My sister's birthday

Today is my sister's birthday. I actually got her card done early enough to get it in the mail and for it to arrive on time! As soon as I saw this stamp I had to get it. Renaugia and I are very, very different people. So this made me laugh, a lot. The stamp is from Stampabilities and I stamped with Palette ink. The little flowers are colored in with Spica markers and outlined with a black Glaze pen. The DP is from a pack I got at Hobby Lobby a while back. The other papers are DCWV and ribbon is from Hobby Lobby too.

In addition to it being my sister's birthday, it is a special day for another reason: Three years ago today is when Kip asked me to marry him. Isn't that sweet? What is even sweeter is that he did it on a day that I already had the date memorized. So my wonderful hubby has been hard at work on this project for me:

A shelf for my wooden stamps! It's like going to the store to find my stamps now. Isn't that the coolest thing in the world? When I got home from work today it was finished and hanging up, all I had to do was put my stamps on there. So that really completes my craft room. I have one more picture to show you and then you have seen the whole room. This is my computer area:

My little space here is an odd shape but it makes me very happy. If I am in the roller chair I can go back and forth between the computer and the craft desk very easily. They are on opposite walls and the little bookshelf under my stamp rack is directly behind my craft desk. Thanks for stopping by!

Craft Room is finished!!

Happy World Cardmaking Day! I tied to convince Kip that it was a gift giving holiday but he didn't fall for it. To his credit though, he did go to Michael's with me yesterday and waited patiently while I looked through all the Prisma pencils to find the ones that I needed. I don't have a card to show you tonight though. I did get something quick done and some other images colored but my camera battery died.

However, I finished my craft room today! I feel like there should be royal trumpeters helping me make that announcement. I did get a couple of pictures before my batteries died. My space isn't technically a room, but it suits my needs pretty well. The previous owners of this house converted the garage into a small bedroom, bath and storage area. My crafting space is part of that area off of the laundry area. This is the view as you walk in:

That's the girls craft stuff on the right and my work space there just past the CD tower. Straight ahead is my aquarium. I kind of wish it wasn't there but it is too hard to move and I do enjoy watching the fish. Under the aquarium is where the girls keep their paper containers and their card making supplies. Here is my paper shelf:

All my papers on on there. The top has bins that has stickers, yarn and crochet patterns and books, material and some other odds and ends. My Stampin' Up stamps are also on this shelf as well as a box of miscellaneous wooden stamps. The bottom shelf are the girls projects and things that either require supervision or assistance. One thing I did a couple of weeks ago was to switch out my rolling desk chair from my computer desk with the straight back chair that was at my desk. Now I can roll around and grab what I need. After five back surgeries, I really needed that to be able to find the card stock without bending over. The shelf with the Cropper Hopper containers has all the patterned papers on it and the card stock is on the shelf below separated by color family. I do have one more photo but I will share it tomorrow. It was so dark you can't really see. Have a great night.

Let it Snow

I know, I know, today is only the first day of fall and so there shouldn't be snowy cards yet. I am really trying to get all my Christmas cards done on time and so far I am closer than I have ever been to meeting that goal. This stamp is from TAC and is called Let it Snow. I stamped it with Brilliance ink and then went over the trees with the black Glaze pen and the snowflakes with the clear one. Then I used Liquid Applique and Fun Flock for the snow. The background piece of blue paper was embossed with the Cuttlebug Snowflake embossing folder. I painted the embossed image with Oyster Twinkling H20s. I really need more of those paints! All I have is the iridescent set (sad face goes here) and there are so many beautiful colors available. I used these for the first time when I went to Indiana and visited Papertrix. It was love at first sight, with both the store and the paints!

Here is another thing I have gotten done in the quest to organize my craft space. This shoe organizer is perfect to hold my Marvy punches. Wow and right now they are even organized by shape and size. I am haven't got the the other blue ones yet. This hangs on the closet door that is right behind my craft desk. Yellow is my favorite color and I happened to find this at Jo-Ann's for 75% off! Thanks for taking the time to stop by.

Another Halloween Card

I always love Halloween as a child (and truth be told, as an adult too). I remember always having so much fun planning for my costume and eating all my candy. What was your most memorable costume? I remember when I was maybe 8 or 9 or so we had gotten costumes, I can't even remember what they were supposed to be, but mine was yellow I think and maybe my sister's was green. It had a poncho type thing that covered your body and matching face paint. And an inflatable headpiece! You blew it up and put it on like a bonnet. We dressed up every year and mom would take up around to all the relatives to trick or treat. Crazy what we remember about our childhoods. I think I have more Halloween Stamps than anything else. This little "Frankie" is from TAC's Happy Haunting set. I stamped it with Brilliance ink and colored it with Prisma markers. Then I went over it with Glaze pens from Sakura. I really like those pens. I accidentally got a black one when I thought I was getting a plain black gel pen at Jo-Ann's one day. I ordered a set of 12 different colors from TAC recently. It gives your writing or coloring a slightly raised and glossy look. The paper is from The Paper Studio and the ribbon is from HL. I used a white gel pen to draw in the stitching.

I have been working off and on trying to rearrange my craft space. I have the desk area done. I am also almost finished transferring my stamps to CD cases. That has really taken much longer than I thought it would. I was going to try and finish it tonight but I ran out of the cartridge that goes in my label maker. I didn't feel like going out so I stopped. I took a couple of photos:

This is my craft desk I have several craft interests, it's not all stamping stuff. A lot of things can be used no matter the craft so it is all in one area now. I love those hardware containers for all my little things. I have everything in there. On top I have other bins to hold my bigger stuff. Under that I have my Big Kick (yea! it finally has a home on the desk), my BIA, acrylic blocks and a couple of other odds and ends.

When I am sitting at the desk this is to my left and now houses all of my coloring options. I love that divided storage for my markers. I got it at Big Lots. I only bought two of the cubes but really needed a third. My friend Angela had one and gave it to me! Three works perfect. My coloring pencils are beside there in the box and in the leather case. My water based markers are behind there too.

And finally, here is my CD stand that is now stamp storage. It rotates and holds just as many on the other side. Now, the things that I use the most often are within easy reach. I am still working on the shelves in the back part of the room and will post them when I have it done. It really isn't that big of a space and one day when it is all together I will post a picture of the room so you can get a sense of the size. Thanks for stopping by tonight and have a great week!

Howdy

Last night was out monthly card making and scrapping night at church. We had a really good time, the "regular crew" was there as well as some new faces. I rarely get an entire card finished when I am there, but I love going anyway. I do a make it and take it project for everyone to do. I try and do something new for them each month, using either a new technique, product or stamp set. I do take my coloring things and get several images finished and get to visit with my friends so it is totally worth going. We make cards for our own projects but everyone is asked to make and donate at least one card that will be sent to either a shut in from church or a Meals on Wheels recipient.

This was the card that I did there last night. My friend Angela stamped this image for me and I cannot remember right now who makes it. I colored it with Koh-I-Nor woodless pencils. I decided the spurs needed to be shiny so I used a Gelly Roll Stardust Pen on those. I used another Gelly Roll pen to make the dots around the image. All paper is DCWV, and the letters spelling out HOWDY are from a Studio G alphabet set.

We are still in the process of getting things organized. I have spent the day in the craft room/laundry area/cat space. Here is a picture of the one area that I have finished. This is the girls craft storage for all their supplies that they can use unsupervised when they are here. There isn't much that I won't let them use, but some things do need to be supervised. We did have a shelf that we shared but I wanted to get all of that type stuff in one area. The memo board above is waiting on my husband to hang it. I stick cards on here that I have made until they are ready to be sent to someone. I pulled them all off last night to show at church. I kind of rotate them around so the newest things I have made are on the board then they get moved to my card box. TFL and have a great rest of the weekend. We are off to see the Dark Night (again) with my sister and brother in law to celebrate her birthday.