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Thursday, April 22, 2010

My Mom's Scrapbook....

My dear Mom turns 70 in a few weeks, and I have been working so hard trying to finish an album for her. Here are a few of the layouts I have done!






And the winner ............

.... of our first blog hop at Sisterhood of Scrap is STEPHANIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Way to go Stephanie! I just love the heart you stitched and the layout is awesome!
Thanks to all who played along and please check out the SOS blog.

Have a scrappy day!

Helen

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Sisterhood of Scrap Scrappy Spring Clean-up

Hello all!

Welcome to my part of the Sisterhood of Scrap "Scrappy Spring Clean-up Blog Hop and Crop". So glad you joined us.

If you did not arrive here from the Sisterhood of Scrap blog, please go back and check out the fun we have planned. EIGHT days of challenges to help you use up and clean up your scrappy stash. You won't want to miss this.



My challenge for you today is to dust off that sewing machine, and make a layout, card or altered item with some machine stitching on it.
You have until midnight, April 21st to complete and upload.


Here is my example.... I machine stitched around the edges of the base paper.




Here is what you are playing for...





Have fun with the challenges, and remember to check out the rest of the DT's challenges at SOS Blog.

Please leave a comment with your link to your wonderful creation and check out the SOS blog tomorrow for another awesome challenge!

Thanks, and have a creative day!

Helen

Friday, April 9, 2010

“Scrappy Spring Clean-up” Blog Hop & Crop

We're so glad to have you join us for our 3rd anniversary blog hop and crop! We're challenging you to clean up, and use up your scrappy supplies ......... so you can buy more, of course! LOL! We'll even help you get started on restocking your supplies by throwing in a few prizes along the way. How fun is that!?

Each day from now until April 16th, drop by our Sisterhood blog. We'll send you on a little HOP to one of our fabulous design team/moderator blogs. They'll have a challenge to share with you. Complete the challenge and link it up on the blog where it's posted. Each challenge will be due ONE week after it's posted.

You don't need to complete ALL the challenges, but the ones you do complete will get your name entered into THAT day's drawing.

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Now, for your FIRST challenge, hop over to Carla's blog! She's got some lovely ribbon up for grabs today!



Don't forget to check back at the Sisterhood Blog for tomorow's challenge!
I will be posting my challenge on April 14th!

But do check out the sisterhood blog tomorrow for a new challenge and another wonderful prize!!

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

SOS Blog Hop and Crop!!!

Sisterhood of Scrap is celebrating the 3rd anniversary of its’ SOS Blog, and to mark the occasion, is hosting a “Scrappy Spring Clean-up” Blog Hop & Crop!

That’s right- it’s a mixture of Blog Hop AND Crop!

Here’s how it’ll work! At the Blog Hop & Crop you’ll visit one SOS DT or Admin member’s blog per day from April 9-16th, and complete the fun Scrappy Spring Clean-up Challenge posted on that blog.

In total, you will receive 8 of these fun blog Challenges, one per day, each due 1 week from the date it was posted. Post a link to your creation on the blog where you received the Challenge and you’re eligible for RAKs and Prize draws! Easy Peasy!

Don’t miss it- the SOS Scrappy Spring Clean-up Blog Hop and Crop: April 9-16th. Start HERE. You’ll have a blast!