WOYWW #859

 Good morning, crafty friends!

I didn't accomplish what I wanted while Bob was gone so that photo I promised will  move to next week. I spent Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday fighting with a pinched nerve in my hip that made walking back and forth across the house difficult. Go figure!

Oh, did anyone take part in the class action suit against FB for the privacy breech about 3 years ago? I had a payment in my paypal this morning. Not as much as I'd have like but definitely more than I thought I'd ever see.  LOL

I'm afraid my desk isn't very exciting this week...

This is what's left after I finished the Christmas card for Week 3.  The dies on the left are what I used to die cut stars from for the Christmas tree. Stamp sets are buried underneath for the sentiment both on the outside and the inside. 

Here's this week's card:

VIDEO HERE

That's it for me this week. I should be able to make my usual rounds again this week. Bob got home Monday afternoon and we're trying to get some things done.

That's it for my desk (and story) this week. Who's Miss Sarah and why am I here?  When you are done visiting me in the Ozarks, please hop on over to Sarah’sCraft Shed for all the details. Miss Sarah has a long list of other studios you can peek into. No standing on an up-turned milk pail to look in the window. We open the doors wide and welcome you.  Please leave your number and you'll be among the first on my list.

Creative Blessings!

~ Kelly 

WOYWW 858

 Good morning, crafty friends!

I apologize for not getting 'round last week. Seemed every time I sat down to visit, Bob would come upstairs needing something. This week will be better. LOL

Bob leaves in a couple of hours for our niece's wedding in OK. I'll be taking advantage of the place to myself for the next six days to really dig into this mess. I've listed five specific areas to target, one per day with a  little wiggle room.

I'll give you a list but first, here's the desk for this week:

I cleaned part of the desk off yesterday after making the Week 2 Christmas card. I worked from the same Paper Pumpkin kit as last week. There are two designs left in the kit. I want to get them made up this week, filmed and scheduled so they're out of the way. Here's a close up of one of six cards:

The original design had the sentiment Love And Joy stamped in Shaded Spruce on a white banner. I thought Peace went better with the snowflakes. I also heat embossed the sentiment. 

Okay.. the list. I find it more encouraging if I make a list of what needs to be done and push to accomplish each in one day. When that task is done, I'm done until the next day and the next item on the list.  Next week I'll embarrassingly show a before picture of items #2 & #3. for now:

Wednesday - Put away all the stamps/ dies from the #31days of Halloween AND catalog the dies. 

Thursday - Sort/ file all the Halloween crafting into their binder

Friday - Sort/ file all of the Christmas crafting into their binder

Saturday - Clear out the sewing corner (mind you, very little of sewing is in the bedroom lol) and put actually sewing stuff where it belongs

Sunday - Finish any of the above that needs finished (wiggle room day)

Monday - Read the book I need to review on Wednesday

I hope to pitch a lot of stuff. We shall see.

That's it for my desk (and story) this week. Who's Miss Sarah and why am I here?  When you are done visiting me in the Ozarks, please hop on over to Sarah’sCraft Shed for all the details. Miss Sarah has a long list of other studios you can peek into. No standing on an up-turned milk pail to look in the window. We open the doors wide and welcome you.  Please leave your number and you'll be among the first on my list.

Creative Blessings!

~ Kelly

 

WOYWW 857

 Good morning, crafters.

Popping in to show what's on my desk.

After a crazy month of a video every day, I'll only be posting on Tuesday's this month. Time to  get Christmas cards done.

These are modified from the November 2019 paper pumpkin which was to be all tags. I made the first set of tags and put them on the card front. I still need to put the liners in.

Haven't decided if I'm doing another set from this kit or pull up another kit. Guess you'll find out next week. ;-)

As to my uploading of videos. I live in the middle of no where. Here in the states, it's referred to as "directions to my house include turn off the paved road". Between my internet provider, youtube and where I live, uploading takes a long time. a 30 minute video can take up to 3 hours. That's one of the reasons my videos are usually short. I also can not do lives because I pixelate too bad.  It is what it is. 

Not everyone has this issue. If I want to travel 2 hours north and stay at a hotel, my videos would upload in minutes instead of hours. 

That's it for my desk (and story) this week. Who's Miss Sarah and why am I here?  When you are done visiting me in the Ozarks, please hop on over to Sarah’s Craft Shed for all the details. Miss Sarah has a long list of other studios you can peek into. No standing on an up-turned milk pail to look in the window. We open the doors wide and welcome you.  Please leave your number and you'll be among the first on my list. It is what it is. LOL

 

Creative Blessings!

~ Kelly

WOYWW 856

 Good morning, crafty friends!

Did you see that Neet posted last week? Was so good to see her. Sending her all the love & healing blessings.

Getting some things out of the way so I can set my planner up for November.

Here is my desk:

This might looked staged - and it is... Just not for you. ;-)

I had set the desk up for filming today's Day 29 of the #31daysofhalloween tag series. I used the Toil n Trouble paper pack from Stampin' Up! (retired) as well as the coordinating dies and punch. That pocket letter looking thing shows samples of the paper pad. I catalog all of my Stampin' Up! paper pads this way - all 151!

Here is the tag I made:

I'm just getting the video set to upload now. You should be able to see the process later this afternoon. The 19 min video will take approx. 3 hours to upload. Sadly, even prepping everything last night the video still took longer than I wanted. LOL  By the way, videos for every tag are available on my YouTube Channel - KellysCreativeDreams, and visually on my Instagram (same name) and quick shots on my last two weeks here on the blog. I will be doing a full flip-through on Saturday November 1.

If you or relatives are in the path of Hurricane Melissa, please be safe.

That's it for my desk (and story) this week. Who's Miss Sarah and why am I here?  When you are done visiting me in the Ozarks, please hop on over to Sarah’sCraft Shed for all the details. Miss Sarah has a long list of other studios you can peek into. No standing on an up-turned milk pail to look in the window. We open the doors wide and welcome you.  Please leave your number and you'll be among the first on my list.

Creative Blessings!

~ Kelly

#31DAYSOFHALLOWEEN - Days 22-27

 Good morning, crafty friends!

I have the next six tags in the series. I can't believe we're almost finished!

For Day 22 - Whatever I Want Wednesday, I played with lots of different elements from Simple Stories Vintage Halloween. I love this kit. I really need to make an album with the rest of the kit.

Day 22

Day 23 was Thrifty Thursday. I took strips from Halloween Night (Stampin' Up! 2016) to do a strip collage inspired by a picture in Stampington Halloween. I added Mr. Bones. When embossing his hat, my large heat gun went out. Thankfully, I had a small Commotion stamps gun as a back up. Both are over 20 years old so maybe time to replace LOL. I added the Googly eye for a little more effect. Almost looks like Mr. Bones has a monical.

Day 23

Day 24 - Fabric Friday. I pulled out a 4" swatch pack from Moda called Midnight Magic #2. I initially bought the pack to go with the G45 Midnight Tales. I also used a piece of the fabric to make a small yo-yo. The ephemera pieces fre from Tim Holtz Halloween 2023 and 2024

Day 24

Day 25 - SACs Saturday. I've been wanting to play with this black cat napkin ever since I saw it. The background is pieced with black tissue paper to fill out the space. I added a crescent moon embellishment from my stash. I'd like to have found a crow the same size to perch on his hat.

Day 25

DAY 26 - Spooky Sunday.  The background paper is from Stampin' Up! Toil n Trouble. I stamped the house and colored in the windows.  you can't see it very well in the picture but I die cut 3 ghosts from that same stamp/ die set from packing material. Very ethereal look against the background. They almost look like wisps of smoke. LOL

DAY 26

Finally, for today - Day 27, I played with Skeletons for Mixed Media Monday. I call them Dancing Skeletons.

The background is a treat bag from the Sept. 2019 Paper Pumpkin. I opened the bag and glued it to the base by using Tombo Mono white glue to adhere the bag. The other elements are also from that same kit.

DAY 27

That's it for me today. I'm going to be working on Meals In A Jar today with Ramen Noodles. I like to replace their seasoning packet with real bouillon then add extra freeze-dried veggies to mine. I put mine in pint jars with only 1/2 pack of noodles. I also only put 1/2 pack in the quart jars (sans veggies) for Bob and I for a quick lunch. I found out yesterday he prefers ramen noodles over Campbell's soups. After 42 years, I'm still learning things about him!

Creative Blessings!

~ Kelly

WOYWW - 855

 Good morning, crafty friends!

I did get 'round to a few of you from last week. I am home now. Hopefully, no more traveling until April 2026 when I hide to do the final edits on this book. I'm ready so ready to send it out into the world and start on Book 3 in the series.

I won't be around today as my dear husband, Bob, turns 65! Today is all about him.

The desk is quite boring this week. You can see the remnants of my #31daysofhalloween tags for Tim Holtz Tuesday. I posted today's and I have next Tuesday's done/ filmed and ready to post next week.  If you want to see them, they are all posted on my IG channel - KellysCreativeDreams. All that's left is the kindle and note pad from a book review post on my author blog and the note pad for my cauldron blog schedule.  Tomorrow, I'll clear all the Tim Holtz paper & ephemera away then start the rest of the tags. Only 10 tags left to create! November will be a bit slower. 

I did take the Halloween Curio Class with Tim & Heidi at Simon Says Stamps. I even got a comment from Tim on my IG post. I was thrilled. Here's what I made:

I enjoyed the 4-hour class and learned some things. I can't wait to get out some of the other cloches & things I purchased over the years and make more dimensional items. 

That's it for my desk (and story) this week. Who's Miss Sarah and why am I here?  When you are done visiting me in the Ozarks, please hop on over to Sarah’s Craft Shed for all the details. Miss Sarah has a long list of other studios you can peek into. No standing on an up-turned milk pail to look in the window. We open the doors wide and welcome you.  Please leave your number and you'll be among the first on my list.

Creative Blessings!

~ Kelly

CATCHING UP! - Part 2 - #31daysofhalloween

 Good morning, crafty friends!

I'm quickly learning some things need to change as I get older. I spent Sunday hanging laundry. I have a slight incline from my porch to the clothes line.  I'm always cautious of my bad knee but yesterday morning I woke up with what felt like shin splints on my left leg. I took meds and crawled back into bed by 10:30. The rest of the day went quickly with little accomplished.

It's Tuesday morning about 5:30 a.m.  I've been awake since 2:30. Let's hope I can at least get through my mid-day meeting.

Today, we have Days 17-21. Remember, you will find all the details for each tag in its own video on my YouTube Channel . There is a #31DaysofHalloween Playlist on the channel.  Just seems like weekly posts here work best.

Day 17 - Fabric Friday

Day 18 - SACs Saturday

Day 19 - Spooky Sunday

Day 20 - Mixed Media Monday

Day 21 - Tim Holtz Tuesday

I'll see you tomorrow for another edition of WOYWW. 

Creative Blessings!

~ Kelly