My delightfully scary Vampiress!

Halloween is almost here, and my girl wanted to be scary this year! So, we got a dress, black hair spray, and glow in the dark press on nails for girls. She also asked me to do her makeup..YAY, fun for mommy too! Here she is, all "spookified" and ready for a friends' party last weekend....







Isn't she cute and spooky all in one? Her younger brother was actually scared of her and said he didn't like it all! I love the "mean" picture the best, and what kind of scrappy mom would I be if I didn't scrap it right away? Hmmm? :)

Combining CI and MM!

I'm pretty lucky to have product from two design teams that go so very well together. My favorite chipboard pieces from Magistical Memories just beg to be painted with Creative Inspirations paints! Check out some of things I've done with them!

SNA World Card Making Day Blog Train!

Welcome to the Scrap ‘n Art World Cardmaking Day Blog Train! If you haven’t been with us since the beginning of the train, make sure you go to Angela’s blog (www.theprissypixel.com) to board. Our train is headed on a fantastic holiday tour and you won’t want to miss any of the ten stops. We start out at Halloween, head on over to Thanksgiving and end our journey at Christmas. Each blog along the way has a word that you will need to write down. At the end of the line, post the sentence you gathered from the various blogs and you will be entered to win an amazing prize package!




The train ride will be open until midnight Sunday (US Central Time Zone) and the winner will be announced on the Scrap ‘n Art Blog on Monday, October 4.


Welcome to Halloween! I am so happy I got to do a Halloween card for our blog train!



Halloween is my favorite holiday, yes, even before Christmas! I had fun pulling from my stash on this one. The card and cardstock are from Paper Accents and the purple patterned paper is of course from Graphic 45's Hallowe'en In Wonderland!

Thank you so much for stopping by. My word for you is HOLIDAYS! Next stop is Jennifer's blog. Have a great journey!

So who loves paint?

ME of course! It's a good thing too, because I'm happy to say I'm a Creative Inspirations DT member! I received my collection of paints in the mail yesterday, and I am just floored by all the incredible colors. I cannot wait to work with them!




Here's the new design team:

Returning:
Kendra Sand
Barbara Washington
Shelly Schmit


New:
Jan Hennings
Karen Wilson
Samantha Star
Chris Dickinson
Rebecca Price
Kianel
Jenn Koss

Keep an eye on the Creative Inspirations blog for daily tutorials, challenges, and projects from the design team!

Ahhhhh canvas!!

Oh how I love thee! Your texture is amazing, and you always look so eager to be painted and misted...........

LOL, yes I know it, I'm kooky, talking to a piece of fabric like that. But hey, I do embrace my silliness! I have been working with canvas every free moment I've had this week. I am definitely loving the results. Check out some fun stars I worked up, and the layout I used them on:




Cool huh! I've got more canvas goodies up my sleeve and I'll be sharing them soon. OH, and next week I'll have some great news as well!

Design Team and Guest Designer opportunities await you!!

Do you want to be a member of one of the coolest design teams out there? Do you want to work with friendly, creative designers? Do you want to work with the best chipboard out there? If you answered yes, yes, and yes then you're going to want to listen up! Magistical Memories is having a Design Team call! Information can be found on the MM blog, here.

We are also looking for a Guest Designer! In order to have a chance at it, you need to complete a page based on our AWESOME September monthly sketch. Information, and the sketch itself, are available here.


I LOVE this month's sketch, here is my example:



Sooooooo, what do you think? Will you be trying out? Good luck to those who do, I look forward to working with the new team members!

Favorite pair of jeans flower tutorial

You know we all have them. That favorite pair of jeans that we've owned simply FOREVER. We don't dare wear them out of the house because of all the holes in them, but they feel so very comfortable. There does, sadly, come a day when they do need to go. I couldn't completely part with mine this morning, so they had one more wash and dry, and then I took my scissors to them. I love the flowers I made with them, and this tutorial can, of course, be used with any ribbon/fabric you like best. But me, I know when I see these on my pages that I'll remember the jeans that kept me so comfortable and happy for all those years....

You will need:

* Old jeans/denim (or fabric of choice)
* Fabri Tac
* Good pair of scissors

Step 1.)
Begin by cutting your denim, and you will need two different lengths. For the petals, you need strips that are about 3.5" in length and a half inch in width. For the centers, you will need longer strips, about 15-16" in length and again about a half inch wide. These are not exact, just estimations, and you can experiment to find the sizes you really like to work with. For each flower, you need three short strips, and one long one.




Step 2.)
Build the base of your flowers. Apply a drop of tacky glue to the center of a short strip. Place a second strip on top, forming an "X". Add yet nother drop of glue to the center of the X and place the third denim strip to form a basic flower shape. Set this aside and move onto the flower center.







Step 3.)
Make the flower centers by laying a long strip out, flat. Apply glue the entire length of the strip, and roll it up.







Step 4.)
Now apply a few drops of glue in the center of the flower shape, and press the flower center onto it. Let them set up awhile, and they are ready to create with.





VARIATION:
Have fun with the centers and add a touch of lace to them when you're rolling them up. You might need to trim a bit off when the center is rolled up if your lace is longer than you want. Just play around with it!






Here is a batch I made this morning, what do you think?