A Little bit like a Tardis

Evening All,

It is quite scary to think just how much craft stuff I have accumulated over the last 25 years. A friend recently asked to borrow an old PSX wood mounted stamp, and whilst looking to see if I actually owned it, I realized just how many wood mounted stamps I owned and more importantly just how many I would never use even if I live to be 120!!!!!!

So I have decided to have a sort through them and get rid of a load.

Don't get me wrong I have sorted through them on more than one occasion over the years, but now I look at lots of them and wonder why I have hung on to them for so long.

Part of the problem with them is the storage. I do have a rather large storage space behind my door, the only trouble is it is very deep....3 stacks of stamp storage folders deep in fact, and there in lies the problem........they are not easily accessible, so lazily they don't get used because it is just too much faff to get them out.

The layout of my room, which is also my bedroom, hasn't changed much since Paula Pascual took photos of it when she was at mine for a Stampin Up party way back in 2008. She shared them HERE on the Crafty Storage blog.

I wish I still looked like this lol.

It was quite a crafty do with not only Paula, but also Julie Hickey present.

Over the years things have moved around a bit on the shelves to accommodate more STUFF, but the wood mounted stamps have stayed put, the collection has just expanded. I even got my Sin-in-law to raise my bed so that I could make full use of the space underneath it.

You can just about see the edge of the shelves on the far right of this picture.

And this is how the stamps are stored, except they are three stacks deep on each shelf!!! And that is only the wood mounted ones. Don't even get me started on the clear ones lol.

Yesterday I was groveling around under the bed in step one of my reorganization and sort out. 

I need something to store at the back of these shelves, particularly the top ones. Something that I don't need to access very often, so spare card stock seems like the perfect solution. I even have a replacement Cut n Boss waiting in the wings for the day that my one finally gives up the ghost, And I have more card stock than I thought humanly possible.

I think the expression is STABLE - STash Accumulated Beyond Life Expectancy. I'm going to have to live for a very long time to even make a dent in it all.

I did have to wait for my eldest, very tall, Grandson to get back from college before I could start to tackle the top shelf as I am just not tall enough to reach the back stacks.......even with a stool!! I can push the stuff in to place, but I just can't reach to get them back out again, which is of course another very good reason for a bit of much needed reorganization.

People have always remarked that our house must be like a Tardis. It looks small on the outside, but is remarkably spacious inside. Well my room must definitely be like that when you think of everything that I have managed to cram in to it.

My plans are on the back burner for a few days as I am at my youngest daughters for babysitting duties but then I will also need to get a few more boxes to put stuff in so that it can go on to Ebay.

It's been quite fun looking at stamps that I had forgotten I had. So many ideas as well. Now all I need are a few extra weeks to play. Oh well a girl can dream I suppose.

Thanks for stopping by.

Enjoy your weekend.

Hugs Kimx

Home Sweet Home

Afternoon All,
So we are finally on lock down here in the UK. I did wonder how long it would take given all the idiots that there seem to be around who think that this terrible situation won't touch them.
There are times when I am rather ashamed to be English. While on the other hand we are surrounded by amazing people who are risking everything to keep the rest of us safe.
Anyway, rant over, I have finally managed to finish a card even though my mojo has gone walkabout lately.

Thankfully, my cousin and his wife moved into their new house a couple of weeks ago so I expect by now they are surrounded by lots of empty boxes not full ones.

Once again I reached for my lovely LOTV Simply Print images. This one is called A New Adventure. I bought mine a while ago when it was available as a pre-coloured image, but it is still available as a digi image that you can colour in yourself.

I printed it out two images to a page and then decoupaged one of them to give some depth.
The sentiment dies were designed by my lovely friend Paula Pascual under the Bright Rosa brand name. They are quite large dies that can be cut into or out of your card stock.
BTW if you like the LOTV images they are on a 50% off deal until the end of March, and that includes the new Easter designs.
My turn to cook the dinner, so I had better get a wiggle on.
Stay safe. Happy Crafting and Hugs
Kimx

Thank You Paula

Evening Everyone,
I do like to catch the occasional programme on the craft channels, especially when the experts are friends that you have known for years.
Paula Pascual who currently works with Tonic, and I used to work together years ago at the Craft Barn along with Julie Hickey and several other lovely ladies who are not on the TV.
Her crafty enthusiasm is always infectious and she has just cost me and my friend Sue quite a bit whilst we have added to our craft stash!!
I have had a Misti for a long time (courtesy of another crafty enthusiast Stampin Caz) but I haven't used it to it's full potential due to not enough playtime.
And then I saw Paula demonstrating the Tim Holtz Stamping Platform on Hochanda. It's a very similar product, and suddenly my Misti became something that I use all the time.
I did however prefer several aspects of the Stamping Platform, so along with my friend Sue, an order was placed. Thanks again Paula it was money very well spent.

 We have just spent a wonderful afternoon at Davina's playing with Altenew stamps and dies.

These multi step stamp sets work brilliantly with both the Misti and Stamping Platform, and I think we may have converted at least one other member of the group to their benefits.
No I'm not on commission lol.

I do love these stamp sets, as you may be able to tell, and I think the above sentiment is one of my all time favourites. I have used it on more than one occasion recently. In fact it stays on my desk all the time ready for its next usage.

I have used a host of different ink pads for these cards, so I couldn't begin to tell you which ones.

A couple of the sets I own also have matching die sets which really does make them so much quicker to cut out.

 It is easy to create a more dimensional card with the die cut flowers and leaves.

This time I added a die cut sentiment to finish the whole thing off.
These cards are all ones that I made a while ago, but I have several more bits and pieces from today's class that need finishing off so I am sure that I will have more to share soon.
I hope that you have all had a fabulous day. Thank you for taking the time to stop by.
Happy crafting and hugs.
Kimx