Introducing the new Creative Team at White .. with 1 ..

There were way to many AMAZING applicants that wanted to be part of WW1 that it was difficult to decide but eventually we did. Thank you to everyone that did apply, I am sorry that I couldn’t bring you all on board.

I would like to introduce to you all the INSPIRATIONAL Creative Team at White.. with for the May 2015 to February 2016 season.

There are some new faces and names among the line-up and a few CT girls that didnt want to leave (and I didnt want them to either!).

You will see the CT girls first layout in May!  ..


and returning for another season are:

You can click on each girl to see their blog and if you want to find out more about each of these amazingly creative women, please click here for the Creative Team bio page on the White.. with 1 blog.

Post by Ct Girl Tania Ridgwell–#6 in the series ‘Where do you create”?

Hi Tania here and today it’s my turn to share my craft space with you all.
I’m lucky enough to have my very own little craft haven.

As you can see by the photos I am slightly obsessed with my craft room being neat and tidy and everything has it’s own special home



I also have to confess that I have a slight hoarding problem when it comes to flowers and ribbons, I have bowls of flowers and jars of ribbons on every available surface of the room!!
I keep all my basic kit, punches, heat tools, and extra stashes of adhesives in the drawers of my desk, so they are always on hand.

The boxes on the cube shelving is where I store everything else; from flowers, embellishments, stamps, bling, paints, chipboard, collectables, card/envelope packs to embossing powders, etc. I keep all my patterned papers organized by brands on a wooden paper holder.



I keep all my Distress Inks & Blending Tools, Distress Stains, and Distress Paints in wooden holders that were specifically made.



I also store a lot of my hand held punches on towel racks where they store perfectly. The drawers to the bottom of this picture are where all my Mixed Mediums, Sprays, Paints etc are kept along with more embellishments and other goodies. I keep all my trinkets, bling and smaller flowers in little glass jars.



Some larger glass jars full of bulkier bling and trinkets and yes you guessed it - more flowers and ribbons



This is probably the messy section of my room; it’s where I put all my random bits and pieces. It has all my cardstock, Magnolia Stamps, Copics, Stampin’ Up Stamps, Kaiser Patterned Papers, assorted paper pads, A4 cardstock, Stampin’ Up Inks and underneath where the photo does not show are all my Beyond the Page items.



This set of shelving is where I store all my dies for my Big Shot and Spellbinders Grand Calibur Machine. I keep all my stencils/masks, paper packs, scrap paper, and large chipboard items in the pink containers in the left of the photo.

Well I think that about covers my little craft haven…….
Thanks for stopping by,
Tania xx

Post by CT Girl–Heidi Barclay .. #4 in the series Where do you create?

Hello everyone, today I am going to take you on a walk around my scrappy area. I am fortunate enough to have my own room, which is actually a spare room but rarely gets used so that is quite lucky really.









 

Here is my what my desk area looks like (and yes I have cleaned it nicely especially for this room share.


 











The idea behind buying this writing desk was to be able to close it up when I am not using it, but that’s just far too much hassle so I leave it open most of the time and it’s normally a lot messier. Here is a close up of what I have in front of me when I am working



















So there are some essentials which I keep fairly close to me, on the right or left.










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Right in front of me you can see some tins and circle tins, I keep all my flairs, enamel dots, rubons etc in the old Maya Road tins







 




  and then I used a metal spice rack which I put some of my sequence, wooden embellishments and bits and bobs in.











 I have used an old wooden crate (small one) for my collection of washi tape.











My Mists and Distress Inks are in a similar wooden crate which we received as a gift with a bottle of wine in it. Perfect use for mists and I slot in my favourite masks just behind it. 










To the left of me I have a little shelf which contains my Alpha’s (in a plastic box), my washi tape, my mixed media stuff and just general stickers / embellishments - and right next to that on the floor I keep my 12x12 papers in a plastic box which is perfect for 12x12 pp’s. 


and last but not least, I have created a banner on the wall next to me where I can hang up some of my favourite layouts to inspire me. As you can see my space isn’t that large, but it’s my space to retreat to and create.











Thanks for dropping by.
Heidi.

Post by CT Girl–Rikki Graziani .. #3 in the series Where do you create?

Hi Rikki here with this months ‘’where do you create?. I am very lucky to have my own space in what would be the formal lounge room (seriously who uses this room?), so it is now known as my work room…..
An over view of the space…..
 
I may have a ‘’slight’’ washi addiction but it looks soooooooooooooooooooo pretty and neat I am a bit of a neat freak when it comes to my space. The washi holder sits on top of completed photo albums, which there are over 25 completed in year order.
 
Cant go past Tim Holtz inks and refills and I love my holder for them ……. See neat freak!!!!

I am very lucky my hubby made me some custom shelving to hold my paper stash, so I just drew up my plans with all the detail …..
 
My Mixed media trolley I love that it can wheel right next to me and its perfect for a quick clean up.

I have my tech centre, computer and my latest addition is my light box so no more chasing the sun to photograph the layouts.

Stamp storage all neat, flat and tucked away in the boxes on my shelves.

Photo Storage dust free and great to grab for crops….

And last but not least….. my wall for my work which I change time to time, love these frames they are plastic and allow for flexing with bulky layouts , from Ikea.

So hope you have enjoyed a little insight to where the mojo flows when its flowing.
Have a creative day
Rikki
Xxxxxxx

Post by Natalie May .. #2 in the series 'Where do you create?'

Today it's my turn to share my Scrap Space!

I'm lucky enough to have my own little room - which feels like it's getting smaller by the day - it used to be Jessica's nursery, hence the lemon cornices and the frieze on the wall. 

But it does the job and over time Trev & I have changed and added storage to try 

and accommodate my supplies!

This is what it looked like back in November 2010 before I was kicked out of the big room ..... Here

And back in December 2011 ..... Here

And today ....

The desk goes from under the window and down the right hand side of the room.

 We added the Ikea bookcase and turned it into shelving

 The built in wardrobe doors hold my masks - but I'm thinking I'm needing another line of wire soon....

 Inside the wardrobe is stuff ... boxes of stuff ... :)

My workspace is easy - I have everything at hand.

I have a couple of magnets to my left that hold my knife, scissors and other bits, hooks to hold my scissors and the drawers have my adhesives in them.

 To my right is the computer, my Making Memories caddy gifted by a wonderful scrappy friend, under the shelf is my tub of mediums, gesso and everyday inks.

 The drawers in the shelving hold more 'stuff' .... paints, flair, veneers, 

tapes, basket of flowers ... stuff like that.

 There is the right amount of room under the shelf for four drawers ... 

two hold mists and the other two hold punches.

My bookcase is a mess! 

Unfinished projects, Project Life I started but lost interest in, gear to take into 

work to teach with, just random stuff I cant find a home for. 

On the floor is 2 boxes of layouts that need to go into albums - anyone else have this problem?

There is a long shelf that goes the length of the room that hold all 

my finished mini albums and a few off the page projects

 The shelf underneath it hold my chipboard - this is currently a disorganized mess - 

I have zero interest in cleaning it up but that's on the list to do next week.... maybe

 My Raskog holds my most used stamps - the boxes next to it are ... current kit I'm using for APOCD, Studio Calico kits unopened, box of Cameo cuts ready to use, new stuff I ordered 

that needs a home and a box of scrap cardstock!

So that's my craft space. 

It's never this tidy - the floor is always covered in bits of paper and random stuff... I work in here just about everyday ... being a full time scrappy person with teaching classes and running 3 webpages and blogs, design team work and magazine work, it's a functional space that is continually evolving!

It's my space - and I love it!

Natalie May

www.happydaks.blogspot.com