Winter is around the corner

 While I'm all about fall right now, still having my pumpkins decorating the house, I'm starting to think about winter. I've been playing with canvases, vinyl and Glimmer Mist. I created the Halloween canvas shown in an earlier post, and now I've done one for Winter and I'm loving it!

Grasshopper Gallery

This is where I spend some of my time - such a bright cheerful atmosphere. Need something to do on a weekend? Come out to Irricana AB and check out the town murals and the gallery - bring your pennies to shop!

some clocks I made

the main shop

necklaces - bargain priced :)

Bobby pins - great stocking stuffer

badge lanyards

Give thanks...

I've wanted to make a Fall banner to go with my pumpkin collection for awhile. Last night I finally cut one out! My flags are 5.5" high - but I'd do them about 8" next time. Sorry for the lousy pics, but my camera battery is dead so it's from my cellphone which doesn't have a flash.

My friend Arlene showed me a link to these wonderful paper pumpkins, so I had to make a trio of them as well. Super-easy, super-fast. I just twisted paper and inked a bit for the stems, and curled the paper using the backside of a scissor blade. How cute are these?!

Vinyl vinyl vinyl

Here are some shots of my most recent vinyl applications. I thought I'd have fun with my Jimmy as you can see! My son wanted the grenade - and when a buddy saw it he said, "that's badass, where'd you get it?" "My mom." Buddy's response, "Not so badass now." LOL!

My back window... watch out!

...and it wouldn't be mine without dragonflies!

My son's back window

Front closet door - will be changed seasonally

brown vinyl with the orange pumpkin

creepy crawly canvas

One more post for Halloween today. I designed this subway art on my Gypsy using the Happy Hauntings Cricut cartridge. Original plan was to sell as a vinyl piece to put on a wall or window (which means removable but not reusable). Then I thought why not put on a canvas so it can be pulled out every Halloween! I layed the vinyl on a wrapped canvas and spritzed with two coats of Glimmer Mist. Once dried I pulled off some of the vinyl to let the white mask show through. Finally, a spray of Krylon to protect the finish.

I'll be making another of these I think - I really love the way it turned out! Canvases will be $20. Vinyl ready to be applied will sell for $10.

Thanks for looking!

Halloween Treats

Stampin' Up has started carrying these cool little skinny treat bags. I've put a few together so there's a little item for the kidlets available at the Grasshopper Gallery.

Fun part - filling the little tubes with candy. Skittles were amusing to sort into patterns, if a little bit tedious. The tootsie rolls were way easy - but I think most kids will pick the skittles :)

 Punch a little circle and a larger circle, stamped with a pumpkin, make a jack-o-lantern face, and sandwich the top of the bag between them. Just for fun I got a bag of plastic rings - bats and witches and skulls, oh my!

Crocheted wire

I decided to mix two of my favourite things - jewelry and crochet - and made this bunch of necklaces for Grasshopper Gallery. These were fun to make - next up, some made with coloured wire!

Happy 100th!

Actually - Happy 50th x 2 to my friends Doug and Jan, birthdays only a week apart! They had a party, and though I didn't make it to the event itself, I did want to do something for them. I made them a lollipop bouquet. Love the "50 Sucks" lollies I got from the dollar store :)

Start with a styrofoam ball, 50 stickers and a container

Stick the suckers into the styrofoam ball

Make sure the styro fits properly in the container

Cover the container with paper and decorate!

The Twinery

The Twinery is having an Anniversary Giveaway - a full ultimate bundle! That means one of each and every twine they have shown here, people!

Just click on the link to find out how to win. Good luck!!!

It's been waaay too long!

I've been away because of major surgery. Between time in hospital and recovery, I'm feeling very deprived in the creativity department!

To start back at it I've been playing with vinyl. Here is a start on decorating my Creative Zone door. I need to add some flowers, and of course dragonflies, and who knows what else...

Fabric covered designer pots

LOVE LOVE LOVE these and must have! How stinkin' cute are these? I'm sure I have some quilt fabrics that will be awesome for these - now where is my scrap bin?

Thanks to Christine Chitnis (christinechitnis.com) for the tutorial!

http://www.christinechitnis.com/2010/01/pretty-pots.html

More Steampunk Gears

"pseudo-Victorian mechanical "steampunk" style"

I used the remaining gears and such I purchased for yesterday's necklace to make three more today. I messaged Josh to see if he'd like to switch to one of these others - since it wasn't mailed yet due to the lock-out. Again, I stuck with symmetry, and I liked it, I really liked it!

Josh's all packaged up

SOLD to a good gal - thx Jen :)

Sorry for the lousy photos - my camera is unhappy with its battery so these are from my flashless BB camera (curses).

gears

I was commissioned by a friend of Jamie's to make him a necklace. I've been so lax on getting it done --- but finally completed it. And had it ready to mail. And was informed Canada Post has implemented a walk-out. Sorry Josh, more waiting!

So - part of the reason for the delay was figuring out just what to do for him - Josh just graduated engineering. As an engineer he likes symmetry. This is a challenge for me - where unbalanced asymmetry is my forte! I hope he likes it...

Vinyl vinyl everywhere!

Had a bunch of fun scrapping with my buddy Eryn yesterday, and I got some vinyl cut. I cut vinyl to decorate our Cricuts - they have now been "tattooed"!

 

I also cut the "family" for Eryn's Jeep, and a deer. Next up, deer for her hubby's truck. I have officially started my Heather's Treasures Facebook Page to sell these little goodies. Check it out!