WOYWW 882

 Welcome again for another Wednesday desk share - with Sarah for WOYWW 

I treated myself to some new Paperartsy stamps last week 

I got them from Stampers Grove as usual, superb service - more so because I managed to add 2 of one of them to my basket, but rather than just sending them, James messaged me to check and then offered to refund the payment.

All that and sent within a day, and when he was about to come down to London to run in the Marathon on Sunday. 

I carried on with the previous journal pages I'd been working on 

the face is another piece cut out of the Paperartsy tissue

I did however forget that the background was Distress Oxides, so of course when I added matte medium to the reverse to clue it down, the face turned yellow...and that was after I'd gesso'd it. 

still, it looks a bit funky (if jaundiced!)

I stamped and laboriously fussy cut two of the berry branches from the background - not something I'll be doing often, I can assure you... I did cut off some of the branches as they were too fiddly.

Saturday was gorgeous at Kew 

the swans were in attendance again 

the tulips under the (now finished blossoming) cherry trees were looking good, the earlier white variety have finished so it looks bit empty. 

Friday is 1st May (how!)  but which  delightfully sees the start of Kew's member early entry at 8am -   I have booked a long weekend round the Bank Holiday to get in an extra visit to enjoy the early light - hoping the showers now forecast, wil wait till I leave... 

I hope you are all keeping well or at least recovering!  Happy WOYWW.