WOYWW 874

Happy WOYWW all... time to share our crafty spaces with Sarah   

I spent some time on Sunday - my crafting time - making some cards using the new Alison Bomber stamps I showed last week.  I had fun!

they'll probably birthday cards  - this one definitely 

two other colour variations 

and another of the stamps on a journal page - typically, so far unfinished 

I really do like that stencil in the background though as you can see!  

Saturday saw Kew, of course, and what is getting to be a colour-filled garden again 

there is one more weekend of the orchids to come

the magnolias are coming out and we even saw some sunshine!  

the main area where the magnolias grow at Kew is low-lying and it has been as you know, very wet... it could have been much more squishy than it was, but it was soggy underfoot! 

spent some time at the lake and the colours on this mallard's head were just stunning!  

what a handsome chap!

Thanks for stopping by, I'll see you soon.  

WOYWW 873

 Welcome back to another WOYWW  at Sarah's CraftShed  - and February is just about over.  

At least round here there've been a couple of dry days - hoping for another one on Saturday. 

I have just opened some new goodies - a couple of stamp sets from Paperartsy by Alison Bomber. So far, i have still resisted last month's Seth's new stamps..

it was the berries wot did it for me!  that and Alison's amazing samples on the FB live launch. 

a couple of journal pages from weekend, this is in the Dina watercolour journal but is just with stamps 

and this is the finished page from last week, added some more collage (the third face at the top) and stamped a load of tulips over another layer of that lovely new stencil I used last week. 

If you read my Kew post from Saturday you'll know it was a nightmare journey thanks to signal problems on the trains, ending up being a 3 hour journey door to door... 

but there were lots of signs of Spring when i did get there... the daffodils are gorgeous

and loads of hellebores too. 

If i don't get to pop by before work, it may be a bit later for my visit, as there is a meeting at work in the afternoon and it may end up an evening out (although I am planning to come home after the meeting)  

Thanks for popping by and happy WOYWW  

WOYWW 872

 I hope you are all well and Neet especially is recovering.  I have seen you lurking on FB so hope you'll be back on the link up soon.  Head to Sarah's to join in 

I pulled out some Distress Oxide sprays for a change, and some Distress stains for some splatter. 

I used some of the older Dina collage tissue pieces 

and the new stencil from a few weeks ago, that I've not used before -  liking it a lot! 

didn't get time to finish the page - was looking for a script stamp to add to the page and got distracted by

sorting out my Paperartsy mini stamps - previously muddled in 3 smaller boxes with some other loose stamps. 

they look much better now, and are in order by designer and numerical.  

because it's a bigger box it only just fits in the space they used to occupy! 

Saturday saw a return visit to the Orchids at Kew, having booked time slot for each of the Saturdays it is running.  A beautifully sunny, crisp winter day made for much better photos!

the Hive looked amazing with such blue skies. 

Thanks for dropping by, I'll be round soon.  

Happy WOYWW 

WOYWW 871

 Hello deskers.  I will try and link correctly this week -  I am not sure what happened.  Anyhow, welcome to what will undoubtedly be  another wet and windy day on the desks... I don't know about you but I have had just about enough wet now!!   Head to Sarah's for the link up... 

Anyway, let#s get to the floor.

i spent a few hours on Sunday stamping and colouring 

I used my Prismacolour Premier pencils.  I wish I had more colours - when I bought them I got a set of 48 (I think in total there are about 150)  because at the time I couldn't afford the full set but I do regret it now... I can't find anywhere who sells different colours in different sets.  so it's either put up with "just" 48 or bite the bullet and buy the full lot and have duplicates.... 

and then fussy cutting, a load of cosmos from Alison Bomber's set released a few months ago.   

I couldn't believe how long it took to do them all!  

my sister in law and niece have birthdays next week within a day of each other, so I had some cards to make.... 

very simple but they'll do... the bird in it's nest is for my paramedic niece, and the flowers for my sister in law. 

and there are plenty of flowers left for more cards in the future. 

the blue egg shaped thing next to them is my kitchen timer for Sunday's dinner... 

you may have seen from my FB posts on Saturday that the annual Orchid festival started at Kew - its been going 30 years unbelievably!  

they have an incredible team of people who put hours in making the displays 

the pandas (this year's featured nation is China)  were adorable 

and there was lots of colour from the orchids.

I'll be back again this week with another look

Till then, happy WOYWW !  

WOYWW 870

 We find ourselves at week 870 of WOYWW - wow!  head to Sarah's for the linky... and show what you've got on your desk this week...

It's been a much quieter crafting week... it was too good to last!

I  was rummaging through the Dina Ledger journal for a part done page...

I then proceeded to make a right mess.. I started by stamping the face and the birds directly onto the page but they didn't show up.  I then stamped them on some collage tissue... still didn't look right... so take 3,  stamped them again on white card stock and fussy cut... managed to stick them over the layer underneath reasonably accurately each time though! 

much better.  

Used a couple of Tim Holtz quote chips and took the backing off (they are thick) so they wouldn't distort the journal page 

there is some white splatter on the page too, you may have to click on the picture to see it

the first goslings of the year at Kew (Egyptian geese)  there were 6 but they spread out in the mud! 

witch hazel in the sun 

iris and winter aconite 

don't think this Saturday will be sunny (but the forecast last week wasn't either) 

it is however the first week of the glorious annual Orchid Festival so really looking forward to that.

Till then, happy WOYWW see you soon 

I hope Neet you are continuing to recover.  

WOYWW 869

 Welcome back for an other week's WOYWW meeting at Sarah's Craft Shed. We're already at the end of the month, unbelievably.  I hope you've all stayed dry and free of floods and storms. 

I've been quite busy this weekend with my crafting.

I made a birthday card for a friend, with a tag I'd already stencilled the base pattern on, and mounted it on a card and added the layers. 

I added some layers to a journal page that had used the same stencil as the card,  with some collage tissue and more stencilling (the words are from Seth Apter designs for Stencil Girl) 

and the mop up in the Dina watercolour journal (neon paints used on the transparency figures in the card, with some added pink)

and then some new Dina goodies arrived. (I haven't bought any of the new Paperartsy goodies ....yet) 

the top 2 packs are coloured transparencies 

Saturday's trip to Kew saw a beautiful sunny winter's day... 

there are in the Alpine House, but I hope you can tell the amount of sun shining through the windows illuminating them.

I'll leave it there,  Happy WOYWW see you soon.

Neet, I heard you are home from hospital and I hope you are recovering and that we see you on the desks again soon.  much love.  

WOYWW 868

 Welcome once more , fellow deskers,  Wednesday again, time for WOYWW at Sarah's CraftShed  . 

I am about to put in an order for some new Paperartsy stamps (oops)  and hoping by writing this first I won't order all of them.....

so let me share what happened to last week's journal page. 

I added some collage tissue (the faces) and a bit of transparency (the pattern) and some stamped words from a Dina set 

oh yes, and some stencilled lines (top left bottom right) and some script stamping in the background, using a toning ink colour (toning so well that I can't see it in the photo !)

Kim and I were surprised on Saturday at Kew by some sunny spells - it was meant to be cloudy - but no complaints!

sun behind clouds gives an almost black and while feel to the trees.  

colour was found from Goldie, the golden pheasant in the woodland area. 

we've kept missing him the last few times so we timed it well this week 

Sending continued love to Neet and to anyone else who is under the weather. 

Happy WOYWW all.