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Terrorific Tuesday Finale!

It's the final week for this year's Terrorific Tuesday. Much thanks to Alexa Westerfield for host this- it's a lot of work! Enjoy!

MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2009

Terrorific Tuesday 2009 Week 4

Trick or Treat!
Frame and post it note holder dressed for Halloween

Costumed Kokeshi Dolls
Try out a Halloween idea for a traditional Japanese doll with Crafterella

Halloween Mask
Phyllis Dobbs created a fun and easy Halloween mask - great for adults and kids!

Fun Halloween Lanterns
Stephenie Hamen accessorizes plain paper lanterns with her paper punches.

Black Widow & Bloody Necklaces
Pattie Wack uses 3-D paint to create chokers that will creep out your party guests!

Tutu Cute Halloween Wreath
Vanessa creates an inspired wreath made of tulle!

Mad Scientist Party
Amy of Living Locurto shares a slew of fun ideas to host your own Mad Scientist Party.

Halloween Zombie Dolls
Crafty Chica shows how to add some zombie love to your decor!

Halloweenies!
Boopsie Daisy shares some of the wonderful Halloween dollies that she dreams up!

Crafty Chica's Ghost Story!
Kathy Cano-Murillo shares a haunted crafty tale!

Halloween Cone Witches
Make these cute little paper cone witches for Halloween!

Halloween Leftovers
Mel takes the leftovers from last week's project and makes a cool Goth choker!

Brenda Pinnick Halloween Owls
Seasonal Owls for Scaring or Delighting Trick or Treaters

The Impatient Crafter
Margot creates another spooktacular mixed media necklace with a bite.

Halloween Batty Windchime
Heidi Borchers creates a super cute windchime with personality!

Kitschy Kitschy BOO
Add some Halloween flair to your day with this cute kitschy bracelet and earring combo!

Simple Halloween Gift Tags
Studio Mama makes a strong impact with these quick and easy tags! 

Strands of Beads
Melissa once again gives some pretty flower beads a Gothic makeover with this simple earring design

Costume Fun
Sharron Westerfield shares her passion for costume-making and the joy it brings her grandchildren.

Return of the Birthday Zombie
Candace is cracking herself up with this ghoulish gift box idea

Doodle Pumpkin
Swelldesigner a.k.a. Alexa Westerfield shows you how to make a fun pumpkin on the fly!

Sizzix Project!

I've been playing around with Eileen Hull's  new Scoreboard Sizzix Dies and found a great combo project!

I've been making these little mini-books using my own Sizzix product, Die Number 656042-Album cover and page. The mini-books are perfect for creating portable color palettes to stick in  your purse or bag for quick and easy reference. Shopping for new items can be stressful, so having a small reference book can make matching or coordinating your projects or wardrobe easier. 

Here is what I used:

Sizzix #656137 Eileen Hull Box with Flap

 Sizzix #656235 Eileen Hull Notebook Pocket

 Sizzix #656042 Brenda Pinnick Album Cover and Page  ON SALE!!! WOW!!!

Brenda Pinnick Scrapper Keeper Album elements / QVC.com   ON SALE!!!! WOW!!! - read the reviews on this!

Download a jpeg of this project showing different views here-View this photo

Be sure to tune in tonight for Inspired at Home Blog Talk Radio with Tiffany Windsor! I'll be giving a short talk about color in  nature!

 

And tomorrow morning, 10:00 a.m est., Tiffany is hosting a very special LIVE program via FACEBOOK LIVE and I will also be guest on this very special show along with Eileen Hull!!! I'll be talking about color in nature again and will be showing some beautiful photographs from my walk down the road.

Please join us!!! 

And before I forget, here is this week's color palette from BrendaPinnickColorU- October week 4Download BP color U.v4

AND, if all that isn't enough to keep you off the streets and out of the pool halls -Be sure to check out WHEN CREATIVITY KNOCKS for this weeks Creative Journal and the latest episode! Fun stuff!!! I love Jenn Mason's suggestions for using up little bits and pieces of stuff! Very inspired, Jenn! Go here to see the very retro and oh so cool crochet project that Ana made by crocheting- it's halloween fun!

BPCU - week two!

Has a week gone by already??? Gheesh! Well, I was on a trip this last weekend, Houston to be exact. QUILT MARKET!!! What a wonderful show, so much energy, excitement, color, design and most of all,passion! I had the opportunity to catch up with some friends over long lunches and dinners and to meet and make some new ones along the way. It's hard to work by yourself, at home with no one to talk to except the cats! So when it's trade show time, it's always fun to meet up with people and talk in person.

Here's this week's color palette, still centered on Autumn hues. I've shown an example of using studio materials, in this case, embroidery skeins, to develop a palette. You don't need to have expensive color chips. Next week I'll show another source for gathering color inspiration and be tying it in with a project you can make using Sizzix dies. 

Download BP color U.v2 copy

If you missed last week's segment of Inspired at Home Radio, you can listen to my recorded podcast by visiting http://www.blogtalkradio.com/search/brenda-pinnick-color-u/This coming Sunday, my good friend and talented Designer, Lorine Mason will be the guest so be sure to tune in! 

And, be sure to make your weekly visit to the When Creativity Knocks website where you'll find all kinds of crafty projects and inspiration from the fabulous Jenn Mason, Ana Arujo and Megan Arujo who is now reporting live from Hollywood. 

Two more inspirational links for you- my good friend Fabrizio is up to his crafty goodness again, making Holiday cards using my big kit from QVC-UK. My goodness, the pieces and parts from this kit just go on and on! Fabrizio is a talented card crafter who actively shares his creations on a number of blogs, blog hops and more. Go visit him and say hello. 

My friend Eileen Hull is having a blog hop to show off her new Sizzix collection of structural dies and I'll be joining in the fun this next week. I love her new dies- can't wait to show you what I'm working on.

hugs,

Brenda

Terrorific Tuesday - smorgasbord!!!

We're back! This is the first Terrorific Tuesday link parade and we're just getting started! Come by every Tuesday for a new installment- now thru the end of October!

Studio Mama Blog Creep out your friends with this Leatherface-esque collection of eyeballs strung on hardware!

The Impatient Crafter Halloween is right around the corner and Madge kicks off the season with a stunningly spooky mixed media necklace and a bonus short story sure to send shivers up your spine!

Living Locurto - Halloween Doggie Dress-Up Free Printable Kids will love dressing up this cute doggie in different costumes!

Sharron Westerfield Create an adorable jack-o-lantern baby bib for your favorite little one!

Mantipi Specimen with Tutorial Join Crafterella in making you own spooky specimen jar using polymer clay.

Spooky Spider Wreath Welcome your guests with this cute and creepy wreath!

My Big Mouth Craft a mini Halloween candy dish that looks like Frankenstein

Strands of Beads Melissa creates a simple skully necklace to celebrate the season.

Halloween Pyramid Box This is perfect for use as a Halloween favor box or as an unusual decoration.

Allee Marderosian for iLoveToCreate Take your look to the Darkside with these Twilight Romance tees, perfect for Halloween festivities or everyday adventures!

Candace Jedrowicz - Spirit Clay These sparkly Candy Corn Riot earrings are made using real candy corn! No kidding!

Brenda Pinnick Brenda uses her Sizzix Die to create a batty neck piece you'll want to sink your teeth into!

The Impatient Crafter Madge shows you how to make a super cute Halloween tote in this week's I Love to Create post!

Crafty Chica Dia de los Muertos Shrine Contest! The Chica, ILoveToCreate & Craft Zine have teamed up for a skullerific contest!

Alexa Westerfield a.k.a. Swelldesigner Inspired by her love for True Blood, Swelldesigner takes a stab at bloody white pumpkins!

well earned bags under my eyes

Yep, that's right. I've earned 'em. I've been a traveling fool, a trend searching warrior and now I'm tired. 

What a wonderfully busy and fun week I've had! As I mentioned in my earlier post, I was invited to spend not one, but two nights at the Potter (as in the fabulously wonderful Ms. Margot) homestead out in God's country, 

Remember the t.v. show GREEN ACRES? The beautiful wife with her jewels and well  coifed hair? Her pretty clothes, her passion for all things shiny...FEEDING THE PIGS? Well,  I know her reincarnation personally and she, along with her family were the kindest, most accommodating hosts you'll ever meet. I was sort of, well, "needy". I needed maps, I needed a machine to take some QVC training, I needed "I'm lost, help me" directions via three phone calls...AND, we shot a video which the very, very patient Mr. Potter directed and taped and is now editing. Thank you so much, Potter family, for taking such good care of me and making me feel like a princess...

So after living MY fantasy life on the farm, I dashed home and tidied up just in time for MY OWN house guest to arrive.

Phyllis Dobbs drove in from 'Bama to go to the gift show with me. There we met up with Stella Violano and Andy Mathis. Andy had a booth and was showing his art, we three girls did a "little" cash and carry shopping in the way of jewelry. I guess I was heavily influenced by Margot's designs and enthusiasm for personal adornment. She sets a fine example indeed. We were able to make some good connections for our art licensing businesses and had a swell time trend spotting and a wee more "research shopping". While at QVC, I learned what colors look good on camera and I found a few basic wardrobe pieces that will fit the bill just dandy.

We looked at a lot of stuff in the mart and Stella was just amazed, never having been there. Holiday showrooms were introducing some new color-ways that start with orange and then went oddly different from there. Not quite sure if I can get excited about it, but it is nice to finally start seeing some movement away from true Christmas red and greens with nothing to add zip. I like traditional for the Holidays but appreciate seeing an edge to it by way of unexpected combinations. 

This week I'm hoping to see and approve my new textile patterns which will be shown at Quilt market in October. So excited about this I can hardly sit still. This is truly a dream of mine, my entire life! This will be my first time going to Quilt market and I know it will be a amazing. My friends talk about it for months afterwards!

Off to put some cucumber slices on my eyes and maybe slather a mud mask on my face... it paints a pretty picture, doesn't it? 

I hope you have a wonderful Monday, I'm playing catch up with some art that's overdue. yikes!