a layout with 3 video tutorials!

hi all!

Let the christmas season officially begin!  of course i have been doing christmas projects for some time but once thanksgiving is over it really feels like christmas!  i have a serious lack of christmas music so i worked on fixing that yesterday and downloaded some to my computer.  however i have no ipod :(  but better than nothing - time to move into the current century right!

i have a snow layout for ya today.  and it has THREE videos to go with it!  i used 3 different techniques on the layout and figured i would film them while i was at it :)  two years ago we got an unusually large snowfall for this area - over 4'!  it was mind boggling and i think we shoveled for a week!  i was browsing through some SVGs over at Treasure Box Designs and saw a snow shoveling set and immediately thought of those pictures from the massive snowfall.  Treasure Box has SO many adorable sets for paper piecing as well as digi stamps.

i did this layout for Through the Craft Room Door using the sketch that appears in the current issue.  

while the sketch is a card sketch it was easy to alter it a bit and use it for a layout.  i turned it on it's side and instead of the 3 tabs i used a snowbank die cut from the SVG set.  i also used the layout of the focal panel for many of the picture mats.

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I used my Black Cat to cut out the SVG files of course and i must say i was really impressed by how well it cut even the tiniest of details:

to give you an idea of the size...

LOVE it!

fr the title piece i made a mat using tin foil, alcohol inks, an embossing folder and some Staz On ink

This is the first video i have for you today:

I also used Perfect Pearls mica powders on the title panel as well as the strip across the top of the layout to add some shimmering snowflakes - this is video 2:

perfect pearls are amazingly versatile and one of my can't live withouts!

i also added some microbeads for a different sort of shimmer.  i used them for the bands on the photo mats as well as the diecuts.  did you buy a bunch of martha stewarts microbeads when they came out?  i know i did (like every single color).  get them out and use them!  you can see how easy it is in the third video:

These videos are all sponsored by FaveCrafts - a new favorite set of sites of mine - loads of free ideas and tutorials and such - great stuff!

hi all!

ahhhhhh...nothing like decorating for the holidays to make me realize what a mess my house is...i can't put anything out until i clean up all the clutter so i have some where to put it!  the yard sale last weekend wasn't helping since ALL of my unwanted crap i still have left was sitting in my foyer! but i buckled down and got things back in order and commenced with the fall-ization!

Today is a teaser post again! I am very excited about one of my articles in the Holiday Bonus issue of Through the Craft Room Door so i thought i would tease you with some pics of the pile of products i used:

 

why YES those ARE super glittered xmas picks in totally outrageous non-traditional xmas colors ala Pezza.  what do you think?

studio Blog Truffle!

hi all!

as promised it's Blog Truffle time!  here is what i have up for grabs - poly clay embellies:

 

these are handmade by me and they have a fabulous dusting of mica powder for some amazing shimmer!

as you all know i recently re-did my craft room.  all cleaned up and beautifully organized.  so how is it going?  i thought i would show you some pics

i have FOUR main work tables/areas:

so my question for you - how many projects do i have going on RIGHT NOW from these pictures?  to be honest i am not even sure myself - i am going to have to go count them!

i can tell you though - the craft space is working out really well - YES i am cleaning up and putting things away as i go (so far).  so what you see out now is all being used :P  i do this because i often have things that need to dry so i work on other things while they dry OR i have various deadlines so i will be working on one thing and then have to take a break to work on something else that is due sooner PLUS stuff just for fun with no deadline at all.  Most of what you see in these pictures is projects that will be appearing in our Holiday Bonus issue of Through the Craft Room Door so i hope you all have a subscription so you can see the finished pieces!  I also have 4 pieces upstairs i have been working on in front of the tv.  it's an illness........

so what do you think peeps?  how many projects in the works can you spot? I will announce a winner on Friday!