Cutest store sample ever!

I spent the weekend at a scrapbook crop at our local scrapbook store and made a couple of samples for the store.  You can see them in person at Design U'R Memories

Clear acrylic album, pages are dresses or aprons.  Click on each photo to make it larger.  

Some are fronts, others are backs and these are not necessarily in the order they are in the book.  But I still think each page came out cute

Acrylic Jumper front

Acrylic jumper back

Acrylic dress under cover jumper

Paper dress under acrylic cover jumper

 acrylic dress over paper

 Paper under above acrylic

 Acrylic over paper

 Paper under above acrylic

 dress skirt opens up to shaped honeycomb paper skirt

 Then flip the book over and this is the acrylic on the back page

 Paper page under above acrylic

 Paper with above acrylic removed

 Acrylic over paper

 Paper under above acrylic

 Wrote a short marketing poem for the store

 Back of one of the above pages.  Loved making the tear bears!

 Tomorrow night I will blog the boys overall acrylic book that I barely finished as well!

It's always fun to spend a weekend playing!!!

Did you ever have one of those days?

Yesterday, I promised to blog the creative process, including my mistakes.  Did my subconscious know something was up???  I woke up to snow.  Ok, you simply cannot create when it's this gloomy outside.  I don't want snow.  I'm too old for snow.  It makes my arthritis hurt.  So of course, my day started off with me in a mood!

But then I happily cut out envelops, tags and pockets from all my revised templates I made yesterday....I was on a roll. Still hadn't decided to ink, pain, or what....but I had stuff to play with!

So I thought, how about decorative punches in the corners?  Of course, my very first punch didn't work and I had to completely tear the corner to get it out.  (Never fear...I'll patch it up!)

Then I decided to try a decorative punch across the top....and it simply didn't punch....

Not only that, but when I tried to open the punch, it literally fell apart!!!

So I pulled out a different punch.....and the same thing happened. You think this is some kind of karma?  Is someone telling me to go back to bed?

Nothing punched and they both just kept falling apart!

So I literally threw them in the trash!!!  I am too old to sit and try to get broken tools to work.  And I'm sure I could have E6000'd them back together.....but no....trash looks good to me!

And in the process of picking paper out of the punches....I broke my needle tool.  (top one).  Fortunately, Amaco has been quite generous to me and I have another tool to work with.  I do love Amaco!!!

At this point, I thought I'd switch gears and paint some of the envelopes.  You guessed it, first 3 jars of paint I opened....ALL dried up!  Hmmmm.....guess I don't use paint that much?  So I ran some water in them, mixed them up, will let them set overnight......praying that tomorrow is a "new" day!

Can't paint, can't punch....I next decided to teadye some stuff.  Well, I did that way before we had Ranger and color wash and distress inks.  Just add Nestea and water....guess what, it still works!

from this rather bright pink and green (have you decided that's my color scheme for this project?)

to a very toned down, tanned piece of satin....

I covered the entire cooktop counter with freezer wrap.....and guess what?  I ran out of freezer wrap!  I am thinking that I need to run to the grocery and NOT buy freezer wrap....just get chocolate!  LOLOL!!!  But then....remember...it's snowing outside....I don't even want chocolate "that" bad!

The good thing?  The cooktop is covered and none of this will be dry til morning.  So I told Kerry he has to take me out to dinner tonight!  LOLOL!  Oh my!  You should have seen the look on his face!

So while I haven't had a very creative day, the word "creative" does have multiple meanings and I was pretty creative at getting out of cooking dinner tonight!

Hopefully tomorrow I'll make better progress!

Night 7 - Eight Nights of Lights 2009

Tonight, it is the practice to reinforce the rituals of the past 6 nights. So, tell the story of the great battle, eat more good food, share some humor, play some games....and truly just enjoy the blessings of life.

This has been an incredible week. I go to bed each night saying my blessings. I wake up each morning with such a feeling of excitement. Why? Well....I haven't known what I was going to do except for the first night and tomorrow night! The rest....I've just left up to the "moment". And while there have been a couple moments of panic....for the most part...it's been one of the most fun weeks of my life! This morning, I was clueless. So I got out every single thing I own that could be Hanukkah related. Spread it out on the table. Pulled out all the blue, white, silver, gold papers that I have. Pulled out all the crystals, buttons, beads.....and then I got to the acrylic. I had forgotten about the Messiah journal.

And that was it. I knew that today....in just a few short hours....I had to start this journal. And while it's not finished....it's ready to finish! All that's left is to write my story....and I think I will write the story of this past week. Each day has been such a blessing. Filled with scripture reading, Hebrew study, creating, playing. And bless Kerry! He has just been so patient with me through it all! "Honey, can you fix lunch? I've got ink all over my hands and I don't think you want green chicken today!" or "Sweetie, can we go out for dinner tonight? I'm just way too exhausted to cook anything!"

(OK, it really helps to start everything with "Honey" or "Sweetie".....just give it a try!)




For my project tonight, I simply incoporated a lot of what we've been doing.....but I added a few new things! Isn't that all art is? We just do the same things over and over while we add new techniques, new products to what we do....and it's so much fun!

I love playing with acrylic journals. In my video I show you how to use alcohol ink to color acrylic....and not get that polished stones look! I know! We all want polished stones. But once in awhile, I don't want it - I want something that looks like I sprayed it on. But if you spray paint, you won't get a transluscent look. That's why I like using alcohol ink!










You can contact Scrapbook Your Life to order word books - pick any word you want...and you can go 3 rows deep!



The stamps are by Outliners.





For me, personally, nothing inspires me more than the Star of David. It is the shield that protected David in battle. It is the star lights the world. It is my sign that I am always seeking the Messiah. And it is His sign that I see in every snowflake that falls. Oh! To be so blessed! To be able to share my art with you! Hanukkah is not just 8 nights of lights - it's 8 nights of delight!!!