Autumn Hues at Crafty Gals Corner

 Happy Saturday everyone, I hope your weekend is going well!

 We have an Autumn Hues colour challenge for you this week, at Crafty Gals Corner.  Use this picture as your inspiration to make a project to play along with us.

 Our wonderful sponsor this week is Flat Friends Boutique.

Prize ~ TBA

For my card, I used this adorable little skunk scene.  You can find this adorable image and many more that the Flat Friends Boutique store.  I used copic markers to colour the image and added some googly eyes for some fun. The DPs are all from the DCWV Autumn Melody stack.  Leaves were cut using dies from Cottage Cutz and from Recollections punches. The stamped sentiment is from the Cardz TV stamp set called Picture This.  I used Memento inks to sponge the inside of the card where I will be writing my message.  I'm hoping that this card will bring some cheer to a very dear friend who is going through cancer treatments.

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. I hope you enjoyed your visit and will come back soon :-)   You have till noon, CST, on Tuesday, 10 November 2015, to link your project to our challenge # 44, "Autumn Hues", at Crafty Gals Corner.  I can't wait to see all your wonderful projects.

Please take a few moments and visit our blog to see all the wonderful creations that my DT sisters have made for your inspiration.  While you there, please read through the rules for this challenge. Also, don't forget to visit our wonderful sponsor this week, Flat Friends Boutique, to see all the wonderful digital images available to help you create your projects.

Till next time,

Crafty hugs,

Craft Room Revamped!

Yes, it's done! I'm so happy with the way it came out. As you probably noticed by now, I like to have a place for everything and everything in its place :) As you can see this all came out perfectly and with the added bonus that I have practically everything I need within arm's reach! I don't know if that makes me organised or just lazy, my crafty friends, but I'll let you decide. I'm just too excited and happy that it worked out that way! This is one view of my desk with my embellishment centre, my cricut and all my odds and ends in the different boxes. I love my see-thru boxes - I keep things like stickles, glues, glitters, alcohol inks, cuttlebug folders, clear stamps, die cuts, etc. in them. On the top shelf I have a few of the items I make on display. I don't only do papercrafts, I also make diaper cakes, wedding towel cakes, gift baskets, party favours, and the list goes on. I keep all my records filed neatly in the different binders.This is a view of the other side of my desk and the major new addition to my room. These cubicle units that I got at IKEA are just great not only for the added storage, but my hubby made a top that goes over them both, and that gives me extra counter work surface. This is where I do all my cutting, cuttlebugging (word?), etc. At the end against the wall, I have drawer units which I use to keep all my paper stacks. I can put 4 to 5 stacks in each drawer. They are all labelled by season, colour, etc. On this pic. you can see that I was very generous and gave hubby a little corner of my room for him to pursue his hobby which is painting. Since the window is on that side of the room, it was perfect for him.

I had already posted this on an earlier post, but here it is again as the view from opposite side of my desk. The large cupboard is where I keep all my things for the non papercrafting goodies. And yes, everything in it is also all stored in boxes. I just love pulling out what I need, work with it and put it back. Easy peasy!

My New Crafting Corner

Well, it's been a while since I posted on this blog and for those of you who follow it, I'm truly sorry. We had tiling issues which resulted in our builder to have to re-tile the entire downstairs portion of our home. Those of you that have had this done before, you know how the fine white dust just gets everywhere and into every nook and cranny. So, you see this is what I've been busy with, cleaning, cleaning and more cleaning. This is really nasty stuff - you can't just dust it off, because it smears, you have to wash it off with a damp cloth. While trying to get my house back to normal, I've also been fighting off a cold that has been with me for 2 weeks and is still lingering. On the upside though, my very sweet hubby, built a crafting corner for me. It was only going to be a little desk in the corner of our downstairs guest bedroom, lol, but it now takes up half of the room and it's all mine. :)

We haven't quite decided what to do about this bedroom ... on the one hand it is very convenient to have a guest bedroom downstairs, but on the other hand, it would make a great family hobby room. The other corner would be shared by my hubby, who loves to paint, and by my son, who loves to build model cars and planes.

So take a peek at my crafting corner and let me know what you think. In fact, if you have any suggestions as to how I can make it even more efficient, I would love to hear from you.

Here it is - my new crafting corner.

This is just for making cards, scrapbook layouts and paper crafting.

A quick run through, left side - top shelf: orders waiting to be delivered. Middle shelf: storage boxes for embossing folders, mat card stock, etc. Lower shelf: my cricut cartridges. Top of desk: 12" x 12" card stock trays, computer, carousel, 11" x 8.5" card stock trays, crafter's companion. Under the desk: CPU, box of scrap paper sorted by colour in hanging folders, drawer cabinet where I keep my stickers, patterned papers, etc., and hiding behind it is my yellow tool box.

On the right - top shelf: also used for orders waiting delivery and for storing my 12" x 24" mat and paper. Middle shelf: more storage boxes for my stamps, inks, etc. and crafting scissors.
In between is my embellishments center where I keep all my little flowers, stickles, ribbon, etc. Lower shelf: more storage boxes, my lil tv and my crafting fairy in a jar. On top of the desk is my cricut and jukebox, and my cuttlebug. Underneath is another drawer cabinet filled with all sorts of things that don't belong to a specific category. Next to the desk, in the other drawer cabinet is where I keep my decorative punches, my glass etching and my soap making supplies.

Oh, I forgot to tell you that in addition to what you see in these pictures, I have a 6' tall, double door cupboard where I keep all my supplies for my diaper cakes, wedding towel cakes and gift baskets and I also took over the closet in that bedroom. You honestly didn't think that I could keep everything in these little boxes, did you?