CAS Monday

I really wanted to stamp today, but it's difficult for me to do during the week. The CAS (clean and simple) Monday challenges are perfect when I don't have a lot of time, i.e. most of the time.

First there was CAS15 - Black & White & 1 Bold Bright. Unfortunatley, I didn't read the directions carefully until I was getting ready to upload the card and I sneaked in some kraft with the black and white... ooops. In my attempt to catch up to the recent CAS challenges I actually skipped around today because I wanted to make a yellow card. I don't use bright colors too often, but either as a tribute to summer or because yellow cards, stationaries, templates etc have been haunting me lately, but I just had to use yellow. I think I'll play around with this color combo a bit more later and see what else I can come up with. By the way, it's difficult to tell from the photo, but the flowers are raised with dimensionals.

Supplies (All supplies are Stampin'Up! unless otherwise noted) :

• Stamps:Pretty Amazing, Happy Harmony
  
• Paper: Whisper white, basic black, yoyo yellow, kraft
  
• Ink:Basic black
• Accessories: Rhinestones, pop up dots.
  
• Tools: Flower punch, scalloped punch

I also participated in today's CAS30 challenge to remake an older card. Here's my version of a CAS card getting even simpler. There's a picture of the original in my gallery, but I wasn't very fond of it. Instead, I took out all the layers and just dressed up the rub-on with a few rhinestones and ribbon. Ahh, what would I do without rhinestones, they make the simplest cards eye catching. That's all for today. Happy Monday.

Supplies (All supplies are Stampin'Up! unless otherwise noted) :

• Stamps: none
• Paper: Whisper white
  
• Ink:none
• Accessories:  Love and happiness rub-on, ribbon, rhinestones

~Olgy

Craft Room

I've been promising the craft room reveal since May. I feel like I've been talking it up the same way TV stations talk up their fall season premier shows. Frankly, I find it annoying to have to see the same commercials all summer so by the time September rolls around I don't even want to see the show. Therefore, without further ado, I present to you my new craft room....  

Ikea Expedit bookshelf, Arthur table legs, Vika tabletop, Hemnes dresser

Ok, keep in mind that it's still not "perfect" and is a work in progress, but since I have a place for the basic essintial it's oficially considered open. For those of you in town - come by and visit!

And no, I didn't copy the design out of the IKEA catalog, although you have to look closely to find the things that are not sold by them :) Heck, it's cheap and it all matches, so it's perfect for a room like this. The only problem is that they're changing their catalogs faster than I can make up my mind on some of this stuff, so I'm still missing a shelf and a few other things that are no longer sold in store. Thank goodness for Craigslist and Ebay.

The curtains I made myself and I still have one wall where I need to decide if I should frame some patterned fabric as art, or setup a shelf to display my layouts. I'm taking suggestions.

IKEA Grundtal kitchen shelf

IKEA Justda glass shelves

Nothing In Particular

Still stamping, still baking and still behind on my blog posts... I actually had quite a few cards and other pictures to share, but I'll have to pick a few favorites and upload the rest to the gallery.

Supplies (All supplies are Stampin'Up! unless otherwise noted) :

• Stamps: Owl Always Love You b y GinaK
  
• Paper: Almost amethyst , whisper white, Bluebird "All Boy" Stripe DP by My Mind's Eye
  
• Ink: Copics
  
• Accessories: mini clip, ribbon
  
• Tools: Photo corner punch

I even went out a few times in the past month. At this rate I just need 12 more months of unpacking and move-in house projects and I'll have my life back. Anyway, I went beer tasting, missed a cupcake event, discovered Austin had wineries, caught a show at the Alamo and most importantly I started scrapping again. Sounds like a lot, but then again I haven't posted anything a month.

Supplies (All supplies are Stampin'Up! unless otherwise noted) :

• Stamps: Tier of treats by Stampendous, wonderful wors
  
• Paper: Old olive, apricot appeal, DP
  
• Ink: Chocolate chip, apricot appeal, real red, cameo coral, close to cocoa
  
• Accessories: Ribbon, crystal effects
  
• Tools: Bigz Top Note, Cuttlebug