I hope you all had a Safe and Happy Halloween!
Friday, October 31, 2008
Here's Frankentini...
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Have you seen the latest Taco Tuesday?
I even created a little video on how to make these beautiful butterflies. I was pretty happy with myself when these came out. They have a nice sturdy backing that I covered in fabric so when they lay on your skin it's not sharp and believe it or not, I've never had a problem with the antennas. They've stayed on nicely. The one on the left is made with aluminum metal wings colored in wild plum, eggplant and butterscotch alcohol inks. The body is made from the Dark Chocolate metal. The right one uses the same colors on the wings but it's over the Pearl metal, a subtle difference, huh? And the body is made from black metal. The wings are made from Big Daddy Mold Number 2 and the bodies are made from Big Mamma Mold Number 10.
Now what do you think? It's metal just great!
Monday, October 27, 2008
Getting ready...
I hope your day was artful!
Sunday, October 26, 2008
A spooky good time ...and some art too!
What started as a beautiful hayride turned into a scary scene!! I was so busy taking photos of the scenery and then...
I nearly fell off the back of the wagon! The I just thought that last headstone was perfect. Orange U. Scared. Yup, for a moment, I was!!
The family went home, I did some laundry, we had lunch and then headed off the the cub scout's pack meeting. It was the Halloween party. Check out Patrick's costume and how much fun the boys had...
A fun filled family day. We needed that! Sometimes life gets so busy you can forget about what's important. I love my family time. I'm so glad we spent the day together having fun!
Then today I spent at the Scrapbook Cupboard. We had a fabulous Holiday Bus Tour. I was feeling quite inspired by some things I have seen lately and after I created the metal embossed Naked Trees, I really felt like I could push this idea further. So here they are...
Friday, October 24, 2008
Harvest Canvas...
I taught the class at the Scrapbook Cupboard on October 10th and we only had a few people sign up. I ran the class and those that came did a phenomenol job. Well, since that time, the canvas has sat on the shelf there at the store and people have been going nuts over it. So, I'm going to create a kit. My job tomorrow is to type up step by step instructions for it. Then, I'm going to have to heat up my melting pot so I can create those leaves to put in the kit. I know not many people will have those. Anyhow... I was thinking about submitting it to the Ranger Ink Link Group. Their challenge this month was a Harvest theme. Perfect, right? Well, it's a challenge and it was supposed to be made this month. And I made this in September so it doesn't really count. Oh well. I did post it to Suze's Yahoo group so she could take a look. I hope she likes it.
Now, if I can only find what I need for a Winter themed one. People are asking. I'm gonna have to do some searching... anyone know of an online store with some cool Winter themed decorative napkins?? If so, send me an email or post here...
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
ATC's
It's still got room to grow!!
Tonight was another great ATC night at the Scrapbook Cupboard. There were 10 different, unique and fabulous cards created. Take a look at all the wonderful cards traded tonight...
We had a last minute drop out so I created two of them for this swap. These are my two...
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Stencil Tutorial!
Now, I had a couple people ask me about the card in the previous post. So I decided a tutorial was in order. I've tried uploading it as a slide show. I hope it works...
Let me tell you what I used... RockStar Black Metal, Dream Weaver Naked Tree Stencil, Cuttlebug, Spellbinder Charm Mat Set, Sanding Block, Humungo Adhesive, Inky Binky (or paper towel), alcohol ink applicator, ginger applicator, cardstock, distress ink.
If you have any questions about this tutorial, let me know. And let me know if you try it. I'd love to see what you did!
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Family Fun and a Fresh New Technique!
Here's a picture of some of the things I used as well as the metal before I used Ginger Alcohol ink on the trees...
It's kinda funny to look at that photo. It almost looks like the stencil with black paper behind it, huh. But that's embossed metal with a Dream Weaver Stencil. Very cool, indeed! It's a super easy technique and I think I might embellish a little on it. I see a bat floating in the foreground and maybe a moon in the background? Or maybe I'll do this with regular aluminum and then alcohol ink it to have a purple-blue hued background and brownish black trees. Hmmm... The things I could do with this stencil. It's a good thing I ordered a few more, I'll be having fun playing for a while!
Up next, I need to make 10 ATC cards for the swap on Wednesday. Circus theme! I'll post pictures when they are done. I already know what I'm going to do, I just need about 10 more hours in my day...
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Lots to share...
I have a few cute stories and pictures to share... When Caleb was sitting at my desk yesterday he was playing with my trimmer. I don't care, as long as he didn't cut what I was working on. He didn't. When I went to start working again last night, I found that he had been stamping! Now, this is something Caleb never does. He used to draw ( I wish he would some more...) but now he's in between. He's not quite sure what he wants to do. Although, now that I think of it, I should take a photo of the piece of art he brought home yesterday. I'll take one tomorrow of him holding it! Anyhow, so I went to sit back down at my work station and this is what I see...
I'm getting such a kick out of it... him calling himself, "the boy". Too funny! Caleb has grown so much over the last two months. Emotionally and academically. He's bringing home 106's on Spelling test and 100's on Math tests, I'm thrilled that he's doing so well. It had been a struggle there just to get him to sit and do his homework but finally now, he does it with minimal problems. I'm happy for him and so proud!
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