WOYWW 879

 Happy WOYWW fellow deskers, I hope you all had a happy Easter and enjoyed some good weather. Head to Sarah's for the link and share what you've been up to.  

I used some of the new stamps in a journal page - filling the background with various of the text stamps and then stamping some of the other images separately and adding them.

I wanted to have a play with part of the map tissue, it proved a bit tricky to glue down (because I won't use a paintbrush with glue but a silicone brush which was a bit brutal for some of the tissue so i got a few holes.

I painted it with a mixture of watered down translucent paint (Paperartsy) and Mattints (glazes from Paperartsy)  which once dry looked better than wet..

I had 2 trips to Kew, the normal Saturday one when it was grey and cool, and Monday when it was beautifully sunny!  what a difference!  Enjoy the pics if you have time. 

Back to work now, so I'll catch you when I can 

WOYWW 852

 Happy WOYWW deskers.  October... really??  I know we say it all the time, but...  head to Sarah's for the link up. 

So last  week saw heartbreak for Julia's husband Bart losing his business premises to fire. our hearts go out to both of you Julia.  There is nothing we can say that will make things better but we love you lots and are here for you.  

I didn't use the 4 inch tags I shared on last week's post, I decided they hid too much of the background so did the same thing on some 2 inch tags 

I used some transparency figures on each of the tags 

the scripty text is a Paperartsy mini stamp from about 100 years ago... ish!  I used an ink pad as close as I could get to the painty background  

I had intended to offset the tags at an angle but couldn't decide whether to have the figures standing as they should or angled, so in the end I put the tags on straight!  

the words are from one of the very early packs of Dina's collage tissue with white on black words for a change. 

the last 8am entry at Kew (till next May)  was fabulous, the weather was perfect and the light amazing.  

Thanks for visiting, hope to see you soon. 

WOYWW 797

 Happy Wednesday again! We're meeting for  WOYWW at Sarah's   

I am sure you all have done way more than me - again !  

i did rescue the journal page though with one of the chip-shapes which I painted with a mix of Iris paint and gloss (from Dina) and drew some very crude facial features!  

so that it sort of matched the botched background colourwise.

Saturday was of course Kew day...

making silly shapes in the sculptures 

and were lucky enough to see Goldie again and got some better shots this time.

I may - possibly -   get some more crafting time at the weekend (although probably not)  so I'll see you then - but till then Happy WOYWW