WOYWW #251--What a mess...

Happy WOYWW Everyone! That is short for “What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday”, the brilliant blog hop initiated by our lovely hostess,Julia at The Stamping Ground….and you can see all the deets there.

/sigh….Great plans for my weekend craft time.  I had gotten the Sizzix Butterfly Pop and Cuts insert months ago, then found out I needed (well, not really, but you all know me by now…) the Pop and Cuts base tray, which came with the circle label insert.  So they have been sitting on my “new items to play with” pile since the end of summer. And this weekend I was going to just run amok (amok amok amok…, oh, sorry; voice in head) with playing with those dies.

1. Sizzix doesn't sell the butterfly insert anymore. The instructions I could find where for the circle. Not the same.  2.  As my town is still in the ice age of technology, I couldn't connect to you tube to find any instructions/videos on how to get it to do its thing… did get the circle one to work though…3.  Got to the point where I didn't want to keep wasting paper (paper!…note, I’m using recycled file folders from work…free…really???) to keep at it.  At this point I couldn't even come up with ideas for the circle one (my mind really wants that butterfly) and my iced tea just wasn't cutting it either….

 So, I gave up; this is what is still sitting there.  At work I did finally get a video, and turns out the one front right is correct, but you need a backing piece that’s not a full card, which you’d use for the circle…and yes, Sizzix sells one with pretty scalloped edges just for this 3D style.  Yup, it’s on order…

So, there it is…now go stop by Julia’s and hop around the world to other great desks! Happy Crafting everyone.

WOYWW #250

Happy WOYWW Everyone! That is short for “What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday”, the brilliant blog hop initiated by our lovely hostess, Julia at The Stamping Ground….and you can see all the deets there.

A real quick post this week…I realized my Aunt’s Birthday is next Monday; and she’s a bit, emmm, strange; if her card comes after the day, she won’t open them.  Feels if it’s not important enough for her family and friends to get things on time, then it’s not important enough to look at…so no taking the chance of a delay in delivery!

 

I saw this technique on the eclecticPaperie blog, using stencils (my new best friends) distress inks and water… looked so simple. Yeah, good thing I've given myself a few days leeway; I wasn't thrilled how it came out.. although it looks better in the photo than it did last night.  I’ll research it again on my lunch hour and give it another go tonight. 

So, there it is…now go stop by Julia’s and hop around the world to other great desks! Happy Crafting everyone.

WOYWW #249

Happy WOYWW Everyone! That is short for “What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday”, the brilliant blog hop initiated by our lovely hostess, Julia at The Stamping Ground , and you can see all the deets there.

So….I think I've mentioned before how each department at work is responsible for one charity event to fund our staff charity…and our Easter Egg Hunt and Jelly bean guess was ninja-ed by the human resources department.. so we, the credit union (can you believe my Halloween Blood-Bank idea..credit union..bank..get it? was shot down??) decided on a Luck of the Irish 50/50 raffle, and then, not leaving it at that, I decided to sell St. Patrick’s day cards.  I figured 3-5 tops…made 3 samples to show at breakfast, then took orders.  Sold 15!!!!  I had promised them for Monday……oh, and some people wanted alterations….So…a card making frenzy on Sunday, and this is what is left…

My drawer of Celtic mounted stamps-which need to get re-organized in puzzle fashion so that all are nicely distributed and no rubber will be harmed (many of the stamps are now retired, or the company gone, so I’m treating them like treasured antiques!!) Some ink pads that couldn't make it the 3 inches to their nooks (and I complain my husband can’t get dishes the 2 feet from the sink to dishwasher! LOL!)

Some scraps of the gold embossed border, and two cards I deemed unworthy, so will be in the sample book. 

Here is the one I like…

So, there it is…now go stop by Julia’s and hop around the world to other great desks! Happy Crafting everyone.