MY ORGAIZATIONAL BENEFITS

One of our Scraprack Challenges from last week is to  make a sign stating the BENEFITS  I hope to achieve from organizing my craft room.  I thought for a few days, and here's what I came up with (although I haven't made my sign yet):
1.  To be able to see my floor again, and to walk into my craft room and feel lifted up instead of depressed.
2.  To have my scrapbook supplies in permanent and easily accessible places.

I know those are pretty simple, but right now when I walk into my room, I just want to get out as soon as possible.  That's sad, isn't it?  I have also proceeded to get a "purge" box, and things are being put in it.  All scrapbooking supplies laying around the house have been put in one place and will find permanent homes as soon as I get the rest of my Scraprack system (I had to order some more pages and spindles).  I have bought some 50% off wicker baskets to put my finished albums in.  They going to go out in the living room in plain sight - hopefully to tempt people to look through them.  I've even gotten some smaller baskets to put my little mini-albums in.  Doing this has cleared up a numer of shelves in two of my bookcases.

Then I have made the momentous decision to store away my Cricut Imagine and the cartridges that go with it.  Frankly, it takes up a huge amount of counter space, and I really don't use it at all.  I suspect Cricut is going to quit making new cartridges for it anyway and probably will quit making the machine.  It seemed like a good idea at the time, but it's very heavy and can't be transported to crops, so people just aren't buying them, or, like me, if they do, they aren't using them.  I'll probably end up selling mine.  Anyone want one for about $125.00?  I've got a lot of cartridges to go with it too.

So, I shall keep plugging away this week, but then I'm going back to Florida to take care of my daughter, who's having some surgery next week.  I'll be gone for two weeks, so my clean up project will have to go on hold for a while.  I'll still keep in touch though.

Happy Birthday Carding Using the Imagine

Hi Everyone,
I'm back at my crowded workstation actually creating this morning, since I was thwarted over the week-end without my "tools", and my supper is already in the crock pot! This morning I created a Happy Birthday card using my Imagine machine - yes, I finally got up the nerve to actually create something with it! Here are the instructions:
1. Cut 8-1/2" x 11" cardstock in half and use one of the halves to make the card. I used pink cardstock.
2. Cut mat of your choice 1/4" smaller than the front of the card
3. I used the Cricut Imagine More Cards cartridge, the first image in the book.
4. I changed the color of the brown plate in the image to an old Stampin' Up color, "Tempting Turquoise". To do that, you change the RGB code in the editing mode to R-74, G-231, B-248. I had gone on the Stampin' Up website and downloaded their color code chart because some of their colors are just wonderful. It's easy to get the color you want that way, instead of having to tinker around with the color wheel in the edit mode of the machine. Give it a try if you have the Imagine.
5. I cut the image in layers, and glued the turquoise plate right on the Happy Birthday mat. Then I glued the cupcake together and pop-dotted it on the blue plate. I added gold glitter to the candle.
6. I added some pink rick-rack at the top.
7. The stamp is from My Pink Stamper's Fruit and Veggie Puns.

Now go ahead and make something creative today and then tell me about it. Talk to you later.

Still Spending and Updating My Cricut Imagine

I tried to cut a little Christmas box using my Gypsy with my Imagine today, and neither machine seemed to recognize the other, I guess they hadn't met before.  Sooooo, anyway, I spent most of this evening going through the up-date process with both machines, and, guess what, they have now met!  They actually connected and got along  just fine.  I got my Christmas box cut with no mess-ups.  Actually, I watched one of Robyn's video's from "The Pink Stamper" web site to help me through it.  Thanks, Robyn - couldn't have done it without you!!

I told you that I would show you what a wreck my craft room is, so now you see.  The one wise thing I did this year was hang the shoe holder up on the door.  I really holds a lot of odds and ends that otherwise would just be laying around, but the floor is the worst!  I can barely make it to my computer, where I practically live.  If anyone has any organizational suggestions please let me know.  I need help! 

I also went on Custom Crops tonight because they're having a super sale on Cricut cartridges.  I spent almost $200.  It would have been over that, but I went back through my shopping cart and deleted the most expensive items.  They can wait for another day.  So now you see my problem.  What do I do?

Oh yes, I did NOT get the part in the play I auditioned for, and boy was I relieved.  I really don't want to spend every night for the next three months rehearsing.  Well, time for bed.  Bye.

Audition Day Is Tomorrow

Last night I got my Cricut Imagine set up.  That was exciting!  I need to register it, but I can't find the Model # and Serial #.  I bet they're on the bottom of the machine, and that thing is so heavy that I can't pick it up by myself to look underneat to see.  I'll have to wait until my sister comes over tomorrow A.M. to help me.  I have to get it under warranty before lightning strikes it or something.

Well, tomorrow is the big audition - at 5:00 P.M.  I have my monologue memorized, and, if I muff it, I think I can ad lib it enough to make it through.  Has anyone seen the Neil Simon play "Rumors"?  I haven't, but that's the play I'm auditioning for.  It's been a long time since I've had to memorize lines.  Hmmmm.  I hope my mind is still up to it.  Ha! 

I just went on "The Pink Stamper" blog.  I love that site.  She is so clever with all her card and scrapbooking designs.  With 5 young children, I don't know how she does it.  All my kids are grown and married, and I still can't do all the things she does.  My next big project is going to be cleaning up my scraproom space.  Right now I can barely walk in it.  Next post, I'll show you a picture of it.  I don't know where to start.  I suppose getting all the junk off the floor would be a good place to start.  You can send any suggestions you like.