Grab bag!

The other day I felt the strong urge to organize.. which made sense since I went to Michael's and bought a ton of loot! I had some giftcards from Christmas that were burning a hole in my pocket so I HAD to go shopping. I picked up this bag of assorted Making Memories scrapbooking embellishments- it was only $8, I needed to have it! And it did have good stuff in it... but alot of stuff I didn't need.. maybe I'll sell some on Ebay? I couldn't see everything that was in the bag when I bought it, but I grabbed it anyways. Check out the picture of how much stuff was included!

So after I tore into it and saw how many little trinkets were in there I had to sort it all out. The boyfriend gave me these neat neon boxes, so I put them to good use. In the hot pick box are left overs from a Stampin' Up hodgepodge hardware kit. The purple box is full of Making Memories brads and letters. Projects coming soon!

Snow Day!

SNOW DAY!!! Oh what a wonderful wonderful thing! Sure, I "worked from home" today, but that didn't get in the way of some serious crafty time! So today I figured I would get a head start on my Valentines. I know I'm a month early, but why not? I ended up with 3 completed cards. As always, I stuck with Stampin Up products. I used mostly the "Candy Lane" DSP and Riding Hood Red, Pirouette Pink, Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, and Kraft cardstock.

I used my brand new Cricket cartridge to make the heart with the "u" in it. And the bow on that same card is embroidary string. Oh, I threw in an action shot too, the card making in progress. Enjoy :)

Medallion stamp

Two days ago I made my sister a card for her birthday (her birthday is tomorrow.) Since I'm still not in the swing of documenting my craftiness, I sealed up the envelope before even taking a picture! Since I cant show you, I'll talk about what I used to create it.. just as good, right? Well, Im 100% a Stampin Up! freak, and basically everything I use if from their catalog. I love the quality of their products, the design, and the color choices. I've been using Stampin' Up! since 2007, and the very first ink pads I bought back then in the summer of '07 are still juicy with ink (they were Pixie Pink and Green Galore from the 'old' Bold Brights) .

Well anyhow, for my sister's card I used a Stampin' Up! stamp that may be my very favorite, "Medallion." As you can see from the picture, it's big and gorgeous, about the size of my hand. I used Whisper White cardstock and Yoyo Yellow to stamp the Medallion offset in the lower left hand corner of the card. It takes up a majority of the card front, and could be left alone as is and still be beautiful, but I stamped "Happy Birthday" on the front with the "Happy Everything" stamp set. I've used the Medallion stamp for several other cards, such a thank you notes and sympathy cards. It's bold, but if you use it with soft colors its very elegant. Oh boy, I sound like a nut right now, calling stamps 'elegant.' Too much coffee perhaps?

So I promise with practice I'll get better at blogging, with actual pictures of the finished products! I swear I will! Just be patient with me :)

Success! After a few frustrating hours, the craft table is finally clean!! Its not as organized as I'd like it, but I just have waaay too much stuff. I'd love to have some shelves above the desk, maybe some day! So now all of my Stampin' Up! 8.5"x11" cardstock and 12"x12" patterned paper is all together. I have some drawers under the desk which holds all my ink pads, embellishments, stamp sets, and more non-Stampin' Up! paper and cardstock. Under the desk I have some storage boxes full of my paints, pastels, oil pastels, etc. I think ill just have to eventually take over the whole room! Nate has his "man cave" with all of his woodworking and car tools, so I should have my own craft room, right? Anyone have any tips for organizing craft/art materials? I have some glass jars and storage boxes but they seem to take up too much space!

Happy 2011!! I'm too hung over to do anything but lay on the couch. Better posts coming soon!