Webster's Pages Freebies

Did you know that Webster's Pages has free digital frames made from all the new collections????  Yep they do :)  Here is one I used featuring the new Western Romance collection:

They work great for your Facebook profile photo's too!! This one below is with the new collection Let's Celebrate!

 And this one is with the new collection "all about me"

So head on over to WEbster's Pages and get yours....lots to choose from!!!!

Woo Hoo!!! Best Creation Inc DT member for the next term!!!

Even though I have been there for two terms already I just couldn't resist trying again.......and I made it!!!  I love being up to my ears in Best Creation glitter papers!!!  I have loved working with everyone these past two terms and will miss the friends that have moved on, but love having the opportunity to work with some new friends!  If you haven't tried Best Creation papers yet you haven't had the chance to become addicted like me......so I invite you to check out the blog.....alot....and get in on one of their MANY giveaways....or pick some up at your favorite scrappy store :)
Also wanted to share with you some of my projects that were in the CHA booth this summer in Chicago:
This layout of my sweet grandson Jeromy features the new Halloween line, Happy Haunting and the great new Basic Glitter Star paper:

Also using the new Halloween line this cute little magnetic frame I picked up at Target's $1 spot a while back featuring my cutie pie grandson Trevor:

 And a close up of the flower I made from the designs on one of the sheets of paper:

And one more to share..using the new Basic Glitter Star paper, my adorable granddaughter Jenna when she was 2 (she is 7 now and still very sassy :) ):

And a little close up of the flowers I made:

I hope that you all will follow me and my Best Creation Inc journey once again and I thank you for coming to visit!!!

Scrapping on Vacation

Have you ever brought your scrapping stuff with you on vacation?  I found myself in the middle of a 6 week contest for The Last Scrapper Standing while I was packing to leave for ALASKA!!!  Thank goodness they were giving hints for the next weeks challenge as I was packing....so I put together a little (or big) kit of sorts and packed it all away.  Of course I made it to the next round, so it was time to create.....onboard the Golden Princess while at sea, lol!!  Packing my adhesive was of course a no brainer, I took along my Helmar 450 Quick Dry, my Helmar ZapDots, Helmar Liquid ScrapDots and my Helmar Adhesive Runner..check it out:

And here is my scrapping space.....aka my mess in my room:

The people I was travelling with got a kick out of it!!!!
So being the week of the 4th of July I had to use 7 stars (and they couldnt be designs in the paper), the given sketch, red, white and blue with one of the colors as a main color. This is what I came up with using my Webster's Pages papers and embellies and some Best Creation Glitter cardstock:

And let me share with you how I did it :)
The flower:  I cut thin strips of paper and curled them with the blade on my scissors.  I put Helmar Adhesive Runner all over on the backside of the chipboard button and attached the curly strips all around.  I then added a large Helmar ZapDot to the back and attached it to the paper, adding the rhinestones as an accent.
The bloomers:  I adhered them with my Helmar 450 Quick Dry, then added some Helmar Liquid ScrapDots to the centers and added the sparklers.
The pearl strip and the glitter stars were adhered with my Helmar 450 Quick Dry.  For everything else I used my handy dandy Helmar Adhesive Runner.
A note about the little doilys.....they were on our soup plates at lunch and everyone saved them for me...I just inked them with some ink :)
And.......I did make it to the next week of the competition with this layout!!!
So tell me......have you scrapped on vacation????
Thanks for your time and I hope that I have inspired you just a tad :)
Julie Walton
Helmar Design Team Member

Say Hello to the new DT Member of 3ScrappyBoys!!!

and that would be ME!!!  So glad to get back into a kit club DT and I happen to love this one!!!  This club has a great monthly kit, store and message board and I would love if you all came to visit me at 3 Scrappy Boys !!!  Also be sure to follow us on Facebook!!  And dont forget the blog!!

Webster's Pages New Paper lines!!!!

Brandin O'Neill has done it again.....the 5 new lines that she created for Webster's Pages are in a word.......AMAZING!!!!  She is a genius!  The new lines are:
All About Me

Botanical Christmas

Let's Celebrate

Western Romance

Winter Fairy Tales

There are matching embellies for each line which you can see by clicking on the linked titles......amazing!!!

I have used 3 of the new collectionsn in digital format and created a layout for each and would love to share them with you!
First up, using Let's Celebrate, I did a non celebration layout to show its versatility, this is Jenna so far this year:

Next up I used the Western Romance line of papers in digital format and created this layout:

Love love love the combination of the pastel colors!!
and last up I created a digital layout with the All About Me line of papers:

And...wow!!!  I can see that it is all about Jenna this month, lol!!!
thanks for visiting!!!

Soooo.... its been awhile, but.....I'M BACK!!!!

Wow...July has been the busiest month on record for me!  Its good to be home for a stretch of time!  The beginning of the month saw me in Alaska on a cruise:

It was a great trip and we had an awesome time participating in the art auctions on board the ship!!!  Great Memories made :)

Once home we were here for just 4 days before we took off again...this time to Reno/Sparks NV in the motorhome with the 3 grandkids, my newly diagnosed diabetic cat, the dog, and a bunch of my daughters belongings.......because she moved there!!  We didnt make the 9 hour drive all at once though...stopped at Convict Lake on the way up:

We arrived in Sparks and "camped" in an RV park in town...it was great, hookups, a pool, laundramat etc.  We ended up staying 4 nights there.  While in Sparks we went to the local Water Park - Wild Islands - and had the best of times.  First time there for Jenna and Trevor...unfortunately I did not take any photos because I didnt want to have my camera there....so we just have memories :)  We also went to Circus Circus in Reno and then Virginia City:

And then we hit the road again...this time for home!  We stopped at Convict Lake again on the way home and had a little informal photo shoot:

And before you know it July will be over!!!!  I had alot of fun but man I am glad to be home!!!  First thing I did was clean my scraproom.....and scrap...will share more later when Blogger isnt acting up!

Nikki Sivils and Helmar help me scrap out of the box!!!

I am enjoying the partnership between Helmar Adhesives and Nikki Sivils so much!!!  Hope you all are enjoying and being inspired by all of the projects the teams are creating this week!!!  I received the Max & Mollie line and the We are Family line to play with and I decided to stay on my out of the box kick that I have been on....meaning projects other than layouts :)  When I do that I use just about every Helmar product I have in my scrap studio, lol!
So what I decided to play with first was the Max & Mollie line and continue on my mixed media/canvas kick I have been on.  I am using a 6x6 canvas that is about an inch and half deep:

I started this project with the canvas, Tattered Angels Chalkboard mist and some bubblepack.  I sprayed the entire canvas including the sides, actually drenched it pretty good and then I used the bubblepack to pat on and remove paint as I went, it took awhile but the result was awesome!!!

I did add some rubons to the edges as well, very random and I wasnt careful about how they went on....so freeing!!!  I think it would be really cool to paint the canvas a color then spray and then pat off some of the paint with the bubblepack too...next project :)
Once the canvas was dry I brushed on a heavy layer of Helmar Acid Free glue and applied the Nikki Sivils paper that I had previously wet, crumpled and distressed and then dryed.  While this was drying I cut out a sun from another NS paper and my photo and applied the Crackle Medium step one and when that was dry, about a half hour later step two of the crackle.  I applied the step 2 Crackle Medium on the photo with a one inch foam brush and had something happen that I havent had happen before......huge cracks far apart......so cool!!!  Once the Crackle Medium was dry (the next morning) I rubbed some Tim Holtz Distress ink over the sun and the photo and then rubbed it off, this makes the cracks show up alot more...gives it more of an antique look.  To finish off my canvas I did some fussy cutting of some more of the Nikki Sivils papers and applied them with Helmar Liquid ScrapDots and Helmar ZapDots for great dimension!!  The ScrapDots work great when you are working on an uneven surface.  Some Nikki Sivils stickers from the Max & Mollie sticker sheet and a title finished off my canvas.  Once everything was dry I used the Helmar Antique Acrylic Sealer to seal the entire canvas.  I just adore how this project came out!!!


Now...I am not done yet, lol!!!  With the We are Family line I decided to tackle a project that my grandson requested.....really out of the box this time.  My grandson Trevor will be 5 next week on the 7th of July.  Trevor is completely obsessed with the LalaLoopsy dolls and I mean completely, you never saw a kid so crazy over a toy.  So of course he wants a LaLaLoopsy cake which a friend of the family is going to decorate using the dolls and such, but he wanted houses too.  They have these cool whimsey looking houses much like the houses in Nikki Sivils paper line We Are Family.

So what I did was freehand cut out pieces of the houses from plain white cardstock and then adhere the Nikki Sivils papers with my handy dandy Helmar Adhesive Runner!  Then I got out the Helmar ZapDots and had those squares flying as I put my houses together!!!  I used my Epiphany Crafts Button Studio to make the various buttons I used and adhered them with my Helmar 450 Quick Dry.  The Helmar Liquid ScrapDots worked great for the trims..I just put a thin line where I wanted my trims and applied, easy peasy!!  I added a couple of Robins Nest Dew Drops for door knobs and flower centers and adhered them with Helmar Gemstone Glue.




Trevor was over the moon when he saw them this morning and once he figured out I was taking pictures of them with a few of his LalaLoopsy dolls he wanted me to use ALL his LalaLoopsy dolls AND their pets, check it out:

And there you have some out of the box scrapping with Helmar and Nikki Sivils!!!  I had fun....hope you did too!!!
Julie Walton
Helmar Design Team Member