Creative Chaos

I'm famous......

I knew sooner or later all my running around in circles and endless complaining on my blog would pay off.   Well today was my day.  I walked into a well known chain of stores and saw my name plastered all over the place.  Well, not quite all over the place, but on a prominent package on display.  Here....take a look for yourself........

 

Ok. Yes, I know, my first name is spelled incorrectly. And, I've never heard of Boardwalk Industries.  Also, I'm not the Director of Research and Development.....I'm just the Director of Chaos.   But, nonetheless, this is a huge marketing deal. It could possibly go international. I just need to figure out how to make it work to my advantage......I'm thinking of maybe going in and whiting out the bottom part and inserting my blog name.  Or, I may just go in and put glitter on all the packages.  I'm just trying to work out the details.   In light of this new development, I will be signing autographs from Noon to 2:00 at Glitterfest.

This could go one of two ways.............

 

Either I sell this cone really cheap due to after market designing. Or.......

 

Promote it as a one of a kind cone with an exclusive autograph by the CEO of Chaos.   I still need to think about it.

 

Back to work on these frames.  I'm going to need to hide these.  Talk to you soon!  Karin

While waiting for my 12 million dollars to arrive.........

I've been keeping busy getting ready for Glitterfest........

 
Although I'm sure by next Saturday I'll be on a tropical island somewhere getting fanned by a non-broken legged cabana boy while drinking a raspberry mojito.....

 
I figured it's always good to have a back up plan........

 

So I continue to glitter.......

 

and glitter......

And glitter some more......

 

I occasionly stop to say hello to my children and feed the cat.........

 

But then I get right back to the glitter.  I do mix things up every once in a while and work on some earrings.....

 

 

Ok....back to the glitter......Talk to you soon!  Karin

Oh boy.....It's raining money....

It must be my lucky day.  Look what just popped up in my inbox.  It took a "high powered' investigation to track me down.  I was so excited I wrote back to them immediately......

Access Bank (Ghana) Limited
9, La Tebu Crescent
Off Giffard Road
P.O. Box CT 1967
East Cantonments
Accra, Ghana.

Our Ref: AIB/560a/gh/09

Re: Approval and Payment Authorization for US$12 Million on 'Payment Approval No:. AIB/0371/216/09gh'

As a result of the high-powered investigation ordered by the African Union Chairman (President Bingu Wa Mutharika) on the activities of the West African Bank and other Government Institutions as it concerns foreign contract payments.

Be advised that you are contacted based on one of the cases that has long been overdue for payment. In one of the files that was investigated, all available evidence shows that the beneficiary have not received any part of the payment which is held up at the Access Bank Ghana Plc by the corrupt officials. This office has completed investigations and established reasons for non-transfer of the approved payment. Some officers have made it practically impossible for beneficiary’s to get paid by distorting original information's in the records and request such beneficiary to provide frivolous documents.

However we are able to trace the fund at the Access Bank of Ghana Plc where the corrupt officials diverted the fund as an unclaimed payment and your contract file was marked not accredited payment as beneficiary have been confirmed dead. And this simply means that the owner of this payment is dead as the letter from the beneficiary's attorney and death certificate contained in the file states that the beneficiary died of heart failure.

Based on our investigations preliminary report to the office of the presidency, exposing the fact that the death certificate that was found in your file is forgery and an attempts which diverted your funds to an unknown ghost account, the president have ordered the immediate remittance of your payment to your bank account from the Access Bank Ghana Plc were the fund was discovered.

With effect of this notice, you are further advice to re-confirm the below personal information to this office for the payment verification & swift remittance by Access Bank Ghana Plc. `

Beneficiary name:
Contact Address:
Direct telephone / mobile number:
Total amount:

Yours faithfully

Dr. Richard Kamson
Head of Operations
Access Bank (Ghana) Limited

************************************************************************************ 

TO: Mr. Dr. Richard Kamson, Head of Operations (and, I'm sure all sorts of other tomfoolery) at Access Bank

FROM:  Person who has been waiting all her life for a suitcase full of money to land on her doorstep

RE:  My imminent wealth and future Hawaiian vacation

Thank you so much for all your high powered investigations looking into the corruption of the West African Bank.   Although it sounds a lot like what's going on over here with our American banks, if you can believe it, not one single official, much less a president,  has notified me of any wayward money.  Oh, I am very sorry to hear the beneficiary is dead.  But hey, life goes on and someone needs to spend the money.  And it looks like I'm your gal!    It's funny, because I was just thinking "whatever happened to that bank account I opened in Ghana back in the 80's?"   Those were crazy times when the money just flowed.  

So, exactly how swift will this remittance be?  Because I'm going to Glitterfest next Saturday and I really would like some extra cash to spend.   And, let me tell you, 12 million dollars will buy a lot of bling.  

Thank you and I will be waiting to hear back from you.   

  

A Floor with a View......

 

I have officially run out of table space in my house.   Craft room table, kitchen table and even the counter has been utiized to its most maximum usable capacity.   I would would have used the coffee table in the living room if someone didn't need to prop a broken, useless leg up on it.  

You know how it is.....there is always someone in the workplace bringing you down. He's one that finds the "I" in "Team."   Boo hoo.....My leg hurts....my back hurts.....can you get me some water....I've fallen and I can't get up....... Hey, buddy, there are plenty of people to take your place with way more qualifications than you.  Just because you have protection from the union, doesn't mean you can't give me some coffe table space......   Luckily, I'm adept at adversity. And, in the immortal words of Tim Gunn, I'm "making it work."

 

I just found these in my purse yesterday.  I bought them two weeks ago to make the most amazing paper clay projects EVER for Glitterfest.   Oh well, there's always next year.   

 

At least one worker around here knows how to kiss up to the boss.  The famous peanut butter and cucumber sandwich made into a birthday cake for me.  My birthday's in May.  But it's the thought that counts........

 

Back to the floor!  Talk to you soon!  Karin

Let's step away from the glitter.......

 
for just a moment anyway.  The whole reason I'm working on the kitchen table is because I pulled out all my jewelry stuff a few weeks back after Cosme was in his accident.

 

I love the instant gratification that jewelry creating provides.  Especially earrings.  I can actually finish a project despite having to get up a thousand times for various requests from little people and the couch-ridden.

 

Although I hadn't planned on it, it looks like I will be selling earrings at Glitterfest.

 

 

Ok...back to the glitter......

 

Here's a close up of my newest glitter mixture......

If you click the picture you can see the individual pieces.  Yes. It appears I have way too much time on my hands.  

   

But really that was the only break I've taken.  Well, except for a bathroom break and feeding my children.   Any other time I was doing this........

 

And this.......

I've been dying cheese cloth.  Michelle are you watching?

 

It looks more like a weathered gray.  I really like the effect.......

 

So of course I can't stop there.......

 

I drag out some white seam binding to see what happens......

 

Voila!  Different shades of gray seam binding ready for Halloween crafting......

 

Taking the "glitter" in Glitterfest in the most literal sense......

 

 

Or as Cosme likes to say "Glittermess"...........

 

Once again he doesn't understand that a creative genius such as myself has no time for cleaning nonsense........

 

I mean really......do you think Van Gogh cleaned up as he created masterpiece after masterpiece........

 
 

I think not........

 

However, I did "lose" my black glitter in this mess and had to spend 20 minutes looking for it.....

 
 
 
So maybe, just maybe, he has some sort of a point........

But then I located the wayward glitter and decided he has absolutely no idea what he's talking about......

 

Alrighty, back to creating and looking for my good pair of scissors........Talk to you soon! Karin

Another Tutorial.......

The CEO of Chaos felt that my Boo Banner tutorial was too complicated and not made with the busy, active crafting woman in mind.  So, he decided to come up with a fast and easy project that anyone can do. The best part - only three materials are involved: a paper mache box, Sprinklers *aka* glitter and an entire bottle of black craft paint. 

First, take your paper mache boxes and paint them orange.  After the orange paint has dried, start putting black dots on it.  When your mother leaves the room, pour half of the bottle of the black paint into the heart box and proceed to paint all the boxes, your hands and the side of your face.

2. When your mother comes back into the room say "oopsie" and claim it was all a big misunderstanding.

3. Proceed to dump other half of the bottle of black paint in the other box while your mother is gathering towels and cleaning products.

  

4. Once again say "oopsie" and plead big misunderstanding.

5. After determining that an entire bottle of black paint doesn't make enough of a Halloween statement, grab "sprinklers to give it that frightfully finishing touch. 

 
6. Hold on to "sprinklers" with an iron grip and claim "I can do it myself while pouring half the bottle into the paper mache box.

 

7.  Pay absolutely no heed to the phrase "Wait!  Don't dump that glitter out of the box!  Mommy needs to put it back in the jar!"   

8.While mommy is scrambling for a folded piece of card stock, dump glitter out of box onto the wet, painted piece of cardboard while saying "oopsie" and, again, claim it was all a big misunderstanding...... and that Carlos did it. 

8.  After your mother explains that Carlos is in the other room reading his book, as well as, "liar, liar pants on fire" liars don't get to go on the wii, excuse yourself and say "I all done." 

  
 
 
There you have it.  A fun quick tutorial, that frankly, puts an end to all other Halloween crafting.  

Enjoy!
 

Tutorial Tuesday.........

When I was at Paper Tales last week I was going through all the new magazines that had just arrived.  I was perusing through the Somerset Holiday's one when I stumbled across this little number........

 
I had forgotten that I sent a bunch of stuff in way back when.  This was the one thing that made the cut.  My name was spelled wrong but I've already processed it and moved on.  If you get a chance you should check it out.  There is a ton of cute stuff in the issue.  And I'm not just sayin' that because my Boo Banner is in there.  Well, I'm sort of saying that....but really, there are some wonderful projects by some really great artist.  I took some pictures of my favorites to show you.  But first, in celebration of the Boo Banner, I've got a tutorial to make your own.   This one is a bit different but still fun to make......

 

• Variety of black & white pattern paper
• Orange patterned paper
• Black seambing 
• Polka dot ribbon
• Orange velvet ribbon
• Glitter - black and silver (I've used Martha Stewart Obsidian Black and Antique Silver; however, you can use any black and silver you choose.)
• Crystals
• Glue pen (the one I love to use is the Quickie Glue pinpoint roller pictured below)
• Adhesive
• Two differnt sized circle punches (I used a 2" and a 3" punch)
• Glue gun

1.  Punch out your black and white paper with the 3" punch.  I also punched out some paper for the back of the banner.   Next, punch the smaller circle using the orange decorative paper.   I used some stamps to stamp out "BOO."   These are an old Making Memories set.  You can use what ever you have on hand. 

Here are the punches I used for this project in case you get so excited and have to do a couple more banners......

2.  Next, we are going to glitter the edges.  I love glitter.  I put my silver glitter in a container so that I can just dip the scalloped edges in after applying the glue.  Here's a picture of the pen I love to use for fine edge gluing.....

3.  Take the pen and start edging the scallops.  You can do about 1/4 to 1/2 the circle at a time.  If you don't have the glue pen just use a small brush dipped in glue......

4.  Dip the circle in the glitter......

5. Complete the rest of the BOO and the black and white circles.  You don't need to glitter the vintage sheet music because it's going on the back.

6. Next we are going to color in the letters with the black glitter.  Here's the Martha Stewart glitter I used.......

7. First trace around the letter with the glue pen and then apply the glitter......

 
8.  Let dry for a few minutes and brush any excess glitter off the circles.....

9.  Apply glue to the center of the letter and then glitter......
   
 
10.  After you let the letter dry for a few minutes, using your adhesive, glue the BOO circles on the black and white circles as shown. You can use a glue gun or pop dots to give added dimension.......

11. Next, pull out the orange velvet ribbon and black seambinding......


12.  Position your circles so the there is enough ribbon on top to form a loop for hanging.  Using a gluegun, glue the circles to the ribbon.  

Glue the black seambinding to the orange ribbon......

 

Position the vintage sheet music to the back of the circle and glue into place.... 

 
Form bows with your ribbon and glue to the top of each circle.  Glue crystals into place.......

Form a loop on top and glue......

 
After trimming the bottom ribbons you are ready to hang your "Boo" Banner....

Enjoy! 

 

You're done!  Now you can hang your Boo banner and get to the important stuff.......like eating the Halloween candy! 

If you have any questions, feel free to email me or leave a comment.

You're done!  Now you can hang your Boo banner and get to the important stuff.......like eating the Halloween candy!