October Afternoon

Card Inspiration!!

Grab your circle punches, because we know this card by design team member Katrina Simeck will inspire you to create one just like it!  Completely adorable!!

 

Have you tried the Flash Cards?

Guest Designer Charity Hassel created an adorable album using our Farm Fresh flash card album.  Take a look at her incredible work...

 
  
 
 

The holidays may be over, but now is the time to scrap the photos!

Check out this fun idea from design team member Vivian Masket!  We love the simple design and the great use of the paper and stickers from the Very Merry Collection!

 

Winners!!

Congrats to the two winners of this week's prize!!  

love that LO Charity!! the strip of photos is just perfect there!! ♥
 Posted by: Bethany | January 01, 2010 at 01:20 PM

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Welcome Charity! Looking forward to more of your awesome work :)
 Posted by: Andrea M. | January 01, 2010 at 05:01 PM 

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Congrats to Bethany and Andrea M!  Please send your mailing info to use at contest@octoberafternon.com and we'll get your prizes right out!

January Guest Designer: Charity Hassel

Charity is a regular around here - you've seen a few of her projects in the past as reader spotlights.  This month, we'll feature more great projects from her!!  We're so excited!!

 

Designer Q+A:

Where do you live?  

Jacksonville, Florida

Kids?
yep. Alexander is 5 and Audrey is 3

How would you describe your style?

ever changing, layers

How long have you been scrapping?

I started a short time after getting married, so, 7 years now.

What's your favorite OA paper line?

That's a trick question, right.  Ok, I love Road Map!

What size do you scrapbook?

I go back and forth between 12*12 and 81/*11.  Changing it up seems to keep my creative juices flowing

1 page or 2?
Two pagers are a big challenge for me.  1 pagers here!

Do you make cards?
Love making cards!

Is your scrap area messy or neat?

Well, since my scrap area is my dining room table that we eat at every night it's clean, but I do have piles of things in one corner of our bedroom!

What camera do you use?

Nikon D50

What is your favorite OA stamp set?

love the Very Merry stamps!  Who can resist that little gingerbread man!

Your favorite ink?
Stampin' up.

Where do you find your inspiration?

from anyplace possible!  Sometimes it comes from obvious places like online galleries or scrapbook magazines.  Sometimes it's from a book cover, a children's  book or some other unusual spot.

Hand journaling or computer?
usually hand

What's your favorite scrapbooking color?

I think I gravitate toward blues.

What's your most-used scrapbook tool (aside from your trimmer)?

I love cutting things out from paper, etc. so probably my tiny scissors!

Are you a slow scrapper or a quick scrapper?

Lately, it's been slow...mostly because with the Holidays and kids out of school it's harder to find time to scrap!

What's your favorite quote?

one of my favorites.. think from a song... love isn't love till you give it away!

Give us your favorite tip...

I love using rubons for my sentiments/titles... I'm stometimes a bit stamp shy and rubons are fabulous!

Here is one of Charity's recent favorites... featuring OA's Report Card collection:

  

Lets give Charity a big OA welcome!  Leave us a comment and we'll choose two winners to receive an 8x8 paper pad and coordinating rub-ons!  Winners will be announced on Jan 5, 2010 - so stay tuned to see if you've won!!