Workspace {not even close to} Wednesday

The idea for Workspace Wednesday came from Marcy Penner.  I love the idea of the glimpses into what is currently on my desk, and it gives me motivation to keep working in my creative space.

The state of my desk is about how the past few weeks have been.  I have been rather sick and am still getting over it.  There have been a number of projects on the go.  Mostly cards.  I did manage to photograph them before they headed off.  Just didn't get on to tidying up though.

I can say now that at the end of the week the desk is clear, the photos are organised and ready to blog and the projects keep on coming.

Workspace Wednesday

The idea for Workspace Wednesday came from Marcy Penner.  I love the idea of the glimpes into what is currently on my desk, and it gives me motivation to keep working in my creative space.

While I had said that I had been aiming to get my story stamp for the month finished so I was ready for this month when it arrived it just hasn't happened.  We have been down for the count with the horrible bug that has been around and this week it was my turn.  The great thing is when I do finally get a chance it will still be there waiting for me to get to it.

In the meantime I was asked to make a card for a colleague at my husband's work.  It has been a while since I made cards so it took a bit to get back into the swing of things.  Loved it!  I am in my element pulling out things here and there and seeing how I can put them together.  One messy space.

Here is the end result.  Love how it turned out.  It looks much better in real life.

Workspace Wednesday

The idea for Workspace Wednesday came from Marcy Penner and I love the idea of the glimpse into what is currently on my desk, and it gives me motivation to keep working in my creative space.

So this arrived last week and has been sitting on my desk,  

It took a while to put in the order.  Love what I found at Scrapbook.com. I had a voucher for $75.  My win from the {inter}national scrapbooking day back in May.  Unfortunately haven't had any chance to play as we have had a bout of sickness in the house which has left not much,  if any time for this.

Currently loving word stickers as you can see.  

Workspace Wednesday

The idea for Workspace Wednesday came from Marcy Penner and I love the idea of the glimpse into what is currently on my desk, and it gives me motivation to keep working in my creative space.

Last week I shared that I had put together the things I needed for the current story stamp theme - Roots.  As I always say rainy days are for ducks and scrapbooking.  It has been pretty wet so I got some time to get creative over the weekend.  Here we are mid week and that is as far as I have got.  Pretty pleased with how they are coming together.    Off now to get some things stuck down and get them finished.   My goal is before the next month comes up.  Only a few more days!

Workspace {not quite but close enough} Wednesday

The idea for Workspace Wednesday came from Marcy Penner and I love the idea of the glimpse into what is currently on my desk, and it gives me motivation to keep working in my creative space. 

I have been going hard with my story stamp pages.  My goal is to actually have the last month done before the next one comes.  I am getting there.  More importantly I am telling my stories.  Each month I go through the stories that I want to tell and use these where they fit with the theme.  I purchased some great Amy Tangerine bargains last month while we were on holiday.  Love the colour combo and it was instant kit good to go.

So I am ready for action again.  This month the theme is Roots and I have just the photos for these stories. Looking forward to telling them.

Workspace Wednesday

Well it is Wednesday and it has been some time since I posted a workspace pic.  The idea for Workspace Wednesday came from Marcy Penner and I love the idea of the glimpse into what is currently on my desk, and it gives me motivation to keep working in my creative space.  With lots of room to spread out I am still finding my way using my space.  Loving getting so much done.

So I am not usually one for keeping up with the latest tools but this one has been an exception.  The We R Memory Keepers fuse tool has been out for a little while and the web is a buzz with how people are using it. I was looking at getting one as part of my voucher I had won at Scrapbook.com but realised that the plug couldn't be used in NZ.  It has come to NZ in the last month but the price was high.  It pays to hold out for bargains though.  With it already discounted and a bonus 15% voucher I decided to get one at Spotlight. And I love it.  I am still getting the hang of using it and making sure I have everything I want sorted before putting it together.  Up till now I have been stitching pockets and finding that the ready made ones are never quite right for what I want.  So now I can make them as go.

These pages I added to a layout that I already had with this story

This one I had a real play with adding shaker elements and the extra pamphlets that I had from the date.

Workspace Wednesday

I said that each Wednesday I would be posting pictures of my workspace. Workspace Wednesday came from Marcy Penner and I love the idea of the glimpse into what is currently on my desk, and I wanted it to be motivation to keep working in my creative space.

So what happened?  Not even this has drawn me to my space. In my last post I said that we were on the home straight with our studio.  Seems not, it has taken another month for one reason and another to get to what now seems like the ending.  The floor is down today Yay!!! and so that just leaves the bathroom and toilet as major things to finish.  So in the meantime while I had finished the painting we have had to wait for the flooring to be ready and have had WOOFERS (Willing Workers On Organic Farms) on board.  It has been great to get the gardens planted and tidied up but there hasn't been much space for anything else.  And I have been frustrated.  It is so hard to sit down at my desk and look out at our studio space and want to be in it creating there.

So what is on my desk at the moment?  A reminder that I am heading in the right direction.  Right now I am helping my niece put together a photo board for her 21st.  Loving pulling bits and pieces out and putting them together how she wants it.

But it would be sooooo much easier in the studio right!!!

Workspace Wednesday

Each Wednesday I will be posting pictures of my workspace.  Workspace Wednesday came from Marcy Penner and I love the idea of the glimpse into what is currently on my desk,  and it gives me motivation to keep working in my creative space.

So this week I have to ask the question which space?  My desk is quite neglected as I have been working in my new studio space painting, getting it ready for fittings.  On the home stretch it would seem.

As for my desk a wonderful parcel arrived from Ali Edwards for Week in the Life which starts next week.  A nice break opening the goodies.  This is the first time I will be taking part.  You can read more about it here.  Ali will be sharing her week on her blog.  Looking forward to it.

Workspace Wednesday

Each Wednesday I will be posting pictures of my workspace.  Workspace Wednesday came from Marcy Penner and I love the idea of the glimpse into what is currently on my desk, and it gives me motivation to keep working in my creative space.

With the boys getting back into school routines the desk has been a little neglected.  With a little bit of time I decided to have a play.

I have been adding to my collection of mists and have really just been using them for drips and splatters.  So I found a dropper at the art shop to add to what I can do with them. The colour spritzer works really well to control the spread of the colour. Fun!

Workspace Wednesday

Each Wednesday I will be posting pictures of my workspace.  Workspace Wednesday came from Marcy Penner and I love the idea of the glimpse into what is currently on my desk, and it gives me motivation to keep working in my creative space.

After a great stretch of scrapbooking the stories keep coming.  I started putting together these gems for a set of pages for the boys when they went to the rugby game.  Right now they are packed away ready to head off for a weekend away that includes a bit of crafting time.   Looking forward to it.

Workspace Wednesday

Each Wednesday I will be posting pictures of my workspace.  Workspace Wednesday came from Marcy Penner and I love the idea of the glimpse into what is currently on my desk, and it gives me motivation to keep working in my creative space.  

I used to go for long spaces between crafting and it took a long time to get back into it once I did find the time.  With all my organising of late I am finding it easier to sit and do little bits here and there.  So last week I bought some little bowls to fill with goodies.  I came across The Thrifty Scrapbooker blog through the Workspace Wednesday links and have been enjoying her process videos.  Lots of little gems to take away from it, including the way that she uses her stash.  Amazing what can be done with even the smallest scraps and a corner rounder punch.

So I went through my stash and I was amazed at how many goodies that I have that I can use for extra details when I look at them in a different way.  I have also cut dies of tags, tickets, banners and tabs to be stamped as I use them.  My bowls are now filled with goodies ready to be used.

Seems I have a love for turquoise just like Suse!

Workspace Wednesday

With all my scrapbooking time lately I have been completing lots of great projects that have been sitting about for way to long.  I am almost ready to embark on new projects and so I had to stock up on supplies that I can't do without.  The first is white cardstock.  I have been searching for some time to find a supply at a good price.  I prefer non textured and have been using the paper insert that comes with the page protectors that I get.  With stitching on them I need two per protector and so I end up with loads of page protectors. So I was more than a little happy to find a stash of white cardstock in the bargain bin at the stationery store.

And I have been building up my containers of goodies and am loving the way that Marcy Penner and Stephanie use bowls and baskets for their little bits and pieces.  It just makes you want to use them.  Looking forward to going for treasure hunts through my goodies to add to these bowls.

And where would I be without my trusty adhesive.  Everyone has their preferences when it comes to what they use.  I discovered these gems a while ago and they have stuck (pardon the pun).  I get them in bulk from a packaging place in town.  I used to get just one box but am finding now that I am scrapping more I go through a lot more.

Use It or Lose It

You may have seen from my Workspace Wednesday post that I have been having a clear out and looking at using up different kits that I had put together.  These were the result of the bits and pieces that I found.

 It took some time to get into it.  The papers are brighter and busier than I am currently using.  However once I got into it I actually enjoyed putting the pieces together and liked the end result.  And the best thing is now the kit isn't hanging about and I have some great cards to give away.

I had some of the pink ribbon and buttons left and while I could have put them away I decided to keep them out and designed another couple of cards to use the last of the bits.  I had matched the ribbon to my mist but when I went to spray it was more red than I had anticipated.  So I made two cards at the same time.

Workspace Wednesday

The idea behind Workspace Wednesday came from Marcy Penner.  A glimpse into what is happening in her space right now.  It is making me get into creating.  Something more to share than the final product. Sometimes it is hard to get motivated to create.  When you have a reason to it helps even if it is just me here.

On my desk right now are a series of cards in progress using these bits and pieces.  With all my organising I got to my kits that I had set up a while ago (these are papers from the Stampin Up Celebration from 2013)  I had used some of the papers and embellishments and as you do the last bits tend to get left.  They are never as inspiring as when they are new and you have fresh ideas for using them.  So I dug around in my stash and added some sentiment cards and started creating.  The leftovers this time will be added back into my colour stash to be used with something else.

I have a few other kits the same.  Most are girly products which don't end up on my scrapping pages so I will be giving my card stash a good boost.  What about you have you got several kits or products that you have put together to use and they are still sitting there?  Time to get them out and create something with them.  Try adding a few new items to freshen it up.  Or break up what you have and mix them up with something totally different.

Workspace Wednesday

I love the idea that Marcy Penner has for Workspace Wednesday.  A little glimpse into what she is up to right then.  So I thought I would join in and share mine.  This is about what my space looks like of late.  I seem to get just enough time to get a project done.  This one was a card for a workmate of my husbands. Then not quite time to tidy after. 

The great thing is that thanks to organising things the way that I have it takes just a few minutes to get it all reset ready for more creating.  Loving it

These jars have been a fabulous addition to my space.  All my embellishments are out in view and easy to pick up and use. It has been a great way to use up bits and pieces that have been sitting in my stash for some time.  They are the first things that I go to.

 c