WOYWW 734

 Welcome deskers, it's Wednesday again, time for another WOYWW show and tell...

I have nothing much to either tell or show...having had a week off work, plus this Monday for my birthday there hasn't been a lot going on... except with my camera, I was out on the Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Monday.... I should have turned the pedometer app on my phone on. I wonder how far I walked!  I did take 1659 photos (and that's not counting on the phone) 

I won't add links for each day's separate  blogs on "photosbyh" but if you want to take a look, you are most welcome to have a wander..

I did start to embellish a journal page on Sunday but it didn't get finished ...

you saw the page when it was just the bright stencilled layer a couple of weeks ago.

I added some more stencilling - in white, believe it or not but it looks yellow; and then some torn pieces of collage tissue. 

and there it stopped!  

I will just add one photo from my days out... 

Kew, of course, on Monday for my birthday (well where else to go but my happy place?!)  and of course, birthday cake...

there is almost enough to share with you all.... 

thanks for your birthday wishes and I'll see you soon to catch up with your desks.

WOYWW 733

 Hello deskers,  Wednesday has rolled round again, and it's time for WOYWW with Julia and the gang. 

Some of you have seen my post from my first day out of my week's holiday from work (here if not) which started by going to Hampton Court to find it shut!!  and after that Tuesday was a quiet day...watching the Ashes (cricket) once the rain stopped.  Shame about the result, but it was exciting! 

I have managed a bit of journal play - just trying out new stamps/stencils rather than finished pages. 

first, in the Dina blue journal, on a denim page, stencilled with Paperartsy paints in lemon meringue and toffee apple; the Sunshine stencil by Dina 

think its the first time I've used those colours... 

then in my A5 journal, the background is distress oxide in villanous purple and uncharted mariner,  just lightly applied and blended with gesso. 

cut out the Paperartsy numbers I stamped last week and glued them to the page. 

then I used this stencil, and applied 3 colours, just turning the stencil to get a plaid effect.

Oxide inks in lumberjack plaid, villainous purple and mustard seed

and then cut out the Paperartsy mini stamps by Lynne Perella.

I had 4 left but decided 3 was a better number.

used 2 of the others to add to a card that I started months ago, and never added a focal point,  for my cousin who's birthday is Sunday, day before me (she's a year older though)  

last Saturday (seems a long time ago now) was of course Kew,  pics here 

I'll be going out on Wednesday, not quite sure where yet, probably give Hampton Court a go again (ha ha; at least I know they'll be open.) so I may be late visiting.   In the meantime, happy WOYWW  

WOYWW 732

Welcome back to WOYWW - where we share our craft spaces with the world.  

It's been another quiet week crafting - the weekend was too hot to do anything much and I never find the energy after work...

all I've done is stamp out the Paperartsy numbers stamps to see what they look like... I used water colour paper so it's a bit textured and the "1" was a bit iffy  but I do like them 

the backdrop is my own "exploding box" Angela!!  a right mess and needs sorting out.   It's meant to be glues and things, but it's turned into a dumping ground!  

I just went back and took a close up 

the top row are in a distress oxide (purple)  and the rest in versafine clair (dark blue)

Saturday was of course Kew, and it was really hot (after weeks complaining about being cold!)  but stunning whilst I could stand the heat... 

this is why I like getting there at 8am... the light is spectacular 

and the poppies  in the wildflower bed weren't half bad either

I've got next week off work (can't wait) and of course the forecast is for showers  and light rain.  typical, I've not had any time off this year and the minute I do the weather changes.. hopefully it will change again and be dry!   I am hoping it won't be so bad as to keep me from going out for days. 

anyhow, thanks for looking, I will be round to see what you've been up to soon.  Happy WOYWW  

WOYWW 731 (early)

 Ir's been another fast, but chilly week here in Sutton.. and it is time to share crafty spaces again with Julia at the Stamping-Ground. 

I promised you crafting... well....

I bought some more supplies, because of course I don't have enough yet...

Paperartsy new releases last week... I didn't get all of them, that would have been excessive

I stamped out the minis,  (having re-inked my black pad, as I remembered to add a re-inker to the order!) 

and played with one of the new Dina stencils from last week...

I was watching something on telly whilst this was taking shape, so not over happy with the colour stacking at the bottom of the page,  but I can always hide that

Saturday of course took me to Kew, another chilly start (where was the early sun that was forecast?  certainly  not over Kew!)

but the colour made up for it... I am optimistically calling it "summer colour" in my label for the post....  

the geese were enjoying the plants at the Palm House...

and my Kew buddy Kim and I were loving all the poppies!

I see Julia has published early this week, so I'm going to post this "live" on Tuesday evening!!  

Happy WOYWW(WOYTW)  ! 

WOYWW 730

 Good morning deskers,  tis Wednesday once more, and time to share our crafty spaces... join us at the Stamping-Ground   (Julia, your atc hasn't turned up in case you think I'm being rude not acknowledging it!  ) 

My space this week is somewhat uninspiring...all I have is some new stencils to share,  that came at the weekend.

and some new collage tissue.   

I haven't even taken them out of the packets to look at them but the tissue which is all alphabet based, is sure to be a favourite!

I had a couple of days out  over the Bank Holiday weekend,  Kew of course on Saturday  -  so much colour now, and it was delightful..  

carnivorous plants in the sunshine (through windows)

and the laburnum arch

then on Monday I went to the Tower of London - partly to see the re-imagined display of the Crown Jewels (no photography allowed)  but mainly to see the Moat and this year's Superbloom - wildflowers and that really did not disappoint!   I did put a post  on Facebook but managed to delete the link to the blog  - oops! (I have edited it since) 

they are intending to keep this going in the moat and they are learning about wildflower development , there were so many poppies, and loads of cornflowers.

thanks for visiting, I'll try and have some actual crafting to share next week!  

WOYWW 729

 Welcome back, deskers, it's WOYWW time again and atc reveal time!  

The letter box has been busy this week.  lots of happy mail dropping through from the anniversary swap.

top left - Christine  top right Mary Anne - with extra bits and bobs!  I spent ages playing with Mary Anne's atc which is a multi-way atc and can be viewed in many ways. 

bottom is from Angela, Felix Crafty Cat

top is Cindy

bottom left is Kyla,  bottom right is Caro

top left BJ   top right, Tracy

bottom left Sarah   bottom right Diana  

and these are all from Lyn (Spyder) who sent some of last year's too.  

I have lost track of whether I have received all my swaps, so there may be more to come! 

I think you'll agree that everyone made some fabulous atcs this year.

to finish, Kew -  Saturday was a fabulous day (with my new phone which I didn't drop !  )

just one Kew pic to tempt you to the blog this week as there are lots of atcs.

Thanks for looking and happy WOYWW 

WOYWW 728 - happy anniversary to us!

 Hello lovely people.  the time has come to celebrate our 14th anniversary of WOYWW, dreamt up by Julia to nose at people's crafty spaces...  14 years, 728 weeks later, here we still are!  

I forgot to photograph all  the atc's I'd made for the swap until most of them were sealed in envelopes and winging their way to recipients...

Just a few left, waiting for swaps - one for my partner (unless that happens to be one I've already despatched) and 3 spares if anyone would like.  

I found my badges and the WOYWW stand that Mr D made for us a long time ago...

I had some early mail too - Annie and Jo, Jan and Lynne.  

Jan, your envelope had come unstuck at some stage so I hope nothing is missing.  

I feel bad now for not sending anything with my atcs, just the plain atc...

If you read my post from Kew at the weekend  (or happened to see my FB comment)  you will know I had a bit of a disaster ... 

suffice to say, I now have a new phone as the "dry it out in a bag of rice" trick didn't work... yes, reader, it fell out of my jeans pocket (where I never put it!)  into the loo...... and promptly died..

Kew was lovely though!! 

what does What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday mean?  

14 years of desk snooping, enabling, sharing, caring and friendships made - loved ones lost too, sadly,  ... Julia, you can never know how much it means to us all that you keep this going (and with much more manageable numbers, truth be told than in days gone by)  but we are real friends now, thanks to you - and to Jan -  for getting us together at the early crops (I still have the floor  sign you made for me) - all the chatting, all the cakes (oh boy, the cakes!) and the hugs ; even some crafting... Thank you, thank you thank you.

thank goodness for FB photos!  I couldn't find a photo in the blog report of the first crop. 

Happy WOYWW one and all!  

Helen