Whats on Your Workdesk #194

 Wow…how fast did this week fly by?  It is another Wednesday, which means it’s a What’s on Your Work Desk kinda day, all officiated by the talented Julia at TheStamping Ground.

We, in the US, had a 3 day weekend, and as we were babysitting my step-son’s husky, who is the Aunt to ours, I pretty much decided that with the fur flying, and snowy feet coming in and out, I was going to forgo my weekend housecleaning, and work in the craft room instead.  (And I apologize for the photo…I have no idea why it’s so blurry…I can’t focus with these new (umm progressives—gulp), so that’s what auto focus is for! I’m better off with my poor eyes!

I started with cleaning up the mess I left with last week, then I finished my last birthday card for this week, for my nephew, using my spellbinders Heraldry dies (he’ll be 6), and then went to town with putting things away! All my Christmas embellishments, etc., are now in some of the drawers in the cabinet under the window…which you can’t see here, but is usually visible across the room from my desk. All my misc. unmounteds went in the bin that I had bought and shown last week, all my odds and ends, and half finished cards, samples, playscraps, etc., got put in one place.  I have taken measurements, and that cabinet will be up on the wall before the month is out!! And the stamp tray with my sayings will be up against the wall under it. All my acrylic blocks,  at least that I found (I know I’m missing some…what’s up with that?) are in one place.  And what you see under my heat gun is the stamp set my DH gave me for Valentines!!  It’s the mini holiday blueprint set!  I can’t wait to play with that.  And all that left on that side desk are my holiday card samples that still have to go into my big book of designs…which I promise to do before I pick up another ink pad! 

So, there it is, blurry, but clean and organized, and ready to go!! Now go jump to Julia’s and portal around the world to see other fabulous work desks!  So much fun to peek into others spaces….isn’t it?

Have a great week everyone!

WOYWW #193

Yikes! Another Wednesday has flown by. And while I’m posting this on a Thursday, I took the day off and  managed to do some crafting yesterday, and grabbed this shot as I was flying downstairs to start supper. And as I had the day off, why is this in such a state, you ask? You see, the furnace guy was coming in the morning to fix the do-hickey that sounded like a turbo jet taking off everytime the furnace fired up. Yes, morning, like 9:00am, no he showed up at 11:00! At 1:00 I had to leave to take Scratchy, one of the orange kitties, to the vet to get bloodwork to check his thyroid.  At 12:50 it was looking like I’d be taking both Scratchy and Dakota, who wants to eat Scratchy, to the vet, as I can’t leave her with the FG…that would be the car ride to hell…but yeah, as I was getting Scratchy’s crate in the car, the FG said he was all set. Good!  We get to the vet, they had an emergency come in, can I wait?  Umm of course (I  can’t take another day off, I’m here with the cat, and they have seen me a few times when I was the emergency) Not so bad, only 20 minutes.  Scratchy was a good boy, gained 4 oz. and was fairly reasonable with the drawing of blood—ok, homeward bound, I’ll have 2.5 hours to make a Valentine’s Day card for Hubby and 3 Birthday cards for stepson, best friend and grand nephew…before I have to head down to make dinner.

 This shot was at 3 hours, hence the flying, and the mess….There are paper towels used to wipe up and capture spray, a potential background for grand nephew, made by spraying Dylusions Sprays on the mat then brayering them onto the paper, Distress markers (I do hope those caps are on) shrewn about, Distress Stains, Inks, and a pot of Inka Gold (Does that stuff dry up? I haven’t had it that long, but it feels weird). And I know those stamps have not been cleaned….oh bother! And my craft blade is without its cork….and following are the 3 cards I managed to make; still need to come up with one for the grand nephew, who turns 6. 

So, why all this reference to Wednesday, and what you’re seeing? Well, because it’s What’s On Your Workdesk Wednesday, hosted by Juliaat the Stamping Ground. So visit her space, then portal around the world to other crafty places!  I won’t be in such a disarray next week, nor ramble nearly as much! Have a great week everyone, and Holiday to those in the US!

What's on Your Work Desk Wednesday #192

Another Wednesday, February is 1/4^th over…Punxsetawney Phil (the groundhog) didn’t see his shadow, "And so ye faithful, there is no shadow to see, an early Spring for you and me," Which means there is only a few weeks left to get my winter cleaning and reorganizing done!  And thanks to all those silly emails of 50%off, I sorta splurged…got some stuff from Joann’s and Scrabooking.com. And I want you all to pay particular attention to the top right corner….see that?  That was purchased only because our own What’s on Your Work desk Wednesday hostess Julia had one…and it intrigued me, and I hate that all my rock candy stickles run out of the stickle part (at least the colored ones have, well, color). So, at half price, I had to get it.  I’m not sure where I’m gonna put it, but, still, very excited!! Thanks Julia! 

In the center is a little tray that will mount on the wall on the side of the big table, once the cool cabinet finally gets up on the wall (from 3 Christmas’ ago now), which will let me easily find my most used sayings stamps (see how nicely they fit).  The sizzix framelets I’ve been looking at for a while, and again, 50% off… aside from the ovals I also got the circles. To the left is a Cropper Hopper unmounted stamp storage file, which I figured would be good for those in use, not so much actual storage, so we’ll see.  Now, does anyone else have this?  It came with a little holder (black and white thing in front) for acrylic mounts that says it’s magnetic…but it’s not.  Am I missing the magnets?  There is also the mini tattered florals dies, and behind the bin, the mini baroque and ornamental dies…yay!! So, I have now delisted all those wonderful stores, because I can’t fall prey to any more sales, as I have a vacation to plan for. 

So that is what my desk was like last night, ergo this morning, and probably until Friday evening, when I get some me time in again (how soon till golf??? They have colored balls, I don’t see why they can’t play in the snow!) So, have a good week everyone.  Now go visit some other creative desks!!

WOYWW #191

Wow! It’s Wednesday, which means its “Whats on Your WorkdeskWednesday”, hosted by Julia over at The Stamping Ground.  I haven’t opened my doors up lately, as I just haven’t had time to do much crafting.  But Thankfully and finally, (and thank you to all who sent their best wishes) both Mom’s are now home and if not at 100%, getting pretty darn close. So, this past weekend I actually got in to finally get the Holiday stuff put away (but not so far that I can’t start working on Holiday Cards when the spirit moves me!) And I also managed to get my entry in to the Creative Chemistry Face Book challenge, which you can see here. 

 

And, this is how everything has remained.  I have some of my new perfect pearls colors, which I used to paint my goddess (from Scottish Borders Stamps…unfortunately out of business), my misters with my various mad scientist experiments (and does anyone know how to get those labels (Tim Holtz’s) to stay stuck to the misters, while still being able to remove them when you mix something new?)  And my new mini-tattered flowers, that were on clearance at Joann's, which I still haven't played with. Oh, and the fun item, in the top left corner; a stamp set I got from my sister in law of  magic symbols…which as I was finding a spot for inspired my tag.  Maybe I’ll come up with a whole bunch of spell tags. 

So, there it is.  And with luck, my crafting routine will resume.  After all, there are a lot of birthdays and such on the very near horizon.  So, now, go visit Julia, and then portal yourself to the workdesks around the world…it’s always fun to see what other crafty folks are up to! Have a great week everyone.

Creative Chemistry January Challenge

Well, it feels like forever since I got to spend any time in my craft room! I did break away for a few hours last weekend to get some of the holiday items put away, and thank heavens I had to make a birthday card for my nephew, or who knows if I'd get to this months challenge over at Creative Chemistry 101!

This month it is to make up our own sprays. So I made up vintage photo reinker with gold perfect pearl, Peacock Feather Distress Stain with blue patina perfect pearl, and lemonade distress stain with  copper perfect pearl.  But I confess, I didn't like that one, so I used Dylusions sunshine instead.The photo doesn't show the perfect pearls so much, but it was a nice background.  The stamp is from Scottish Borders, and I colored her with Distress Stains and a water brush, as well as Distress Markers and I touched up the crown and wings with pearl perfect pearls. And the magic symbols came from a stamp kit I got from my Sister in Law for Christmas...she finds the coolest stuff!

So, there it is, and if you have taken the online class Creative Chemistry 101, you still have a few more days to join the FB page and join in the fun.  There is a new challenge every month! Have a great week everyone!

WOYWW #187-Welcome 2013!

Here it is; the first Wednesday of the New Year!  And another year of opening our doors to others to peek at our work desks, thanks to Julia at the Stamping Ground.

I’ll admit, I had been looking forward to a quiet New Years Day to play with my new seasonal Distress Stains, (thank you SIL Robin!) and put some of the Christmas supplies away, and generally tidy up. But, 2012 ended poorly for us, with my Mother being hospitalized the weekend before Christmas, and again on Sunday and both my husband I having  the cold going around, with a bit of the stomach bug thrown in for good measure.  So I spent yesterday stopping at Mom’s apartment to pick up some things she wanted, then spent some time visiting her.  By the time we got home, I pretty much just worked on my Challenge piece for Linda’s Studio L3, which you can see here, then called it a night.

So, what you see, those marvelous stains on the left, with some of my new Dylusion sprays behind.  Under the Ink Palette are my Tim Holtz Christmas Stamps I want to play with before I put them away.  And I will be keeping my Christmas Supplies much closer, with the hopes of making a least a few cards a month.  The Pillow box on top of the ink pad unglued itself, so I’m using glue and seal now, and letting it dry. On the far right corner are all my Christmas Sayings stamps, which need to get put away as well. Actually, looking at the picture, the desk really doesn’t look that bad, and I can say, the right- side desk has a clear spot as well. And I can still walk to the chair, so maybe 2013 is starting off pretty well after all.

I hope you all had a very Happy New Year’s day, and that 2013 is an amazing year for everyone! See you next week. 

CC2C Finale!

Here we are; the last challenge of the Compendium of CuriositiesVol. 2 challenges hosted by Linda at Studio L3. And this week is a “choose your favorite technique” to create a birthday card for the Man who started it all, Tim Holtz!

As I received all the new seasonal distress stains for Christmas (Thank you SIL Robin!!) I had to play with those, so I used the Marbleized Stains technique, using Squeezed Lemonade and Ripe Persimmon.  The Lemonade sorta got lost, but it created a nice shading of the persimmon.  I used the specialty stamping paper, which really has a lot of “mushyness” to move the inks around. Just be sure to heat set between, well, everything!  The stamp is a Stampers Anonymous, done in Forest Moss. I used Distress markers on the butterfly I then punched out for the cash key. 

The picture isn’t showing the depth of colors on the background, and as I’m not sure if I’ll actually mail it yet or not, I didn’t want to get it too heavy or bulky, just in case.  And I have such issues with guy cards as it is…so we’ll consider it a good warm-up for the New Year. And one of my Resolutions for the year…to follow Tim’s 12 Tags of 2013…so that should keep me in good Distress form!

Thank you again Linda, for again leading us through these marvelous books. It's too bad all technique books don't have a champion like you to lead people through cover to cover.  They go from a collection on the shelf to a useful tool in our creative process!