REINDEER CLUB - June

As our temps begin to climb around here, I am ready for a bit of cooling off. A nice dusting of snow would do nicely.

I was inspired by a card THIS card on Pinterest

Then I had an idea for blue since I didn't have any green glitter paper. As it turns out, I cut the glitter strip about 1/8" too short so I just left it off and still like the way the card came out:

I used a Night of Navy cardbase, Shimmer white for the embossed mat and Dazzling Diamonds glitter paper for the snowflake. The die is a Tim Holtz.

I'll do better in the coming months with Reindeer Club as I am way behind on cards. Bob and I also figured out the base for my Baby Block Christmas Tree. Maybe I can get it done before Fall LOL

What's your Reindeer Club project for this month?

Merry Christmas Blessings!

~Kelly

WOYWW #577

short and sweet this week, just as Miss Julia prefers.

This is Bob's only full week home so we are everywhere and I have limited time in here. Apologies if I dont' get round to you ladies til next Tuesday after he's gone.

Here's my desk this week:

I'm in process of getting at least one of the 5 cards for Reindeer Club this month. Pop back by tomorrow to see the finished product

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. 

Creative Blessings!

~Kelly

MIXED MEDIA MONDAY -Challenge

Yep, quite aware this is Tuesday and I should be posting a Card Chicks card. Check back tomorrow for those as part of my WOYWW post.

With Bob home only a little over a week this time I'm just not motivated to work. Plenty of time for catch-up once he goes back out a week from today. With that in mind, I didn't record a video over the weekend for yesterday. Instead, I recorded on Monday and can share with you today.

I'm in the middle of the June Just 15 Junk Journal Challenge with dearjuliejulie. As I was cruising YouTube over the weekend for new crafty videos I found THIS one from 49dragonflies and was instantly intriqued. Since I plan to write in my June journal a lot I thought this writing board challenge would make for a great video with a practical piece as a result.

I hope amid all the stuff going on in the world you are making time to be creative and destress. 

Creative Blessings

~Kelly

MIXED MEDIA MONDAY - Tool Cart Part 2

Still showing the before shot of the Tool Cart. However, if you watch the video below you'll see progress is being made and I should finish this task today.

I didn't accomplish much in the office last week because we had perfect gardening weather. I've been busy getting plants (and seeds) in the ground and bales. Mama Wren has abandoned her nest so I can work in the greenhouse freely. I have the last of the tomato plants to put in the ground tomorrow morning and sunflower seeds. Those flowers come up pretty quick so I should still have some beautiful fall color and food for winter birds. 

Not sure about posts the rest of the week. Bob will be home Wednesday night and I still have lots to do. I have an editorial calendar for my blogs and they'll be activated soon. I just need to finish this major project first.

Creative Blessings!

MIXED MEDIA MONDAY - Ephemera Folio Flip-Through

They are done!  All fourteen.  The Paperdolls took several pages and the longest to figure out.

As I put this one together, I did come up with a few tips.

My project for FRIDAY FREEBIE is to show my art tool cart completely redone. This is the cart as it looks now and where I want to keep my folios and I'm hoping my punches (at least the most often used ones)

The cart started out as tools on top, paper items on the second then Etsy paperwork on the bottom. I've since bought a cart specifically for Etsy and this became a catch-all. Time to get it cleaned up and useable.

I'm anxious to have the studio in place and being able to show actual Mixed Media projects on Monday again.

Be safe - Creative Blessings!

WOYWW #574

That's all that's on my desk this week.. and will be gone by this afternoon. Exciting stuff? For me it is.

I've spent the past week sorting all of my Tim Holtz ephemera packs from drawers into folio pockets. You can see a bit about that HERE including a video of how I created the folios.

Paper Dolls is the last of them. There are 61 different paper dolls on this table! Geez. I think I have all of his collections - at least those released in the past four years.

Here are the folios I've filled so far from his other collections - 13 in all:

I'll be doing a video flip-through next Monday showing all of the folios and including any tips I discovered a long the way.

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. 

Creative Blessings!

~Kelly

MIXED MEDIA MONDAY - Ephemera Storage

Good morning, everyone!

Welcome to June 1, 2020.
Are you like me in finding it hard to believe we are almsot half-way through the year?

Bob will be home a week from this Wednesday. I still haven't finished the studio. Where have the past two weeks gone?

Well, Week 1 - not sure except Friday mail arrived, leading me in to...

Week 2 - Memorial Day was a YouTube binge day for me. The postmail on Friday had me antsy to get through the holiday so I could begin making phone calls.

The postmail? I received a letter denying me unemployment benefits.
But here's the thing... I NEVER filed for unemployment.

I spent three hours on hold every day the rest of the week trying to get through to Unemployment.
I found out from one gal in dearjuliejulie's group that also (as well as several others here in MO) received the same letter. She was able to get hold of UE on Friday and was told to send them a copy of the letter.
I got mine after hours on Friday so I guess by the time I was trying to get through on the phone last week, TONS of people had received the same letter and they were overwhelmed.

Now, I hear some of you saying this was probably a scam letter. Sadly, it wasn't. The letter contained my social security number. Lovely!

So now I'm on the hunt for a reliable security form (like Lifelock) to protect my identity and creating a protection spell. If you have experience with security forms, I'd love to hear your opinion.

In the mean time, as I stated, Bob will be home a week from Wednesday. My plan is to have the studio completed a week from tomorrow. Then I can use Wednesday for general touch-up around the house and not be exhausted when Bob walks through the door.

Here is my Mixed Media cubby. About 97% of the content is Tim Holtz. Though the drawers are large items such as sheets of tissue paper, packaging paper, foam core, chip board, etc. My overall goal here was to be able to get to the little drawer units without having to move a ton of stuff out of the way first.

Part of the items that came off this shelf is at least three more of those small drawer units that were full of ephemera. You'll see in the video (linked below) why I've changed the storage process.

Here is a picture of that vintage jewelry box where I've sorted all of his hardware items:

I'm still finishing up the Ephemera Folios. If you've not seen my process, check out my video HERE from Friday Freebie. I started with each drawer, which was sorted according to Tim's packaging labels and a diagram of how my page layouts would be.

This shows how I sorted the entire Halloween pack in prep for planning out my pockets:

This shows the Christmas ephemera all sorted to a page layout so that I knew how many pockets I would need, thus how many pages I'd need:

Next week, I'll have the final flip-through of the Ephemera Folios. I will tell you, I should have about fifteen once completed. They won't store on the Mixed Media cubby. Instead, I'll be able to keep them next to my work table, accesible as I work on projects. 

Speaking of my work table, there will NOT be a card video tomorrow. I still don't have a work table. I'm not pulling anyything else out until these ephemera folios are finished.

I did not do the May Mayhem Junk Journal Challenge. Today, Julie releases the info for the June Challenge. We shall see....

What are you working on? I'd love to hear from you. Share your favorite tip for organizing ephemera or small pieces. 

Creative Blessings!