Simple Sunday...Fly me to the moon...

Nothing

seemed to go right yesterday afternoon

in my magic kingdom.

As a last resort,

I decided to try and play with 

the new stamp that came in the mail.

All things considered,

not bad!

I wish the itty bitty sentiment below

Fly me to the moon

was a wee bit bigger---

it says

and let me play among the stars.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE...crescent moons!

Background paper is CTMH--

which means it has a white core--

so sanding those edges to give it a distressed look

(and help hide the fact that it may be a tad shy

of meeting the edge of the coaster chipboard base! ; )

I stamped in white Brilliance ink

and then restamped with Momento black

so I could color the girl and moon with Copics.

I used a Q-tip (too lazy to get up and get a dauber

(would have been too fat anyway...)

and covered the moon with Versamark ink

then with holographic embossing powder.

Added the CTMH blue ribbon bow.

It needed something on that left side still...

I didn't have any small star stamps--

but I did have the CTMH silver glitter tape!

Originally I was going to use the stars only

but the strip cut in a banner...well!
And, if you look closely, you'll find the stars were used, too!

Now the sad thing is...

the POP DOT QUEEN

is slap-dab out of POP DOTS.

This is serious.

Stand by to call 911 please.

Better go get my buns ready for church!

Until next time,

happy stamping and scrapping!

Blessings, 

ps. 

Spell checker has all the crafty

words highlighted! lol!

Do they have a spell check version

for crafters?!

Quick something for Saturday...

Been a busy, busy week---

the preschoolers LOVED their treats

particularly when I showed them 

the owl held chocolate (m&m's)

AND 

could be used as a finger puppet!

So that was well worth the effort.

Sadly,

the replacement Cricut

died shortly after cutting the pieces from them.

It came with bad blade-

and I had to replace that to get it work...

then, after finishing the treats

I was cutting flowers,

heard a loud "clunk"

and now it's cutting but not all the way through

the cardstock.

I've changed blades yet again,

set all things (blade and pressure) as high as they will go

and no luck.

And of course

Provocraft isn't open on Saturday.

So here I sit...

cutting project pieces by hand

when I have a $ 200 machine that could be doing it instead.

Sigh.

Whipped up this little goodie for

my hubby.

There are days the phone drives him crazy

and I was joking at lunch one day this week

about making him a spinner...

I used a 4"x4" coaster

covered in duct tape-

the CTMH  spinner template

I printed the selections on the computer

and printed them out-

covered the spinner with clear contact paper,

used an SU metal spinner hand and brad

and now he can spin to choose!

lol!

If nothing else-he'll get a smile out of it!

That's it for today.

I seem to be dead in the water again.

Until next time,

happy stamping and scrapping!

Blessings,

Stuff on Sunday...

Ok.

So yesterday I spent almost the entire day

in my CRAFT room

(someone at lunch last week thought I had called it something else entirely---

well, when crap happens-that's where I tend to hang out! Lol!

Guess I will follow my friend Theresa and start calling it

my ART STUDIO.

The end-of-the-year treats for the preschoolers

are all made, packaged and tagged...

for the 4's who are leaving us---caps included!

for the 2's and 3's who are moving up a year and staying

in our school...

And, in giving credit where credit is due, I cased the owl pillow box idea from 

Lynn at The Queen's Scene
While hers were made with SU punches, I used my Cricut and the Close to My Heart
Art Philosophy Cartridge.
I cut all the pieces-then assembled using LOTS of low temp hot glue
to hold those front feather pieces on (scalloped banner pieces layered 4x).

Then I went to work on the teacher gifts.
Someone on the CTMH buy/sell board
sold me a box of 1,000 4" coasters.
WOW! That's a lot!
But I keep coming up with new ideas--
purse pads with post it notes and a small pen
and another FYI---the binding coils for a CINCH work
with the BIND IT ALL as well
(thank you to the nice shopper in Hobby Lobby who
shared she worked for a printer and thought they
were all standard--they seem to be!)

And, I had a lot of mishaps.
First I started taping outside pieces to the inside-
but caught myself before I got too far and was able to salvage
what I had done.
But then...
I *thought* I had flipped the cover(s) right to decorate the inside...
and when I went to punch the first one...
realized that I had not.
All 6...were wrong.
Unattach, cover up the goofed up stamping,
reattach.
So I got all of them put together finally
and then did the six tag cards to go with them.

I usually stamp and paper piece the shirt, pants and shoes-
but opted to color with my Copics instead
(FYI: SOME (not all) Copic colors will bleed
if you use our White Daisy...! And none of them
blend as well as when used on the papers
recommended by Copic.  Breathing.)
Then, wanting the front of the notepad to pop a little more
I covered the center stamped pieces with
SU's Crystal Effects.
I've had issues in the past with CTMH ink + CTMH Liquid Glass---
the LG has changed and/or caused the ink (even tho it's CTMH--to bleed
or change color completely.
I've never, on the other hand, had an issue
with CTMH ink and SU's Crystal Effects....
until yesterday.
I had carefully filled in the fronts of all 6-
secured them in a place that kitties could not go
until they dried.
I took them out earlier
and this is what I had---

a green mess!
Another deeeeeep breath.
Peeled them all off
(of course messed up a sun in the process so had to recut, restamp that part...)
and then discovered I am almost out of Pop Dots
(and, being in  purse, thought that would tear off too easily);
couldn't find my stash of Fun Foam
which would have been perfect substitute--
so I had to punch and layer about 4 pieces of cardstock
and stack them to put behind the stamped part
to get a little dimension in it.
They are done!
The tag cards are done.
Just need to package them.

On the tag card---that is a card on CTMH's
Artiste Cricut  Cartridge.
I wanted the front flap to stay closed
so I used what I call SU's slitty punch (discontinued, sadly)
and slipped it behind the front flap to see where to position it
and then just punched.
That little bit of tab helps the card stay shut.
And for those who are wondering--
I stamped then punched and punched and then stamped-
it worked ok either way!

Now I just need to clean up the disaster in there-
it seems if I put stuff away as I work,
then inevitably that's when things go wrong
and I have to pull it all out again for one card or whatever...
If I don't put it away as I go...then it's the disaster it is now!
Maybe a basket to just put it all in under the worktable
(might have to move the cat!)
to put it in as I go to put away later?

Gotta make a graduation card-
my "nephew" Matthew graduated from The Citadel
last week-end.
I am late, as usual.
That's what the child gets for calling me an "alien" !
(he was 4-5, we were talking about ALIASES and he asked
his mom if she knew I was an alien!)
Alien, no--late as usual---yep.

Until next time--
happy stamping and scrapping!
Blessings,

Just a teaser...

I cannot take credit for the Owl -- I cased that from an another blogger and will give credit when I do the update to this post.  In a rush--but these are so darn cute I had to post.  These will be for the 4 year old preschoolers---the other cards will say that they are flying up to a whole new class!
All pieces except wings I cut on the Cricut (and they could be, too-the punch was handier!)
Stamp set, papers by CTMH.  Big enough to hold a fun size bag of M&M's (no nuts!) if you mush them to one side and fold the extra packaging back on itself (aka--stuff it in there!)

 

Until next time,

happy stamping and scrapping!

Blessings,

Paper Tower Topple Fixed...

For the rest of the story...

see the previous post.

Here's what several hours of hard work

accomplished



The tower on the left

was done last week.

I just worked on the one

on the right.

I pulled out some stash I won't use

and there's a box of paper

yet to be sorted

but the bulk (pun intended)

of it is sorted!

I sent an sos out

hoping still to get some

wooden frames made

that will house the wire racks

and make it more stable.

My husband suggested

zip ties

but I can see having the same issues

even with those.

Thinking what I want made

will still cost less

than shipping on real paper tower(s).

I've also tried the plastic stacking bins

they do warp after time with the weight.

Awesome for light stuff tho.

 

Fibro flaring

so today is going to be a take care of me day.

Still cold and windy-sun is out tho

and with the heat on and the heating pad

I can at least pretend it's warm!

Off to blog hop.

 

Until next time,

happy stamping and scrapping.

Blessings,

The Toppling of the Paper Tower...

Not only

is it cold, damp and rainy

(why is the weather always great

during the WORK week---and crappy on week-ends?)

but I was working on cleaning up my work table

when this happened...

the paper tower toppled..

THANK GOD the trash can was where it was

and at least stopped all the paper from

flying off the shelves had it tipped completely.

 

Last week I had organized the first one.

Was putting off the second one--

but I guess it had to be done sometime...

 

Two things I can share here---

 

1-I swear by the 13"x13" ziplock bags Close to My Heart sells...

That second paper tower is all other company papers

and they are now all organized

and in ziplocks.

This also tends to help keep the corners and edges from

getting worn and torn.

I pretty much know what's where

and I just write on the bag with a Sharpie.

I do have little tags binder clipped to each shelf

so I know what's where.

2--I need sturdier shelves!

This is the third time this has happened.

I know-use more paper!

lol.

These where the only thing available back when I got them

and the cost of regular paper shelves

or I should say the SHIPPING COST for regular paper shelves

is astronomical.

So

I am hoping that a helpful friend

can build me a wood frame

with little ledges

that I can slide the wire shelves into

still making use of what I have

but making it much more sturdy.

 

Been a bit out of sorts

so God gave me something to occupy my mind

and sort---literally!

Almost done.

Just had to give the back and butt a break

from sitting on the cold floor.

 

Backroundtoit.

 

Until next time,

happy stamping and scrapping.

Blessings,