keeping track of supplies

Hi everyone,

When you're a compulsive collector like me, it's no surprise that it extends to your hobby. In my case, it's everything that has to do with arts and crafts. But you accumulate so much paper, stamps, markers and all kinds of fun and colorful goodies... and then you lose track of it all. Then you buy duplicates and feel stupid for doing so... you give some away ...  Does that sound familiar?! 

One of my fav things to do is, without a doubt, organizing my craft room and my supplies.  I've been wanting to start this project for a couple of years now but always put it off because there were always more pressing matters to attend. Well, I cracked last week. I did it! I've started my Little Inventory Book of Arts & Crafts Supplies. And I love it so much!

The base of my book is a Sara Binder from Hot Off the Press. It's a small raw chipboard 3-ring binder. I painted the spine and sides with a Ranger Dauber and covered the top, bottom and inside covers with old Basic Grey patterned paper (gotta use your stash!).

The chipboard letters were also painted with a dauber then covered with Crystal Effects. The flower next to the title was put there to cover up a stain -- it wasn't my intention to have something there. The Sara Binder system also has dividers, ruled sheets, plain sheets and envelopes. I used my label maker to type the names of the dividers.

Here's an example of one of the items I keep track of. Oooooh, aren't those colors pretty?

I love my little book and it's small enough to fit in my purse. I took it for a test drive today and bought one bottle of Stickles and 2 bottles of Liquid Pearls that were missing to complete my collection. Love it!!! And I'm always referring to the embossing section to see which powder I'm going to use since I know exactly how it's going to look like by looking at my swatches.

It's a work in progress and when it's all done, I'll do a show-&-tell video. Stay tuned!

Have a nice stampin' day !!!

pearly dots and glass beads

Hi everyone,

I really do like intricate work; it seems to relax me. This is certainly true about the work I did on today's card. It's a birthday card with a hidden message inside the little beaded envelope. It all started with a big roll of Scor-tape I bought last year. The roll is 4-1/2" large and contains about 50 feet of sturdy adhesive.

I first layered a piece of DSP with the Scor-tape then ran the whole piece through my Big Shot with the Scallop Tag die. Then I exposed the other side of the Scor-Tape and dropped a whole bunch of clear glass beads all over. The last things was to fold in three to create an envelope.

Inside the envelope is a the 2nd part of the quote from Stampin' Up!'s new Create a Cupcake stamp set from the Occasions Mini Catalogue. The beaded envelope is held together by a piece of ribbon wrapped around the front around a corduroy brad. Very simple.

I bought a bottle of Liquid Pearls in Cantaloupe. I love their newest colors and they seemed to have changed the formula. It is more dimensional that its previous batch. I used it all around the card and inside the circle. I love the effect and the color -- it's not too orange and picks up pumpkin pie and regal rose perfectly.

Inside, I used remnants from the tag, beaded them and put the two strips at the bottom and top of the white mat.

Here's a picture of the roll of Scor-tape I bought.

Have a nice stampin' day !!!