Happy World Cardmaking Day!
This weekend we actually do not have too much planned, so I have some time for crafting. It is a glorious autumn day, so after purchasing some popcorn from a cute little Cub Scout we know, we went to a park and took a little walk.
Now that we are home, I cleaned up my stamping desk a little. Joy Clair challenged us to show off your craft workspace. I never have shown mine. My desk is a repurposed player piano. It was supposed to be a family heirloom, but it was, in fact, a clunker! So I gifted the ivory keys to my brother-in-law (he sometimes repairs pianos), and DH tore out the rest and put in shelves.
You can see that it never is actually clean. I put out a few stamp sets that are NBUS (never-before-used-stuff). In fact, cleaning and organizing is basically the only way to resist the urge to buy things in all the sales today!
Maybe one day I will give a better tour of my craft area.
Anyhow, here is a card set I finished up. I had a background stamp from Technique Junkies that I thought looked like kitchen wallpaper. And I paired this with a Penny Black cooking stamp set that I also hadn’t used yet. I used all pigment inks here. The kraft ink got washed out in the photos, but it is lovely too.
The inside of this last card has a sentiment that says, “Hope you’re cooking up something fun!” You can see this set has fun sentiments!
I would love to enter Joy Clair’s My Crafty Workspace challenge and SimonSaysStamp’s World Cardmaking Challenge.
Supplies: Technique Junkies Folk Art background stamps, Penny Black Spice of Life stamp set, Avery Elle and Versafine inkpads, Gina Marie X Stitched circle dies, other items from my stash.
Thanks for visiting! Hope you see what you are up to today!
19 comments:
Very cool space~love your shelf :) Thanks for joining us today!
What a grand old way to re-purpose a player piano into a crafting area! It looks like a comfy place where everything is easily within reach - yay! Love the cooking cards today too, and happy WCMD!
Wonderful crafting space and so neat and tidy. And, I love the trio of beautiful kitchen design cards too. That reminds me of kitchen wall paper too.
great to see your crafty space. YOur triple threat of kitchen cards is fabulous. Glad you got to play on WCMD.
Heidi what a cool desk structure! And adorable trio of cards! And thank you for the tip of pulling out NBUS stamps and supplies. I usually live that way but sometimes its easy to use the same old stuff. And I have so much crap I could use something "new" to me every day til I die and I'm sure you could too! LOLOL Happy weekend! xoxo
Love your repurposed piano desk! That has to be the most unique stamping desk ever!!! Much more character than something new. My desk is an old teacher desk which means all the drawers are on my side, but there's space for a friend (student) on the other side. A great find at a thrift store. :)'
Also love all the cards you post -- please keep them coming. The amount of pretty cards you make is truly inspiring!
GREAT work space here and love your gorgeous cards.x
How unique that you have a desk from a repurposed piano. You are very creative in your thinking for sure!
Your organization skills are awesome as well. Thanks for sharing a photo of your studio.
Very cute cards. I love the cooking theme.
What a great space!! Fun cards today!
What a unique desk . I love the bold graphic style of your cooking cards.
Love the kitchen inspired trio of cards! What a clever use of the old piano! Makes a great desk!
Three fabulous cards Heidi, love the kitchen images and your colours. What a super desk, pretty crowded, just like mine, Kate x
He did a great job on your desk, and it looks like everything is at your fingertips :)
Your cards are too cute and such fun sentiments to go with them.
Such a great workspace- love it! I kept busy and did not order anything today either : )
Your cards are beautiful! Love the TJ background and all of the fun kitchen themed stamps!!!
What a cool desk/work area! (I love seeing where other people make their beautiful creations!!) Great card set, too.
You have a very neat and tidy workspace there Heidi! Much more organized than mine is right now! LOL!! Fabulous cards you've made and I love the cute kitchen related images and sentiment you've used! :)
Your work space is so organized and neat. Seems like all of my things are spread out from here to yonder.
Love these cute and fun cards. I like the kitchen themed stamps.
Oh what cute cards! Thanks for sharing your work space. So glad you could repurpose the piano. Great idea.
really sweet cards
x Karen
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