What's on Your Workdesk? Wednesday # 245

Good morning and welcome!  It is Wednesday and once again we gather at Julia's blog and show off our spaces for each other to snoop, I mean to visit each other's blogs.  Just take a picture of your space and blog about it and then link over at Julia's blog.  She has instructions there.

OK, when I open these doors for you, I'm showing you my soul.  I've been working in here some lately because I tend to squirrel away "stuff" in here that I really don't need right now, but maybe soon. The bottom shelf is just a mish mash of things that really could be thrown away but I keep thinking I could need it soon.  I love to alter things and nut tins and oat boxes are a favorite of mine.  I've sort of been working on some of my papers.  I don't have a lot by some standards but for me my stash is growing.  I began with no papers and always made my backgrounds myself.  It is nice to have papers but I find now I don't want to use them because I might have something that needs it more later.  I guess that is how we all become hoarders of a sort.  I'm not going to apologize for this cabinet; I actually love it and mostly I know where everything is.  I love that I can close these doors and nobody knows what I'm really like!

So there you have it.  I've shown you mine, now you show me yours!

Round Two of the Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog - "What's Your Style"?

Good morning everyone and welcome to the second round of the very first challenge of Craft Hoarders Anonymous!  This week Team B is posting their "What's Your Style" projects and we are so happy to have you visit again.  The names of the two teams are listed on the right hand sidebar of my blog and you may go to their blog by clicking on their names.  They are waiting for your visit and hoping their project will entice you to go inside your craft closet, or cabinet, or drawer or wherever you hoard your supplies and use them to make something that screams "You"!  All of us have something that we have held back because we just love it so much we hate to use it.  Now is your chance!  Come join us; you still have time to create something, post it on your  blog and link to the Craft Hoarder's Anonymous Challenge blog.  There is a fabulous prize posted and you could be the winner!  The prize package is donated by Gloria Stengel Designs

The challenge rules are listed here:  Challenge Rules.  You have until midnight February 16 to enter.

OK, that does it for me this morning.  Remember you can visit the Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog here and then you can click on Design Team B on the right hand side of my blog.  Go visit them and leave a little love!  We all love hearing from you!

A Friend.......

Good morning everyone!  I hope you are ready to begin your day and that you are looking forward to your weekend!  I'm here this morning to share a card I made using Graphic 45 papers and a handmade rose and leaves.  Of course there is a Spellbinders die cut on board; I seldom do a card with out at least one of those.  My sentiment is probably my favorite stamp I own.  As far as I am concerned this says it all.  It is a Hampton Art stamp that I purchased many years ago at the local Hobby Lobby.  When I saw it, I knew I had to have it and I have used it many times on cards that I have made throughout the years.

OK, this is short and sweet this morning but I've got lots going on today and I'm hitting the ground running!  Have a great day and a wonderful weekend.  Be sure and check in on Monday at the Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog.  Design Team B will be posting and you may continue to link your cards as well.

What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday #244

Good morning everyone and welcome to WOYWW coming to you by way of Julia's blog!  Every Wednesday we come together and share photo's of our space so we can visit each other and see what we have going on in our world!  I have to admit, I'm totally addicted and can't seem to manage the excitement every Wednesday morning as I take a picture and prepare my blog post in anticipation of getting to visit people from all over the world.  I have to admit, I have made many new acquaintances and love visiting with everyone.

This is about as messy as I can afford to let my area get because any more items out and I begin to lose things.  I use dies on most every project I work on and I'll lose a die when things get messy.  The last one was gone for 2 months and it was one I used often, so you can imagine how upset I was.  So I vowed to try and not let it get that messy ever again.  I'm kinda crazy when it comes to my dies!

You can see I'm working on a card and I have cut out flower petals and leaves and I've been coloring them with inks getting ready to shape to go on the card front.  I don't like much being finished and I hope to share it with you on Friday.  You can see a case of dies in the upper left corner in front of my tubs of Flower Soft.  Lots of glues and inks and a tub of glitter.  Also some green PanPastel but I'm not happy with that shade of green so I just continue to use the inks.

OK, I will close for now I have lots to do before the day goes much farther.  And we like to keep it short and sweet, so as not to have  you lose interest!  Have a good day and I'm off to visit and explore!

Welcome to the Very First Challenge for Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog!

Good morning everyone and Welcome! This is Challenge #1 for Craft Hoarders Anonymous

The challenge for the next two weeks is:  "What's Your Style?"  For me that is a very good question.  I'm sort of  "Vintage", with a sprinkling of "Girly" and topped off with a smudgen of "Classic".

Share a project that showcases your signature style.  Dig into your hoard and pull out items that make you shout with crafty joy!  Whip up something that has your creative name all over it.  Do you, because no one is you-er than you!

One lucky winner will receive this prize pack, donated by Gloria Stengel Designs!

Here is my project:

I have to admit, this card is totally me.  I make my own flowers and I love pinks, greens and shades of browns together.  I use a lot of Heartfelt Creations, stamps, dies and papers.  Let's face it...I hoard them.  I confess. a few months ago I went through some of my "stuff" and sent three large boxes of supplies, along with some dies and a die cut machine to the nursing home.  Now when they have craft day, they have a few more supplies to play with.  I am now feverishly working to re-stock!

Challenge Rules are here: Craft Hoarders Anonymous  

OK, you have until February 16 PT to post your project on your blog and link to The Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog.  The design team projects will be posted there as well.

Design Team Group "A" is posting today and February 10, Design Team Group "B" will post.  You may click on the names of the two groups on my right hand side bar and you will be whisked away to their blogs. Go visit and leave a comment.  We all love hearing from you!  

OK, now it's your turn...go pull out those supplies and get busy!  I can't wait to see what you do!  And remember if you don't enter, you cannot win!

And the winner is.............

Good afternoon everyone.  The winner of the January Heartfelt Creations alumni Blog Hop was chosen from Loretta Lock's blog.   Pati Peterson you are the winner of the $25 gift certificate from Heartfelt Creations.  Please email emmalou@heartfeltcreations.us and in the subject line of your email type:  Winner of the January Alumni Blog Hop.  Again congratulations to Pati and enjoy your gift!

Dogwood Blossoms.....

How's that for making your heart sing?  Nothing says Spring like the Dogwood trees in blossom around here.  I have several in my yard and when they are in bloom I just want to sit out there and stare at them!  To me they signal the coming of Easter and warmer temps in the Lakeway area!  The centers of the flowers are covered with colored Flower Soft; I just swipe my ink pad of Ranger Distress Inks onto a surface and then drop the Flower Soft into it and rub it around until it takes on the color. Let it dry and apply glue to the center piece and then dip into the Flower Soft.  Easy Peasy! Susan Tierney Cockburn has aced these flowers.  The Susan's Garden dies are just amazing and her tool kit is like no other.  So it just makes sense that I use her tools to make flowers.  Problem is she is creating these dies faster than I can purchase them.  I promised myself everything in moderation this year! I promised myself I would use what I have...but that doesn't mean dies doe it?  Help me out here...I really didn't mean dies....did I?

OK that's it for me this morning.  Hope you have a great day. Remember it is Friday and you need to get ready cause tomorrow is the weekend!

Supplies:
Susan's Garden Dogwood Die
PanPastels
Spellbinders Fancy Lattice Die
Flower Soft
Ranger Distress Ink
Burgundy ProMarker (For ends of flower petals)
Design Paper
Purple Ribbon
Sentiment is a Flourishes stamp...Sorry I cannot remember the name of the set.