THE EYES HAVE IT...

and I'm here to oblige! {get it, eyes...sneak peeks from yesterday...spooky eyes!}

Okay, never mind - I need more coffee!

Everyone, and I do mean EVERYONE, wants to see Brenda's Gypsy projects. Eleven emails yesterday, from those that already have their Gypsys, begging me to tell them more about these cute projects. Early!

They wanted the ultimate sneak-peek...can you believe that?

{LOL}

I can believe it! Because Brenda's little treat-bag projects are adorable. But I fought off the troops, and waited until today to share the full sized pictures of these cuter-than-cute projects!

Now I don't have a Gypsy...so I'm relaying this information second-hand. If after seeing these projects you have specific Gypsy-project questions, you'll have to leave a comment-question for Brenda. Because basically I'm clueless.

Only about the Gypsy though!

Here is how cute Brenda's Gypsy is looking right now...

This is the Cherry Blossom Silicone Sleeve. CUTENESS!

The picture is a teeny bit blurry because Brenda is twittering with excitement about her new Gypsy. The features, the ease and the portability of this fun little machine! She worked on these projects last week at the Powder Puff football game and at the doctor's office! Scrappin' on the go! Gotta love it.

{The doctor's office visit was not a result of the Powder Puff football game...no worries!}

Here is a close-up screen shot of the Gypsy in action. At the top, she is designing the inverse-scalloped strip of cardstock that will form the actual bag for these projects. The cylinder, if you will. The bottom image is overlapping rectangles to make a Star of David shape. When the points are connected this hexagon will form the bottom-of-the-bag.

But let's look at the finished projects, and I think you'll get where we are going with this.

OH FOR CUTENESS...

Frankenstein, Jack-O-Lantern and Black Cat. Each one stuffed with wonderful, bite-sized chocolaty goodness!

Do you see the inverse-scalloped bag? There is a Scor-Pal crease at every scallop's point, which then folds into a hexagon shaped "tube". The bottom-of-the-bag is just glued into place, with tabs from the rectangles.

Once your bag is created, it's all about the shizzle. And trust me, Brenda knows shizzle. Cricut shapes, Cricut designs, QK dies, QK shapes, hand cut fringes, ink and chalk and that wonderful white gel pen of hers!

Wicked Witch, Ms. Vampiress and Mr. Mummy! The details are adorable and make each and every one of these totally unique!

And just to clear up any lingering confusion - here is a picture of the bottom-of-the-bag. From the overlapping rectangle picture above...

Make a bit more sense now? How these all go together? It's just a matter of picturing it in your mind, drawing it out on the Gypsy software and letting it work with your Cricut.

EDITED TO ADD: the finished sizes of the bags themselves is roughly 5.5" tall. Hope that helps a bit!

But what's with that red bottom-of-the-bag up there, you're asking. Oh that's one final bag Brenda made. Just to show what you could try, if Halloween isn't your thing...

Red bag, black belt, white hunk that has been embossed. So cute! I think these would make adorable little treat bags for kids to leave out for Santa himself!

Brenda is lovin' her Gypsy. She's taking it everywhere with her, and will share more fun creations in the future. If you're anxious to get your hands on a Gypsy place your order at Scrapy Land today.

{Thanks Brenda for the amazing projects...you rock the electronic cutting world!}

If you have questions, leave us a comment and we'll get back to you with a comment-answer.

I'll have to call Brenda and let her know you've asked something though. She'll likely be sitting in the grocery story parking lot with her Gypsy! {LOL}

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PURELY INFORMATIONAL TODAY...

to announce, tease and schedule.

ANNOUNCEMENT - registration is open for the "Scrapy Land Virtual Crop 2.0". Here is what I have planned so far:

• November 13-14th, 5pm - 5pm MST
• run on the Scrapy Land message boards and UStream
• back by popular request - Scrapy Land BINGO
• at least 6 new Blox, exclusive to the V.C.
• at least 3 LIVE! classes, demos or make-n-takes
• a possible LIVE! workshop using the QK Holiday Gift Sets
• random scrappy banter, from yours truly
• LIVE scrappin' time in the studio
• inspiration, encouragement, prizes and enabling!
• more details as the ideas are firmed up

To register - all you have to do is click the BUY NOW button over in the right hand side-bar. Price for the S.L.V.C. is only $5.00 - and this transaction will be handled through PayPal.

Registration runs through November 8th, so check your calendars, warn your family, call your girlfriends and register soon. If you have any questions, shoot me an email - scrapylandsusan@gmail.com

TEASE - if you have a Cricut Gypsy you will definitely want to hit the blog tomorrow morning. {If you have Cricut cartridges and don't have a Gypsy yet, you might want to hide your wallets!} Brenda has had her Gypsy for about 5 days and already has that little machine working overtime. Here's a tease of what "eye" will be sharing with you tomorrow {LOL}...

I'll show you her completed projects, give some more details...she even has a couple of screen shots of the Gypsy itself. "Eye" just know you'll love the ideas.

SCHEDULE - Scrapy Land LIVE! tomorrow night. Wednesday, October 21 - 6pm PDT. I'll be showing you how to make a "Goblin Wallet"...perfect for grandparents, grandkids, teachers, or any spook you know!

Supplies needed:

• Scor-Pal
• 12" paper trimmer
• adhesive
• 3 sheets of ordinary, white copy paper
• one 12"x 12" piece of cardstock (mine is orange)
• another 12"x 12" piece of cardstock (mine is black)
• two different pieces of double-sided patterned paper (that match your cardstock choices)
• QK Epic Six or other die-cutting machine
• two Halloween dies of choice (I'm using this one and this one)
• and a label, journaling block or frame to house your sentiment (I'm using this journaling block and this font)
• and your patience! This project, while still relatively simple, has several more steps and instructions.

If you want to participate in the class, please email me today or tomorrow for your individual password, scrapylandsusan@gmail.com. You'll need to be registered at UStream to log in, so I'll send you those instructions too, if you need them!

I don't want you want to miss out!

Any questions, comments, fun ideas or golden retriever distractions...you know what to do!

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A LITTLE OF THIS...

and a smidgen of that.

Otherwise known as "blog housekeeping".

• Scrapy Land LIVE!
  
• NEW Vinyl from QuicKutz...with pictures
  
• NEW Gypsy from Provo Craft...with pictures
  
• NEW Copics...with color swatches

So let's get this par-tay started, because I've got a deadline fast approaching that I'm not even CLOSE to having done! ACK!

Scrapy Land LIVE! - tomorrow morning. "Using Your Silhouette...some fun ideas for titles and shapes". Tuesday, August 4th - 10 am PDT, 11 am MDT, noon CDT and 1 pm EDT. Viewers of tomorrow's show MUST BE REGISTERED at UStream, and have the password for the studio from me. If you need help, assistance, a cheat-sheet, or the password - send me an email "scrapylandsusan@gmail.com".

NEW Vinyl Colors and Fuzzy Vinyl from QuicKutz - holy scrap is this stuff fun! First of all the Silver and the Cream are gorgeous. These colors are going to be perfect for the holidays. I personally can not WAIT to cut out "Silver Bells" from the Silver Vinyl and put it underneath the lime green and silver wreaths that i hang on my front doors! And the fuzzy vinyl is just to-die-for! It comes in Brown, Black and White and works just like the smooth vinyl.

For those of you that have ever spoken with "Silhouette Brian" at QuicKutz, you know he's a wonderful guy. He has the patience of a saint and is always willing to help with just about anything. Well Brian was excited to show me the Fuzzy Vinyl last week - he even cut me a few samples.

Now, why he cut himself the cute cow - and gave me the "black sheep" I'm not really sure - but I tried not to read too much into it! {LOL} Here is a better close up of the fuzzy sheep that I just snapped outside. I hope you can see the fuzziness a bit better...

Is this stuff cute or what? Thanks Brian - for the demo AND for the fuzzy black sheep! {The NEW Vinyl will be available for order very soon - I'll add in the links as soon as I have them!}

NEW Gypsy from Provo Craft - bunches of emails this weekend, after Dani sent out the Gypsy pre-order information. WOW is this machine cool. Now I admit - I only have the original Cricut, and a small stack of cartridges, but I can still see the benefits of this little machine. I spent about an hour with the "big guys" from Provo Craft last week, and got some of the inside scoop on this gem...

Here is Jim {well, his hand at least!}, one of the VPs, showing me around the design and text screens. You can mix and match shapes from different cartridges right on the screen and weld them together! If you want to take a "test drive" of the Gypsy for yourself - CLICK HERE!

One of the fun features of the Gypsy is the fact that they made the machine itself black - and the "silicone sleeves" interchangeable. If, by chance, you don't like lime green {GASP} you could buy one that more suits your own personality. {the pink and bling one is stinkin' adorable!!} However, I'm lovin' on the green one...does that shock you?

The Gypsy is going to be available in plenty of time for the holidays - but Pre-Orders are up right now.

NEW COPICS from Copic - twelve new colors were unveiled last week - to a thunderous round of applause! These colors are light, and gorgeous, and a necessity for anyone who loves going after the beautiful blending achieved from using your Copics. All of these colors are on the super-light end of the color charts. Triple and quadruple zeros - that's LIGHT! I have nine of them with me - and have been experimenting with colors and match-ups. Here is my comparison to some colors you might have on hand...

The colors I don't have yet are: V0000 Rose Quartz, R0000 Pink Beryl and Y0000 Yellow Fluorite. To show you how beautifully pale these babies are, I colored them up against the next closest color I have in my stash. Now these 12 new colors were released in Sketches only. No Ciaos yet. I've put a poll over on the Scrapy Land Message Board so you can let Dani know if these 12 Sketches are something he should get in. The Sketches are a bit larger, have an oval body and are more expensive by a couple of bucks. Other than that - they are the same. So let Dani know what you think...he's curious!

WHEW! And with all of that updated - I'm off to finish a few things. Let's just say I over-committed myself just a tad this week! Finished It! Friday will be up...well, when I'm back in front of my computer! For now - I gotta scrap for a deadline!

Don't forget to email me for the password for tomorrow's Scrapy Land LIVE! Silhouette class. I've sent out about 45 passwords already - it's likely to be standing room only come class time! {LOL}

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