Stacy's Stamping Space

Good morning! Today you are going to see my, Stacy's little stamping space. My stamping space is in the spare room in our house which I share with a few bookcases, Ranger's bed or one of his many beds among a few other things. My husband and father in law built me a desk, shelves and cubbies to hold all my goodies.

If you are coming directly into the room this is what you see first thing. yes, there is two computers on the right as can see as I share space with our office computer.  :0)  The laptop is for bloggin and playing around on the internet. Rather nice to have the two monitors at times I do have to say. yes my desk is messy and I didn't clean it up much so you could see how it really looks. My Silhouette machine is to the right by the laptop along with my drawer cabinet that holds brads, buttons and little things. In the drawers you see by the chair is where my solid colored paper is stored. I have divided the colors from lights and darks between the drawers, this is a great system for me that works. My Copic markers are to the left of the calendar that are housed in a turned sideways pencil holder from staples. This has been the easiest way for me to hold them and easy access.

The top two shelves hold a lot of my crafting stuff within arms length. The top shelf from left to right is creations that friends have sent me, bottle of primas, three bins that hold spooled ribbon and loose ribbon, storage boxes for stamps and then alterable items. I keep a lot of things to alter for gifts and just for fun. The bottom shelf from left to right is my cuttlebug folders, copic refills, rhinestones and misc tuff, envlopes and designer papers.

 

Now this is where I store all my stamps. 9 feet tall with two sides, each cubby holds a bin that stores stamps by company. Too many stamps? I would have to agree as I am working on going through and giving large amounts away to loving homes.  ;0)   Don't tell hubby I said any of that. hee hee  Well that is my little stamping space that I cherish. Hope you enjoyed sharing in my little space today. Have a great day.

Using Hessian...

Morning all...

Vicky here today...and I thought I share with you some crafty storage ideas using Hessian..

and the pretty Nested Flowers 2 ~ Set of three dies..

And here are the items you will need..

Clean tin can

Nested Flowers  2 ~ Set of three dies

Hessian

Button Twine

Lace

Buttons/Brads

Cheesecloth

and here is how I made them..

1} Cut a piece of Hessian 4" x 25" and fray the edges as shown.

2} Wrap the hessian around the tin and glue into place.

3} Wrap the Lace and twine around the tin and make a bow.

4} Glue flower into place.

and here is how I made the flower..

1} Die-cut the flower as shown.

2 } Then place on top of each other and take a piece of cheesecloth and fix with a brad or button..

Here is how I made the pouch..

1} Again cut a piece of hessian 4"x 25" and fray the edges.

2} Fold over leaving a 2" at the top and sew down the sides using the twine.

3} Decorate using the lace and twine as shown above..then fix flower into place..

and your items should look like this..

Hope you enjoyed my little ideas using hessian..and it's also great storage for your pencils and other crafty items too....

Thank you so much for stopping by...and have a lovely day too..

big hugs Vicky xx

Whiff of Joy March Blog Hop ~ Spring

Welcome to the March Whiff of Joy Blog Hop! This month, we are switching things up a little bit and have a Spring-themed hop! With so many amazing images released in the months of January & February, we aren’t releasing any new ones this month, instead we are celebrating Spring with some gorgeous decor and gift ideas! All the images we have  used today are already available and waiting for you at our Whiff of Joy on-line store!

 

 

This month, because we love you and are grateful for your amazing support, we are giving away 6 of our Norma Fickel Gnome stamps to one very lucky winner. The winner will be drawn from the comments on our DT blogs so as you hop, leave a comment at each stop. At the end of the hop, come back here to this post and let us know that you have left a comment at each stop of the hop by linking your name with the inlinkz tool at the end of this post and you will be entered for a chance to win! A complete list of the hop can be found below, just in case you get lost along the way!
 

The hop will remain open until midnight CEST midnight Wednesday March 20th. Winners will be announced by Katharina on her blog.

• Katharina
• Jeanette
• Linda
• Stacy
• Sonja (Flati)
• Karina
• Colleen
• Vicky
• Kathrin 
• Karin
• Sabine
• Andrea & Clarissa
• Marion
• Sara
• Whiff of Joy World of Ideas Blog

Your first stop is wonderful Katharina’s blog!
Enjoy the hop!

Tomorrow, we will be…

Morgen werden wir…

…den Frühling begrüßen. Und zwar mit einem Blog Hop der anderen Art. Keine Karte, lautet die Devise, sondern Dekorationen, kleine Geschenke, originelle Verpackungen und, und und… Nicht verpassen!!

…welcoming Spring with a special Blog Hop. No card, is the device, but creative packaging, little presents and everything to decorate your home for Spring…. don’t miss it!

Altered Easter Eggs

Happy Friday! Today we have a wonderful tutorial for you from our amazing Guest Designer.

Linda Kläringe from Pysselbus

Hi peeps!

This is me, Linda, here with you today to share my tutorial for my GDT term. As Easter is fast approaching I thought I'd make something related to that and what I'd like to show you is how I alter Easter eggs.

This is what you need:

An Easter egg, new or old anything will do, papers, decorations, maybe an image if you'd like (and your egg is big enough) and of course decoupage glue.

I start by tearing up the patterned paper in small pieces and quickly dip them into water to make them somewhat soft and easy to work with.

Then i just add glue to a small part of the egg and add the paper pieces on to the glue. Be sure to let the pieces overlap a little bit so that it doesn't dry apart. Add another coat of glue over the paper pieces. I have used different colors for the top and bottom of the egg.

When the egg is all covered in paper - let it dry before decorating.

I used a punch and punched out leaves to decorate the egg. I place the leaves on the egg quite spread out and then add more leaves and more decorations.

This is what the egg turned out like in the end.

I have used the following Whiff of Joy products:
Pad Frülingserwackem
Brads
Charm Keys
Yellow ribbon

Thank you for stopping by today! If you'd like to see more of my GDT projects for Whiff of Joy you can find them here

Have a great day!

Whiff of Joy Challenge # 150

Good Morning and welcome to our new Whiff of Joy Challenge! To discover who won last weeks challenge and who was picked for our top 3, please go down to the post below!

We have another new sponsor who is sponsoring us now and then; it is Live And Love Crafts!! How great is this!



If the words vintage and shabby chic makes your heart beat faster, you will find your haven at Live & Love Crafts!
Live & Love Crafts is a UK based online store that ships WORLDWIDE. 

The store is owned and operated by Sandra Mathis, a crafter who is as passionate about the vintage style as she is about customer service and providing a good shopping experience. Live & Love Crafts prides itself on having a website that is easy to navigate with excellent product images. Orders are dispatched fast; usually on the same day received.

Live & Love Crafts stocks a wide range of products from well-loved vintage brands such as Pion Design, Maja Design, Riddersholm Design, Kort & Godt, Magnolia, Prima, Melissa Frances, Maya Road, and the Tim Holtz/Ranger product lines.

The store has a vast selection of laces, ribbons and trims, an assortment of close to 200 charms and metal decorations, as well as many other unique embellishments that you can't find elsewhere. To help you save on costs, the charms/metal decos can be purchased singularly and all trims and ribbons are sold by the yard/meter. If you’re looking for products that will inspire and a one stop paper & embellishment shop, look no further than Live & Love Crafts!

This challenge lovely Sandy offers to the lucky winner a £10 Store Voucher
   
 Thank you Sandy!

What do you need to do to be in with a chance of winning?? Join us this fortnight for our new Challenge with the theme

HAPPY EASTER

Please remember to use a Whiff of Joy image for your entry to count in the prize draw! You have time to enter until Tuesday 26th March 2013 at 8 p.m. CET (Central European Time). 

Here are the Design Team's stunning cards for your inspiration. For more detailed information on each card, please visit the Designer’s personal blog.

LINDA

KARIN



MARION




KARINA

KATHRIN

 

COLLEEN



Now we look forward to see your fabulous projects.

Challenge # 149 Winner and Top 3

Hello and Happy Wednesday! First of all we want to say a big thank you to everyone who joined our last challenge. As always so great to see all your gorgeous projects and how you followed our Sketch! Hope you will join us again for our next challenge we will announce within few minutes.

First we would like to announce the winner chosen by random.org and our top 3 which are chosen by the design team.

 Our sponsor for challenge # 149 is





And Nikki from Bunny Zoe's Crafts is sponsoring...




And the lucky winner is...

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

13

SYLVIE

Congratulations, Sylvie! Please contact us HERE to claim your prize.

Here are our picks for the top three cards, in no particular order:

MARY LOU




GOODIE

SWANTJE

Congratulations ladies! Please take our Top 3 badge you can find in the sidebar and wear it with proud on your blog.

Just check back in few minutes when we have a new theme for you.