Halloween 2012

So far i am not really in the mood for Halloween for three reasons:

1. I am desperately trying to declutter my huge stash of craft supplies
2. I am desperately working on my wedding album to get it finished before it's time to decorate for christmas
3. My job sucks and i am desperately trying to find a new one. I mean, the people there are really nice and it is not the worst job in the world, but it is drop dead boring and the mental challenge tends towards zero. People keep telling me that this is normal, every job is boring, that's life, bla bla bla. But it is NOT normal, and this is definitely not the way i want to live my life. I absolutely loved my previous job and miss it terribly, and now i am trying to find a position that i might love equally, preferably in a creative surrounding.

Anyway, back to the Halloween decoration. Due to my lack of motivation this one was done in less than 20 minutes. Its just a few pieces of black window tulle, spiderwebs, my black straw wreath and Spoo-Key banner from last year and some bats that i cut with my Silhouette Cameo. 



The template was this free shape of the week.


Editing photos for Halloween seems to be trendy right now, however i simply covered the glass of the frames with transparency foil and used sharpies to make us look like vampires/ zombies. Not fabulous, but funny.



The blood bottle is actually a bottle of strawberry wine and i think the shape fits the Halloween theme perfectly.



That's all. The rest of the decoration is still in its box, and will probably stay there until next year.

Sketch Challenge: Ocean Drive

The November Challenge of Scrap365 is based on a sketch by Tiff Firth:



And this is my interpretation:



For this layout i chose a photo of Miami's Ocean Drive, taken during our vacation in 2008.


When i think of South Beach, the colors turquoise, pink, green and yellow immediately come to my mind's eye, so i wanted to include those colors in my design. However, i used gold instead of yellow, 1. because yellow is a sunny daytime color and my photo was taken a night and 2. because gold better represents the chic glam of South Beach.



Materials used:
- plain white paper
- one sheet of mint green paper from a Recollections® travel-themed kit
- acrylic paint thinned with water ( for a watercolor effect)
- glitter glue in pink and blue
- gold spray
- palm tree glitter stickers from Target
- a used dryer sheet dyed with acrylic paint
- a bottle cap as a stamp
- pink and aqua ink
- Mod Podge
- Baker's Twine
- Washi Tape
- pink cardstock
- my Silhouette Cameo





Quick and Simple Fall Decoration


This is my fall decoration this year:
A small pumpkin, wicker balls in different sizes, chestnuts in a vase, a burlap rose bouquet, dried leaves and sunflowers from my birthday bouquet and this adorable little paper ornament by madewithlovebyhannah.com