No cards this week. Bob got home Friday afternoon and as usual, we've been on the go. Today we are working on the filming corner.
I spent most of Thursday, Friday, Saturday watching all the amazing creators taking part in the Card Makers Success Summit at Stamp Me Some Love. The event is FREE unless you want to purchase the lifetime access. Trust me... if you think you're not going to be able to watch everything or want to go back at a later time and watch a video again, it is well worth the minimal price for the VIP. Videos are only available for 24 hours without the pass! But here's the thing... If you don't buy the pass the first time you click on the purchase link, the price goes up... so make your decision the first go round. You'll be glad you did. I think Brandi said there would be another the end of March as she has other stuff going on in July when she normally runs the next round.
Okay.. So no cards, but lots of video watching, downloading free tutorials and signing up for lots of emails I'll probably wind up dropping.
BUT... I did fall in love with a product that apparently has been around awhile. I'm always late to the party LOL
Have you heard of STENCIL 360*?
I'm going to link you to Ardyth's video because I think it's one of the best. Justine Hovey also has a really good one, but here's Ardyth's:
You'll find the product on the Penguin Palace website. They are out of Canada. My starter kit, storage bag and one other stencil set should arrive Thursday or Friday. LOL
I'll be doing tutorials and plays in the near future. Keep in mind... whether you are a card maker, a scrapbooker or play with junk journaling.. THIS product has sooo many possibilities.
I also networked in the livestream chats quite a bit and had requests for tutorials using other products so I'll be busy this summer.
Okay... I'm recording a haul video this morning before we get started. I did a short Hobby Lobby trip on Saturday. When I went last week, not a lot of stuff had been marked down. Saturday was much more successful...
I was thrilled to find the teal wax melts for the glue gun. I want to make Thank You seals for my etsy gift packages. I also picked up charms for the mermaid journals, four wink of stella pens, a package of misters and four packages of different types coils for the cinch - 2 coil and 2 D style. The little blue crystal cup was from the Easter Spring Shop line. I'm going to use it to put my fine tip glue bottle in upside down when I'm working on a project. Then there's one other item up in the top right you can't see very well....
It is called a Glitter Vac from We R Memory Keepers. I saw one on the shelf for $15, but then looked behind and there was one for $10!!! You recharge with a USB and use it to vacuum up all the little bits on your work desk. You can also run it across your keyboard. I've been wanting one so grabbed this. I figure what I saved on the clearance more than paid for this new addition to my office... and it's teal!
okay... I'll be posting pics to my IG account for the #100dayproject. I have day 3, 4, 5 to post yet but thought I'd share them with you here. All about the studio progress...
The adhesives from off of one cart are all sorted and ready to go here:
I took all the punches off of this cart, sprayed it Teal and now I'll have all different styles of adhesives on hand next to my table. I've already put a liner in the middle tray and Bob trimmed down my stickles tray to fit in there. But since I'm not using the black carts anymore, the tray had been stored in, the tray had to be reconfigured to fit.
The punch cart is finished!
All of the punches I use most are on this cart. Most of the seasonal punches are in a rack on the end of my big work island. I was even able to add the crocodiles and standard hole punches thanks to the clip on containers on the side.
That's it for me.
I'll be back Wednesday with our March Challenge chat and our stick samples on Thursday. Other than that, pretty quiet here this week as I have Bob home to help whip the studio into shape.
Are you doing the #100dayproject? Some have told me they were inspired to use the challenge to organize as I am doing. I'd love to hear what you're up to!
Before I get to my desk, I want to remind everyone there are only a couple of days left to sign up for the Card Makers Summit. We kick off the event tonight with a chat on YouTube then the classes begin tomorrow. This is all FREE unless you choose to buy the lifetime all-access pass. But FREE is good. Make some time to Play. If you know any of the instructors, feel free to contact them for their link.
I am promoting Tiffany Solorio. She will be my guest in the studio tomorrow! Here is Tiffany's Link
You can also find out more by watching Tiffany's video HERE
Quick peek at my desk then you'll see where I'm going with picture number 2:
This is all of my 'most reached for' punches. They fill 3 shelves of a craft cart. On top of the punches, I have the diagram for placement of items in the cube storage. You can see the progress - or lack there of - HERE.
Items to the right are what came out of the top of the cart that will NOT go back in. The stack of junk mail envelopes with the pink clip... those are junk mail envelopes cut in 1/2 to make tuck spot belly bands for junk journals. I got the idea from Scrapbooking With Me on YouTube. Once I can get back to crafting, I'll get those turned into covered bases that I can then just decorate as needed for a specific journal.
I've pulled them all out of the craft cart because I'm prepping for my Day 1 project of the #100DayProject. You can find information for that HERE. Basically, you plan to do one creative thing every day for the next 100 days. I failed miserably at the creative last year so I decided to use the challenge this year to get the studio in order... one Day - one Task at a time.
I have 3 black craft carts. The one with all of my adhesives has a handle and won't fit between the Project Life cabinet and the filming table. So I pulled all of the punches off the one without a handle and did this:
Yep. We finally had a warm enough day this week I could spray the black cart teal to match the creative corner and add a pop of color.
I'm giving this a few days to cure then I'll sort out all of my adhesives and put them on this cart next to my filming table. Then I'll put all the punches on the one I take the adhesives off of.
That's
it for my desk (and story) this week. Who's Miss Julia and why am I here? When you are done visiting me in the Ozarks,
please hop on over to Stamping Ground for all the details. Miss Julia has a
long list of other studios you can peek into. No standing on an up-turned milk
pail to look in the window. We open the doors wide and welcome you. Please leave your number and you'll be among
the first on my list.
I've been so busy working on trying to get the filming corner done that I've not done any cards. With that in mind, I thought I'd show you what I am doing.
Incidentally, my #100dayprojectd is to get the studio in order. 100 days and 100 projects should see me there, right? Well... Hmmm
I've been focusing on the filming corner. Once it's done, I can continue to put together content while I work my way out into the rest of the room.
I hit a couple of bumps with the cube storage last week but managed to push through until I hit one that I just have to have Bob take care of. So much for having the stuff out of the living room before he gets home. ::: sigh :::
I showed you the empty space a couple of weeks ago. If you missed that, you can see the picture HERE.
That empty space was filled with 3 black mesh carts I bought on clearance at Office Depot several years ago. Each was comprised of 2 drawers. A deep bottom drawer for hanging file folders then a shallower top drawer. I bought them with the intention of keeping my Stampin' Up! business files and overstock of cardstock in the bottom drawers then other business/ and ink storage in the top drawers. The problem was, the bottom drawers could not handle weight of either the file folders or cardstock. I'd pull the drawer out but when I tried to put them back, the frame would torque. I'd have to take everything out of the drawer, straighten the frame then try again. Such a pain!
Here is a similar cart on AMAZONexcept with 3 drawers
I tried remedying the problem by moving the overstock cardstock to a milk crate in the warehouse. but the frames had just been done in and I only put things in those deeper drawers that were light weight and weren't needed often.
I finally got frustrated enough that I had to have a better option. Then I had the idea for cube storage.
Here's where I am and I'll explain why there are only 3
There will be a 4th cube top left. But there is a 1x4 brace under that end of the shelf against the back wall that is about 1/2" too low to allow the top unit to slide back against the wall. I've cried uncle and decided that is just something Bob is going to have to take care of. I think he can do it without having to take the whole shelf down.
I have drawn out the cubes and noted what will go where. There will be 4 teal cube storage boxes with lighter weight items in them and I think Bob can add a shelf to 2 of them so that I don't have wasted space... like the bottom right where my ink spots/ refills will go.
My only challenge at the moment is how to reconfigure the stickles storage Bob built me - custom made to fit one of the metal drawers.
As you can see, I can spare a hole or two that might make it fit in one of the cubbies.
That's it for me. I will be back Wednesday with our final February stick pull and WOYWW. Thursday we'll have a complete interview with one of Tim Holtz' makers - Tiffany Solorio. Friday, the element from the stick pull then Reindeer Club on Saturday. Going to be a busy week so don't miss a minute!!!
