So Maybe Mom Was Right

My daughter and some of her friends far and wide have a blog called......

So Maybe Mom Was Right

What it is about -Women from different backgrounds and lifestyles come together weekly with thoughts on cooking, fitness, and managing a healthy lifestyle.  

My daughter  is the  person that writes the weekly fitness articles. No she did not get that trait from me. But I got an email today asking me to help publicize their blog.  So I am happy to help them out when ever I can.

They are hosting a giveaway from an amazing website called CSN Stores. CSN Stores has over 200 stores where you can find everything from bathroom shelving to fantastic fitness equipment to cookware!

This is a great opportunity to get a new product to build your home gym or find something useful to make all those healthy recipes!

To Enter:

1. Leave a comment telling  them what you would buy with a giftcard from CSN Stores

For Extra Entries:

*Become a public follower of So Maybe Mom Was Right (+1 entry)

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*Blog about the giveaway and leave a comment with the link (+2 entries)

-please leave a separate comment for each entry, with links if necessary

-this giveaway is open to U.S. and Canadian residents only

-entry deadline: Thursday, November 18th at 4pm EST

Follow this link to their blog for all of the information and to leave your posts.

So Maybe Mom Was Right

Thanks for supporting them and good luck!

November 10, 1951

My mom grew up in Lloyd, Florida and moved to Jacksonville, Florida after graduation. She lived with her Aunt Janie while working at the telephone company.

My dad moved to Jacksonville from Georgia where he had lived with his mother. He worked at the cigar factory in Jacksonville, Fl and then for Luzianne tea company.

They got married on November 10, 1951 and moved to Lake City, Florida.

Congratulations Mom and Dad on 59 years !!! I love you.

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Sunday Drive as a Family Tradition

As a kid every Sunday we went on a family drive in the afternoon. Some time we actually went some where... like Jacksonville, Fl  and went shopping at Zayre's ( one of the only stores that was open on Sunday).  Other times we just drove around  in the country and looked at farm, Maybe a trip to the river we have plenty to visit there is  the Santa Fe River, Ichetucknee Springs and the Suwanee River. It usually ended up with us stopping to get ice cream at the drug store by the end of the day.

 

On this particular Samantha, Roxy  were visiting Tutta and Pappa so I went a picked them up for the day. I took a lot of photos of Roxy on this day and these are some of the photos.

We spotted this field, have climbed over a fence and are taking photos among the flowers on this bright sunny day. Then out of the clear blue comes a summer rain and we a getting standing in the middle of an open field. The girls start laughing hysterically because we will clearly be drenched before we reach the car.

Roxy is my brother's third child and he told me last night he was very close to her as a young child because her mother was working as a teacher when she was a baby.  To know Roxy is to truly see she is her father's child. Their personalities are very similar.

Love you,

Roxy

Best Friends featuring Helmar Adhesives, Shimmerz Paints and Crate Paper

Oct.21,2010

Best Friends featuring Crate Paper, Helmar Adhesives and Shimmerz Paints.

This is a photo of my oldest son with his dog Mikey. The solid paper was spritzed with Shimmerz Vibez in Fiery Fiesta one of the new Vibez color
released by Shimmerz Paints.

The  Crate Paper decorative  design paper was attached with Helmar Quick Fix Adhesive Runner a product that lives up to it's name. When you are scrapbooking or working on a project that you want to put together in a hurry this is your go to product.

The chip board embellishments and tags are attached with Helmar Zap Dots. Zap Dots come in a variety of shapes and sizes to fit every scrapbooking and craft need.

They are available in Black, White and Clear

And can be purchased from http://www.scrap-tastic.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank for stopping by, hope you have a great week!

Gayle Martin

Helmar Design Team USA

Shimmerz Design Team

Free on line course- Art, Heart and Healing

Hello  every one my friend Lucy told me about this really cool Free course being offered on line from Willowing.  Follow this link to check out her blog and Ning site. Then all you have to do is go to the site and sign up for the  FREE classes. It starts October 18 but I am sure that you can catch up using  the videos  she has posted now for your to start. The classes run for 4 weeks. So get over there and check it out.

The first class if posted and is two videos that you can view at your leisure.

Time to pull out the art supplies and have some fun!

The Girls Photo Shoot in Lake City

My daughter came for an over night visit on Sunday and her college friend Alli came to visit her family as well. They met at the University of Florida 6 years ago  and have been friends ever since. Alli had since graduated and Lives and works in Flagler.

While they were in college Alli's father was stationed in Japan for 8 years, he has since retired from the Military.  What a small world it really is. I would never have imagined that her family would retire in Lake City.

So Alli and Meghan met in Lake City and I took photo of the two of them while they both were here. My only problem was they decided that we were taking photos at 9:30 in the morning.

First thing is I am not a morning person and I do not like to take photo of people mid morning. Unfortunately they both had to leave by lunch time so you take what you can get. Can you say harsh Florida lights and extreme shadows on faces.

I think this is where they are telling each other to take a serious photo.... and then the laughing begins and goes on and on.

I continue to take photo and Meghan tell Alli that these are the photos that Mom will use in her scrapbooks. You are so right here they are.                                        

But I love this photo I am not sure which one is my favorite yet, but for now I really like this one!

Welcome to the Helmar Halloween Howler Hop!

Welcome to the  Helmar Halloween Howler Hop!

You have made it to  Lucky # 8 blog and you are almost half way thru the Blog hop.  Helmar has put together some wonderful prizes so be sure and visit all of the blogs to increase you chances of winning some of the gifts up for grabs.

You can see all of the great prizes on the Helmar USA blog as well as read about all of the wonderful product that Helmar has to work with.

I have created a Halloween wall decoration  using a photo of my son than when he was a small boy.

 I had two sheets of the same Halloween paper. I  cut and tore around the major element on the sheet of paper.


When attaching them to the page I created dimension by raising element of the design with Helmar Zap Dots and Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots. 

I sprayed the back of the cut outs with Helmar V2 Vellum Adhesive
 to smoothly adhere all of the edges of the cut outs to the page.

This is the feature product from Helmar it will provide a seamless adhesion with vellum. Spray the back of your surface and allow it to set for a few minute until tacky . The you can glue the surface down with ease. The miracle product is Helmar V2 Vellum Adhesive.

 The majority of the work on the project was assembled with Helmar 450 Quick Dry and Helmar Quick Fix Adhesive Runner.

When putting together ideas for the gift bags I  looked for vintage Halloween images to use as the decoration for the tags. I down loaded these Halloween images for free from this site Vintage Halloween Images, they also have various other holiday themes.



The bags are lunch bags spritzed with acrylic, and Shimmerz paints then tied with jute strings. I printed the tags and hi lighted them with Stickles paints. I trimmed the tags  and them sprayed the backs of each printed card with Helmar V2 Vellum Adhesive before attaching it to the vellum tag. You can then punch a hole in the corner and tie the tag on your gift bag.


I have displayed a selection of  tag ideas that you can use for party  invitations, Halloween cards or goodies bags.

These are a sample of the completed bags that I put together for Halloween treats.

You are now ready to proceed to your next Halloween stop. Just follow the link below if you started at the Helmar USA. Blog. If you did not start at Helmar follow the link back and visit all of the teams blogs to see their wonderful project.

Have a great Halloween.

                                                     


 Follow this  link to
 http://tanisharenee.blogspot.com/

Don't forget Lots of great prizes for visiting all of the Helmar USA design team blogs!


Gayle Martin
Helmar USA Design Team

The Helmar Halloween Howler Blog Hop is Coming!!!

The  Helmar Halloween  Howler  Hop is just days away and there are lots of prizes to win so mark you calendar for October 17, 2010.
You've heard of the spooky Halloween Howler Hop that the Design Team at Helmar is brewing up. Now if the amazing inspiration wasn't enough to get you to stop by, what about a look at all the GHOULISH GIFTS you might just win.
We've got lots of prize packages to giveaway just by playing along with our Helmar Facebook Page happenings on October 17th. Here's a look.  Helmar USA Blog

Check back on the 17th for all of the details!

Somerset Memories Autumn 2010

Last week my copy of Somerset Memories Autumn 2010 arrived. This semi annual publication is full of wonderful ideas to record your memories and life time events. What every your favorite medium you are sure to find inspiration to motivate you to start your

next project.

With the holiday season fast approaching why not think about some personalized gifts for your family you still have plenty of time to work on them. If that is not in your plans you could try some small personalized tags for your holiday sweetness and goodie bags. I will be putting together some items later this month and I will post the items for you to see.












All of my project in Somerset Memories Autumn 2010 feature Shimmerz Paints and Helmar Adhesive. Somerset Memories should be in all of your favorite stores this week like Joann's. Michael's, and Barnes and Nobles. If you can not find the publication at your favorite store you can order directly from Stampington Studios this is a link to their site. You will also be able to see a sample of some of the other wonderful articles in the magazine this publication. There are lots of paint projects to inspire you to pull out your Shimmerz and get to work on some new projects or Holiday Gifts. Maybe get out side this weekend pull something from nature, use it as a mask or creative ideas and spritz and paint your heart our!


Reach for the Stars was created by attached pieces of scrapbook paper to a sheet of cardboard. I then applied molding paste on top of that. Once it had dried I painted over the top with a watered down Gesso wash. For the vibrant color I used Shimmerz Pearls in Carrot Top, Peas Be Mine, Luscious Lilac, This Spuds 4 U, Green with Envy - You can check out all of the beautiful colors of Shimmerz Pearlz right here on the web site.

Both of these projects feature Helmar Adhesives-Helmar Adhesives- Helmar 450 Quick Dry, Helmar Gemstone Glue, Helmar Quick Fix Adhesive Runner and Helmar Zap Dots-








































Live The Life You Have Imagined

is another page that was created on cardboard with molding paste added to the top. I applied the paste over the top of burlap, assorted laces and designs. This would allow me to hi light the textures of the page with Shimmerz Paints. The laces and papers on the page are also painted with Shimmerz Paints.


Shimmerz Paints- Shimmerz in Concrete, Treasured Hymn and Baby's Breath
Shimmerz Pearls in Grammie Berry, Expresso, Blue in to Town.I also used Shimmerz Spritz in Plum Pudding on the laces that are on the top of the page. molding                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Self Portrait Then and Now
The first photo is my dad taking a self portrait of he and my mom, the second one is of them last year at my daughter's wedding.

The two boxes are actually attached and are recycled cigar box lids. The flowers are rolled Dupioni Silk that I spritzed with Shimmerz paints after I rolled them. I have since been working on Jewelry and figured out it the fabric remains much softer if you paint if before you create the flower.

For this project I used Shimmerz Spritzers Paint in Treasured Hymn, Baby's Breath and Concrete.












Thanks for stopping by have a great fall week end.- Gayle












Have a great weekend!









Gayle Martin



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america crafts dear lizzy & helmar adhesives layout contest

It's not too late to win some great prizes from Helmar and American Crafts this months.

It's a double header this month sketch fans and this contest is for you scrappers! Who doesn't love American Crafts Dear Lizzy, paired up with some great adhesive products from Helmar. Included in this prize package is Dear Lizzy paper and fabric papers, chip shapes and alphas, felt and chip embies, ribbons, and a great assortment of Helmar adhsives. Check out these great prizes Page Maps Prize package.

To enter this contest, create a layout based on this sketch     Page Maps Sketch—any size, any orientation, any way you want to interpret it—using any products you would like. The contest starts today and ends at midnight, Sunday, September 26th (MST). This contest is open to US residents only or anyone with a US shipping address.



Since this blog is getting hit so hard with shoe spammers, I am going close comments and ask everyone to enter by emailing their entry to contest@pagemaps.com. PLEASE include your name and address in the body of your email, and type "layout contest" in the subject line. You can either attach an image of your entry or send a link to your blog/image.





A big thanks to American Crafts and Helmar for sponsoring this contest. :)



This layout contest will be the last one on this blog as we transition over to a new location at the end of the month.



Good luck everyone!



Becky

Old Things are New Again!

While visiting Ohio this year my niece had me taking Senior photos of her around the area. My sister had a plan for me to photograph her in her Cheerleading, Lacrosse and various other uniforms. My niece  had other plans for her photos. You will eventually see that my niece she won with her plans.

This was a totally unplanned stop at an old run down garage in the middle of no where. With in 2 minutes no exaggeration .... A neighbor pulled up in an old Cadillac to ask what we were doing ..... we explain that we are taking photos ( which he can clearly see). There was a sign posted on the door around on the other side of the building that said Neighbors are Watching. What are the chances.... we figured we would snap a few quick shots and be gone. He actually was very nice once he saw that we were not going to vandalize anything.

We took our photos and left!

Any way this page was lots of fun creating and Jenni Bowlin /jbs mercantile products reflect my nieces Bohemian style.

The first thing that I did was splash Black acrylic spray paint on the page, be sure and do this out side. Yes I was out side at 2 am splashing paint on card stock with my dogs barking in the back ground. Spray paint dries much quicker in about 5 minutes in paper. Once this dried I added Shimmerz Paints Spritz in Concrete and Licorice to add some depth to the paint. The Shimmerz paint really added depth to the page and makes the paint look as if it is moving off the page. The flower in the right corner is a hand made flower that is punched out of cardboard and painted with Shimmerz. I used a combination of  Shimmerz Vibez Jeni B Blue  and Blue Jeans to achieve the depth of color on this flower.

 I attached the fabric, gold mesh, and lace to the card with to the page with Helmar Premium Craft Glue. The photo was attached to the lace with Helmar450 Quick Dry and I then added the small elements around the photo and the top of the page.

The Buttons are JB Rhinestone Buttonsand are self adhesive and so easy to use, the paper collection is the Red/ Black Line II. The entire group of paper is just wonderful to work with check them out on Jenni's site above.

The Helmar Quick Fix Adhesive Runner is perfect for attaching the Jenni Bowlin Calendar Cards to the page and the scallop punched Red Black Line paper for the edges of the page. I cut out one of the Jenni Bowlin Coupon tags from a sheet of her paper ( also included in the Red Black Line). This allowed me to created the small embellishment at the top of the page and in the cluster of flowers to the right. There is also a full tag at the bottom of the page so that you can see what it looks like before I cut it apart. The entire page is a print of this coupon.

I have so many cute photos from this afternoon with Michaela. I think I will be scrap booking her photos for quite some time.

Have a great week!

Gayle

Helmar USA Design Team

Shimmerz Design Team

Need Inspirations this month to get busy? Check out Blue Moon Scrapbooking.com

Blue Moon Scrapbooking has some great challenges this month and you still have time to play along. They are giving away 6 prize packages for you to win and  there are so great  gifts to be won. You need to go take a look because you still have 5 days to put some thing together and play along.

 We have 6 count 'em 6 giveaways for you to Win!



First the prizes ... then the details:


1 winner for the best mini book., altered item, best card, best layout, 1 winner for entering all 5 contests and a random winner.

Rules:


1. You have to have something BLUE in your entry. If we can't see the blue item in your photo very well, make sure to mention it when you upload your entry.


2. Spread the word about our contest and post our Car Badge around town with a link to the BlueMoonBlog or store!


You can pull the car logo right from this blog.


3. Be a BlueMoon Blog Follower


4. For the Random contest only, you must have shopped at BlueMoonScrapbooking in the past, or at least before this contest ends. We will confirm with your address upon notification of winning.


Contest runs from July1st thru July 31st. 2010.


Each category is listed in our gallery so you an upload right away.


This is a best of in each category -the Design Team and Scott and I will choose their


favorites -we'll see who wins!


You can win more than 1 giveaway.


You can enter each contest up to 3 times.


The artwork cannot be entered on another site's challenge or sketch.


Open to all US and International Scrappers. Free shipping to US residents -international


would have some shipping charges.
Post your entry anytime before July 31st in the BlueMoonGallery. Upload a 4x6 with 72 resolution - this works best. If you're having issues uploading it's usually because the image is too big/large a file. Resize it and you're off to the races. If you are still having problems just email lisa@bluemoonscrapbooking.com.


The winners will be choosen the week of August 1st
 
Ok Ladies so get busy and win some free stuff.

Pink Paislee, Shimmerz Paint and Hambly Studio

I have looked at this photo of my husband for a long time and finally decided to scrap it with the
Pink Paislee collection from our preferred partner. I wanted to create a party them so I created a banner with pom pom using the Pink Paislee papers. I also incorporated the Hambly Screen Prints transparency with the green elephants in the design.The two base Pink Paislee papers are attached with Helmar Quick Fix Adhesive Runner and then I stitched around the page. The Transparency is attached with Helmar V2 Vellum Adhesive. I have to say ..... This product is new to me and I love how it works. It is a must have if you use vellum on you projects. The banner is built on a piece of cord called rat tail and the banner elements are attached withHelmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive. The photo was placed on top of the transparency using the same Helmar Quick Dry Adhesive.

Another wonderful feature with Helmar adhesives are the screw top lids. No more looking for the lids for the bottle when you have completed your project. I have actually had bottle caps snap off during travel and I ended up with a huge mess of spilled glue in my bag. Talk to you next week!

Gayle Martin
jgwm.blogspot.com

Lily Bee - Play all Day

Working with HelmarHelmar Adhesives and their preferred partners could not be better. I have an entire collection of adhesives at my finger tips and a beautiful diverse array of prodcuts to play with. I love our preferred opartners and the gifts they give us to work with.

This weeks vendor as you know by now is Lily Bee Lily Bee . I am a girls that needs intense color and these papers just vibrate and inspire your senses You can see the entire collection here Hello Sunshine.

The colors in the Lily Bee collections are colorful and FUN and it was a pleasure putting this page together. I have had the photo of my nieces and nephew for a couple of years but have never scrapped it despite the fact that I loooove the photo. They had been playing out side all day with me following them around taking photos. Just your typical play all day on the farm tyoe of day. Swinging on a rope swing,swimming, climbing and dragging your feet thru the Florida sugar sand. You probably can not tell from this view but they are little dirt monsters at this point of the day. We were getting ready to go inside for the day when they all layed down on the concrete driveway. Think they were all exhaused.

To put this page together I first stitched 4 long stitches of cotton thread around the perimeter of the page.

I added a little Shimmerz Spritz paints on the corners of the page. I used after midnight and Concrete.

I then cut the blue and yellow pieces of Lily Bee paper Lily Bee to size and glued it down with Helmar Quick fix adhesive runner. The yellow rectangular paper has bobbin stitching around the out side of the page and were adhered with Helmar Quick Fix adhesive runner Helmar Adhesive explained. The top photo is mounted on cardboard and then attached with Helmar Zap dots and the embellishments used a combination of Zap Dots, and craft Glue to adhere everything on the paper.



The variety of patterns and colors in the papers made them very easy so easy to put together or a page. Be sure and go to the Lily Bee web site and check out their new collections .



New collections from Lily Bee.







Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend. Take lots of fun pictures and record memories.



DON'T forget to enter our contest to win some great prizes from Helmar. You still have a few days to get your submission in.