Craft Space Redo

I've been so busy and have been taking pictures of projects but just haven't sat down (empty handed) to post them on my blog.  "Empty handed" because after work, I am usually holding little Emily for a while.  Gotta have priorities, right?

 

A few weeks ago, I redid my spare bedroom that is now my bedroom until my hubby comes back from Turkey.  I packed all the 'stuff' sitting around the room and piled it on the bed.  I took down the small 4' table you can see in the left of the photo and got started.

 

I got me some handy-dandy tools and put a desk together from Ikea.  (Yes, I made another "couple" of trips there!)  lol

 

I put together this end unit for one side of the desk.  I already had a drawer unit I was using under the 4' table for the other side.

I had three kitchen rails up for punches.  Yup, these are my punches.  I put up more rails and a couple of DVD racks for stamp sets.  I'm telling you, if I didn't have hobbies, I'd have million dollar purses or shoes or something else that I would spend my money on.  Maybe a mansion.  I wouldn't save it so I might as well spend it on something.  And now that I'll be retired in a few weeks, I hope I'll have more time to spend playing with these toys!

 

I keep my Stampin' Up! ribbon separate from my craft store ribbon because it matches my inks and markers.  It makes it easier to coordinate my projects.

Here is the desk put together.  It comes with a leg for the center of the table but I purchased an extra one for more support.  I drilled new holes so I could add one to the front and back.  I figured if I'm pressing down stamping, I don't want the table to give and this is working great.

 

 

This is working out really good so far.  I have room to use my Cricut or Sillouette or room for stamping, computer work, etc.  So far, two thumbs up.

 

I still have some sorting to do.  I need to sort through my ribbons, wooden stamp sets, etc., etc.  I swear, it's an unending job.  If I keep bringing it in, I guess I better get some out too!





Sale-a-Bration 2013

I had a Stampin' Up! party yesterday with family and friends.  My daughter, Stephanie, the SU demonstrator came up with these adorable cards.  This first one is from a stamp bundle called Hearts a Flutter.  It has the little framelits to cut out all the shapes after stamping them so it makes it so precise.  I love the colors. 

And we had been wanting to do some masculine cards for the men in our lives.  This is from one of the free sets you can earn if you spend $50 during Sale-a-Bration.  The set has an old phone booth, a vintage bicycle and this carousel.  We loved the tone on tone with this card.

 

Now to go organize my sewing room.  I went to Road to California quilt show Thursday and Friday with my sister.  Boy, did we do some damage!!!

Christmas Card Workshop

My daughter Stephanie had her stamping workshop today.  It was part workshop, part open house so we could get to working on our Christmas cards. 

 

 

We made eight cards using the Connie Stewart Flash Card method of cutting cardstock.  If you haven't seen this method yet, check her out by doing a search on youtube.  It's a great system to make a batch of cards but real quick.  We made two sets of 4 designs that Stephanie came up with.  It was fun to not only do cards so quick but also because everyones cards came out so different. 

 



This one is embossed with a snowflake design on the background that just adds a soft element to the card.

 

I love this little cup!  So stinkin' cute! 

 

I did a demo for this coffee card.  Just on time to tuck in a little coffee gift card for your favorite hair stylist or BFF.

 And because Kelley is trying to meet a deadline, she painted some little "people" while we all worked on our cards.  She was trying to meet the deadline for two craft shows Wednesday night and Saturday.  I think these will be gingerbread folks, snowmen and little elves.

Playin' with paper!

My daughter Stephanie had a Stampin' Up! Big Shot workshop at our house today.  I think there were about 18 ladies in our little house!!  Oh, and there was ONE adorable baby.  :o)  Me and my oldest daughter Kelley got to hold little Mason for quite a while his mama was making her projects.  

We made this really cute gift bag with the Love letterpress plate (the background on the red paper) and stamped using a stamp set called Sweet Cake.  I love the combination of the red paper and the blue paper called Pool Party.

This little Valentine card was made using the same Love letter press and the cutest darned stamp set called Greeting Card Kids.

We made a little candy favor box with the 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" circle punches, a scallop punch and the die cut called Two Tags.  The stamp set is called P.S. I Love you.  We tucked a little package of M&M's in there and it would be just the cutest little 'goodie' to give to kids or co-workers.



The last project was using a Mason jar and cutting out a label with a metal die set called Labels Framelets and the Chalkboard vinyl.  I had three boxes of red and white butter mints left over from Christmas so we let anyone who wanted them fill their jar if they wanted to.  I had purchased some of these big Sweetarts so that's what I filled my jar with. 

Stephanie knew she would be busy with cutting out kits for the party and asked me if I could use a new line of paper to make some samples.  I used craft cardstock and vanilla for the cards themselves and the new line of paper for Sale-a-bration called Everyday Enchantment.  They are such pretty papers, it was easy to make pretty cards, even for me!  lol

Hope you had a nice weekend.  Gotta get some sewing time in this week so it's a good thing I got my paper fix this weekend.

Whatta workshop!!!

All of these projects are from a Stampin' Up! workshop I went to on Superbowl Sunday with my daughter Stephanie. She signed up to be a Demonstrator a while back and wanted to do this workshop to learn how to make some projects for future classes. They allowed non-demonstrators to attend so I got to go. Woohooo, we had a blast. And look at all my treasures! :o)

Spinner box photo card....

Pictures are placed on all the empty squares. This would be cute filled with pictures of my grandkids, wouldn't it. LOL

Monogrammed candle box. I made this one for my sister. There were too many projects to make them all for me. :o)

These little candles were so easy to make and so fun. We stamped on tissue paper, colored, punched and then used a heat gun to melt the tissue on the candle. Soooo easy!

The Chocolate Box. I'm trying to diet for the wedding so no chocolate!!!! You can fill this with kisses, or any of your favorite treats. This box is super easy to do. It's the #2 box for the Big Shot from Stampin' Up! We cut two out, cut off two little tabs and glued the two boxes together. We used the oval punch to create a "handle" and tied the ribbon on. There was the stamping too but that part was easy and quick.

View of the two boxes glued together.

This is the photo album. I love this one. I made it for my friend who has lots of grandkids and loves Roses.

For the photo holders, we used card sleeves or clear envelopes from Stampin' Up!

That's enough for today. I've got sewin' to do and my machine is callllling meeeeee. :o)

Love Bot

Me and my daughter Stephanie went to my buddy Neena's house yesterday for a yummy dinner and a project. Neena wanted to do this during Christmas but things just got too hectic so she revamped the project for Valentine's Day and got the party started!

We made this adorable Valentine robot filled with yummy treats. It was easy to make but a bit of a challenge to keep the parts attached, even with the super sticky tape.

He's got corduroy brad ears and heart brad elbow joints. The gears are a Stampin' Up! punch. Adorable.

And look at this cute face. Everything on his little face is punched. Made it super easy but also super-cute!

Thank you Neena for a delish dinner and super fun project!

Saturday card workshop

My daughter Kelley borrowed my house on Saturday for a Stampin' Up! card workshop. You know, we love to play with our stamps and make fun goodies. Neena, our friend and demonstrator, did not disappoint us again with the projects she set us up with! The first was a Fall favor box with the cutest little acorn made from the ornament punch. We used the Big Shot machine to cut out the box, an oval punch to make the little beret and smile and some other stamps, brads and punches to complete the cutie pie. Very creative. Neena got the ideas from blogland. We love blogs for all of the links and ideas!



The second project was this adorable little gift card holder. We colored on watercolor paper and used glitter to add some sparkle. I love this stamp set!!

Here's the card opened with a gift card in it.

Still haven't stitched a thing since that retreat. Gotta get on it though. I have UFO's, Christmas stockings to make, etc., etc.............

Stampin' for the holidays

Here are some pictures of the projects we made at my sister's Stampin' Up! party last Saturday. This little Halloween card was super easy using a strip of decorative paper (a scrap would be perfect for this), a circle punch and a bat punch. We used pop dots for the bat bodies and then used a bone folder to curl the wings a bit to add dimension. I put it in a little candy dish I got at Michael's at the dollar spot. The card would be sitting in a bunch of candy but I ate it. LOL

This little treat box was made for Thanksgiving favor using the candy die. So cute! I put the Hershey's nugget next to it so you could see the size. I guess you could compare it to a tiny popper or a giant tootsie roll. :o)

Our last item as this wonderful Christmas card. Neena finds such cute stuff for us to make at our workshops!! We used Jolly Holiday designer paper. It's so yummy with cherry cobbler and old olive. What a great combination! We had bunches of fun making these projects and it really got us thinking about the holidays. Boy, they will be here before we know it!!

Wedding Favors `R Us!

******From the comments I've gotten, I should've mentioned Jessica is my friend Sherrie's daughter. She is getting married in a couple of weeks. Now, onto to the show...........

Here is Jessica, the little bride-to-be! She picked from the wedding favor samples (you can see them here) that my friend Neena and I worked up a few weeks ago. We had a "favor making party" on Thursday night.

Jessica's colors are black and white with yellow roses. Pretty combination. This is the little sister, Dani. Dani got a few hand cramps with the Supervisor (me) pushing her to curl 750 petals. Poor overworked munchkin. But look at her, still smiling.

This is the finished favor. A label will be put on somewhere with the Bride & Grooms names and their wedding date on there. Some flowers have a rhinestone, some have pearls.

They all have chocolate. Yum. Four little Hershey's Nuggets fit inside - plain chocolate, dark chocolate, with almonds and with toffee. There were a few missing out of the package. We still can't figure that one out. ;o)

Lots of pretty little blossoms.

Tonight or tomorrow I will post pictures of the things we made at my sister's stamp party on Saturday. Ohhhh, such fun stuff. Hope you had a wonderful weekend!