Carolyn's Craft Room

365 Cards Day 65 - 3 A's

Anniversary - I don't have any stamps for that, but this card'll do!

Alpha Stickers - the "I" and the "U"

Arc - the two corners... cut into a gentle arc by my Creative Memories corner cutter.

Cardstock - Paper Source;  DP - Basic Grey "June Bug"; Alpha Stickers & pom ribbon - stash; Card Stickers - Basic Grey "June Bug"; Die Cut Hearts - Basic Grey "Mellow"

365 Cards Day 66 - 3 W's

 White - check

White Space - lots o' that

Wings - my little bee has Stickled ones

Card Stock - Bazzill Basics; Bee Stamp - Penny Black; Sentiment - Technique Tuesday; Staedtler pigment liner & Diamond Stickles.

Now... the newly organized craft room  :D

The hubster hung shelves so I could have more table space - and he hung my new ribbon organizer (how much do I love that thing?!!!)   

I always told my daughters that when they moved out I was making a craft room....

I absolutely love this space... but truthfully, it hardly ever looks like this.  You see, I'm a messy crafter.  It's true.  Stuff.  Everywhere.  You should see it now (or maybe not)  LOL     

I'm heading for bed.  I stayed up to the wee hours again, and I'm going to be sorry at work tomorrow.  Oh well, an extra coffee and I'll be fine.   ~ Carolyn

365 Cards - Day 50 & 53... and more

I've been making cards - honest!  I just misplaced the darn camera.  Now that I've found it, I've already packaged most of the ones I've made in the past few weeks and set them aside for the Breast Cancer fundraiser.  But there are a few to share with my fellow handmade card enthusiasts :)  (Then they'll be packaged for sale, too!)

This one was from Day 50 - a challenge called "Digging Deep"   had us digging to the bottom of our stashes.  I had just organized my craft room (thanks for the shelves, Harvey!) so I was so ready!

1) An item that is more than a year old  (photo of my parents' wedding - June 10, 1960)
2) Something that you were given that you have never used - this could be from a swap or a gift, but it has to have come from someone else. (lace collar from my Mom)
3) Something you forgot you had. (dollar store wedding bands)

I also had fun with today's Day 53 challenge "Front, Back & Everything in Between"
This was also a product of the craft room cleanup.  I found a set of clear stamps called "Mindscapes" by Inkadinkadoo that I had purchased a year ago - and hadn't even opened!  I love the fairy butterfly, but I wanted to try something a little different, so I used a glue pad instead of an ink pad and used MS Onyx glitter.  I LOVE the result!  


True to the challenge, I made sure to decorate the inside (stamped & trimmed with a red Swarovski crystal) and the envelope flap.  The back of the card is, like all my handmade creations, signed. 


This was a simple, simple card to make - and I loved the effect so much that I made more with different colours.  :D