Hello Spring!

Ok, so it's not THAT warm yet here in Wisconsin, but the colors in the Hello Spring Kit just scream SPRING!
And here is what I created with some of the items from the Hello Spring kit:

Do you see the blue background? That is adhered to the back side of the Build-A-Book acrylic page! And can you guess what I used to adhere it??? Helmar's V2 Vellum Adhesive! I sprayed the V2 on the blue paper, let it sit for 5 minutes and then placed the Build-A-Book acrylic page to it. It does NOT make the paper look cloudy or even show the adhesive at all! The rest of the elements were placed on top side of the acrylic. I like doing this to add depth to my projects :) That, along with Helmar's Zapdots, really makes this project dimensional. I used the Zapdots on the cloud and the owl. The Alphas are Add-Ons for the Hello Spring Kit. When you purchase the kit you will receive 30% off the alphas!

And for those of you that don't like double-sided paper.... the blue (background) is the back side of the green (grass) that I used!!!! Check out the paper here :)

I hope you all have a MOST wonderful week!!!

Becky

THANK YOU!!!

Thank you ALL for the wonderful comments about my Welcome sign :) I'll be selling these on etsy, so if you are interested, please let me know! I'll be selling the flowers too ;)

And for the REALLY important news....... Drum Roll Please..........

The person receiving a bottle of Textured Effects is.......

Brenda!

Brenda said... Wow, the textured effects really makes that butterfly stand out. Such a gorgeous project!

Congrats Brenda! Enjoy texturing up EVERYTHING!!! lol

Now, for a little sneak peek of April's Kit:

Some of the papers

A door hanging I made for my mom

And a few peeks of Nat's LOs!!

I am so proud of my girls... they BOTH took 1st place in the most creative fun float!!! I gave them a few rhinestones and then the only other thing I helped with was cutting a flower for Cassidy. They both came up with their own ideas and did their own thing! Here they are with their fun floats, certificates and 1st place ribbons :)

And my gorgeous Caytlynn :) Once and a while I capture her essence and here it is!

Scrap On!

Becky

Welcome Sign

Welcome Blog Hoppers!!!!!!

I choose to do a Welcome sign created with Urban Swank products along with lots of different Helmar products.

I am featuring the Textured Effects today, just one of my Helmar favorites! There's so many cool things that you can do with this. Pretty much anything you want to make shiny or add dimension to you can slap this one - lol!

For this project I choose to make "epoxy type" butterflies.

I started with cutting out butterflies and then Glimmer Misting them. After they dry, I used Helmar's repositional runner to stick it down so it would not move. Then I applied the Textured Effects and created some lines in them to add some more dimension, see below :)

As you can see below it dries clear with a glossy coating and you can see the ripples I made with the lines, cool, hey?

I also used lots of Helmar's Zap Dots :)

And, of course, I used the 450 Quick Dry to adhere the lace to the bottom :) I used just a small line of it on the bottom and that lace is not going anywhere!!!

I used Embossing powder here to get this awesome look!

Thanks for checking out my Helmar project!

For your chance to win a 8.45 fl. oz. bottle of Helmar Textured Effects please leave a comment attached to this post. We will randomly select a winner to win a free bottle. Good luck!

And then go to Shelly Hein-Simmons blog to visit the next Helmar Blog Hop Blog!!!!

Becky

Hello Again!

I think I have hit an all time low.... it is March and I noticed I haven't updated my blog since LAST YEAR! EEEK! Here's what I have you have been missing, besides me ;)

THe Holiday Hangover Kit - Snow much fun - hehe, sorry I just couldn't resist!

And the Chocolate Cherry Cordial Kit! YUMMY!!! One of LOs using the Chocolate Cherry Cordial Kit:

I just posted to the Helmar blog, 2 love themed cards - http://helmarusa.typepad.com/blog/2010/02/love-is-still-in-the-air.html

I don't want to overload anyone including myself - LOL! so, that's it for now, but I should have the Lucky Me Kit up in the next day or so and will come here to post!

Have a great week!!!

Vanilla Frosting, A Gotta-Have!

I would like to run away for a weekend and play more with this kit! I love it! Here's what I have done so far...

My 2 little girls when they actually were little! THey are now 5 and 7! Everything on this LO was in the kit with the exception of the BG (blue) paper that is a perk paper. If you're a kit member you will get 45% off all the BG holiday papers!

Same kit used here! You can see this kit is very versatile! The buttons are from the Vanilla Frosting Button Add-On kit. These buttons are awesome!!!! This is my little guy, pics taken almost a year ago.

Well, it's a chilly ONE degree here in Mukwonago today! Hope it warms up for the weekend.

Don't forget to check out the Urban Swank Blog for your chance to win Urban Lily Papers!!!

The Dark Side!

Yes, I went over to the dark side! I love my hair dark :)

Check out the really cool techniques I used with Helmar's Textured Effects and MyStampBox Stamp on the Helmar Blog!

Do I dare try and fight the crowds to get a Santa photo with the kiddos? I am going to meet my mom tomorrow morning at the mall, wish me luck!

More fun stuff coming soon! Don't forget to check out the Urban Swank blog for the awesome giveaway of 50 Urban Lily Papers!!!!!!!

Becky

I Love Vanilla Frosting!

Yum, yum, yum! Just you wait and see what I have created with this kit! No, really, you will have to wait, I'll be posting later.... but for now, here it is, the Vanilla Frosting Kit, in all it's gorgeous-es-ness *wink*

And the Vanilla Frosting Button Add-On Kit, these are just TOO cool! I love that variety of buttons!

Be back later with LOs for you!!!

Want Paper?

I am giving away Urban Lily papers!!! 50 to be exact! Check it out here at Urban Swank's Blog!

And here's a peek at my first "official" Urban Swank LO! Wah HOO! Stay tuned for more ;)

Flirtatious!

The new kit is SO flirtatious! I went a little overboard on this one - oops! Loaded with tons of goodies.... beautiful flowers, gorgeous papers, Secret Keeper Cards, Stickles and Hambly rub-ons!!! And there's only 2 left! Click on the image to order it :)
Close up of all the embellishments! YUM!!! Here is one of my LOs I did last month for Helmar. Tons of different techniques on here.... check out my Tips & Tricks Tuedsay post to see all I have done.

And my favorite part of the LO.... spooooooky!

Another Flirtatious Kit/Helmar LO using the My Stamp Box stamps - SO FREAKING COOL!!! Their packaging/storage for the stamps is so cool! The stamps come with a CD case to hold the stamps. Here, I stamped the "SHE says". BTW, My Stamp Box is having a giveaway - check it out here. If I don't win the stamps, I hope you do ;)

And another Flirtatious Kit/Helmar LO using the My Stamp Box stamps: The girl icon and "SHE" is from MSB, check out the closeup below :)

I hope you have enjoyed! Scrap ON!

Becky

Knock Knock....

Who's there?

The UPS guy

I'm not expecting anything. What is it?

I came to drop off this box of FREE Basic Grey Papers!!!!! One of each of their newly released papers, just in time for your crop this weekend!

If he wasn't gone by the time I realized what was in the package, I would have hugged him!

I was suppose to kit January's kits up starting a half hour ago, better get crack-a-lackin!

Mom Of The Year!

That's me, mom of the year.... I sent my 2 oldest off to school this morning. The school called 5 minutes before school started. This can not be good, I panicked! For sure one of them is sick and I had to teach Sculpt in an hour - no time to find a sub - oh no!!!! A million things were going through my head. Here's is what I heard on the other line "Hi there, we have Cassidy here in the office, there's no kindergarten class today" EEEK!!!!! Thank God no one was sick! So, I looked and sure enough "No kindergarten" was marked on the calendar for today! I really should read that first thing in the morning. Cass didn't mind though, she got to do puzzles. I had to ask to see if I was the only one and yep! The only one! They did say that they expected more - lol! I wonder if they have bets going on how many parents forget??? So, I award me for mom of the year today.... wait, is there something the opposite of that?

Here's my little pip squeek on her first day of school :)



I have 2 Design Team calls out right now! One for www.Scrap-Tastic.com that ends in a week. Better hurry on that one if you are interested! Details here :)

And the other is for my newest venture - Urban Swank! Urban Swank distributes Urban Lily products. So if you like Urban Lily products, get your submission in :) Details on the Urban Swank Blog. AND the chance to be featured on the blog - details here.

Just a typical Tuesday!

I was woken 20 minutes TOO early by Cassidy yelling for me for who knows what - grrr. Today was off to a great start ;)

Did Zumba in the AM and even walked on the treadmil for a few minutes, went to the consignment shop to drop off clothes, P.O. to drop off packages, FedEx dropoff - more packages, and back to the consignment shop, left with one cranky boy that cried for 45 minutes! Yes, 45 minutes! I was looking at halloween outfits for him when I saw him throw his sister to the ground. She was trying to sit on a chair and he didn't think that she was suppose to. So, I said, very nicely "Cullen, you need to let mommy handle baby"and he punched me twice. I told him that the coustume would not be bought today and he threw a fit! Meanwhile I was getting skipped by a lady that was complaining she was there too long and had to leave - really??? I was there before her and I have a screaming child and she skips me! Come on! I could have totally lost it since I was skipped by another lady before that. I kept it together even though it was a disaster. Then this lady was complaining because she had to come back since the owner doesn't put the items into the system immediately! really, COME ON! On with my day... onto Caytlynn's school for lunch (parent lunch week), drop Cullen at peeschool(that's what he calls it) and home for Cali to nap. I worked and took a cat nap - yea!!! pick Cullen up from peeschool, prepare dinner as much as possible so I can come home later to actually make it. Caytlynn and Cass get home, drive Caytlynn to 1st communion class, workout(again), pick Caytlynn up, make dinner, watch a bit of Die Hard and send the kiddos to bed - whew, what a day - lol!

Onto scrappy goodness :) :) :) The newest kit is in the store - Not Too Halloweenie - hehe.

Click on the image and scroll down to see all the fabulous LOs and cards created by the Design Team Girlies!

Last, but not least, here is my Cali bear!! Totally looking like she came straight from the 80s!!!
Scrap On!
Becky

New Kit, More LOs and ZUMBA!!

The newest kit is up in the store - Summer Heat! And it is hot, hot, HOT!!!! I loved creating with this kit because the colors are phenomenal!!! If you are not a Kit Member, I highly suggest checking into becoming one this month! For Kit Members Only: the add-on is 50% off, ALL Hambly is 30% off and 10% off anything else in the store besides workshops!!! Best of all, the membership is FREE!!! Contact me for more info - scrap-tastic@wi.rr.com :D Check out the kits here. LOTs of kits on clearance here :)

Alpha add-ons - 30% off with purchase of the Summer Heat Kit. Additional 10% off for Kit members!!!The Summer Heat Add-On that coordinates perfectly with the Summer Heat Kit!!!!

The Mother's Day present for my g-g-ma :)

Using the Summer Heat Kit - my first day of Kindergarden

A class I will be teaching soon using the Hello Sunshine Kit

Another one created using the Hello Sunshine Kit

More to come soon :)

For those of you that didn't know, I became a Zumba Certified Teacher back in May :) There is a Zumbathon out in Madison this weekend - August 1st from 12-3. I will be one of the instructors at this event - how exciting!!!! What more can a girl want on her birthday?!?!? 3 full hours of Zumba!!! This is also a fundraiser for Gilda's house, so I am hoping that a TON of money will be raised :) Contact me if you are interested!

Peace out peeps!! Love you all :)
Bec

New stuff! :) :) :)

HI ALL!! Just catchin' up! Ok, I have been holding out on all of you! I created this mini for CHA :) :) :) :) and a few other things too!!! I hope you like :) Have a fabulous day!!!