Wowsers!!!!

Well.. I submitted this layout to Frosted Designs,



and guess what???

It was picked as one of the Top 3 yesterday!!!

Thanks so much to Barb and the girls!!! Love the inspiration, and love the new sketches!! WTG!!!

{{HUGS}}

Helen

January will be Jumping at SOS!!

Come on over and join me and the girls at Sisterhood of Scrap (SOS)! This is a great place to hang out, meet other like-minded crafters, and have a good time!! January happenings at SOS:

*We are going to be having a photo challenge by our esteemed photographer Sonya!! (Can't wait foir this one!).
*Maggi is going to present a PhotoShop Elements (PSE) Challenge along with some tuts!!
*Colleen, our culinary queen, is going to host a Recipe Challenge of sorts!!
*We are going to be presenting a "Sister Blog" of the month!! Not telling you who the first one will be 'cause I don't know!
*We are going to be having a one-hour crop on January 23d hosted by Helen!
*We are going to be holding a "January White Sale" Contest (that will be flipping amazing!) wth a prize to be won.
*And there will be a few other things too, but I can't tell you yet...
Come on over and join in!! Looking forward to seeing you over there soon!!

Merry Christmas!!

Just wanted to tell everyone
Merry Christmas
and
The Best for 2011!!!



{{Hugs}}
Helen

Just a couple....

... of layouts I did today for some challenges at Sisterhood of Scrap!

Go check them out!!!




Thanks for taking a peek!

{{HUGS}}
Helen

If you haven't checked out this challenge at Crop Suey... you just need too!!
Mia wants us to show her layouts about the most important thing in our lives... FAMILY!! Thanks Mia for the challenge and the DT rocked their layouts!!

Here is one of mine about "Family".



Thanks for stopping by!!

{{HUGS}}
Helen

"Let It Snow"

Lovin' this layout of my ds catching snowflakes!! He was about 8 years old, and couldn't believe the size of the snowflakes falling down. He had never seen snow until that year, as we had been living in Egypt. He was amazed!!! He still does not do up his jacket!!!

Tags!!!

Hi Everyone!! Thought I would share a few tags I made for Christmas for the kids!!
Check out this awesome contest over at "Swirlydoos" blog!!!

December is Here!

I can not believe it is December 4th today! I had such great intentions of blogging earlier, but you know how it is.... Never Enough Time!!

I thought I would share a few of the layouts I have made over the past couple of weeks!!

This one is of our dear lab "Ben". He was such a sweetie and we miss him terribly!!



This next layout is one of my fav's from the past while!!! My youngest DS... then and now!!


And one more... attitude galore!!!



Thanks for taking a quick peek! I am off to create some more!!
Later...

{{HUGS}}

Helen

Winner of some Blog Candy is....

... by Random Pick from the Hat by my DS is....

MAGGI!!!!!!!!! Congrats Maggi!! i will be sending you out
a little something on Monday!

Thanks to you all for the great comments....
I am off to check all yours now!!

Have a great evening!!

{{HUGS}}

Helen

"My Perfect Day"

This layout was created by the sketch of Jean Marie's over at Sisterhood of Scrap for Saturday Sketches, November 20th! Don;t you just love her sketches???






Here is mine... my perfect day!!!



Thanks for taking a peek!

{{HUGS}}

Helen

PS... BTW.... I will be giving some blog candy to someone who leaves a comment! You have until Saturday at 7pm EST November 27th to leave one!!!!

SOS Sketch Saturday November 13th

Hello all.... you have to just adore this sketch of Jean Maries over at Sisterhood of Scrap!!

Here is my interpretaion!! Thanks Jean Marie!!!


... and I loved it so much, I did another one!!


Make sure you head over to SOS and check out the awesome challenges going on this month!

Thanks for taking a peek!!
{{HUGS}}

Helen

Crop Suey....

Mia has a wonderful recipe at Crop Suey this month!!!
Mia challenged us to use at least 3 out of the following 5 items on your scrappy project/layout/card or whatever you choose to do!

*white cardstock
*buttons
*stamp
*ink/mist/paint
*distressing

For my layout... which is one of my youngest ds, being all grumpy.... I used white cardstock, buttons, ink, and mist! Enjoy!!

"Then & Now"

It is so hard to believe that my 16 year old son has grown up so fast right before my eyes!!! This layout was created using Jean Marie's sketch at Sisterhood of Scrap! http://www.sisterhoodofscrap.com/sketch-saturday-f63/sketch-saturday-nov-6-t6705.htm">


Here is my layout of my youngest... then and now!

Sunflowers!

Don't you just love how sunflowers always look so happy?
This is probably why they are my favorite flower ever!
Here are a couple of "happy" scrappy pages I did, just for fun!!

My Bro!

When I was in Medicine Hat the end of September visiting family, my dear brother took me to the racetrack... his passion! He showed me his 1968 Barracuda, and actually raced too! I was so proud of him!!! Love ya Gary!!

PJ Party at SOS!!!!

You haven't been to a Pajama Party that's been as FUN as this one promises to be :-) Colleen and Helen have been BUSY preparing for this weekend's festivities. Come in your pajamas -- don't forget to post a pic! LOL!

We're scrappin', sharing techniques, watching a movie, and having a ton of fun! We're finishing up the crop with our One-Hour challenge -- you don't wanna miss this one! Lots of prizes to be won!

Starts Friday, October 15th at 3pm EST and will end Saturday October 16th at 10pm EST.

Join us in the forum, and bring along a friend!

http://www.sisterhoodofscrap.com

HOPE

This past month has been a busy one! My Mom was diagnosed with cancer and I ws in Alberta the end of September for her and for my nieces wedding. My scrapping has been on hold but I am back at it!!

This layout is dedicated to Mom, who starts her radiation for lung cancer next week.
I know she will do fine, she is a fighter and is a strong women.




Have a great day!!!

1975 Honda moped

I am not sure the heck my ds is thinking about... he is moving out in a couple of weeks, and has bought a 1975 Honda Moped to get around on! I am not sure what the heck he will do in the winter.. but that is his problem!!!

Here is my layout to remember this special gift to himself!!!

This layout was so fun to do, and was based on Lois's sketch at Sisterhood of Scrap. I also incorporated the challenge at All About Me challenge blog!

Here it is.... My un-FORGET-able birthday....



The journalling reads....

my un-forgetable- birthday...
was my 50th that my family forgot! Yes ... they did. So, I went out and bought myself my gold diamond and saphhire bracelet I've wanted for years... and in fact, I bought 2! I couldn't deceide between the gold and the white gold one, so I bought them both. I also happened to spot this gorgeous ring to match... so I bought that too! My husband still doesn't know to this day I did this... serves him right! Happy 50th Helen!

Thanks for taking a peek!

{{HUGS}}

Helen

CCAYR

You HAVE to check out what the DT did with the awesome challenge at "Christmas Cards All Year Round"

The challenge this month is to make cards with snowflakes on them! What a hoot, especially becuase today is hot, hot, hot!!!

Here are a couple of the ones I made for this:




Happy Scrappin!

Helen