WOYWW 260 - "Just Because"

I am posting early...
"Just Because" - it has been a very long weekend
"Just Because" - my desk is still a mess from last week
"Just Because" - I have another Funeral today, mother of my best friend from college... :(
"Just Because" - I would rather be there celebrating with all of you

And "Just Because" - I had lots of scraps at the bottom of my pile, I decided to make some ATC's in honor of our five year party time. 



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May's Scraplift

This was the page from Val that I used as my inspiration. http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...6&thumbsonly=0

WOYWW ~ 259

Mother's Day surprises:
           Last week, I was not at my desk because our oldest son flew in on Tuesday for a belated Mother's Day and we spent Wednesday making cheese together. If you would like to check out the photos of fun we had, you can find them on my food blog at The Pantry Life

My Inside Craft Desk:

         
      Today, my inside craft desk is cluttered with scraps left over from my two day online scrapbook class. The class was entitled "Scrapbook Your Story" by Lain Ehmann on Creative Live. Great class, I sort of went into it thinking that because I have scrapbooked for over 30 years, I probably won't learn anything new, but it turned out to be a very informational and mojo building class.



                                                                                 
 My New Outdoor Crafting Place:
     I live at the beach and love to work outside where I can watch and hear the ocean. This past weekend we created a spot on my front porch where I can craft, relax and play with flowers. On a sad note... The flower arrangements came before the crafting this week. The flowers that are included in the photo are some of the bouquets that were for the funeral of a dear friend of mine who lost her battle to cancer over the weekend and her "celebration of life" was today.


Hanging out with all of us:
          If you are new to my blog and are wondering what "what's on your Workdesk" (WOYWW) is all about, you can check out all the details here at one of my favorite blogs... Stamping Ground

Stash Busters May #3

Our Saturday Crop challenge this week was to create a layout with a banner and brads. I also combined it with the third stash busters challenge for the month.   we were encouraged to use: • 3 patterned papers • A flower • Ribbon • Journaling card (can be pre-made or one you design yourself)

Stash Busters May #2

While waiting for the second stash busters challenge to be posted, I worked on finishing up a stack of

 older scrapbook pages that needed to be added to my sons binder.

WOYWW#257

As you can see my desk is piled high today... This is due to the fact that everything from my VSN & VSBN weekend got moved from the table to my desk. I do have a plan and idea for a few things I want to make today. I am hoping that my layout and card stock is here on my desk somewhere, but I have to go grout the new tile in my bathroom first...  We are in the middle of a remodel. :(

 Okay, Tile done... Now to play!

So here are the items I got completed, the card is for my son... it is his 21st Birthday today. Today, I want to play with basic black, Tempting Tourquiouse and White. I found a really cool card on Pinterest that I really wanted like to CASE and I have another VSBN layout I am working on.

Stash Busters May #1

In trying to decide what picture would work great for this challenge, I felt like I needed to bring a little wood to the beach. So mixing the two together with touches from the challenge:

Our first Stashbusters challenge for the month was to use ... • 1 piece of patterned paper • 2 wooden shapes • 3 buttons • 4 pieces of embroidery

Celebrating Cinco de' Mayo

Here is a fun quick layout showing the fun we had at celebrating with a giant piñata.

national scrapbook

Mini VSN... :)

We had two challenges tonight to kick off our next VSN.

New VSBN Format

I love the new format for VSBN, give us a chance to get pictures ready for our layouts. I still love getting together virtually and chatting and working on pages together but I never seem to have my pictures ready.

Here is my first page for the first challenge...

WOYWW#256 - Scrappy Birthday Mess!

After spending most of the day making an unexpected trip up to Fayetteville this morning with my hubby for some work stuff, I am now home curled up in my favorite sweatshirt, hanging out at my desk. This week I have been working on some birthday cards and getting ready for VSBN this weekend.

Spring Hats & Tea Parties...

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of attending and helping my new daughter-in-law Kalee Harris host her first "Hats & Pearls" Tea Party with the ladies and their daughters in her hall at her work. We had so much fun. Great kick start for May and Mother's Day! plus now I can add milliner to my resume'. lol...

WOYWW #255

After spending my "March Madness" reorganizing from my Crafter's Clutter Break down, I spent the fist two days of this week relishing in the thoughts of how nice and tidy my workspace looked and tring to fing something that would trigger my mojo enough to want to create a mess on my desk. Today, I figured it out!

So.... Here is what I am working on this afternoon.

Altered Birdhouses:

Crafter's Clutter Break Down...

I think I may have had a crafters clutter break down, kind of like a nervous break down... I got so tried of every time I wanted to make a card or scrapbook page, I couldn't find any of my stuff. So after I got back from St.Louis, I turned my whole house up side down and reorganized the whole thing. NO KIDDING!!! The OCD side of me got started and didn't stop until every room was clean and organized top to bottom.

Spring Serendipity - TLC470

Serendipity ~ the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy, beneficial way or finding the pleasantly unexpected by chance. The word was coined by Horace Walpole in 1754

But to many of us crafters, Serendipity hold another meaning, a meaning that I had totally forgotten about until our Technique challenge yesterday. There is an old scrapbooking technique used to create backgrounds for layouts entitled "Serendipity Squares" or as I like to call it "The Art of Creating Serendipity". Which is layering small bits or scraps of printed or patterned papers to create serendipity. You can find the photos and instructions on youtube

Today, the thoughts of creating serendipity has been on my mind... So, I ask the question: CAN WE CREATE OUR OWN SERENDIPITY ENCOUNTERS?

I believe that by being in the right place at the right time can increase our chances for more serendipity, but can we really create it?  

Here is the card that I came up with for the challenge:

Vintage Journal - IC425

At the start of very year I hold a New Years party / business building meeting for my Downline. We always start the year off by readjusting our yearly SU goals and looking forward to sale-a-Bration. This is my business journal for the upcoming year. For the next six months our business focus will be getting back to the basics and putting the pieces in place to create and give more ORDER and BALANCE to our business.

Keywords: IC425, STASH14Jan4, sbc14jan, CCREW0114SF, CreativeCrew, SUO, SUM
Stamps: Asian Artisry
Paper: SU DSP from Stash
Ink: Basic Black
Accessories: Glitter, primes, ribbons, flower punch, brads, buttons, big shot, apothecary framelits,

Silver Blooms - WT463

For our make and take this week we made a fun winter candy dish using the Faux Mercury Glass technique.

 I want to give credit where credit is due... There is a very good step by step tutorial for the faux mercury glass technique at www.craftstamper.com. It was featured in their Feb. 2014 magazine.

Keywords: WT463, MIX34, CCREW0114HF, CreativeCrew, SUO, SUM

stamps: Serene Silhouettes

Paper: None

Ink: Stazon Black

Accessories: Glass dish, looking glass spray paint, white vinegar, acrylic paints, stylus, paper towels

Techniques: faux mercury glass

Memories Variety - SBVC200

I just used scraps for this whole page.... My word for the week was order and I have been trying to make some order of my stash piles! :)

Keywords: SBVC200 SBSC336 sbc14jan STASH14Jan3
Stamps: None
Paper: More Mustard, Night of Navy, DSP stash
Paper Size: 8x8
Ink: None
Accessories: Big Shot, White Acrylic paint, buttons

Read more: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/2476785#ixzz2rW9bxaHT

"Cracking The Case" Crop & Shop

We had a big mystery party Saturday for our crop & shop. The Theme was "Cracking the C.A.S.E." All we were allowed to bring with us was two simply scrappin' kits, one spool of matching ribbon and brads, photos, a old mini catalog and white or vanilla card stock. For the first part of the day or challenge was to find a scrapbook page in our old catalog that we liked and case it. But the catch was we had to "crack it" by solving the clues.... A little at a time! (We had to build our page a little at a time, just like a good old fashioned progressive page. First we made a 6x6, then 8 1/2 x11, followed up by making that into a 12x12, then finishing up by adding a second page. We had a lot of fun... The Hostess added in little fun mystery trivia games that kept the party alive and active. For the second part of the day...our challenge was to start at the beginning of our old mini catalog, page by page and if we liked what we saw then we were to case it! Using only the supplies that we had brought with us. Everyone needs try this, at least just once... I got so many goodies made, not all of them were scrapbook layouts, but still fun. One thing, I might add is that we had access to the hostess' big shot, die cuts and punches. Keywords: sbc14jan STASH14Jan2

Paper: So Saffron, Pear Pizzazz, Not Quite Navy, White, More Mustard, Stashed DSP

Paper Size: 6x6

Accessories: Stashed Simply Scrappin' kits, brads, punches,

Read more: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/2474695#ixzz2rW2EHnLq