Good morning deskers, another week has flown and it's WOYWW time again. - desk sharing day.
I was playing in the large kraft journal with the new stencil branches redux - I used the mask element rather than the stencil, and the tile floor (in blue)Stamping by H
The increasingly inky and painty ramblings of a stampaholic, whilst kneeling on the floor. Yes, my knees do protest!
Wednesday 13 March 2024
WOYWW 771
Wednesday 6 March 2024
WOYWW 770
Happy WOYWW and happy March. we find ourselves at Wednesday again.. head to Julia's for the details to share your crafty spaces..
more new goodies! Paperartsy Mattints - matt glazes with gorgeous colours...I also stamped out the new Dina images that came last week
and the little faces (small versions of previously releases full sized stamps)
the images I painted with the tints are from the Paperatsy printed tissue - and now I need to buy some more of those too - the ones I have are from the original sheets that Paperartsy used to use as packaging to their suppliers before they decided to sell them!
but also signs of spring abounding!
Wednesday 28 February 2024
WOYWW 769
Another Wednesday, another month done, just about... another Wednesday another new goodies reveal...
Happy WOYWW indeed! head to Julia's for the link to the rest of the desks.
Dina this time.. new stamps and stencilsyou can't really tell from the first photo what this is - a branchy mask and stencil - a revisit on a long sold out design that is re-introduced
page in the black Dina journal from the weekend, playing with the new Dina colours again.
and a page in the kraft journal too
the trouble with double sided pieces of art or patterned paper or whatever, is you have to either sacrifice one side, or find a way to add it to your substrate so you can see both sides... I used a strip of the Dina sticky back canvas tape (first time using that too... what's wrong with me!)
i quite liked the colours on the kraft page (mainly the new mustard paint) that I didn't want to totally cover that up so instead of using the Dina circles stencil that would blot out the colour, I drew round the circles instead...
It just remains to link Saturday's trip to Kew and the orchids again
well ok, I know this isn't an orchid, but I love the purple!these are orchids though!
Have a happy desk-hop and see you soon!
Wednesday 21 February 2024
WOYWW 768
Wow, it's Wednesday again, must be time for WOYWW
What have you been creating this week?
I'm still of a bit of a card making kickand journal play too...
the new Dina Wakley paint colours are really pretty!
Kew on Saturday was as usual, lovely. Kim managed to get there as she is down to one crutch and getting mobile again, and after several long months it was great to catch up in person rather than What's App
hopefully Mary Anne will be able to see the bigger chameleon - made from mosses and pieces of plant .we found some beautiful funghi under the tree ferns in the Temperate house
Thanks for looking, happy WOYWW
Tuesday 13 February 2024
WOYWW 767
Here we are again, Wednesday - time for another get together with Julia at the gang at the Stamping-Ground.
It's been a kind of card making week - well Sunday; seems to be my only crafting time these days. By the time I get home from work and eaten, all I want to do is slump in front of the tv.
I used the new Paperartsy products mainly although the centre piece is from a previous Paperartsy release that i'd not inked before...you can see I like that numbers stencil lots!
then I played more in the journal - the numbers stencil again!! I stamped loads more different numbers over the page, and the new Paperartsy birds - I don't like the way this page turned out I wish I;d left it at the numbers!
the smallest of the chameleons in the display is so cute!
had it not been so muddy from the week's rain I would so have laid down on the grass to get closer to the crocus "carpet"
I wish you all a happy WOYWW and Valentine's day if you celebrate, with your loved ones. See you next week.
Wednesday 7 February 2024
WOYWW 766
I have to start by talking about the tragic news about Zoe's son. Zoe was a big part of WOYWW for a long time and we followed her son Keagan's career as a jockey with interest. I was stunned beyond belief to see via Facebook and then on the BBC website, about his untimely death in a race at the weekend. I cannot begin to know what Zoe and the rest of her family are going through.
I am sure all deskers who knew Zoe will feel the same.
So, desk time then... I had another delivery in the week - the last for a while I think. (probably)
some new paints from Dina, very pretty colours!I carried on in my A5 sized journal...
and made a couple of cards...
The first weekend of Kew's Orchid Festival was fabulous lots of colour in the Princess of Wales conservatory...
the animals the team makes always make me smileWednesday 31 January 2024
WOYWW 765
The last Wednesday of January - who stole that month?! Welcome along for another round of WOYWW with the deskers at Julia's
I had my new goodies come.... both on the same day, one to work (too big for the letterbox) and one at home (did fit the letterbox!)
all courtesy of Paperarty's new releases and Stampers Grove for speedy service...I put some of them to play straight away (well at the weekend)
a card (I need a birthday card for a friend but not sure she'll quite appreciated being labelled "aged to perfection" although she is the same age as me!)
then I finished the pink page from last week - added a few bits to the little tag and fixed the tag to the page.