WOYWW 841

 Happy WOYWW lovelies.  Hope you are all well. Another Wednesday so head to Sarah's for the desky-share link 

I decided to use the Dina Wakley kraft journal for an Alison Bomber themed page.

Starting with a layer of gesso leaving a bit of a border, then various green archival inks and of of Alison's new stencils

I stamped and fussy cut out several of the coneflowers from her new stamp set

coloured them with Prismacolour pencils 

arranged them and added the text stamps from the same set

wow, a finished journal page!!

my Kew buddy Kim and I survived a hot morning at Kew on Saturday by finding as much shade as possible

the giant kardoons are - giant... 

the lotus flowers in the Temperate House are a favourite at the moment

it wasn't a day for lying down for low level photography, in white trousers!  

Thanks for dropping by, I will be round to check your desks soon 

WOYWW 840

 Welcome fellow deskers another Wednesday has rocked up - time to meet at Sarah's for WOYWW 

I was watching the Paperartsy new releases launch on Facebook last week and ... of course - went shopping (I was restrained though, and only got Alison Bomber's new stamps and not the Christmas themed sets... was severely tempted so there is still time!)  

there was also a new script bases set of printed tissue which I did go for! 

I stamped out the new designs, loving the poppies and the coneflowers,  

and did some colouring

the poppies were with the Dina scribble sticks (Jan, they are pigment sticks, so although they look crayon-like they are very blendable )

the coneflowers I used Prismacolour pencils 

the thinnish card I used to stamp them on, doesn't take water very well so only blended the poppies, not the others. 

Didn't have time or energy for anything else, I did managed to get out and replace my fan - I think I will be needing it in the days to come!  

Kew was forecast to be wet but luckily, kindly, the rain held off till Kim and I left around mid-day! 

these shaggy looking flowers are some of my Broad Walk favourites in the summer. 

there were SO many bees last weekend

hopefully the weather will allow a decent visit before it gets too hot, and also me to do some crafting on Sunday!  

Happy WOYWW and see you soon!

WOYWW 839

 this will be short and sweet, it's sweltering here.. writing on Tuesday as I had to take the day off as there's some work going on with gas mains and they needed to change some pipes inside... luckily they didn't have to get in the loft like they thought.... that would have been dreadful in the heat. (they said the maisonette  they did yesterday was dreadful in the loft)

So it's time for another WOYWW with Sarah  

part of the weekend wasn't quite so hot so I had a play in the ledger journal 

using the new stamp set from last week 

and added some stamps from older sets. 

I had intended to do more today but it's just too hot.

plus, my fan broke last week and I haven't been able to replace it yet..... 

Saturday at Kew was hot, but thankfully overcast so without blazing sun didn't feel too bad... mostly.

flowering cactus in the Princess of Wales conservatory 

beautiful dahlia 

thanks for looking,  catch you soon.

I am hoping by the time you read this, the worst of the heat is over (if the forecast is right) and I might not be quite so drippy!!