What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday #88

Whew! How prepared am I? It's the wee hours and I'm photographed and uploaded for What's On You Workdesk? Wednesday. I can't believe it! Here's the state of affairs right now:

I'm all hot and heavy on an Altered Ancestors Little Fat Book swap. I'm having a blast pulling my "instant ancestors" together. I can't wait to see my pages, much less the finished book that will be sent back to me with one of my pages and a bunch made by fellow swappers! 

Here are the very beginnings of the three pages I'm focusing on right now (11 pages total). They will get loads more embellishment, including as much T!m Holtz product as I can squeeze on. Get this - the pages are 4"x4" and the active embellishment area is actually 2.5" wide to account for binding on the left side. That blank strip on the bottom right page is my guide so I don't go into the binding area (it's not attached). Talk about small canvas! I can't wait to show you what I'm going to do with that dear (innocent) lady... it makes me giggle just thinking about it. :)

Handy dandy T!m Holtz embellishment storage. I was so happy to put it all into this container - the packaging takes up so much space!

So anyway, that's it for now. If you want to play along and have a snoop around work spaces all over the world, check out the Queen of Snoop right here!

Thanks for visiting! Last week I did much better visiting other WOYWWers, but still didn't make it through to all 150+. It seems I've joined a quickly growing movement!

Cheers,
Susan

TBS DT: Love Birds Get Sketchy!

Hello hello! It's another Monday and you know what that means! I get to kick off another week of fabulously inspiring Beary Sweet Sketch Challenge samples from the fabulously inspiring design team. :)

As I write this Sunday night I am distracted by a football game. Well, to be honest  I couldn't care less about the game but I do love watching the adverts. So far Doritos has done quite well.  The Chevy truck "Timmy fell down the well" ad had us in stitches and I enjoyed the Coke ad featuring border guards - it was cute.

So, this week the design team is continuing with the BSC #19 sketch, and we're adding "plus fabric" to our  projects as a little twist.

I used the delicious My Mind's Eye Portobello Road collection. All four layers of paper are different designs within the line, and the birds are cut from the Love Birds paper. My fabric bunting is made from upholstery fabric I used for my family room pillows. I finished the edge with a scrap of seam binding and then sewed the blue crocheted lace from the "Party Trims" accessory pack (after I separated it from the crepe paper). To be honest, it was labor-intensive.

Card Recipe

• Paper: Bazzill Basics in Truffle; My Mind's Eye Lost & Found, Portobello Road Collection - Looking Glass, Flannel, First Class (front & back), Love Birds
• Medium: Ranger Distress Inks in Walnut
• Embellishments: Portobello Road Party Trims, You & Me Buttons, Buddies Decorative Brads; Ivory crocheted lace, seam binding and fabric from stash
• Adhesives: Scor-Tape; 1/2" Glue Dots; silicone
• Tools: Scor-Pal; Cutter Bee scissors

Important reminders: Our Guest Designer Call is going on now through March 5! We are choosing 4 guest designers to serve 3-month terms. Go to this post on our store blog for all the details! 

Also, the current sketch challenge is open through February 14. Go here all the details. See you there!

Cheers,
Susan

[Edit] *ahem* It's Monday morning and seems I was distracted enough last night to disable comments on this post. Oops. It's fixed now.

Beary Scrap Facebook Giveaway - (Ended)

Hello hello! Just a quick note to say our dear Kimm and Beary Scrap "Mom" is giving away

One Complete Kit of

 My Mind's Eye/Lost and Found/Union Station!

This line is a hot seller at the store and now you have a chance to win a complete kit for being a Facebook fan! (See more details below.) The kit includes one of each paper design and *all* the embellishments - can you believe it?

Click here and join the fun. Be sure to answer the question at the Giveaway Post on Facebook before 10PM EST and you could be a winner!

Have a great day, and good luck!

Cheers,
Susan

What's On You Workdesk? Wednesday #87

I had to shovel off the floor to vacuum, so here's the Desk of Destash. Or, the desk of de stash... but that makes it sound good and I need to move it along to another home. Ha!

I reorganized and had to admit that while I love hoarding supplies, I just won't use all of it. It's been sitting on the floor for a couple of weeks. I now have loads of printed and solid papers, along with loads of paper pads I used once or twice at the most... and a Spellbinders Wizard.  ...And stickers/dimensionals, paper flowers and a couple of punches. Good night! Why did I think I would use all this stuff?

Want to have a snoop around other desks? Join us over at the Stamping Ground and see what a fab bunch of creatives our host Julia has gathered around her. It's fun!

Cheers,
Susan

CLP DT: CLP #33 Sketch Challenge

Hello hello! It's (already!) February 1st and time for another Crafting Life's Pieces Sketch Challenge. Yay! Chelsea has made another gorgeous sketch and the design team of offering up fabulous samples for inspiration I love working with these talented ladies! Please be sure to check them out HERE. :)

Oh, how I love this card! Hmm... can I say that? I will be honest and tell you part of my love is Spite Love. The Husband is a little creeped out by the caged heart. Heh. All the more for me to love, my dear! *ahem*

Now, back to sanity... I used My Mind's Eye Laundry Line papers for the layers.  The edges were inked with Ranger Walnut Stain using the handy... handle tool. I got over my initial fear of using it and am now can't live without it. I'm dying to get one of those chrome spinny tool holders and load up on tools so I can have one color per tool. But I digress...

The fabric flower is Prima with an added pearl center, and the orchid is a Magnolia flower. The roses and rose buds are from The Beary Scrap. You can only see a little of the gem branch in this photo, but I have a story to tell about it. I originally bought a 6' clear garland at a Big Box Craft Store and cut all the little branches off at the main base. Whenever I need a gem branch I color it with Copics (or other alcohol ink) to match the project. Cool, huh? Especially when I used a 40% off coupon - made it $6 and I have a TON of branches!

The heart was a true labor of love. It's made of a Grungeboard die cut and originally painted with Worn Lipstick Distress Crackle Paint. Once dried, I decided it needed to be shinier and covered it with Glossy Accents. Of course, I forgot Glossy Accents tends to change some colors, and the pinky heart turned into an orangey heart. Blech. I flipped it over and started again - more Worn Lipstick and another day to dry. This time I used a thin layer of Rock Candy Stickles on top to give it a bit of shine. Perfect! 

This delicious cage is cut from Grungepaper using a Tim Holtz die. I painted the cage with pearl Lumiere acrylic paint and it turned out too silvery. I then took a blob of Lumiere Halo Pink Gold on a makeup wedge and dabbed here and there on the cage. Once that dried I decided it needed more... I used a Prima music stamp with Archival ink in Russet on the cage. Phew! I'm done!

Challenges, Please

• Simon Says Stamp and Show (2/5) - Show Some Love
• Simon Says Stamp (2/9) - Love Is In The Air
• Charisma Cardz #4 (2/2) - Valentines/Love
• PaperPlay #4 (2/2) - Layer it up!
• Papertake Weekly (2/7) -  Anything Goes + Flower
• City Crafter #42 (2/7) - Love Is All You Need - Use a heart or the word "love"
• Crazy 4 Challenges #72 (2/4) - Vintage or shabby chic
• Bunny Zoe #8 (2/14) - Love is in the air

To get you started, here is Chelsea's beautiful CLP Challenge sketch. I hope you can use it and join our challenge!

This month we're sponsored by Chelsea's own Gurlee Girl shop. You could win a $20 gift card!

Come join us!

Cheers,
Susan

TBS DT: You're The Cherry On Top!

Hello hello dear friends! Whew - can't believe it's already Monday. Weekend was crazy busy at our house and I'm glad for a Monday break. :)

I am the "caboose" on our Beary Sweet "Friendship or Love" challenge. Today is the last bit of inspiration before a new challenge starts on our design team blog tomorrow. I consider this card 'light and airy' compared to my other samples. It's pretty versatile, don'tcha think?

It's the first time I've inked up a stamp in weeks - can you believe it? Sweet Tilda is a single layer... *gasp!* It's kind of refreshing to make a single layer image. Not sure how often I'll do it this way, but I do like this one! :)

All of the glitter detail (banners, dots, bird, etc.) is Stickles - the paper isn't glittered. I know! MME putting out a paper without glitter - what's up with that? Hee hee. This Tickled Pink line is absolutely adorable!

Challenges, Please

• Papertake Weekly #52 (1/31) - Sketch (love this!)
• Creative Prompts #50 (1/31) - Merry-Go-Round of Color! (This is such a fabulously creative challenge blog - check 'em out!)

Card Recipe

• Stamp: Magnolia
• Paper: Bazzill Basics in Ruby Red; My Mind's Eye/Fine and Dandy/Tickled Pink in the 6x6 pad
• Medium: Copics for skin; Ranger Distress Ink in Worn Lipstick topped with a little Antique Linen to tone down the pink; Glimmer Mist in Pearl (on the flowers); Stickles Glitter Glue in Star Dust, Fruit Punch, Cotton Candy, Aqua
• Embellishments: My Mind's Eye/Fine and Dandy/Tickled Pink blue felt ric-rac; computer-made ticket printed on paper from the Tickled Pink pad; all others from stash
• Adhesives: Scor-Tape; Glue Dots 1/2" Pop Up Dots; and Glossy Accents
• Tools: Scor-Pal

Thanks so much for visiting me today. If you wish to enter your project in our "Friendship or Love" challenge you have until midnight EST. If the LinkyTool expires before that time, just add your link in the comments and I'll sort it out. :)

Tomorrow begins our next challenge with a spiffy new sketch and another $20 gift voucher prize. I'm sure Gini will wow and inspire you with her design team sample!

Don't forget that almost everything at The Beary Scrap is at least 20% off every day. A delicious assortment of German Glass Glitter arrived recently, as did all the new Stickles colors. Speaking of new, check out the Pre-Order section to snag the 12 new Copic colors at 25% off.

Cheers,
Susan

What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday #86

Oh my, it's still Wednesday, right? Sheesh. Dinner is cooking and I just remembered about the WOYWW photo I took this morning. Where does the time go?

I abandoned the work desk shortly after snapping this with my phone. I'm pretty sure it looks that way now, too. So, I changed things around a bit recently so the workspace is bigger. More room to spread out and maybe I won't use the floor as much... ha! Like that'll happen. The far left corner holds the Pile Of Stuff The Will Never Be Put Away. As it grows I'm forced to deal with things that fall off, but otherwise it's always there. I can't tell you what is on the bottom because I don't know.

The heart on the craft mat is from a T!m grunge pack. I painted it... then painted it with crackle paint... then slathered on Glossy Accents. It's drying in the photo. I'm not sure what else I could do to it... I'll put it behind the cage and throw away the key. There's a sentiment or quote "out there" about caged or locked-up hearts. Fore the life of me I can't find it/them.

See the bin of ribbon next to the open drawer*? I just got my first stash of crinkled seam binding from a fabby Etsy shop - Prairie Bird Boutique. It's so pretty I don't want to put it away.

*Open Drawer Syndrome - if you ask my husband, it's an incurable sickness *I* have from which *he* suffers greatly. I have bouts of it in the kitchen and bathroom, too. He's a good egg and shuts them behind me.

Thanks for visiting my work desk - you can have a snoop at tons of fabulous spaces at Stamping Ground.

Cheers,
Susan