WOYWW 686

 Happy Wednesday deskers!  It's been another quiet week here, no crafting done again - but time for WOYWW  despite that.   I had to work from home all of last week due to Covid - but it was a very mild dose and I didn't really feel ill at all, luckily.   

I am back at work now,  still tested positive on Sunday but got a call Monday to say go to the office as I was symptom free.  I've gone back to masks on buses and in shops though, better safe than sorry.  I was obviously getting complacent up in London playing tourist.

So, let's see what I can share this week, as I haven't got any crafting...

so some pics of some of my stamp storage  along the wall... 

I've shared them before, and you can't tell that the wooden Ikea boxes which are stacked 4 high in places are double stacked in front of one another (and no, I don't use the contents of them often!)

and the "desk"  space.  journals still sat on the craft mat,  tickets from London still on the mat,  piles of ink pads and paints all over the place...

I can't even share a link to Kew as I didn't go on Saturday - whilst by then I'd isolated for 5 or 6 days, I decided to stay home 

It felt so weird not getting up at 5 and heading out soon after 6.

the one good thing about working from home was not having to step outside during the 2 days of the 40 degree heat even though I was failing to stay cool working!

Thanks for stopping by and this week I will be at Kew, come sun, rain, snow, hail, whatever!  

WOYWW 685

 Hello, welcome to WOYWW  time to join Julia and the gang again - there is even less on my "desk" this week..

two reasons - one several of you saw on FB - 

yep, it got me!  tested on Sunday after feeling when I got home from Kew on Saturday that I had a cold, sore throat... but no...

I reckon it must have been Wednesday, in London that I caught it, it was one of the hot days when I only wore the mask on trains, not inside the Abbey or anywhere else....

so I've been isolating at home, and now working from home,...  

the hottest day ever in the UK  so this is my workspace today (well Tuesday as I write this)  ... 

it's been following me around the room trying to blow air - hotter than I would like - at me...

the only plus side of working from home is that i didn't have to go outside to get TO or from work!

I'm hoping it will go soon - I don't feel bad now, the first day was pretty coldy but no aches and now it's like the end of a normal cold.

so hopefully I will be negative by Saturday or I will have to miss Kew!  

so I'll leave you with the link to Kew from last Saturday 

and a happy sunflower to cheer us all up. 

WOYWW 684

 Welcome to another week's sharing of our crafty workspaces.... mine is bare... well not bare 

but shows signs of where I've been spending my time that I've had off work

I haven't done so much as pick up an ink pad all week

I have been here - 

twice!  Saturday and Tuesday

(Kew, obviously)  

and here 

(Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival) - last Thursday









and here 

Superbloom at the Tower of London - a spectacular display for the Platinum Jubilee)

(Sunday)











and here 

St Paul's Cathedral   (Monday) 

 each day out has a post on my photosbyh blog if you have time - but there are lots of photos on each one!  

and by the time you read this I will probably be somewhere else, or on the way somewhere else, for my last day off before returning to work

not sure yet where!

the days out have been shorter than I would normally do as we are in the grips of a heatwave and I wanted to be home before the intense heat each day (apart from Hampton Court when I was out longer )  

Back to work on Thursday, till then Happy WOYWW  and see you at Julia's  

WOYWW 683

 As has been mentioned once or twice round these parts... it's Wednesday again, already!  Which means it's WOYWW again already! Always a great day of the week, time to meet up at Julia's to share our crafty spaces; this week sees me looking forward to a week off work after today. 

I got some new stamps last week, released on Thursday, delivered on Saturday (always great service from Stamper's Grove)   Alison Bomber for Paperartsy

I had to have a play with them at the weekend, in between tennis, cricket, F1 ....

I used the rose hip sets on a journal page

and the brambles set too 

then I played with the distress sprays (uncharted mariner and villainous potion)  and then stencilled the same colours over the top

before adding some focal points , those funky peeps again and the words which are Seth Apter for Paperartsy

so that's me this week -  just time for the Kew link 

I probably won't get any time for visiting at lunchtime tomorrow as I'll be racing to get work finished before my week off so will catch you in the evening.

happy WOYWW!

WOYWW 682

 Happy Wednesday to you all - another WOYWW has arrived and we'll all meet up at Julia's again

Thank you for your birthday wishes for Sunday,  I had a quiet day mostly watching the Test match (cricket)  after of course spending time at Kew on Saturday

my "tea party"  well coffee morning I guess lol

Lynda and Kim, two of the weekly regulars and I had cake and coffee (they had tea)  

I didn't do a whole lot of crafting this week

I added some more layers to my masterboard from last week

circles are stencilled, the rest are stamps

started another journal page too

finally I just remembered to take a pic of the new distress colour inks and sprays that arrived on Monday

the light is bad under the electric light so the colour test underneath isn't very accurate

I am now watching tennis most evenings so there won;t be much crafting done this week either!

Happy WOYWW,  see you soon!  

WOYWW 681

 Here we are again, Wednesday- WOYWW day. 

I had a slightly  more productive week - 2 things instead of 1...  First up a birthday card for my cousin Bridget who's birthday is Saturday, the day before mine.  No chance she'll see this so I am safe to share it here now

I used distress oxides in Villainous Potion and Peacock Feathers (I'd just ordered the new colour that was announced on Saturday and thought it about time I actually used some Distress again!!)

stamps are by Dina Wakley and Paperartsy (Seth Apter)

Hopefully, if the new colour arrives in time I'll be able to play with it before next week

then, because I liked the combination of the two colours I used them again 

I did add a little pink (Kitsch flamingo)  as well

I'm going to add some more layers to this before I use it, some script stamping at least and looking at the photo, possibly more depth of colour (although it's lighter in the photo than real life so maybe not)

the reason I used these 2 colours?  they were on the top of the pile of my distress oxides... what better reason!!  

I almost stayed dry at Kew on Saturday - just a few spots of rain - not enough to get me wet really which was as well, not having taken a cardigan or anything.  It wasn't unbearably hot either which was good! 

there was lots of yellow, especially in the rock garden

the eryngium (sea holly) is always a summer favourite

I was still in love with the poppies and found some more elsewhere

this weekend, I am having  cake and coffee for my birthday with at least one of the regulars (more if they are around)  I'll be spending my birthday itself at home

the forecast though IS for showers this weekend which will be a shame.

In case you missed it Julia has details of the crop in October  on her blog  - can't wait!  

Till next week, happy WOYWW  and I'll be round to catch your desk soon. 

WOYWW 680

 Good morning from a warm Sutton.  It's Wednesday again which can only mean one thing - WOYWW - do head to Julia's for the details and share your workspace.

I decided at the weekend it was high time I used some of the new Seth Apter stamps and paints whilst watching the cricket.  

it's been quite a while since I played in my A5 sized journal and it was fun!

But that is the total of my crafty activity this week 

Saturday's visit to Kew was colourful and sunny - check out the post here   it was poppy-tastic! 

that's all I have for you today -  happy WOYWW  and thanks for visiting.

Looks like this coming Saturday may see the breaking of the mini heatwave the south of the UK will have for the rest of this week, so it might be a wet one again; if I'm lucky it will be dry till I get home! At least it won't be as hot as it will be in southern Europe, for which i am grateful.