New Craft Space

Two trips to Ikea, one large delivery, three days of assembly (read sore feet and backs) and organization (although I can guarantee I'll fiddle with the organization forever)   It's finally finished!!!  I just love it, and don't think I can thank DH enough for all his help, not to mention his patience while I made up my mind what and where I wanted things. So here is the big reveal.......

This is the space empty...

This is where everything went to....

The delivery...

This is where my old desk was with the bicycle picture on the wall (see previous post for reference). I will be painting my sewing table white to match the rest of the furniture. It holds my scanner and Silhouette machine right now. You can also see part of DH's surprise for me there in the middle  

Here is the empty space (from above pic) filled. And that lovely new desk can raise and lower on both ends and has a light box built in too! DH also surprised me with those colourful puzzle mats, to use as another place to pin up "stuff" which I call art LOL.

The view looking out from the above pic.

And the last pic is of the whole space or as much as I could fit in the frame.

Oooh goodness, it looks like my little grandson left some stickers up for me, hehe I didn't see them 'til now.

I truly look forward to many happy hours of crafting here, and I am always happy to have friends join me, the more the merrier and if anyone wants to know more about the furniture or what I keep where let me know and I'll be happy to share with you.

Hugs,

    Deb

A Card and a mess

First the Card....

Well it's been a few days since my last post, but you will forgive me when I tell you why.  My darling husband said to me "What would you need (I heard "want") to get your "stuff" (I may have taken offence to that word hehehe) organized, and tidied up?? Now understand that my craft space is in our finished basement, where we do most of our entertaining, and it seems when I start a project it grows and grows and grows until it seems I have something on every flat surface in the whole Rec room. DH says give me a flat surface and I'll cover it!! He is right, but then I always set things to right.........eventually. So to make a short story long, I have been carting up all my "stuff" (can you tell that still bugs me!) into some lovely IKEA containers, and the large units should arrive sometime before Saturday. I am so excited, it's just like waiting for the UPS girl to deliver my orders. In amongst all this upheaval I had to make DD her birthday card, and I have also been working on an ATC swap, but that is on hold 'til the weekend. So here are some pics, and don't forget to stop back to see the final reveal.

And now the mess!!

The file cabinet on the right is where I keep my 8 1/2 x 11 card stock, along with our business and personal files. I have also taken over 2 1/2 shelves in the bookcase, which I will be returning to the Rec room. There is also a nice big (well huge actually) bulletin board to be put up. Soon we will be able to use the exercise station, which is that large circular monstrosity, actually I like it because it has doors to keep it neat.

This is the built in bookcase, which holds my 12" papers on the right, and the bottom 2 shelves in the middle  have taken over too.  My hope is to clear it all off and paint it white like I wanted to when it was built 12 years ago, no hurry!!! 

This is my main work area, there are bright halogen lights overhead. To the back left are all my supplies, ink, embellies, more punches etc. This area will be one of the three big changes.

Well enough for today, I will return with more soon.

Hugs,

    Deb

A Dog and a Swap

Well, it's five days into the new year, all the excitement has settled and it seems really quiet around here!  Of course I do have my fabulous Finn to keep me hoping.  This morning he helped himself to the bananas (left over from Christmas Stockings) I had ripening on the kitchen counter for some banana bread.  He only got half of one before I caught him, let's just say he hates being ignored (I was on the phone)!!!  For those of you who haven't been introduced to Finn here he is. 

Who could get angry at that face??  So now instead of banana bread I'll make some Egg Nog Bread I found a recipe for.  I'll let you know how it turns out. 

 So on to the crafty part of this post.  A while back, actually some time in November I was in a swap and this was my swap. The swap was a Canadian (so like those for the postage) swap and the challenge was to use something new from the Holiday Mini (the Spice Cake DSP) and something from the new IB&C (Faith in Nature stamp set).  Love that Spice Cake paper. There is a little bling on this card, but not so much that you could still classify this as a masculine card.

Hope this inspires you!

Hugs,

    Deb

Happy New Blog!!

I decided that I wanted a change of name for my blog (I was never really happy with the original) and in the process DH taught me many new things, and opened up a whole new world of "googleness". I know that's not a real word but I like it!

So for all of you faithful (and patient) followers, Welcome back, and welcome to any new friends who happen by. Keep coming back to see more changes, I'm on a roll.

Hugs, 
     Deb

St. Patties Day!!!

I had wanted to post this on, or a few days before, March 17th, but as you all remember my poor computer....well no need to dwell on that again. These are the cards our family received this year. I hope they enjoyed them as much as I did colouring and making them. I did try out a few wild colours on the "hankie" but decided that traditional was best.

Here is the inside, it was created using MDS

Happy Stampin'
       Deb

Monthly Christmas Card

Well since I couldn't post last month, here's 2 for you. These, as well as last month's, were part of a set I did for a client last year.

I chose this card for my Christmas workshop when I fell in love with the Ornament punch, and then found it had a coordinating stamp set. How FUN is that!!! The girls had fun making it, and since I had 2 made for myself into my client's set it went, easy-peasy.
#119847 - Ornament Punch
#116517 - Delightful Decorations stamp set
#111690 - Snow Swirled stamp set (sentiment)
#117335 - Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder
Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler card stock and ink, basic pearls, 1/4" white taffeta ribbon, dimensionals and a paperclip for the hanger.

This one is testing my memory (I'm doing much better at taking notes)I think I used Crumb cake for the base, but it could have been Brushed Gold. I know that I used Cherry Cobbler CS and ink, Snow Swirled stamp set, Encore gold ink and of course my favourite.....embossing powder. One day maybe I'll make a card without any embossing it LOL.

Well thanks for stopping in, feel free to leave me a comment or visit my store if your mojo was tickled.

Hugs

Sneak Peak and Great Savings!!

Well everyone, I'm still alive and the best news is I have a brand new computer, so hopefully there will be no more blogging interuptions.

I am so excited to tell you that Stampin' Up has a wonderful promotion on now, which lets you have a sneak peak of the new Summer Mini Catalogue, starting May 1st.
Click here to find out more and view the beautiful papers and fabulous stamp set, which co-ordinates perfectly with the Decorative Label punch (#120907) available in our Occasions Mini catalogue only until April 30th, so place your order now before it's too late!!!

Also check out the Clearance Rack, for more great Stampin' Up products at 60% off!!!