My "Chuck It" Thingys"

Hello!  I know some of you have been reading about the rubbing tool that Chuck Meadows made for Gina K to use with the Misti tool.  His tool was made with a curtain finial and a furniture cover with carpet base.  I decided I must have some supplies on hand to make my own.  I am one of those people who never throw anything away.  I knew I had some of those furniture covers with carpet somewhere and I finally found one.  But in my search  I also found a pack of adhesive felt pads in assorted sizes.

Hmmmm! What can I do with those???

  So with the furniture cover I glued it on to a jar that sits on my desk to contain small clear stamps that  got misplaced.    Used some craft glue that works with metal and wood. This measures about 3" X 3", a perfect size for rubbing the Misti.  And the great thing is I did not add anything more to my desk, and the jar with carpet pad serves a dual purpose. 

But I am not finished yet.   I took one of the 1.5" adhesive felt pads and attached to a wood and cork stopper from a bottle of Jack Daniels(thanks to my DH who drank it and gave me the empty bottle) and attached a 2nd smaller felt pad to the cork side. This will work for smaller stamps or sentiments used with the Misti. 

And just because I also  found a White Drawer pull (that I saved when I replaced it on a drawer), I decided to add an adhesive felt pad to it and make another smaller "Thingy". 

So much for using what I have on hand and nothing costs me a penny more.

Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa

Staying Safe

Welcome to the studio! At least we can visit safely on the internet.  I have turned away from my quest to use up some of my paper stash to using up some of my fabric and sewing supplies.  I do have a lot of patterned cotton fabric thanks to my Mother who is a quilter.  She was always giving me leftover fabric and I stashed it away.  I also found that I have a supply of Shir-Tailor by Pellon, a non-woven fusible fabric that is good to line face masks. I also have a lot of bias tapes in assorted colors and a lot of grosgrain ribbon that make good ties for face masks.  So I have everything on hand to create masks. I studied several tutorials and patterns for making the masks and found the information and videos at The Fabric Patch http://www.fabricpatch.net/face-masks-for-covid-19-relief.htm was most helpful.  I made these with 2 layers of fabric and 2 layers of non-woven fabric(Pellon). I found using ties work best since it was hard to determine what length of elastic to use if the masks will be used by different sized people. 

I have photographed 5 of the masks that I sewed the last couple of days and will probably make more.  I do not have any novelty prints but have a variety of plaid, floral, and smaller prints.

This is not a typical creation for a challenge but I think it fits into the challenge at Love to Craft Challenge blog.  Their challenge for April is LICCB #45 Anything Goes. So I am sharing what I am working on. 

Please stay safe out there.  Keep healthy!  And if you are out among others, please wear a mask.
Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa

Early Blooms in Ohio

 Hello!  We have had a couple days of warmer temperatures and had some daffodils opening to give us a look at spring blooms.  Thought I'd share some photos of our early bloomers.  Nothing like yellow daffys to brighten our days.

 Tete a Tete Daffodils 

 Ice Follies Daffodils

Cowslip Primroses

Be safe! Keep well!
Have a great day!
 I love reading your comments. Theresa

Made With Digital Images

Hello!  I just discovered some digital images created and sold by Beverly Cole at The Artsystamper Shop through reading a post on Dar's Crafty Creations.  I was playing with some digital images that I bought and created a very quick card using Photoshop.  I used the maple leaf trio image already colored to create the background and used  the colored pumpkin image as the focus.  I  added the sentiment and then printed off the design on white CS which I sized to fit on a 4'"x 5.25" panel.

To finish I sponged on some DOI Spiced Marmalade and added some glossy accents to the handle for some texture. I used a Black Glaze pen to trace the word Friendship which makes it look heat embossed. I attached the printed image on a card base of GKD Fresh Asparagus CS.

I don't make many cards just using digital images but once upon a time I made cards just using a printer and computer....read on.

  When I first began making homemade cards for my friends and family, I used only a computer, printer/scanner, and white card stock  to design and create my cards.  That was some time around 1998 or 1999.  I used no inks, no stamps, no embellishments, no glue, no tape, no trimmer, no die cut machine, etc.  I used The Print Shop program to design my card with photographs that I scanned (no such thing as digital pictures) or clip art and printed sentiments. After I designed on the computer,  I simply printed the front, back, and inside of my card on a single piece of white card stock.  I folded the card making it a 5.5" x 8.5" -what is called half card size- no need to trim or cut.  They were true one layer cards with no dimension or texture.  Later I started using Photoshop to enhance my printed cards and started using more digital images.  It's fun how you can manipulate the images.  I learned all this by trial and errors....not many You Tubes How To Do Videos back then.

After I retired, I became interested in stamping when my next door neighbor and friend shared with me her cardmaking techniques using stamps and inks. I shortly joined her card making club in 2005 and began to collect all sorts of stamps, inks, die cuts, embossing folders, papers, embellishments, tapes, glues and all those things that I "had to have" to make a card. Now I need a room to hold all my supplies and tools, no longer just a desk with a computer and printer and a stack of white card stock. 

How things have changed in the world of card making!

I made this card just for the fun of it....not for a challenge...….reminded me of how I began making cards.

Thanks to Beverly for designing beautiful digital images and to Darlene for posting about her shop and challenge.

Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa