Stampy Room Re-Do

My sweet hubby recently helped me rearrange my entire craft room, and here are some pictures of the finished product. All we need to do yet is put some nice shelves on the walls to hold photos and trinkets and such. Of course I had to include a picture of my oh-so-pretty fuzzy kitty. In typical kitty fashion, he likes to plop down right where I'm trying to work. He looks quite content, doesn't he? So cute!

The table behind my desk is a new purchase. It's perfect to hold my Cricut, Cuttlebug, and sewing machine. There's even enough room for my paper cutter. My closet is stuffed full of supplies in all sorts of boxes and little containers. Makes me happy!! I already posted earlier today about my button containers. Scroll down or click HERE. Thanks for checking out my new space!

Button, Button, Who's Got the Button?

Lookie, lookie what I found! I found these containers at Jo-Ann's, and they work perfectly for my Papertrey Ink buttons! They're stackable and connect together so they stay put; and the lids screw on and off, so no spills! Score!

Photo Inspiration

Yes, I'm back with my second post for today. Two posts in one day...wow! Like I said in my first post HERE, I finally had time to play! This is another inspiration challenge, this time from Melissa Phillips. I just LOVE these colors together....so soothing and happy. I used Rustic Cream, Aqua Mist, Spring Moss, and Ripe Avacado from Papertrey Ink, as well as Damask Designs for the stamps. The little string of beads was fun to do....I wanted it to resemble the beading in the photo. And I just had to add more flowers because I liked them so much on my card from earlier today. And how could I forget to mention the sparkly glitter?! Isn't it pretty....look at it shine! Thanks for stopping by - have a wonderful weekend!

Stamping Around Inspiration Challenge

Happy Saturday! I'm glad it's the weekend....I ~finally~ had time to create. I wanted to play along with the fun challenge posted on the Stamping Around blog. Here is my take on the inspiration photo. I used Kraft and Berry Sorbet cardstock, Spring Moss (my *favorite*) ribbon, and Damask Designs and Background Basics: Petal Power stamp sets, all from Papertrey Ink. Then I added some pretty flowers, just like the ones in the basket. I'll be posting another card yet today for another challenge, so check back later if you want to see. Have a great day!

Paper Piecing with Betsy Veldman

Hello, and happy Wednesday! Wow, where has the week gone? Last week Betsy Veldman had a great post on paper piecing and invited everyone to play along. I chose to paper piece part of the background of these two cards. I love the way it turned out...looks kind of like a quilt, right? The best part is that it was super easy....I just took my handy dandy 1" square punch and punched out a bunch of different patterned papers and lined them up how I wanted them to go and glued them to the card base. All that was left to do was add some fun embellies....like ribbon and buttons and twine and a bit of stitching and some cute sentiments. This was fun! Thank you Betsy!

Papertrey Ink "paint" by number challenge

The Papertrey Ink anniversary festivities continue on Nichole Heady's blog. Today she has issued a "paint" by number challenge, and was it FUN! This is the paint by number sketch, complete with measurements, which made for a quick card. Loved that! And here is the color palette I was to use, based on my online username. These were such fun colors to work with--all my favorites (especially Spring Moss)!

And here is my card. The polka dots on the Lemon Tart cardstock were stamped with Ocean Tides ink, as well as the sentiment. Well, that's all for me tonight. I'm anxious to see what Nichole has in store for tomorrow....

Cards, Cards, and More Cards....

Happy Sunday! I had a fun-filled week of making cards and other various crafty projects while my hubby was out of town, so I have lots to show you today. The first one is a fun Valentine's card that I whipped together really fast. See....I told you that you might be seeing more pink from me. The size was fun -- it's 2.5 x 5.5 and was easy to fill up. The cute heart stamp at the bottom is from Lizzie Anne from their latest monthly mix set.
The next few cards (with the nifty bird cage) were really fun, too! The stamps are from My Cute Stamps, and I copied the layouts from Michelle Wooderson (Mish Mash). I get lots of my layout ideas from her.....her style is so fun and fresh, yet simple to achieve. And the last few cards are just more that I made this past week. Have a great week everyone!

Inspirational Photo Challenge

So, I didn't quite meet my goal of posting to my blog each week. Sigh...just not enough time in the day/week; and the days/weeks just slip by so fast. But I'm here today with a card I made for Melissa Phillips' inspirational photo challenge. You can see her post HERE.

The photo is incredible. Even though anyone who knows me knows that I'm not much of a pink or purple type of girl, I still think it's a beautiful photo. I had to really dig through my supplies to find these colors! heh, heh... But you might start seeing more pinks on my cards - bright pink. I don't know if it's all the Valentine's projects I'm seeing lately or what, but I think it's starting to grow on me. I got the "poofy" flower idea from Dawn McVey in this post. She even has a video tutorial on how to make the flowers. Too fun...I made quite a few the other day with old book pages like Dawn used. I used tissue paper to make the flower on this card. I just love the glittery button! I'm totally into glitter and sparkle right now. Makes quite a mess, but it looks so pretty!



Okay, I'm off to make another mess with glitter. I hope you have a wonderful Friday!!