Creative Space Thursday

Well it is that time of the week again. . .you guessed it, it is Creative Space Thursday.  I have been busy all week making cards etc now that my business course has finally finished.  I have got so many ideas running around in my head as to what to have to offer for sale.  I really think I may just focus on vintage MOST of the time  because I absolutely adore the whole concept and look of vintage and always have.  Today I just wanted to make a card that I would love to receive.  I purchased this antique March Music book from an antique store in Uralla a couple of weeks ago for the purpose of cutting it up for my artwork.  I spotted this flower in my blog perving and quickly wrote down the instructions for it but for the life of me I cannot remember where I saw it but if I do I will edit this post to give credit where it is due.

I used my oval punch to cut out the 'petals' of the flower from the antique music paper

 
Next I used a sponge dauber and More Mustard stamp pad to give that aged look around the edges of each petal.

Then on top of the More Mustard I used Really Rust to complete the vintage look.  (I am still waiting patiently for my Tim Holtz Distress Inks to arrive, which will hopefully be tomorrow)

 
Then for the inner flower I ran some Coordinations cardstock through the Cuttlebug using the Swirls embossing folder

Then I sanded the embossed image as the inner core of the cardstock is a different colour

And I put the flower together and then created my card.  I so love it.  The scripted paper is from Making Memories and suited this card to a tee I thought.  I finally got to use my SU Life Definations stamp set which is fantastic.  And the finishing touch in the middle of the flower is a decorative button which cost $1 each so I may just have to get some more as I have used the two I had in my stash.  That was my creative space for this week and if YOU would like to play along or just visit other beautiful spaces pop on over to Kootoyoos blog to see them or play yourself. . . go on you know you want to!!

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

Creative Space Thursday

Well today is Creative Space day and for me it wasn't so creative as I have spent the whole week doing my business plan for my course so I can get the NEIS Scheme approved.  I have done so much work on it and then yesterday I thought I lost it all and nearly wept tears of blood.  My computer decided to crack a spat.  I found the financial section to be the most difficult to complete.  I had 8 financial tables to complete - Personal cash flow, income and expenditure, depreciation schedules, sales mix and balance sheets.  Today I handed it in. . . what a huge relief!!!!  So without further ado here is my space for today and it will not be like this again unless I am doing the books in the future lol.  

Taxation for small business. . . .gotta do it!!

This is my resource folder with all the info required to complete a business plan.

This is the first page of my business plan. . . it was 26 pages long!!

This is the front cover of my resource folder.  At the end of the training you come away with a Cert IV in Small Business Management. . . not too bad hey??  So if you want to check out other creative spaces and I'm positive that they will be more creative than mine lol then pop on over to Kootoyoo's blog and check them out, I certainly will.  

In the meantime . . . 

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

Creative Space Thursday

Hi everyone,  well it is that time of the week once again!!  I can't believe that a whole week has gone by and here we are again at Thursday lol.  My space this week is filled with my new order of Stampin' Up! supplies straight out of the new 2009-2010 catalogue which has been out since the 1st April.  There is so much goodness in this new catalogue that I love more so than last years catty.  It was a difficult decision to make in relation to what stamp sets did I need to have the most hehehe (all of them!!).  I got the order two days ago and could not wait to play with my new supplies if you check out my blog here you will see where I have used some of my new supplies in some card challenges.  I think I am in love with Pink Pirouette!! I can't seem to leave it alone!

Anyway here is my space for this week please enjoy. . .

Some of the new brads and buttons.

6 of the new designer papers for the next year.  Look at the second one (pink) it's paisley. . . I love it soooo much and have already made a card from it.

The new in-colours for the next year.  Each year there are six new in-colours and they are only for that year.  They come in the stamp pads, cardstock and some of the designer papers have various colours from the in-colour selection, ribbons.  This is what I love about Stampin' Up! everything coordinates perfectly!!

Look at all that loveliness for stamp sets!!  That bird to the left rear of the pic is a fav of mine and if you check my blog in general you will see the card I made using it. . . I love it!!

More of the stamp sets with the in-colour cardstock colours.

If you would like to check out other creative spaces please pop on over to Kootoyoo's blog.

Well that's it for this week so until next week . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

Creative Space Thursday

Hi there everyone, we all know what today is don't we?  Yep that's right it is Creative Space Thursday!!  A day that I love as it is the day where I get to peek into other creative peoples' creative spaces.  I have been fairly busy this past week as you will see.  I decided to join into some card creating challenge sites and it has been non stop since.  So without further ado here is my space for this week.  Please enjoy the journey through my space. . . 

This is my machine space. . . my Cuttlebug, my Bind-It-All, and my Cricut Create and behind that is a beautiful canvas that was gifted to me by an amazing spiritual woman - Anna.  Look within the picture and you will see images peeking through. . . it's quite amazing!!

This is the first corner of my creative station where I make all my projects.

This is the other end of my creative station where my folder of cardstock sits as well as my scrapbooking printed 12 x 12 papers are in the folders on top.  (These are just the current ones lol)

A middle view of my work station and the cards in view there are the ones I have uploaded to the various challenge sites.  I tell you it is the best decision I have made it got me out of my rut I was in and it keeps me creating which is a jolly good thing indeed.

Another shot, geez I must have been snap happy this morning with the sun shining into my space it was absolutely glorious to see after the rain.  

The basket here has some of my smaller amounts of ribbon spooled onto the old fashioned dolly pegs which someone told me about, a really good idea as it saves all that tangled mess one tends to get in their ribbon stash.

Another shot of my finished cards. . .

Finally the supplies for my next project (Ssshhh it's a secret)  no not really I just have not decided what I am going to make with it just that I wanted that combination for my next project hehehehe.

Well that is it for my space this week people.  I hope you enjoyed the trip around my space.  I do have a whole craft room around that table but it is not where I get my creative spurt from lol it is from life, my surroundings, books I read, people I meet and last but not least. .  my crazy mixed up head.

You should pop on over to Kootoyoo's blog to check out all the other amazing creative spaces.  Go on I dare you. . .

In the meantime. . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

Creative Space Thursday

Well Bloggers it's that time of the week where I take a peek at other peoples creative spaces and they in turn can take a peek at mine if they have a mind to.  I hope you all enjoy my new look blog which my lovely daughter Courtney created for me.  I absolutely adore my new blog it is more me than my old one and I am so happy that Courtney took the time out of her busy schedule to create it for me. . . thanks my love.

This week has been full on with me taking a leap of faith and putting myself out there in cyberspace by putting my work up on challenge blogs.  You know how it goes people. . . you think you do good work but you are afraid to put yourself out there in case other people don't think so.  So I procrastinated and then I procrastinated some more until I decided that I would just jump off the precipice and do it and now I want to go on many challenges lol.  Once you open the door that's it folks there ain't no turnin' back.  I thought it was high time I stopped chatting to myself and saying things like "Geez Shell you did a good one there" and "I think that is better than the one I saw on that blog" hehehe I guess we have all been there and now it's my turn.  So without further ado here is my space for this week. . . . enjoy!!

This pic has some mini canvas's, some new ribbon, some sponge daubers, glue tape and the one colour item in the pic is my new hand-coloured cardstock which I am very proud of and the flowers were also hand coloured etc by me.  Which if you look at the post before this one you will see more hand-coloured cardstock and another hand-coloured flower that I did.  I also purchased an unmounted scrolly type alphabet today whilst down in Armidale and some vintage 3D embellishments.

This pic is a closer look and is in colour.  What can I say it is late at night lol.

This pic has the card I made for my challenge on Monday this week.  Well bloggers that is it for me it is now 11.15pm and I am about to head off to bed but I wanted to get this post in as I missed out the last two weeks.  Don't forget to pop on over to Kootoyoo's blog to check out the other creative spaces.

In the meantime though. . . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy