It's All About The Journey

A Perfectly Polished Set

I'm late in getting my post up tonight.  I had hoped to have this up by early this evening but life got in the way.:) When I received the stamp set Perfectly Polished by Rupa Shevde from Gina K. Designs I saw lots of possibilities using this set. But one little gift idea came to me right away. Thing was I did not have all of the items to make it. So off to Walmart and Michaels I went in search of what I needed. Half the fun of making a gift  for me is finding the right things that go with my idea and for the person/persons I am making it for. 

Wayne and I have three daughters. Two of them have girls. So this was made for them in mind. Yes, I have two sets ready to go. :)

So here are some photos and then I will explain what I did and where every thing came from.

 

Both our daughters and their daughters are girly girls. Each of our daughters also has 2 daughters so I bought 3 bottles of nail polish, 3lip glosses and nail files. My daughter has always had a "girls day" with Molly and Darcy. She would give them manicures and then give them a little blush on their faces, do their hair etc...  Then she would do her nails. I think it has been awhile since they have done that together so I made this gift for them. I am sure that it will make Jen and the girls smile. I'm also sure that she and the girls will have a day of manicures. Hillary and her little girls will have a blast too.

  

Here is the card that I made to go with the gift. 

  

And here is the set together. Well that's pretty obvious huh?:) 

This set was so easy and so much fun to make. I am giving this as a "just because gift". But when I finished making it and saw how much it reminded me of spring I thought that this would be a neat little gift to make for girls of all ages as an Easter gift. I also thought that had I made the colors red and pink I could have made it a Valentines Day gift. Of course this could also be given as a birthday gift  for a friend that your thinking of. Just a few ideas.  So here is what I used.

Stamps: Perfectly Polishedby Rupa Shevde from Gina K. Designs.

Card-Stock: Pure luxury 120 lb card-stock. from Gina K. Designsand Iced Amethyst from Prism Papers.Designer paper from DCWV. Pre -made card 3 1/2 x5" from SU.

Inks:Versafine Vintage Sepia. I also used my Prisma Color Pencils and gamsol.

Embellishments:  Rose and Light Orchid ribbon from Stamin'UP! Purple and pink Buttons.

Tools: Marvy Uchida Mega and Giga scallop rectangle punches. Foam Brushes.

Other: Wood basket purchased from Michaels, Apple Barrel White acrylic paint and pink tissue paper.

The cost of the wooden basket was only 1.00. Each item inside of the basket was 1.00 each. So the cost of making this little gift was 9.00 and change. I'm not sure how much a small piece of tissue costs or how much it cost me to use the white paint that I all ready had on hand. I also have no idea how much it cost me to add the buttons either. I have thousands of buttons.:)I made the tag using the pure luxury card-stock and the Polished Perfectly set. I also used a sentiment from the stamp set to put on the front of my card. So there you have it. It was easy to make and I can hardly wait to give it to my daughter.

I will not be posting any thing new for Sunday. Sunday is my day to spend with Wayne, to clean and to cook a big Sunday dinner. Speaking of cleaning I am hoping to get my room completely cleaned before I go to bed tonight.:) Thank you for answering my question about how you prefer to work. Mess or no mess. It was fun reading your answers.

I sure hope that all of you are keeping warm. As I write this it is 6degrees and going down quickly. We are in for another cold spell once again. I was very happy that I did not have to go out today because it was so very cold.  One more week and February will be here and if we are all lucky it will start warming up.

Have a wonderful Sunday. Smile. :)

Step Away From the Craft Room

And that is exactly what I did today. Some times I have a warped sense of humor and this is one of those times.  Hence the title of my blog post tonight. Ido not have a card or a project to show you. But I can explain and show you photos of part of the reason why I had to step away from the craft room.This past week has been a whirlwind for me. Lots of appointments to go to, errands to run and trying to design cards for the newest stamp release for  Gina K. Designs.:) The last part was the fun part of my whole week. Speaking of Gina K. Designs. Did you know that there are still party challenges that are available until Tuesday night. Just visit these blogs for more information.

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As a result of my being so busy my craft room is a disaster. I've kept up with the rest of my house but my room looks as though a mad woman was in here . Maybe she was. Ha-ha. I have this thing about working in a messy room. I can not think straight when clutter surrounds me. Seriously, I truly have a problem concentrating when I am in a very messy room. So I thought that I would share some photos of what most of my room looks like. Stepping away from my craft room was a good thing for me to do today. Now All I have to do is clean it up and I will be good to go.  I have a small project that I am working on using the Perfectly Polished stamp set from Gina K. Designs and hope to have it finished by tomorrow night.

Okay here we go. :)

   

This is the space where I work. As you can see it is quite a mess. Oh and if you would like to see my mess close up just double click on the picture.

 

I'm not sure why this photo is a bit blurry but I think you can get an idea of what is going on in my room by looking at it. :) I was pressed for time so I was not getting every thing in focus.

 

As you can see I did not get every thing in focus here either. There are some of the Gina K. stamps that I have been working with. Some inks and my ITouch. I listen to music some times while I stamp. :)

 

Top view. Nothing like getting up close and personal huh?

     

This is where I do my cutting. As you can see it is very cluttered and I will either have to clean it up before I go to bed tonight or just move some stuff so I can use my cutting board.OY!

 

This is my tool area. It's not too bad but still needs some cleaning.

 

I had to put this photo up and show you that at least one section of my room is not too bad. So there you have it. My room is a mess and I need t get it cleaned up by this weekend. Wish me luck.

Here is a question for you. Do you work better in clutter or a well organized room?

I hope that all of you have had a good week and that your weekend is full of fun. I am off to go work on my little project for a bit. Smile. :)

Sweetest Blessings

I have had such fun being a part of the sneak peek previews for the Gina K. Designs January releases.  I hope that you have enjoyed looking at all of the wonderful designs that the design team members have  had on all of their blogs. I know I have. I also hope that you will be able to join everyone at the Gina K. Forum tonight for the New release party at 7 PM. It will be a blast!

I have one last sneak peek that I would like to share with you. The set that I used is so sweet. If you are in need of birthday, thank you, love or just because cards then I think that you will like this set very much. :) For more sneak peeks please please visit the blogs that I have listed in the post below this one. These designers are all awesome!

Here is my sample for you. Once again, I made a simple card that took me about 15 minutes to make.  The size of the finished card is 4 1/4 x 5 1/2"

Stamps: Sweetest Blessings from Gina K. Designs. Available tonight.

Card-stock: Pure Luxury 120 lb. from Gina K. Designs. Pink Pirouette from Stampin'UP! Designer paper is Blush from BasicGrey.

Inks:Versafine Vintage Sepia. I also used Prism color pencils and gamsol.

Embellishments: Brown satin ribbon, and red Austrian Crystals.

Tools: A stippling brush,Punches from Marvy Uchida, window punch from SU and my Scor-Pal.

Thank you very much for stopping by my blog and for leaving all of the lovely comments. I have enjoyed reading all of them. I sure wish that I had enough time in the day to answer all of  you. Hopefully by this weekend I will be able to take a few hours and visit your blogs and also answer the many letters that I have received. I wish that I had more time to write but it is 3 AM and I have got to get to bed. It has been a busy week for me with lots of appointments and the daily chores that need to be done. This week sure has passed by quickly. I hope that your week is going well and that your able to get all of the things that you want or need  to do checked off of your to do list. Stay warm and try to enjoy the rest of the week. Smile.:)