WOYWW # 232 & Scrapping

Good Morning!   I cannot believe it is time for WOYWW again!! What is it, you ask?  Visit Julia's Stamping Ground for all the details!  It is a wonderful time of desk snooping and sharing of ideas!
   So, this is what my desk looks like.  I have been scrapping!

I took part in  SCS Challenges:   VSBN1113A   STASH13Nov1

        For the stash Busters we had to use  2 Printed Papers (SU!) at least a year old, Chipboard letters or shapes, 2 or more brads, and Magic mesh or fabric  (I used lace)

       It was fun to use some of my stash!  I had these stamped , punched SU! ornaments left over from when I made Christmas cards with them 2 years ago!  You know I don't throw much away! :)  The tags were just in my stash, as well as the big white chipboard ornament, recycled from a card and Season's Greetings is recycled from a card.  I had all these things in a big plastic box of Christmas things for cards and scrapping.
                                                   

        

For the VSBN Challenge we were to use a sketch from a site that we had not used sketches from  before. I used this sketch from Scrappy Sketches by Heather.

                                Here is a close up of my  page.  I love these photos of my Mom!

Have a happy WOYWW!  Thanks for stopping by, and for your comments.  I really enjoy reading them.

I am off to snoop your craft areas! :)

WOYWW # 231 & Thumping

       What have I been doing? And why am I showing you my messy desk?  It is because it is What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday  Julia tells you all about it at her Stamping Ground. Check it out!
       I have tried to make three to five Christmas cards a month, so that I wouldn't have to make them all in December.  So  I have been busy stamping the insides, just as time consuming as making the card.  I have tried to stamp the inside sentiment and then cut the inside panels to match what is on the outside. Look at what a mess my die cut area is.  Also, these are my cards and their insides on my main craft area.  I have 40 cards made, stamped on inside, and my "made by stamp" on the back.  So, now all I have to do is address them.  And when I make them all different, just maybe five a like, it is difficult to choose which ones to send to who!!! LOL  Also, below, I did make a card yesterday!

Thumping Technique

This card was made using the Thumping Technique.  Here is a Splitcoast Stamper Tutorial.  I made this for my  You Can Do It Challenge to use this technique.
   It is such an easy way to achieve  added highlights and depth.  You just ink up your stamp with one color, this time I used SU! Certainly Celery.  You then  thump a marker of another color different places on the stamp.  I used Midnight Muse and Old Olive. Then you huff on your stamp and stamp it! :)
   This is a card I made for my GF that made me the gorgeous scarf that I showed you last week.

    Other credits for the card.  Cardstock: SU! Midnight Muse, Whisper White, Certainly Celery

                                             Spellbinders Labels 10 Die & SU! Petite Punch

                                             SU! Fancy Fan Embossing Folder

                                             Stamps:  sentiment- Pretty Petites

                                                            image- Watercolor Trio

                                             Saphire Rhinestone Stickers

Thank you for stopping by and for your comments. Love getting to know all of you!  I am off to visit your area and see what you are doing!

My Birthday & WOYWW #230

          I received  a lot of interesting crafting items and some handmade cards  for my birthday that I wanted to share with you.  See that beautiful scarf (my favorite colors!) that my GF made for me for my birthday. :)  And that beautiful card she made for me.  Remember, I went to her house a couple of weeks ago and used her stamps?  Well she used my die, and that is what she used on my card.  She did a beautiful job.  And there are two more cards that stamper friends sent me.  My GF gave me some metallic acrylic paint to mix with my re-inkers, and a tiny spray bottle and some little containers to put them in. :)  Then I got chocolate, and a CD, and lots of other fun things! So even though Monday was my birthday, Tuesday, I went to breakfast with two friends and lunch with another. Just had a great day of eating out and shopping! :)

         I missed WOYWW last week, and I really missed it!  I have learned some new things in the few weeks, I have taken part in WOYWW.  I had never heard of Zentangle, until I visited one of your Blogs.  I know where have I been?  Now, I have been to a class.  I had never heard of Gelee Plate.  Now, I am watching tutorials on that!  Anyway thank you all for sharing what you are doing.  I am learning! :)  Well, off to see what you all are doing this week.  :)
         If you are wondering what WOYWW (What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday?)  is, check out  Julia's Stamping Ground.

   

Thank you all for stopping by!  Thank you for your comments.  I enjoy getting to know you. 

WOYWW 228

       Welcome to WOYWW!  (What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday)  If you don't know what that is, visit Julia's Stamping Ground and check it out!

         I have been busy, but just not at my craft area.  Yesterday, I drove out of town to visit and craft with my friend!  So, what is on my table, is what I did at her craft table. :)  We worked on our calendar gift sets for Christmas gifts; I got four months started 15 of each.  They are all stamped, but now I have to color and sponge them yet. I used her stamps, and I took some of mine for her to use.  Now for the rest of the months, I will use my own stamps. :)  Also, I stamped some of her images for possible Christmas cards. I took some of my dies for her to use, and I used some of hers.  There is also a scrap page I have started.

        But the most important thing I wanted you to see was that I took your advice, to use the shelf I found at the garage sale, to store my Copics.  Two weeks ago I showed this find to you, and at least three maybe more said it would  be perfect for my Copics!  So here they are!  What do you think?
                   Happy WOYWW!
     

                     Thank you for stopping by, and for your comments.  I enjoy reading every one of them!

Butterflies Are Free

A few weeks ago on my WOYWW post I indicated a box  on my craft area that had butterflies in it.  My Blogger friend Brandy sent them  to me.  It included about 40 butterflies of different colors and different cuts. I thought I would show you today two more cards that I made with the butterflies.   I thought they were all so lovely and lacy, I just love using them on my cards. They made these cards easy! Thanks Brandy! :)

Submitted to QFTD184 & AOCC13 Challenges

    I needed this card unfortunately for a friend this week.   I used SU! Thoughts & Prayers set.  I used Spellbinders oval and lacy oval dies.  I made clouds by punching a scalloped circle and sponging around it, a trick I learned from one of SCS friends. :)  The cardstock is SU! Baja Breeze & Close to Cocoa, & Whisper White.   The ink is VersaFine Vintage Sepia, ( my favorite go to ink pad).  I sponged with Baja Breeze.  Then I  used pearls on one of the butterflies that Brandy so wonderfully cut and sent me! :)

Submitted  for QFTD182 & AOCC13 Challenges

I made this birthday card for a dear friend.  Just gave it to her this week.  I ran the white through with a EF, and layered on Tempting Turquoise.  I stamped it with sentiment from Elegant Greetings from SU!  I just happened to have ribbon that matched the butterflies! :)  Really, the four butterflies are the stars here!



I wish you all a great week-end!  Hope you get to craft some.  Thank you for stopping by and for your comments!
Hugs!

WOYWW 227

       Oh, my goodness!  Wednesdays sure come quickly!  If you are wondering what What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday is all about, check out Julia's Stamping Ground for the details!
        So, I am not doing that much creating, as much as I am organizing!  Although, it does not look like organizing, that is what I am doing.  I am re-cataloging my stamps.  I have already imput all my SU! sets all 188 wood mounted sets and 40 clear mounted.  Now I am listing the  Non-SU! wood mounted and  clear mounted.  I am doing all of this in the program Evernote. I didn't know it would be such a huge undertaking!         My photo this week is of this week's work area, which is my table in the family room with my laptop/desktop. It was a laptop before the screen went out, so now is a desktop with a TV screen! LOL There is my sewing machine for what little sewing I do, mostly on cards.

I have all of these stamp set below to do yet.   When I notate the set , I also scan a photo into the computer. I do this all on my PC, but have access to my stamp inventory on my mini iPad, which is real convenient!  I am pretty excited about this project, although it is a lot of work!

I am pretty late getting this posted, because I had a busy Wednesday card making with our ladies at church for our encouragement Ministry.  Have a wonderful WOYWW!  Thanks for stopping by and for your comments.  Now I am going to go visit you and see what you are doing! :)

WOYWW 226 White Washing and Angel Tag

    Happy WOYWW!  Don't know what WOYWW is?  Check it out at Julia's Stamping Ground.
 This is what my area looks like right now.  I just finished a card for Teapot Tuesday on Splitcoast Stamper, using White Wash technique.  Earlier this week I made a tag for one of our challenges using paints, and all kinds of other mediums. really an experiment for me!  So evidence of that is still on my blotter.  Also, a fall card failure using paints is laying there to be discarded.  An alphabet die with paint on it is the remains of a scrapbook page I did earlier.
     Also, see the cute little criss-cross shelf I picked up for $2.00 at a garage sale?  I haven't decided how to use it yet.  It came with all the spice jars that fit in there too.  So, a project! :)  Oh, and see the baggie of goodies one of my blogger friends sent me from ScrapFest?  Now, I can eat the goodies, and use the items in the bag.  I just wanted to show you how cutely packaged it was.

                   

                                                                                           
Here is close up of my card and tag.
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Have a great week!