Crafting Again!

We made it thru the Blizzard of 2015!  Back to work today!  But I did have fun making these cute Valentine's Day cards.  My sister, Rochelle, inspired me to try and make them!  Check out her blog with a link to the instructions-

http://creativecornerstudio.blogspot.com/2015/01/triple-heart-easel-card.html


Here are a few more pictures of my cards-

Side view



This is the card closed



a little blurry



Closed

My craft room is almost organized to a point where I feel comfortable in it again.  I am hoping to share a video sometime soon of my new room.   Hope everyone has a fabulous day!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another update!

 

 

The good news -  I have emptied all the boxes!  The bad news- well, check out my pictures!  Stuff is everywhere!  I have made some progress but I am still trying to figure out where to put everything!  I work full time so it mostly happens on the weekends.  Can't wait until it's all done! I think it will be .... sometime soon,...I hope.  I will let the pictures do the talking... Back soon!

Hubby put up the shelves... bless him!

The closet is looking better

Yikes!

Still a mess

Love the natural light

Craft room update!

 

Happy New Year!  I hope everyone's New Year was fun!  We moved into our new home 2 weeks before Christmas!  The holidays are now over and it really is starting to feel like "our" home!  But the last room to unpack is my Craft room.  I am excited to be above ground.  My previous craft room was in the cellar of our condo.  My new room is on the 2nd floor!  Lots of natural sunlight!!  I am anxious to get everything organized!  My hubby is helping me get things set up.  I will update with pictures along the way!

 

I think I am sort of a hoarder!  I ended up throwing out lots of stuff I collected but realized I would probably never use- like old stamping  magazines that I bought years ago, different sized containers that I thought I could decorate and never did.   It did feel good to let them go!

I will share some photos of the process of getting my room back together!  Hopefully, I can started crafting soon!  I need some Thank you cards shortly so no more delays!   It is going to be a great year!!!

Christmas 2014

Just a quick post to show you our Christmas cards this year!  We rented a moving truck today to move boxes and small pieces of furniture.  Our family helped us move today- we could not have done it without them!  We have hired movers for the big "stuff" to move the rest on Friday.  What a day!  I am sore from head to toe!  I almost, almost bought store bought Christmas cards this year.  Trying to pack boxes and make this move takes soooo much of my time.  But I was able to make the above cards- even though my Craft room is disassembled!  This week I will finish packing it all up to move.

 

I used Pan Pastels to make the moon glow.  I love the trees die cuts that add dimension to the card.

As soon as I can get my Craft room up and running in our new home- I will post pictures.  Not sure when that will be- so in case I don't get a chance before Christmas- Merry Christmas to all!

Empty Craft Room

I finally figured out why I couldn't upload pictures!  My cord was not plugged in!  We had been "hacked" by unknowns who demanded moola to release our files!  I have lost 2 years worth of pictures but it just means making some new memories.  My husband was able to get our computer back and for now it is up and working!  Yipee!   If that excitement was not enough- we found the home of our dreams and bought it!  But, of course, that means moving from the condo.  It also means I will have a Craft room above ground!  These are pictures of my Craft room after boxing everything up!  I won't tell you how many boxes I used.  Yikes, I have a lot of stuff!!

 

All my dies are off the wall!  I left enough stuff to make my Christmas cards.  I will show pictures soon!  Look how empty it looks!

 

 

All my wooden stamps have been boxed up too!  Tom made this shelf just for those stamps! I think one day they will be considered vintage since now we tend to use clear self sticking stamps.

 

 

I still have to box my paper!  My office will be making our Christmas cards again this year to send to other offices! I will show you pictures after next week of those cards too! This is a busy month for us!  As if Christmas time wasn't busy enough- moving to a new home just adds to the excitement!  I can't wait.  I will post pictures of my NEW Craft room once it is set up!

 

 

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

Our computer was "hacked"!!  Someone held all our folders hostage and would not release them  unless we paid $700.00!!   Well, of course we didn't pay.   We basically had to start all over again from the last time we backed up our files- which was 2 years ago.  There is a lesson there...!!!  So I can't upload pictures yet.  Gotta figure out how to do it since it isn't working at all.  I wanted to show you some pictures of my empty craft room!  We are in the process of packing everything and moving to a new home about 3 miles away!!  I get to have a craft room that won't be in the basement!  I can't wait!  I will be sure to post pictures of our new home and my new craft room!

So no pictures until we get our ability to download pictures again. Hopefully, that will be soon.  In the meantime, I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving! 

Spider Halloween Treats

I adore Stampin Up's Curvy Keepsake Box!  When I saw all the cute ideas using this thinlet die - I had to get it.  I made these to give away at work to the kids who might come in.  We didn't get many kids so I gave them to the staff!  Aren't they a hoot!  The idea wasn't mine- I saw it several times by different people on Pinterest. 

 

Just as a quick follow up-  the office selected the Christmas card they want to make this year!  I sort of threw a wrench into the selection when I threw into the mix the card below.   I didn't even take a picture of it with the others because I didn't dream they would pick it ....but they did!  Our card this year is the Origami Christmas Tree!   Tada!

 

 

Most of my craft room has been packed away with just a few items left so that I can make my own Christmas cards.  I can't tell you how much I miss it already.  I will show you what it looks like in my next post. 

Take care!