Monday, June 26, 2023

MAKE IT - MAIL IT MONDAY!

 Good morning, crafty friends!

Today's project picture is not the best as it's a screen grab from my video. I filmed the video before leaving on Friday for a writer's weekend but failed to take a picture of the card. I'll try to remember to come back and replace it proper when I'm back home.

I'm still using products purchased from Spectrum Art Creations so I can get more entries in the monthly drawing challenge in the facebook group.


I was inspired by the Down Under sticker book from KaiserCraft. You will find the book HERE - and it's on SALE!

Here's the video so you can see how the card came together and a much clearer picture, overall:



Creative Blessings!
~Kelly



Monday, June 19, 2023

MEMORY DEX MONDAY - Week 3 - Back on Track!

 Good morning, friends!

I have two Memory Dex to show you today. In case you didn't watch the video last Monday, here is the completed card (but you'll want to watch the video to get the 'memory' behind the creation:


This week I was inspired by a sketch on Pinterest to create this card. I've gone through my Pinterest history and can not find the inspiration piece but I do show it in the video below.


I used elements and papers from Bo Bunny Sunshine Bliss and the Celebration Label Dies from Stampin' Up!

While both of these products are no longer available, search your stash and improvise. Use what you have!

details on how today's Memory Dex came together can be found in the video below:


Creative Blessings
~Kelly







Wednesday, June 14, 2023

WOYWW #732

 Good morning, friends! 

Can it be we are in another week already?! 

Temps here do not feel like summer but should arrive next week with the official turn of the wheel. I woke up to 52* F this morning and have been for the past week plus.

My desk this morning, left over from filming yesterday:


I'm featuring inspirational project from Joie De Fi. She is still experiencing pain that is keeping her from crafting. I check in about once a week to see how she's progressing. Please keep her in your prayers and if you want to help her out, go watch her videos or just let them run in the background while you're crafting. The support will be much appreciated.

Other things this week:


I went to a lovely wedding on Saturday of dear friends. The bride is my barista. I love them both. I'll share pictures and info next week.


Have you heard of Grid Journaling? I hadn't either until I sat in with fellow artist Kim (aka SouthpawStudio2123) She goes live every Monday afternoon with her friend Lisa Jameson. This week, Kim introduced us to Grid Journaling. Usually, I'm just moding but this week I decided to play.  The concept is basically to get away from the 'blank page' fear and work in smaller spaces. I had a lot of fun.

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





Monday, June 12, 2023

MEMORY DEX MONDAY - Bonus Week!

 Good morning!

Do to my oversight of not creating a video thumbnail for the color challenge Memory Dex card, Week 3 will run next week and put us back on track... aka 3 weeks of Memory Dex. LOL

This video is about creating the Memory Dex card for the Spectrum Art Creations challenge. Brian gave me yellow and green to work with. Once I found that out, my mind instantly went to a memory.  I hope you enjoy!


Creative Blessings!
~ Kelly


Wednesday, June 7, 2023

WOYWW #731

 Good morning, friends!

A bit late to the game. Was a busy week and a half once Bob got over his cold. I think he was apprehensive about going back to work  in a new harbor. He's never worked this harbor before or with some of the people (though some of his original team are there as well). You remember sending your kids off to school with their jitters of new place/ new people. I spent the rest of his time doing lots of stuff with him.

He left this morning and arrived in time for the Captain's meeting with the boss. He'll be fine. Now I have to dive back in.

First thing I need to address is I have an ATC and I can't read who it's from. There is no address on the envelope. I'm showing all the ATCs next week but if someone can tell me who sent the ATC with the brightly colored flower/ heart and says WOYWW is where the (Heart) is I would love to be able to give credit as well as send one back.  Thanks for your help!

The work table is buried again... LOL ....  I have FINALLY fine-tuned the filming corner and couldn't be happier with the space...


I have room to work. The carousel bag on the left needs to be gone through so I don't have 3 different containers of the same items. I'm also going to try the bag for a bit longer to see if I like it. Things are usually in the way, preventing the bag from spinning. I may wind up going back to my coffee mugs lined up along the back ot the table. I should have taken a picture of the shelving behind. I'll save that for next week.

Then this is the window ledge to my right:


From left to right, you can see my larger scissors, my urn full of craft sticks, my Tim Holtz ephemera books then the ink pad storage I made from the $Tree items. I thought I'd shown that before but can't find a picture or a post so I'll include that next week.  Then the cube for my ink spots. Above that is my SU ribbon holder then a letter box above that with favorite stamps I seldom use just like to look at. LOL 

My project for today is to go through all of my ink spots and make spots from the re-inkers of colors that are missing and ink all the pads good so they'll be ready when I need them. I took time a couple of months ago and sorted all of my ink spots into boxes by color - NOT the color families like SU uses. This enables me to pull out a variety of shades in any particular color.

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





Monday, June 5, 2023

MIXED MEDIA MONDAY - Challenge Pieces

 Good morning, friends!

I'm getting ready to head out to the garden but wanted to get this post up.

I completed a couple of challenges last week so thought I'd show you what I've been making. I'll drop in the video at the end that talks about them a bit more.

For Cara Brandon's May Mini's I got all three challenges done. We were to do ATC coins, Page Tabs and Specimen slides. My page tabs and slides will work beautifully with my June journal challenge.




And here's the video:


Creative Blessings!
~Kelly