WOYWW 895

Here we are once more, Wednesday - time for WOYWW again. I hope you are all well. 

Sarah has the link for your to share your craft goings-on! 

I had a birthday voucher from work for the Stampers Grove.. so would have been rude not to buy some new Paperartsy stamps from Seth Apter this week. 

I wasn't going to get these ones as they are quite similar to others (well, there is a theme going on in Seth's designs) but ... free (gifted) so ... 

they'll be great in journal pages 

I also had a couple of cards to make -  my my nephew and his longstanding girlfriend got engaged at the weekend so I rattled off a card....

and an anniversary card for his parents - my brother and sister in law 

it didn't photograph very well but is on the way to them now so can't re-do it!  

Kew was, as the blog title said, another hot one...

it was a foxy day

and a swan-y day

but plenty of flowers too!

Thanks for dropping by, I'll pop round as soon as I can. 

WOYWW 894

Hi fellow deskers, welcome back for another WOYWW. Head to Sarah's to share your desks and show what you've been doing. 

Not a lot, in my case - but I did finish last week's journal page

I added some subtle stenciling to the pages

you can see it a bit better on this half   some seed heads and some diamond type shapes in places

and added lots of Alison's flowers in matching colours.  

Saturday was of course Kew day - and cool enough to wear jeans and a hoodie!!  

the echinacea in the Carbon Garden were stunning 

and some low angle shooting of the Henry near the Pagoda

Most of the rest of the weekend was taken up with sport - the World Cup of course, (so pleased Spain won, if England couldn't!) golf, F1 and there was probably some cricket in there too!

WOYWW 893

 Here we are again, another Wednesday, another WOYWW!  I can't believe the month is flying by and we have finished Wimbledon and nearly at the final of the World Cup!  

Sarah will provide the link for your crafty tales  

I haven't done much this week at all, with all the sport on TV and the heat.. there seems to be no end tot he latter! 

I did use one of the sheets of patterned paper from The Works,  but only got as far as cutting it in 2 and attempting some painty colour matching for the background. 

As you can see I haven't even trimmed the card to the page yet!!

it was too hot on Saturday at Kew to do a lot of walking around, mostly seeking out shade wherever possible, 

but I did do some posing in front of one of my favourite Henrys!

Getting ready to watch France v Spain in the first semi final, and then Wednesday (today when you read this) is the big one, England v Argentina.... COME ON ENGLAND....

Happy WOYWW and stay cool.. if you can! 

WOYWW 892

 Happy Wednesday to all - another WOYWW has rolled around.  Head to Sarah's for the link and we'll all moan about the heat again!  I can't wait for autumn... 

I used the other set of Alison Bomber's stamps this time, the hydrangea set. 

coloured with the new pencils which I am still enjoying 

Kew on Saturday was colourful 

it was just before it got really hot again 

I was measuring the sunflowers....

and when walking through some knee-high grass decided I'd recreate a Flake advert from donkeys years ago (shame there were no poppies left)  

there's another one one the blog of me trying to get up... why is getting down always so much easier?! 

I've been watching lots of football from the World Cup and yes, stayed up till 2am to watch the England match on Monday morning. 

some of us met at Monica's for brunch at 10 - it was planned as either a celebration or a commiseration - luckily the former !

it did get very warm but the parasols helped.  

then it was off to work for the afternoon!  




I am planning on Kew on Saturday but it will doubtless be another short visit because it will still be nearly 30 again.

thanks for dropping by, happy WOYWW  and I hope you stay cool.  

WOYWW 891

Welcome to Wednesday - WOYWW time again. I am so glad the awful heat of last week has gone (temporarily it seems)  even if it did mean a couple of days when we left work early to avoid the heat. Head to Sarah's for the link

Anyhow I hope you are all well.   

I treated myself to some new stamps last week - a kind of birthday present to myself - thank you for the FB wishes and the cards

It's  not a good photo sorry.  

the journal page I forgot to include last week is - I think - now finished 

 and here are some step by step shots of the progress of it. 

sprays (distress oxides) and some marks made with the end of the nozzles

tissue (the faces) and transparencies (the letters) and stencilling 

I just kept adding.  marks made with paint pens 

close up 

 

I also had a go with the grasses stamp set

background is Paperartsy Infusions powder spritzed with water (I need a new water spritzer, my Tim Holtz one has stopped working - again, it is the second one that has done that.  No idea why. It's not locked in it's travel position ) 

I managed a very short visit to Kew on Saturday before the humidity got too much. 

was delighted to see the gorgeous deep magenta dahlias I loved so much last year, are back in the same bed again

one of the many resident foxes from Kew

thanks for looking - happy WOYWW   July already!!!  

WOYWW 890

 I hope you are all surviving the heat in the UK -it is too much for me.  Time to meet Sarah and the girls for another WOYWW to see what we've been up to..

the boiler finally got replaced... glad it was last week and not this. they would have passed out in the loft. It was bad enough then!

I cut the flowers out 

and used some on a birthday card for my cousin who's birthday is the day before mine. 

Kew was another lovely visit on Saturday but no blue tits feeding on hands (the photo I shared was of Kim not me, MaryAnne, I couldn't do that one-handed!!)

close up of a "Henry"  love the patina 

and the rich sunflowers

ickle spider!  

I'm too hot to write anything else witty this week, will wish you a happy WOYWW and collapse in front of the fan again... 

(it's Tuesday evening as I prep this)  

WOYWW 889

 Happy WOYWW fellow deskers, hope you are all keeping well.  Another week has flown by and we are re-grouping with Sarah 

I spent some time on Sunday stamping out flowers (Alison Bomber for Paperartsy) coneflowers, poppies and cosmos sets

and even longer colouring them with the new pencils, I have to say I am pleased with them, they give good coverage and layer quite nicely

they aren't water soluble so you can't fully blend but for £20 I think they're a bargain. 

I have started the laborious task of cutting them out, too.... 

Kew on Saturday was bright and sunny 

and lots of colour 

the blue tits flit in and out very fast for their food!

the weekend ahead is looking to be somewhat too hot, (never happy!) but  I will enjoy nevertheless.

thanks for looking, hope you all have a good week.