What's On My Workdesk Wednesday 206? Class Layout.

Hello fellow Wednesday Desk hopper from Julia's place over at Stamping Ground.  Thanks for visiting me in Cape Town, South Africa.

I am in the middle of deciding what to use for a class layout.  I have found all this airmail, travel type stash and want to put it together to make a double spread.  I have pulled my appropriate dies, stamps, bakers twine, card stock and anything else that takes my fancy from my stash...Don't you just love that alphabet die?  It is brilliant for titles...Now to settle down and play!

Then there is the Gorjuss stamp in the bottom left hand corner of my desk, with which I am busy making a card sample for the shop. Oh and a random cup cake die which is on my desk for no reason other than I just got it and I have tested it, but not put it away yet...go figure!  I have a penchant for cup cakes, be they edible or paper!  Just can't resist them!

And due to the great interest shown in the roller pricker sewing thingy, (Sew Easy by We R Memory Keepers) here is a close up of the tool and the finished product to show you what it does.  You put your paper on a foam pad, roll the pricker along the paper to make holes and then you sew it using a needle and thread!

That's me for today, short and sweet for a change as I know we all like to speed desk...I am off to find yours!
Thanks for the visit.
Bella

Double page

Well, I went away for the week-end with some fab friends and I scrapped for the whole of Saturday...the morning was spent helping my preggy friend to do a front page for her album and the afternoon was spent making this double spread of my son and his cousins while she slept.  We pretty much took over the kitchen table for the entire day!

The  decorative dies are all Tim Holtz except for the large bird cage which is X-craft by Do Crafts.  The Scrabble words are printed on ribbon which is locally manufactured and the heart circle is a MS punch.  The title is a Sizzix alphabet die by Brenda Walton called Antiqua...My Vagabond worked overtime for this page!

Before you ask...YES the boot was 3/4 full of scrapping stuff and the rest was food and clothes!  I have my priorities right!

Thanks for the visit

Bella

What's on My Workdesk Wednesday 205? Dies and Test Runs.

Hello fellow Wednesday desk hopper from Julia's place over at Stamping Ground.  Welcome to my desk in Cape Town, South Africa.

I finally sorted out the Comment issue I was having with G+ and Blogger last week, thanks for making the effort to comment and help.  See this post if you too are having issues.

I should have headed this post TESTING, TESTING, 1,2,3!

On my desk are the new dies I got as well as the Sew Easy pricker roller thingy from We R Memory Keepers.  I was tempted to get this little simple but effective tool as I am not a sewer but like what I have been seeing on peeps layouts and cards.  I have done the boarder of the card so far...

I have tested the silver dies and they are fabulous.  Tonic really do make good quality tools, no wonder Mr Holtz is prepared to put his name on them!

The tall white roll is double sided tape 14" wide and I use it to adhere the pictures that come with the Sizzix dies to the die so my students can easily see what they are cutting.  You can see my latest purchase of the Chandelier just in front of it and my 3D version out of chipboard drying in my empty coffee cup!  Who knows where or how I am going to use that, but I had to make one as that is the first thing that popped into my head when I bought it!

Also on my desk is the flip it die with the newly purchased mover and shaper inside and the test run is at the back of the desk in pink together with the 7 Gypsies little hooks which I need for another 3D project I have in mind for storage.

That's me for today

Now I am off to see what I can see on your desk if you have linked up with Julia!
Bella

Tonic Studios punch and die sample card

Here is the card I made on Friday night as a sample for my store, Craft and Scrapbook Centre using 3 dies and one punch set from Tonic Studios.

I wanted to make one sample using as many products as possible because space on our little desk is a premium!

I forgot to take a pic of the card closed with the tag pushed in and the trellis flat...but here are various views of the card to show the dimension.  The happy Birthday is only visible once the tag is pulled out and the trellis is raised as with the Just for You.

I used the Window Basket, Trellis Wall and Anemone Dies.  Then for the Pansies I used the Pick of the bunch punch and stamp set which makes Pansies, Roses, Camelias and Gardenias!

That's me for today, hope you have a fabulous week ahead!

Thanks for the visit

Bella

Google+ Comments problem SOLVED!

OH MY WORD!  It has taken me the best part of 3 days to undo one little thing.

I ticked the box:  Use Google+ Comments on this blog:  BAD MOVE

In the photo below it is now unticked!  Amazing how one little tick can cause such stress!

After discovering that non Google+ members could not comment without joining G+ I left G+ and thought that I would reinstate Blogger as plain old Blogger and that would be that...but the comments thing was stuck on G+  and even after following all the help prompts, I could not change it back from my Blogger dashboard as you can see from my previous post...COMMENTS had vanished as an option to click on!

So after some time, I have now rejoined G+ and found the place to untick the comment thing!  PHEW! Hopefully things will go back to normal around here.  I don't mind the G+ but I do mind the comment thing and Google forcing peeps to become G+ members to be able to comment...Why have a blog if half your friends cant comment?

I found that with the G+ comment system it was a bit like Face Book as friends of peeps who had commented on my post would comment to their friend and I would have their irrelevant and personal comments coming up on my blog.  I am not going there again I can tell you!

Thanks to Peggy Apl who pointed me to  a help page that got me on the right track.

Hope this helps anyone else who wants to back track.

Comment Test run again

Ok, so It would seem that peeps with G+ can comment and only when I have the pop up window under settings instead of Embedded as that takes you nowhere.

Click on the image for a larger view.

Here is my Dashboard...This is what get even though I have deleted my G+ profile and have gone back to Blogger.  There is no edit button, just a read more button and between PAGES and STATS I have Google+ instead of the word COMMENTS...that is why I can't fix anything!

Looks like I am going to have to start a new blog.  How frustrating.  What's the point of having a blog if no one can comment?

Bella

Whats on My Workdesk Wednesday 204? NOTHING!

Well fellow Wednesday desk hopper welcome to my desk in Cape Town, South Africa, there is not much to look at this week, but a clear desk and work room!  I show you this now as I know from years of experience that this too will not last! (No Julia I am not trying to show you up, I promise!)

I have been very frustrated of late by what I term DESK SHRINKAGE...If I lived in Harry Potters world, I would have assumed that someone had cast a spell to make my desk shrink every time I worked at it, together with the "Bermuda Triangle spell" where I loose just about any tool (usually my scissors) while sitting still!

I have been on the look out for an "Ikea" type of "hairdressers" trolley like a few of you have and due to the fact that we do not have Ikea here in SA they are not generally available.  However I came across this folding stand in our local store called "Biggie Best" while not looking for anything particular at all, I nearly did a happy dance on the spot.  It ticked all the right boxes (except for the wheels which my DH will pop on for me some time soon so I don't scratch the floor) including being pretty.  AND it folds like a step ladder...I told the shop assistant that once this one was full, it would never fold again, though it is a nice feature...

I have moved all my "rats nests" as my Mom calls them onto my soon to be trolley and Walla,  I have a clear desk!

On my desk today you see my recent purchase of two refill cases of Theresa Collins stamp pouches so I can make more of my own stamps!  Then there are the the two boxes I made, one for finished cards and the other for card making stash filed in themes, together with a tin of more card making stash filed in colour (still waiting for foam core to be back in stock at my local store to make the 3rd one and replace the tin) and in front of these on the mini easel is the envelope with my ATC for WOYWW 208 ready to post!

To the left of me

To the right of me

I have been a member of Google Plus for a while now and while fiddling around with the options available the other day I tried switching to Google Plus Comments...BAD move!  It would seem that as I have been a G+ member for more than a month, it has deleted my Blogger comment section now that I have gone back to plain old Blogger and there is no UNDO button to get rid of the Google Plus Commenting thing, and believe me I have tried a ton of ways to fix it, but seeing as COMMENTS is not on my dashboard to click on, I cannot fix it.  So my dear WOYWW friend, please do not feel you have to become a G+ member if you are not already to be able to comment on my desk today...rather just move on to the next person.  I am trying to make a plan and if I have to create a new blog to be able to join in WOYWW, then so be it.  Google will not win!  First they tried forcing me to pay for my photo storage, now this!  If you have any help or suggestions and can't comment please email me.  belinda@acorncrafts.co.za  I would really appreciate it.

In the mean time, I am off to our hostesses desk over at Stamping Ground to see if you have joined in so I can comment on your workspace.

Bella

Test run

Still having issues with my comment box and Google+... So this is a test run now that I am back to Blogger as plain old blogger...

Google + rant!

Hi there

I tried the Google + route and have done so for about 6 weeks or longer now, trying to get used to it and what it does and how it works.  Well in my opinion it is not great.  Peeps can't find your blog if they click on your name once you have commented on their blog and last night I changed my comment system to Google + only to get a message on my bbm (Blackberry messaging service for those of you who don't have one...) from a friend to say she can't comment cos she is not on Google +!  How useless is that?  They are trying to force you to become a Google+ member...

I have now gone back to basic Blogger and have had to reload all my details, now I see the comment section does not seem to work at all, so please bear with me as I try and make things right.  Please try and comment on this post to see if it is working...

In my Opinion, Google should stick to being a search engine and service provider  not to try and become the next Face Book or Twitter phenomenon!

Edit:
I see it still has the Google+ commenting thing on, even though I have DELETED my Google+ profile...Oh well, might have to create a whole new blog or something.  But whatever you do, don't move over to the dark side!

EDIT 2:
I see there is 1 comment, though when I click on it, it does not show up!  I am now so frustrated!  Why can't I see my own comments. If you can help then please email me belinda@acorncrafts.co.za as commenting wont work cos I can't see it!

Bella

Back to Scrapbooking

Hi there, just a quick post to show two pages I have done recently.  One of my suppliers RS&E held a workshop where we made a double page designed by Glenda Viljoen.  As usual, I changed mine dramatically and have made it so I can use it for my friend who is about to pop and her nursery theme is Monkeys and the walls are yellow!

Then the pink page is one I have just finished designing for my class I am teaching at my store this Saturday 4 May.

Thanks for the visit.

Bella