WOYWW 752

 Hello deskers welcome to another week's WOYWW.  I have new goodies to share today as promised last week.     New stamps from Dina Wakley. 

the only "crafting" i've done is to stamp out some of the images mostly in black but some in the medieval blue verasfine clair ink (I adore this colour) 

I meant to use some of the images on last week's journal pages, but haven't got there yet!  

Last Saturday at Kew was gorgeous - mostly avoiding rain, one brief shower.

one of my favourite views of the pond by the Palm House, with fabulous reflections

and in the sunshine the autumn leaves were stunning.

Happy November -  how on earth! (I should be making Christmas cards!!)

see you soon, happy WOYWW 

WOYWW 751

 Welcome deskers. Wednesday again, time for WOYWW   

I did some more layers to last week's journal pages.  (not finished, needs a title or a quote.

Around the neon circles I'd done last week I added some stencilling  - paints this time, Sky and Heather.  and stamped some little dots in black and white (which is gesso)  I found one of Dina's stamps that was slightly curved so it would fit round the circles.  Shame I didn't have one that curled the other way round for the top layer of circles! 

The journal is Dina's small square kraft journal, BJ; I've never handmade a journal ! 

I've ordered the 4 sets of new stamps that Dina launched on Monday.... so they should be here for next week's desk!

Kew on Saturday was.... wet.  Not, luckily as wet as Scotland or most of the rest of the country... I feel so sorry for all those people who've been flooded out.  

water literally dripping of the berries

I love this path when it's been raining hard, the puddles show such gorgeous reflections of the Temperate House

I don't think this coming Saturday will be quite as wet... but it's still forecast to be  wet 

Jan, I think 3 years till I get my state pension.  Am hoping I might be able to stop working before then though!  

Thanks for looking, and I'll catch up with you soon.  Happy WOYWW  

WOYWW 750

 Another week has gone in a flash and it's time again for WOYWW.  

 

I did stamp out some Christmas sentiments for trimming and adding to the images from last week - once I cut them down!

I decided to do some in coloured ink to tone with the colours in the masterboards that I'll be cutting up, although mostly I stamped in black. 

I also started playing in the small kraft journal 

I cut some circles from a sheet of collage tissue (Dina Wakley)

and added some neon to them - the orange and pink are the paints and the yellow is the gloss, because I couldn't get the yellow paint out of the bottle and couldn't be bothered to go and find a pin to clear the nozzle.

I've been too tired after work since to add to the page. 

Saturday's trip to Kew was chilly - it's definitely autumn now, but at least it was sunny (this weekend will be chilly and wet and no hint of sun at all!)

the colours are really developing in the trees. 

the lake was especially beautiful  

Hope you are all well, I will be round to catch up with your crafty spaces soon. 

WOYWW 749

 Time again for WOYWW - desk sharing day with Julia at The Stamping-Ground.  

I bet you're expecting me to say I've done nothing (again) but you'd be wrong..

I spent a little while on Sunday - and it didn't take long at all -  making some backgrounds   (A4 sheets of card)

using my go-to Magenta (wood mounted of course) stamps

for Christmas backgrounds.

I don't think they were intended as Christmas designs, but they always give me that impression and I use them year after year for this purpose

Mainly because it's quick, and you can vary the colours you use so much

and can cut them up to get LOADS of bits to mount onto card blanks. 

a few quick seasonal sentiments and Bob's your uncle...or he will be!  

Next it's Kew... Saturday (down here in the South at least ) was beautiful, I know Scotland had lots and lots of rain.

this was taken through the gate waiting to be let in.

stunning colours. 

low down shooting again.

Thanks for looking, ad happy WOYWW 

WOYWW 748

 Hello, deskers, welcome to October...and welcome to WOYWW 

so, following on from last week's daubing of the neons, I carried on, on both pages.

on the left I added some more  neon gloss,  from the dropper - dripping blobs this time. added some stencilled paint (sky) and on the right page I used the neon paint through a stencil - it's a much more subtle neon over the white gesso

some collage tissue pieces and a couple of stamped figures.

I fully intended to have added a quote to the left page to finish it, but Sunday was taken up watching the Ryder Cup golf (go Europe) and ... that was it.

Saturday was the last "early" at Kew, at 8am - I shall miss the fabulous light at that time but not the 5am alarm time. 

I seem to have picked purple for my Kew highlights this time! 

this is the centrepiece of the new autumn feature "Queer Nature" in the Temperate House

Kim had her operation to pin her ankle finally on Friday and was allowed home on Tuesday - awaiting some aids to help at home whilst she recovers - crutches (although i hope they sent her home with one pair) and a grab rail for the loo, etc 

Thanks for looking, and I'll catch your desk soon,

Happy WOYWW  

WOYWW 747

 Hello fellow deskers.  Wednesday again and time for WOYWW .  and the end of yet another month!

I have't got a lot to share today as I did diddly-squat at the weekend, coming down with a cold and apart from Kew, zero energy!

I hadn't even opened the neon glosses until Tuesday evening, 

you have to shake them very hard to re-mix the colour as the neon settles out to a thick puddle at the bottom of the bottle 

I  managed to take a slightly wobbly one-handed photo of the dropper doodling neon on the page.  

I think it was Mary-Anne who said last week that having droppers would give a different effect to sprays - well yes, sprays go everywhere (in my experience!) but the droppers are much more controllable.  A totally different effect, for sure 

I am hoping to be more productive next week!

There is one more early Kew opening this coming Saturday and come rain, shine or the remnants of my cold, I will be there...

till then, here's the link for last week! 

Kim has indeed  broken her ankle and at time of writing, has been stuck in hospital since last Tuesday waiting for surgery to pin the ankle - and it's looking like it will be delayed again!  

it was a lovely sunny morning 

and more flowers on the cactus in the Princess of Wales conservatory. 

WOYWW 746

Welcome back for another WOYWW.  Desk sharing day... 

I had a play in my white Dina Wakley journal with the neon paints 

I stamped one of Dina's faces onto a blank transparency (using stuff again!!)  

added some  collage tissue pieces to the page.  

I made a birthday card for my boss

and ordered and received the new neon glosses (they have stopped calling them sprays, and are changing over to droppers rather than sprays due to the clogging problems)

you can at the moment still get spray attachments separately but gradually the droppers will replace them on all the glosses sold. 

The rest of my week off passed in a flash.

I went to London and took the planned tour of Buckingham Palace and really enjoyed the Coronation displays.  The robes were magnificent and the embroidery on the Queen's gown was superb.

unfortunately although not surprisingly you can't take photographs inside.  

this is the back garden where they hold the Garden parties. 

Saturday was another lovely visit to Kew 

the cygnets are growing so fast and losing their grey baby feathers -  the neck looks so soft,  but I wouldn't want to stroke it, I bet they've already got a nasty nip if they fancied!

I'll be heading back again on Saturday although it looks as if my Kew buddy Kim will be missing for a while - she's managed to break her ankle and is in plaster. 

We have a work team meeting which runs over lunchtime so I'll be late visiting those of you I can't do before work.

Happy WOYWW and see you soon