Barbara's Stampin' Studio

Sharing some Valentine's

I had my Valentine class this Saturday and we had so much fun! We made 6 projects, one of them quite lengthy I'll admit, but everyone loved it anyway!

Here is the Long Note Valentine that we made with it's matching envelope.

We used the Valentine Defined set from the Occasions Mini and the fabulous Real Red Glimmer Paper.I kept everything in Real Red and Basic Gray and kept it pretty simple.

Does it look familiar? I used some of the same things as the sample in the mini, changing the color, position and adding the Glimmer Paper Hearts, of course.

It's amazing how with just a few simple changes, you can take an idea and make it your own. Thanks for the idea Stampin' Up!

The envelope uses the Language of Love wheel and I added a couple more Glimmer hearts too. I wanted to have an empty space on the envelope where I could put the name of the person I'm giving to, so I simply used the Decorative Label Punch and a Post It Note. Just punch close to the sticky part of the Post It, lay it where you want to on the envelope and then roll the wheel right over it. Remove the Post It and WhaLa!

 

Here's another idea that I borrowed, but so sorry, I just can't seem to remember where I saw it. I loved it for the simplicity of it and made mine a postcard.

My favorite part was using the Sale-a-Bration Ribbon and Buttons that I got FREE!     Since the buttons come in yellow, pink or blue, I designed the card so that any of the colors could be used.

I chose Rose Red, Pacific Point, Wild Wasabi and Pretty in Pink for the colors.

The stamp set is called Sweetheart and I used my Polka Dot Impressions Folder with Pretty in Pink card stock and then punched it out with the Full Heart Punch. It fits perfectly!  The Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border was a perfect punch to use at the bottom and I used the Teeny Tiny Wishes word stamp & a little heart to finish it off.

Lovin' the Baby Blossom set!

I am just having so much for with the Baby Blossoms stamp set that came out in the Occasions mini and I wanted to share one of them with you.

We did this one at a class earlier this month and everyone agreed that it is way easy to match up. I dressed it up with the Pretty in Pink Striped grosgrain over which I laid a piece of the Victoria Crochet trim. As an accent I used one of the Vintage Flowers and put it right next to the new Pear Pizzazz Seam Binding.

Don't have this set yet? Ya oughtta! You'll love it!

More Stamp Studio Photos . . . finally!

I know it's been a while since I started showing my Anatomy of a Stamp Studio, but I wanted to share more of my studio with you today.

Thanks for your patience, I know you've been waiting.

In my last post about my studio, I showed you this fab cabinet with all of my stamp sets in it . . . . and the two bottom shelves still empty!

Well, I found that my Big Shot and all of the dies, folders, etc. fit on the two shelves!

WooHoo! A place to keep all of it, and it's together!

I have a box that holds all of my big dies, another with my alphabets and Impressions Folders. My XL box dies are on the bottom shelf along with the Big Shot itself.

I found something small to fit in between the boxes that will hold my Sizzlets and such, and you'll see that soon.

(Keep reading to see where the Black & White boxes came from)

I love the way this cabinet looks when it's closed too,but it needs a little dressing up. Hmmm, . . . what will I find?

Oh! What's that peeking at ya from the side of the cabinet?

It's a fab shelf that I found to hang my Stampin' Up bags on.

 

As I am filling my Studio, I'm paying close attention, or trying to, to what else I need to pull it all together. I knew that I needed shelving of some sort and had these beautiful brackets made of white iron and pale green glass that I bought years ago hoping to add them to my kitchen. Long story, but they didn't work out, BUT!

They are just perfect for my Studio!

I bought the black shelves to match the worktable at, where else? IKEA

Okay, so a couple more things for today.

I really need to be working on my Valentine proejcts for this Saturday.

By now I'm sure you've notice the theme of Black and White for my studio and some of you have asked why? Well, since I'll be stamping with a lot of color I decided to keep it clean, so to speak.

When I add in all of my accessories, samples, and yadda yadda, you'll see that there is quite a bit of color. . . . and I did add a few colorful things that you'll see in my next post.

So for my last thing today, I wanted to show you my absolutely wonderful find, my curtains. I had to shop and shop and shop to find these, but I wanted what I wanted and didn't want to settle.

Aren't they pretty? I just love them!

And of course I had to get a cool bracket for them too.

Okay, so here's the last thing for now. I went shopoing just about everywhere to find things to help me get this space organized, . . . and here they are!

Fun Stuff! I'll let you know what they're used for when I have them figured out!

Check back soon for more!