Auntly Pride

When my niece graduated I photographed this little celebration made for her by my youngest nephew. Now that I'm back on my regular computer (and it feels so strange not to be sitting on the sofa whilst I surf), I'm sorting through pictures. We're thinking an etsy shop is in his future :D.

What's on your workdesk? Wednesday - 70

If you are looking for Playing with Serenade by Flowerdisco and Friends, please scroll to the next post. Of course you are welcome to read this one too lol.

OK, I'm late to play today. To the untrained eye, my workspace might look the same as last week. But this week, it's missing the layers of yore. Anyhoo, the sort of florally looking pink punch is the punch for medium i-Tops (see yesterday's post for the items made with this lovely).  Also showing is the pink crop-a-dile I'm using to make a necklace (3 squares). This is on top of my stamp project page for futurama /space stamps. Those are some marvelous jetsonesque transportation devices.  What's significant is what is *not* on my desk :D.

I went to the local overstock store and bought this shoe holder, only I'm using it to store my favorite punches (mostly circles, scallops and martha stewart border punches) and my Club Scrap Idea Card Decks so far. To the left you can see negative cuts from my Cricut held together with painter's tape until they find a home.

If you want to see more workspaces captured in a Wednesday frame of mind, head over to Julia's Stamping Ground blog. Or even better, take a picture and join in the fun :D.

Playing with Serenade with Flowerdisco and Friends - Week 4

It's week 4 already! The lost camera has been found  and recharged (yay).  This week I turned one set of Cricut cuts into two cards by layering the positive and the negatives.  I used the new Papertrey Ink Linen cardstock as the base of both cards, cutting one 8.5 x 11" sheet in two. All the cuts are made from Club Scrap paper from some Pounds of Paper I bought on sale awhile ago. And there is a lot of dimension to both cards with either glue dots or foam tape being used almost everywhere. The sentiment is made with Papertrey Ink's Simple Alphabet stamp set.

The first card is made with positive shapes. The tree branch is stamped with Papertrey Ink's Beyond Basics: Woodgrain stamp set. The sentiment is stamped on a tag tied to the branch. The embellishments are made with Dimensional Pearls.

The second card is made with the negative shapes of the shadow and base stacked over a green base. The edges were inked with Papertrey Ink Chamomile and Chai.
Be sure to check out what everyone else made!

1. Abby- http://www.scrapbookaholic.blogspot.com/
2. Agnes- http://flowerdiscosscraphut.blogspot.com/
3. Gaby- http://scrapabookaholic.blogspot.com/
4. Helen- http://craftingcricutmom.blogspot.com//
5. Jessica- http://luvcraftingwithcricut.blogspot.com/

6. Melissa- http://melissaward72.blogspot.com//

Krafty Badges and an Embellishment

OK, I must admit, every time I think badges that line from Blazing Saddles pops into my head. But I do need these stinkin' badges. I found medium (22mm) Badge Daddies for the i-Top at Michaels when I was looking for a consolation purchase because there wasn't a speck of glow-in-the-dark glitter to be found.  They were only available in medium, which was the only punch I didn't have for the i-Top, so I had to buy that too.

I used kraft paper as the base for everything. The snowflake is from an unknown punch (it has a yellow glitter housing) with faux stitching with a 01 micro pigma pen and embellished with antique linen distress stickles. The I be-leaf in you is stamped with a leaf from Falling Leaves stamp set from Papertrey Ink.

The flower embellishement is made from a cut-out from each size of the i-Top punches with a small brad holding them all together. The paint is yellow fabric paint from Plaid.

Have you seen my camera? lol

OK, four days ago I knew where my camera was. Then I disconnected it from the computer so I could reharge it, only I got distracted and put it down somewhere... So now I have no idea where it is and I have to take pictures of the cards I made for Playing with Serenade with Flowerdisco and friends. So if you see it, let me know lol.

Playing with Serenade by Flowerdisco and Friends - Week 3

Hello everyone! It's week 3 of Playing with Serenade by Flowerdisco and Friends.

This week I did a simple card with image no. 21. I got to use more scraps for the image (mostly K&Co.), and used all 4 layers. The card is an A2 made from Papertrey Ink's Spring Moss cardstock which I had stamped with a stamp from the Four of a Kind stamp set (it really is a favorite) using Versamark.

 Be sure to check out what everyone else made!

1. Abby- http://www.scrapbookaholic.blogspot.com/

2. Agnes- http://flowerdiscosscraphut.blogspot.com//
3. Gaby- http://scrapabookaholic.blogspot.com/
4. Helen- http://craftingcricutmom.blogspot.com/
5. Jessica- http://luvcraftingwithcricut.blogspot.com//
6. Melissa- http://melissaward72.blogspot.com//

What's on Your Workdesk? Wednesday

Okay, this is chaotic, even for me lol. Out of deference to those with delicate sensibilities, I've kept the picture smaller. Of course if you want to see it up close, you can just click on it. The remote is for my CD player. At the moment I'm listening to an audio book. I'm still sad I finished The Graveyard by Neil Gaiman, but didn't want to listen to it twice back to back lol.

About the pink mystery paint last week, the color was an unintended red herring.  It's chalkboard paint. But... I forgot to buy regular chalk so I could test it out in a card setting.  And I spent the last two days mostly looking for my Martha Stewart foils and getting distracted by all the other things I found instead (see picture above lol), so that project got put on a back burner.

I also moved a lovely box with little shelves off one desk to another space close enough to put heavily stickled items safely away from the perils of gravity or forgetfulness. I was reminded to do this by my stickles chart with the three smooshed lines (icicle, crystal and diamond) where I dropped my pen when I was taking the cap off.  Did I mention Grace is one of my nicknames?  The chart is really handy for deciding which "clear" stickles to use and what they all look like out of the bottle.

In the Cricut realm of  my existence this week, I've been using my Superman cartridge a lot. Only with a twist, that I can't show it to you yet.  You can see my test boxes (the grey ones) from the Happy Hauntings cartridge. After I figure out all the bits, I'll make them in Lovely Halloween colors. I love the takeout box with the hand coming out of the graveyard, but I think it needs to be cut from a stiffer cardstock as the hand is very floppy after it goes through the slot!

It's also week three of Playing with Serenade by Flowerdisco and Friends which is in a separate post after this one, should you care to check it out. Thanks for looking!

WOYWW is a blog hop hosted by Julia at The Stamping Ground, and this, I believe, is week 69. So hop over if you want to see how more crafty people house work and join in  :D.