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. 

WOYWW 888

 Happy Wednesday all.  Hope you are keeping well, and Jan that your cataract op went well. It's time for WOYWW again, head to Sarah's for the link up.   Week 888.  what a lovely number. 

I've not got anything to show this week,  because Saturday was spent 

at Lords. in the rain... with not much cricket.... I did manage a blog about it though!

behind the programme is, (somewhat staged)  a flower I've coloured with my new pencils!

the hospitality was good though!  a couple of work colleagues and friends of Monica's as her guests

I'd never been to Lords before, it was 

so,Kew had to wait till Sunday 

the weather was much kinder on Sunday! 

there was even sunshine!  

I had intended to have had some more crafting to show today, as my boiler should have been being installed on Tuesday, but - yet again - they couldn't do it.  The scaffolding didn't arrive and so it has been rescheduled again for next week.

I had thought I could spend the day crafting while the work was done.  Instead I went to work after the fitter left, unable to do the work.   Third time lucky next Thursday. 

So I hope you have all had a much more successful week than I did...

WOYWW 887

 Welcome back lovely deskers,  to another week's WOYWW - now in the hands of Sarah.  

I had to go to the shops on Sunday to take some trousers back toM&S  and on the way back up the high street I called into the Works, i was looking for a big white Posca paint pen but they don't sell them....

however I spotted some bargains....

a black art pad, the paper feels quite thick.  I thought it might work well with neon colours. 

a large box of coloured pencils.. 120 ... half price £20... I couldn't resist

when I got to the till, the assistant had a stack of 12 x 12 paper pads on the counter that were about to go on the shelves... I couldn't resist the dusky pink flowery one!  

as you  know I regretted not buying the full set of Prismacolours some time ago, and in fact was going to source out a bigger tin online.

but I saw these and thought, well the quality won't be as good but we'll give them a go.

I have tested a few and they do seem to lay down colour nicely, so hopefully will be a bargain and not a waste of money.

Saturday at Kew was lovely, fortunately not quite as hot, but still pretty warm

the roses were simply stunning 

since then the weather has changed a bit and Tuesday just before hometime a huge thunderstorm hit with torrential rain.  (the start of meteorological summer, of course it is going to rain)

Looking forward to seeing what you've all been up to this week, happy WOYWW .  

WOYWW 886

 Welcome to another Wednesday - WOYWW  with Sarah and the gang. I hope you all survived the heat at the weekend and beyond.  It has been unbearable here!  I am not made to cope in 34 degrees!  

I added some more layers to a journal page I started a few weeks ago

pieces of tissue layered over a painty layer and a stamped background. 

then I ran out of inspiration 

Kew on Saturday before the worst of the heat, was lovely

 

I did also go on BH Monday, but only lasted a couple of hours before bailing 

and I concentrated mostly on the sculptures.  

Kew has seen record temperatures for the last 2 days running. I really hope the weekend is cooler! 

thanks for dropping by, and thanks to Kyla for the anniversary atc which I just remembered to photograph along with Jan's !