WOYWW #211 and arrived ATC's! (Brief Tuturial also!)

Thanks, as always, to the hostess with the mostest Julia Dunnit over at Stamping Ground for hostessing this blog hop/linky party where the curious can peek in at craft spaces from around the world. Here is mine:

Card making in progress...see my new tiny little flower dies(and the made flowers are there in yellow sitting on the card front) from Impression Obsession? Cute and cheap! You should check them out, they've got loads of cute dies and stamps, very affordable with free shipping for orders over $30, at least in the U.S., but I'm not sponsored by them or anything. :) And here are the gorgeous and fabulous ATC's that have arrived! I owe personal emails to all these ladies and am begging their forgiveness right here and right now for being so lax on the thank you's...I've fallen dreadfully behind on all computer related stuff as I'm seriously avoiding my computer chair and the pinch its putting on my back and nerves and sending me to the chiropractor(not cheap!), you see. Anyways, here they are:

The top 3 are from Ros C and the picture doesn't do them justice! The one on the card just shimmers from every direction...I tell you I sat mesmerized for 5 minutes just looking and turning and staring at it! lol But wow is she talented! The next 3 gorgeous pieces are also from some very talented ladies, from (left to right) Buttons, Ria Gall, and Hetti:

Here is my brief tutorial...How to make your own Washi Tape! This was made from a beautiful tissue paper I found at the Dollar Tree, so the cost is like $.05 for these 3 strips, each 20" long.

As you can see all I did was carefully lined up/laid down double-sided tape, using the edge of the tissue paper to make my lines straight on the first row.Then I moved over only enough so that the tape wouldn't overlap the first row and my scissors would have some room to cut and laid down another row. I repeated that step one more time for a third row then following the edge of my tape I cut the three joined rows off the rest of the tissue paper. Then I cut between the tape sections to get three strips. Here is the back, see how I left the backing of the double-sided tape on? I've even used it already but I can't show on what because its going to someone who might read this blog. :)

Finally here is an anniversary card I've made, using one of my new stamps from Impression Obsession...an all over the page toile scene! I love toile so much! And for a huge stamp it was very reasonably priced. This is a full sized card!

Well, this has been a bit too much time at the computer for me so I must get up and move the back muscles some! Thanks for stopping by and hope everyone is having a wonderful wonderful week! :)

WOYWW #210 and a brief tutorial...make swinging cards with the dies you already have!

First I must thank Julia over at Stamping Ground for hostessing this super fun blog hop where you get to peek in at other crafters workdesks, all over the world! Follow the link to see and learn more. So, here is my desk this week:

If you already know all about making swinging panel types of cards you may want to skip the next bit.
I saw a tutorial on YouTube about making swinging panel cards with any Spellbinders/dies and your Cuttlebug, which I don't have. But I do have a BigShot so I figured a way to make her idea work for my machine, with some adjustments, of course. :) I have the edge cutting pieces from BigShot, you know the ones about 2" wide and 12" long? The clear thing in the picture below. So I scored my paper in half then one side got scored in half again, which is where my swinging panel would go. I placed my die in the center of the panel and in the center of the 2nd score mark, taped it down so it would wiggle and then placed my full size shim under the whole card and my 2" wide shim on the side of the die I wanted cut, right up to the fold/2nd score mark. Here is the result, with the die used and a smaller die cut piece of a solid blue already taped down:  

This is a mini version, made with 6" double-sided paper and on the right of the picture you can see the full size card I am working on. Its more difficult as I didn't cut it from double-sided paper but I do have lots of options for mixing papers...still I think if I make many more of these I will just use double-sided paper from the get go, much simpler and easier. So if you didn't know any of that I hope you can use the info and make a new type of interesting and fun card. :)
Hope everyone is doing very well and enjoying the day or night, whichever it may be!
P.S. I have received a few fabulous ATC's and am planning a special post on them next week, when hopefully the ones I sent will also have been received...but we shall see! lol  :)

WOYWW #209

What's on my desk this Wednesday? Not too mu...never mind. I can't even type that with a straight face! :) Lookee:

Why would I show you that? Because that's the whole point of WOYWW, and if you want to see more or know more or join, hop over to Julia's blog Stamping Ground and she'll tell you all about it.
Now that was short, huh? ;)

Happy 4th Anniversary Julia and friends! WOYWW #208

It's a big to do this week, thanks to Julia at Stamping Ground, and I haven't arranged to trade ATC's with anyone yet! I'm just not on the ball here, am I? But I would love to trade with anyone who wants, so just let me know in the comment section if you want to trade. :) Here is my desk this week:

Not much happening, huh? Spellbinders dies and matching stamps out, 2 new packs of adhesive backed K&Company papers, gorgeous!, and miscellaneous other stuffs...plus this:

So fancy with the black and white filter, right? ;) Other than that I whipped up these cards one day when I was in an orange, pinky and yellow mood...thanks to those My Minds Eye 3d stickers propped on my desk...

I made the doily on the left card! With a corner punch from MS and some Youtube help, of course. :) It also showcases my first attempt at using the resist technique, with the card on the right showcasing my second attempt. I wish I could take better pictures because they really are darling cards, not because *I* made them but because the colors are so fab together and I had embellishments/ribbon and whatnot that just fit so nicely. Though I am thinking of trimming the twine on the left card a tad...Oh, well. Hope everyone enjoys this special WOYWW hop and please let me know if you would like an ATC by yours truly! :)
A special thanks to all who were concerned about my health and sent well wishes! I had a super week this week and am planning a liver/gallbladder flush for next week so hopefully that'll mean buh-bye stones! :)
And here is the extra special thingy I grabbed to share, for Nicky! And Julia, too, of course! ;)

WOYWW #207 Flashback!

Well, I don't know what you would call it when you actually don't get your post up on the day you are supposed to except to perhaps call it a flashback, right? :) Also going with the better late than never theory. lol  So, without any further ado, my desk, which I am showing to you courtesy of the ever fabulous Julia Dunnit via Stamping Ground:

And a close-up, just because. :)

And then, a brief, but mostly focused, 30 minutes later:

All that's left is to find someplace to store all the flowers I've been crocheting while on "bedrest". What do you think of my first attempt at crocheted cherries with stems and leaves? This card isn't finished, of course, but this is where I'm thinking to take it...

The top one was for my oldest nephew who graduated from highschool this year and the bottom one was for my youngest brother who graduated by receiving his highschool diploma equivalent from a Vo-tech. I used mini-envelopes inside the top one for family to write notes on and put money in. The robe on the bottom one I made envelope style so we could slip money in and it just stuck out in the area at top of the collar. :)

You would think with class out finally that I would have more time but I've had an inflamed gall bladder and a chest wall infection/inflammation for the last week and a half, plus two very big graduations in my family, to contend with. And a special trip to the ER, of course. Can't forget that! It's truly amazing how much one little organ can hurt and the amount of pain it can put you in. Hope everyone else is having a wonderful week!