WOYWW 586

 Morning happy deskers - another week has flown by and it's Wednesday again, time for What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday... week 586... head to Julia's for the link and info... 

Another week where there has been no crafting.. apart from one tiny little stamped image...

I used a stamp from aDina Wakley set and cut it apart, to finish the journal page from last week 

so in the absence of any crafting, I'll share a few photos from last Saturday at Kew - if you want to see them all, head here

I was thrilled to see my old friend, one of the Chinese Water Dragons on Saturday!

thanks for looking, hopefully (possibly) next week there'll be some crafting to share!!

Happy WOYWW  

WOYWW 585

 My week off flew by, even though I did nothing - it was far too hot for going out anywhere so apart from some shopping I just - did nothing!  So before you know it, it's Wednesday again and time to share our crafty spaces with Julia at the Stamping-Ground

Towards the end of the week I managed a bit of a play in my journals  

in my square 8x8 journal I played with the stencil I showed you a few weeks ago

used distress oxides layering colours

then added some stencilled figures

and doodled some marks with a Posca paint pen

It's finished apart from a caption of some kind

I always think a journal page needs a caption of some kind

haven't had the time or energy to find the right one yet though

I did another page with the wavy flower stencil to match - or complement - the pink one from last week, too.

this time stamped it straight onto the journal page

By the weekend after some impressive rain and thunder it was cool enough to take my weekly trip to Kew - pics here   I was in my element with all the raindrops!

I'll be back again next weekend, as I have another time slot booked.

I will visit your desks probably after work, we're short staffed this week and it's busy so not getting a lot of time at lunch to stop! 

 

WOYWW 584

 Morning fellow deskers and welcome to another WOYWW    It's that time of week when we meet at the Stamping-Ground with Julia to share our crafty spaces

It has been far too hot to do anything much on my week off, not got round to sorting the  Paperartsy stamps yet and I am glad I didn't book any timed slots anyway I would normally go on a week off, it would have been unbearable to be out and about - shopping was bad enough.  the main reason I didn't book anything (apart from the forecast which was thunderstorms that haven't happened yet,) was to avoid travelling on trains that will be busier than the Saturday ones to Kew

I did play with one of the new stamps from last week though in my journal 

when I was out on Monday I went into Smiths and bought a few extra Pitt artist pens including some metallic ones

the Sizzix package is a metal plate for die cutting intricate dies and according to friends who have it, works a treat 

Last Saturday's trip to Kew can be seen here  

I left before it got too  hot!

I'll drip around to your desks soon!  

WOYWW 583

so, new blogger has landed on my browser and is insisting on being used today! I did toy with going back to legacy blogger but as it says it will only be available till later this month, seems no point...

anyway, it's Wednesday, and that means only one thing.   It's nosy day... WOYWW  with Julia and friends... time to share our crafty spaces.  

my goodies arrived!  

you know I can't resist JoFY stamps and stencils and a last release before Paperartsy relocate to France, wasn't to be missed!

I haven't had time to play with them yet, they have at least made it into the index binder

I have had to buy some more storage boxes for my Paperartsy stamp sets

I like to keep them sorted (in stamp set number order of course) by designer so I can easily find the ones I want... but the boxes are getting a bit full so when I was out on Sunday I went into the Works and bought some more..

this time they had Peter Rabbit designs and I got two for £10 -you can see the pile behind them -

you can see the "overflow" on top of the stack of 4 that are already pretty full 

I will hopefully get them organised next week - I am off work for a week's holiday - nothing planned, just a break from the office; and the boxes will need re-organising with the contents.

hopefully I will be able to share them next week!  

well the new blogger seems to be fairly easy to use, I appear to have re-sized and placed the photos and scheduled the post... let's see what happens when I hit publish!! I have pre-viewed it and it all looks pretty similar to previous posts! 

I look forward to visiting your desks tomorrow and seeing what you've been up to!

I nearly forgot to link last week's trip to Kew- it's here as usual 

WOYWW 582

Morning happy deskers, tis already Wednesday again and desk sharing day with Julia at the Stamping-Ground...
I had hoped to have new goodies to show but they aren't here yet as they aren't yet in stock, but maybe next week!

So what crafting have I done you ask... yeah right.... well I added another layer to the journal page from last week

I used the stamps I bought a few weeks ago (using new stuff, yay me!) in Thistle, which is a gorgeous archival ink in a deep purply/plum colour. I didn't want black over those pretty stencilled flowers, it would be too harsh. 

and that is it. the sum of my crafting this week!  I need a birthday card and a wedding anniversary card like yesterday but have I done them... have I heck! 
I should be making them instead of prepping this post (Tuesday night) but am watching the final of Bake Off the Professionals.... chocolate hat anyone? (yes, really!) 

so instead of crafting I'll give you the link for last week's trip to Kew 

I forgot to tell you last week that I had a letter from the hospital to give me a date for a telephone consultation for a cardiology follow up for my "after care"  - on 3 September... so presumably the MRI and heart monitor I had last month didn't flag up anything dangerous or in need of urgent attention (much as I suspected) or I am sure it would be happening a lot sooner! 

Happy desk day.   head to Julia's for the desks. 

WOYWW 581

Morning happy deskers, it's Wednesday again and time for another WOYWW   

Once again I don't have much in the way of anything to show you... I added some more of the stencilled flowers to the second page I shared last week, but kind of ran out of ideas to do anything with either... but I was just playing with the stencil so that's ok!

so that the flowers would fit the flipped images, I flipped the stencil again and added some colour











I had another lovely time at Kew last weekend, getting there for 8am - full post here 
I know several of you already saw them (thank you!)

I've booked a slot for this week again, although the forecast isn't as encouraging as last week was! 

WOYWW 580

whizz !  Wednesday again so time to share our crafty spaces with Julia at the Stamping-Ground  

Not a lot has happened - apart from my hair cut!

I took this one on Saturday on the way to Kew


modelling Annie's mask (from the train journey) 














I did have a play with the new stencil - just to try it out and it's not been added to since

I think I am going to like this stencil though

I hadn't wanted to get paints out so used Distress Oxides

there was a lot of ink left on the stencil so I spritzed it with water and turned the stencil over to transfer the reverse image to another journal  page











Last Saturday at Kew felt much more normal, more like the Kew of old... despite the social distancing in place and I had a really enjoyable few hours
the post about it with photos is here     and a couple of pics to tempt you to have a look!

 a nearly empty Temperate House

 one of my favourite views at the Lake

looking across the new Evolution garden









I haven'[t booked a slot (yet) for this week so may give it a miss


Looking forward to seeing your crafty spaces - happy WOYWW