It's been a crazy 4 months! I am so ready to slide into 2023. How are y'all doin' out there?
I offered to co-host a collab back in September and things haven't stopped moving since.
This collab was with Brian Dickey @ B&D Crafts & More (see him on FB, IG and YouTube). He is also a Stampin' Up! demonstrator. The idea was to post a video every week from the second Sunday in September up through last Sunday - December 18th, related to Christmas. The final project took me a lot longer than I'd anticipated so posted the final video last night.
I chose to work with an older 6x6 paper pad from Stampin' Up! called NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS For my projects I used the 6x6 paper pad and various 6x6 One Sheet Wonder sketches. One week I'd take a sketch and make cards. The next week, I'd work with the same sketch and make junk journal elements. (You'll see them in the video later in the post).
I wound up with 25 Christmas cards:
Links to all of the One Sheet Wonder templates are linked in the description box of the videos. You'll find the playlist HERE.
I combined most of the elements with others that I made from the remaining papers to make a 3-signature journal. Here's the final Flip-Through video with some important news about what's coming up on my channel:
I'm back to normal in here January 1st. I hope you were patient while I went nuts over here LOL. I'm fine, just took a lot of time off and spent lots of it with Bob.
P.S. He has since put me on a work schedule. LOL No more fluffing off when he's home. I work 9-5 or 10-6 four days a week except for his first and last weekend home. My plan is to have the content up ahead of those off-days.
I will be back on Monday, December 26th with a bit of what to expect in 2023. In the mean time...
Where was everyone last week? Just busy, I hope. Let's get back to crafting!
Can you believe that we've been together (well, not everyone every week, but still...) for over 13 years!!!
My goodness, that's a lot of blogs, a lot of friends and a whoppin' amount of inspiration and creativity!
So what's on my desk this morning....
I'm getting closer to completing the bee journals. I finally got the new sewing machine out yesterday, figured out how easy it is to thread and the needle went through the two layers of manilla envelope, two layers of fabric easily. That's my signature to the right of the cover. The cover is surrounded my this and that and elements of construction - except for the playing cards. They're left over from the mixed media ATC class. I just haven't gotten down on my kneeling bench to put them away.
This week on the organization front, I'm talking about GLUE. I've had several questions about not only the glues that I use on a regular basis but how some of them work compared to others. I hope there's information in the video that helps you. Also, please share your favorite glue in the comments below.
Here's another tidbit for you before I go.
If you haven't already, I hope you'll subscribe to my YouTube Channel. Friday at 11 a.m. EST I'll be having my weekly premiere - but this one is SPECIAL!
I'll be unveiling the FIVE give away packs in honor of my 500 subscribers. I'm working on something now that I might even be able to offer something to NATIONAL Subscribers. Cross your fingers I can make that happen.
In the mean time...
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.
