Sunday, October 2, 2011

Motivation Monday??

So, tomorrow rather than posting some great motivation. I've decided I'll be online and doing a video on U-Stream!! YAY. Join me in chat tomorrow night. You can find my U-Stream channel on the left hand side of the blog here. I'll be on at 8pm! I'm not even sure what I'm showcasing for sure just yet. We may make some cards or work more on my 7-Gypsies cityscape, or maybe some layouts..... who knows. I'm just not sure yet what I'm feeling. However, I shall be live and be working on something that will motivate you.... well hopefully. I hope you can join me for the chit chat and if not. It shall be recorded as it always is!

I'm not even going to lie, there have been no posts, as well...... I haven't been motivated. Ok, I have been motivated, I find motivation...everywhere, however not enough to really do much other than small creations or cards for people at work. LOL. See, we all go through those RUTS! Blah, I personally hate going through it but have found the best way to overcome this rut is to jump right in and not let it get to me! So, that's why there have been no motivation Mondays or wandering Wednesdays. Because honestly, I wasn't feeling it. I think that's fair. haha Complete honesty, we don't always feel like posting something. Don't always feel like motivating, especially when we're not motivated to so much as step into our craft area much less put out some great creationa! It happens. Sucks, but it happens none the less. Have you went through those moments? How long did it last for you? I tell myself "well if I could go buy some new things I'd be motivated." and sometimes, this is true it sparks some motivations, however the last 3 weeks..... umm that was not it. I even bought some things two weeks ago... lol, and haven't so much as looked at them much less been motivated to use them. I have soo much paper I could use a sheet a day until I die and not run out! So, product is no excuse!  Sooo, tomorrow night, we shall jump into it. Like I said not sure what we shall do, but we shall do something. I have some new stamps, embellishments, pan pastels, etc. that we shall put to use! Sometimes RUTS, happen! So, lets here it ladies, how bad are your ruts? How long do they last? How do you overcome them?

Monday, September 12, 2011

MIA and Motivation Monday

Okay, so I feel as though I owe everyone a bit of an apology. I have been getting used to this whole working outside of the home and still functioning and getting everything done. PS I'm loving my job sooo much! However, this past weekend I created a plan! I am the queen of plans! Follow through is the tricky part right? Yes, indeed. So, here's the deal. I plan on from now on changing things a bit to make things work with more ease for me. Wednesdays will now be the night for tutorials. Thursdays were my day of choice for this, however with football season going on.. ya.. um.. it's being changed! LOL I do regret to say that I have been crafting!! Well ok I dont regret to say it however, I made about 10 cards last week.. which was a task in and of itself as I haven't made cards in... hmm.. well in longer than I can recall. I mean I'm the person who will buy her friends cards.. lol. However, with the new job after the ladies in the front office saw my crafty skill I got nominated to make cards.. and I sorta voluntered! None the less, I made them and completely brain farted takign a picture to share. Good news is each week of the month I'll have cards to make. Sooooo, those of you who love cards... you shall begint o see some showcases once a week.

So, lets move on to some motivation shall we... All images are thanks to Pinterest.com and you can follow any and all of my boards by clicking here http://pinterest.com/craftdonkey/  Everyone knows my love for pictures and colors in general. So, today I'm bringing some amazing pictures. For the original origin of these images, check out my pinterest board titled "Motivation". These are mostly places and scenes, however there's also some color combos and flowers!























Tuesday, September 6, 2011

This & That



Sharing first a 15 minute layout. My point in showing you these is to show you a simple yet fun streamlined page. Nothing fancy yet still wonderful! Little clusters of embellishments and a bit of crackle and some simple stitching! Done!


Also, thought I would share a storage technique with everyone. I've shared this a few times with other crafty friends. I know many who love to store their thin dies in binders, but are often stuck with the hard fact of paying for expensive sleeves for the dies. I've created an easy solution for this. Created from simple 12x12 clear layout sleeves. All you need is a sewing machine. You can then make any size pockets you need. Here I've made long pockets to hold the long thin alpha or border dies. Just a simple stitch is all you need! You can even make pockets on top of one another with the simple cut across with a pair of scissors.


Monday, September 5, 2011

Motivation Monday

Hello this fine Monday. It's a fine Monday because of course I am not at work!!! Hee hee.

For today's motivation I thought we'd fall into the wonderful Helmar Sketch of the Month. I just adore these! I'm not a huge on on using sketches however, I have been loving Helmar's sketches! So, here's is this months sketch! Check it out here and then the link below the picture for more details on it!





Thursday, September 1, 2011

Tutorial Thursday

Here is Thursday's tutorial. I made a very nifty book. Had fun talking to the ladies that joined me tonight!

I'll post pictures of the completed album this weekend.... as well there's still a few touches to be added to it. Loved just pecking away at this one! Was ubber fun to get down and messy and then afterwards I shared a few projects I have been working on!

Here is the video! Have fun ladies!