WOYWW #347

Welcome to WOYWW…the “What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday”  blog hop created by Julia at the StampingGround,  so hop over there to join the fun.

 

Been very busy this week!  I’m taking an Online Cardmaking Class, “Watercolor for card makers, intermediate techniques”.  I had taken a beginning one, but used watercolor markers or water brushes…this is So not that! LOL!  So, my desk is covered with some of the homework from day 2. 

The poppies were to test different paper brands…as with stamping, it really makes a difference! The roses were the last 2 attempts …at least they are starting to look like flowers!  The card lower right is a Pattern on Pattern Emboss Resist.  Of course I used a very fine IO cover-a-card background, and the embossing powder got sucked up by the paper, so it’s not that evident, but pretty cool for all that. The die cut is using a glazing technique; which was very vibrant until I used the heat gun...weird.   The paints are a Winsor & Newton Cotman set.

And here are my pears and corn flowers from yesterday…I have to say; pretty impressed with the pears! Drawn free-hand—wet on wet technique. Woot!

So there is my desk area for the week.  Now go visit Julia’s and see what the rest of the Desker’s are up to!  Have a great week everyone!

Watercolor Adition

The real post is here: http://kimmcyoung.blogspot.com/2016/01/watercolor-experimentsdays-1-2.html
This is to get the second photo to upload on class website...

So not blogger/tech savy....yet!

Watercolor experiments...Days 1 & 2

Soooo Excited! I'm taking the Online Card Classes "Watercolor for CardMakers, Intermediate Techniques."  Probably intermediate is pushing it; as I've only used watercolor markers or a waterbrush with inks, but what the hell.  I can only go up from here!

Day one and two  are on basics, thank heavens, with experimenting with brush strokes and how different papers react.

So here are Pears, from Day 1 and Corn Flowers from Day 2; As of course the week this class is running I'm suddenly swamped, I'm watching the videos during lunch hour, so only have a few supplies I packed to work; and these two didn't require my cardmaking stash to "finish", as it were.
The Pears use wet on wet; probably will be my go-to technique...these are all hand drawn..that alone impresses me!!




The cornflowers are brushstroke only...will definitely need more practice on that one!!  I painted the stamp from Heart Art Studio's for the saying...Pleased it sorta worked.

So stay tuned to see how I progress...as I said; it can only go up from here! LOL!

WOYWW #346

Welcome to WOYWW…the “What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday”  blog hop created by Julia at the StampingGround,  so hop over there to join the fun.

I hope everyone (stateside) had a great holiday weekend!  My friend Julie and Hubby were coming over on Monday to finally do the Holiday thing, and since craft goodies were on the gift list; it was a good bet we’d be up in the craft room while the boys did their thing.  So I did the (almost) final push on getting the room sorted away.  So first up; there is the 2^nd letterpress I managed to shove under the table.  A shame to waste the top surface, but what can you do.  And all but one drawer on the 2 sets are filled. I just can’t seem to pull the trigger on putting my “other” (ie, not distress) inks in a drawer—might not be the best use of drawer space…we’ll see. Still need to find space for the 2^nd pen/desktop organizer.

So here is the desktop—since Julie finally got a real Gelli plate, we ended up making a mess with gelli printing…but I have far less virgin stencils now! LOL! So here are some of the prints I’ll use in card backgrounds.  And my Zig real brush markers; now that I have some nice watercolor paper I’m going to really get to know them. And I still need a place for my TH die sets.  

So there is my desk area for the week.  Now go visit Julia’s and see what the rest of the Desker’s are up to!  Have a great week everyone!

Oh, one more...just cuz I can't not show it!! Despite being raised in Patriot's territory (New England Football team), my house is a Carolina Panther's house!  So for the division playoffs; here is my hubby and Dakota getting their game gear on.  Dakota is not sure about rooting for a black cat....

WOYWW #235

Welcome to WOYWW…the “What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday”  blog hop created by Julia at the StampingGround,  so hop over there to join the fun.

 Ok, on the “who would have guessed” item; I can finally blog from home, and for some reason keep missing it’s Wednesday!  Guess I need to learn how to schedule now…and clean up the blog…but I digress…

I actually haven’t done any real crafting since 2 weeks before Christmas…or the whole week in between Christmas and New Years that I was on vacation because my room was a bloody mess!  I had a good sit and look around; decided it wasn’t just putting things away; it was no place left to put.  And miracles of miracles…Michael’s had a 50% storage sale.  So it’s a start…and this morning I just had another of the 5 drawer thingies held for me, because there is still a ton of things that don’t have places to go.  And I have 2 online classes starting, 1 of which I can finally do “live”, so I’ll need to be able to get what I need for each class, without spending valuable time searching. 

So here is the desk; with 2 of the new pieces in place. and a pile on the actual desk waiting to go into a drawer….and did you notice the floor? Yup; I can now walk right up to my chair…Miracle!!

And here are the 3 pieces up close and personal; with another letterpress coming.  Of course; now I need to find a place for the 2^nd set, as it were…

So there is my desk area for the week.  Now go visit Julia’s and see what the rest of the Desker’s are up to!

Have a great week everyone!

For the not faint of heart…I found a picture from my “before”…Dec. 30^th...with the pathway cleared after I had stepped in the small bin that held my Distress stains and almost fell into the desk…don’t call me “grace” LOL!

WOYWW #341

Welcome to WOYWW…the “What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday”  blog hop created by Julia at the StampingGround,  so hop over there to join the fun.

Another real quick post: a very boring desk—which does not reflect the frenzy of activity that went on over the weekend.  The Christmas stamps stacked to get put away….but not totally committed as I had a new idea, and may play around with it so I’ll have it for next year.  I also still need to finish my Christmas journal pages, and may need a few stamps.  The debit card and GC for some last minute purchases, as this was the only room in the house I could get some cell service for an online order….Note I said was…

For if you notice the iPad---sitting on the little case that carried all my stamps, pens, address labels and card spreadsheets, it is there because I had to test our Wifi signal up in the craft room…That’s right Ladies (and any Gents!)  It took 13 years to get cable on our hill…and it is freakin’ awesome!!!  (also slightly evil, as I haven’t gotten to bed before 1:00 the last 2 nights; maybe Instagram and Pinterest should be evil, and not the internet connection…it’s a moral dilemma I’m too tired to figure out!) And as I’m no longer limited to using work internet, I can now no longer feel guilty for not visiting and commenting on your blogs.

So there is my desk for the week.  Now go visit Julia’s and see what the rest of the Desker’s are up to!

Have a great week everyone!

WOYWW #339

Welcome to WOYWW…the “What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday”  blog hop created by Julia at the StampingGround,  so hop over there to join the fun.

Another real quick post: Desk fairly tidy as this was Saturday night, as I packed up all the pieces- parts   of what I hope are my last 20 cards so I could assemble them while visiting my Step-sons Sunday. The front panel you can see in the top left…a real quickie; but this year I’m really just wanting “Done”.  Oddly, I really sorta like the way they turned out.  You’ll have to see next week, as they are all still packed up from Sunday.  The House mouse stamp is because I also stamped a few of those to color while there; one for the journal page I started; the other 3 in case I needed a few more cards.  Again; picture next week…so ink pads still out; need more space for the new Lucky Clover; which, surprisingly, isn’t my favorite green; a little too blue? Maybe? Just a tad lighter than the Pine Needles. (Hoping for a red for December!) The mug, too, is still up there…note to self; bring it down to soak tonight! It contained Starbucks Salted Caramel Hot Cocoa-as I finally found the K-cups.. Mmmmmmm!

Oh, and here is a birthday card I made for my Sis-in-Law; the last of our crew to turn 50! She got a kick out of the deflated balloon!

So there is my desk for the week.  Now go visit Julia’s and see what the rest of the Desker’s are up to! Have a great week everyone!