Craft Room Makeover - Part 3

So, I am still working on the back wall of my craft room. I think I am nearly finished though! Here are some more projects I have finished. I hope I am not boring anyone yet!

Here is where I store my retired inks, my copic paper, my embossing folders, my SU die cuts and my set of retired pastels. Even though some of these items are no longer available, I do still use them.

I then made this punch holder, for my most frequently used punches. That is pretty much all I can say about this one. lol

As a Project Lifer, or Pocket Page scrapper, I needed somewhere to store the "USE THESE FIRST" section of Project Life kits. There are 3 full kits and 5 mini kits here that I must use first before opening another box.....

Now, onto my Ribbon Holder. I know, I've gone nuts over foam board. So following a tutorial on Pinterest, with a few minor adjustments, here it is.

And, finally, here it is all together in my bookcase.

Yeah! One section finished. Now onto the next one.....

So now you can see how everything ties in together. I have also sorted my paper out in colour, instead of colour families. Not sure how this will work yet!

Oh, I almost forgot, my little touch of decor in my little room.

These little cuties are sitting on top of my bookcase. Just to tie in the white and wood.

Hope I haven't bored you too much. And I hope this post has given you some idea of my craft room.

I will be posting some more pictures when I finish another section.

Craft Room Makeover Part 2

I am still playing in my craft room, with my foam board, searching Pinterest like a crazy woman. Here is the next project I came up with...

With my stamp pads sorted, it was time to get my Copics, Stampin up Markers and new Blendabilities in order. Again, searching Pinterest, I found this little Copic storage unit, and again, made completely from foam board. Awesome! I'm loving this stuff. The one holding the SU markers was made exactly using the tutorial, (without the dividers) and the one with the Copics, I made the selves slightly longer to hold my growing collection. So, that is the first shelf of my book case finished. Here is the picture.

http://syzygyofme.blogspot.com.au/2010/06/foam-board-copic-storage.html

http://rebelinker.blogspot.com.au/2007/10/inkpad-holder-for-6.html

So far, so good. The units didn't fall apart over night, and everything is still sitting nicely. So that is the Stamp pads and Markers all organised and happily in their new homes.

Craft Room Makeover Part 1

Well, its been a while since I have written anything on my blog. To my followers, I really do apologise. Hopefully, it won't happen again! But, just in case it does.... I will apologise in advance.

So, although I have not been blogging, I have been busy in my craft room. Well, changing my craft room actually. Here is a picture of the back wall of my room in July.

This was great, because all my paper was easy to get to. All the colours were sorted and things were going fine.... Until I need some Embellishments for my project. I was stuck in the wardrobe searching through boxes to find what I wanted. I needed something else! Here is my solution I came up with. This was the back wall in early September.

I joined up the paper racks to make two towers and brought in the bookcase from the spare room. I used the storage boxes from the wardrobe and placed them in the bookcase. Not a huge change, but one that was working ok. That was, until I needed something from the box on the bottom. Still problems with this darn back wall. After a long search on Pinterest, I found some amazing ideas and decided to use them in my room. The problem I was having, is the fact that I think I am a visual crafter. I work better if I can see what I have and is easily accessible. Back to the drawing board........

My first project was to find the product called Foam Board. Turns out that our local office supplier stock this all the time. Bonus for me. So, off I went to the store. Below is the first project in my Craft Room Makeover....

So, here is the photo of my stamp holder, I made, all by myself using foam board. OMG! this stuff is amazing. So, the first thing I needed was a place to store all my stamp pads, in easy reach, colour coded and stacked neatly. If you search Pinterest for foam board organising heaps of little goodies will appear. This was unbelievably easy to make. I even surprised myself. Oh, and I have decided to store my stamps in colour and not families. Im not quite sure how this will go.

Stay tuned for the next project in my Craft Room Makeover.

Remember - Photo Inspiration

This week over at STAMPIN ROYALTY we have a picture inspiration challenge for you to play with. Here is my project, (using the colours in the cushions on the bed) that I have come up with.
I know what you are thinking, ANOTHER MDS project. But, hey, its a fantastic programme, and if I can use it, ANYBODY can.

The Good Life

Over at STAMPIN ROYALTY this week we have a sketch challenge for you to play along with. Once again, I am playing with my MDS from Stampin Up, and believe me! Its AWESOME! I am loving the flexibility of the programme, and the clarity. Its so easy to use. 

Here is the sketch below if you want to play....

New release at A Random Fan

Sherry has done it again! Have a look at this amazing Rubber Stamp, now available for purchase, and, I might say, just in time for those Christmas cards that are needing to be made. Pop on over to A Random Fan blog (there is a link on the sidebar) and grab yourself an amazing image.

Another MDS Layout

This week over at Stampin Royalty. we have another colour challenge for you to play along with. 

Looking at the colour this week, it was a pretty easy choice of project for me. I have been having a lot of fun using the My Design Studio from Stampin Up. It is incredibly easy to use, even on my iMac. Even better still, this was an 8x8 template. All I had to do was change the colours to suit and add my stamps and photos. Done....

Here are the colours that you need to incorporate into your project.

STAMPIN ROYALTY

Happy Birthday Blossoms

Here is my card I made this morning for the challenge over at Freshly made Sketches this week! I really love the clean lines of their sketches. I have used Concord Crush, Wisteria Wonder, Old Olive and Whisper white for the card and Stippled Blossoms is the stamp set. 

FRESHLY MADE SKETCHES

Brights Challenge

A RANDOM FAN

Everyone probably knows that colours affect your mood.  At ARF, our characters are always happy so we want to  make our challenge #14 theme Bright Colours to bring the happy feelings. Over at A Random Fan this week, we have a brights Challenge for you to play with! Create a project using a random Fan image to be in the running for some great prizes. My image this week, is called Soul Sister.

Black and White with a pop

This week over at STAMPIN ROYALTY we have a challenge for you with the theme Black and White with a POP of colour. I thought for this project I would use the new My Design Studio template called Annual Report. So I didn't fill in all the details on the front page because, well, the year isn't quite over as yet! But I just wanted to have a little play to see what I could do with it. I must admit, that using My Design Studio, makes changing templates extremely easy to do.

So, head on over to Stampin royalty and check out what the other girls have come up with.