Little Miss Muffet - Special Super Saturday

Good morning!  Happy Saturday!  Hope your weekend is off to a great start!  It's going to be a busy day on my blog today!  I have a few different DT projects to share, so I hope you won't get tired of me before I'm done! If you are looking for my Sketch Saturday DT post, please scroll up one post.  OK, so first up is a special Super Saturday post for the Little Miss Muffet DT.  We have some awesome guests joining us and we have a very special fundraiser going on, too!  Barbara's daughters, Cassandra and Lydia, are participating in a "Jump Rope for Heart" activity at their school, where the kids learn jump rope skills and raise money for the American Heart Association.  It's a cause that has a close connection for the girls as their cousin, Ryker, had open heart surgery when he was just 6 months old.  You can read more about him and the fundraiser on the Little Miss Muffet blog today.

Barbara has drawn a special new image with Ryker as the inspiration.  He is Polka Dot Pals Ryker and what a cutie he is!  The image is now available in the Little Miss Muffet Stamps store.  The cool thing is that Little Miss Muffet Stamps is going to donate $2.00 to Cassandra and Lydia's fundraiser for every PDP Ryker purchase!  If you care to contribute to the fundraiser, there is also information on the blog on how to donate directly to the American Heart Association via the girls' fundraiser pages.

One more thing before I show you my card with PDP Ryker.  If you purchase PDP Ryker, you'll also get two other special images.  They were actually drawn by Cassandra and Lydia themselves and entered into a T-Shirt Design Contest for next year's Jump Rope for Heart campaign.  Check out the blog to see what these two talented young ladies created!

Finally, here is my card:

My card base and mats are SU Island Indigo and the patterned papers are from the My Mind's Eye Collectable "Notable" 6x6 pad.  Please don't laugh too hard or cringe, but I decided to give a go at giving Ryker a little face. My drawing skills definitely leave something to be desired, but I hope with some practice, I can get better.  The first time is always the worst, I guess.  I colored the whole image with my Copics.  The sentiment is from Create With TLC.  I finished my card with just a simple bow of Baker's Twine.

Here is a close-up of the colored image:

Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to visit the Little Miss Muffet blog and check out all the details of our special Super Saturday event!

I am entering my card in the following challenges:
Tuesday Morning Sketches #233 (sketch)
Fab 'n' Funky Challenge #200 (words)
Charisma Cardz Challenge #2 (it's a boy thing)

Here is TMS-233:

Have a great day!

Alcohol Markers Challenge - The Outlawz

Good morning!  Happy Friday!  Hope you've had a great week and you have fun plans for the weekend!  It's been really cold for AL and it's supposed to continue over the weekend, so it will probably be an indoor weekend for me.  Before we get to that, I am here with my DT card for this week's Alcohol Marker Challenge at The Outlawz site.  The theme this week is "planes, trains and automobiles...".  We want to see any form of transportation on your project.  It can be anything you'd like, but please remember to show us coloring with alcohol markers (any brand) if you enter.

Here is my card:

A super simple card from me today.  My card base and mats are SU Groovy Guava and the patterned papers are from the Basic Grey What's Up 6x6 pad.  The adorable image is Up, Up and Away from Little Darlings Rubber Stamps!  I won it in a fabulous blog candy on Mindy's blog awhile back.  I think it was one of their original stamps!  I stamped her on MiC Blending Card and colored her with my Copics.  The sentiment is from Create With TLC.  The only other thing I added was a banner I cut using the Party Banner Metal Die from Little Miss Muffet Stamps.

Here is a close-up of the image:

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to visit the Alcohol Markers Challenge and check out the fantastic creations from the rest of the DT!  We hope you will play along!  Time is running out to get in the running for the fabulous prize for the month!  Mitzi, of AuroraWings is sponsoring our January challenges and she is offering our winner a $10 GC to purchase digis from her Etsy shop.  Her images are gorgeous!

I am entering my card in the following challenges:
Sunday Sketch and Stamp #190 (Carole's sketch)
Divas by Design (anything goes)

Here is the sketch:

Have a great day and see you soon!

Little Miss Muffet - New Release

Good morning!  Happy Thursday!  Hope you've had a good week so far!  I'm here, as always on Thursday, with my Little Miss Muffet DT post.  We have another new release this week!  It's a Valentine's Day release and there are 5 new Bugaboo stamps, a new Polka Dot Pals digi and two more LMM stamps that are retiring as digis and available now as rubber stamps.  Check them all out in the Little Miss Muffet store.

Here is my card with one of the new Bugaboo stamps:

My card base and mats are SU Riding Hood Red and the patterned papers are all from the Recollections Valentine 6x6 pad.  The adorable image is Fancy Sunbonnet Love by Bugaboo for Little Miss Muffet Stamps.  I colored her with my Copics and added some pearl accents around the scalloped frame.   I added some Washi tape from Webster's Pages to the top panel below the image.  The sentiment hearts are from Create With TLC.  A few gems from my stash finished my card.

Here is a close-up of the colored image:

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to visit the Little Miss Muffet blog and check out the fabulous creations from the rest of the Little Misses and our wonderful Guest Designer for January, Wendy!  Don't forget, there is still time to play along with our "what a fuss" challenge.  You have until Tuesday, January 28th at 11:55 PM CST to enter.

I am entering my card in the following challenges:
Sketch N Stash #131 (sketch)
Through The Craftroom Door Challenge (anything goes)
Sentimental Sunday's #190 (more than 3 layers and a sentiment)
Twisted Tuesday Challenge #68 (challenge: use Washi tape; twist: use something starting with a T, A, P, or E - I used P for pearls and pink)

Here is the sketch:

Have a great day and see you soon!

Happy Australia Day!

Hi there!  Happy Wednesday!  Did you think I got lost in my nice clean craft room?  I didn't. It's just been a really busy week and I haven't had time to do much crafting. I have a few DT posts coming up over the next few days, so I'll be around a lot more.  Anyway, I'm popping in really quickly to share a card I made for the Australia Day Contest on the Make it Crafty Facebook page.  I know.  I'm not Australian, but I do have the awesome Australia Outback Collection from Make it Crafty so how could I resist the challenge?  The only requirement was to create something that screams Australia!  I hope my card does!

Here it what I came up with:

There isn't much here except my scene.  The card base and mats are SU Ruby Red and the checked paper is from one of my My Mind's Eye 6x6 pads, but I can't remember which one.  I created the Australia scene with several elements from the Australia Outback Digi Collection.  I was super lucky to have won the whole collection when it debuted!  For my scene, I used Ayers Rock Outback, Eucalyptus Tree, Kangaroo and Joey, Kookabura, Echidna and Aussie Outback Sheila.  I merged the images and printed the merged image on MiC Blending Card.  I colored everything with my Copics.  The sentiment is computer-generated.  I didn't want to take away from the scene, so a few rustic gems finished my card.

Here is a close-up of the colored image:

Copic colors:

Sheila:

Skin: E50, E51, E21, E11, E13, R20

Hair: E35, YR23, YR27, R59

Clothes: BG70, BG72, BG75, BG78, R22, R35, R37, R46, R59, E31, E34, E57, E59

Ayers Rock: E11, E13, E15, E18

Ground: E41, E42, E43, E44

Ground Foliage: G21, G94, G99, YG97

Tree: E42, E43, E44, E47, G40, G43, G46, YG67

Kangaroo: E31, E33, E35, E37

Echidna: E41, E43, E47m E49

Kookabura: BG 72, BG75, E42, E44, E47

Thanks for stopping by!  I'll be back in the morning with my Little Miss Muffet DT post.

Have a great evening!

My Craft Room Redo

Hi there!  Happy Sunday!  Hope you've had a great weekend!  I don't have a card for you today.  Instead, I thought I would share a few photos of my freshly-painted and reorganized craft room. It's not entirely done, but I snapped a few pics while it is still relatively neat.  I am really lucky to have a whole spare bedroom to craft in.

I'll warn you ahead that the rest is very photo intensive.

OK, first thing inside the door is a rolling cart with punches, glitter, embossing powders and other miscellaneous stuff in it. Next to that, I stacked 4 Recollections 4-Drawer Storage Cubes which hold all my 12x12 paper.

Next is the one furniture piece I saved from before.  I couldn't part with this armoire because it offered great closed-in storage.  I put a Recollections 6-Cube Storage Unit inside with some Martha Stewart fabric drawers (from Home Depot) to keep miscellaneous stuff out of sight.  Hubby attached spice racks to the back of each door where I now store reinkers, Glimmer Mists, spray adhesives and a few other things. There are narrow shelves above, and drawers below, the center part you can see in the photo.

Next up is my sewing and beading corner.  I got this great Martha Stewart Kid's Craft Desk for that.  This, and the other Martha Stewart Craft Furniture you'll see, all came from Home Decorators Catalog. They had a great sale and free shipping over the holidays.

Now we'll move into the closet.  There was already shelving along both walls.  I use some of the shelves for storing my cling-foam stamps and my metal dies in plastic boxes with EZ Mount or EZ Magnetic Sheets.

I purchased three Wall Ribbon Holders from Go-Organize.com and mounted them on the closet wall.  I am going to make it work, but personally, I would not recommend these.  The dowels that came with them were too wide to fit through most of my ribbon spools, so I had to go out and buy narrower wooden dowels and paint them.  At least it's a better ribbon storage solution than the gutters I used to have under my desk!

Here is how I am storing my 6x6 and 8x8 paper pads.  I picked up some desktop file dividers from Office Max to help them stand up. Yes, I have a few pads - lol!  I labeled them on the outside and organized them by company as best as possible.

Still in the closet, I have two shelves with paper punches and various embellishments in plastic containers.  I forgot to take a picture, but I also have one shelf with all my buttons organized by color in glass apothecary jars from Hobby Lobby.

Moving back into the room, I have two Recollections Open Cubes.  I put one plastic bin of ribbon scraps and another with stickers and other embellishments into the cubes.  I have a small set of drawers on top with most of my decorative brads in them.

This is the first of two Martha Stewart File Consoles.  I keep all of my 8 1/2 x 11 cardstock in them.  They are mainly organized by color and company.  I have one drawer for the lightweight cardstock I prefer for my Cameo. I keep my paper trimmer and Scor-Pals here.

Next is my main desk where I color and assemble my cards.  I have Studio 3 Color Cubbies to store my Copics, refills and other markers.  I keep my liquid adhesives on the shelf right above me.  I've got lots of good Ott Lighting here.

I put together another Recollections 6-Cube Storage Unit with Martha Stewart fabric drawers.  These hold all my flowers, separated by company and/or type.

I have another Martha Stewart Craft Desk where I keep my Cuttlebug and Grand Caliber out. All my Stickles, Liquid Pearls and other things I use all the time are in the hutch in the back.  I have some more files and a bin of ribbon (bagged by color) under the desk.  Oh, and I have an ink pad holder down on the floor to the right.  I haven't decided where to put it yet. 

The last stop is my second Martha Stewart File Console with more cardstock and some specialty papers in it. I leave my light tent set up here. I use two Ott lights with it.

Well, that's it! It's taken a lot of work to organize the space and make it more functional.  I had to do a lot of much-needed purging and that is always hard.  Now I can get back to my crafting, which was the point of the whole exercise!

I hope you you enjoyed the little tour.  Have a great day and see you soon!