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.