WOYWW - 855

 Good morning, crafty friends!

I did get 'round to a few of you from last week. I am home now. Hopefully, no more traveling until April 2026 when I hide to do the final edits on this book. I'm ready so ready to send it out into the world and start on Book 3 in the series.

I won't be around today as my dear husband, Bob, turns 65! Today is all about him.

The desk is quite boring this week. You can see the remnants of my #31daysofhalloween tags for Tim Holtz Tuesday. I posted today's and I have next Tuesday's done/ filmed and ready to post next week.  If you want to see them, they are all posted on my IG channel - KellysCreativeDreams. All that's left is the kindle and note pad from a book review post on my author blog and the note pad for my cauldron blog schedule.  Tomorrow, I'll clear all the Tim Holtz paper & ephemera away then start the rest of the tags. Only 10 tags left to create! November will be a bit slower. 

I did take the Halloween Curio Class with Tim & Heidi at Simon Says Stamps. I even got a comment from Tim on my IG post. I was thrilled. Here's what I made:

I enjoyed the 4-hour class and learned some things. I can't wait to get out some of the other cloches & things I purchased over the years and make more dimensional items. 

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

WOYWW 843

 Good morning, crafty friends!

Sliding in a bit late. Woke up with a bit of a headache so stayed on my pillow longer than I should have. 

Sorry I didn't get 'round last week. Seems like end of the month is when everyone turns loose with courses and stuff I need to pay attention to. I'll try to do better this week.

A couple of posts from earlier this week to show you what I made before I show you the desk:

Winter's Veil Wreath

I used the Winter's Veil paper pack from Tonic Studios and a tutorial from Spectrum Art Creations. I didn't buy the embellishment pack so I created the band in the center from the cover of the pad. The snowflakes are die cuts/ punchies from Tim Holtz, Stampin' Up! and Martha Stewart. I can see doing these for multiple holidays. Who, besides me, has a variety of holiday paper pads sitting on their shelf? 

If you click on the link below the picture, it will take you to one of my videos explaining how I began.

I've also made a couple of projects from Tim Holtz' Live Class with Heidi from Simon Says Stamp. 

Click on the link below the photo to see how this one came together for me.

Loaded Tuck Tag

Now, what you've been waiting for:

I can't believe it's the end of July. time to start planning for August in Q3. 

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

WOYWW 842

Good morning, fellow deskers.

I meant to get back in here regular but it was Thursday before I realized Wednesday had come and gone! Maybe it's the heat. I am so tired of Heat Warnings and Heat Advisories. Soooo ready for fall... but maybe not before I get a chance to sit in the tank a few times. Bob got it set up for me yesterday.  I'll try to post a picture next week.

Ribs are almost normal again, meaning I'm able to do more around the house on my own. I think the healed ribs will make getting in and out of the tank much easier, too.

For now, here's my desk:

A bit messier than a couple of weeks ago.

For #tagtuesday yesterday, I did the collage tag from Tim's live class with Heidi from Simon Says Stamp. Quite happy with it. I can't wait to finish organizing my Timmy cabinet to see what else I have to work with. My mind is already going to Halloween. 

Did any of you buy the kit or take the class?

Crafting With Jack asked about my Hallmark Christmas banner. I went to Hallmark website and copied pictures from a lot of my favorite Hallmark movies. Then I did a search on Amazon for Hallmark related items and found the cookbook covers.

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

MAJOR SPEED BUMP! - And Special Announcement!

 Hi friends!

I'm not posting any crafting videos for a few days. 

When I came home last week from the writer's retreat/ conference, I managed to re-injure a couple of ribs. I'm doing lots of pillow reclining for the time being. 

HOWEVER....

I did want to let you in on this MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT from Tim Holtz and Simon Says Stamps. If you a Timmy fan and LOVE CHRISTMAS you will want to check out the video below.

I've already ordered my kit. I will have to take the class during the perpetuity replay as I'm in a conference that day and won't have access to replays. But you can bet, I'm going to schedule a day to sit and play with my kit and follow along with Timmy and the gang from Simon Says Stamps! I hope you'll join us!

This is happening July 11th and kits are LIMITED so don't wait to get your hands on a couple of new products as well as an exclusive to this kit/ class!

Creative Blessings!

~ Kelly

MAKE IT - MAIL IT MONDAY - Let's Play with Lindy's Magicals!

 Good afternoon, friends.

Apologies for being late. I'm trying really hard NOT to come down with a spring cold. Sore throat yesterday so didn't really feel the creative vibe. I'm a bit better today.

For today's card, I was inspired by THIS one on Pinterest.  I knew I wanted to use the Detailed Hearts die (retired) from Stampin' Up! This is one of those dies I knew I needed but haven't used a single time since I bought it. There will be a lot of those coming up in makes this year.

I also knew I wanted to play with Lindy's Magicals.  If you've played with Ken Oliver powders or Stampin' Up! Color Bursts powders then you'll LOVE Lindy's. The pigmentation is sooooo intense and vibrant. Then add a little shimmer and you have the perfect new color medium to play with. 

For the background, I used Alpine Ice Rose. I put a few sprinkles on my Tim Holtz glass mat then swirled with a bit of alcohol from my water brush. Alcohol dries quicker than water and since I'm on a time crunch, I wanted to give it a try. I just swirled with the alcohol then brushed across my watercolor paper cut to 4" x 5.25"

Then I worked directly on another piece of the 4" x 5.25" watercolor paper. I sprinkled on the Alpine Ice Rose and the Rudolph Nose Red (from the Jingle Bells collection), sprayed with water from my Tim Holtz mister bottle and swirled with the paint brush to spread everything around and break up the pigments faster. I didn't want a 'run' or 'drip' look. I wanted more concentrated intensity. Here's the paper after I'd already run through the die..

Then I ran the die through a sheet of Stampin' Up! Shimmer White cardstock. The picture below shows the die cut out and flipped over. I'm placing the Stampin' Up! mini dimensionals on the back of all the solid hearts.

After the dimensionals were in place, I added some liquid glue to the loose edges of some of the heart areas so they'd lay flat. Then flipped it over and adhered to the Lindy's color-washed mat. Then I punched out a few of the hearts from the Lindy's mat that I'd die cut and added dimensionals to a few of the hearts I punched out and placed them throughout the open hearts.

I mounted everything on a tent-folded card base of Flirty Flamingo (Stampin' Up!)

Here is the finished card:

I haven't decided if I'm adding a sentiment banner to the outside of just on the inside. I feel like a sentiment would detract from the over-all effect. What do you think? 

Creative Blessings!

~Kelly

WOYWW #691

 Good morning, friends.

Before I forget (because I have short term memory as I age, apparently) Someone was dong a flip book last week and I promised to post a link to a YouTube video by Natasha at Treasure Books. This is her tutorial I've followed:

https://youtu.be/cadOAahftcM

I had also said I'd post something for someone else but didn't write it down so if that was you, please remind me and I'll get it put in next week, I promise. I'll write it down this time lol.

The desk is a bit of a mess this morning... well two desks actually. They're both part of the same work table, just different sections.

The first (main) part of the worktable you're used to seeing:

I've set the bee journals aside til tomorrow. Today is all about working on the G45 challenge. I spent some time last night unpacking a laundry basket full of stuff I've ordered from SpectrumArtCreations over the past few months. Part of which was this family album and the Stamperia molds there in the center.  I also unearthed a clam shell box of my black bling just in case I need that for the G45 project.

I was inspired by THIS post from Tim Holtz maker Jan Hobbins. She made a December Daily vignette box tray. I want to do one for a Spell A Day vignette. 

Next:

This is the ironing board platform on the end of my worktable. The photo box and the pile in front of it is what I might use in the G45 project... all Halloween related and various dies to go with their CHARMED collection.

Everything to the left on the actual platform and behind the box is the rest of what I unpacked out of the basket. Mostly paper pad collections and ephemera bits. I'll file those papers away today before I get started.

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

HAUL TIME - Tim Holtz + G45 Project

 Good morning, everyone!

I'm deep in cleaning mode today and finishing the bee journals - finally! Will have them to show on Friday.

In the mean time, here's my latest haul video. All about Timmy! I usually order his new Halloween stuff and this year is no exception. The only difference is instead of ordering through Simon Says, I caught an excellent 40% off Sale at JoAnn's plus $2.99 flat rate shipping! Whooo Hooo! JoAnn stores are the only brick n mortar to carry his line this year.

I have more coming as I've put in an order through Spectrum Art Creations during a LIVE sale. They'll have more on Saturday - yay!!! There's still a couple of things I'm missing.  PLUS I think I'll find some at the 75% off sale at Hobby Lobby this week. I have a good idea from one of the managers when to expect the mark down. Their truck just got there yesterday and they are short staffed. So there will be a second Timmy haul video in the future.

In the mean time, here's where I'm at so far:

I also have a Graphic 45 challenge that I want to enter. I'm pushing for end of day on Thursday. I got the idea from Jan Hobbins' December Daily box. She is one of Tim's makers and I just love the idea of a vignette box with the file tabs for each day.  You can see her game plan HERE.  I want to do one using the Graphic 45 CHARMED collection. 

I'll be back on Friday to show off the bee journal as well as what will be going into my shop then I'm taking a couple of weeks off. We have company coming plus I'm thinking of a short get away before Bob goes back to work. 

Creative Blessings

~Kelly

OOPS! - Rescheduled

 Hey everyone!

No card post today. I didn't get to make anything yesterday as a project I thought would only take a few hours took ALL day.

I'll have a video tomorrow showing what took so long.  In the mean time, check out this video from Tim Holtz showing how to work with the different mediums Ranger offers!

Tim makes a great point in this video. Play with everything and make backgrounds. Then when you need a card, you have a base to embellish! No last minute 'start to finish' card making!

This is a long one, so get comfy! You didn't want to clean anyway LOL

Creative Blessings

~ Kelly

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!

WOYWW #517

My desk as I left it last night around 10:30. I'm in the process of salvaging a journal I started almost 15 years ago when I taught an art journal class at Michaels. Sorry about the glare spot. I wasn't completely awake yet when I took this photo. I wanted to get linked up before I started my day.

Some pretty nasty storms rolled through the southwest portion of Missouri last night. Thankfully, we didn't get any of the high winds, tornadoes or the amount of rain those south and west of us received. They say we are in line for another round this afternoon. Keep those folks in mind, please.

I can not stress enough how important it is to have a plan in place for natural disasters. My husband sat at the dining room table last night while I prepared stuff to take to our protective corner of the basement. I hope he never has to experience an aftermath. My husband is a teddy bear at heart and doesn't like to think or plan for 'negative' things like disasters or death. While I do not dwell on negativity, I do know there are some things we can prepare for. 

On the news last night they kept talking about radar picking up debris. All I could think about was how far into the next county pieces of my office could be found in the event a tornado hit here.

So my question for you is:  Do you have a hard copy list of your studio contents somewhere safe? In the event you had to file an insurance claim, do you have something you can hand your insurance agent and know that everything you own would be replaced? Don't trust yourself to remember in the aftermath. You will be in shock and will not be able to make that list at the time. MAKE YOUR LIST NOW! Please. Be Safe... Be Prepared

Okay, commercial over. For a bit of happy, Bob and I spent 3 days in the city visiting new and favorite flea market/ thrift stores. At our usual favorite I found a steal! Angela has already seen but for the rest of you, if you're a Tim Holtz fan, you may want to check out MONDAY's post. 

That's it for my desk 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 - Tim Holtz Find!

Good morning, friends!

I'm finishing my ABCs of Me book today and tomorrow. But today I have an incredible find to show you. Great items for mixed media, cards, or anything creative.

Y'all know I am a fan of Tim Holtz. The way his mind works just amazes me... and inspires me.

This past weekend, Bob and I took a couple of days and went into the city. This was our last chance for alone time before the girls arrive for the summer. Bob should go back to work this week. We are back to the day-to-day waiting for the call routine. Anyway, we decided to take a couple of days into the city for some thrifting. He wanted to go to a gun show in Seymour on Saturday and I'd found our new gazebo there. So off to the city we went.

One of our favorite places is Red Racks Thrift Store. Red Racks proceeds go to veterans and they have a great selection. Sadly, they've raised their prices on a lot of things. But I have to show you my KILLER FIND!

This binder was inside one of those zippered-plastic bags that sheets come in:

I was able to look down inside the bag, into the top of the binder to get a glimpse of what was in the binder... I saw STAMPERS ANONYMOUS and TIM HOLTZ. But there wasn't a price anywhere. That said, I knew that short of about $30, this binder was coming home with me.  $9 for the entire lot I'm about to show you. (photo heavy) Names/ Prices listed are on Simon Says Stamps. 

Captured Moments - $21.99

Creative Muse - $21.99 (out of stock)

Game of Life - $29.99 (out of stock)

Going Somewhere - $29.99 (out of stock)

Good Thoughts - $21.99

Mini Classics - $29.99

Mini Ornates - $29.99

Stuff to Say - $29.99

Urban Chic - $29.99

GRAND TOTAL RETAIL - $245.91 not counting the binder 

and three of those sets are out of stock!

Next week, I'll have the video up for the ABCs of Me Junk Journal as well as a sneak peek of what our May Challenge is all about!

Creative Blessings!

MIXED MEDIA MONDAY - An Organized Space

Good morning, everyone!

While I hope to be playing with projects soon, I decided the mixed media area first needed a bit of clean up. I don't have before pictures. Didn't think about them. I just dove in. But I'll explain with the first picture.

This is a full shot of the mixed media corner. Left to right: paint storage, wrapping paper stool (with casters making it easy to move out of the corner) a 2-door cabinet that houses most of my texturing supplies, blank journals, geli plate, etc, main mixed media storage, art books.

Before I started I couldn't open a single drawer without moving something. Getting to the cabinet required LIFTING the stool up over something then reaching over to open the doors to get what I needed.  This is MUCH nicer, don't you think? LOL

So, spot by spot:

I apologize for the bit of glare. Very sunny day. :-D

The main part of the paint storage is an old stamp display shelf unit from Michaels years ago when I worked in Peoria, IL. We got to pick them up for $20 a piece. I was out of town at the time but a good friend/ co-worker put my name on one. She figured if I didn't want it, she could take it. I thought that very sweet of her. The filing cabinet below holds various types of applicators in the top drawer, while the bottom one is full of all kinds of receptacles and palette trays.

Next to the bookcase, this is probably my favorite part of the entire space. The bottom 8-drawer unit was picked up at an auction for $5. I think it's an early Ikea peace. The top drawer holds larger Tim Holtz items, Drawer 2- tissue paper, Drawer 3 - packaging paper (like they wrap the breakables in at Hobby Lobby), Drawer 4 - Chip board, Drawer 5 - Mat board, Drawer 6 - foam core, Drawer 7 - manilla folder type weight and Drawer 8 - card board.  If the drawer is full, I don't keep any new coming in. I use it or recycle it.

The 2 towers on the right hold all Tim Holtz embellishments by theme. The bottom cigar box on the bottom holds bands Bob saves for me and I've not decided what's going in the top one yet. I've had that blue cigar box since I was 12. 

Bob found that little black drawer unit on top at a flea market. It was originally from an auto parts store. There are 4 drawers. I'm using them to store small alphabet/ numbers/ symbol keys from laptops/ keyboards.

The 2 towers on the right hold misc. assemblage (similar to TH) from other companies like $ tower baskets at Michaels, etc. The alarm clock no longer works. I got it at a garage sale for $1. I figured when the mechanism stopped working then I could do a scene in the inside ala Tim Holtz style.

Bob added these two shelves for me. The first one rests on top of the towers. I have TH books, fabrics, journals, papers. The jewelry box holds mostly keys/ locks. The top shelf is mostly TH. Though the white rolls on the far left are snake skins from our resident Black snake. One is over 8' long! I plan to bleach, die them in mixed media. 

Finally, my art journal/ art book shelving unit. A bit of glare form the sun. The window to the right out of the picture is 48"w X 36" h. lets in tons of light over my altar.

Top shelf - class yearbooks, weight loss I keep for reference, Tony Robbins complete motivation set, smaller journals

Second Shelf - handmade journals from past years, journal prompt books. The picture in the front on the stand was given to my by my upline when I sold UnderCover Wear. 

Third Shelf - art books such as lettering, altered art, workshop type books,

Fourth Shelf - the blue binder on the far left is all of my OneStroke practice books, then a basket of art papers such as water color pads, graph papers, etc. The rest is Writing prompt kits such as the Writers Toolbox and 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women

Bottom Shelf - all art magazines I've kept for various reasons.

My goal is to keep all of this accessible so I can finally begin making art. I do have a large file box that will probably sit on the floor in front of the book case to house all of my magazine clippings. That project is still needing done. Also my 12x12 scrapbook binders that latch for holding mixed media pieces from packaging. I have 3 of those. They are easy to move as they all snap close and have handles, similar to a suitcase. 

Next project is to put my antique wardrobe back in order with Spiritual supplies then start on the office corner.

How do you keep your mixed media supplies in order? Do you bother? Are they mixed in with everything else you do in your studio? I'd love to know.

Creative Blessings!

~Kelly

FRIDAY FREEBIE - Tim Holtz goodies + Hot Buy

We went into the city earlier this week and I can't go without a trip to Michaels. Well, this time I had to return a duplicate of Tim's Crazy Cat set but Sunday was a big sale day. Sadly, the items I picked up were not included. But timing is difficult for me to hit the store when there is still plenty of the Tim Holtz seasonal stuff to be had. Here's what I picked up:

I love this 8x8 pad.

Collection of Ephemera pieces. I get so nostalgic with his flash cards. I have several sets.

I need another paper pack if I do, but I'm thinking my 

December Daily may be Tim Holtz inspired this year.

I was also lucky enough to be in when the Hot Buy paper packs were $5. I found three.

I think this one is going to be my Paper Pad Christmas Card Kick-off in January.

This last one, I could not find a second pad of. 

I was going through the paper pads with another gal I met at the rack 

(does that surprise anyone? LOL)

We both loved this pad but she insisted I take it since I lived so far away. She'd been to my blog and said she looked forward to seeing what I did with it.

Finally, I saw the pearls in the Tim Holtz stuff but had no clue what I'd do with them.

That night at the hotel I watched his FB Live launch of the holiday items and saw what he did.

When I saw this larger package at Hobby Lobby for a fraction of the cost I grabbed them.

2 words - Alcohol Markers

And SU has a fabulous new set of Stampin' Blends I can play with!

My next purchase will be at least 3 stamp sets with coordinating dies from his Stampers Anonymous collection.

To see what I fell in love with, go to Tim's Blog post HERE

and watch his FB live recording of Stampers Anonymous (3rd one down)

There's my haul. Now to just make time to play. 

Creative Blessings!

WOYWW #440 + Fall Door Arrangement

Good morning, everyone.

First off, here's my desk for this week:

A bit busier than I usually show. You can see my most-used tools/ embellishments along the back. In the front from left to right the Character Naming Sourcebook, not sure what's at the bottom of the next stack but my recently purchased Tim Holtz Christmas items and misc. stuff kind of dropped when we got back from the city.

I'll have pictures of the Tim Holtz items on Friday if you want to see what I picked up.

Notice the Vagabond chord, Julia. The old one is down and the Vagabond 2 in place. So happy to hear you are continuing the legacy of your 'new' Big Shot. I'm sure your creativity is being smiled upon.

I apologize for not getting 'round to many of you last week. I am the Social Media person for a publishing company. One of our Western authors - Dusty Richards, had his 150th book made into a movie... which they gave us all the launch go-ahead on social media LAST MINUTE... and they wonder why we only have it in one theater so far. Painted Woman releases Friday, Nov. 10th. Based on Dusty's book, The Mustanger and the Lady. Great Western with a strong heroine showing the empowerment of women... and romance. 'Cause you know, the Good Guy always gets the Girl. ;-)

Here's the trailer:

Quick picks of the Fall arrangement. Everything except the basket was purchased at $ Tree. I found the basket at a thrift store for $2.

I wound up not using the pumpkins.

they had been purchased for flower box arrangements I never made.

Hopefully, next year.

Now that the Asian Beetles have died off or gone back into hybernation I have hung this in place of the witch hat.  There won't be a Christmas one as the screw I hang this on is one of the anchors for a horizontal flag pole my Gingerbread Man flag hangs on. 

Unlike some of the houses we saw last night with their outside Christmas lights on, ours does not go on until the weekend after Thanksgiving. 

That's it for my desk 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

WOYWW #374

Another Wednesday rolls around. Seems like I just visited blogs yesterday. Oh wait, I did. I'm hoping to be better this week. A lot will depend on the pain meds as I'm having all of my teeth pulled tomorrow and temporary dentures put in. I'm not sure how much I'll feel up to doing so I'm trying to get as much of the house and business stuff for the coming week done today.

My desk has the toys from my weekend at my crafty SIL's in Oklahoma.

You can just see the window decal she made me with my music business logo for my truck. I'm just hoping I don't mess it up when I go to put the decal on the window.  On top of that is a packet of images I stamped at her house. She has some current SU items I don't have so will broaden what I can work with on the business blog. 

While in Springfield last week I finally got my envelope punch board. Michaels had a 50% off and I've been wanting one of these for over a year. Looking forward to playing. Farther down you can see a card I made for the DTGD challenge on Splitcoast. I'll post a clearer picture of that tomorrow.

And I found this adorable tool at Hobby Lobby in Ponca City OK. Hadn't seen this one. It is a perforating tool. I'm thinking of tear pad sheets for my planner. Fiskars also had one and was the same price but you know, it was TIM! LOL

And one last quick photo of my new marker storage. I'll be doing a how-to later. I did all the prep work and Bob stuck everything together. 

That's my desk? What's on yours? When you are done visiting me in the Ozarks, please hop on over to Stamping Ground where 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. We won’t touch.. just look. J  I can't wait to peek but we have a busy weekend ahead so I may be late again getting 'round. Please leave your number and you'll be first on my list.

MIXED MEDIA MONDAY - Tim Holtz Tag Revisited

Normally, I would be doing these tags on Friday Freebie. However, beginning this Friday - and for the next 6 Fridays, I will be showing you the Journaling By 5s - another Shannon Green find.

I have also decided to move the Revisit Tag to Thursdays since they are all about technique. I'll be changing my side-bar roster so you can keep up with my 'oh shiny things' moments LOL

My EnMasse Journal is ready to start playing in as well. I'm going to show you the finished album on Thursday, then the flip-throughs will show up periodically on Fridays beginning in May. 

In the mean time - let's take a look at my Revisit this week.

This was Tim's tag #3 for 12 Tags of Christmas 2007.  I just do not have Tim's knack but I did like this tag approach.

The idea was to stamp your image in versa mark then sprinkle embossing powders over the different areas, red where you needed red/ white where you wanted white, ect.  Then when you heat embossed the powders into place, you had a beautifully embossed image.

Well, I had a drawback. I did not have a solid image such as he used. But I still did a variation I thought turned out okay.

My tools:

Stamp Set: SU - Festive Fireplace (this set also has a coordinating set of dies)

Watercolor brushes: Elmers

Ink Spots: SU

Markers: LePlume

Embossing powders (not shown):

     Stampendous: Midnight Black/ Blue Tinsel/ Gold detail

     Halloween custom blend

Chipboard frame mat & numerals

Embossed metal tape

Holiday Buttons

Label; MAMBI

This is what I came up with:

The embossing basically created a 'well' outline for me to watercolor within. While not like Tim's, the multi-color embossing technique is there and I got to ink up a never-used stamp set.

Creative Blessings!
Kelly