My Craft World

Well, I finally got my room done. I took a bunch of pictures, edited them and then it hit me. Why not do a video to show you my organized craft room? So I did!

Let me know if you have any questions! I hope you enjoy!

Since so many bloggers could not see this video, I have moved an edited version to YouTube. To view my craft room tutorial go to the next post here.

I had to use Veoh, because my video is over 10 minutes long. If you can't see it, please let me know and I can upload a smaller version to YouTube. I had to cut a little out of it to get it under 10 minutes.

Thanks for stopping by!

Coming Soon!

Hello Everyone!

I have not been blogging much this week. I know I am stating the obvious! I do have a reason....I am reorganizing my craft room. I purchased some organizational units for all my goodies and for my Copics. I have to label and rearrange now that I have everything built and in place. I can see my Copics all the time now and they add a lot of color to my room. Check back soon! I will have pictures of what I have done and where I purchased the units and measurements. I am having fun organizing, but I do feel the need to create.

Have fun creating!

Gift Card Tutorial

Remember this gift card I made last week. I created a tutorial to show you how I made it.

Enjoy!

Have fun creating!

Willard on Ice

Isn't Willard cute? He is one of DZ Doodles images I used for the color challenge this week on Diane's site. The colors matched the CTMH colors from the Aspen Level 2 paper pack. The colors I used are creme brulee, juniper and outdoor denim. You can play along this week and enter the chance to win two (2) free images. Awesome!

Materials used: All products CTMH unless noted. Paper - Aspen Level 2 paper pack; Ink - Copics, outdoor denim; Stamp sets - Wilbur (DZ Doodles), Christmas Scripts, Snow Fun (retired); Embellishments - silver vellum (retired), wave flexible ruler (Hobby Lobby), designer ribbon (retired), little pearls (Paper Studio), window punch (SU), modern label punch (SU), snowflakes (Dress It Up)

Take time to create!

Sweet & Sassy

We have a great challenge for you at Paper Craft Planet -- it's a sketch challenge, sponsored by Sweet n' Sassy Stamps. To play along, create a card using this sketch:

To play, upload your card to the Paper Craft Planet photo gallery, and use the tag "SNSS1" -- all caps, please. (Here is a tutorial on adding pictures to the gallery, if you need it.) Sweet n' Sassy Stamps has generously offered a chance to win this adorable stamp for one of our lucky challenge players.

Here is my card:

The Supernovas and I all used the new digital stamps for our cards. I picked Do Not Open Til Christmas. He's printed on Neehah paper, and then colored with Copics. I added some liquid applique for the snow and the polar bear's hat. I wish you could see this in person, because I added stickles around the polar bear. In addition, I punched the snowflakes from white, glitter, cardstock. The patterned papers are a retired set all from CTMH.

If you've ever had a chance to play with digital stamps, they are really a lot of fun. If you wanted to resize your image, you could do that right in your image editing program.

Check out what the other Super Novas came up with:

Adela Rossol

Lynn Mercurio

Kim Burmeister

Wendy Price

Lori Tecler

Jessica Fick

Sankari Wegman

Susanna Boyd

Hope you can play along. Have a great day!

November Scrapbook Club

Hello Everyone!

Haven't blogged in a couple of days, because I have been busy with PTA, schools and yard work. We want to get the thousands of leaves raked before it snows. You never know when that will happen in the midwest.

I wanted to show you and the ladies attending our November Scrapbook Club the layout will be creating this Saturday night. I used the CTMH scrapbook program Reflections to inspire me to create this Thanksgiving layout. For the first page, I used the layout on page 21 called "Title Topper - Photos". For the second page, I used the layout on page 23 called "Title Topper - Cover".

Page 2

Tomorrow, I will have a card made from a stamp site that sponsored the Design Team at Paper Craft Planet.

Take care!

Gift Card Holder

Our card club meets tonight (Tuesday) and this is one of the projects we are going to make. The other is the snowman treat holder here. Gift cards are great gifts to for the holidays.

The front pocket houses a tag to signify to and from, and the back pocket holds the gift card. These are so easy to make and it is on my list of tutorials to make over the next few weeks. I will make sure I get that done in November, so you can make them in December.

Materials used: All products CTMH unless noted. Paper - Evensong Basic Collection, white daisy cs; Stamp set- JOY (retired); Ink - cranberry; Accessories - cranberry ribbon, 2" punch (Fiskars), new england ivy marker.

Happy Stamping!

What's Cookin'?

It's Monday again and that means there is another color challenge at DZ Doodles. Last week, was the first color challenge I hosted for DZ Doodles and I had fun, so we are going to continue this weekly event. I hope you can participate and have fun creating with us. Just visit the DZ Doodles site to get the colors and to link your project. You will have a chance to win a free image of your choice each week.

I used Thelma the Cook from the DZ collection. This lady is a character and is based on Diane's mother. Thelma the Cook is just one of the many Thelma images Diane has for you. I knew the perfect sentiment to use for this image. I typed it on my computer and printed it off on blush cardstock to match the pattern paper.

Here is a close up of Thelma. I didn't keep track of the copics I used. Sorry! This is one of the images I colored while at the crop last month. In the future, I will try to keep track, so I can take a picture of the copics I use. You can't see that I used clear spica on the heart. I love that pen, but it just doesn't photograph well.

I hope you can join us over at DZ Doodles and take the color challenge. Can't wait to see what you make.

Materials used: All products CTMH unless noted. Paper - That's Amore Level 2 paper pack, vanilla cream cs; Ink - copics, computer printer, chocolate marker; Stamp - Thelma the Cook (DZ Doodles); Accessories - round tab punch (SU), chocolate waxy flax, glitter button (American Crafts), cranberry waxy flax, hollyhock organdy ribbon

Take time to create!

Snowman Treat

My boys came home tonight with a lot of candy from trick or treating. We didn't have many trick or treaters, so we have a lot of little Hershey bars left. I decided to make a snowman treat while the boys stuffed themselves with candy. I remember pouring over my candy after trick or treating and eating my favorites first. They even shared with their parents. They are sooo sweet!

I think I will create a video for this one too!

Materials needed: white cardstock (3 1/4 x 3 1/2), black cardstock from brim (3/8 x 1 3/8), 1" square punch for top hat, 1/4" circle punch for eye and buttons, orange cs for nose and red ribbon.

Have fun creating!