Craft Room Organizational System!

This post is all about some of my organizational systems in my Cricut room.

First, I want it to look pretty, but I need things to be visible (or I forget about them) and 'each in his own place.'


On top of my stickles storage that Dad made for me are some cute ceramic flower pots I got on a huge sale at M's in the fall. They're handy for the Cuttlebug strip folders, my watercolor pens, a perch for my signature stamp, etc. etc.




Here is the stickles box Dad made. The top shelf holds all the colors with extra spaces I use for my Glitz stickles which sit in the back. The bottom shelf holds all my 'extras'... I stock up during August when the Scrapbook show is in town. I found the rose pulls at Lowe's, and Dad figured out a way to fit them on. Each 'drawer' pulls out so access to the colors is easy.


Here you can see the top drawer pulled out - which color do you need?

I have to tell you all about my Color Caddy from Stampin' Up. I got it on a killer deal from ebay! I'd been bidding on one for about 2 months, and all of a sudden, I got it for $35! I'm still very happy about this! I needed a better storage solution than the carrying cases I was using, and WHAT a deal!!! It's usually about $80 including all the taxes, shipping, etc. with the extensions. I love it!

Here are two tins I bought at Hobby Lobby and store my Cuttlebug folders in ABC order.

Here you can see one of them open. I store the new 5 x 7 size separately, but the A2's fit PERFECTLY in these tins.

Here is how I store my Cricut Carts. I use the Plano tackle storage. I've separated the carts by fonts, Disney/Solutions, and Shapes I and Shapes II to keep them all organzied. I write my name at the base, and the 2 (or more) letter codes we use on the Messageboard. For example: The Walk In My Garden cartridge, which I use very often is marked WIMG at the top so I can find them easier.

Since I'm now storing these in a darker location than a table-top I was using at the other house, I marked them darker on the side so finding what I wanted was easier. Here are my 4 filled containers for my carts... I have one waiting in case I need it!! :)

This is the system I use to store my booklets and overlays. I have a post showing a link to the directions to make these little folders. LINK

I have them also separated by fonts, and then all the remaining carts are in these folders in 2 other bins and 1 other photo box. The photo boxes fit the cart folders perfectly!

I'll be back soon with more pictures of the entire room itself, but I wanted to show some of my storage pieces. Dad really did an awesome job on the Stickles box!!! It was exactly what I needed.

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March Stamp Club and a Thank-You Card (OSW)

I really like this card... wouldn't it be SO perfect for a man's birthday card? Gotta love how all the layers work together with the ink matching the very background. It is so elegant in person. I will re-create this for some family birthday cards soon!!


I don't have this punch set yet... but I will!!! We've used it now for 2 completely different "flavored" cards; one was a Christmas, snowy theme, and now this Spring card. Can't you see rusts and deep yellows/oranges for a fall card?
I love the Spring, and this card is just perfect with the beautiful pink, green, and touch of blue.


Here is another One Sheet Wonder Card. I needed a thank you card for someone who helps us out occasionally, and my newest punch - the MS Wrought Iron was perfect here!!

Want more info. on One Sheet Wonders? Click the One Sheet Wonders label here in my blog, and I have links posted!

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What a Difference a Week Makes!

I kept telling my husband we were having more snow this year.... of course, he wouldn't believe me - and he works for the weather service! I was cheering when I heard we were having snow - but the timing was a little off. It was the 2 last days of our Spring Break!!! I had to take the opportunity to take some pictures of my spring flowers having to deal with the snow. We ended up with 4 1/2 inches of snow on Saturday, and by Sunday afternoon, the majority of it was gone! I would have liked it to stay a little longer even though spring is my very favorite season.

Please enjoy!!
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My First Daffodil!

The first daffodil of spring!

When we moved into this house in November, I planted almost 100 daffodil bulbs. (Yes, that's right, about 100!) I've never lived in a house where I could actually grow flowers... but now I do!!!

Spring is absolutely my favorite season with all the trees budding, and flowers blooming... I just had to show the first daffodil that bloomed in our yard. Many more are coming, and will be blooming over the next few weeks... I'm looking forward to next year where they will multiply! Whoo HOOO!

Please enjoy!!!





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Name for our door!

There is an amazing lady I work with... when we moved into our new office room, I already had my name done with this cartridge. Last weekend, I spent a few hours working on getting her name done so it would be on our door as well.

I've gotten lots of compliments from others that pass by the door... (there are also some other Cricut cuts on the door from Home Decor) but our names in this 'font' get the most attention.

The letters are cut at 4 inches, all have a black shadow, and have some type of 3D gel pen work and stickles to make them look GREAT!!!

The big trick is always the apple for the period. I have to use real-size, and do some size calculations... otherwise these are pretty straight-forward.

Please enjoy!


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Stationery Box Refills - OSW Sunflowers

Since I bought my Cricut in March of 2008, whenever my parents come to visit, Mom and I plan one project to work on together. Our most recent project before this one was the CD calendars. They are very popular, and I get lots of wonderful comments from online friends as well as the people that received them. (Thank you!!)

On their way to Arizona, Mom kept saying she needed replacement cards for her Stationery Box from this past birthday, SO since I'm so stuck on these One Sheet Wonder cards, I decided to turn the daisy stamp into a sunflower. Yes, I know it sounds strange, but it really worked!

My SU rep is so wonderful!! Kathy allowed me to borrow some ink pads I don't yet have to make up the colors for the sunflowers. I borrowed her More Mustard, So Saffron, and Apricot stamps, along with the Barely Banana and Yo Yo Yellow pads I have, we turned out AWESOME sunflowers!

We stamped the darkest color first, and then just layered all the yellows with the daisy stamp from the Watercolor Garden stamp set... and use Chocolate Chip and the Soft Suede stamped twice to get nice dark centers. They really do look like sunflowers!

Mom wanted some with reds, so we stamped a total of 6 sheets (Yes, I have lots of pieces left for more cards)... and had a ball!

THEN we got out all my punches from Stampin' Up, and Martha Stewart along with having to make a Hobby Lobby run to get some turquoise ribbon, and had fun matching colors and punches with the backgrounds. The Cuttlebug bit Mom pretty good, but she'll recover! Once she had that all worked out, she did all the embossing, and sentiment choosing.

It really was LOTS of fun!!

Please enjoy our One Sheet Wonder Sunflower cards!
As always, click on a picture for a screen sized view.

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Valentine's Day 2010 - OSW!!

I'm still stuck on these One Sheet Wonder cards!!!

I used lots of different inks and stamp sets, all from Stampin' Up:

Inks:

Yo Yo Yellow

Pink Pirouette

Riding Hood Red

Purely Pomegranate and

Rich Razzleberry

The stamp sets I used:

Love You Much

Priceless

I {Heart} Hearts

Well Scripted and

Framed with Love

I didn't make all 10 cards out of the stamped sheet, so that allowed me to use some pieces I cut freely for the card insides and the punched and over-stamped pieces. Please enjoy!!

Your kind comments are always appreciated!

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Cards for Soldiers "Spring" Jan. 25 - Feb 19, 2010

I've been spending some time on Ebay looking for Stampin' Up stamp sets, and found this sentiment set that had lots of good sayings in many different fonts.... lots of them are shown here.

I've also recently discovered the (not new) technique of One Sheet Wonder cards! Basically, you use similar family ink colors and a stamp set to completely cover one 8.5 x 11 sheet. With specific instructions, cut apart this sheet... and make at least 10 cards from it! What an amazing idea!! Below you'll see the result of my very first solo experiment with the OSW cards.

Here is a link to the cutting template.

Here is a link to the card template to make 10 cards with the cut pieces.

I followed some of the samples for the cards, and then used some of my own ideas to come up with some new designs. I really love the Martha Stewart punches!!! I like to see how I can incorporate all those great punches with the stamped images and color schemes.

Here are most of the samples from my set of 20 CFS this time around!!

I just had to play around with the heart loops PATP punches I'd gotten. The Love comes from the Limited Edition Cricut Cartridge; Love Struck.

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