For the students who wanted to have the ability to see the cards again if they were not able to complete the projects in class, here they are. The actual cards will be on display as well at the store.
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| Using a photo of a snowman that Marj and her husband, Wayne, built last winter! |
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| Hanging ornament; this was the easiest of the projects. Can't wait to make more of these! |
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| My favorite card because of the beautiful wrapping paper that Marj discovered. The ornament die cut from Spellbinders was backordered and we are expecting some to arrive with the next delivery from that supplier. |
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| How many holiday cocktail napkins can you think of that would make a beautiful layered card? Kathy Franco altered her card a little by making a square shape instead of the rectangular size. |
Two deliveries were opened today . . . Spellbinder nestabilities, stickles, beeswax for encaustic wax projects, inkpads, and holiday stamps from American Art Stamps that you'll see at the store by this Saturday. Vamp Stamp News magazine's new issue is now in the store (Linda Beveridge's issue is waiting for her), and so is the new issue of Cloth Paper Scissors.
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| Doesn't this look like a fun project? |
Speaking of Saturday, make sure you stop in for the Art 'n Soul Christmas Party from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. this Saturday, October 30. So many new ideas for cards, ornaments and special decor will be on display, along with the actual projects to purchase and/or information to make ordering very simple. And a special "make and take" is yours! We're excited . . . we hope you are too!
With the Christmas party and accompanying items, the Halloween papers, embellishments and stamps will be put in the back store room. Come in by Friday to get your discounts on the spooky stuff . . . Halloween papers and embellishments will now be discounted 40%, so get it while you can before the Christmas Party on Saturday! And Halloween stamps with blue stickers are discounted 25%.
Inchies Club meets tomorrow (Wednesday, Oct. 27) from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the store. Please bring a bone folder and pencil with you for a quick holiday project . . . making a small paper box to share your Inchies in at the Inchies Christmas Party on December 1.
And before we forget that Halloween is only a few days away, I wanted to share with you Geri Huebner's "over the top" Halloween in Wonderland book that she completed using Graphic 45's Halloween in Wonderland paper collection. A long time ago, we had a class making this book. Geri went home and . . . my, oh, my! . . . she took the time to watch the movie again to refresh her memory about the actual Alice in Wonderland book . . . with all of that extra knowledge, she finished her own version which is something to be proud of. Jeri was extremely clever in putting all of these finishing touches and additions into the book . . .
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| She filled in the details of the invitation to the Mad Hatter's Tea Party, and added a tag with a bow. |
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| Geri added a border across the tag sack and more black flowers. |
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| For the page using the spider web paper, Geri added "Charlotte's Web" to the mix . . . see Charlotte's face as she falls from the web? |
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| She used metal embossing techniques for Alice's skirt and legs! |
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| Geri cleverly used 'clocks' for the joints! |
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| Here she found all sorts of 'clocks' to add to the page because the story tells us "she's late, she's late, for a very important date!" |
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| An up-close look at all of those clocks . . . and the tea bag because it is a tea party she's late for! |
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| The Queen's tiara has been bling'd up, a gold Q was added, and the page quote was surrounded with black crystals. |
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| A closer look . . . wait until you see what's next! |
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| This was the fun page. Geri found playing cards, painted the white roses red because the Queen demanded red roses, added a paint brush, and made the background papers look like an artist's palette. |
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| She used red fingernail polish for the red paint, and green paper confetti for the leaves that were left from using a decorative punch from some other project. |
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| Notice the head and arms she added to make the cards into real characters . . . and don't forget the 'dripping' red paint! |
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| She added "sewn" patch pockets that hold little messages, and some great looking green floral embellishments. |
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| And what do these messages say? |
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| Geri added her own extra chipboard page and used some beautiful creativity and embellishments. |
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| The flip side of the added page . . . she folded Alice's neck to look normal and when it is 'unfolded', her neck becomes elongated . . . just like the book says! And did you notice the rabbit coming out of her hat? |
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| Another "added" page . . . |
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| A message inside the pocket . . . using an Outlines Rubber Stamp image for both sides of the tag. |
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| Even though it doesn't have anything to do with the storyline, she had to throw in a little Dr. Suess . . . 'Green Eggs and Ham' |
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| . . . right in the middle of the book! |
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| Back to the story . . . notice the paw prints that the Cheshire Cat is peering at? |
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| He's peering down from the tree . . . with glowing eyes! |
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| It was a tea party Alice was late for . . . and the party needed more flowers, Alice's chair needed some color, and the Rabbit was spiffed up a bit as well. |
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| Looks just like the garden that they picked the flowers from, complete with butterfly. |
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| And a beautiful back cover to end the story. |
It's not too late to make a special Halloween creation for your favorite ghoul!
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