Thoughts and Layouts

OK so I am sat here thinking, that I cant believe that I have now officially been scrapping for well over a year, time has flown by, and that I have not made a single card since LOL.

See I originally started out as a card maker, it was the first thing crafty that I took too, but found that I was getting fed up spending all that time, effort and money and giving it away. Don't get me wrong I had a real sense of gratification and pride when I gave them out and got some lovely comments back, but at the same time I was seeing nothing afterwards, and that's when I stumbled on this little joy of joys, and have never looked back.

Its funny I have found the most amazing community connected with Scrap booking UKScrappers is truly the most amazing place and the people there (male and female) are so friendly and warm. I have in my time been on some forums and communities and have found them after a while so bitchy and cliquey, and its not nice, but I have now successfully been a member of UKS for well over a year and I have not once found that - so to the creators and the members of UKS thank you for such a great forum and to the members, thank you for being such good friends, I have not once felt alone or lonely since being a member, its also nice that so many outsiders kind of frown when you say scrap booking the overall consensus is amazing as to what people really think it is. So its nice to have like minded people out there.

So for my post today I thought I would share some of my LO's that I have created over my time so far, I thought I would add some of my very first LO's and some of my latest, brace yourself there are a few LOL

I hope you enjoy and thanks for looking
Cxx

So....Here are some Layouts

Ok so this week my inspiration came back from holiday and hit me head on, so firstly here are 2 layouts I done in the week.




Ok so this is my first Cat Brandy, he was called anything from just plain ole Brandy to Brandy Snap, Brandy and Ginger LOL he was a lovely cat, handle kids so well, he truly was a soppy cat and would let my nephews stroke, pull and meow in his ears and wouldn't lose it once - bless you Brandy Snap I miss you my little lion xx






This one is our first family holiday, the same holiday I created my White Bits LO - it was a lovely holiday, Mum, Dad, Lee and myself - I still remember it to this day and that was some time ago, and that dance we are doing is the one and only 'Birdie Song' come on shake those bums !!





Its also a very good friend of ours Nikki's birthday at the beginning of August, and I thought as she is going through a hard time at the moment, and will be travelling I thought for her birthday I would make her a little Friends Book, and I have and I'm well pleased, and as I have taken quite a few photos I thought it best to just put it in a slide show! otherwise this post would be never ending LOL, so enjoy - I know I'm pleased - just have to do a few finishing touches and that's it - Thanks to Caz on UKS who is RAK'ing me a few larger book rings as the 1" ones just don't cut the biscuit LOL. Heres hoping that my mojo and inspiration don't take another holiday!!

Thanks For looking xxx

Picture This.....................

Ok so I dont normally blog twice in a day, but I got home from work today and found a little parcel waiting for me..............which made me smile.

See the story behind this parcel is a naughty one..........................last Sunday was my birthday and Sarah (Beesbabe from UKS) sent me a birthday card and a gift voucher from Capture the Magic which was very naught, but it would have been rude not to induldge so I did, and when I logged on the Capture the Magic I was over the moon that there was a sale YES A SALES woohoo, so I promised Sarah that as soon as my little package arrived I would post some piccies - just look at what I got for my money......

I have a thing with 3 bugs lately love it, also there is some Bazzill and other card stock in that photo and loads of it!!

Ok so here is another photo but close up of the yummy 3 bugs (never thought i would say yum to a bug!!) drool with me please

Epoxy Stickers, a Friend brad book and some alpha circles

ooooo card card and card oh yeah and MORE card

So I think you can agree for my money I done well, now im sifting through my many printed photos. So Sarah my little hun thank you for my pressie I appreciate it, and even though very thoughtful and nice but oh so NAUGHTY

Love ya

Cxx

Ok Lets Face Facts............I'm A Blimp

Right so it seems that somehow over a certain period of time, so pounds and stones have made friends with my body, and have taken up residence and living it up, this shock move announced itself the other day after spending between 4-5 a week kickboxing and general workouts, I had this stupid notion to go weigh myself thinking hey I have been working out like this for the last 4-5 weeks you never know something might have happened.

Well alls I can say is OMG is that such a figure, I was stunned, shocked, nausous, angry and verbal, alls Roger heard from downstairs was comments like, how is that possible, but im exercising, its not fair bla bla bla.

So after the intial shock and the temper tantrum and trying to get Roger to weigh himself in hope that it would make me feel better, but now thinking about it would have made me feel worse knowing that I weigh more then him, but having him weigh himself would have just highligted exactly by how much and think at that point I would have happily thrown myself of the roof of my house. So I sat there with Roger gobsmacked and frankly devastated, im now officially the heaviest I have ever been in my life and it totally rocked my world and truly dont think I have ever felt so elephant like !!

I sat in stunned silence for at least 30 mins feeling disgusted and angry with myself, and declared that we have to do something and something fast I cant feel like this, and if one more person says to me "oh but your tall" I shall do damage, it makes no odds im fat im over weight it makes no odds if im 4'3 or 6ft my weight is extreme!! So Roger and I sat there and went through what we eat and weigh it up against the exercise. Now with Roger he has a physical job he is a window fitter so clearly does 100% more exercise then myself in an 8hr period as im stuck behind a desk - not that this is an excuse cos its not, its more highlighting that the both of us need different exercises, so we have realised that im not eating enough and far too little exercise. So we went and brought some fruit for me last week and have had some for 11am and 4pm which is where I find I dip! made sure I have had breakfast (a bowl of Special K) and after dinner we go out for our brisk 20 min walk, and on top of the kickboxing each week im hoping that im doing enough.

But this was highlighted the other day by a rather funny post on UKS, it was all about weight and how much over we all are and its amazing at how alike we all are, with our busy day to day lives fitting in exercise, fitting in healthy eating, cos lets face it eating healthy is far from cheap, which is my bug bear, we can go and get a terrible takeaway but by the time you have walked out of the fruit and veg section in the supermarket its cheaper to go and stuff your face with a takeaway (not that I do its a point). Seriously the other day we went to Sainsbury's (ok not the cheapest but the same in all supermarkets) and by the time I had picked up a handful of apples, oranges, strawberries, bananas and veg on top the bill was already over £10.00 (scan and pack).

Whats that all about, I know people have said go to a street market its cheaper, but we are not all blessed with street markets, and would much rather buy from local farmers but we dont have that around here, so how do you win!! ok exercise yes this is a pitfall of mine and Rogers and we are aware that we need to kick our fat butts into gear which we are - but its the healthy eating.

Oh dont get me wrong, we dont eat bad but there is room for improvement, we only mainly eat Chicken or beef and everything is grilled or stir-fried, we have veg every night and everything we have is half fat, I dont think there is one thing in my house that is full fat, not due to the diet but just tastes nicer in our opinion!

Aarrggh.....oh well sorry for the rant and sorry ive not posted any LOs lately, but cant fit behind my craft desk LOL no seriously just not had the time, but have some wonderful photos from this weekend so need to crack on.

So to all those out there struggling with their weight or exercising - Your not on your own, we need to be strong and find the time - so all together now lets fight the flab **I wave my fist in a revolutionary way whilst shouting I will fight the fat**

And to those who read my blog, an update on the camera, we have my birthday money, we were due to order it over the weekend but had family up so didnt have the time, but will be ordering it this week - so watch this space for some practice shots LOL

Thanks for reading and one last time *wave your fist* we will win