WOYWW 847

 Another Wednesday - and the final one in August.. I swear it was only just June, never mind July... Anyhow, Sarah has the link for your crafty spaces.

I finished last week's journal page - the scribbly pieces are Dina transparencies, the little faces are collage tissue and the other little images in the bubbles are stamps... 

the image is the original stamp called Lonely Girl (she's since re-appeared in a multi stamp set and I've always loved her... 

added some pops of neon pink straight from the bottle 

Kew on Saturday was great, of course,  and I did debate going again on BH Monday but didn't in the end.    Silly really, with so few early entries left before the end of the season

we got some great shots of one of the resident herons right by the side of the lake, normally he sits on a tree branch and we can't get so close.  

thanks for looking and your comments last week.

Happy WOYWW 

WOYWW 846

 We find ourselves at Wednesday again and time to meet and share our desks once more.  Sarah has the linky tool...

I got my white pen (and a black one for good measure) out and doodled some outlines on the journal page from last time as promised 

I've made the photo a bit bigger this time so hopefully Neet you can read the sentiments. 

if not "let art get you through"

"no great thing is created suddenly" and

 "make it happen" 

Dina's stamps, natch. along with the rest of the page

and the next page is under way... another page in the ledger journal which creates a readymade background with the script.

scribble sticks softened with water for the colour and then white gesso stencilled on top (Donna Downey stencil called bubbles0

as always it's a WIP so maybe next week it'll be done!

Had my regular morning at Kew on Saturday,  it wasn't as hot (hurrah) 

I am pleased and humbled that you like the photos so much..

Kim got some great action shots this time!

they kept this table from a many years ago Alice (Mad Hatters Tea Party) themed event  and it's warping in the sun... 

it's a very long table!!  

and some favourite rudbeckias again 

thanks for looking, see you soon... 

WOYWW 845

 Hello deskers,  time for another WOYWW  - our lovely Sarah holds the link here  

It's turned hot again so it's going to be a quick post before the Great British Sewing Bee (writing this on Tuesday evening as always) and I can get back in front of the fan... 

I spent a couple of hours on Sunday morning fussy cutting all those flowers out, but haven't used any of them yet

I did play in the ledger journal again though. stamps, stencils 

needs a bit of white pen work to bring it to life 

Had another lovely morning at Kew on Saturday before it warmed up 

the rudbeckia in the Evolution garden were looking particularly good 

and so were the lotus flowers in the Temperate House.

Thanks for dropping by, See you soon.

WOYWW 844

 I hope you are all well and ready for another desk sharing day...Head to Sarah's for the details and link...

This week seems me still on a coneflower colouring and cutting kick...

I started with 3 pages full 

and then did some extra blue ones to go in a started journal page (needs some text still to call it finished)  

(I got bored with yellow and red...)

and Julia, this is where I am keeping the cut out flowers - I store the stamp sets in the bags they come in, (a trick I learnt from Leandra at Paperartsy) so the stamps don't get lost when they fall off if they lose their cling... so they are ideally placed with the stamps.  

got a fair bit more fussy cutting to do still!

Kew was of course great on Saturday, 

and Kim and I are really enjoying the new Carbon Garden... 

it seems a very calm peaceful area. 

WOYWW 843

 Hello and happy WOYWW deskers.  Sarah has the link to join in and share your craft spaces.. 

I was in card making mode at the weekend as I have some birthdays and a wedding anniversary to make for.

I am obsessed withe the coneflower stamps by Alison Bomber... I think I even prefer them to her poppies!

despite the fact that I don't like fussy cutting, I made lots of extras to keep me going for a while!  

i had some leftover background that I repurposed from a few weeks ago.

I was about to spoil the surprise with the final birthday card... that'll have to wait!

Kew on Saturday was dry after the previous soaking, luckily! 

Goldie came out to play

a new area - the Carbon Garden - has opened.

we loved this mushroom in the centre. 

Thanks for looking,and  happy WOYWW  

WOYWW 842

 We say it all the time, but wow, that week went fast... another Wednesday has rocked up and it's time for What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday again.. head to Sarah's for the link.

There's nothing currently on my desk (floor) but I did play in my smaller A5 size journal at the weekend 

I tore off a strip of the Paperartsy script tissue and stuck pieces on the page  - having first used a couple of Fresco paints, in Haze (a pale greyish colour, (never opened the bottle before)  and the yellow is I think Kiwi Gold.. 

was looking for a delicate leafy stencil (need one of Alison Bomber's new ones that I resisted..... )  this is part of a Stencil Girl stencil.  

I then added some of the poppies on the background and painted them with the red Mattint glaze,  and forgot to take a stage photo...

fussy cut the poppies and layered them over the page.

(yes, Cindy, more fussy cutting!)  

Saturday at Kew was WET   but Kim and I still went!   Not going to let a little (lot of) rain stop me...

there were no white trousers this week! 

got some good raindrop shots though!  

Hoping for dry weather this weekend, it is meant to be... 

I hope Sarah enjoys her first WOYWW not at school, I am rather jealous...

Happy WOYWW, see you soon!  

WOYWW 841

 Happy WOYWW lovelies.  Hope you are all well. Another Wednesday so head to Sarah's for the desky-share link 

I decided to use the Dina Wakley kraft journal for an Alison Bomber themed page.

Starting with a layer of gesso leaving a bit of a border, then various green archival inks and of of Alison's new stencils

I stamped and fussy cut out several of the coneflowers from her new stamp set

coloured them with Prismacolour pencils 

arranged them and added the text stamps from the same set

wow, a finished journal page!!

my Kew buddy Kim and I survived a hot morning at Kew on Saturday by finding as much shade as possible

the giant kardoons are - giant... 

the lotus flowers in the Temperate House are a favourite at the moment

it wasn't a day for lying down for low level photography, in white trousers!  

Thanks for dropping by, I will be round to check your desks soon