BIG CHANGES: New name, new blog, new look!

Hello Everyone! It's so great to be back! I took a break from designing and scrapping when my family moved 6000 miles across the country from Alberta back to our home province of Newfoundland. (A beautiful island on the most eastern part of Canada). With the stresses of the move, finding a place to live, and just getting "comfortable" with being back home again, I kinda lost my design mojo. After a little break and a lot of life changes, I decided that it was time for a name change and a fresh new style. So.... I would like to introduce you to INSPIRED DESIGNS BY CRYSTAL!
I still plan on offering some great wordart freebies and maybe even some little extra special gifts for you along the way. I'm still working out the kinks with my new blog, my new style and my new/old store. I hope that you will all continue to read my new blog, snag my freebies, and buy my products. I will have lots of new stuff for you soon!

For those of you who have been my faithful followers... sign up to be a follower on my new blog and you'll have the chance to win my newest kit LUCKY LUCKY ME. On March 31st i'll be randomly choosing 10 lucky followers to win that kit.

Become a fan of my new Facebook page and you can get a coupon for 25% off an order at my store. Details on the new blog.

Click the link to be redirected to my new blog: http://inspireddesignsbycrystal1.blogspot.com/

RETIRING SALE.... not me, just some of my stuff!

I'm having a huge sale this month at Pretty Scrappy!!!! I'm retiring over 65 of my kits, brag book albums, quick page albums, bookmark sets, as well as my christmas accessories. For the rest of this month, you can get each of the retiring items for only $1 each! Thats an amazing deal. I've changed my design style so much in the last year and I have lots of new ideas for the future, I have to make some room for the new.

If any of you are like me this year, i'm taking part in Project 365. For those of you who don't know what Project 365 is, well... it basically means that you take a picture for each day of 2010 and you scrap a page about it. You can either scrap a week at a time, a month at a time, or any combination you choose for your layouts. Lots of my retiring kits would be perfect for scrapping those Project 365 layouts too.

So... hurry on over to Pretty Scrappy and take advantage of this sale. Here's your last chance to get those Inspired Mommie Designs kits and such that you've had your eye on for only $1 each. This sale ends on January 31st and then all those items will be retired from my store!

Here is a little preview of the retiring kits. You'll have to check out my store to see what else is on sale.

Click HERE to be redirected to my store.

I'M BACK... almost...

Hi Everyone! I hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas! Mine was amazing! It's so good to be back home in Newfoundland. The kids are loving being back here with their families and being able to spend the holidays surrounded by them. We had a great Christmas at my parents house. On Christmas morning the kids were awake at 8 and we started opeing their stockings. Lots of awesome toys and goodies for them. Once the stockings were opened and out of the way, we attacked the presents. The kids had so much fun ripping open the presents and making a huge mess. LOL. The only sucky thing about it all was that my dad was working offshore so he missed the whole thing. We took lots of pics for him though. Hopefully i'll be able to get some of them posted here for you to see. We tried to spend as much time with family during the holidays as possible but it was hard having to drive 2 hours each way to get to most of them. Now that we are living here, we'll get to see them so much. It's awesome!


I love my mother so much but there is only so much of living with her that I could handle... LOL... so with that being said... we found a great house to rent and moved out last week. The kids are loving having their own bedrooms again. The house is a typical bungalow style with 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, huge living/dining area/kitchen with real hardwood floors. In the basement level there is a huge playroom with hardwood floors for the kids (which is packed full of their toys and stuff) and lots of storage space. Gotta love the storage. I'll try and get some pics too for you to see soon. Once I get everything unpacked and organized it'll seem more and more like home. I miss my house in Airdrie though. But... this is great for us now. Maybe next year we'll work on getting a new house here.


I'm trying to get things in my store organized... I have so much to do to prepare for my new sale... check back Monday to see what's on sale.... IT's A BIG ONE!!!!

MIA for a while... plus WIN MY STORE and new wordart freebies!

Well... It's been a while! So much has happened the past few weeks... where to start. First, we were all sick in the Sweeney household for about 3 weeks. Just when it seemed that we were getting better, we would get hit with the flu again!

Then 2 weeks ago, my Hubby got laid off from his job that he's had for the last 5 years! THAT SUCKS!!! He's been looking for a new job but hasn't been able to find anything here. We've weighed all of our options and have come to the conclusion that we would pack everything up and head back home to Newfoundland. For those of you who arent familliar with Canadian geographical locations, Newfoundland is an Island on the East Coast of Canada. The population is about 508,000 people and it's one of the most beautiful places in the whole world. Newfoundland has the oldest city in North America, St. John's at over 500 years old. We were both born there and grew up there until we were in our early 20's when we both travelled the country. After being here in Calgary for 5 years, it's time to take the kids and bring them home to their families! I am so excited but nervous at the same time. It's gonna be great being home for Christmas!

We are scheduled to fly out of Calgary on Tuesday, December 8th. So, the past few days we've been trying to pack everything up and get things organized to put in storage. It's been so busy and so hard trying to pack 5 years of your life in a few suitcases to take home. Slowly but surely, i'll get it all done on time. LOL. I decided to have a last minute moving sale and was contacted by a single mom who is very low income. She wanted to take the things I had for free and wanted to buy somethings too. I was so moved by her story that I decided that I would give her everything! Sometimes it's better to give than to receive. At least now she'll have some things to help furnish her apartment and to give her kids a great Christmas.

So... due to the move, my internet access is going to be limited for the next few weeks at least. As soon as we get things straightened away and get moved into our own place I should be back up and running! In the meanwhile, here is a whole bunch of wordart freebies for you. This should help tie you over until my return. Enjoy!

Dream a little dream of me: http://www.mediafire.com/?myom33qvmjm

Dream until all your dreams come true: http://www.mediafire.com/?mmjm4gjrund

Flowers Whisper: http://www.mediafire.com/?lmmmmrtghxu

Sweet Dreams: http://www.mediafire.com/?tmm3zq2mvjy

Tales From The Crib: http://www.mediafire.com/?ddojxyjenym

The Earth laughs in flowers: http://www.mediafire.com/?tik11mggkkj

To sleep perchance to dream: http://www.mediafire.com/?umnyndywy0g

And... if you want to win a chance to WIN MY STORE, create a layout using any of todays freebie wordarts, post them in my gallery at Pretty Scrappy, and post the link to the layout in this post. When I get back on here in a few weeks, i'll choose one layout and the lucky scrapper will WIN MY STORE!!! I hope to see lots of entries when I come back.

I would also like to take this chance to thank you all for following Inspired Mommie Designs and for buying my products this past year. Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year!

HALLOWEEN BRAG BOOK FREEBIE #4

Well... another Friday has come upon us again... TGIF!!! I'm still sick. I just wish this darn cold/flu whatever it is will just go away. I've been trying to create some new wordart and I wanted to start a new kit this week but I just can't get the gusto to get at it. Maybe tomorrow. LOL.

Here is another brag book page for you all. Enjoy!

Click HERE to download todays brag book page.

HALLOWEEN BRAG BOOK FREEBIE #3

Gonna be a short one today... still sick. Not getting much better. Gonna rest today as long as the kids cooperate. Enjoy the freebie for today!

Click HERE to download todays freebie.

HALLOWEEN BRAG BOOK FREEBIE #2

Good Morning All. Hope you're having a great day today. I was up before 6:30 again today after very little sleep last night. Aiden is still very congested and is finding it hard to sleep, so.... Like all you moms out there know, if the kids don't sleep, neither does Mom. LOL.

Today i'm working on some calendars that i'm giving my family for Christmas. I bought the most beautiful set from Shabby Princess that I just love. I "put them together" yesterday and now I have to add the pics today and send them for printing. If you're ever looking for a great place to have your scrapbook pages, pictures, etc printed, check out ScrapbooksPlease.com. The prices are great and the quality is amazing. That's where i'm getting mine printed.

So...did you like the Brag Book Page from yesterday? Here is another one for ya. Enjoy!

Click HERE to download todays Brag Book Page freebie!

HARVEST SCARECROWS: New kit plus a new Brag Book freebie!

Happy Monday Morning to you all! Sorry I haven't been around this past week but i've been a little under the weather and so have the kiddos. I'm not back to 100% yet but i'm getting close. I hope you all had a very safe and happy haloween. Did you get out Trick or Treating? We didn't get out with the kids because they were sick but not many kids went out this year anyway due to the H1N1 virus going around. All the schools in our area sent out letters to parents and the community urging parents to keep their kids at home to help stop the spread of the virus. There have been almost 200 new cases in Calgary last week and I think there was 2 deaths attributed to the virus. Scary stuff. I'm taking Emma and Aiden to get vaccinated on Wednesday.

I guess that you know that Pretty Scrappy had been having some problems with the store this week. Well... due to the problems, the $1 and $2 sale has been extended until November 7th! So... that means that all my wordart is on sale for $1 each and all my kits are on sale for only $2! Click HERE to be redirected to the store.

I also have a new kit in the store today named HARVEST SCARECROWS! This kit has all the rich colors, textures and feeling of late fall. The beautiful color scheme of fiery orange, rich red, gorgous green and gold, yellows and brilliant royal blue will compliment your Autumn pictures beautifully. It is packed full of beautiful patterend papers, realistic elements that include paper flowers and the cutest scarecrows. Even though the kit has a definate Autum theme, it is still versatile to be used for many types of layouts.

Included in this kit:

10 textured and patterned papers,

1 set of alphas,

1 brad,

1 bundle of branches,

6 buttons (recolored)

3 frames,

1 journal tag,

3 leaves,

1 sparkle swirl,

2 staples,

1 stems,

2 stitches,

2 strings,

1 tag with staple,

2 bows,

6 flowers,

1 ribbons,

5 scarecrows.

And guess what? It's on sale this week for only $2 as part of the $2 sale! Click HERE to be redirected to the store.

Because i've been under the weather, I haven't been keeping up with my wordart freebies. Hopefully over the next few days i'll get the chance to get some new ones made for you but, in the meanwhile, how about a cute little Halloween Brag Book Page? You like? I have a new one for each day thisa week so make sure you check back each day to snag your page. Enjoy!

Click HERE to download todays Brag Book Page freebie!

MEMORIES: New wordart freebie plus halloween pics

Hi! Hope you're all having a great day! I'm enjoying some quiet time while the kids are watching a movie. I've gotta take advantage of the quiet time while I can get it. LOL. As promised, here are some pics of the kids in their halloween costumes. I just love how they turned out. Does anyone here use Picnik to edit your photos? I love Picnik and have been using it now for about 2 years. It's a great way to add something special to your photos. To get the effect used on these pics I used the effect named Cinema Scope and the a matte vignette in white. I just love the magical feel it gives the pics. What do you think?

So... that brings us to todays wordart freebie! This was a request from Calleigh. Enjoy!

Click HERE to download todays freebie!

CLUSTER WORDART

Well... it's another dreary Monday morning in my neck of the world. I was awoken at 6:15 this morning to the sounds of howling winds and rain beating against my window. YUCK!!! Aiden was so freaked out by the noise that he refused to go back to sleep. He's been doing so well this last week and now i'm afraid that this has thrown him off again. Oh well.

I've been feeling under the weather the past week or so. I'm still not fully recovered yet but I am feeling better. I had some time yesterday to catch up on some emails and some design work. The hubby took control of the kids and kept them busy for most of the day so I could have some quiet time. Love you Hubby!

On Saturday I made a trip to Walmart to get Halloween costumes for the kids. Emma is going to be a fairy princess. She has a beautiful little dress with a crown, a septor, earrings and a ring. Aiden was supposed to be a pirate but I couldn't find a costume to fit, so he's now a panda bear. So cute. Later today i'm going to dress them up in their costumes and try to get some pictures taken to send home to the family. If that works out, i'll try and get them posted tomorrow or the next day.

Todays wordart request was from my buddy Lauren. She wanted a cluster to use on her halloween layout. I hope you like it. Enjoy!

Click HERE to download todays freebie!

1$ and 2$ SALE AT PRETTY SCRAPPY

WHAT AN AWESOME SALE!!! All this weekend Pretty Scrappy is having a $1 and $2 sale. You know what that means.... awesome deals on Inspired Mommie Designs products. From Fridays to midnight Sunday night, you can get ALL of my wordart packs for only $1 each. You can also get ALL of my kits for only $2 each.

So.... hurry on over to the store and buy, buy, buy!!! Click HERE to be redirected to Pretty Scrappy.

ANOTHER WITCHIE POOH!

This is gonna be a quickie today! Got lots to do and only a few hours to do it in. LOL. Here is a new wordart freebie for ya! Enjoy!

Click HERE to download todays wordart freebie!

MONDAY MORNING MADNESS: Plus a new wordart freebie!

Hi All! Hope ya had a great weekend! Mine was quiet. Didn't do much except clean, organize, and spend time with the family. The weather was sucky so we stayed inside most of the weekend. It's supposed to be rainy, foggy, and yucky for the next few days too. I wanted to get the kids out for a few walks before the weather turned cold again but not with rain. Ain't gonna happen! LOL!

Saturday morning I spent most of it upstairs in the kids rooms going through their clothes. I was boxing up what they'd outgrown and what they'd worn this summer. There's a local kids consignment store here that i'm going to take it too and see if it can sell. If not, i'll probally post it online. I've got a huge box belonging to Emma and one almost equally as big for Aiden. When the kids nap today, I have to go downstairs to the basement and go through some more clothes that I have down there. I also have to get through their toys and baby stuff this week to get that ready to sell too. It's just taking up space in my house so it's time to go. I have a toddler bed, 2 mattresses that fit both a crib and toddler bed, a diaper genie, several mobiles and crib stuff, LOTS of toys (which i'll be donating to our local Childrens Hospital), 2 kids rockers, plus a big box of stuff that i'm not sure what it contains.

For the rest of this week i'll also be going through cabinets, drawers, boxes and bins to see what needs to be thrown to the garbage, what to keep, what to donate, and what to sell. Every year before Christmas I do this to get rid of some of the junk we've accumulated over the year. We've been in our house now for almost a year so it's time.

Yesterday while the kids napped, the Hubby and I got to watch a movie. It was great to have some alone time with him. We don't get enough of that. He cooked us a great supper, we gave the kids baths, watched the Simpsons Halloween episode and got the kids to bed. Hey... can you believe that the Simpsons have been on the air for 20 years. I remember the forst time I saw the show. Boy... do I feel old. LOL.

In between all the organizing madness, I hope to get a little designing done this week. I'm working on a few new goodies that I'm sure you'll love.

So... with all else being said and done, here is todays wordart freebie! Enjoy!

Click HERE to download todays wordart freebie.

NEW RELEASE: Trick Or Treat!

It's that time of year again, when ghosts, witches and vampires alike, all come knocking on your door looking for treats! Scrap all your Halloween adventures and more this great kit! Traditional Halloween colors, great embellishments, and fun patterns will make this the Halloween kit you reach for again and again!

Included in this kit:
10 solid, textured and patterned papers, 2 bows, 1 cauldron, 2 flairs, 2 flowers, 2 frames, 1 witches hat, 3 leaves, 1 moon, 2 pumpkins, 1 pumpkin bag, 1 ribbon, 2 ricrac, 1 staple, 1 set of stitches, 1 journal tag, 2 ticket stubs, 1 vampire, 1 ghost, 1 witch, 2 wordart.

You can fill up your Tick or Treating bag at my Pretty Scrappy store will this spooky kit for 25% off. Click HERE to be redirected to my store. Check out the preview below.

Here are some layouts by my awesome CT! I have a few new members this week and some of they're layouts are here too. I'll be doing a formal introduction next week. I think we're going to see some great things from my CT in the future! Way to go Girlies! You Rock!

So... here is todays wordart freebie! All of the Halloween wordart I've given this week and last will all work perfectly with my new kit! Enjoy!

Click HERE to download todays freebie!

BEWARE

Hi! Hope you're having a great morning. Mine is pretty uneventful so far. I just got the kids their breakfast and now they're watching a movie. It's so funny because it isn't even halloween yet and the kids are watching a christmas movie. LOL. Whatever keeps them happy and quiet! LOL.

Has anyone watched the new show "Eastwick"? It was on last night and i've gotta say, i've been watching it since it started and it's really good. It's based on the movie The Witches of Eastwick. And... for those of you like me who are HUGE Twilight fans, Jack Huston who plays Royce King in Eclipse is on it. He's a hottie! Don't like his character in Eclipse but definately crushing on him. That accent is to die for. I always was a sucker for a sexy accent. LOL.

I can't wait until tonight... VAMPIRE DIARIES and Flash Forward! 2 of my newest favorite shows! Stefan "reveals" himself to Elena tonight. Who has read the books? I've read them 3 times now and love them. I am totally happy about the casting of both Stefan and Damon. When I was redaing the books, I was actually picturing Ian Somerhalder as Damon. Freaky hey?

Well... gotta run and get some housework finished. Gotta vacuum and sweep the main level, then unload the diswasher and get things organized for supper. Here is another halloween wordart. Enjoy!

Click HERE to download todays freebie.

It's My Anniversary today! Plus a new wordart freebie.

9 years ago today, in a small town in Newfoundland, in an even smaller church, I married my best friend! It was a beautiful sunny day with clear blue skies and the temperature was 22 degrees. It was a perfect day for an Autumn wedding. I can't believe that it's been 9 years! WOW! Where does the time go. Here are a few pics from my special day!

Heres another halloweeney wordart. Enjoy.

Click HERE to download todays freebie.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN... new wordart.

We had a big dinner yesterday and it was yummy! Turkey, veggies, stuffing, cranberries.. oh yum! After we ate dinner, I put the kids down for their naps and me and my Bro went to the mall to do a little shopping. Everytime he comes to visit he buys the kids something new so we headed out to Toys R'Us to find something. With Emma and Aiden it's best to buy them something similar or exactly alike so they don't fight over it. We found the perfect thing for them... plush chairs! They're so adorable too. Emma has a pink Disney Princess chair because she's all about the Princess stuff. Aiden has a red Disney Cars chair with Steve McQueen on it. They love their chairs and spent all evening playing with them. Emma even wanted to take hers to bed. So cute.

My brother is leaving to go back today at around 10:30. The kids are going to be so sad that he's leaving. Hopefully he'll get back to visit soon. It was so great to have him here and i'll miss him too. Sniff, sniff, sniff.

I plan on spending the rest of the day cleaning up and playing with the kids and if time permits, i'll try and fit in a little designing too.

Here is another Halloween wordart. Enjoy!

Click HERE to download todays freebie!

HAPPY HAUNTING!!!

Hope you all had a great weekend. Today is a holiday for most of us in Canada. It's our Thanksgiving so from me to all of you.... Happy Thanksgiving. In a few hours we'll be having a huge dinner which consists of turkey and stuffing, cranberries, veggies and for desert we're having chocolate cupcakes with rainbow sprinkles. YUM-O! We don't eat pumpkin pie in my house... we don't like it so we figured that cupcakes were a good substitute. LOL.

My brother is here to celebrate the holiday with us and I am so happy to see him. The kids went crazy when he got here. Emma loves her Uncey Ellen (his name is Eldon). So cute! We're going to do a little shopping after we eat dinner, just him and I. It's been a while since we spent any time together so my wonderful Hubby is going to take care of the kids so I can spend the day with my bro! Great Hubby I got there! lol.

Every Thanksgiving as we eat our dinner we talk about what we are thankful for in our lives. This year I am most thankful for a loving and healthy family. They are my life and I love them very much. I am thankful to live in a free country where I can be whoever I want to be and not be persecuted for my beliefs. I am also thankful for all of my friends out in Digi-land!!!!! You all rock and you know it... lol.

I also wanted to let you all know that i'm having a CT Call! Read my little "flyer" and if you're interested, send me an email to inspiredmommie@gmail.com with the info requested. I can't wait to hear from you!

I know that Halloween is still a few weeks away, but I have a cute wordart for y'all today. I wanted to have a Thanksgiving one but I didn't get a chance. Maybe later. I hope you like this one. Enjoy!

Click HERE to download todays freebie!

BLOGWEAR WINNERS! Yes... I said winners!

Hi All. Thanks for leaving your comments and taking part in my Blogwear contest. I've decided to have 2 winners instead of one! Yay! Here they are:

1: Gina
2: Amie Lambert-Gaudet

CONGRATULATIONS LADIES!!! Please send me an email with your contact info and i'll send you the links to your new Inspired Mommie Designs Blogwear Set.

I also wanted to let you all know that i'm having a huge sale on all of my wordart this weekend... 50% OFF ALL WORDART! Discount will be reflected in your cart at the time of checkout.

*** Sale ends Midnight on Sunday, October 11th!

CT CALL