Pad but her parts appear to be retired and Rachel Young is now at ScrapArtist which is currently down for maintenance so unsure if she has her parts available. If you want the templates you have to do the week one challenge in order to receive the week 2 templates.
Credits: Layered template (April, Right Side) by WendyZine Scraps and Apartment D by Megan Farrow (Flergs). Font is FO Printing Primer In Between by Fontologie.
Journalling reads: When I took these photos you were waiting impatiently for Gary and Ella to come pick you up. You were off out to see CBeebies Live. It was pouring down outside but that never dampens your spirit. I can’t believe you are grown up enough to go out without me now!
Enabling: Apartment D by Megan Farrow (Flergs) available here and FO Printing Primer In Between by Fontologie available here. If you want the templates you have to do the week one challenge in order to receive the week 2 templates.
Credits: Layered template (March, Right Side) by WendyZine Scraps, Funky Junky Spring contributions by Michelle Godin and Rachel Young, Spring Posh by Royanna Lea Fritschmann and Citrus Sugar Styles by Carol Abram (recoloured) Font is FO Printing Primer In Between by Fontologie.
Journalling reads: When I told you we were having an Egg Hunt for Easter, you were really excited. Originally I planned to hold it outside but thanks to the bad weather we were forced inside. I thought it would take you a little while to find all of the eggs and then you would enjoy eating the chocolate. I was wrong on both counts you were super quick and had no interest in anything except doing it again and again. I guess it was more fun than I thought it would be for you.
Enabling: Spring Posh by Royanna Lea Fritschmann available here and FO Printing Primer In Between by Fontologie available here. Citrus Sugar Styles by Carol Abram are now retired.Funky Junky Spring Fling was a collaboration between Michelle Godin, Kate Hadfield and Rachel Young, it's now been split into individual mini kits or seperate paper and elements. Michelle Godin is at Scrapbook Graphics papers and elements, Kate Hadfield is at The Lily Pad but her parts appear to be retired and Rachel Young is now at ScrapArtist which is currently down for maintenance so unsure if she has her parts available. If you want the templates you have to do the week one challenge in order to receive the week 2 templates.
Credits: Layered template (April, Right Side) by WendyZine Scraps and Apartment D by Megan Farrow (Flergs). Font is FO Printing Primer In Between by Fontologie.
Journalling reads: When I took these photos you were waiting impatiently for Gary and Ella to come pick you up. You were off out to see CBeebies Live. It was pouring down outside but that never dampens your spirit. I can’t believe you are grown up enough to go out without me now!
Enabling: Apartment D by Megan Farrow (Flergs) available here and FO Printing Primer In Between by Fontologie available here. If you want the templates you have to do the week one challenge in order to receive the week 2 templates.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
The layouts
There are 10 of them in total. Just incase you are wondering why I haven't shared any layouts for Sweet Shoppe Designs challenges this month, it's because we are going away again at the end of the month. I am trying really hard not to buy anything this month so my bank account is in credit when we go lol. I also know that even if I earned the 40% off coupon this month I probably wouldn't be able to use it lol. So this month I am concentrating on CT Assignments so they will forgive me for skiving off on holiday again lol. So most of these were not created for any special challenge or reason. They are either using CT stuff I haven't got around to using before or just old stuff I have bought but never got around to using. I'm working really hard on trying to get organised as well. Now on with the layout sharing.
The first one I have to show you was created after I was sorting through some stuff and came across this photograph of Lukas. I tried a lot of different photoshop actions and lightroom presets on it but eventually decided to just use it as it was.
Credits: Layered template (Gotcha Cornered Rectangle, Template 1) by Chrissy W and Lil' Miss Retro by Digital Reality Bytes - Royanna Lea Fritschmann and Laura White (Princess Lala). Font is FO Printer Primer Abundant by Fontologie.
Journalling reads: I have told you your birth story before, but I have never told you about the 1st time I got to hold you. You were in an incubator and every day we asked if we could hold you, and every day we were told no. There were different reasons all the time but the answer was always the same. It hurt my heart that I couldn’t pick you up and hold you close to me. When you were about a week old Grandma Betty came down for a visit and Nannie Donna took her to the hospital to see you. Mummy and Daddy were not there and the nurse looking after you got you out so they could hold you. When I found out I was so mad I could have happily punched her. It broke my heart that I wasn’t the 1st one to hold you. I asked to get you out again and she said no, you had been handled too much today already. When the shifts changed over they took you out to weigh you and change your bedding. Laying in the freezing cold scales in just a nappy, you started to cry. My mummy instinct kicked in and without even thinking about it I reached down and picked you up. I held you close to my heart and you stopped crying straight away. You can’t see it very well in the photo but you grabbed hold of my top and wouldn’t let go. That was the moment I knew, my heart no longer belonged to me, it was completely and utterly yours.
Enabling: Gotcha Cornered Rectangle Templates by Chrissy W available here, Lil' Miss Retro by Digital Reality Bytes available here and FO Printer Primer Abundant by Fontologie available here.
The second one was created after I stumbled across the wordart in a kit lol. I knew I had this photograph of Ella somewhere. I originally started scrapping it with the kit the wordart came in but it wasn't working for me so I changed my mind and went with something a little different.
Credits: Layered template (With This Ring, Template 2) by Chrissy W, Hugs Kisses -n- Cupcakes by Laura White and Sparkler N Pop by Digital Reality Bytes - Royanna Lea Fritschmann and Laura White (Princess Lala). Font is FO Weathered In Between by Fontologie.
Journalling reads: Ella Playing with the sparklers 3-11-2006
Enabling: With This Ring Templates by Chrissy W available here, Sparkler N Pop by Digital Reality Bytes available here and FO Weathered In Between by Fontologie available here. I can't seem to find Hugs Kisses -N- Cupcakes by Laura White at Divine Digital right now.
The third one was created with pictures I took on our last trip to Chessington. It was a lot if fun to make unless you include lining up all of those sequins they were a pain in the backside lol but I think the end result makes it worth while.
Credits: Layered template (With This Ring, Template 3) by Chrissy W and Corgen by Laura White (Princess Lala). Font is FO Howie's Stamps Lowfat by Fontologie.
Journalling reads: Lukas and Mark on the Bubbleworks ride 28th September 08.
Enabling: With This Ring Templates by Chrissy W available here, FO Howie's Stamps Lowfat by Fontologie available here. I can't seem to find Corgen by Laura White at Divine Digital right now.
The fourth one was inspired by the photographs. When we went away last I asked Lisa if I could borrow her camera card, she said that I could and said if there is anything on it just delete it, it will only have been from the kids messing around. Well I don't like deleting photographs so I copied them into a file called Lisa's SD card. When I looked through them there were some really cute ones so I am going to print them out fr=or Lisa when I get around to it. I was really glad I hadn't just deleted everything like she told me to. I think this one turned out really cute.
Credits: Layered template (With This Ring, Template 4) by Chrissy W and Urban Princess by Royanna Lea Fritschmann. Font is FO Weathered In Between by Fontologie.
Journalling reads: Ella~The tacky toy queen.
Enabling: With This Ring Templates by Chrissy W available here, Urban Princess by Royanna Lea Fritschmann available here and FO Weathered In Between by Fontologie available here.
The next 2 were created for the Brag Book Challenge at Scrapbook Graphics hosted by WendyZine Scraps. These will eventually go into Lukas's own little 4x6 photo album.
Credits: Layered template (January, Right Side) by WendyZine Scraps and Brighten Up Winter by Jessica Bolton. Font is FO Printing Primer In Between by Fontologie.
Journalling reads: I took these photos while we were walking home from school together, The first one was when I said no to going to the park, the second was when you were crouching down and jumping up at me and the third one was outside the front door. Even something as simple as walking is more fun with you around.
Enabling: Brighten Up Winter by Jessica Bolton available here and FO Printing Primer In Between by Fontologie available here. Templates available free as part of the challenge here.
Credits: Layered template (February, Right Side) by WendyZine Scraps and Eclectic Needs Variety Basic Straight Stitching and A Pastiche For The Boys Collection by Jessica Bolton. Font is FO Printing Primer In Between by Fontologie.
Journalling reads: Ever since you were a baby I have loved to watch you sleep. Seeing you look so peaceful and content makes me happy. Plus there’s always the entertainment I get from watching the many different positions you get yourself into. Even when you are sound asleep you can’t just be still.
Enabling: Eclectic Needs Variety Basic Straight Stitching and A Pastiche For The Boys Collection by Jessica Bolton available here and here and FO Printing Primer In Between by Fontologie available here. Templates available free as part of the challenge here.
The seventh one was a CT Assignment from Royanna. But it's a Halloween kit and I had nothing suitable so I did something I do quite a lot I found a completely out of the box use for the kit by using it for some photos from our trip to the museum. As you can tell I am really enjoying creating rectangle layouts lately. The irony is that the other page (You can see that one in this post it's the third one down) I did about the same trip (different photos) used the same template but in the square version lol. I may end up remaking it as a rectangle one though.
Credits: Layered template (AD it up rectangle, template 4) by Chrissy W and Frankly Speaking by Royanna Lea Fritschmann. Fonts are FO Textura and FO Textura Traced both by Fontologie.
Journalling reads: We are very lucky to live in a city where there are quite a few museums including the oxford university museum of natural history and the pitt rivers which just happen to be in the same building. When we visited this time we decided to stay downstairs. This museum is very child friendly, we were able to touch fossils and stroke some of the animal models. But the best part was the dinosaur bones. There are many different bones to look at some in glass cases but there are also some skeletons on display. Most of the bones featured were found here in oxfordshire. This skeleton on display is a of a dinosuar called a Struthiomimus. The other photographs are of some of the models of dinosaurs on display but I can’t remember exactly what they were. I forgot to photograph their signs. One of our favourite displays was the baby dinosaur but because it moved and made noise we chose to video it instead of trying to take photographs. There were so many other things to look at apart from the dinosaurs. But because we were not very well that day we chose to concentrate on them. It was a lot of fun and we learnt a lot, just by wondering around.
Enabling: AD It Up Rectangle Templates by Chrissy W available here, Frankly Speaking by Royanna Lea Fritschmann available here and FO Textura and FO Textura Traced both by Fontologie are available in this pack.
The next two were both created for Chrissy's latest template challenge and really couldn't be more different. The Square Version is a very masculine page about Lukas's 1st day back at school. The Rectangle one is a very feminine one about the 1st time we saw Ruby standing up on her own. I'm not sure which one I like best lol.
Credits: Layered template (Template Challenge 7) and Favourite Place by Chrissy W. Fonts are FO Uptown Girl Lowfat and FO Printing Primer Abundant both by Fontologie.
Journalling reads: All through the summer holidays you talked about being in your new class in September. You were excited about having a new classroom and a brand new teacher. But during the school holidays you got really sick. We ended up having to take you to the doctors. He gave you some bright orange medicine to take and referred you to the hospital for a check up. You were such a good boy about taking all of your medicine and when the day came for your hospital appointment you were really well behaved even though we had a long wait to be seen. Finally the day came when you got to start in your new class. You were thrilled that you were going to get to see all of your friends and learn new things. You were really hard to get dressed and ready for school because you were so excited. When you were all dressed, it was time for mummy’s favourite part - taking your 1st day of school photos. For the first time ever you were smiling, and happy to let me click, click and click some more. It’s not really easy to take photos of a little boy squirming because he just can’t wait to get going. But we had a lot of fun and even got some decent photos. I can’t begin to tell you how happy it made me to see you so excited and happy about your first day of school. I hope that you have a nice teacher and enjoy this year as much as you have enjoyed the other two. Wednesday 10th September. Starting Year Two.
Enabling: Favourite Place by Chrissy W available here and FO Uptown Girl Lowfat and FO Printing Primer Abundant both by Fontologie are available here and here. You can download the template from Chrissy's Blog here.
Credits: Layered template (Template Challenge 7 Rectangle) and Paper Cutters (Huge Scallop With Holes Rectangle Paper) by Chrissy W, BFF 4 Life by Chrissy W and Angie Kovacs, Stitched Stems by Natalie Braxton (recoloured), Wordart by Batina and Glitter Styles by Megan Farrow (Flergs). Font is Fiolex Princess.
Journalling reads: Ruby standing up all by herself 31st August 2008.
The last one I have to share today was created for the Digi-Dare #104. It's hard to believe that it's been going for 2 years. It's a really great source of inspiration unfortunately it falls into the category of things I mean to do but rarely get around to doing. I had the added incentive this time of a free kit for taking part. I didn't realise until I finished that the template I used is actually no longer for sale. It got replaced with a different one in the set. But I do love the end result.
Credits: Layered template (The Two Of Us, Template 2 this one has now been retired from the set) by Chrissy W, Beauty Resides Within by Royanna Lea Fritschmann, Layered Edges 6 by Amy Hutchinson, Roses Border by Designing On The Edge, Bow Buddies by Metalmama, The Write Stuff by Misty Cato and Darcy Baldwin, My Favourite Colour Is Ribbon Stuff by Tracey Lee and Glitter Styles by Megan Farrow (Flergs). Font is DJB Nicole by Darcy Baldwin.
Journalling on tag reads: On this day 2 years ago I sat and wrote this blog post. Reading it back I remember exactly how close I was to calling the whole thing off. I was just so sick of it all. When I wrote that I never thought none of it would end up mattering, because my mum wouldn't even be at my wedding. I never considered the possibility that 2 years later she still wouldn't have spoken a word to me. or that during that time I would become a big sister again, to a baby I was never going to get to see. I won’t deny it, there have been many times since we got married when I have wished I had made the decision to call it all off. We have had so many problems and arguments, we even seperated for a while. But so many things have changed, including me. We have learn’t so much about each other and we have worked hard on our marriage. It hasn't been easy, there have been a lot of low points. Mark losing his mum being one of the worst but I have finally reached the point, where I can put my hand on my heart, and honestly say, I know I made the right choice. For the first time in my life I feel like I belong somewhere. I feel like I have people who care about me and love me just for being me. I am happier now than I have ever been before. I don't miss my mum at all, not the nagging or the criticising, the smoking or the shouting. I miss my brothers and sisters with all my heart, but still I know that I made the choice I needed to make. I am right where I need to be, with my husband and my son. None of us know what the next two years will bring, but we are ready for anything as long as we are together as a family.
Journalling on main block is a copy of my blog post here
Enabling: Beauty Resides Within Papers by Royanna Lea Fritschmann available here,
Roses Border by Designing On The Edge available here (linked in sidebar), The Write Stuff by Misty Cato and Darcy Baldwin available here, My Favourite Colour Is Ribbon Stuff by Tracey Lee available here and DJB Nicole by Darcy Baldwin available here. Layered Edges 6 by Amy Hutchinson, Bow Buddies by Metalmama and Chrissy's template are all retired sorry.
Right now I am too restless to sleep so I am off to listen to the new album I just picked up on Itunes and do some organizing in ACDSee I just don't feel like scrapping tonight.
The first one I have to show you was created after I was sorting through some stuff and came across this photograph of Lukas. I tried a lot of different photoshop actions and lightroom presets on it but eventually decided to just use it as it was.
Credits: Layered template (Gotcha Cornered Rectangle, Template 1) by Chrissy W and Lil' Miss Retro by Digital Reality Bytes - Royanna Lea Fritschmann and Laura White (Princess Lala). Font is FO Printer Primer Abundant by Fontologie.
Journalling reads: I have told you your birth story before, but I have never told you about the 1st time I got to hold you. You were in an incubator and every day we asked if we could hold you, and every day we were told no. There were different reasons all the time but the answer was always the same. It hurt my heart that I couldn’t pick you up and hold you close to me. When you were about a week old Grandma Betty came down for a visit and Nannie Donna took her to the hospital to see you. Mummy and Daddy were not there and the nurse looking after you got you out so they could hold you. When I found out I was so mad I could have happily punched her. It broke my heart that I wasn’t the 1st one to hold you. I asked to get you out again and she said no, you had been handled too much today already. When the shifts changed over they took you out to weigh you and change your bedding. Laying in the freezing cold scales in just a nappy, you started to cry. My mummy instinct kicked in and without even thinking about it I reached down and picked you up. I held you close to my heart and you stopped crying straight away. You can’t see it very well in the photo but you grabbed hold of my top and wouldn’t let go. That was the moment I knew, my heart no longer belonged to me, it was completely and utterly yours.
Enabling: Gotcha Cornered Rectangle Templates by Chrissy W available here, Lil' Miss Retro by Digital Reality Bytes available here and FO Printer Primer Abundant by Fontologie available here.
The second one was created after I stumbled across the wordart in a kit lol. I knew I had this photograph of Ella somewhere. I originally started scrapping it with the kit the wordart came in but it wasn't working for me so I changed my mind and went with something a little different.
Credits: Layered template (With This Ring, Template 2) by Chrissy W, Hugs Kisses -n- Cupcakes by Laura White and Sparkler N Pop by Digital Reality Bytes - Royanna Lea Fritschmann and Laura White (Princess Lala). Font is FO Weathered In Between by Fontologie.
Journalling reads: Ella Playing with the sparklers 3-11-2006
Enabling: With This Ring Templates by Chrissy W available here, Sparkler N Pop by Digital Reality Bytes available here and FO Weathered In Between by Fontologie available here. I can't seem to find Hugs Kisses -N- Cupcakes by Laura White at Divine Digital right now.
The third one was created with pictures I took on our last trip to Chessington. It was a lot if fun to make unless you include lining up all of those sequins they were a pain in the backside lol but I think the end result makes it worth while.
Credits: Layered template (With This Ring, Template 3) by Chrissy W and Corgen by Laura White (Princess Lala). Font is FO Howie's Stamps Lowfat by Fontologie.
Journalling reads: Lukas and Mark on the Bubbleworks ride 28th September 08.
Enabling: With This Ring Templates by Chrissy W available here, FO Howie's Stamps Lowfat by Fontologie available here. I can't seem to find Corgen by Laura White at Divine Digital right now.
The fourth one was inspired by the photographs. When we went away last I asked Lisa if I could borrow her camera card, she said that I could and said if there is anything on it just delete it, it will only have been from the kids messing around. Well I don't like deleting photographs so I copied them into a file called Lisa's SD card. When I looked through them there were some really cute ones so I am going to print them out fr=or Lisa when I get around to it. I was really glad I hadn't just deleted everything like she told me to. I think this one turned out really cute.
Credits: Layered template (With This Ring, Template 4) by Chrissy W and Urban Princess by Royanna Lea Fritschmann. Font is FO Weathered In Between by Fontologie.
Journalling reads: Ella~The tacky toy queen.
Enabling: With This Ring Templates by Chrissy W available here, Urban Princess by Royanna Lea Fritschmann available here and FO Weathered In Between by Fontologie available here.
The next 2 were created for the Brag Book Challenge at Scrapbook Graphics hosted by WendyZine Scraps. These will eventually go into Lukas's own little 4x6 photo album.
Credits: Layered template (January, Right Side) by WendyZine Scraps and Brighten Up Winter by Jessica Bolton. Font is FO Printing Primer In Between by Fontologie.
Journalling reads: I took these photos while we were walking home from school together, The first one was when I said no to going to the park, the second was when you were crouching down and jumping up at me and the third one was outside the front door. Even something as simple as walking is more fun with you around.
Enabling: Brighten Up Winter by Jessica Bolton available here and FO Printing Primer In Between by Fontologie available here. Templates available free as part of the challenge here.
Credits: Layered template (February, Right Side) by WendyZine Scraps and Eclectic Needs Variety Basic Straight Stitching and A Pastiche For The Boys Collection by Jessica Bolton. Font is FO Printing Primer In Between by Fontologie.
Journalling reads: Ever since you were a baby I have loved to watch you sleep. Seeing you look so peaceful and content makes me happy. Plus there’s always the entertainment I get from watching the many different positions you get yourself into. Even when you are sound asleep you can’t just be still.
Enabling: Eclectic Needs Variety Basic Straight Stitching and A Pastiche For The Boys Collection by Jessica Bolton available here and here and FO Printing Primer In Between by Fontologie available here. Templates available free as part of the challenge here.
The seventh one was a CT Assignment from Royanna. But it's a Halloween kit and I had nothing suitable so I did something I do quite a lot I found a completely out of the box use for the kit by using it for some photos from our trip to the museum. As you can tell I am really enjoying creating rectangle layouts lately. The irony is that the other page (You can see that one in this post it's the third one down) I did about the same trip (different photos) used the same template but in the square version lol. I may end up remaking it as a rectangle one though.
Credits: Layered template (AD it up rectangle, template 4) by Chrissy W and Frankly Speaking by Royanna Lea Fritschmann. Fonts are FO Textura and FO Textura Traced both by Fontologie.
Journalling reads: We are very lucky to live in a city where there are quite a few museums including the oxford university museum of natural history and the pitt rivers which just happen to be in the same building. When we visited this time we decided to stay downstairs. This museum is very child friendly, we were able to touch fossils and stroke some of the animal models. But the best part was the dinosaur bones. There are many different bones to look at some in glass cases but there are also some skeletons on display. Most of the bones featured were found here in oxfordshire. This skeleton on display is a of a dinosuar called a Struthiomimus. The other photographs are of some of the models of dinosaurs on display but I can’t remember exactly what they were. I forgot to photograph their signs. One of our favourite displays was the baby dinosaur but because it moved and made noise we chose to video it instead of trying to take photographs. There were so many other things to look at apart from the dinosaurs. But because we were not very well that day we chose to concentrate on them. It was a lot of fun and we learnt a lot, just by wondering around.
Enabling: AD It Up Rectangle Templates by Chrissy W available here, Frankly Speaking by Royanna Lea Fritschmann available here and FO Textura and FO Textura Traced both by Fontologie are available in this pack.
The next two were both created for Chrissy's latest template challenge and really couldn't be more different. The Square Version is a very masculine page about Lukas's 1st day back at school. The Rectangle one is a very feminine one about the 1st time we saw Ruby standing up on her own. I'm not sure which one I like best lol.
Credits: Layered template (Template Challenge 7) and Favourite Place by Chrissy W. Fonts are FO Uptown Girl Lowfat and FO Printing Primer Abundant both by Fontologie.
Journalling reads: All through the summer holidays you talked about being in your new class in September. You were excited about having a new classroom and a brand new teacher. But during the school holidays you got really sick. We ended up having to take you to the doctors. He gave you some bright orange medicine to take and referred you to the hospital for a check up. You were such a good boy about taking all of your medicine and when the day came for your hospital appointment you were really well behaved even though we had a long wait to be seen. Finally the day came when you got to start in your new class. You were thrilled that you were going to get to see all of your friends and learn new things. You were really hard to get dressed and ready for school because you were so excited. When you were all dressed, it was time for mummy’s favourite part - taking your 1st day of school photos. For the first time ever you were smiling, and happy to let me click, click and click some more. It’s not really easy to take photos of a little boy squirming because he just can’t wait to get going. But we had a lot of fun and even got some decent photos. I can’t begin to tell you how happy it made me to see you so excited and happy about your first day of school. I hope that you have a nice teacher and enjoy this year as much as you have enjoyed the other two. Wednesday 10th September. Starting Year Two.
Enabling: Favourite Place by Chrissy W available here and FO Uptown Girl Lowfat and FO Printing Primer Abundant both by Fontologie are available here and here. You can download the template from Chrissy's Blog here.
Credits: Layered template (Template Challenge 7 Rectangle) and Paper Cutters (Huge Scallop With Holes Rectangle Paper) by Chrissy W, BFF 4 Life by Chrissy W and Angie Kovacs, Stitched Stems by Natalie Braxton (recoloured), Wordart by Batina and Glitter Styles by Megan Farrow (Flergs). Font is Fiolex Princess.
Journalling reads: Ruby standing up all by herself 31st August 2008.
Enabling: Paper Cutters by Chrissy W available here, BFF 4 Life by Chrissy W and Angie Kovacs available here, Stitched Stems by Natalie Braxton available here. You can download the template from Chrissy's Blog here. The wordart by Batina was a freebie but I am not sure where from and the Glitter Styles were a pevious freebie on Megan's blog but she has lots for sale in her store.
The last one I have to share today was created for the Digi-Dare #104. It's hard to believe that it's been going for 2 years. It's a really great source of inspiration unfortunately it falls into the category of things I mean to do but rarely get around to doing. I had the added incentive this time of a free kit for taking part. I didn't realise until I finished that the template I used is actually no longer for sale. It got replaced with a different one in the set. But I do love the end result.
Credits: Layered template (The Two Of Us, Template 2 this one has now been retired from the set) by Chrissy W, Beauty Resides Within by Royanna Lea Fritschmann, Layered Edges 6 by Amy Hutchinson, Roses Border by Designing On The Edge, Bow Buddies by Metalmama, The Write Stuff by Misty Cato and Darcy Baldwin, My Favourite Colour Is Ribbon Stuff by Tracey Lee and Glitter Styles by Megan Farrow (Flergs). Font is DJB Nicole by Darcy Baldwin.
Journalling on tag reads: On this day 2 years ago I sat and wrote this blog post. Reading it back I remember exactly how close I was to calling the whole thing off. I was just so sick of it all. When I wrote that I never thought none of it would end up mattering, because my mum wouldn't even be at my wedding. I never considered the possibility that 2 years later she still wouldn't have spoken a word to me. or that during that time I would become a big sister again, to a baby I was never going to get to see. I won’t deny it, there have been many times since we got married when I have wished I had made the decision to call it all off. We have had so many problems and arguments, we even seperated for a while. But so many things have changed, including me. We have learn’t so much about each other and we have worked hard on our marriage. It hasn't been easy, there have been a lot of low points. Mark losing his mum being one of the worst but I have finally reached the point, where I can put my hand on my heart, and honestly say, I know I made the right choice. For the first time in my life I feel like I belong somewhere. I feel like I have people who care about me and love me just for being me. I am happier now than I have ever been before. I don't miss my mum at all, not the nagging or the criticising, the smoking or the shouting. I miss my brothers and sisters with all my heart, but still I know that I made the choice I needed to make. I am right where I need to be, with my husband and my son. None of us know what the next two years will bring, but we are ready for anything as long as we are together as a family.
Journalling on main block is a copy of my blog post here
Enabling: Beauty Resides Within Papers by Royanna Lea Fritschmann available here,
Roses Border by Designing On The Edge available here (linked in sidebar), The Write Stuff by Misty Cato and Darcy Baldwin available here, My Favourite Colour Is Ribbon Stuff by Tracey Lee available here and DJB Nicole by Darcy Baldwin available here. Layered Edges 6 by Amy Hutchinson, Bow Buddies by Metalmama and Chrissy's template are all retired sorry.
Right now I am too restless to sleep so I am off to listen to the new album I just picked up on Itunes and do some organizing in ACDSee I just don't feel like scrapping tonight.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Before I share the layouts
I just have somthing to do first. I got an email tag thing but my email doesn't want to cooperate today so I am replying to it here. So that if anyone feels like replying to it they can. It also means no-one ends up feeling like I am spamming them. So here goes.
Welcome to the new 2008 edition of getting to know your family and friends. Here is what you are supposed to do, and try not to be lame and spoil the fun. Change all the answers so that they apply to you.
1. What is your occupation right now?
I don't have one unless you count being a mummy and a CT member.
2. What colour are your socks right now?
I don't wear socks ever, I rarely have anything on my feet.
3. What are you listening to right now?
Lukas snoring, the computer processor buzzing and UK TV Food+1
4. What was the last thing you ate?
Lukas's magic stars from the fridge lol Mark will replace them for him on the way home.
5. Can you drive a stick shift?
Nope I can't drive a car at all.
6. Last person you spoke to on the phone?
Mark last night when he asked what I wanted from Tesco.
7. Do you like the person who sent this to you?
Sure I do, Kirsty is lovely.
8. How old are you today?
I will be 24 on December 30th (Yes I am too lazy to work out exactly how old I am)
9. What is your favourite sport to watch on tv?
I like football (England, not really bothered about any other team), I like Ice Hockey, I like almost any kind of motorsport especially Speedway and Moto GP. With my sports fanatic husband it's a good job I really don't care what's on tv.
10.What is your favourite drink?
Alcoholic - Vodka and Caffeine Free Coke
Juice - Pineapple
Fizzy - Lemon Fanta or Caffeine Free Coke
Milkshake - Anything from Shakeaway (usually banana with whippd cream though)
11. Have you ever dyed your hair?
Yes, I used the brightest red I could find and still only got a slight tint in my hair.
12. Favourite food?
Right now, whatever requires the least effort to eat since swallowing hurts
13. Last movie you watched?
Sex and the City. Mark bought it on dvd for me.
14. Favourite day of the year?
Don't really have one.
15. How do you vent anger?
I write on here lol.
16. What was your favourite toy as a child?
Books, I had 1000s of them.
17. What is your favourite season?
Autumn, there are layouts about it on uploaded here somewhere.
18. Cherries or blueberries?
Not really keen on either of them, although blueberry muffins aren't bad lol.
19. Do you want your friends to email you back?
Entirely up to them, I will read them if I get them though.
20. Who is most likely to respond?
No idea
21. Who is least likely to respond?
Again No idea
22. Living arrangements?
Live in Nan's house with her, Mark and Lukas.
23. When was the last time you cried?
This morning when I was waiting for more painkillers to kick in
24. What is on the floor of your closet?
You mean there's a floor in there somewhere lol.
25. Who is the friend you have had the longest that you are sending this to?
I'm not emailing it, so this one doesn't apply.
26. What did you do last night?
Watched Gadget Boy with Lukas, shared dry cereal with Lukas, read my blog reader and caught up on stuff.
27. What are you most afraid of?
Losing Lukas, Mark or Nan.
28. Plain, Cheese or Spicy Hamburgers?
Ideally? A bacon double cheeseburger lol.
29. Favourite Dog breed?
Don't have one
30. Favourite day of the week?
Probably Sunday because Mark is always home. It's his day off.
31. How many states have you lived in?
Just one I have always lived in Oxford
32. Diamonds or Pearls?
Diamonds, I love sparkly things
33. Favourite flower?
Don't have one.
Back in a minute with those layouts.
Starting off with an apology
for my post the other day, everything kind of overwhelmed me and then I ended up sitting here feeling hopeless and crying as I tyoed that. I truly appreciated the comments that people left they helped a lot. A little update for you still taking the antibiotics, still in a lot of pain, still looking a bit like the elephant woman but coping a lot better. I also want to apologise for the inevitable spelling and other errors there are bound to be in this post. I have a new keyboard and mouse (it lights up from the bottom and has white buttons instead of black). The buttons are organised slightly differently, the keys are a lot shallower and need a lot less pessure to work. The old one had very high keys so my hands are used to typing in a ompletely different position. Lukas was awake all of last night, he woke up and just couldn't get back to sleep. So we spent the night watching cartoons and eating dry cereal from bowls lol.We had two different ones and kept swapping them between us. I sat here and caught up on some stuff then I went to bed and he went to school.Want to hazard a guess what he's doing now? Yep he's fast asleep on my bed, hasn't had his dinner or a bath or put his pyjamas on but it's really not that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things. I only hope he's not so sound asleep that he pees on my bed, because I can't lift him out to take him and I certainly can't lift him up to change the bed lol. I do have a few layouts to share but I am going to do that in a seperate post right now I need to go and do some stuff that's not on the computer. Be back in a little while.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Worst Mummy EVER!
So it's a pretty well known fact that I would never ever win any mummy of the year awards. I am too sick all the time to even be a fairly decent mummy half the time. But still I like to think that for the most part I fall into the acceptable area as a mummy. For the past week I have been pretty much out of comission. It started with an earache on one side, I put up with the pain and got on with things as normal. One ear turned into two, still got on with things. Two ears turned into one minor annoyance and one major pain. That pain spread into my neck and then my shoulder. Over the weekend the pain went for being able to cope to crying pathetically, taking vast amounts of painkillers and sleeping a lot. I also kind of ended up looking like the elephant woman as half of my face is swollen to about double the usual size. Through it all I have felt miserable but I have managed to keep my temper in check and not scream at people or burst into tears every few seconds (well mostly). Yesterday I went to the doctors and despite being a rude obnoxious cow who couldn't care less if she tried gave me some antibiotics. Last night the pain reached new heights. I vaguely remember sobbing into my pillow this morning and shouting at Mark for being an idiot. The reason it's vague is because I resorted to taking some majorly strong painkillers we happened to have in the house. It kind of took me the whole day to sleep them off. Now you may wonder what this has to do with me being the worst mummy ever. Well it's really simple, on my desk is a letter telling me all about the schools Harvest Festival celebration. Which I glanced at and managed to misread. The event I thought was on Thursday and had actually planned on attending no matter how ill I felt, was actually today. So as you can imagine I feel like a complete failure. I let Lukas down and I feel so guilty there aren't even words to begin to describe it. But what makes it worse is that Nan revelled in telling me. Telling me all the things I already knew "Poor Lukas, was the only one there with no-one", "All of the other parents were there to watch". When I burst into tears she tried to act all sympathetic "tell mummy it's alright that she missed your Harvest Festival Lukas", "Mummy was too ill to come to your thing wasn't she". But yet still she couldn't resist the snide comments like "Well why didn't Mark stay and watch him", "He could have at least done that for poor Lukas". The only thing worse than knowing your a bad parent is having someone else reiterating that not only do you suck, but the other parent doesn't make an effort to pick up the slack either. She was in a bad mood anyway and when I did get up I heard a whole list of complaints about Mark. Amazingly though now that she has ruined my day and broke my heart she seems to have cheered up, funny that isn't it. I suppose I better go and do bath time, so that she can't throw in my face that I couldn't even do that for Lukas. *sigh* all I want to do is take more painkillers and go back to sleep but instead I will end up sitting here feeling miserable and reminding myself that as a mummy I really really suck.
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Here are the layouts I promised
There are a few of them, give me a minute while I go check when I last shared them so I know which ones to link up. Ok so there are 6 from the end of September and 5 from October. Here goes.
The 1st one was created for a cookie decorating challenge at Sweet Shoppe Designs
Credits: Layered template (Cookie Decorating 101, 26th August 2008) by Aggie Aviso, The Write Stuff by Misty Cato and Darcy Baldwin, 2 Cool 4 School by Dani Mogstad and Susan Bartolini, Page Templates 1 by Janet Phillips and First Day Jitters by Kate Hadfield. Font is DJB How Cute Am I? by Darcy Baldwin.
Journalling reads: There have been so many things that have changed since you first started school. At first you only did afternoons, there was no uniform and it was about 75% play and 25% work. I used to have to send training pants and spare clothes. Then you started going all day long, played less and learnt more and had a proper school uniform. You seem to really enjoy the different things each new year brings. I’m so proud of you!
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The second one was created for Inspiration Challenge at Sweet Shoppe Designs
Credits: Layered template (Lots To Say, Template 1) by Chrissy W, Write It by Darcy Baldwin and Misty Cato and Pud Muddles by Kay Miller and Kristin Cronin Barrow. Font is DJB Nicole by Darcy Baldwin.
Journalling reads: Sometimes I wonder exactly who I am. I look at my family and come to the conclusion that I am...A mummy, willing to sit up all night just to watch you breathing and make sure you are ok. The one with the crazy ideas and the last minute decisions. The one with the flair for detail, always doing the extra bit to make you smile. A wife, waiting to listen to you snoring at night, unable to rest until you are safe in our bed. I am the friend who’s always there, waiting to listen to all that you share. I love my family with all my heart and soul, I would do anything for them. I’m the only thing I could ever want to be...ME!!
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The third one was created for a Paper 2 Digi Challenge at Sweet Shoppe Designs
Scraplift of London Bridge by Purkage (Kelly Purkey) found here
Credits: Afternoon Stroll by Misty Cato. Font is DJB JenniferA by Darcy Baldwin.
Journalling reads: On our trip to the park the two of you walked away hand in hand. Both of you were content in the knowledge neither one would let the other stumble on the rough ground.
Enabling:
The fourth one was created for a Scrap With The Sugarbabes challenge at Sweet Shoppe Designs
Credits: Layered template (Layers, Template 1) by Darcy Baldwin and Goody Two Shoes and Giggles Alpha by Kristin Cronin Barrow. Fonts are DJB Nicole and DJB Annalise by Darcy Baldwin.
Journalling reads: Crystal Gender: Female Origin: English Pronunciation: KRISS tal Derived from: The English word crystal for the clear, colourless glass, sometimes cut into the shape of a gemstone. The English word derives ultimately from Greek krystallos meaning "ice". It has been in use as a given name since the 19th century. Louise Gender: Female Origin: Old German and French Pronunciation: loo EEZ Derived from: Feminine version of French name Louis which is the french version of the German name Chlodowig (often more commonly referred to as Ludwig. It means either Fame and War or Renowned fighter. My mum was always a fan of unusual names. I used to love love my name. Until I had a teacher who only called me Dynasty and I never got why, until I did a little research online. It was a popular tv show in the 80s when I was born. I have no clue whether my mum watched it or not though. My name is a huge part of who I am it ensures that no-one ever forgets me, I stand out just enough without people standing there wondering exactly what my mum was on when she named me!
The fifth one was created for a One Word Challenge at Sweet Shoppe Designs
Credits: Layered template (Angie'licious 2 Rectangle, Template 1) and Paper Cutters (Huge Scallop With Holes Rectangle Paper) by Chrissy W, Love and Thanks by Eva Kipler and Andrea Burns and Bead-aholic Alpha (recoloured) by Britt-ish Designs. Font is DJB Nicole by Darcy Baldwin.
Journalling reads: On your 1st day back we always take a photograph of your new shoes. They get ruined so fast, It’s always nice to have a little reminder that, there was a time when they actually looked like new shoes.
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The sixth one was created for a Spin-A-Lift challenge at Sweet Shoppe Designs
Spin-A-Lift of Relax by Nikki Hawkins (NikkiARNGwife) found here.
Credits: Layered template (Inspired by Nikki, Template 4) by Bree Clarkson, Doggone Cute by Heather Roselli and Date Stamps Volume 2 by Britt-ish Designs. Font is FO-Printing Primer Abundant by Fontologie.
Journalling reads: Lukas waiting to go on the Tomb Blaster in the Forbidden Kingdom at Chessington World of Adventures.
Enabling:
I am not sure if I mentioned either of these things before so here goes, my apologies if I have already told you. Chrissy has added rectangle versions of some of her templates to the store and I have been very inspired to create with them. I have also rejoined Royanna's CT it's good to be a Posh Princess again I really missed Royanna and the other girls so all of these ones I am about to show you are a mixture of Chrissy's rectangle templates and new kits or collabs by Royanna.
The first one is an older picture of Ella, that I have scrapped before but I don't really have a lot of Halloween photographs to choose from and she looks so sweet in this one.
Credits: Layered template ({Still} Mixin' It Up, Template 2) by Chrissy W, All Worn Out Overlays by Penny Springmann and Spookalicious by Digital Reality Bytes - Royanna Lea Fritschmann and Laura White (Princess Lala).
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The second one is a photo of Hayley when we saw her for the first time, it was a tiny photo because it was taken on a mobile phone camera, but I think it worked quite well in this layout.
Credits: Layered template (Angie'licious 2 Rectangle, Template 3) by Chrissy W and Tessa Cait by Digital Reality Bytes - Royanna Lea Fritschmann and Laura White (Princess Lala). Font is Scrap Calligraphy. Journalling reads: Our 1st niece Hayley Jade 27th November 05.
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The third one is another old photograph from Lukas's birthday last year, his eyes looked amazing in these shots even if he wouldn't cooperate and smile for me. Definately not a normal use for that kit, but I liked the colours and had nothing else that would work with it.
Credits: Layered template (Template Challenge 6 Rectangle) by Chrissy W, Afternoon Stroll by Misty Cato and Art Is Freedom by Digital Reality Bytes - Royanna Lea Fritschmann and Laura White (Princess Lala). Font is Cheapskate Fill
Journalling reads: On your birthday all I wanted was a photograph of you smiling. But you were having none of it. You scowled and fidgeted until I got cross with you and told you off and then you cried. I have never felt so guilty in my entire life. I had made you cry on your birthday. All I was trying to do was capture how great the day had been and instead I had ruined it. I gave you a cuddle and you cheered up again but I struggled to stop feeling guilty about it. I learnt a really valuable lesson that day though. Sometimes you will not be what I want you to be and that ’s ok. I have to accept that and not try to change you. Nobody least of all me has the right to make you feel like you should be something else. Anyone who can’t sit back and accept you for yourself probably does not deserve you anyway. When I tried and make you into something you are not I only end up making you feel miserable and you deserve so much better than that. I love you and I always will. As long as you are always allowed to be yourself to me you will always be perfect and even when you are not we will always love you because of being the person you are. You are special never let anyone tell you otherwise or try and change you Lukas.
Enabling:
The fourth one is a photograph from our last trip to Chessington. I just loved his expression even though the photograph wasn't perfect, moving boats, dark and a child who is a fidget will do that.
Credits: Layered template (Angie'licious 2 Rectangle, Template 4) by Chrissy W, Folded Corner 5 by Karah Fredricks and Playdate Mini, Playdate Addon and B3 Bounce Bounce Bounce by Amy Bleser. Font is 2Peas Sunshine.
Journalling reads: When we went on the Bubble Works ride at Chessington, you decided it would be a lot of fun, to put your arms out in the water sprays, and soak yourself and daddy. To say that Daddy was not very amused would be putting it mildly. But the more angry Daddy got, the more you giggled. Cheeky boy!
Enabling:
The fifth and final one is a super old photograph of Leo in SCBU that photo is over 4 years old. I asked Lukas what I should scrap next and he said Leo, he helped me pick all the embellishments, and I added the steps for feeding him so we never forget how nothing was ever simple with that sweet little guy, but every single moment was worth more than a million pound to us.
Credits: Layered template (Angie'licious 2 Rectangle, Template 2) by Chrissy W and Labelled and Typecasted and Cherish Life by Royanna Lea Fritschmann. Fonts are AL Messenger and AL Worn Machine.
Journalling reads: 1st time feeding Leo in SCBU via his oral NG tube.
1.Remove milk from fridge
2.Warm to room temperature
3.Take a new syringe
4.Remove cap from NG tube
5.Insert syringe into tube
6.Draw back syringe
7.Remove syringe
8.Take a piece of PH paper.
9.Drip fluid onto paper
10.Paper should turn blue
11.Open bottle of milk
12.Draw up correct amount of milk (see chart)
13.Remove air bubbles
14.Place syringe in tube
15.Inject milk slowly and steadily or remove the plunger and allow milk to be gravity fed.
16. Repeat steps 12-15 until feed is complete.
17. Remove syringe
18. Replace cap on NG Tube.
19. Sign chart to say feed has been completed.
20. Throw away any left over milk.
I will be back with some more layouts soon, I have spent today playing with my brand new Skype S2 phone. Mark bought it for me, it's a contract phone and it's only £12 a month. It's nice to get silly text messages from him on his break. I haven't had a properly working mobile phone for a very long time and it never seemed necessary since whenever I go out I am with Mark. But I saw this one and he offered to buy it for me and I kind of fell a little in lust with it. It has a lot of cool features and I am really looking forward to adding all the birthdays and other things to it. It's more of a toy than a necessary item but I really am loving playing with it, sometimes my husband rocks my world. Right I have to get off my butt and do stuff now but I will be back later to do the enabling for this post and anywhere else it is outstanding, and maybe share a layout.
The 1st one was created for a cookie decorating challenge at Sweet Shoppe Designs
Credits: Layered template (Cookie Decorating 101, 26th August 2008) by Aggie Aviso, The Write Stuff by Misty Cato and Darcy Baldwin, 2 Cool 4 School by Dani Mogstad and Susan Bartolini, Page Templates 1 by Janet Phillips and First Day Jitters by Kate Hadfield. Font is DJB How Cute Am I? by Darcy Baldwin.
Journalling reads: There have been so many things that have changed since you first started school. At first you only did afternoons, there was no uniform and it was about 75% play and 25% work. I used to have to send training pants and spare clothes. Then you started going all day long, played less and learnt more and had a proper school uniform. You seem to really enjoy the different things each new year brings. I’m so proud of you!
Enabling:
The second one was created for Inspiration Challenge at Sweet Shoppe Designs
Credits: Layered template (Lots To Say, Template 1) by Chrissy W, Write It by Darcy Baldwin and Misty Cato and Pud Muddles by Kay Miller and Kristin Cronin Barrow. Font is DJB Nicole by Darcy Baldwin.
Journalling reads: Sometimes I wonder exactly who I am. I look at my family and come to the conclusion that I am...A mummy, willing to sit up all night just to watch you breathing and make sure you are ok. The one with the crazy ideas and the last minute decisions. The one with the flair for detail, always doing the extra bit to make you smile. A wife, waiting to listen to you snoring at night, unable to rest until you are safe in our bed. I am the friend who’s always there, waiting to listen to all that you share. I love my family with all my heart and soul, I would do anything for them. I’m the only thing I could ever want to be...ME!!
Enabling:
The third one was created for a Paper 2 Digi Challenge at Sweet Shoppe Designs
Scraplift of London Bridge by Purkage (Kelly Purkey) found here
Credits: Afternoon Stroll by Misty Cato. Font is DJB JenniferA by Darcy Baldwin.
Journalling reads: On our trip to the park the two of you walked away hand in hand. Both of you were content in the knowledge neither one would let the other stumble on the rough ground.
Enabling:
The fourth one was created for a Scrap With The Sugarbabes challenge at Sweet Shoppe Designs
Credits: Layered template (Layers, Template 1) by Darcy Baldwin and Goody Two Shoes and Giggles Alpha by Kristin Cronin Barrow. Fonts are DJB Nicole and DJB Annalise by Darcy Baldwin.
Journalling reads: Crystal Gender: Female Origin: English Pronunciation: KRISS tal Derived from: The English word crystal for the clear, colourless glass, sometimes cut into the shape of a gemstone. The English word derives ultimately from Greek krystallos meaning "ice". It has been in use as a given name since the 19th century. Louise Gender: Female Origin: Old German and French Pronunciation: loo EEZ Derived from: Feminine version of French name Louis which is the french version of the German name Chlodowig (often more commonly referred to as Ludwig. It means either Fame and War or Renowned fighter. My mum was always a fan of unusual names. I used to love love my name. Until I had a teacher who only called me Dynasty and I never got why, until I did a little research online. It was a popular tv show in the 80s when I was born. I have no clue whether my mum watched it or not though. My name is a huge part of who I am it ensures that no-one ever forgets me, I stand out just enough without people standing there wondering exactly what my mum was on when she named me!
The fifth one was created for a One Word Challenge at Sweet Shoppe Designs
Credits: Layered template (Angie'licious 2 Rectangle, Template 1) and Paper Cutters (Huge Scallop With Holes Rectangle Paper) by Chrissy W, Love and Thanks by Eva Kipler and Andrea Burns and Bead-aholic Alpha (recoloured) by Britt-ish Designs. Font is DJB Nicole by Darcy Baldwin.
Journalling reads: On your 1st day back we always take a photograph of your new shoes. They get ruined so fast, It’s always nice to have a little reminder that, there was a time when they actually looked like new shoes.
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The sixth one was created for a Spin-A-Lift challenge at Sweet Shoppe Designs
Spin-A-Lift of Relax by Nikki Hawkins (NikkiARNGwife) found here.
Credits: Layered template (Inspired by Nikki, Template 4) by Bree Clarkson, Doggone Cute by Heather Roselli and Date Stamps Volume 2 by Britt-ish Designs. Font is FO-Printing Primer Abundant by Fontologie.
Journalling reads: Lukas waiting to go on the Tomb Blaster in the Forbidden Kingdom at Chessington World of Adventures.
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I am not sure if I mentioned either of these things before so here goes, my apologies if I have already told you. Chrissy has added rectangle versions of some of her templates to the store and I have been very inspired to create with them. I have also rejoined Royanna's CT it's good to be a Posh Princess again I really missed Royanna and the other girls so all of these ones I am about to show you are a mixture of Chrissy's rectangle templates and new kits or collabs by Royanna.
The first one is an older picture of Ella, that I have scrapped before but I don't really have a lot of Halloween photographs to choose from and she looks so sweet in this one.
Credits: Layered template ({Still} Mixin' It Up, Template 2) by Chrissy W, All Worn Out Overlays by Penny Springmann and Spookalicious by Digital Reality Bytes - Royanna Lea Fritschmann and Laura White (Princess Lala).
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The second one is a photo of Hayley when we saw her for the first time, it was a tiny photo because it was taken on a mobile phone camera, but I think it worked quite well in this layout.
Credits: Layered template (Angie'licious 2 Rectangle, Template 3) by Chrissy W and Tessa Cait by Digital Reality Bytes - Royanna Lea Fritschmann and Laura White (Princess Lala). Font is Scrap Calligraphy. Journalling reads: Our 1st niece Hayley Jade 27th November 05.
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The third one is another old photograph from Lukas's birthday last year, his eyes looked amazing in these shots even if he wouldn't cooperate and smile for me. Definately not a normal use for that kit, but I liked the colours and had nothing else that would work with it.
Credits: Layered template (Template Challenge 6 Rectangle) by Chrissy W, Afternoon Stroll by Misty Cato and Art Is Freedom by Digital Reality Bytes - Royanna Lea Fritschmann and Laura White (Princess Lala). Font is Cheapskate Fill
Journalling reads: On your birthday all I wanted was a photograph of you smiling. But you were having none of it. You scowled and fidgeted until I got cross with you and told you off and then you cried. I have never felt so guilty in my entire life. I had made you cry on your birthday. All I was trying to do was capture how great the day had been and instead I had ruined it. I gave you a cuddle and you cheered up again but I struggled to stop feeling guilty about it. I learnt a really valuable lesson that day though. Sometimes you will not be what I want you to be and that ’s ok. I have to accept that and not try to change you. Nobody least of all me has the right to make you feel like you should be something else. Anyone who can’t sit back and accept you for yourself probably does not deserve you anyway. When I tried and make you into something you are not I only end up making you feel miserable and you deserve so much better than that. I love you and I always will. As long as you are always allowed to be yourself to me you will always be perfect and even when you are not we will always love you because of being the person you are. You are special never let anyone tell you otherwise or try and change you Lukas.
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The fourth one is a photograph from our last trip to Chessington. I just loved his expression even though the photograph wasn't perfect, moving boats, dark and a child who is a fidget will do that.
Credits: Layered template (Angie'licious 2 Rectangle, Template 4) by Chrissy W, Folded Corner 5 by Karah Fredricks and Playdate Mini, Playdate Addon and B3 Bounce Bounce Bounce by Amy Bleser. Font is 2Peas Sunshine.
Journalling reads: When we went on the Bubble Works ride at Chessington, you decided it would be a lot of fun, to put your arms out in the water sprays, and soak yourself and daddy. To say that Daddy was not very amused would be putting it mildly. But the more angry Daddy got, the more you giggled. Cheeky boy!
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The fifth and final one is a super old photograph of Leo in SCBU that photo is over 4 years old. I asked Lukas what I should scrap next and he said Leo, he helped me pick all the embellishments, and I added the steps for feeding him so we never forget how nothing was ever simple with that sweet little guy, but every single moment was worth more than a million pound to us.
Credits: Layered template (Angie'licious 2 Rectangle, Template 2) by Chrissy W and Labelled and Typecasted and Cherish Life by Royanna Lea Fritschmann. Fonts are AL Messenger and AL Worn Machine.
Journalling reads: 1st time feeding Leo in SCBU via his oral NG tube.
1.Remove milk from fridge
2.Warm to room temperature
3.Take a new syringe
4.Remove cap from NG tube
5.Insert syringe into tube
6.Draw back syringe
7.Remove syringe
8.Take a piece of PH paper.
9.Drip fluid onto paper
10.Paper should turn blue
11.Open bottle of milk
12.Draw up correct amount of milk (see chart)
13.Remove air bubbles
14.Place syringe in tube
15.Inject milk slowly and steadily or remove the plunger and allow milk to be gravity fed.
16. Repeat steps 12-15 until feed is complete.
17. Remove syringe
18. Replace cap on NG Tube.
19. Sign chart to say feed has been completed.
20. Throw away any left over milk.
I will be back with some more layouts soon, I have spent today playing with my brand new Skype S2 phone. Mark bought it for me, it's a contract phone and it's only £12 a month. It's nice to get silly text messages from him on his break. I haven't had a properly working mobile phone for a very long time and it never seemed necessary since whenever I go out I am with Mark. But I saw this one and he offered to buy it for me and I kind of fell a little in lust with it. It has a lot of cool features and I am really looking forward to adding all the birthdays and other things to it. It's more of a toy than a necessary item but I really am loving playing with it, sometimes my husband rocks my world. Right I have to get off my butt and do stuff now but I will be back later to do the enabling for this post and anywhere else it is outstanding, and maybe share a layout.
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