My new Ink Pad Storage!!

It arrived yesterday and I had to share!! I bought this from Ebay and would highly recommend it. The seller is awesome and the unit is awesome!!

Then I thought since I was downstairs taking this picture...I might as well show you the rest of my stampin' space. My basement is not developed, but it is still my own space and it is coming along quite nicely...even without walls, floor, lighting, etc ;0)

These are my two tables. The first is one of those large folding tables. I do not recommend getting one of these for stamping. First thing...I actually melted it while embossing ;0) and it has too much give to it to do other projects like setting eyelets and using large background stamps. But the other table is awesome. My mom bought it for me for Christmas. It is from Ikea here in Canada and it only cost $39.99!!! I would highly recommend it for anyone looking for a crafting table!!

This pic is of my desk, but what I really wanted to show you was how I store my 8 1/2 X 11 cardstock. This is one of those plastic hanging file folder boxes. I bought a stack of files and seperated all my colors into their respective color families. But I have found now that I need another one. When I first started stamping I would just buy a pack of a full color family, but now I am buying individual colors as I run out. But I find this works great for me!

This is a pic of my wall of art. I just took some hemp thread and made a few rows to hang some of my own creations and some of the creations I have received from other people. I is a little bare right now as I gave away all mine for Christmas!! But I am workin' on getting my stock pile back up again ;0)

Here is the cabinet holding all my Stampin' Up! stamp sets and some of my embellishments and other odds and ends.

This is quite amazing!! This past May, my hubbys Grandmother past away. When his parents went out to clean up her things they brought back this supply of beads!! It is pretty amazing. I have used some, but they will truely last me my lifetime!! I am one lucky girl...I know!

And of course I had to take a pic of my beautiful Prima's!! All I can say is I want more of these beauties!!! Love them!

Well that's a little peak into my little space. Thanks for stoppin' by :0)

Officially finished my Black and White with Pop of Color Swap!

Finished my swap the other night. Did a little change to my original design...not much, but I am liking it a bit more now. Hope everyone likes it...still not too sure that I do, but oh well.

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Like My New Mug?

I asked hubby for one of those blank mugs from Starbucks so I could stamp my own. Well here is my first creation. He does'nt like it. Says it looks like something you could buy from Starbucks now! Okay maybe, but I was feeling ill when I made it and not overly creative. But for this week it stays. I am awaiting my new 'Penguin Paradise' from my recent Ebay shopping spree. So once that arrives, but sure that I will be changing this!!

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French Flair 3 X 3

Okay so I think this maybe the one I use for my 'Black and White with color pop' swap. What do you think of this one?

On another note...yesterday was an exciting one in our household.

My hubby got to be a part of the Allstar game for the NCHL here in Calgary. He is a member of the league and is the goaltender for the Chargers. The Allstar skills and game were held here at the Saddledome!! It was very exciting. Of course I forgot the camera!! But my inlaws had theirs and my brother in-law brought the video camera. It was very cool. There were 3 goalies so he only got to play 1 period, but still very exciting. His team won the game 7-5!!

Thanks for stoppin' by and I will be back with a new creation tonight or tomorrow!

Second post for today.

I just had one more thing I wanted to share. More so just to get your opinion. I joined a swap that sounded pretty cool. It is using black and white only with a 'Pop' of color. I joined up for the 3 X 3 full card swap. But once I actually sat down to make it? Well it was kind of difficult. I wanted to add so much more to it, but could not. Well here it is...what do you think? My hubby says that he likes it a lot. I think I do but it just seems...blah.

This is a 3 X 3 card. I used Whisper White, Basic Black and Lovely Lilac. I added some faux stitching to the Lilac layers and some pastels to the 'Happy' and 'find joy...' layers.

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More embossing folders!

I tell ya this Cuttlebug is just too much fun!! I got myself another embossing folder the other day...'Happy Birthday'. So of course I had to use it! But what do make? I got my inspiration from the new sketch challenge on Splitcoast Stampers...SC105...here is the gallery with all the entries for this challenge!! Check it out! I really like this sketch. Although, mine turned out a little different. I think my circle is a little large and because of that I did'nt want to cover it up...if that makes any sense ;0) I think I am happy with it though. What do you think?

The colors used were Not Quite Navy, Barely Banana and Gable Green. I used my Pastels to color the embossed circle added some piercing with my piercing template. The background on the main card is done with 'Island Blossoms'(retired hostess set). Added some small Primas with some colored bling to the center.

Hoping to get to Michaels tomorrow for another embossing folder...or maybe a diecut? Can't decide...you will have to stay tuned in ;0)

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My first gel card!!

Okay to start off tonight, you may have heard me say this already...I Love My Cuttlebug!!!

I was so excited to get my SU Fishy Friends set for Christmas. The whole reason I wanted it was so that I could make some gel cards. Well tonight I not only made my first gel card, but also got to use my Swirls embossing folder, my new Fishy Friends set and my new Hawaiian Prima Flowers!! What fun. Okay here it is...

I used Tempting Turquoise, Cool Caribbean and Certainly Celery. And of course I used a little Clear Gel Sakura Pen. What fun these gel cards are!! I had a little issue with taping the wrong side first but all in all I am thrilled with how it turned out. And trust me when I say that it is truely better in real life!! ;0)

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