Technique Tuesday: Distressed Glue

I am starting this post on Tuesday but it will be Wednesday before I finish it. The day got away from me and I just didn’t finish in time.

This technique uses cardstock, craft glue, ink and a sponge. When you are finished your paper is supposed to have a distressed, vintagey look. It looked more like marble to me.

The first step is to put dots of glue randomly on your cardstock. I have 4 pieces of cardstock to experiment with, two are White Daisy and two are Colonial White.

I wasn’t sure how much glue was too much so on one , I added a bigger blob.

Then, using your finger spread the glue around in whatever direction you desire.

Wait for it to dry.

The second one with the big blob of glue started to buckle so I added something to the edges to weigh it down a bit.

Once dry you can choose your colors and sponge them on the paper. I used Sapphire, Lagoon, Glacier and Cocoa.

That’s it! I liked the 2 on the left the best so I used them to make 2 different cards. The 3rd one was the one with the blob of glue and I think it was too much. The last one looks like it has 2 deer on it. I don’t think the difference in color of the cardstock mattered much.

Mojo Monday #454

I’m getting back in the grove by participating in a Mojo Monday challenge.



If you read my post from yesterday, you know I have absolutely no space to create in my craft room. But, for the past few days I have been working on July’s Card Workshop in my dining room. The workshop uses the new flamingo stamp set and calypso papers. Since I already had all these awesome supplies out, I created an extra card using the Mojo Monday sketch. I hope you like it!

Products Used

X7210B Calypso Paper
C1644 Beyond Awesome
C1651 Tickled Pink
D1283 Say It In Style (retired)
Z3228 Tickled Pink Thin Cuts
Pixie CS
White Shimmer Trim
Inks: Pixie, Cotton Candy, and Black

Please click here to see more cards using this sketch!

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Let’s Get Organized!

I love to be organized but you wouldn’t know it looking at my craft space.

This is shameful.  It’s so bad that the past two days I have been working on my next month’s workshop at my dining room table. So, yeah, I have a mess going on down there too.

The biggest obstacle to staying organized is not cleaning up after myself when I finish a project or if I’m not quite finished, having some kind of container to keep an on-going project from cluttering up my space.

I have several ideas to keep myself organized and this summer, I plan on implementing quite a few of them. Close To My Heart has some great products to help with organizationand I have a few DIY ideas, as well. I’d like to add some decorative touches, as well. Nothing fancy, I mean, I would love to have tables made of reclaimed wood and specialty cabinets installed. But that’s not in this girl’s budget. I am talking more along the lines of having some pictures on the wall and just making the room welcoming.

So let’s get organized together! Every Sunday, look for a post about what I am doing to get my craft room in shape. Hopefully, by summer’s end, I will have transformed my space into an oasis.

I am going to give myself an assignment every week and if you can relate to my assignment then jump right in and join me in the process!

This week’s assignment is to just tidy up because right now there is so much going on that it takes me at least 5 minutes just to find anything. I am also going to resolve to clean up after myself if I get anything out. 

See you next Sunday with a cleaner room and a new assignment.

Fourth of July Knitted Bunting

I haven’t posted in awhile because I have been on vacation! We spent a week in Minnesota with extended family. There were about 16 of us staying in a beautiful lake house on Cedar Lake in Annandale, MN.