A little "Wheee!" and WOYWW76

I read a quote once by an artist that went "If I can't create something every day, I feel as if I'm going to burst!" I can understand that. I need that fix everyday. Moving meditation. *smile* Here's my card today. She was a precocious one. Required lots of fine motor work but the bakers twine cooperated with the glue pen and the dress fit and the wooden seat fit and the squirrel didn't throw nuts down on the little girl, so it all worked out. Deets can be found in my SCS Gallery. Now, for those of you here for this week's WOYWW, continue on.

When last you saw our heroine, she was hanging off a cliff wondering how her work space was going to be evacuated in the time dh alloted. Normally a procrastinator, she hoisted herself up and started carrying armfuls of craftiness to the basement. It was actually an eye opening experience because she found lots of goodies that have been buried under the "go-to" tools. In particular are the paper families that have taken up residence ever so stealthily in the narrowest of spaces and are now seeing the light of day. (She has to explain that they have come to live here by way of many 40% off coupons and discounts and mark-downs over the years, so don't think this crafter doesn't live up to the frugalista name... hee hee.) If she showed you what her workspace looks like now after a couple of days of clean up, you'd see a clean floor and neater closet. The desk is next and she will have it done by Monday when her parents arrive for the coming holiday. (If she can sneak a photo in pre-holiday next week, you'll see what the room looks like when there's no crafty evidence in it---except maybe the stray paper confetti that tends to bury itself in the carpet fibers....Oh, and to answer one lovely commenter's reflection on where the guests will put their clothes because everyone knows what that closet looks like....it isn't a guest room for sleeping in.... it's just a sitting room....lucky girl, the closet doesn't have to be cleared out but the door does have to close without complaining.....)

Anyway, the paper families are making a pit stop in the dining room (why does crafty girl think she hears snickering out there?) Pit stop because, again, they're not welcome to stay for long. Crafty girl has decided to sort them out and, get this, punch a circle out of every paper pack cover and then every paper in the stack, hole punch each, then put them on a large binder ring for easy reference. Then instead of going to the basement to be re-buried, they'll go on shelves for easy access. She loves this idea.

Tune in next week, same time, same channel and see if our heroine completed her task or completely lost her mind in the process.... *smile*

Happy WOYWW! (And if you don't know what I'm talking about, click on the WOYWW gadget on my sidebar and enter Wednesday's World of Wonderful Workspaces.....)

Cindy (aka Scrapcollectr)

CASE Tiffany's style

Tiffany is traveling and has guest bloggers (link there with the gadget to the left about the give-away). On Nov 13th, guest blogger De Swanick challenged us to CASE a card of Tiffany's. I found a cute birthday card in her SCS Gallery and this is what I came up with. Basically, I used a sweet Melody Ross for Unity sentiment and CASEd her sketch and the use of acetate and a mini clothespin on her card. Hope you like it!  More deets in my SCS Gallery.
TFL...
*smile*

Cindy (aka Scrapcollectr)

H{ip}, H{ip} Hooray!

It's time for another H{ippity} Hop with Ippity!

I love Mondays. It can be 100 degrees or 0 degrees. It can even be raining, sleeting or snowing! Because it's the day that I can wander through the blogs of Ippity inspiration and I don't need sun tan lotion or a parka. Ahhhh.... just a cup of tea and a working computer! It's the little things.....

The inspiration challenge this week was to use clocks or numbers on our cards in honor of Daylight Savings Time. I came across this great glittery clock paper in a DCWV stack and the lightbulb went off. I used a simple design to include a glorious sunset and an Ippity sentiment (from the Love in Return set) to remind us to watch for the moments that take our breath away. More deets in my SCS Gallery.

Thanks for dropping by and have a wonderful week.....

If you didn't start at the beginning of the hop, go here. Remember to leave lots of love as you hop around because one random commenter on one random blog is going to get an Ippity prize!

Now that's something to *smile* about!

Cindy (aka Scrapcollectr)

Key to Joy

Maybe the key to my joy is creating a mini canvas in the form of a card....

This card was created for a Limelight Paper Crafts sketch challenge (#60). The placement of the label in the sketch made me think of a brooch on a strap on a dress with lace on a woman wearing a pearl necklace with a tiny key hanging from it..... The sentiment comes from the Unity store kit called, what else? Key to Joy.

More deets in my SCS Gallery.

Thanks for looking....and in 12 hours, I'll be posting my Ippity blog hop card. Stop by tomorrow....

*smile*

Cindy (aka Scrapcollectr)

Unity Hip Hop Sketch Challenge #33

Hi!
Quick post. The sketch challenge this week brought to mind a card idea I saw a few years ago at a SU workshop. I made my own rendition, complete with a herringbone red suit and a word from the May '10 KOTM.
All deets can be found in my SCS Gallery.
Thanks for looking and be sure to come back and visit on Monday for the Ippity Blog Hop!

Cindy (aka Scrapcollectr)

Let's go to the Hop!

(Groan...) Cheesy title, I know.... but I've gotta come up with a new one each week!

Welcome to the latest Unity Friends With Flair blog hop.

After I made this card (with 3 Unity sets---can you name them?), I decided that this kitty's name is Sparky. (I know.... more often a dog's name, but it kinda has a little dalmation action going on....so....firehouse.... sparks.....Sparky. Even though, to tell you the truth, it came more from the sentiment, which mentions the word "spark". The rest just justified it.)

Anyway, Sparky's in trouble, but what do you expect a kitty to do if he happens upon a ball of yarn, I ask you?

Funny how things fall into place. I was almost done with the card and I needed something in the top right corner. I found the clock on some glittery patterned paper and it was the perfect size for my spot. That was definitely divine intervention...

All deets can be found in my SCS Gallery. Thanks for stopping by!

Have a wonderful weekend and if you haven't started this hop at the beginning, go here and let's get this party started...

*smile*

Chaos and procrastination... WOYWW75

Hmmm....what were the names of those two cute little monsters in the animated Hercules movie? Well, they may as well have been chaos and procrastination as far as I'm concerned, though my chaotic studio days are numbered. Dh lovingly asked if I could clear out of this "satellite" room by Thanksgiving. We're having guests, you see. That's a reasonable request. Lol. The chaos on the desk (and the floor and sofa) this week stems from a variety of procrastinations.

But the way I look at it, my muse comes through very nicely when I procrastinate so it works for me......well, except for the racing pulse and the helter skelter skittishness to make it to the deadline. Hee hee. Anyway, Sunday at 1pm was the deadline for the Hope You Can Cling To challenges (a cause to make cards for breast cancer patients and their families in Texas) and I was able to complete 21 cards by then. (If you look quickly at my posts below, you'll see a number of them on display and, Elizabeth, I used the Anna Griffin self-inking stamp on the pink card with more than 3 butterflies on it.... you wanted to see the stamp in action.) P.S. There was a random drawing of names for prizes and I got one! When I told dh that I'd won two stamps sets, he asked cooly, "Where are you going to put them?" ROTFLOL. Luckily the conversation moved on before I had to answer that one....

The second procrastination came in the form of a card I'd been meaning to do for a Stampers' Sampler challenge to use tape in an unusual way..... (see the open magazine and typed up instructions on the desk?)

I ran to the post office with it yesterday because by my calculations, including the government holiday on Thursday for Veterans Day, my card just might get to California by the Monday deadline. Whew! I'll keep you posted on whether I get the good word from them. (That too, dh loves to kid me by asking what I'm paid if it's published. "A million dollars?" he asks. I laugh and tell him "No, just a free magazine..." Hee hee.)

This photo shows how I reached for a Copic marker from the soft case that was sitting on my lap yesterday and the whole lot of them fell onto the floor where they had to stay because of .... right... the deadline. Lol.

Lastly, if you're still with me. I was sitting having breakfast two days ago and I heard a noise that sounded like something falling off my roof. I came to find it was actually a deer that had, due to some kind of haste and miscalculation, wound up running onto the deck behind my house instead of sticking to the deer run. I watched helplessly while it tried to find a way off. It kept trying to stick its head and body through the wooden railings without any luck. I was mortified that it would try to crash through the window on the house side. Can you picture the scene as I opened the back door and yelled "Here, here, here!" hoping it would hear my voice and realize that the opening was at my end of the deck. LOL, I probably scared it more. It finally found a weak railing post and I watched as it forced its head through and then, amazingly the rest of its little buck body (I saw the two cute little horns forming on top of its head.) And here's the proof that I'm not making this up.

I could completely identify with the little guy. Maybe he was trying to make a deadline....

*smile*

Cindy (aka Scrapcollectr)