Halloween Flair Buttons (and an update)

Hallo, is there anybody in here? Wow. It's been so long since I last visited my blog that I actually forgot the url (and typed brandtlassen.blogspot.dk, which is not exactly me. For a second I though someone hijacked my blog. hi hi). So what happened? Life happened. Both the good life but also the bad life.  My Buddhist mind does not like to talk about fighting and struggles, but rather to talk about challenges. It's no secret that my health has been a challenge for many many years, but this year it developed into a struggle. I will not dwell on the details, but just mention that I have been forces to make brave decisions towards a better, brighter future. I need to get to the other side before revealing my plans, but I firmly believe my life and health will be better in the future.

This year I went from creating over a 100 yearly layouts, to lets just say way fewer than that! I've been so stressed that for the first time ever my creative mind just stopped working. Actually, everything stop working, it feels like. I have not been able to sit down and enjoy the process of scrapbooking for a long time. I have forces myself to do so because of my Design Team obligations, and was in the process reminded how much I miss creating beautiful stuff.

I found out that designing at the computer was a creative outlet I could actually manage. I could just turn off the computer and the room would not be a mess like with scrapbooking (well, it is a mess, but that's because I don't have the time nor energy to tidy my space. But that's a different story! I have been able to spend 10 minutes here and there, and the result has been more flair buttons and stamps. But still no scrapbooking and definitely no blogging. Instagram has been my friend, though. Love that App and it's ability to connect me to wonderful people all over the world. And I love the instant feedback. I've needed that, since my blog doesn't get many comments. Comments motivate, but it's just so much easier with Instagram and Facebook. So that's why I started a Facebook page. Not to add another media to update, but to have a media where I would actually be active and connect with people.

I'd be happy if you'd like Brandt-Lassen Design on Facebook or follow me on Instagram @brandtlassen, as I am more likely to actually show signs of life over there.

So without further ado, I'll introduce my new Halloween flair buttons (the Christmas release will be in a separate post), so this post actualy contain pictures! It is October after all, and being a big fan of everything that was to do with decorations and dressing up, I couldn't pass up the chance of creating a little something for this spooky event.

Halloween minder

Det tog kun et år at få scrappet minder om de marcipan finger vi lavede sidste år til Halloween! Jeg har udstandset cirkler i forskellige størrelser og pyntet siden med dem. Nogle af dem har jeg syet fast på symaskinen.

It took me a year to scrap the photos from making marcipan fingers last year for Halloween.

Og endnu et Halloween layout med fotos fra sidste år. Er langt bagud med at få fremkaldt fotos fra dette års tur i Tivoli...

Halloween kursus

Det er snart Halloween, og i år holder jeg Halloween kursus. Vi skal lave pynt til hjemmet, layout og kort med udgangspunkt i Jenni Bowlins nye Halloween serie og en masse die cuts. Her er foto af noget af det vi skal lave:

Halloween is approaching and this year I'll be teaching a Halloween class. We will be making cards, a banner and a layout using Jenni Bowlins new Halloween collection and lots of die cuts. Here's peak at some of the things we'll make:

Kurset afholdes torsdag den 25. oktober kl. 18.30-21 hos love2scrap.

Halloween kort

Jeg er så småt begyndt at varme op til Halloween, og har lavet dette kort inspireret af en udfordring fra Heidi fra Scrapper.dk. Man skulle bla. bruge Spellbinders.

I am slowly warming up to Halloween and have created this card inspired by Heidi at Scrapper.dk. One rule was to use Spellbinders.

Happy Halloween

Det er ikke helt tid til at lave julekonfekt endnu, men så kan man da lave afskårne fingre og Halloween græskar i marcipan...

Happy Halloween. Boo

Halloween banner

I anledning af den amerikanske højstid har jeg lavet et Halloween banner.

 

[Papir: Cosmo Cricket 'Matilda', Bazzill, bogstaver: American Crafts 'Tinsel', chipboard: Cosmo Cricket]

Boo!

Halloween nærmer sig og det kræver et lille mini album!

Så skal jeg bare tage nogle fotos, så albummet kan blive helt færdigt. Der er flere fotos af albummet hos scrapper.dk.

[Papir og chipboard: Cosmo Cricket 'Matilda', album: Kaiser Craft, bogstaver: American Crafts og My LIttle Shoebox, maling, distress ink og Silhouette stakit/kat og flagermus]

Halloween i Tivoli

Efterårsferien nærmer sig - og det betyder Halloween i Tivoli og masser af muligheder for sjove oplevelser og fotos. Her er nogle layouts fra sidste år.

Det første layout er med fotos af hollandske vafler - på en pind. De udstandsede bogstaver er lavet på papir, der først er kørt igennem en embossing folder med vaffelmønster.

[Papir: Sei, DCVW, journaling spot: Making Memories, Blade og bogstaver: Quickutz]

Årets officielle Halloween-græsker fotos 2009!

[Papir: ukendt, græskar, hus, titel og edderkop udskåret med Silhouette]

For første gang prøve Asbjørn en forlystelse helt alene. Hans yndlingsfarve er rød, så det var 'heldigt' at han kom til at køre i en rød veteranbil.

[Papir: My Mind's Eye, camper og bogstaver: Quickutz, journaling spot: K&Company]

Tivoli er naturligvis dyldt med små boder som sælger Halloween-pynt...og ting til at prøve. Her er moster og Asbjørn forklædt som djævel.

Asbjørns yndlingsbamse er en haj (Bruce fra Find Nemo filmen), så alt der har med hajer at gøre er sejt. Og når man ligefrem kan få lov til at sidde på en stor haj er man rigtig cool!

[Papir: Cosmo Cricket, bogstaver og pirat: Quickutz, pil og dødningshoved: Silhouette, journaling spot: Making Memories]