Crop Suey Comment Winner!!!

Oh my gosh, I almost forgot about this!!!

Thanks to all of you who left wonderful comments on my "style" of scrapping.... you are all so kind!! So I put all the names in a hat and the winner for the comments left here and at Crop Suey is......



Jackie!!!!!


WTG Jackie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will send you a little something today!!!

{{HUGS}}

Helen

A Little Altered Something!!

Tabitha challenged us last Monday at Sisterhood of Scrap, to alter something!

I had this jewelry box insert lying about, and deceided to turn it into a wee shadow box for my scrappy space!!




The little box of scissors on the bottom right, was actually my Grandnma's and it does have the scissors in it!

The stamps were ones I have collected from the girls from SOS who have sent me stuff over the years!!

This was so fun to do!

If you want to alter a little something, do so, and then post it at Sisterhood of Scrap!!

{{HUGS}}

Helen

SOS is turning 4 Soon!!

The Sisters are turning 4 next week at the Sisterhood of Scrap and I thought I would throw a little surprise pre-birthday party for the gals!!!!

I am challenging them to do a l/o, card, ATC, Arch, or altered item for each letter of the month of April!

In one project use something on you project with the letter "A".
In the second project use the "P",
in the third use the "R",
in the fourth use "I",
and in the fifth use the "l".

That is a total if 5 projects!!

Come on over and join in the pre-birthday fun! The big Birthday Bash Crop starts April 8th with TONS of prizes from some pretty cool sponsers!!


For each one you do, I will enter your name into a draw for a surprise
from me! So that is 5 chances to win!

You have until midnight April 6th EST to upload to SOS!

It's Reveal Day!!!

....at Sketches: Creatively Yours!!!

Ali provided us with an awesome sketch to work with for this very first post as new DT members....



You really must go check out what all the DT members have done with this awesome sketch!! Here is mine of my ds doing what he does best!



Please stop over at Sketches: Creatively Yours and leave some love!!! Thanks Ali for the great inspiration!!

{{HUGS}}

Helen

DPB!!

Last night at Sisterhood of Scrap we had our monthly one hour crop, and I must say there were some awesome submissions for this!!

Kerri has been teasing me about my awersion to using DPB's for scrapping, so I thought I would make this layout in honour of that!!



For those of you who don't know, I really get freaked out with using buttons that are not made from a scrapping manufacture! You know the ones, they come off clothes from items people no longer wear, Dead People Buttions! There is a store here in town that has a 2X2X2 foot bin that is full of these!! It really does freak me out!!! Yucck!!! Anyways... this one is for you Kerri!!!

Sew Cool!

This layout was made for Carla's challenge this month
over at Sisterhood of Scrap!
Because march is National Quilt Month, we needed to make a layout representing this, as well as use stitching of sorts!

A couple of summers ago, my dear son and a couple of his friends bought a ton of stretchy orange and blue material to make t-shirts!! Now, you have to realize, these are 17 year old boys who have never sewed anything in their lives!! They spent the afternoon, cutting, sewing, and occasionally swearing but they did it!!!
Gotta love teenage boys!!!

I have a Surprise!!!

I am honoured to say that Ali has asked me to join her team at Sketches: Creatively Yours!! I am sooo excited as she is awesome to work with and her sketches rock!!!
April 1st is the kick off to a fun-filled 6 months working with Ali and all the other talented DT members she has!!!! Thanks Ali!!!!!!!!

Spring

Today is the last day of winter.. and that menas that SPRING is tomorrow!!!!!!!
I am so happy! Spring is my favorite season of all time! In honor of this, I made this layout!!
I am also using it for Tabitha's challenge at Sisterood of Scrap, and Mia's challegne at Crop Suey!



Thanks for taking a peek!

{{HUGS}}

Helen

The Sisterhood is Turning 4!!

The Sisters are having a birthday and you are all invited!!

That’s right, the Sisterhood of Scrap turns 4 in April and we would like to invite you to join in on our Birthday Bash week April 8 – 15.
We will be posting challenges and games all week for your chance to win prizes from our generous sponsors.

So mark your calendars, grab some cake, and come and join in on the fun!!

See you at The Sisterhood April 8th.

March Holiday Challenges at SOS!

If you haven't checked out the March Holiday Challenges at Sisterhood of Scrap, you really must!!! There are some awesome challenges and a prize for someone to win!!

Here are a couple I have done this past week!

First is Colleen's Challenge. Here is what she said
"First Day of Spring challenge to me says windy days, so that means something flying, I chose a kite but want to see what you come up with. Also green grass starts showing up so your layout should be mostly green and of course the animals like to get outside as well so throw in some kind of animal and you know me, it is going to have to have some flowers as well.

Have fun and think spring."

So here is mine... a layout of my dog when she gets into trouble!!!




Another awesome challenge was from Chris. Here is what she wants...
"March 11th is WORSHIP OF TOOLS DAY!
Well to celebrate this Day I want you to use your tools!!!!
USE your stamps, your inks, your border punches...as many as you can!!!!
You need to use a t least 5 different tools!".

Here is mine!!!




Go check out the Sisterhood for lots of inspiration this month!!
Thanks for taking a peek! I will post a few more later!!

{{HUGS}}

Helen

I am a Guest Designer at Crop Suey Today!! (and a prize)

I want to say a HUGE thanks to Mia at Crop Suey for asking me to be a guest designer there today! {{HUGS}} I am honoured!!!

I am also a bit PANICED!!!!!!! Yup... so much so, I created this layout just for her!!




I have been thinking about who I am in terms of my scrapping lately.
What style do I have?
What do I love to do best?
Where am I going to go with this obsession of mine?

I haven't many answers for these questions, but I can say... I am kind of all over the place with it!!! LOL!!!! I do love detail!! Like a freind of mine once said... "Life is in the details!". And because of Mia.. I am not afraid to mist!!! (Thanks Mia!!!).

So, you be the judge... what kind of scrapper do you see in me??








Leave a comment or two, and at the end of the month of March, I will pick a random winner for a prize package from me!!!

Thanks for stopping by and remember... stop over at Crop Suey and see what Mia has cooking for March!!

{{HUGS}}

Helen

My Grandma!

Pagemaps has an awesome sketch this month!! Go check it out!!
I used mostly Webster's pages for this challenge, and I must say, I am not a fuzzy cutter, so this was a challenge for sure!!!



Thanks for taking a peek!!

{{HUGS}}

Helen

Altered Tray!!!

Well... thanks to the gals at Scrap Your Stash, I have finally finished this tray for my hubby!! It was suppose to be for last Christmas, but he will get it for his birthday at the end of March!!
Also, this will fit in perfectly for the challenge over at Scrap That Chat!!

I'm on the Design Team!!!

The Learning Factory in Brantford, one of my favorite stores around here, had a DT call, I applied, and I made it!!! I love all the product in Joanne's store... all my faves... Graphic 45, Webster's Pages, October Afternoon, Echo Park, Prima, and many more!!!

I picked up my kit a couple of weeks ago, and it was filled with Basic Grey's Curio patterned papers, some Zva bling, Prima flowers, and some extra goodies!!

Here is what I made for this month! We could only use what was in the kit, and I must say.. that was a challenge!!!!!

This first layout was made using a lot of techniques I learnt from my good friend Maggi at Sisterhood of Scrap!




This next one is a double pager.. very simple but I think it turned out ok!
It has been years since I did a double pager!! Way too much real estate if you ask me!! LOL!



With the left over scraps and such, I made 5 note cards:







Also.. a bit of information.. Joanne has recently bought another LSS in Kitchener, and is definitly closer to me, and was already one of my faves... The Scrapping Bug. There is an on-line store at this one, it is Canadian, and has fantastic servies!! I know she is geting a ton of new stuff in too!!!

Anyhoo... thanks for stopping by and having a peek!!

{{HUGS}}

Helen

Frosted Designs Challenge

Good Morning!!

This week's challenge at Frosted Designs was to use metal on your layout.
This is a layout I did of my ds doing what he does best at 16!!
I wrapped wire around the photos, and also have a metal chain hanging from the side!




Thanks for taking a peek!

{{HUGS}}
Helen

NO Patterned Paper!!!!

You have got to be kidding???
With all the beautiful pp I have stashed I have had to make a layout using none of it! Oh, what a challenge this was!!

Sylvia's Challenge for February at Sisterhood of Scrap this month was to do a layout using no pp!

Here is what I came up with....



Thanks for taking a peek!

{{HUGS}}
Helen

WIN (What's Important Now)

This layout was done using this month's sketch at Pagemaps....



I also used it for a couple of challenges over at Sisterhood of Scrap this month!

Here it is...





Thanks for taking a peek!!

{{HUGS}}
Helen

Lindy's Challenge

Today I had the pleasure of working on Lindy's challenge from the February challenges at Sisterhood of Scrap.She had a sketch we could follow from Pagemaps, as well as having to add one of Maggi's challenges, PLUS paper tearing!!! And that wasn't all... after the layout we had to use the scraps to make a card!! Talk about making me work!!!
Thanks Lindy!!

Here is the sketch she posted....



I used some Jillibean Soup, Atomic Soup paper I have had, and it just felt right for doing this layout of my ds Stuart!!!



... and the card I made to send to his science teacher this past semester! She was awesome and Stuart LOVED science!! He even made the honor roll!!!




Thanks for taking a peek!

{{HUGS}}
Helen

Maggi's Challenge

For the month of February, Maggi has an amazing challenge at Sisterhood of Scrap, where she gave us 10 techniques, and we had to use at least 3 on a layout!!
I used all 10 and absolutley LOVE this layout!!! Thanks for the challenge Maggi!!!



Go check it out for some terrific inspiration from the gals at SOS!!

Thanks for taking a peek!

{{HUGS}}
Helen

I loved this challenge of Gail's at Sisterhood of Scrap. she wanted us to gain inspiration from one of her favorite paintings by AJ Casson entitled "Summer Sun".



I have discovered I am way to linear and visual! LOL!! Thanks Gail!!




Thanks for taking a peek!

{{HUGS}}
Helen