A Dylusional Halloween Tag....

Good Evening Everybody!

Tonight I am sipping on some incredible Chai that Zandra sent to the house.  It is um um good!  I feel the fat pooling around my midsection already after two gulps!  LOVE IT!  The chai was reward if I would get in here and sit down long enough to pay my bills!  I hate bill night!  But the chai sweetened the event..LOL!

When I walked in the door, I received my tickets and info from Scrapmap for the Tim Holtz Tuscan adventure in Italy that is coming up in what...24 days-ish!!!  Good Lawd!  That's getting close.  I think...No, I know... that I have solely been concentrating on Victory Day for the cast/boot that is to come off this week.  When this magical happy day comes and reality kicks in...I will probably go into panic mode about the trip and the lists will begin to start.  I'm notorious for my travel lists!  Scares most people in this household when they see the amount of things that need to be done before departure...Just Sayin!  But it always miraculously gets done and there is NOTHING better than scratching a line of completion through an item...Yahooo!

With that said, let's move on to the the Dylusional Tag!  Once again yesterday, I was in the mood to get all inky with it.  I did the page in my Dylusions Creative Journal (I blogged about yesterday) and then I started on a tag...Can I say Funk-a-licious...Or at least I think so...I used Dyan's new stamp sets from her Dylusions range and a Tim Holtz Configuration box insert....It was so much fun to do...

CheetahDylusion Tag

Well, that's all I have for tonight!  See you tomorrow!  Remember Take Out Tuesday's Ustream is tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. Central Standard Time. Be There or Be Square!  LOL! Think I will continue with the Dylusional fun in the journal for tomorrow night's class...

Thanks For Coming By!

Jim
The Gentleman Crafter

Prissy Got Heart- A Dylusional Journal Page

Good Evening Everybody!

Well, I've had the most AMAZING weekend!  Hope that you did too!...Went to REI to pick up some stuff for my trip to Italy....Then it was over to IKEA to pick up some furniture for my pal Kay.  Cesar, Barb and I put Kay's furniture together last night and we were all rewarded with the most INCREDIBLE "Tuscan" four course meal!!  Oh My gosh the woman can cook!  WOW!  Still thinking about it!  LOL!  Then it was home to bed and rest up the old ankle. 

This morning I woke to a leisurely breakfast with ample amounts of coffee.  With this new found energy I became inspired to CREATE as well as RELAX...The best way I know how to RELAX is to pull out Dyan Reaveley's Creative Journal and just go for it!   Be free and just create!  My Motto!

I had the new stamps from her Dylusions Collection and never had a chance to use them.  It was just about time that I did and I had a blast as always.....

Here's what I did...

Prissy Got Heart

 

Thanks for coming by to look....Hope you can find just a bit of inspiration to get out your journal to CREATE and RELAX....

 

Have and Awesome Monday!

Jim

The Gentleman Crafter

The Wallets....

Good Saturday Morning Everybody!

Well, the crafting mojo is coming back!!  I know it's weird, but this cast has really put a damper on creativity.  However, with the boot coming off in a few days, I can actually do some of the things I have planned, drawn out and thought about.  Can't wait!  I know I keep saying that, but I'm really excited!

Anyway, last night I finished the Airport Wallets for friends and wanted to share how they look in the many papers.  If you are interested in making one of these, please go HERE and scroll down to the end of the second paragraph to grab the measurements.

 

Here we go:

 

Graphic 45 Steampunk Spells

 

 

Graphic 45 Olde Curiosity Shoppe

 

 

Graphic 45 Steampunk Debutante

 

Graphic 45 Typography

 

7 Gypsies

 

Graphic 45 Transatlantic

Graphic 45 Bohemian Bazaar

 

That's it for now....Just about to finish a new project to share....Can't wait to show it to you...

 

 

Have an awesome Saturday!

 

Jim

The Gentleman Crafter

Getting Excited!

Hello Everybody!

Getting excited that I can actually count on one and and really an additional finger (HAHAHAHA) the days left to get this old boot off my person! I have been waiting to say only a week left for awhile now!!!! Now, only 6 days left! Yahoooo! 

Sometimes it's hard to find a bright spot in bad situations.  Without trying to sound like Positive Polly Anna's best friend all the time....I think I will be ever grateful for this experience of a broken ankle...What?  I'm crazy?  let me explain.  I have truly seen such kindness in people.  Amazing friends helping us in so many ways...calling to check in on us, sending emails and amazing comments!  I am forever honored and grateful!  Then there is the perfect stranger...I cannot tell you how many times total strangers have opened doors, picked up stuff I've dropped, helped me into my car and the list goes on.  People do have great and caring hearts....I am so blessed...

Next Wednesday, Sept. 25, I will go to the doctor and hopefully get the "Amen" that the break has healed and will continue to heal.  I promise you all and myself right here and now... I will NEVER wear flip flops again and I will certainly NEVER walk into a mud puddle with them on!  My days of flip flops are over and orthopedic shoes are here!  HAHAHAHA! 

I was talking to a nurse on Monday at the hospital.  I was telling her how happy I was to have this boot off and I was looking forward to wearing my Tennis Shoes ON BOTH FEET and start PT to learn how to walk again.  Well, friends she leveled me....She said that they would probably put me in a walking boot next....I was a little down about this new revelation for about 5 seconds when I remembered...I will be WALKING ON TWO FEET!  Whatever it takes!  I absolutely cannot wait to walk from really, one table to another to grab things in my studio.  I mean ALL those little things we take for granted from watering the plants, walking over to pick up the phone when it rings, getting dressed, getting your own gas (personally, I could do without this little luxury...I hate to fill up my car!) sweeping the floor and mowing the grass!  What bliss!  I honestly, honestly cannot wait!

So keep your fingers crossed...Next Wednesday is PAR-TAY DAY!  Wednesday is TWO FEET DAY!  YAHOOOO!  I will finally feel like everything is back to normal...or as normal as it gets in my life anyway....LOL!  I may have to go slow and take care, but FREEDOM from this VELCRO-ed Hell...PRICELESS!

Y'all have a most excellent day!

Thanks For Coming By!

Jim
The Gentleman Crafter

Studio Almost Done!

Good Afternoon Everybody!

Just wanted to pop in and invite you to come by the Ustream Show tonight!  It's Take Out Tuesday at 7:00 p.m.!  Tonight, just some chat and I'll give you a tour of my new hopefully improved studio.  It's not all done yet, but you know...it's at least back to functioning order.  I might be able to start creating again!  Yahooo..

Here's a few pics....

Well, see you tonight if you can make it.  Probably wont be a long show.  Just to catch up and show you around...

Thanks Gang!

Jim
The Gentleman Crafter

The Airport Wallet Measurements

Happy Friday Everybody!

Hope your Friday was awesome and that you all have a most excellent weekend.  My weekend?  The packers and movers come back tomorrow and help put us back into some sort of normalcy!  I can't wait to have my furniture and just stuff back around me!  I am totally excited to have my personal sanctuary of happiness back...the studio!  Bedecked in all it's new painted glory and that personal piece of art Kay Pierce so beautifully painted! Three Cheers!  YAY!! and Yahooooo! and Yee Haw!   I've really missed it!  So let the stuff roll back in! 

Now for the measurements of the Airport Travel Wallet....A HUGEEEE AND MOOHOOSIVE  Thank You to Margaret Ann Moffat, who I affectionately call Lady Mar!   I just couldn't get around to getting the measurements on my blog for you all!  So sorry about that!  Lady Mar had taken notes from my Ustream show and came up with the most excellent .pdf file with the measurements for the project!  She rocks!  Thank you Margaret Ann!  I'm so appreciative!  Click Here For The .PDF File.

Here's her beautiful take on the wallet!  You did an excellent job!

 

 

Thanks again Lady Mar!  Have an amazing weekend everyone!

Jim
The Gentleman Crafter

Take Out Tuesday Tonight!

Good Morning Everyone!

With the holiday yesterday, I completely lost what day it was.  Today is Tuesday for goodness sakes!  Thanks Kay for the reminder..LOL!  That means Take Out Tuesday's Ustream tonight.  Come by at 7:00 p.m. CST!

As I know I have everything to make the Airport Travel Wallet, lets do that.  I need to make more of them anyway so, that's what we will do.

As far as I know the camera was not packed up.  Let's give it a shot wanna?  See you at 7:00 tonight!

Thanks!

Jim

The Gentleman Crafter