Craft Scratch Fever

Inspired by the Kissing Ball I decided to take some left over flowers I had and attach them to a styrofoam ball. I then covered a wooden dowel with green ribbon and added a bow. To make it stand I glued it down using hot glue. Filled the vase with some small acrylic filler and added a few pink hearts. Super easy and it looks really pretty in my guest bath.  Thank you for visiting and Happy Crafting!

LOVE in a shadowbox frame. I put this up for a Valentines Day decoration. The frame opening is 11x14 and opens from the front which makes it really easy.  I layered the letters and also the frames around the letters so they would stand out a bit. I did 5 layers on each. Products used-Cricut Folk Art Festival Cart for font. The Cricut Expression two built in cart for the frames around letters. Anna Griffin/Cuttlebug-Rosa embossing folder, lace ribbon, pink pearls and Little Birdie roses. I believe this Anna Griffin or Graphic 45 paper but not positive. I have had it for years, one of those great finds when I decided to organize. :) Thank you for visiting! Happy Crafting!

Paper, paper, paper! I'm addicted to all the pretty patterns and colors. But I had a lot of it, everywhere! It was taking me over I had so much. So when it came to organizing paper, it was quite overwhelming to me. I decided to start with my 6x6 paper packs first.  Now during the first month one of the things I did was move most everything to one area. Paper, Dies, Stamps and so on.  This way I could see how much of everything I had to go through, donate or keep and finally get to the organizing. I'd emptied many boxes and this one I found held the packs very nicely. This box measures inside 12 3/4 wide, 8 5/8 deep and 6 1/2 inches tall. You can pick these up at Michael's, they always have a wide range of decorated boxes.                          This tiny box ended up holding 52 paper packs and as you can see I could probably squeeze a few...

I've tried so many different ways of storing Dies. This one has been working out wonderfully for me so I thought I would share how I made them. This was also part of the getting organized class I did through Scrapbook.com. This one gave me some trouble finding something that worked well. I tried magnet books, magnet boards, in a drawer..etc. This is what I have settled on and I love it!  The larger shape dies, circles, squares, ovals etc. are easy to hang. I didn't want to put a lot of nails or tacks in the walls so I decided to make two cork boards. These are made out of frames I had around that I hadn't used. I cut foam board for the backing, two sheets glued together for each frame using white glue.  I then glued the cork on top of each of the squared foam boards. From here I glued these to the back of the frame. I kept the frames unpainted and added some decorative chipboard to the corners. I needed a tack that could hold a lot of dies. I found these ...

A card I made for my hubby today. I used the Bird Crazy Tim Holtz line to make this card. The paper is from Graphic 45-Mon Amour 6x6 pack. I love these birds and the accessory stamps you can get to go with them. They're so fun!  Tim Holtz Bird Crazy sets Graphic 45 Mon Amour Paper    Thank you for visiting!  Happy Card Making! :)

The first few weeks of the organization course was deciding how you wanted your space, what you wanted to surround yourself with and do an inventory of what you have.  From the inventory printout of all items you then decide which areas were the problem areas and which areas needed a quick clean or reorganize. The printout helps go through this process fairly quickly.  The first area I started on was my drawers. These two Alex units I have had for several years and they worked great for me but they were getting a little stuffed and I needed to go through and get rid of what I wasn't using and organize what I did use.  This is a front pic of the Alex Drawer from Ikea after I was finished.  Below are some pics of each drawer. Ikea-Alex Drawers  I have two units and the left top has all my brads and tiny beads. The right are all my Cricut cartridges. I made dividers in the tray I have them in stored in alphabetical order so they are easy to find...

I've been away from my blog redoing my Craft Room. I had painted it quite some time ago to a smokey blue. My colors prior to that were Lime Green and any color Pink. So a big change. I decided to to an organizing class I had found on Scrapbook.com. Its a 26 week free course. After signing up they send you weekly emails on what to do each week with downloadable pages and instructions. I signed up last year in Jan. I attempted a go at it and we had, well life happen and so I waited until June to really get into it again and go full force. So all in all it took me about 8 months total to complete.  Today I absolutely love it! It is so easy to work in and I am able to get things done much faster. Cleaning and getting things back to there place is easy and quick. Finding things is a snap. I wish I would have done this years ago.  Here are the pics of the final outcome and over the next few months I will post all the weeks of my organizing journey and the pics to go with it. ...

Been so busy lately making crafts for the upcoming 4th, here are a few things I have been doing....                   Pinwheels! I used a die cut for the pinwheels, then attached them to straws using two small brads, one in the front and one on the back that attached to the straw. They do function and will go around when hit with wind. I attached to straws with two brads each. I didn't have a short container around so I used a plastic creamer bottle that I cleaned out and cut down. I then wrapped it with packing paper and decorated that with stickers, paper and some stars I punched out.    The other Rockets I had made were for a friend. I made these to put on my porch. Just wrapped some toilet paper rolls with card-stock, made a cone for the top, fringed some coordinating paper for the bottom, glued a stick to them which I stained using Tim Holts inks. I used my scraps to decorate...

My friend that I craft with most loves rockets. She saw some at the store but they were very overpriced, so I made a few rockets for her. For the rockets I used toilet paper rolls and covered them in patterned patriotic paper. The tops I cut out a circle, then cut out a triangle from that, rolled them into cone shapes and glued them on top. The fringe I cut at 6 inches and combined them together then glued them to the inside of the toilet paper roll. I also cut a few circles to fit in the inside bottom with a hole in the center. This allowed me to later glue the paper covered wooden sticks in the center of the rocket.   The cylinder I made out of  chipboard. I wanted to have something that the rockets were being shot out of. I cut it 8 inches high and 14 inches long. I scored one inch lines. Then I dry brushed it white. Don't put the paint directly onto the chipboard or it will get too wet. I cut strips and glued them on. I punched holes on both ends and ...

  We sponsor a soldier in the Navy and here are a few cards I put together tonight. Wanting to get a good stash going so I can be sure and get one out at least once a week.     Since these are going in the mail and overseas I haven't wanted to make them bulky or have too much weight so keeping it mostly paper. The ones with embellishments I will put in with the packages we send every few weeks. Thank you for stopping by and Happy Craftin!

This is a page I did a few years ago. Its of my niece, Danni and my Mother In Law, Bobbi. Bobbi passed away a few days before Easter this year. Remembering her today with love.

I like the rope look on bottles and such that I have been seeing lately so I thought I would try this on a tin bin that I had picked up on clearance at Michaels some time ago. I used a hot glue gun and after wrapping it all around I cut all the loose strings added a lace ribbon to the top. I was going to use it in my craft room but decided to use it in the bathroom and put items I usually keep out on the counter. Still debating whether or not to add a flower or something the the front. Maybe I will find a burlap flower or try to make one....maybe a butterfly...something is needed. Gonna sit with it for a bit, then decide.

I just finished creating all the labels to put on all my newly organized boxes. I used Hammer mill 80 pound white paper for the labels I cut out on the Big Shot. The inks work great on this paper, I use it a lot for stamping and doing cut outs that I will color on my own rather than using patterned paper. Memento Ink is pretty much all I use now. Its the best I have found with copics and stamping. Happy Crafting Everyone!!

In early December I had decided to get my craft room organized for the main purpose of making a lot of cards. I wasn't sure who or what organization I was going to do these for, is all I knew is I missed doing this and wanted to get involved again. Just finishing my third book on the Navy Seals I decided I wanted to do something for the soldiers. They go through so much for us every second of every day so I got online and typed into Google "How to help a soldier" There I found Adopt A US Soldier.  http://adoptaussoldier.org/   On this site you may request a certain branch of the Military if you wish. Since we had family that had been in the Navy I wanted to choose that, but of course I would've been honored to help anyone they gave me. I am not sure I like the title of "Adopt", I think sponsor is a better word for this but I will try to leave my picky side at the doorstep on that one. :)  They are all volunteers, very helpful in the whole ...

I am nearly done organizing my things now in my redone craft room so now I am starting to add some decorations. One of the things that I read when redoing your craft room is to surround yourself with things you love when you add decor. I love, love, love flowers. They are just about my favorite thing on this earth.  My husband brought this green tin home that someone from his work was going to throw out, he thought I would be able to make something out of it. Here is what I did..... I loved the color and it works well in my new craft room so I wanted to fill it with big colorful flowers. The bin is deep so I didn't want to buy flower foam as it would be pretty expensive so I decided to cut out some chipboard and put holes in it to hold the flowers. The bottom measured at 15 inches. The top was 18 inches. I decided to add one inch to the bottom measurement.  Tracing the bin at the bottom, then I made 1 inch marks a few inches apart all around the edge. Connect the...