My Creative Space

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I love looking at craft rooms and creative spaces :D  I get so many great ideas, so I thought I'd share mine today seeing that I just finished cleaning it up from the weeklong craft-a-thon during my vacation!  This is my work table, my flower wall, papers and embellishments.

My computer, with the best golf course view!  As you can see I love Ikea, almost all my furniture is from Ikea.

 Here is the TV that I never watch, more paper and Julia's art corkboard.  At least I'll get more use out of the TV with all my shows starting back up!!

 

Get Sketchy Card Challenge #55

I did my first card sketch challenge last week and made the top 5, pretty cool seeing that I'm not a card maker!  So I figured I'd try it again!  I used the pumpkin from that same set of diecuts below!  Here is the sketch from GS and you can visit the blog here to read more about it!  Come play along!!

 

Haunted Bird House

my daughter was complaining that we didn't have any halloween decorations to decorate for halloween and that she wanted to get some.  so in my outing to joanns yesterday i picked up this little birdhouse for $1.00.  I also found this awesome bag of halloween diecuts from k&company for $3.99!  So I crackled in cream and lime green, distressed in black and decorated with the diecuts and come halloween paper.. a bit of yes paste, modge podge and stickles and bling you have this "VERY SCARY" haunted bird house :)  So now she can't tell me that we don't have any Halloween decorations!  ha!  And if anyone doesn't know already that Yes! Paste is AWESOME!  I've never used it before and a friend of mine got me hooked on it.  Worth every penny esp. if you are going to be doing anything like this with paper & wood.

 

Little Jewelry Box

Hello everyone!  Here is what I've been working on today, and part of last night.  My mom is in town visiting and wanted to learn so I picked up these cute little jewelry boxes at Michael's for $2.99.  I crackled in a nice seafoam green and distressed it, embellished with Mind's Eye SO SOPHIA (that I love!) and some findings.  I love them brown and green combo!  I think this is my favorite crackle/distress job yet!  I've got one more that I picked up, I'm debating what I'm gonna do for that one!  And my mom knows how to distress now!!

 

Meet the Brat.

For those of you who don't know me, this is my daughter julia claire, the source of inspiration and craziness in my life.  She is seven going on seventeen with enough attitude for everyone.  The sunset was so nice tonight and I love taking pictures right before so I grabbed the canon and we went outside to snap a few photos before it got dark.  This one is my favorite and now the inspiration for tonight's page I'm gonna work on.  I want to take her down to the beach to get some shots as well, they always turn out fantastic.  Hope everyone has a great Labor day, I've got to go make a few Key Lime pies!

All About me Challenge - Morning Ritual

Happy Friday Night!!  My plans apparently fell through tonight, but I found this challenge to work on!  I won last month, so I figure I'd give it another shot!  This is a sketch theme challenge from ALL ABOUT ME and it's about your morning ritual.  If I miss out on any of my step's trust me, it's not pretty!  haha!  Ask my coworkers if I don't have time to get my coffee!  IT'S BAD!  Julia went back to school last week so I've had to start getting back up at 6:05 instead of 6:45, what a difference those 40mins make!! I think it's cute, I'll have to start a "Journal Album"  Here's the sketch...

Almost Friday!

I am just so happy that tomorrow is Friday!  I have to work 2 12 hour days and then I am on vacation until the 14th!!  I'm so excited to be off!  Can't do anything but play in the craft room, but hey it's better than work!!  I'm sharing tonight a layout that I did over the weekend.  I made the flower out of duponi silk and it's just lucious, I love how it turned out.  The bazzil dots was cut out with the new accucut die as well as the flourish.  I love this picture of the brat, she was about 2 here.  I'm going back through and trying to finish up pages from when she was younger and she was so cute!  Now she's talking back to me and giving me attitude!  Kids!  Well I hope you all have a great night & happy friday!!!!