WOYWW #278

Here we are again at Wednesday and that means we get to participate in the blog hop over at Julia's. All over the world bloggers like you take a photo of their work space and blog about it.  Then we link up on Julia's blog and have this wonderful blog hop.  What that means is we get to have a little look in craft spaces all over the world.  The type of crafts is limitless and I am always inspired by something, whether it be a card, some coloring or maybe even a bit of storage.  I never tire of looking around and seeing what is going on out there.  So take a photo of  your space, blog about it and then head over to Julia's and link up!  It is addictive and I can't seem to stop!

I've been working on a couple of things that I can't share yet but in a week or so you will see what I've been playing with.  Hint...it has teal on it and a teal metal flower!  Do you see those wonderful images lying there?  They are from a fellow design team member and she has an Etsy shop.  She very graciously gave us several of these sheets to print off and play with.  I just love them and will use them for years to come! I don't want  to put up a link for her shop as this seriously goes against everything WOYWW stands for.  If you are interested just fire off an email for me and I will get back to you.

Well that's it for me this morning.  I'm off to visit as many of you as I can!

Heartfelt Creations September Alumni Design Team Blog Hop

Good morning everyone and welcome to the September Heartfelt Creations Alumni Design Team Blog Hop!  I love participating in these hops because I get to spend a little quality time with some wonderfully talented ladies as we strut our stuff a bit and remind you why we were design team members for Heartfelt Creations!  I love Heartfelt Creations products and always feel like I've come home when I play with their papers, stamps and dies!  They seem to be a perfect fit for my style and I love their flowers!

If you arrived here from Giovana Smith's  blog you are on target and your next stop after me will be Cibele Glazer 

My card size is 4 1/4" X 5 1/2".  I used the new Classic Sunflower stamps and dies to create the flowers on my card. I love the flower die because it is so easy to line up over the stamped image. Well done Heartfelt Creations! The centers of the flowers used some of the homemade chunky mix  I made myself.  The sentiment is from the Aztec Gold Sunflowers 1 Precut Set that is now retired.

Try to follow along the blog hop and leave a comment on as many blogs as you can.  You can never tell which blog will be the one they choose from.  If  your name is chosen you win a $25 gift certificate for products from Heartfelt Creations.  You have until 12 midnight ET on Friday October 3rd. to leave your comments.  The winner will be announced on Saturday, October 4th.  Good luck to you all!

Vicki Dutcher

Giovana Smith

Glenda Brooks - You are here.

Cibele Glazer

Selma Stevenson

Amarilys Doria

Candy Slabaugh

Alissa Wells

Lisa Gregory

Debbie Seyer

Sarah Miller
Mary Faus 

Tesa Broman
 Lisa Allen 

Supply List:

HCPC 3626 Classic Sunflower PreCut Set
HCPC 2294 Aztec Gold Sunflowers 1 PreCut Set (Retired)
HCD 753 Classic Sunflower Die
Spellbinders Labels Twenty Two
Spellbinders Foliage Die
Ranger Distress Inks
Homemade Chunky Mix (Flower Centers)
Seam Binding
Glue
Scor-Tape
Yellow, Green and Cream Card Stock

Digital Card Stock
Memento Ink

Fifth Monday with Craft Hoarders Anonymous

For every month that contains a fifth Monday, the design team members will take turns sharing their creative spaces and storage tips. You will get to peek into the design team's craft spaces and see how they manage to "contain" their hoarded supplies! 

The designers who are sharing their craft spaces and storage tips this month are....

Debbie Seyer

Donna Idlet
Ginny Nemchak

You can click on their names and go to their  blogs to check out their great spaces!  I'm sure you will find something to delight you and give you an idea about storage solutions.

Also this Monday we have a BIG announcement to share with you! We want to introduce the NEWEST member of our design team. Please welcome Wendi Robinson!  Click on Wendi's name and you can go to her blog and have a look around.  We are so pleased she decided to become one of us!

Now, for some other good news! Gloria has decided to extend the due date for Challenge #16 for one more week! You have until October 5th at midnight PT to load up your challenge! 

Clearing My Desk.....

Yesterday I decided it was time to clear my desk of several piles of "stuff" because it was getting to the point where I was losing things that I needed to work with.  When that happens I stand a chance of throwing something away that I should not so I decided to take a few minutes and throw out some paper snippets and put some things away.

I found one of the gift bags I had been working on and had just tossed it aside to do something else and it  had gravitated all the way down the pile.  I had already done the measurements and cut and taped decorative papers and just needed to add some elements and it would be ready to stuff with Halloween treats.  So I had some Graphic 45 bits and pieces and some seam binding that I dyed to match another project and low and behold it looked really nice against the shades of purple on the paper I had used.

I just noticed I taped the ribbon and it is a little off.  Not to worry, I can remedy this with no problem but I don't even think my grandsons will notice.  They will be all about the goodies I've stuffed inside so I'm not going to stress to much over this minor detail.  They will enjoy the chocolate bars and then dig deep to find the money I always tuck inside and they will be good to go.  They are at that age and not too impressed with whether a ribbon is straight or not.  In the grand scheme of things, a crooked ribbon doesn't seem very major.  As you can tell.....the fact that I keep going on about that ribbon is showing you upsetting it is for me.  So I can assure you, before I send that bag anywhere, there will be a straight ribbon gracing the front of the bag!

Well that does it for me this morning.  Hope your day is a good one and that you have a wonderful weekend planned.  I spent most of the week doing Fall clean up in the yard so I don't plan to do a lot over the weekend.

WOYWW #277

We have reached mid-week again and it is time to share my workspace with you.  I love being a part of this little get together each week and it is hosted by Julia.  You may visit her by clicking on her name and you can check out her blog for all the rules and regulations for this world wide blog hop.

Last week I shared with  you some sunflowers I was making and then on Friday I blogged about the card I made using those flowers.  Today I want to share with you how I made the sparkle for the flower centers.

I had all kinds of gold seed beads and some gold Gala Glitz and I mixed that in a plastic cup with some Distress Glitter in Clear Rock Candy then I dropped in some Memento ink in Rich Cocoa and stirred and stirred until the color was all mixed in.  I left it overnight in the cup and allowed it to dry and then I put it in the glass jar.  It makes beautiful centers for my flowers and you too can make your own colorful centers for flowers.  I'm sure there would be many other uses for this, so just let your imagination take you away.  Gala Glitz is quite expensive for the amount you receive but I was not using the gold color I purchased in it, so I decided to just add it to my mixture.  It also gives another dimension to the recipe.  Just use whatever you have on hand.  I'm sure you could even use some chunky glitter as well.

Since you are using glass you need some type of ink that will color it so you could even use Alcohol Inks as well.  Now my sunflowers are all set to make their appearance on my next card.  This is part of my ongoing plan to use what I have on hand...it's a Craft Hoarder Anonymous thing!

I'm off to visit as many desks as I can before I have to start my chore list for the day! Have a great rest of the week!

Sunflowers

I love sunflowers and sometimes grow them in a row in my garden.  This year my neighbor had some growing in a flower bed and she expressed to me her love of these beautiful flowers.  When I purchased this stamp and die for making them I immediately thought of her.  So when I finished this card I gave it to her.

I love these flowers and you will be seeing more of these in my future!  The flower stamp and die are from Heartfelt Creations and there is even a sweet little lady bug as well.  I mixed up a batch of pretties to make the flower centers.  I used Gold Gala Glitz, some gold seed beeds and some glitter then I dropped in some brown ink and colored it all up.  I love the look it made and will be making some more of that for sure.

Well that does it for me this morning.  We are about to run right into another weekend so I hope you get to do something you love!

WOYWW #276

 It's Wednesday and time to play along with Julia and WOYWW (What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday #276.  Each week Julia hosts a large get together and we all link into a blog hop on her blog.  It is great fun and I get to visit so many desks all over the world.  I love to have a look  into other people's areas and see what they have going on in their craft lives!  Ideas are exchanged, friends are made and it is just a lot of fun!

I was on the Heartfelt Creations design team for a couple of years and I have never gotten over their stamps and dies!  Each release I try to buy the stamp and die for the flower they are featuring.  I just received the Classic Sunflower stamp and die and I've been playing with those!  I also cut out some lattice and did a circle frame around it and I will arrange the pretty flowers around that.  Next I just need to select card stock and maybe some pretty paper to match.  I always work backwards to a lot of crafters.  Most would select the papers and card stock first and go from there.  Oh No!  I could never do it the easy way.  I get so excited about coloring an image or making flowers that I don't even think about the papers until it is time and then I'm tearing my craft room apart trying to find just the right piece of paper.  Maybe I should put up a big note in front of me that says "Paper First".

OK, I've shown you  mine...show me yours!  Come play with us!  Just take a picture of your space and blog about it then link up at Julia's blog.  We would all love to have a look around your space and you might make a friend or two!  See you there!  Now I'm off to visit as many deskers as I can.  Have a great Wednesday!