Gremlins on the Loose, part 4 and Tim Holtz Sizzix Giveaway

I have had a something of 48 hours. Not to long after Wednesday’s post I felt like I had run into a brick wall. I remember walking by all the kids and went straight to bed telling everyone to leave me alone. When I woke up an hour later I discovered I had a horrible virus. I’ll save you the details but the last time I went through something like that I was in the hospital for 5 days. Yucky. I thought about all of you, wishing I was well enough to hit the internet.

I’m back and it’s time to have some fun. I hope you don’t mind but I would like to make this a two in one blog post. First….

Gremlins on the Loose

Even though everything is back in my studio I’m finding myself continuing to run the Gremlins out of my studio. One BIG piece of advice: don’t let ridding yourself of the Gremlins keep you from creating. I read on one message board about the frustration of a stamper who wanted to get back to stamping but was caught up in organizing her stamps. Reorganizing can take a week or months. It took me weeks to clean out everything and move the furniture back into the room. Now I’m organizing little at a time.

This is an idea I picked up with the book   Organizing Your Scrapbook Supplies (Ask the Masters!). They were using a curtain rod to hang different materials from. One product that I’ve just hidden away was my rub-ons and sticker letters. I had them in a Cropper Hopper organizer (which are great by the way) sitting on a shelf. I never really thought to go through them because I have so many chipboard letters.

I thinned out some of the rub-ons and stickers to give to my granddaughters. I found this wall piece on sale for 80% off at Hobby Lobby. I had the hooks from Ikea. I went through the alphabets to make sure each had large enough holes on the top. Many of the packaging was already designed for hanging. Those that did not I either punched a hole if I could without damaging the alphas or I created a tab, taped it to the back of the packaging and punch a hole.

I’ve started using my rub-on’s and stickers once again. I can’t believe I had collected so many and not use them.

Your Assignment: organize your sticker and rub-on alphas in a way that they become more useful to you.

Second….
Let’s give away a Tim Holtz Sizzix Die. I love my T!m Sizzix’s.


If you check out T!m’s website you can see how he used this particular die to make a roof. I’m going to make a journaling block with mine for an upcoming layout. What ever you do with it I know you will have a great time.

DARE YA! I’m a member of the Design Team for Artful Legacy, a rubber stamp company. The owners Bruce and Christine are totally awesome. The new designs went up on their blog this past Wednesday. Here are a few of mine.

To be in the running for winning the Tim Holtz Alterations On the Edge Plaque & Postage go to Artful Legacy and pick out your favorite stamp. Come back here and leave a comment telling which one is your favorite. For legal reason: I’m not being compensated by Artful Legacy or Sizzix Dies.

Dare Ya! I’m looking forward to seeing which are your favorites. The giveaway is open until Sunday. Make sure you leave your comment on this post.

Gratitude List
1. feeling so much better
2. my children taking care of mom
3. husband who cut his work day short to be there for me
4. Vanessa helping me
5. God who hears my prayers