And in the Spirit of Halloween...

Mini Album: "Right Now I'm Grateful For..."

I designed this Zutter-bound mini-album for a class in October. Was supposed to have an autumn 'thanksgiving' kind of feel (to match the theme...) but somehow ended up looking more like Halloween instead....oh well.

Happy Accidents and Other Discoveries:

1. The 'treasure map' effect on the square piece of Pageframes overlay is fun to do...you just snip and make some notches on the edges, then emboss the edges and as you heat with your heat gun the plastic will melt and you can 'shape' it a bit to curl it up. This is one of those fun things Betty and I experimented with a while ago. Check out what Betty made with her melted transparency: http://www.flickr.com/photos/30468551@N08/2847760139/
2. Bronze UTEE looks really nice....I also tried sprinkling it instead of the usual using it with a stamp. (i.e. rub glue pad all over the paper, then sprinkle little grains of UTEE on). You get a kind of bumpy corrugated faux metal texture....nice.
3. The little white lumps around the lock are beeswax pellets. This experiment totally failed so we didn't do in class. But for the record, I pressed the wax pellets onto a small transparency square, then heated them a little bit so they melted and 'merged' into each other - but not too much so that final result is still bumpy. Nice at first, but it all started falling off by the time class started so....sigh... perhaps next time I'll do it on paper or cloth...quite liked the 'chicken pox' texture... or maybe make like braille....hmmm

I Don't Celebrate Halloween....but

The Critters decided on Sunday that it would be fun to dress up for Halloween (See, this is the product of watching Playhouse Disney everyday). It was good fun. Beth made up her own costume (White Bunny fairy) and I am proud to say that I whipped up Benny's spider costume in 10 minutes - haha (did you see the clothes pegs?) We also had a visit from a little Mushroom and her brother, but she ran away before I could get a good pic (plus the costume didn't stay on for very long....humidity is such a killjoy).

Now, this is how Halloween ought to be celebrated - if you're celebrating that is...

http://purpleoniondesigns.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/10/happy-halloween.html. Check out Michele's house!!! And those cupcakes!!!

AND there are new stamps at Purple Onion too! Michele gives links on her Halloween post. (love the new "Hello" noteblock stamp.

Haha...I have You Don't have

Ok, ok, it's not actually mine so I don't technically 'have' one....but Betty and I get to play with it first! The Making Memories Slice came in to the store last night and we fiddled around with it this morning. I must say its really easy to use and fun too. The interface is simple and pretty idiot-proof so that's cool. There's also a lot of nice materials like acetate and shimmer papers and things that the Slice can cut - those are coming soon too -yum. Here's some stuff Betty made with the Slice already:

As Betty would say..."mei mei" (pretty pretty)....

You can call Laine's at 63336831 to find out more about prices and discounts and stuff (Me blur, always not so sure about those kinds of things...)

We Interrrupt this Program to bring you...

Here's sneak peeks of what I designed for the classes at Laine's in November.

The Canvas Book class one is the one where I tried out Gesso image transfer onto canvas - the super fun technique Betty showed me. fun fun fun. Will post full pics after the classes are done.