FYI.... $ does NOT grow on trees George!!

My ds now has 6, yes that's right, 6 bikes lined up in our garage! I guess is is trying to get one to match all his shoes! Notice his t-shirt... the finger is pointing to his latest baby!!

JUMP

This was a l/o I created for 52 weeks/ 52 sketches #35! Love GA's underwear swimsuit!!

Ultimate ABC Challenge

This l/o was created from a challenge at "My Sketch World". It was an ABC challenge and I used everything except Q and A! It was so fun to do, and I must say, I was adorable at 3!!

First Day of High School!!!!

Well, my baby is off to high school! Not even any tears fromn Mom!! He is so excited to start and has had his attire picked out for 2 weeks.... (Layout later about this...)

SOS On-Line Crop

Check out the on-line crop at Sisterhoood of Scrap for September 18-20.
Lots of cool back to school challenges, and lots of great inspiration from a great groups of sisters! Don't forget to mark your calendars, and check it out! See you then!

Too Cute!

This l/o is of my ds having a bad time of it getting his passport picture done while in Cairo! What a grump!!

My Diva!

Diva's don't always need to be girls... just ask my son!

Over at SOS, this Monday's challenge was to do a l/o inspired by a piece of clothing... Well, my ds did a photo shoot with a buddie, and I love the colors in the photo, so I thought I would scrap this! I made the overlay all by myself... I traced a shape on a transparency, inked the edges with a small flourish stamp, cut it out, and voila!!

Basic Grey Blog Candy!

Check out this site for some awesome blog cnady and soon to be awesome challenges!
basicgreatchallenges.blogsport.com

This was from back in the day, where we were waiting anxiously to open presents!
Looking back at this, I hope my 2 sons realize how spoiled rotten they are with the "LOADS" of stuff they get!

Lovin' this one of Stuart being a typical 14 3/4 year old teenager at our soccer pool party!

some random layouts for August....

This was me at 3ish, riding my new bike! I wonder what ever happened to it???

Sisterhood of Scrap

This week's challenge was for the DT to come up with a l/o inspired by food. I had this awesome photo from Cairo of a cart olding bananas sitting in front of a clay medallion shop, and I couldn't resist!

Inspired Blueprints

I love the inspiration I get from the sketches at Inspired Blueprints! They have a new sketch on the 1st and 15th of every month... Here are my 2 for August, the last layouts I need to do for my son's graduation.

MIA

It has been a very hectic week at home, and I thought I would have got the chance yesterday or today to catch up on my blog... but.... Stuart has developed some horrible looking hives, and I have been up with him this past 48 hrs! We just came back from ER as the hives were getting worse! He is now on a steroid for the next 5 days, and is sleeping at the moment! I will get to the blog later in the week... I am off for a much needed nap!

cool idea...

What a cool idea I had today after seeing a tutorial by Ingrid on SOS! Making your own pins! I ran out to Michael's a purchased a few things, and made this pin to attach to a l/o I was working on.... Cool or what!

bow-ties....

This l/o was submitted at Creative Scrappers weekly sketch challenge thread! Kristine's layout's rock! Here George is trying to teach Stuart how to assemble and put on his bow-tie that he wore for his grade 8 graduation! Brothers are so helpful.

"chaos"

Shopping at the local market in Cairo was a little more than chaotic! It was down-right frightful! But after being there for 5 years, you realize that it is actually organized confusion! Sometimes I miss it, but other times... not!

Ol' Skool

This l/o was done for the Sisterhood of Scrap Saturday layouts. I love Deanne's sketches at SOS, and this photo of my ds was fun to work with. He is always so colorful in his attire, and this works well with the colors I used!

SOS!!!

Oh my gosh.... I have been asked to be on the design team for Sisterhood of Scrap! Yipee!!! What a great group of people at SOS and I am so looking forward to the challenge! I am sooooo excited!! Thanks to all at SOS, and check out their site soon! www.sisterhoodofscrap.com

Back soon....

Cosmo Cricket

Lovin' this line "Girl Friday" from Cosmo Cricket! They have a contest on now to win a pack of their product. Check it out, I think it ends the end of the month.

Farmer's Tan

This l/o was for 52 Sketches 52 Weeks weekly challenge. Gotta love the farmer's tan on my ds. He is so proud of it! LOL!!

Summer of '62

Yes... I know some of you were not born yet!! This l/o was submitted for the August Design Team member contest at "Scrappin Mojo". I was so darn cute back in the day!! LOL!! It has been fun doing l/o's of me younger. As scrappers, we tend to scrapbook about our family and never about us! Take time out to scrap about yourself! Leave a comment with your link to your layout about yourself, and I will randonly draw a name for a RAK on August 5th!

CCC

Check out the CCC (Crazy Contest Corner) over at Co-ordinates Collection website.... www.coordinatescollection.com

This is a great site with cool contests, great layouts for inspiration and a great group of gals who forum regularly! Enjoy!!

Scrappin' Weekend

Well.... I have a challenge this next couple of days .... I have 6 layouts to do and want to have them all done by Sunday. I better get some scrappin' mojo or I'll never finish this! DH is going out of town for the next few days, and I am catching up. Stay tuned for some sur-prizes Sunday. (July 19)... Could be a RAK available too!!

July 11th

Hi Everyone!

Check out the following blog for a l/o I had posted for today!

http://sisterhoodofscrap.blogspot.com/

This is an amazing site and everone is so friendly! Makes you feel like you really do have sisters that care! Here is the l/o I sent for today! Back soon....

Happy....

Lovin' the Cosmo Cricket collection...
This l/o is of my sister and I a "few" years ago!

Grad Prep...

This l/o was done for "Sisterhood of Scrap" Monday Challenge (Awesome site BTW!!). This l/o is one of my ds getting ready for grad. He wore a red shirt, a black bow-tie, his "skinny" jeans, and his favorite kicks! No way was he going to wear a suit. He has his own ideas about what he wants and wearing a suit "just to conform to the norm" (his words) wasn't one of them! It has been a long time since I scrapped without pp and I missed it on this l/o....

Never Enough Time!!!!

Well... it has been one week since I did any scrapbooking or blogging! DH is on holidays and in my space!!! Stay tuned... I have 8 new l/o's I need to get done in the next week!
Stay tuned, I promise you won't be dissapointed!

Happy Scrappin'

Random layouts...

"The Look"

This l/o is of my youngest when he was little. Whenever I wanted a picture of him, he always gave me this look... at 14 he still does!

"CCC"

I won the "CCC" at Coordinates Collection for the month of June!! Yahoo!!
Check out their website for more details as to what "CCC" is!

Photo Shoot...

This l/o is of my eldest son.... A friend and him deceided to do a photo shoot of themselves a couple of weeks ago. What characters they are! Needless to say, the clothes are still lying on the floor in my son's room!

Crop Addict Winner

Hi All... this l/o won the "un-Holiday Contest" at Crop Addict. We had to do a l/o of a holiday using non-traditional papers. This l/o is of my sister, my eldest brother and I back in the day at Christmas! (Sorry Mike... you were not born yet!)

City of the Dead

While in Cairo, we visited the City of the Dead numerous times. The journaling says it all....

This l/o was for a challenge using white space. I found it rather challenging as I don't like leaving part of the page undone!

Just a l/o of me at 2 freezing after getting out of my new pool!

Camel Riding

This l/o is of me and my dh and friend Jan at the Giza Pyramids in Cairo, Egypt. No way I was getting on these flea infested animals.... but on the other hand, I did put on the camel jockey's flea infested head wrap! YUCK!!!

Flowers

This l/o is for 52 sketches 52 weeks challenge this week. It is pretty simple, but I do love the colors!

This was me at 1 year old! How adorable was I!! Love the old truck in the background, not sure if it was ours or not.

UN-holiday

This l/o was made for a challenge at Crop Addict. You need to scrap a holiday without using seasonal themed pp and stuff. I LOVE this l/o!

Last Night in Cairo

This l/o is for a contest I found using only Jillibean Soup pp. I really remember this last night we had in Cairo, before moving back to Canada... we spent the day at CAC hanging out with friends and saying goodbye! Uncle Mike was still with us at this time, and it was hard to say goodbye to him as well. He ended up staying in Cairo and met a wonderful girl! (Who is now his wife and mother to his adorable daughter!). I miss Cairo, and more importantly, I miss Mike!

Yipee!!!!

Yipee!!! Jamie at Coordinate Collections sent me an awesome prize package! She rocks! It is just amazing... thanks so much Jamie!.

Prize Package ....

I just rec'd my prize package from Kristine at Creative Scrappers! It is amazing! I can hardly wait to use it for another challenge l/o! Thanks a bunch Kristine... you ROCK!!

Another week....

Well, another week and I am a bit behind on my "scrappy" challenges. It had been a busy week with the boys.... homework, soccer, shopping, hanging out! Oh well... this is my life.

Time to get to my creative spot and spend the day playing! Later!!

Officially 50!

Yup!! Thursday saw the big 5-0! How freakin' depressing! I have the grey hair to show for it that's for sure! ... and the scary thing about getting older, is that I am sure starting to look like my Mother! (sorry Mom!!)

But to be honest, it is just a number and your age has nothing to do with your attitude!

Mon Fils.....

Hi There.... This l/o is for a new web site I found, "a La Carte". Check it out!
This l/o is of Stuart and I in Malta. He was such a character at 3! What a
stinker actually. Hasn't changed much at 14 come
to think of it!!

Oh My..... Another Winner!

Oh My!!! Another winner! I had entered this l/o on "Inspired Blueprints" site, and I won an awesome prize package from 3 Scrappy Boys! Do you believe it? I entered 5 contests last month, I won 4, and got 2 LOTD kudos!! Am I good or what! And to boot... it's my birthday! Happy Birthday to me!!

Now that I am 50, I can brag all I want!!

LOTD Winner for June 3d!!!

Over at Creative Scrappers, I was chosen for the Layout of The Day for June 3d!!!
What a hoot!!

Stuff from past blog....

If you want to take a peek at the original blog I started, but cannot get into now for some unknown reason... check it out here! Thanks.
http://helen-neverenoughtime.blogspot.com

I also won this!!!

I also had entered a contest at Coordinates Collection, and I won their random draw for the May Flower Contest> Wow.... two wins in one day.... better go buy a lotto ticket!

I WON!!!!

This l/o was picked as the winner at "Creative Scrappers" (see blinkie at side) for theor May l/o Sketch Contest! Yahoo! Kristine is sending me my prize! I am so excited!!! What a great way to start my BD week! Thanks to Kristine and Crative Scrappers!!

Almost there....

Well, my challenge was to do 5 l/o before this Friday, and already I have done 3! It helps that the weather here is so chilly. I don't feel guilty scrappin' instead of gardening. Time to check the sites for inspiration.
Happy scrappin'

"Happy"

This is my Favorite l/o that I have done recently! I layered stuff, ripped stuff, and rubbed-on stuff! I was so happy....

I absolutely LOVE this pp from my Sudio Calico kit! It works so well with the pic of me at 2 with my very first bike. We had this bike for year's, and all my siblings first rode it.... I wonder what ever happed to it?

"The Mailman"

All the time I was growing up, I was told that the mailman was my real Dad... guess what? He was!