What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday – #181

November 21, 2012 by 6 Comments

Hello Everyone!

Today’s post will be short and sweet (ok, I can at least guarantee the short part!)  Tomorrow we are off to my in-laws for the Thanksgiving Holiday.  I am not one for enjoying the packing and unpacking process so I am a little grumpy right now.

Well the mess is back!

So let me tell you what you are looking at since last week’s clean desk is a distant  memory.  I decided that I did not have enough time to make my usual enormous batch of handmade Christmas cards.  So our family sat for a holiday photo session and what you are seeing the cards on the right.  On the left there is smaller wallets that came with the package so I thought I can make some quick cards if I run out of the cards I ordered.  I am also going to use my new snowflake Die-namics to cut out snowflakes to seal the envelopes.

In the middle of my desk you can see my latest sale getting ready for shipping. Underneath that is list of images of one of my Cricut cartridges. I was looking at it for things I could use for Valentine’s Day cards.  In the back right corner are some tags I cut out with my cuttlebug. They are going to be Kwanzaa tags.  Lots of other things poking out in the baskets – stamps and dies.

Well I need to go but I do promise to do better visiting desks this 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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What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday – #180

November 14, 2012 by 8 Comments

Hello friends! I’m back. I took two weeks off. One due to the Hurricane Sandy and the other just flat out having too much to do.  We faired well with this storm.  The boys did not have school as a precaution but we did not bare the brunt of the storm like places in New York and New Jersey.  My prayers go out to all of them.  The weather is getting more unsettled over the years.  So nerve-wracking.

Yes that is the actual surface you can see on my desk.

Onto my desk.  Well let’s just say, when it’s clean, we must celebrate because once I dive into most projects, it gets buried under products.  So let me tell you what you are seeing:     The red box-like items are some shadow-box cards I am making for my shop.  The print out underneath is of my latest purchase for my Cricuit Expression 2 (CE2), a digital cartridge from designer Terry Collins. I never used the function to download a digital cartridge and use on the CE2.  So I have to say I like the speed of accessing a great cartridge but I don’t know if I am going to do it for most purchases because I don’t like that I must have internet access to use it. Anyway, I digress.

You can see some colored up Christmas fairies I made for some cards I am working on. There are also 2 new cards the right that I created at a crop this weekend. I need to upload them to my Etsy shop.  Speaking of coloring, you can see some of my Copics waiting to be refilled.  I have had the refills for over a week but haven’t gotten around to filling them.

A closer look at this temporary vision of cleanliness!

In the Nantucket basket in the back you can see my yummy supply of 6×6 Christmas paper packs to use for holiday cards.

On the right you will see another thing that is exciting me lately. It’s this new Simple Stories Handmade Holiday line.  I bought the 4×6 and 3×4 journaling cards. The colors are traditional and warm and I plan on using them both on cards and some scrapbooking projects.

The basket behind it holds all of my latest stamps that will be inked up as soon as I push through my winter and holiday cards.

I have to stop here because I have so much catching up to do visiting all my WOYWW friends.

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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What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday – #177

October 24, 2012 by 13 Comments

Hello Everyone! I hope everyone is well. Today I started working on making my son’s Halloween exchange. The kids used to be able to exchange Halloween cards and candy but we now have a no food or candy policy at his school. So I often make his cards. This year he is in third grade so I stepped it up a notch and made cool pencil holders.

I found some Halloween paper laying around my craft room to use for a boy design and a girl design.

So I managed to finish making all the components and only need to assemble them now which doesn’t take very long.

I used distress ink for the little labels I punched out of white cardstock to coordinate with the pattern papers.

I always manage to make thing more complex than necessary.

I used purple and green for the girls and orange and black for the boys.

I actually enjoyed making the boxes best.

Building more of the components

I used my Cricut to cut out the perfect size accent for the front of the case.

I finally got some use out of my Cricut that seems to be catching dust lately.

The final cases have two pencils and Nicholas is going to make something to put in each for his classmates.

Finished cases.

 

Front and back shots of the cases.

Well I am ready for some snooping and that’s just what I’m gonna do!

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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What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday – #176

October 17, 2012 by 21 Comments

Hello Everyone,

First and foremost, I felt so much love from all the wonderful posts last week from: Maria, Joynana, Elaine, Lisa, Vickie, Julia, Bernice, Vonny K, Maggie, Deb, Dantiella, Mary Anne, Sandi, Kay, Anna, Tamika, Scrappymo and Kay (505Whimsygirl).

I was so nervous about entering my first contest and when I received all the wonderful warm comments, I felt like I already won.   Thanks for taking the time to look and write such thoughtful comments.

Craft haul from my weekend crop

 

I had so much fun at my weekend crop with my girlfriends. We spent from 9 in the morning until 9 at night laughing, snacking and working on fun craft stuff. It was at a store so of course I had to look and boy was that a mistake.  They carried three of my favorite brands there one,  which is MFT Die-Namics.  I just can’t get enough of their dies. They are so pretty.  So I bought a crown border, snowflakes, oval stax, jumbo fishtail banner stax, designer label stax and the cutiest icicle border dies.  Then I bought two new MFT stamps one of a little girl with snowballs and the other hugging a snow man.  I justified the insane total expense by saying they were tools that can be used over and over.  (Come on, that’s a good reason right?)

 

Cute storage I bought at Target.

Another thing I did while walking around the craft store was to get storage idea inspirations and one thing they did that I loved was have wire baskets all over the store with tons of cards in them for you to peruse.  Well I ran out and bought two wire baskets in the dollar section in Target and stuck some of my fall cards in them. In the back are pencils I bought in preparation for my boys’  Halloween exchanges in school. I am going to make something crafty to store the pencils for each child. I will post pictures when I create them.

A wider shot of my desk.

You can see some of my Christmas notecards I have finished and ready to go into my shop and some other images I finished coloring that are ready for use on some cards.  Oh and I made that little box when I was at the crop.  (see I did something) Mr. Huey’s color mist schoolhouse sitting there waiting for me to use it.

Well I am ready for some snooping and that’s just what I’m gonna do!

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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