Update to my Craft room & A So-So card

Since I painted my craft room in Early April I have been trying to find an inexpensive way to organize my ribbon. This is what I finally did.

I used two Scroll Plant hangers I bought at Menards (a lumber store) for about $2.96 each and a few dowels. Because of the scroll I was able to hang two rows of ribbon. I am pleased with how they turned out other than the erasers I used to finish the ends of the dowels. They're just temporary. My DD#4 organized them in colors and styles of ribbon for me. This is what I do when I can't find my creativity. I am in a slump the last few days, and I fear my card shows it that is why I am calling it my So-So card.

I used the White flowers I bought and I can tell it is going to take a bit to get used to how to color them. The dye will wash right out of them. and it was hard to get them to set the way I wanted. It will take a bit of fiddling around with. One time I actually used my paisley background to stamp the flower , and it looked great but it kept running until the effect was gone. I found the metalic inks set well. and didnt bleed away. Water will wash the dye ink right out and you have a white flower again. I havent tried pastels yet, but I can tell it will take me time to figure out the best way to color these flowers.

First I dyed the flowers. The large one I wetted with water and then dipped the ends in SU Purely Pomegranate reinker using a paint brush to dab around the ends. then I put So Safron reinker in the center of the flower. It all bled together and I sprayed some hair spray with irridecents on it because I wasn't liking the look.

It was a real faded pink and yellow. I dipped a tip of a Q-tip in some Metallic Silver reinker and dabbed it around. It pretty much stayed where I put it. I thin rinsed it in a glass of water and dabbed lightly. I liked this look much better, but I thought the background was too light around the metallic dots. I took my Pixie Pink marker and lightly colored a circle around the dots. I finally liked that well enough, but wished I had gold reinker for the dots. Since I didnt have gold I tried to find ways to make the flower look okay with the silver I had these MM pewter flower brads So I punched a 3/4 " circle of So Saffron and then put the brad in, and secured it throught the hole in the flower. The second flower was just dipped in reinkers so saffron in the center and then some Pixie Pink along the creases in the center. It ran together fast so I dabbed it with Kleanex to remove the excess ink. I punched a 1/2"of So Saffron cardstock and inserted the brad.

I cut 2 strips of the green with My SU word window punch and then cut 1/3rd off of one and punched each piece with my 1/16th " punch and inserted a pink brad form the MM Tropical colors. Two strips about a 1/4 " wide were cut from the same green to make the stems. I used Wild Wasabi ink and the "In the Spotlight" an new hostess set for the leaves. I really like this set. I also punched A SU 1-3/8" circle from the green for the tag. The green is an olive color from the Botanicals package from Michaels.

The base of the card is Chocolate Chip. I stamped the base with my cross hatch background by inking just parts of one corner with my Brilliance Dewdrop Platnium ink. To help work in the dots on the flower again. when the word strip pieces were mounted the third one was trimmed to size on the left side of the card. Using white Cardstock I punched a 1 1/4" circle of white and adhered it to the green circle. Then I punched a 1/8th in hole for the ribbon to be attached. I used a hot pink gingham and a sheer dotted brown. after this was tied and trimmed.

I stamped using my sweet spot set. I stamped the dotted flower in So Saffron and sweet in Pixie Pink. I used a Mellow Moss marker to make the dotted stems and leaves to make the tag blend in with the flowers. My daughters think its cute I think its So-So and a bit rushed looking where it was actually pain stakingly bad.

Well Until later.. Happy Stamping!