Anyway, here is my desk as it stands at almost 1.30 Wednesday morning.
I was re-covering my Duster box - the brushes I now use with my Distress Inks. Iain (Ali-Crafts) says this is the best way to use the inks and I have to agree they make a smashing job of it, no more of those hard lines that you can get, even when you use them correctly, with the "things a purpose".
On the left is my cd box (fabric from that Swedish company) with most of my Spellbinders dies in. I was going to cut my circles out on that piece of white card, similar to the blue one which is a bit of a mess. On the blue one I cut them out freehand but I think I have found some dies the right size now. I also did not make a large enough border which is what brings it up a bit in the box. Is all that as clear as mud?
This is how I store my dies. On the picture above you can see they are in plastic CD sleeves with magnetic paper to hold them in place. Each has a label on. Then they stand up in this CD case with cards between to show what they are, eg circles, rectangles, labels, flourishes etc. I've had them like this for years and it works for me.
Well, the headache isn't going to go is it, so I guess I should put the computer away and either go back to bed and try to sleep or finish off my box for my Duster brushes.
Why don't you pop along to the Queen of BlogHopping's blog and see what others have on their desks. Great fun having a nose around and sometimes you find a few tips along the way. Can I ask please that you put your number down if you are joining in, it makes it so much easier to find you and leave a comment. This especially helps if you have more than one blog listed.
Night night!
ps Shaz, if you are able to see this I am thinking of you and sending lots of love and healing vibes.
pps Here are the instructions for the other two cards for the ladies from Port Sunny. (see previous post for instructions on other two cards)
Turquoise Card
pps Here are the instructions for the other two cards for the ladies from Port Sunny. (see previous post for instructions on other two cards)
- Take your piece of card 5" x 11.5" and fold in half. Make a further fold, on either side of the fold already made 3/4" away on both sides. Punch holes down the front of your card as above to represent a journal page.
- Using a light brown Distress Ink and a mask/stencil lightly sponge a design on three sides.
- Using Archival Cocoa stamp "Ladies Diary" in the top left hand corner.
- Take a piece of card 2 1/4" x 2 1/2" and stamp "Lady in Hat" - mount on brown card and place on front of folded card.
- Take another piece of card 1 1/4" x 2 1/4" and stamp "I promise to" - mount on brown card.
- Stencil border on inside of card and put "I promise to" on left side.
- Cut a slit (or use punch) in folded inside edge and stick with narrow ds tape so you can insert a gift card.
Here is a view of the inside which might help you to understand the above instructions.
- On a square card stamp the border matching up as carefully as possible with Peacock Feathers Distress Ink.
- On a piece of card 6" x 4 1/4" stamp a background stamp with Versamark and heat set. Cover with a mix of Peacock Feathers and two other blue Distress Inks. Place between the borders.
- On a piece of card 3 3/4" x 2 1/4" stamp the Lady in the Large Hat in Cocoa or Sepia. Mount on brown card and set to one side.
- On a piece of card 4" x 1 1/4" stamp the words "Style ..." in Cocoa/Sepia; mount on brown card.
- Place both pieces on large background and adhere the whole to the main cream card.
NB In order to line up the border stamps I used a clear mount that was more or less the same size as the stamp. Then I placed it at the very base of the mount and marked the centre of the front of the card with a light pencil mark.
Next I went and lined the edge of the stamp up with the pencil mark and stamped, making sure the bottom was at the base of the card. I repeated it but this time used the opposite end of the stamp to meet the pencil mark.
