SIS weekend scrapping

I did this layout today for the SIS free shopping challenge - basically someone lists 10 items and then you pick 3 and add 3 different items to the list for the next person to select. then you make a layout using those items - my items were to make a paper house (the grass hut), no real photos (this pic came from an old magazine, I copied it and then wiped part of it away with a baby wipe and then added some painting), and 3 patterned papers (I used 6 pp). We have some great memories in Grenada - this little shack was on a little sandbar that you had to use a dinghy to get to and every Sunday afternoon we would go there and drink Carib beer and eat chicken, mac & cheese, and rice & beans (cheap enough for cruisers). So much fun, but now it's gone - they tore it down and built an exclusive resort.

I have also been catching up on the projects from Wilna's he{art} class and will show some pics tomorrow. I was determined not to spend any money so my projects are a bit different, and that's a good thing!

I did go shopping today - the Joann's in the next town south of us (we have no fabric stores at all) is closing so everything is on sale. I bought some paints, brushes, papers, charms, and silicone spatulas (strange to find them at Joann's?!). I then went to their Big Lots and found some cool foof a la and making memories scrapping stuff and some Starbuck's truffles. Yeah!

Not enough hours in the day

I did this layout yesterday for both the Creative Type (retro) challenge and the Category Stories (what I love about) challenge. (By the way I will be a guest designer for Category Stories in June this year). I got the idea from a Pier 1 catalog that came in the mail this week. It made me think about our trip last year to NASA and voila! the layout just made itself. I drew the spaceship, found some cool retro fonts, and cut out elements from the little catalog. I am currently finishing layouts for SATU and Bad Girls, and trying to keep up with the Wilna class and the Year of Color blog. I will post some of these layouts and projects either later today or tomorrow. This afternoon I am going to a retirement party for someone I used to work with. I made her a 5 x 7 framed layout (but I forgot to photograph it before I wrapped it) of a photo I took several years ago of her at her desk - she was so engrossed in her computer that she didn't even realize I took the shot. I really hope it surprises her.

he{art} class

I did two versions of Wilna's project for day 1 of the he{art} class (to which I won the admission). The first which I will show maybe tomorrow is the classic Christmas red Starbucks cup with valentiny inserts. This one is the second and is entitled Feast of Love (I had a book marker with the movie title and blurbs which I used). I used a white Starbucks cup and the inserts are favorite sweets recipes including Coeur a la creme. I printed the recipes on one side of the cards and put photos on the other side along with embellishments, especially the Valentine tickets that you can get for free on the new House of Three website. I am so loving all the great resources that are out there on the web for free - I am totally into the Not Buying It mode and am using lots of recycled items (like Starbucks cups and cupholders) and freebies in my layouts.

I am off to check out my favorite blogs and finish my he{art} project for today.

New layouts - OLW and Noel Mignon

for the OLW challenge "living"

for the Noel Mignon challenge
I have been super busy working on some challenge and DT submissions this past week. I won a place in Wilna's heart class on SIS and I am loving this - I did 2 projects based on Lesson 1 and I am busily painting the hearts for the cards for today's project. I love so much inspiration!!