Are you up to the challenge?

Have you been over to www.ifitsgroovy.blogspot.com yet this month? We have a new challenge!! You need to check it out! You take a quiz to find out what your color is. Next, you do a monochromatic layout based upon your quiz results!!! Here is mine! As you will see, my color was green!

I chose to use Basic Grey papers and sticker diecuts. The title letters are AC Thickers. The journaling box is by Making Memories. Prima bling and flower of course. The butterfly is by Petaloo (I think).

My title is based on Christian artist Francesca Battistelli's song, "Free to Be Me". The journaling are song lyrics from the song! It's one of my fave songs! It says "Cause I got a couple dents in my fender, got a couple rips in my jeans. Try to put the pieces together, but perfection is my enemy. On my own I'm so clumsy. But on Your shoulders I can see, I'm free to be me and You're free to be You. . . But You look at my heart and tell me that I've got all You seek."

Up to the challenge? Can't wait to see what you come up with!
Heather

Winner, winner . . .

Winner, winner of not a chicken dinner! lol!

Well, I thought we had a winner from the blog hop but I have yet to hear from her. So today I put my numbers back in random.org and pulled a new winner!!

Daisie!!!!!

Please write me a comment letting me know where I can reach you at to get your prize mailed to you!!! I have even added a few goodies to the package!!!

Heather

And we have a winner . . .

I just want to start by thanking everyone who participated in the No Housework Blog Hop! This was my first time and truly enjoyed seeing so many inspirational blogs!!! The winner of my RAK was . . . CHRISTINE!!!! I hope enjoy the RAK that I have prepared for you!!! Please send me your email address so I can get your information to get your prize in the mail! Thanks again to everyone who played along!!! Hope you continue to keep up with my and IIG blogs! We have some great challenges going on over there so play along with us!!! Heather

Today is the Day! No Housework Blog Hop!

Welcome to the National No Housework Day Online Blog Hop! If you have arrived not knowing until now about the hop, no problem . . . just go back to If It's Groovy at http://www.ifitsgroovy.blogspot.com/ where this hop starts and work your way through. You may find games, prizes, projects and challenges along the way! Perhaps you arrived here from Erica (http://www.allthingscrafty-erica.blogspot.com/) at her blog All Things Crafty. If so, fantastic! We celebrate this national holiday by scrapping today and into the weekend with projects that remind us of housework . . . or getting away from it! As you can see, I made a birdhouse to celebrate this holiday! Why a birdhouse you ask? What do birds have to do with housework? Well, let me tell you . . . I think "Housework is for the Birds!"

So here is my challenge to you . . .

1. Become a follower of the If It's Groovy Blog (http://www.ifitsgroovy.blogspot.com/).

2. Become a follower of my blog Scrapping The Guys (you are already here so why not!).

3. In keeping with the bird theme, create a project (card, layout, altered item, etc) that has a bird on it.

4. Leave me a comment on my blog stating which of the four of these you did or all and I will put you in for a RAK from me of some of my favorite things! (See below)

Do all 4 of the above and your name will be entered 4 times! Winner will be chosen randomly!

Thanks for visiting me!! Your next hippity hop will be on over to visit Laura at Let's Get Peachy! http://www.getpeachy.blogspot.com/. Hope you have a great time!

Are you ready?

Are you ready for the National No Housework Day Blog Hop? It all starts tomorrow!! There are 42 bloggers participating in this event! How cool is that? It is all starting over at If It's Groovy www.ifitsgroovy.blogspot.com! You have all weekend to play along so be sure to join us! But before tomorrow gets here, let me tell you what IIG has going on this month as a challenge! We were challenged to scrap a layout using titles from the works of Hans Christian Anderson. Be sure to go over to IIG to see the wonderful works of my fellow Design Team members and what they were able to create! Here is a look at mine . . . This layout was really healing for me. This is a picture of my grandfather. I miss him so much even though it has been 5 years. I wanted to honor him and so I created this lo for my boys. My grandfather, their great-grandfather, passed away about a month before they were born. The journaling includes my thoughts on that, how much he would have loved them and his and my relationship. There is also more journaling underneath (note pull tab) that tells about some of my favorite memories of him. This is probably the most "vintage" I have ever gotten for a layout. I cut the center out of the paper and then cut the corners at an angle. I then sprayed the paper with water and used a heat gun to roll the paper into place. I like how it made a "frame" not only for my picture but also for the embellishments. Items used: Papers, buttons and diecuts were by MME Stella Rose (my great-grandmothers name) collection. Prima bling, ribbon and flowers. Yellowed chipboard buttons are Graphic 45. Title letters are by Studio Calico. Lace paper is Little Yellow Bicycle that is used a stipple brush and distress ink to age.

Right around the corner

Are you ready for a great blog hop? It's just around the corner!!! Next weekend is the start of the If It's Groovy No Housework Day Blog Hop! Be sure to join us for some great times, great blogs, great challenges and great prizes! It all starts April 7th!

Design Team Projects to share!

Well hello there!!! Thought I would stop by today and drop off a few layouts that I have been doing!!! These are all projects that I have done for Design Team over at If It's Groovy (IIG . . . www.ifitsgroovy.blogspot.com)! Make sure you stop over there and see all the great work! But don't just look , JOIN! Join in on the challenges going on to win some great prizes!

"My Love" - I had so much fun making this layout!!! This layout was made for the "Have a Heart" challenge going on IIG. As we all know by now, I love to distress!!! This lo was a scraplift from MandaK at sb.com! Wish I could take credit for it because I love it! I did make it my own but the inspiration was definitely from her!!! I loved the crinkling of paper! Also stamped some hearts on the paper but then didn't like as well as I thought so I sprayed some Smooch Spritz on it! First time I used it! Like it as much as I do Glimmer Mist!!

IIG DT was super lucky this month to have Nikki Sivils sponsor us! We got the wonderful "Sugar Cookie" collection!!! This pack was soooo fun to work with!! Lots of things included in it and I absolutely LOVED the canvas buttons (on "Love at 1st Meow) and the mini pink alphas!! These 2 lo's definitely got the Glimmer Mist treatment!!

Want to win your own "Sugar Cookie" collection? Blog hop on over to If It's Groovy to find out how!!!!

Will have more to bring to you soon!! I really have been busy scrapping, as well as playing with some new products! Alcohol inks, cricut vinyl to just name a couple! Will have some cool things to show you soon using those!!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Smile and God Bless ~ Heather