CREATIVE MONDAY - SACs Challenges

 Good morning!

Slow moving this morning but I did want to show you what I've been working on.

I've jumped back into the Spectrum Art Creations challenges in the Spectrum Art Creations Friends FB group. I love the products Madi gets in and the challenges she comes up with.

She started August with a new monthly challenge based on a prompt. At the beginning of the month she pulls a 'prompt stick' then we can interpret the prompt however we want. This month was Fairies.

I knew instantly I wanted to do a display of some sort then the project morphed from there.

I started with four things: a 4x6 easel board from $Tree, a Spectrum Art Creations original design postcard, Flower Fairy Diary stickers from Spectrum Art Creations, and a fairy light string that came in a Diverse Romance Writers conference swag box in July. The string has three settings - solid, slow bling and flashy blink. 

I positioned one small fairy nimph in the Y of the tree and an onery little girl fairy on the ground, looking up at him. Then I positioned the lights on the back of the postcard so some highlighted the jars, the pearl strings and behind the girl fairy. I anchored everything with strategically-placed spots of hot glue. 

I used glue dots double-layered around the edge and a couple in the darker spots of the postcard then placed on the easel.

the height of the legs on the easel bothered m so I had Bob cut them off level with the bottom of the flat part of the easel. Looked okay, but I felt the picture needed more so back to shopping for a round piece of wood, the grass, mushrooms, and pinecones. The wood base is actually a sign from $Tree that I flipped over so I had the flat back. Layered everything with the grass and embellishments for the forest floor leaving an opening in the center. I wanted to be able to pick up the easel and fold it flat for storage.

Oh.. I also had silk leaves in fall colors from $ Tree. I used a couple of small leaf dies from a Stampin' Up! set called Gorgeous Leaves and die cut them from the silk leaves to create a scattering/ pile of fall leaves. 

I'm really happy how this turned out.

The other challenge I took part in for August was SHAKERS.  We were to purchase our choice of shaker bits and incorporate them in anything of our choosing. I ordered three different sets of the shakers and used one of the sets in this card:

I used the Marianne's Designs ROMANCE shakables. I knew the pink hearts in the collection were perfect for a Pink Ribbon card and also matched the Polished Pink cardstock from Stampin' Up! The die cut is from the Support Ribbon from Stampin' Up! and a sentiment from my stash.

The deadine for August challenges is today and I have a couple more shaker cards planned. You'll see them in future posts.

I won't be doing a Tag Tuesday post tomorrow as I'll be finishing up the challenges, though there could be a showing of what I make today.

Creative Blessings!

~ Kelly

WOYWW 899

 Good morning, crafty friends!

We are almost there. With this much excitement can you imagine when we hit 1000!!!

I don't have desks to show this week because nothing has changed. Before I can do anything else in the filming corner we need to address a leak in the ridge-line of the roof that has recently begun dripping into the office, directly over my stamp/ die boxes!!!  Bob got the stuff last night he thinks will fix the issue. I hope so.

But I did promise to show someone (Sylvia? MaryAnne?) how I store my stamps and dies.

I have over 600+ sets and keeping the wood mounted on wood wasn't an option. I broke everything down and they now store flat in photo boxes:

THIS VIDEO shows how I do the dies. The stamps are stored the same way except I've put them on 5 x 7 sheets cut from the flexible cutting board mats from $Tree.  

They are all filed by category in shoe boxes with the dies behind any coordinating stamp set. Then misc. dies stored by category in a single shoe box. 

Be warned, this was not a 'weekend' project. I could have done it in a week had I not run out of supplies. Then it took me forever to get back to finishing.  Now a couple of those boxes are damaged from the waster leak and will have to be redone, but the stamps/ dies are safe in their plastic sleeves.

Note: In the video you'll see the dies packets stored vertically, they now store horizontally, not allowing water to get in, thank goodness... just in the box itself.

That's it for my desk (and story) this week. Who's Miss Sarah and why am I here?  When you are done visiting me in the Ozarks, please hop on over to Sarah’s Craft Shed for all the details. Miss Sarah 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.

Creative Blessings!

~ Kelly  

TAG TUESDAY - Patriotic Tags From Packaging

 Good morning!

I've spent the last several minutes trying to get logged in. Every time I tried, google brought up my author account or my homesteading... even when showing this account. I'm so over tech issues! 

I wasn't sure I'd have a video or post this morning. I've spent time over the past few days filing all of my digital print outs on to Scrap Rack spinders and eliminating one more tote bag off the office floor. While working, I started planning this week's tag. I knew I wanted to use the packaging from the bunting decor I bought several years ago. I used four packages for these tags.

I won't explain here. Today is Bob and I's 42nd wedding anniversary. I got up early to record the video. He's waiting patiently for me to go nap then we can play an all-day game of Double Triominoes.

Here's the vide for these tags: 

Creative Blessings!

~ Kelly

WOYWW 898

 Good morning, crafty friends!

We are just two weeks away from 900. I'm sooo excited! I've already pulled my first WOYWW post and scheduled it so I don't forget.

I've posted a video about using other glue's besides mod podge for that napkin technique. Thanks to our Angela for leaving the question on the video last week.  You'll find that video HERE.

Two desks again this week:

ironing platform

After testing fabric with mod podge yesterday I decided I need 3 more 'pockets' for the journal. I'm doing everything in fours for the Patriotic journal. I have the cardstock drying. I'll get the fabric ironed into place this afternoon.

The photo piece in the upper left is part of a fairy challenge I'm working on for Spectrum Art Creations FB group. Still needs a little fussing.

While I don't need the ironing platform as a filming station, I am keeping the filming table cleared until I can get a new piece of wall board for that space. For now, the filming table looks like this:

filming table

Only thing there right now is the silicone brush I used to spread glue. This afternoon I plan to take the desk down, move the 4 art carts and give this space a good vacuum while I wait to go after the wall board.

That's it for my desk (and story) this week. Who's Miss Sarah and why am I here?  When you are done visiting me in the Ozarks, please hop on over to Sarah’sCraft Shed for all the details. Miss Sarah 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. 

Creative Blessings!

~ Kelly

WOYWW 897

 Good morning, crafty friends!

Last Wednesday just came and went. LOL

I have 2 workspaces this week. First, my usual filming table:

Pretty empty due to a bit of clearing. I had to move my camera holder over to the ironing mat for last week's video so I thought this was a good opportunity to give a good cleaning. I photographed the tags for yesterday's blog post and a video so I've not moved anything. The tag on the far left was last week's #tagtuesday then the one on the dark mat was this week's tag/ pocket from napkin-covered cardstock. Now that the Pink Christmas album is finished, I hope to get that stuff all put away then finish the Patriotic journal in the next couple of weeks. After that, 2 bee journals that just need a bit of sewing.

The pressing mat with the immediate use items for the past 2 weeks. I needed to film my technique for applying napkin to cardstock using mod podge and an iron, giving you almost wrinkle-free finished product.

That's it for my desk (and story) this week. Who's Miss Sarah and why am I here?  When you are done visiting me in the Ozarks, please hop on over to Sarah’sCraft Shed for all the details. Miss Sarah 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.

 Creative Blessings!

~ Kelly

TAG TUESDAY - Patriotic Tags & a Pocket

 Good morning, crafty friends!

I'm trying to get back on the ball this week. My goal is to finish the Patriotic journal in the next couple of weeks then finish the Bee journal I started three years ago. Just needs a bit of sewing.

VIDEO

This tall tag was created using a Dear Julie Julie digital - American Hydrangeas The flag is from a bag of cupcake picks from $Tree, the word is cut from the paper pad I'm using. The button is part of a Stampin' Up! collection and the paper clip from my stash. The paper clip will be used to attach the tag to the side of a page. 

VIDEO

This tag and pocket were made from the Friday Freebie video where I showed a napkin tip. The tag and pocket were cut from the napkin-covered cardstock.

The embellishments are from hte Stars & Stripes Junk Journal Kit from the PochandPothosStudio on Etsy. 

I will be back tomorrow for WOYWW. I hated missing last week but trying to stay on top of things.

Creative Blessings!

~ Kelly

I'M STILL HERE!

 Hi friends!

That 25 days of Christmas was a struggle towards the end. Trying to get through everything I needed to do and I failed to bring anything here. 

The Pink Christmas journal is finished and available for purchase. You can see the final flip-through video HERE.

I also wound up with a lot of Christmas cards. I'll try to show some of those on Friday's this month.

My plan for this month is to finish the Patriotic Journal. I need to stitch in the five signatures then I can start the decorating process. In a perfect world I'd love to finish the journal this week but I have to pace myself with author stuff and household duties. I'm determined to have An Ozarks Homecoming done and ready to go before the 31st. Let's hope!

Sadly, no pictures for  you today as I'm crunching this in on Saturday just before supper but I did want to check in.

There will be a TagTuesday video late afternoon Tuesday. I'll be working on tags for the Patriotic journal.

Let me know in the comments below; what are you working on?

Creative Blessings!

~ Kelly