CHALLENGE Monday Aug 31

Welcome to Monday! The LAST Monday in August! This summer has gone by way to quickly, and now we're all gearing up for school to start!

Here's your challenge today!

Create a LO (or altered item) using the name of a person in the title!

Easy Peasy right??

Here's what your sisters created this week!

Helen

SUSAN This one was created using Sketch 71 from Triple The Sketch and yummy SHIMMERZ!
CARLA
DEANNE

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There are three ways you can enter your project to be considered for our monthly draw prize from our sponsor.

1. Post a direct link to your layout in the comment section.

2. Send in your layout to Sisterhood of Scrap before the end of the month. Please make sure you use the link above, or put "August 31" in the subject line. This makes it so much easier for us to filter our emails and ensures that we don't miss your submission.

3. OR post it in our Sisterhood of Scrap Gallery(you will need to be registered)

Our sponsor this month is The Cutting Cafe . They will be sending out 3 sets of stamps to a winner randomly chosen by us!

Also, if you noticed above, the design team has also been given a couple of sets to work with and will be displaying them in our monthly challenges this month.

SISTER Sunday

Well, it's time to introduce you to our SEPTEMBER design team member!!
Her name is Lois Sokolan -aka katesmum- amd she lives in Squamish, between Whistler and Vancouver.

Tell us about your family:
Let’s see now…I have lived in Squamish all of my life so far. I am a mother to 4…two steps and two originals…and grandmother to four grandkids….one of which is borrowed but that’s a whole other story! There is another one on its way in September – they will be living here for a few months so I will be able to get lots of new baby pictures! I am enjoying my life … and being able to do mostly what I want after working for close to 22 years and missing much too much in the way of raising a family. I was a single mum for a lot of that time so there wasn’t much time for play after work and taking care of all the mundane chores around the house.

Who/What inspired you to start scrapbooking?
I have always loved crafts but with not too much time and not much of a focus on what to do, I just dabbled in things like ceramics, sewing, porcelain doll making and tracking family trees. I have always liked working with my hands and taking pictures so when my daughter Kate showed me a recipe album one day and started talking about scrapbooking I started thinking maybe I’d take a look at what she was talking about. Wow…was I surprised at what was out there! The baby album I made her looked so plain…so unenthusiastic…so BORING! I think that was probably 5 years ago and I haven’t looked back since…it relaxes me…gives me a creative outlet while getting my earlier life in order – well the photos anyway and unlike ceramics & sewing I don’t feel like throwing anything away after I’m finished because I’m sick of it!

Does anyone in your family also scrap?
My daughter, Kate and now that I have my son’s girlfriend living here, she has started… I also got my sister going. One of my cousins is a cardmaker and sells her work but I haven’t seen it!

What size do you normally scrap?
I started out with 8-1/2 x 11 and couldn’t understand how anyone would want to make such huge pages… till I tried it and saw how much more creative more space was! Now it’s 12 x 12 and mini-books of all sizes.

What is your favourite colour scheme?
I used to think my favourite color was blue…but have found that I have painted my whole house in various shades of green…and that my yard is all shades of greenery so now I am sure my favourite color is green! Green and blue both seem to go with just about everything... other than that I don’t really have a color scheme, I like to use everything although I don’t much like the shiny papers and embellishments.

How many hours a week do you scrap?
Sometimes I could say most of them!!! But, lately there has been a lot going on in the house so I’m down to about 20 hours… some of that is cleaning my work area because I am pretty messy when I’m scrapping.

What is one thing you always find yourself reaching for when creating a layout?
The first thing is my ‘close up’ glasses… then the tweezers! One to see with and one to pick up those teeny weeny things! I love my tweezers…and my 1.5 times glasses from the drugstore! What I can’t pick up or see really matters to me! I am also lost without my favourite glue which is Scotch quick dry tacky adhesive and my sticky tabs and double-sided tape. For mini books you can’t beat rubber cement... cheap and rubs off without wrecking anything if you get it on the wrong place!

Describe your scrapping style in just three words.
Only three!! Well, let’s see…hmmm… Not minimal… how about…. I just don’t think I have a style because it changes all the time… I do however like a lot of photos and try to have them stand out more than the ‘pretty pages’ do!

Thanks Lois!!! We're so happy to have you here as our sister!!!

Make sure you get your AUGUST challenges in!!!

There are digi stamps available to be won this month from The Cutting Cafe!!!
Here are the links to the August challenges:
CHALLENGE Monday-August 3
CHALLENGE Monday -August 10
CHALLENGE Monday-August 17
CHALLENGE Monday -August 24

and there's one more coming up on Monday August 31st!

Have you visited our FORUM???

It's right HERE!!!!

That's where all the action is lately!!! Please visit us and join up! It's easy to register!!!


We are in the process of planning a CROP for SEPTEMBER!!!

CHALLENGE Monday - August 24

Time for another scrapping challenge!

Create a layout or card using inspiration from a piece of clothing.


Here's Helen's layout. She scrapped about clothing. Love the colors she used!

I took inspiration from my niece's shirt. My new Basic Grey pp went perfectly with these colors.

Here's my layout:

Here's Deanne's t-shirt that she used as inspiration...
and her layout

Here is Susan's
She used inspiration from her daughter's shirt in the photo. Here's the closeup of the stitching that inspired the doodling.

And here's the LO.

There are three ways you can enter your project to be considered for our monthly draw prize from our sponsor.

1. Post a direct link to your layout in the comment section.

2. Send in your layout to Sisterhood of Scrap before the end of the month. Please make sure you use the link above, or put "August 24" in the subject line. This makes it so much easier for us to filter our emails and ensures that we don't miss your submission.

3. OR post it in our Sisterhood of Scrap gallery (you will need to be registered)


Our sponsor this month is the Cutting Cafe . They will be sending out 3 sets of stamps to a winner randomly chosen by us!

Also, if you noticed above, the design team has also been given a couple of sets to work with and will be displaying them in our monthly challenges this month.

SISTER Sunday - August 24th

Some of Helen's favorites!


Favorite Snack: Doritos: any flavour, any size, anytime!

Favorite Drink: Chai Tea Misto with a pump of vanilla and a sprinkle of cinnamon dolce!

Favorite Paper: My favourite today is Basic Grey Lime Rickey! My other favorites now are vintage looking pp.

Favorite Technique: Distressing

Favorite Embellishment: My floss and brads.

Favorite Scrap Tool: My curved scissors and my hole poker thing!

Favorite Adhesive: Tombo: Mono Multi Liquid Glue! LOVE IT for everything!!

CHALLENGE Monday Aug 17

Hi everyone!!!

Well, summer is dwindling down.In Newfoundland you can feel the fall "nip" in the air already. Brrrr...but it's great for drying clothes on the line!!!

Here is today's challenge...

CREATE A LAYOUT or CARD about FOOD! Easy as PIE!!! hehe!

Here's Helen's LO

Here's Carla's LOHere's my LO

Here's Susan's


There are three ways you can enter your project to be considered for our monthly draw prize from our sponsor.

1. Post a direct link to your layout in the comment section.

2. Send in your layout to Sisterhood of Scrap before the end of the month. Please make sure you use the link above, or put "August 17" in the subject line. This makes it so much easier for us to filter our emails and ensures that we don't miss your submission.

3. OR post it in our Sisterhood of Scrap gallery (you will need to be registered)


Our sponsor this month is the Cutting Cafe . They will be sending out 3 sets of stamps to a winner randomly chosen by us!

Also, if you noticed above, the design team has also been given a couple of sets to work with and will be displaying them in our monthly challenges this month.

SISTER Sunday - August 16th

Tell us about your favorite layout you have ever completed?
My favorite layout is one I did of my Mom, my sister and myself from when we were younger. I am not a “pink” kind of girl, but I love the Bo-Bunny Allissa pp I used and I love how everything came together.

What do you love the most about scrapping? I love the organizing of scrapbooking! Yes, a bit O-C here…. But I do enjoy organizing the layout and getting everything ready before I paste it down.

What do you dislike the most about scrapbooking? Dead people buttons! I have this thing for bulk buttons people can buy at fabric stores and such and they use them on their scrapbooking pages. Freaks me out!! I did a l/o about this because all my friends laugh at me about this. I use only Doodlebug package buttons, and then not too often.

What topic do you find the most difficult to scrap? The only thing I find difficult to scrap is wedding pictures / layouts.

Have you ever taught a scrapbooking class? Not yet.

Have you ever been published? Not yet, but maybe one day.

What type of camera do you use? I now own a new Nikon D60 that my eldest son bought me for my birthday! I love it!! What a surprise this was as he does have my husband’s Scottish blood!

What would be your perfect day? My perfect day would be lying on the beach in St. Lucia with all my scrapbook magazines around me, and hunting for inspiration while relaxing.

I can't imagine my life without ... My family of course! (and then maybe Chai Tea from Starbuck’s on a Friday night crop!)

CHALLENGE Monday Aug 10

Here's Helen's challenge this week!!!

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Did you know that today is National Lazy Day!! Lazy Day is your chance to goof off, and definitely not work. And, it definitely comes at a good time. Hot, muggy weather today in Southern Ontario makes it easy to kick back and be lazy for a day. If summer chores are not done by now, they can just wait one more day. It is best spent on a hammock, along with your favorite summer beverage.

Today's challenge is to create a layout of what your ideal lazy day would be!

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Here's Helen's LO:

...Deanne's LO

...Carla's LO

Susan

There are three ways you can enter your project to be considered for our monthly draw prize from our sponsor.

1. Post a direct link to your layout in the comment section.

2. Send in your layout to Sisterhood of Scrap before the end of the month. Please make sure you use the link above, or put "August 10" in the subject line. This makes it so much easier for us to filter our emails and ensures that we don't miss your submission.

3. OR post it in our Sisterhood of Scrap gallery (you will need to be registered)


Our sponsor this month is the Cutting Cafe . They will be sending out 3 sets of stamps to a winner randomly chosen by us!

Also, if you noticed above, the design team has also been given a couple of sets to work with and will be displaying them in all of our monthly challenges this month.

Monthly Sponsor - August

We have another fabulous sponsor for August!!

Regina, the owner of The Cutting Cafe has donated 3 of her stamping kits to one lucky winner!!

All you have to do to be entered into the draw is complete at least one of our Monday challenges for this month.

I asked Regina to tell us a little about her site and here's what she shared!

"Hello my name is Regina Easter. I have 4 wonderful children and an awesome supportive husband. I have for as long as I can remember loved all the aspects of creating things with paper and drawing. So it was only fitting that I decided to open up The Cutting Cafe' and I am loving every bit of this new venture.

The Cutting Cafe' offers affordable Printable Stamps and Cutting Files. The Cutting Files which are basically just like templates are files that you Print out using your home printer, Cut, Assemble and then Embellish.....Very Easy.....The Cutting Files also come in the format where you can cut out the files using some of the latest Machine Cutters like the Pazzles Inspiration, Bosskut Gazelle and Cricut (with Scal software). The Printable Stamps are just that, images that are sent to you through email that you print out using your home printer. After the images are printed out, you can just color them in like you would any other stamped imaged...One great thing about the Printable Stamps and Cutting Files is that you no longer have to worry about finding space to store all of your stamps....You can keep them all in a folder in your computer and use over and over again."

I think this is a pretty neat concept and we are so excited to have The Cutting Cafe as our sponsor this month.

The Design Team will be using stamps from this site all throughout the month of August! So you will be able to see just how versitle they are!

The first Monday challenge to be posted soon and there's 4 more this month!!

Happy Scrapping!