SISTER Sunday - October 4th

We are pleased to have Ingrid as our sister for the month of October.

Tell us about your family: I am married and we have 4 children, aged 9 ½, 8, 4 ½, and 1 ½. My parents live in Norway, and my husband’s family lives in Holland!

Who/What inspired you to start scrapbooking? I’m not actually sure…. I suddenly got interested somehow, and started surfing the net for inspiration! This was almost 4 years ago, and since then I have been hooked! I must admit that I have always enjoyed cutting and pasting and doing creative things.

Does anyone in your family also scrap? Yes, my sister-in-law.

What size do you normally scrap? 12x12

What is your favourite colour scheme? I love all colours! There are no colours I WON’T use.

How many hours a week do you scrap? Some weeks I find lots of time for scrapping, while other weeks are just too busy…

What is one thing you always find yourself reaching for when creating a layout? Glue

Describe your scrapping style in just three words. Colourful, messy, happy!

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Ingrid has some of her fabulous layotus in THIS gallery. You can see some of her cards and altered items HERE! Beautiful work, Ingrid!

We look forward to seeing more of Ingrid's work in the next few weeks!

SISTER Sunday - August 2nd

Please welcome Helen as our guest SISTER for August.

HELEN HOLLINGER

Tell us about your family: I have been married to my DH for 23 (almost 24) years who let’s me be creative without asking too many questions! (Like how much I spend on my obsession!!) I have 2 sons, ages 18 and 14 who are both wonderful young men… most of the time. I am currently a SAHM and love the opportunity to be such. I have a dog, Sasha, who thinks she is a lab, but she is really a 10 pound bichon!

Who/What inspired you to start scrapbooking? I started scrapbooking when both boys were born. At that time, I had basically bought albums at Blacks, put photos on the pages with those black photo corners, added a couple of those bubble sayings and that was that. I made my first true "scrapbook" album when my oldest son turned 13. I made a scrapbook entitled "Teen Wisdom" and away I went. I think my true inspiration to scrapbook came from my Mom. She made me a scrapbook when I was first born. It is 50 years old (yikes… did I just say that!) and I still look at it often…. My first haircut piece (no grey back then!), a list of how many candies I would get a Halloween, every card I received, and photos.

Does anyone in your family also scrap? No, just that album Mom made me so long ago!

What size do you normally scrap? 12 X 12" and I also love making mini albums of all sizes.

What is your favourite colour scheme? Black and White, with a bit of red thrown in.

How many hours a week do you scrap? Too many! Honestly, probably about 10-14 hours per week. But that includes blogging, and checking forums, etc.

What is one thing you always find yourself reaching for when creating a layout? I always reach for my Floss to stitch with.

Describe your scrapping style in just three words. Linear, clean, detail orientated (most of the time!).

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Why not look through Helen's blog - Never Enough Time. Isn't that the best title!?? I'm sure you'll find lots of inspiration :-)

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We'll be posting more about Helen throughout the month.

Stop by tomorrow for our first challenge for August. We'll also be drawing for the July sponsored prize.

SISTER Sunday - May 24th

Here's a little more about Jen :-)

Have you ever taught a scrapbooking class? I have taught a couple minibooks to friends of mine. Nothing I got paid for though.

Have you ever been published? Yes, I have been published in ScrapStreet magazing and Ready, Set, Create. Both of these are monthly e-zines. I have also been published on the Basic Grey website gallery.

What type of camera do you use? A Canon point and shoot, nothing fancy for me.

What would be your perfect day? Any day without laundry is a perfect day for me!

I can't imagine my life without .. my family.

SISTER SUNDAY - May 17th

Here are some of Jenn's FAVORITES :-)


Favorite Snack: chocolate

Favorite Drink: diet Dr. Pepper

Favorite Paper: Scenic Route and Basic Grey

Favorite Technique: sanding the edges of my papers with a fingernail file

Favorite Embellishment: Sakura StarDust pen and buttons

Favorite Scrap Tool: My Tim Holtz edge distressor and the cheapy fingernail files

Favorite Adhesive: My ATG gun

SISTER SUNDAY - May 3rd

Time to welcome a new sister to the Sisterhood of Scrap :-)

Jennifer Stockard

Tell us about your family: I have been married to my DH, Steve, for 11 years. We have an 8 year old daughter Kylie, 6 year old son Weston, 4 year old daughter Payton, and a little boy, Wade, that will be 2 on the 15th of this month. My dh is a podiatrist and I am a stay at home mom. I taught 8th grade science before decided to stay home after Weston was born. I have not taught school in almost 7 years.

Who/What inspired you to start scrapbooking? My mother in law gave me an album, papers, and supplies to get me started scrapbooking my wedding pictures for a shower gift in 1998. I had not "scrapbooked" before that. I had kept mementos and pictures though all through high school and college. I just didn’t know that was scrapbooking. I love the craft thought and am really grateful for those first official supplies I got in 1998.

Does anyone in your family also scrap? My mother in law and sister in laws scrap but no one is really into it as much as me.

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Take a stroll through Jenn's blog - Binding Memories, and at her online gallery. She has another here. Beautiful, bright colors!!

Look for more about Jenn during the coming weeks, and also her challenge tomorrow!

More about Jean

Tell us about your favorite layout you have ever completed? All my pages are special to me because they hold all my family's memories. This layout of my sister and myself is most definitely very close to my heart,There are very few photos of my sister and myself together as little girls. This is one of two photos of us together shortly after my birth. Makes its way dear and near to the top of my favorites.

How many hours a week do you scrap?As many as I can, if not scrapping my free time can be found in my craftroom working on one project or another.

What is one thing you always find yourself reaching for when creating a layout? lately it has been flowers,rub-ons and rhinestones. Though I do like stitching somewhere on my layout,real or faux.

What do you love the most about scrapping? The creative outlet that it brings... it is my getaway from the everyday stress that life can bring.

What do you dislike the most about scrapbooking? I don't think there is to much I don't like, except maybe journaling, I am really bad at forming a proper sentence and spelling.That does hold me back.

What topic do you find the most difficult to scrap? Myself

Have you ever taught a scrapbooking class? no

Have you ever been published? no,I have never submitted before.

What would be your perfect day? Awarm sunny summer day with family all gathered together sharing a picnic table full of Steamed Maryland Hardshell Blue Crabs. Yummy!!!

I can't imagine my life without: my family they are my rock.

Tracy's Favorite layout...

Tell us about your favorite layout you have ever completed? My favorite changes all the time, but my current favorite is attached. I recently submitted it to one of Becky Fleck’s blog contests – whether I win or not, I am really happy with the color scheme, the design (based on one of Becky’s sketches) and what it represents!



What do you love the most about scrapping? Absolutely everything – from taking the photos to design to picking the papers and embellishments to journaling to putting it all together!

What do you dislike the most about scrapbooking? Absolutely nothing.

What topic do you find the most difficult to scrap? I don’t really find anything in particular difficult – I use a lot of challenges from various places to get me started if I have a creative block.
Have you ever taught a scrapbooking class? No

Have you ever been published? No – I just submitted my first layout for possible publication a few weeks ago and it is one of my goals for 2009.

What type of camera do you use? Canon Digital Rebel XT

What would be your perfect day? A day on the beach with a good book, my iPod, my husband and daughter and lots of toys!

I can't imagine my life without ...my family.

UPDATE:TRACY WON!!! Congrats Tracy!

SISTER Sunday - Dec 7th

Our "Sister of the Week" is Tracy Kosofsky

Tell us about your family: I have been married to my husband, Adam for over 10 years and we have a daughter, Alexa who is 4 ½. We also have two German shepherds, a cat, and two big tanks of tropical fish. It’s quite a zoo at our house!

Who/What inspired you to start scrapbooking? Like many people, I started off by attending a Creative Memories class and never looked back!

Does anyone in your family also scrap? No, I’m all alone in my obsession – although that means gifts of completed scrapbooks are always appreciated!

What size do you normally scrap? I scrap almost exclusively either in 12x12 or mini album size!

What is your favourite colour scheme? My favorite changes all the time, although right now I love chocolate brown, gold and turquoise together.

How many hours a week do you scrap? Somewhere between 10 and 20

What is one thing you always find yourself reaching for when creating a layout? I scrap my "regular" layouts digitally, so my laptop!

Describe your scrapping style in just three words. Love to experiment!

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Tracy submitted this layout for Challenge 83

See more of Tracy's work on her blog: Resistance is Futile

More about Jacqueline....

Tell us about your favorite layout you have ever completed? - it's too hard to pick a favorite. I like different ones for different reasons

What do you love the most about scrapping? - the creative outlet

What do you dislike the most about scrapbooking? - the fact that I have no space to lay it all out and leave it

What topic do you find the most difficult to scrap? - me

Have you ever taught a scrapbooking class? - no

Have you ever been published? - no

What type of camera do you use? - Kodak Easy Share C813

What would be your perfect day? - a day spent with the family doing something fun

I can't imagine my life without ... my God

SISTER Sunday - Nov. 30th

Good morning! Please help us welcome our newest sister, Jacqueline H.! I'm so excited to have her as a sister as she lives here in my hometown and is a great friend, too!


Tell us about your family: 1 handsome husband, 2 good looking guys, and 2 gorgeous girls :) - 18 months between the boys, 3 years between the last boy and the first girl, 13 years between the two girls :)

Who/What inspired you to start scrapbooking? Your very own Carla. When I saw the beautiful layouts she made I was inspired to give it a try.

Does anyone in your family also scrap? DD scraps with my sometimes

What size do you normally scrap? I started doing 8 1/2 x 11 but then gave 12 x 12 a try. I'll do whatever, depending on my mood.

What is your favourite colour scheme? Black and white with a touch of color

How many hours a week do you scrap? Hmmmmm...depends on the week

What is one thing you always find yourself reaching for when creating a layout? - Hmmmm...I don't know if there's anything that I use constantly, besides my cutter. I probably use ink the most.

Describe your scrapping style in just three words. - no set style :)



Take a look at Jacqueline's submission for Challenge 82:

I LOVE the monochromatic look with just a touch of yellow. Beautiful!

Jacqueline has several blogs. For scrapping stuff, check out Jac's Scrappin'. She also organizes a Canadian Scrappers Blog Carnival. She was taking a break for the month of November, but look for the next issue on December 4th!

Drop by tomorrow for our next challenge and a NEW month! Can't believe we're almost done another year!

More about Katie....

How many hours a week do you scrapbook? Not enough…maybe one or 2 afternoons of naptime (maybe 4 hours)

How long does it take you to complete a layout? Depends on my mood. Sometimes an hour, sometimes longer

Where do you get your inspiration? I love Becky Higgins Sketches and Page Maps. I like to start with a sketch first and go from there.

Describe your scrap space. Do you like/dislike it? My space is always changing. I have a room in the basement and I’m always changing it to make it work best for me. I do like having the space to leave things in disarray…lol…

What are your favourite colours to scrapbook with? Pink and brown…or blue and brown. Either way ….I own a lot of papers and supplies in those colors!

Do you enjoy other crafts and/or hobbies? Besides stamping and Scrapbooking…I don’t make enough time for the other stuff. I would love to quilt a new quilt for my bed, and I do enjoy some cross stitching, Otherwise, I stick to my paper crafting.

What scrapbook magazines do you read? CK and PaperCrafts at the only 2 I subscribe to. Sometimes when I’m out and about I’ll pick up another one to look at and get ideas from.

How thick is your cardstock and paper stash? In feet or Inches…lol I am a patterned paper addict, and I have three tall wire racks full plus a few more baskets of other stuff. So maybe a lil thick!!

Are you an organized or messy scrapper? MESSY!!! I like to clean up to get inspired but at the end of the day it’s like tornado alley!!

Anything else you want to share? One thing I hear when I show my projects or talk about scrapping, is that other people are so overwhelmed by starting. I hope that people who want to jump in will just do it, and keep up with what they have now.

Thank you to the Sisters for letting me be this week’s SISTER!! I love it…and am so proud to be part of this group!! MWAH!!

Jeanie's Favorite Layout

Tell us about your favorite layout you have ever completed? So far, this is my favorite layout. This is a break from my bright colors and I am happy with how it turned out.

What do you love the most about scrapping? I like how it helps me to relax and unwind after a stressful day. In one of my journals I wrote that the reason why I scrap is that so all the ugliness of a day can vanish behind what I think are my pretty creations. I can’t begin to count the number of times my scrapping time has saved what would’ve otherwise been a bad day. I think my fiancée thinks I’m crazy when he sees me smiling when I look at my scrapbook supplies.

What do you dislike the most about scrapbooking? I dislike cleaning after my mess. I have this obsessive compulsive behavior to keep my workspace always clean so I can’t start unless the house is clean. Then, when I have started scrapping, I would take a break every now and then to clean up and put away materials I am not using. It actually takes me longer to finish an LO because of the cleaning breaks.

What topic do you find the most difficult to scrap? I find it difficult to scrap about kids basically because I don’t have one of my own (yet!) and masculine layouts. I also have a difficult time scrapping holiday themed layouts like Halloween, Christmas or Easter.

Have you ever taught a scrapbooking class? No, I am nowhere near good enough that I would actually have the courage to teach.

Have you ever been published? No but that is my dream. Ain’t it every scrappers’ dream? Here’s hoping!

What type of camera do you use? I use a canon digital camera. I’ve been putting off buying an expensive SLR because I tell myself, scrapbooking is an expensive hobby in itself, I don’t need to add another one.

What would be your perfect day? My perfect day would be scrapping in a hotel – so that I don’t have to clean up after my mess! I asked my fiancée if I can scrap during our honeymoon because there would definitely be room service in the hotel to do the cleaning for me and guess what? He said yes!

I can't imagine my life without ...Without the people I love.

SISTER Sunday - Nov. 16th

Please welcome our newest sister all the way from
Philippines :-)

Jeanie B. Nieva

Tell us about your family: I am the eldest of 3 girls and my parents are both teachers. In about a month, I will be marrying my best friend and the love of my life. No plans of having kids soon, maybe in 4-5 years.

Who/What inspired you to start scrapbooking? I found a book on scrapbooks in a second hand store and since I’ve always been into crafts (origami, jewelry making, quilling, etc), I was curious about this hobby. Needless to say, the curiosity has never worn off, in fact it keeps growing and I am enjoying myself immensely with this newfound craft.

Does anyone in your family also scrap? I was able to influence my youngest sister to start scrapping but she is not as hooked yet as I am. I say give her a few more months.

What size do you normally scrap? I started with 8x8 because I was intimidated by 12x12, I was worried I couldn’t fill it up. Now, I find myself running out of space in a 12x12.

What is your favourite colour scheme? I notice that I usually like to scrap bright colors and in varying shades of pink, green, red and blue. Although, I have been trying to be more adventurous with my color schemes lately, I have yet to still get over my fear of scrapping earth colors.

How many hours a week do you scrap? I try to scrap as much as I can mainly because it helps me relax and it is my creative outlet. Lately, I’ve been able to scrap an average of an hour or two a day.

What is one thing you always find yourself reaching for when creating a layout? Flowers, I am such a girly-girl. I am trying to stretch my creativity and scrap without flowers so I can expand my horizon and play with other embellishments.

Describe your scrapping style in just three words. "Cluttered/Layered", Girly and Fun

Here is Jeanie's layout submission for Challenge 80. See more of her beautiful work on her blog - Jean!e

Drop by tomorrow for another challenge!