STAMPIN' UP! FREE SHIPPING! - Today Only!

 

Good morning, crafty friends!

Just a quick post to let you know Stampin' Up! is offering FREE SHIPPING, today only (4-21-22) on orders of $75 or more (before tax).

Now is the perfect time to grab the retiring In-Colors or any of the Retiring items from our January-June/ Annual catalogs AND Clearance items!

Beginning this Friday, I'll be using the HEART & HOME as well as a couple retiring In-Colors & Designer Series Paper from the catlogs for the #A2ZJJJC with Dear Julie Julie. If you want to play along, NOW IS THE TIME to get those items ordered. I'll be providing the links here every Friday to the projects for each week as we walk through the 26 letters! 

Items for the FREE 8- week class: 

Honey Bee Home Bundle

HEART & HOME Designer Series Paper

Heart & Home Memories & More cardpack

Heart & Home Doilies

Hive 3D Embossing Folder

Blessings of Home stamp set

Flowers of Home dies

Cinnamon Cider cardstock

Bumble Bee cardstock

Basic Black cardstock

Evening Evergreen ribbon

Classic Mat Dots OR Matte Black Dots

Tombo Mono Liquid Glue

Stampin' Dimensionals

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

Here's the short details video:

I'll be back tomorrow to share our first items. Mind you, they may not go in alphabetical order - just whatever I pull from my sticks jar or am inspired to do, but we will work through all 26 letters!

Creative Blessings!

~Kelly 

JULY JUNK JOURNAL CHALLENGE - Let's Finish Some Journals -in - Progress!!!

 Good morning, creative friends.

I am so ready for the July Junk Journal Challenge with Dearjuliejulie. Julie has several of her own unfinished journals so (after MONTHS of us asking) she has decided July will be the month we try to finish journals we've been working on.

For me, I'm starting with last month and work my way backward. My PLAN is to get one a week at least 'finished within challenge guidelines'.

So this week, I'm starting with last month's challenge. With the exception of 1 paper pad and dearjuliejulie digitals, everything else was to be JUST JUNK. The only other caveat to the challenge was if we did the mini challenge each week, some of those items would be allowed into our kit. I'm sharing videos to the first two mini challenges I did, showcasing what I could add to my supplies. I still need to do mini challenge #3 & #4. I plan to do those tomorrow then have the rest of the week to put the actual journal together.

Here are a couple of pictures of what I'm working with:

Box of packaging

Table top of all the other miscellaneous supplies

Here's the videos from mini challenges #1 & #2

MINI #1

MINI #2

As you can see, I plan to be creating this week. Getting this journal worked up and leftover supplies pitched is step one in the Organization Process. Remember... new video coming Saturday.

Creative Blessings!

~Kelly

MONTHLY CHALLENGE - Flashback to February 2019

 Since I was sick all last week, not a lot of crafting got done. Seriously, I took four days to put (2) 100-light strings of lights on the Halloween tree for the Halloween Tree Challenge coming up on Friday.

Someone asked in one of Julie's morning videos chats about using fabric in our journals. I mentioned that my very first journal with Dear Julie Julie was the February Fabric Junk Journal Challenge. I had trouble uploading the flip-through video so never showed the final product. I thought this was a good time to do that. 

If you were with me way back then (hehe) you may have seen THIS blog post. So give a quick read then enjoy the video.

Creative Blessings!

~Kelly

WOYWW - 567

I LOVE the number for this week...

Numbers have been playing in my vision a lot lately. I really need to research my numerology book.

I'm sorry to have missed the past couple of weeks. I just knew I wasn't going to have time to visit y'all. I hope to be able to this weekend.

Here's my desk this morning:

You can just see my planner shelf to the left. The ever-present vicks jar and phone holder.

Breakfast is in front of the keyboard. Belvita cinnamon/ brown sugar cookies and my fluffy coffee. Want to know what fluffy coffee is? Check out the link HERE on my weightloss blog. NOTE: I've eliminated the powdered milk from the recipe.

My pen cup and my planner at the ready for a very busy day.

I now moderate the YouTube lives for Dearjuliejulie and she has TWO today. If you want to check out what we do, we'll be live at 10:35 PST and again at 3:35 PST.  Two different sessions. Her Channel Link

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 - In Progress & EXCITING NEWS!

Good morning, everyone!
I hope that in spite of the lock down, you all found something to enjoy for Easter. While things were definitely not normal, there were still plenty of blessings in each of our lives. Focus on the Positive!

My positive today is all about the junk journal stuff. things I have in progress and some exciting news to share... later. ;-)

First off, a few pictures.

This first one is a book page, folded into thirds. This works great as a belly band or a side-tuck on a journal page.

 Here it is, open, with the notebook paper glued to the inside for journaling:

Next, making a pleated ruffle with book paper is easy. I've made mine from the blank border on either side of a printed page, gluing lengths together.

Once the pleats are made by gluing them into place, flip them over and attach colored paper scraps. This will be one of several 10-minute tutorial videos beginning next week on my channel.

For the mini challenge due today on Dearjuliejulie's AlphabetA2Z Junk Journal Challenge, we are to make a coin envelope as well as a bank envelope plus embellish them and add things to the pockets. A bank envelope has two pockets and the coine only has one.

I've made these coin envelope pockets from book pages. I just need to embellish - Today LOL

Here's a bank envelope I have on hand. I haven't chosen the paper yet to make mine from.

Finally, here's my work table today. I want to finish adding my personal touches to the sewing journal today then I can clear everything off so I can start fresh. We're already two weeks in to the A2Z Challenge!

Now for my Exciting News!

I've been helping to moderate Dearjuliejulie's YouTube live streams for a couple of weeks. During our Saturday gathering, Julie announced that I am now a member of the Dearjuliejulie Design Team!

I'm super excited. She creates some of the most beautiful digitals for her Etsy shop.  Right now, all of her digitals are 50% off so we can craft til our little hearts content. 

Off I go!

Be smart, Be safe - CREATE!

MIXED MEDIA MONDAY - So Many Projects

Good morning, everyone!

Wow, this has been a busy weekend in the craft room and I'm no where near finished with projects. Today is all abut quick picks of what I'm working on.

First, the BONUS challenge at Dearjuliejulie as part of the MAIN challenge was to create one or more journals from a single 12x12, 8x8 or 6x6 paper pad.

I've had the signatures in for several days but I spent the weekend adding tags, distressing... and now I find I want to add buttons - a tactile element so I need to finish that today. Deadline is tomorrow.

I chose this pad from Prima called PRINTERY. I loved the mix of cream/ white/ black and the overall elements. There were three sheets of each design. I did wind up breaking into a second pad (one of the few I had a duplicate of!) to finish tag bases. You'll see all the details in a video flip-through on Friday. I brought in Cherry Cobbler and Basic Black cardstock for accents and used file folder tag bases from my stash.

This is the front with the lace tie in place. I'm still planning to add buttons to the top right corner.

Next, there's the sewing journal I still need to DO by midnight tomorrow. I haven't started yet because I kept going back and forth on what I actually wanted to use for the main challenge.

I finally settled on the remains of a paper pack from Stampin' Up! called Suite Stitches.  This paper came out in the Occasions catalog in 2011. Since I have very few pages left, I've pulled from other paper pads in my stash to coordinate:

Working through the Bonus mini, I found a process that works for me so I'm hoping this March journal comes together quickly.

Finally, I am still working on the March challenge for April at Pink Odd Bird. I have all the elements together, just need to fine-tune and put stuff together. Hoping to have this one finished by the weekend. The plus side is that we don't have to have this one FINISHED in March so I can stretch just a bit.

Here are the four signatures. All the items are in order of how I want them within each signature. I just need to stitch around the large business envelopes, which will also secure corner tucks into place. I hope to run this video on Friday.  A note about that later.

Here are the tags for all of the pockets/ tucks. The great big tags in the background will go in the large business- sized privacy envelopes. TONS of journaling space. The purple tags will go in the medium tucks then I have the smaller tags to go in the tea bag pockets and other small places. 

My smart and creative husband suggested I stamp on the tags so that's what I did while moderating Dearjuliejulie's Beginner Journaling class last week. 

You can watch the video series beginning HERE   If you join her Scrap All About It with Dearjuliejulie Facebook group, she has given participants a 23 digi file to use in the class or you can just create from what you have.  I plan to use her digital kit for this class soon. Probably not until June after Book 2 - An Ozarks Sodliers' Homecoming is released.

Finally, April is my  month to host the Card Chicks group. I have my kit almost ready to mail. I just need to finish stamping images and make the envelopes to pop everything in to.  I chose a stamp/ embossing set from the January 2018 or 2019 issue of Cardmaking & Papercraft magazine.

Look for pics of my complete kit and cards around the 21st of April when we can post them to the group on Splitcoast Stampers.

A NOTE REGARDING VIDEOS

My internet has gotten increasingly slow. Uploading videos takes forever. I don't know when this will return to some sort of normal. I'll be keeping a closer eye on my data beginning in April and hope that things improve. My data allowance rolls over on the 5th of each month. 

Until this is remedied, any videos I upload will be very brief and only if I can get them uploaded before 8 a.m. when I have my 'free' window. 

We are on the final 2 days of National Craft Month.. let's send it off with TONS of CREATIVITY!

Creative Blessings!

MIXED MEDIA MONDAY! #MSSBJJC

Good morning, everyone!

Busy weekend behind me. My sister came up and we crafted all weekend. Now I'm back to work - with only three days to get as much done as possible before Bob gets home Wednesday evening.

I finally have the kit put together for the March Spring Stashbuster Junk Journal Challenge from dearjuliejulie.

Speaking of dearjuliejulie. If you like working with digital kits, ALL of her kits are on sale through tomorrow (March 17, 2020)  Here's the LINK to her store. She is so precise with her digitals. They print beautifully! If you ever have a question about something, she monitors her store well.

I've not moved any farther on PinkOddBird's junk journal. I was too focused on seeing what I could finish up in the way of sorting out the office before my sister arrived last Wednesday afternoon for our crafting weekend.

I am going to work on the office a bit more tomorrow. Today is all about blog posts for the week, then vegging with the TV early this afternoon. Perfect for a cold and rainy start to our week.

Here's the video of my kit gatherings for teh March challenge with dearjuliejulie:

Teapot Tuesday card returns tomorrow. I've missed playing with the group and spreading happy.

Creative Blessings!
~Kelly

MIXED MEDIA MONDAY - #FFIJJC

Today begins a new month-long challenge with dearjuliejulie. She has dubbed February as

February Finish It Junk Journal Challenge!

I think, due to the rough year she had in 2019 (losing both of her parents) she has a lot of unfinished projects she wants to get out of the way and Finish It February had a ring to it. She hasn't given us any restrictions this time around. Only that we may either choose to finish journals we have in progress (yes, there is a BONUS if we finish more than one) or if we don't have ones to fnish, to make journals from items we've already been collecting for a specific journal.  

I have several I want to finish this month. Yeah, I know this is a short month but I'll do what I can to get projects out of the way before she hits us with a doosie in March. Ya  know it's coming! lol

I have the following I'd like to complete:

October Daily 2019

ABC Journal

Girls' Vacation albums 

A secret journal I can't share at the moment

at leat 3 Valentine Albums for the shop

Aside from a traveler's notebook style and a love notes mini journal for the shop, my October Daily is first on my list:

This one is pretty much finished except for adding pictures. 

I was on a roll to finish back in October but then Walgreens totally messed up 100 pictures! I was so ticked. So I decided to print as I go on my little Cannon Photo printer... and promptly ran out of ink. After I got two new ink cartrdiges we were knee deep in the November Challenge and this one never got finished. 

I'll be working in tandem with getting the two ready for the shop.. which I'm late in opening because of an incident Saturay that put me off my game. Yesterday teh ribs were so sore from Saturday's episode that I didn't do much of anyting either except work on my manuscript. Progress but not where I needed. Life happens. I'm still sore today but I have to get things done. Bob should be home Wednesday evening.

Okay.. the list. There are 15 elements we need to include in our journals. They're pretty basic for journals across the board but help give us the boost to finish these up.

Fabulous Cover

Fabric Flip

Fold out page

Franken Page (12 x 12 and use it all in the journal)

Flowers

Flip flop page

Flip up Flip down

First (something we've never tried before)

Fun Signature Dangle

Fancy Charm

Fussy Cut images

Frame

Flinch or Playing Cards 

Favorite item to make

Fluffy Tassel

she also added that if we do not have room in an existing journal to create a mini album to include the items in. 

PRIZES!

Yes, there are always prizes from Julie. She is gracious about giving away digitals she has created. If we finish more than one journal, we get a prize for EACH one we complete!

She is also giving away prizes for each of the things we FINISH from our stash.. so finishing a roll of Washi, a paper pad, box of scraps, bottle/ stick of glue/ tape

So, there you have it. Our February Finish It Junk Journal Challenge!

Do you have journals started you never finished for one reason or another? NOW is the time with a little creative boost. 

Come join us! I'm linking her youtube video below where Julie provides a link to our FB group.

Creative Blessings

~Kelly

FRIDAY FREEBIE - #JJJC2

Good morning, everyone!  Happy Friday!!

Today, I'm doing the final flip-through of the January Just Junk Journal Challenge 2 with Dearjuliejulie.

I wasn't sure at first if I was going to enjoy this journal but after Bob gave me a pair of his jeans I saw a vision for what I wanted the journal to be... and its use.

A lot of people ask, what do you use a junk journal for? The answer is simple:

Whatever you would use a journal for... to write in, document, keepsakes.

For me, this journal will go with me as I travel the Ozarks this summer. There is so much history in these hills and I intend to find as much of that history and preservation as I can. I'll make notes, tuck in pictures and brochures along the way.

You can follow that journey, once I begin, at An Ozarks Journal

I'll be back Monday to share our challenge specifics for Febuary!

In the mean time, here's the video:

MIXED MEDIA MONDAY - Video Flip Through

You would thing being up at 2 a.m., I would remember to upload a video. Well.. Not so much.

I talked to Bob on the phone for an hour since he was nearing the end of his shift and had some down time. I worked on cutting the papers down for my signatures for the main journal for the January Just Junk Journal Challenge #2 and put my Stampin' Up! paper order away - finally.

The video will go up tomorrow since I have to do that between 2 a.m. & 6 a.m. for faster speed. Go figure! LOL

In the mean time, here are pics of the items for Mini Challenges in the Challenge #1, #2, #3 & #4


#1
Use:
    A napkin
    A stamp or stencil
    Junk from our kit
    Garment

I didn't get this one done on time because I didn't have any garment I was planning to get rid of! Where was this challenge last spring when I took 4 bags of clothes to the thrift store?  Bob donated a pair of his jeans the week after the challenge.
I also failed to stamp or stencil on these items. Since I didn't meet the challenge deadline anyway, I'm not going to worry about it. I like them the way they are. The bottom left has a pocket.. edged with the denim and the one on the right is a flip out made form Stampin' Up! bling packaging.

#2
Make a mini journal.
Use:
     7 envelopes
     3 cards
     1 digital sheet
     1 full sheet and 1 scrap of scrapbook paper
     Binding kit.

This is the cover. I used a packet of square envelopes/ cards. I don't know why I had them. They are too expensive to mail here in the USA. Good use for them. The scrapbook paper is from SU - Share What You Love and the digital page is from Dearjuliejulie - Tiny Houses in her etsy shop.

We were only to make the mini journal and the cover. I was decorating the whole thing! So I have a second one to add to my big journal after the challenge is complete.

#3

Decorating the mini.

Make:

    1 Guest check

    2 Tags

    3 Pges in the Journal

    4 Journaling Cards

    2 flat Paper Clips

Each of those items must include:

    digi or magazine image

    washi tape

    Any item from #2 mini challenge kit

    Any item from main challenge list

Rogue items:

   3 punches

   2 doilies

  10 bling 

   7 stickers

   fingernail polish or stickles (1)

I chose not to use bling on my items but since they were rogue, they weren't mandatory.

The very top and the bottom right are journaling cards turned into flips. The 2 paper clips are on the top row, tags and guest check in the center.  Again, I used Tiny Houses. The journaling card bases were from The Paper Studio

From the left over pieces of scrapbooking papers I used the Blossom Builder punch from Stampin' Up!

#4

Stack A Sticker:

Ues:

    1 sheet of sticker labels for bases

    music sheet

    digital image

    Bling or puffy - can use up to 10

My sticker sheet came from $Tree and had 3 labels per sheet. I used tea-dyed music paper, Tiny Houses digi and the puffy stickers from Stampin' Up! 

I'll get the video uploaded in the morning and post it below.

Next Monday there will be a flip through of the compelted January Just Junk Journal Challenge 2 plus I'll tell you what the criteria is for the February challenge.

Creative Blessings!

SYMPATHY FOR JULIE

Since I've missed the Teapot Tuesday, I thought this was a good time to share a Sympathy card.

dearjuliejulie, the woman who orchestrates the junk journal challenges I've been playing in, had to say goodbye to her mom last weekend. While she knew this was coming, losing someone isn't easy. I put this card together for Julie this morning..

Julie loves working with lace so I wanted to make sure to include some on her card.

I used the retired SU Gift of Love for the floral and the sentiment is from Love and Sympathy (retired)

The stamped image is matted on Lost Lagoon cardstock with Lost Lagoon ribbon accent. I used Stampin' Blends to color the flowers in Daffodil Delight and stamped the leaves in Sage Shadow (man, I miss that color!)  I added small pearls.. 1 in the center of the largest flower, one in the 'O' in love then three on the lace.

I'll have WOYWW tomorrow so pop back by to see the creative disaster.
 Thank you for stopping by!