playing with papers again

in the middle of another craft book- I just love this paper- it's a combination of an old paste paper overprinted with a piece of lace, and digitally overlaid onto another of my papers using swirly fonts on a red background...I could play with these all day.
I used it as a background for cut paper Chanukah candles...

or may use this version... have the flu so am not making decisions easily.

 Through 'TRACKLE' found this lovely ref to my fall book. Thanks Elisse (http://elissestuart.wordpress.com) for using 'IT'S FALL' in your library's display!

.......There are two more fun fall books for children that we’ve found over the years that I want to share with you. I think they are unique and fabulous because of their illustration styles.
The first book is called It’s Fall! written by Linda Glaser, the cut-paper illustrations by Susan Swan.
                                 photo credit:http://hotlibrarytechnician.wordpress.com
It was the was the three dimensional cut-paper artwork that really grabbed my attention. Being a scrapbooker, I was fascinated by her designs. The illustrator layered hand painted papers. When she hand painted the paper, she was able to give the effect of depth and dimension, not to mention the gorgeous colors of autumn.
Paper layering is a scrapbooking technique that I have used several times on my pages, but not with the fabulous results that the illustrator had here. She featured Canadian geese, Monarch butterflies, and squirrels, all fabulously detailed with layered paper. My favorites were the tiny nesting owls.
The author and illustrator have also teamed up to produce books for the other three seasons. I plan to purchase them just for the amazing illustrations alone.

girl scout map up on web

The Daisy Journey interactive map is now online and last night UPS delivered the poster version. I always love seeing the stuff I do out in the world. It is possible that a couple of the flowers may be turned into a 3-d version which would be loads of fun to see. Some of the flower characters didn't get much use in the final story; I'll show the whole bunch here so they can share in a couple of seconds of fame....