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What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday – #199

March 27, 2013 by 12 Comments

Hello!! I hope you are all doing well. It is Tuesday night and I am typing this post early as usual. I don’t have time to do it on Wednesday’s but let’s just say, nothing is going to change on my desk between Tuesday night and Wednesday. So that being said, here is a peek:

Copic Coloring practice

Copic Coloring practice

I have decided to really buckle down and practice my coloring to get to the next level. So today I hunkered down with tea, music and my markers. I colored the clouds and some suns.  Tomorrow I will do a little more and so on. I tend to practice in spurts so I want something more consistent.

Close up

Close up

I also wanted to say I had a blast on my recent craft retreat.

Choose Happy!

Choose Happy!

I was able to work on several projects. I made this mini album. You can see more here!

Well I am off to go snoop around the globe.

If you haven’t learned about this amazing creative journey you can take every Wednesday, then head on over to Julia’s Stamping Ground and you will find desks from all around the world for What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday.

Have a blessed day!

 Belinda

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Mini Album Project – Choose Happy!

March 27, 2013 by 2 Comments
Choose Happy!

Choose Happy!

Hi Everyone!  I thought I would share one of the projects I completed last week on my craft retreat. I haven’t been doing much scrapbooking beyond Project Life and I haven’t made a mini album in a very long time. So this was a really fun project to create. I bought the base for this mini album at  Joann’s a long time ago on clearance. So I gathered it and added some paper from my 6×6 paper packs. The one I used most of was from My Mind’s Eye ‘ Indie Chic – Nutmeg’.  I am on an aqua kick right now so I kept the palette to aqua and a few other colors. I even painted the mini close pins to match.

Page 1 and 2

Page 1 and 2

I will put the pictures in now that I am home.

Page 3 and 4

Page 3 and 4

I also used some sticker elements from Echo Park’s ‘For the Record’.

Page 5 and 6

Page 5 and 6

I also used one of my girlfriend’s Stampin Up stamps to create the little hearts you see in there.

Page 7 and 8

Page 7 and 8

I love all the little pockets and the bicycle is so stinkin’ cute.

Page 9 and 10

Page 9 and 10

The colors are a mixture of serene from the blue and muted browns to pure energy from the golden yellow colors.

Page 11 and 12

Page 11 and 12

I also used doilies for added dimension.

Page 13 and 14

Page 13 and 14

I can’t wait to put some photos in those little “Polaroid frames.

Page 15 and 16

Page 15 and 16

One of my favorite elements are the wooden man and woman. I just love them.

Close up of 18

Close up of 16

I didn’t realize there were so many pages in this little book.

Page 17 and 18

Page 17 and 18

Can’t wait to put something in that glassine envelope.

Close up of envelope

Close up of envelope

I am thinking of using only black and white photos so as not to compete with the color scheme.

I will share more projects in the days to come so do stop by soon.

Have a blessed day!

Belinda

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Good Morning Monday!

March 25, 2013 by Leave a Comment

 

The views while riding with my girl Ashley!

The views while riding with my girl Ashley!

Hello!!! Happy Monday!  I know many of you are thinking Monday isn’t typically your favorite day of the week. I’m thinkin’ Friday is more like a day to celebrate.  Well I am feeling rejuvenated after 4 days away on a craft retreat with my girlfriends.  So this isn’t my typical Monday mood but I am going to enjoy it anyway.

Almost there.

Almost there.

Every year, for the past 4 years we all drive to New Hampshire to a very charming Inn for relaxing, crafting and a whole lot of laughing. This year it was  20 of us that made the trek and it did not disappoint.  The food was amazing and the views just bring you to that happy place.

The view at my table.

The view at my table.

I really enjoyed walking around and seeing all the projects everyone was working on during our time away.  As usual, I brought more than I managed to complete but that’s alright, I did managed to get stuff done and have a lot of fun while doing it. So that is the important thing. In past years, I use to race through to see how many pages I could complete while away but I took an entirely different approach and let things play out and worked freely on a variety of things, some I completed, some I did not but I feel okay with that.

Ok I confess, I ate two more of those chocolate covered strawberries!

Ok I confess, I ate two more of those chocolate covered strawberries!

I will be sharing some of the projects I worked on over the next few days.

Where my craftin' was happenin'!

Where my craftin’ was happenin’!

I hope you all had a great weekend and I hope you have  a blessed week!

Belinda

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What’s On Your Workdesk Wednesday – #198

March 20, 2013 by 5 Comments

Hello Everyone!

My initial planning

My initial planning

I hope you all are well.  We just had another storm here in the north eastern US again.  Snow. I am so ready for it to be over and spring to truly appear.

6x6 paper pads for card-making

6×6 paper pads for card-making

I am in extra happy spirits for many reasons today, one is that I reached my first year anniversary selling online at Belinda’s Crafts on Monday.

some punches

some punches

Another reason I am so happy is tomorrow I leave for my annual girlfriend craft retreat. This year it will be 20 of us in a really amazing cozy inn in Jackson NH.  I usually go for 3 days but add another this year to really have fun with the girls.  As many of you may know, preparing for a crop can be a full time job in itself.  I always plan to bring less.  I am not sure I succeeded but I plan on working on some cards for my shop, dabble with a mixed media project, work on the structure for a mini album and get caught up on my Project Life album.  When I had spread out everything on floor in my craftroom to determine what would make the cut, my husband saw it and said, “It looks like your desk threw up.”

I love using the sterilite to transport projects.

I love using the sterilite to transport projects.

So we will see what I am actually able to acheive. I am a big believer in the balance of the social aspect of crops and that you have to have a mix the crafting with the talk.  So I don’t have a goal this time around.

My little helper, helping me pack.

My little helper, helping me pack.

All packed!!

All packed!!

I am going to keep this short and wish you all a great week.

If you haven’t learned about this amazing creative journey you can take every Wednesday, then head on over to Julia’s Stamping Ground and you will find desks from all around the world for What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday.

Have a blessed day!

Belinda

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