WOYWW–Wednesday 227

 

Busy busy busy!  I have been taking Tim Holt’s Creative Chemistry 102 online classes.  It’s been a challenge!  It’s day 2 and I just finished day 1!  Well, this photo is distorted!  This was an attempt at a panoramic shot!  As you can see, I am knee deep in ink and paint! 

If you are wondering why in the heck I am showing you my messy desk…Check out Julia’s place.  Each Wednesday, we get to travel the world and visit each others craft space…as it sits!  Mess or no mess!

Here is what I have made my first day.

Marbled

Colored Crackle.  I hope you can see the texture on this one.

Eroded Metallic.  My picture taking does not do this one justice.  Not real happy with my choice of colors.  Can’t wait to try this one again!

Stamping Resist. 

Altered Surfaces

Industrial

 

What’s On Your Workdesk? Wednesday 223

Took this shot on Tuesday, 10:30 PM…with my eyes half closed!  Workday tomorrow!  I have not posted to WOYWW since Week 198!  I have missed all of you!

I have   325  Days   -- or --   46  Weeks and  3  Days left until I retire!  No more waking up at the crack of dawn!  More time to craft!  I can’t wait, on my last year!  Whoopeee.  Sorry, got sidetracked!

Well, what the heck is on my desk this week.  Starting from the left is my very dirty towel.  I am finding I like a towel, more than paper towels.

The three tags are the result of a class I am taking from Tim Holtz.  I really had a blast doing all three techniques. I just finished the class, realized that it was Tuesday night and had to get a photo and blog, because I know I won’t do it at 5 in the morning and I am not willing to get up earlier!  If I wait, I will forget!

Not sure which tag I like the best of the first two, the one on the right, I ruined with my heat tool.  Tim was right, the type of heat tool I have concentrates to a small area.  I need to find one that will not blow my ink all over the place…..

Can you see the card kinda in the middle behind the green distress ink?  That was fun to do, I still have to mount it.  It was my first attempt at faux tiling.  Finished it and then smudged the dern thing before I could mount it.

If you are wondering why in the heck I would show you my desk, my boo-boos, my mess….take it up with Julia!  She started it!

Each week, on Wednesdays, folks from around the world take photos of their workdesk, just as it sits, and shares a what is going on in the room.  Come join as at Julia’s Stamping Ground!

Off to bed I go!

Ollie Ollie Oxen Free!

Come out, come out where ever you are!  Ollie Ollie Oxen Free!

I attended a card class taught by Karen Angel  and really had a wonderful time. 

Karen asked for my blog site, and THEN I remembered, I had not blogged since April!  So, Ollie Ollie Oxen Free, come on back to home base!  I had not been in my studio since April!

Yeppers, those my friends are dust bunnies!  Oh My, can a craft studio get very dusty!  All those little tiny things…covered in dust!

Prior to my sabbatical, I was moving my old scrap ribbon storage over to wrapping on round clothes pins and placing into a Ribbon Jar.   Found a pile of ribbon and added it to my ribbon jar.  Of course, I believe in CASE! (CASE = Copy and Share Everything).  Inspiration came from Papertrey Ink and Nichole Heady!  Next time I am at a thrift shop, I will be looking for a beautiful glass jar!

 

Have you ever took a sabbatical from crafting?  I have NEVER done this for 5 months!  Have no idea what was up with that!

So, after chasing down all the dust bunnies I found myself starting my Christmas cards.  As you can see, I have dusted off my big shot and have some of my pieces done.  Waiting on some Inka Gold to come in.  I will blog the finished card when I finish them…Yeppers, I will finish these babies!

 

So, I had to find another project while waiting for snail mail…looked around there was a pile of notebooks I had never done anything with….hum, I thought!  These would be great for small gifts.

 

 

I am loving Stamping Up’s Secret Garden Stamp set.   CASE was from Brandy! with my tweak adding a gift box.  Now the brown box is the Exact same card stock as the notebook…I must have turned on my flash!

Oh, one last thing to add to my unfinished projects.  Magnetic book marks.

 

This was really creative fun for me.  I took some scrap cardboard and grabbed my distress stain daubers.

I punched out a 1 3/4 circle and used the negative to mask with a yellow/orange sun.  Then I masked off the sun and started laying my color for a sky, water and grass.  I wanted a watercolor effect and this technique worked really well.  After stamping I sealed with modge podge, dried and glued magnets on the back, added ribbon.  All using scraps!  Gotta love using scraps!

 

Well there you have it!  I have found my MOJO again!

I wanted to through it out the window~

1	Use spellbinders Framabilities scalloped edge frame die. I think this is no longer being produced. I did this with the spellbinders lattice rectangles SKU: S4-319 Pasted from <http://www.spellbinderspaperarts.com/products/p-69-lattice-rectangles.aspx> You just have to ignore 4 wholes in the corners . Between 13 and 5 leave one open and 17 and 11 and 24 and8 and 12 and 20 http://www.amazingpapergrace.com/a-basket-for-my-sweetie-new-lattice-video-tutorial-guide/
	Weaving Template
2	Ribbon up through loop 1 an ribbon down through loop 2
3	Ribbon up through loop 3
4	Ribbon down through Loop 4
5	Ribbon up through Loop 5, being sure to cross over the top of the ribbon
6	Ribbon down through Loop 6
7	Ribbon up through Loop 7.  Be sure to cross over the top of the two intersecting ribbons
8	Ribbon down through Loop 8
9	Ribbon up through Loop 9.  Be sure to cross over the top of the two intersecting ribbons.
10	Ribbon down through Loop 10. Be sure to cross underneath these two intersecting ribbons.
11	Ribbon up through Loop 11. Go over the top of the one intersecting ribbon
12	Ribbon down through loop 12. Be sure to cross underneath all five of these intersecting ribbons.
13	We are done with the first piece of ribbon, thread up the second ribbon.
14	Ribbon up through loop 13. Ribbon up through Loop 14. (You will not I came down through Loop 13, I correct this at the end. Be sure to cross underneath all five of these intersecting ribbons
15	Ribbon down through loop 15. Be sure to cross over the two intersecting threads.
16	Ribbon up through Loop 16. Be sure to cross underneath the three intersecting ribbons.
17	Ribbon down through Loop 17. You will cross over intersecting ribbons 1 & 2 Under ribbon 3 and over 4 & 5.
18	Ribbon up through loop 18. Go under intersecting ribbon.
19	Ribbon down through loop 19. Weaving sequence is over, over, under, over, over, under, over.
20	Ribbon up through loop 20. Go under one intersecting ribbon.
21	Ribbon down through loop 21. Weaving sequence, Over, under, over, over, under, over
22	Ribbon up through Loop 22. Weaving sequence: Under, over, under, over, under.
23	Ribbon down through loop 23. Over, under, over.
24	Ribbon down through loop 24. Under, Over, Under, Over, Under, Over, Under, Over, Under. Remember step 14? The top left corner is wrong.
25	Just fix the top left corner to match this photo.
26	Flip over and glue dot your four corners down.
27	rim off excess.

WWOW-198

Interesting blog title...right! Well, if you happen to be a crafter, it's quite fun!

WHO. WHAT. WHERE. WHY. WHEN

Julia, from the Stamping Ground's crafting studio, in Wiltshire England.

Approximatly 200 folks visit her site every Wednesday, just for a chance to peek at her studio! See, the fun is...... take a photo of your desk, just as it is and share it, and then visit other crafters around the world.

So....Tada! Here is mine!

What you say! We had family fly in from Portland Oregon, to join us on a road trip to Nevada, Colorado, Arkansas, Oklahoma and we just might slip in Bronson Mississippi before heading home...my craft room was designed to be changed back to a guest bedroom in 15 minutes! If you want to know more about my studio, click here.

You can count on me, googling every craft store on the road...

 

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WOYWW - 198

Oh my, it's Tuesday night...15 minutes to Wednesday! I ran and took a snapshot of my room and realized I had not done anything since my last post....so, I decided to share a tool I bought sometime ago that I don't use much.

You know....was at a craft show, and I just could not leave without it. When I use it, I love it. yeppeers, it's the Zutter dreamkut. I was making notepads, in fact there one in that basket just to the right of the cutter. Great tool for that job.

I have to tell you something. I posted something on splitcoaststampers.com, that was hard to post.

I debated doing this for a long time. I have been struck down with crafters loneliness. I am starving for friends that love to do what I do, and can't seem to find any in my town.

Guess I don't get out much. Lots of folks replied, and I don't feel so different, as it seems others feel the same way. Some really wonderful ideas were suggested.

I am going to give some of them a shot!

This sounds like the first thing I want to try! OOVOO! This works on all sorts of devices and is really simple to figure out. it allows 15 people to use at the same time...that means 15 of us can get together, at the same time and craft together! We will be able to see what each of us is doing....talk AND craft at the same time!

If you are interested, all you need to do is download rhe program. Then we have to have a way to find each other.

That can be done several ways. Our gmail emails is one way. Once I downloaded the software, I was asked for my gmail account and bingo, one of you were already using it. I am thinking that was because I follow queenlightwells blog. I met her on WOYWW!

Best of all, we don't even have to live in the same country!

Sounds fun to me! What do you think? Looking for OOVOO buddies!

Whoops, I was so excited to tell you all that, I forgot to say, if you suffer from craft loneliness like me....go take a peek at the stamping ground where Julia lives! She started this WOYWW (What's on your work desk - Wednesday). Simply said, crafters from all over the world take photos of their desks on Wednesday and share what they have been up to!

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Lattice Basket–Finished

What an event! I believe that this has been the hardest project I have ever attempted!

This basket was created for a 60th Wedding Anniversary. So had to go with the bling! I have filled the box with hand made cards and notepads.

 

Bling covering brad, that is holding on the handle

Bling covering brad on inside of basket. Can’t tell from photo, but this is a large rhinestone circled by little rhinestones.

If you want to read past blogs…and some tips of how to do this:

Inspiration, Frustration

Lattice work mastered

Almost done

and the final page! Well, you are on it! whew, what a challenge.

I am entering this project on the March Challenge on the Ribbon Girls Blog. not sure what the heck I am doing, as this will be my first challenge I have ever participated in....

 

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