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 Welcome back deskers, it's Wednesday again, can only mean one thing.  WOYWW time!  

I am getting so bad at remembering birthdays - it was my SIL's on Monday and my niece's the day before.. well Lynne (SIL) card went in the post on Monday ahem.  I don't have my niece's address so it was a FB message only...

having made the speediest card ever on Sunday...

the background is the new Paperartsy stencil (well had to play didn't I)

the main image is a Stampotique image and the greeting one of Dina's

I also had another play in the new ledger journal,

started but not yet finished..

there's a Dina-style "oops oh well" moment on the left hand page with the reverse bird...

I had used up some leftover gesso on the following page and forgot it wasn't dry when I was stamping the birds..

had to prize the pages apart but in doing so the ink from the birds wasn't dry either so left a mirror image on the left hand page...

Kew on Saturday was a solo visit as Kim skipped it with a heavy cold..

I visited the orchids again..

these are indoors (in the Temperate House) it's still a bit early for the outside ones to be blooming.

there were signs of Spring though, along Cherry Walk near the Temperate House, where the tulips that mass under the cherry trees are just starting to emerge through the grass... yay!! 

It's mad busy at work so it may be evening before I get round to see you - happy WOYWW!  

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Well, here we are,  time for WOYWW again - I was about to wish you all happy new year then realised we'd done that already.... no matter, Sarah will have the linky details for you to join in.

I used the new stamps for my brother's birthday card. 

I did intend to spend some time at the weekend crafting, but after I got home from Kew on Saturday I realised I was getting a cold, then on Sunday my washing machine packed up and I had to rinse out the clothes by hand and try and get them dry...

(It's the heating element apparently when I googled the fault code,  but at least the door opened and I could get the washing out....)

I haven't researched or ordered a new machine yet, so that is a job for this weekend and then trying to persuade someone to deliver it and plumb it in bearing in mind I am in an upstairs maisonette... 

I do hope everyone is surviving the cold/wet spell and not affected badly by the snow/ice or floods.. 

Kew on Saturday was cold, but not unbearably so.

the pond was frozen

there were lots of frosty leaves

but the witch hazel provided some much needed colour

Thanks for looking and happy WOYWW . see you soon.  

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 Welcome deskers,  time to join in our weekly desk-fest with Sarah  for WOYWW

I thought I'd have some new goodies this week but they're not here yet! (teaser for next time)

Don't have a lot to share this week - i made a birthday card for my cousin whose birthday is later this month, the day before mine. 

the stamp is one I have had ages, by Carabelle Studios, and not used for about as long!

I coloured it with Dina neon paints and neon scribble sticks and the background is Sage distress oxide.

I might add some sparkle before it has to go off to her. 

Saturday was of course,  Kew day.. the goose creche was back again but they've all grown so much 

the wildflower bed is growing

and I am still in love with the daisies in the rock garden 

thanks for looking, put the kettle on, I'll be there soon!