WOYWW #439

So..I’m just sitting here on my lunch hour, coloring my card fronts in my office,

when I thought “here’s a different view of my work desk” and then..duh..it’s Wednesday…so, here ya’ go.

Now that I’ve colored the first card, I’m assembly-lining the rest.  Takes less time, and I’m less likely to screw up when you are not constantly swapping markers and cleaning water brushes.  The stamp is from Stampendous…I’m fairly certain. 

So that’s me-gotta get back to coloring; now go back to Julia and the Stamping Ground to portal off to other creative desks.  Stay Crafty my friends.

(Oh, speaking of crafty…went to my first adult (no-not “Adult”, minds out of the gutter ladies!) Halloween party in forever this weekend, and my friend Julie made these awesome meatloafs!  So cool and tasty!)

WOYWW #438

Hello WOYWW Deskers!  It’s Wednesday, which means its “What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday”, a blog hop hosted by the lovely Julia at The Stamping Ground. 

Another quickie post.  After our fabulous vacation out at the Finger Lakes (New York Wine Country) I managed to get a few more cards made for the craft show in (glup) 2 weeks.  This stamp is from Technique Junkies. The inside stamp says “May you never be too grown-up to search the skies on Christmas Eve”, also from TJ.  The die cut is from Our Daily Bread.  The stamps on the left and right are the next two.  Tonight I’ll stamp a ton...well, probably 12 each, then color over the next few lunch hours. The good news, if I don’t sell any I’ll be all set for my cards!

And while all the good shots (I hope) are still on the camera, here are some from our trip that where on the phone.  This trip was all around Keuka lake, and the canyon and waterfall are from Letchworth State Park; “the Grand Canyon of the East”

So that’s me; now go back to the Stamping Ground to portal off to other creative desks.  Stay Crafty my friends.

WOYWW #437

Getting my horses all in a row!  Welcome to "What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday", the marvelous 
 blog hop founded by our Dear Julia at The Stamping Ground.      The Hop where we open our craft room doors and give everyone a peek!

Real quick for me this week, as I'm just about to head out with our best friends to the Finger Lakes...Upstate New York's Wine Country for a well needed vacation.  So, on that note, I'll be visiting when I get home. 

I'm in the process of not just doing my own Christmas cards, but I'm also doing a Holiday Craft Show in November, and need some Christmas Cards to sell there as well; so not so shockingly, I'm in a bit of a panic.  Here are my Impression Obsession horses, ready to get glued to the card fronts, and then I'll treat their hats with some Sparkly Fluff flocking, to make the white part all fluffy...I've learned to do that step last!  That brings me to 22 cards...Zoinks!  I'll really need to get my ass in gear when we get home!!

So you've seen mine...now go stop at Julia's to portal off to far more interesting desks around the world.  Have a great week!

WOYWW #433

Hello WOYWW Deskers!  It’s Wednesday, which means its “What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday”, a blog hop hosted by the lovely Julia at The Stamping Ground. 

Another short, but not nearly as shocking as last week’s post. My main desk, side desk, floor and storage sideboard are still organized.  Yes, that means I haven’t been over to that side of the room. LOL!  Instead I took my short stints at the journaling desk, where you see this WIP for the Wanderlust course.  It is to be an exercise in “Mindful Art Journal Painting”  I think that means the doodling part, with gel pens.  I don’t like doodling.  And I suck at it; just sayin’. 

The container to the left is my “good” acrylic paints, Distress, Liquitex soft body and inks, and a few of the larger tubes of Dina Wakely’s Heavy Body ones.  The white envelope is the September Stencil Club stencils from Stencil Girl; can’t wait to play with them!  Some of the new flavors of Dylusions spray inks, that don’t fit in the current container, and some of the other stencils I’ve just finished with on the spread I worked on from last week. Oh, and the fan is back, since we’re back in the high & humid 80’s in Upstate NY.  Yuck!  Oh, and the bar across the front is my new Ott Light!  I figured I spend enough time at that desk now that I deserved a real light.  Thank you Joann's for having a sale at the time of my revelation! 

Speaking of last week, here is that finished page, also a Wanderlust prompt. 

So that’s me; now go back to the Stamping Ground to portal off to other creative desks.  Stay Crafty my friends.

WOYWW #432

Hello WOYWW Deskers!  It’s Wednesday, which means its “What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday”, a blog hop hosted by the lovely Julia at The Stamping Ground. 

A rather short post today, as its Tuesday, but I’ll be traveling for work for the next few days, so I want this drafted up.  But just because its short, doesn’t mean its been an uneventful 2 weeks.  Should I first tease with what I ended my Sunday working on?  This is the WIP for the September Wanderlust Journal page, waiting to dry so I can finish it, which fingers crossed will be next week.  It is a combination of Dylusion’s sprays and Dina Wakely paints, with Stencil Girl stencils.  The area of interest is the fact that you can see desk top…did you? And the clear futon cushion? 

Now, for those who know and love me: Get ready. This is going to be tough to see…

 
That is three days of nothing but clearing, tossing, organizing.  After the craft show craziness, it was too much for even me to handle; I couldn’t even walk to the chair!  Now, I’m still not completely done; I have two corners of the room that still need attention: but am completely motivated to finish it.  For Christmas Card Season is upon us, and heaven knows I’ll need all the space I’ve got! LOL!

So that’s me; now go back to the Stamping Ground to portal off to other creative desks.  Stay Crafty my friends.

WOYWW #430

Hello WOYWW Deskers!  I can’t believe how long I’ve been gone! What started as being away for work for 2 weeks stretched into eight missed weeks of the “What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday” blog hop hosted by the lovely Julia at The Stamping Ground. 

At least it wasn’t eight weeks away from my craft room; actually, I’ve spent more time in there since...well last fall when I was in full Christmas mode. The reason: my girlfriend got us into a craft show this coming weekend.  So, I have been in a card-making frenzy for the last 3 weeks.  Yes, I had planned to add other things, like the wine journals, maybe some mixed media canvases, but nope; all I’ve gots is cards. 

And I will only admit this to you, my WOYWW Comrades in Arms, I think I have too much stuff.  For every evening, I’d sit down at my desk, thinking I can bang out 6-8 cards, and then be paralyzed with all the possibilities and choices.  And all the muttered “Just pick up a stamp and start” wasn’t doing it-because which inks should I use? Oh, I want to use the Gelatos...or maybe the crayons.  Wait? the Color Burst powders would be awesome!  Grrrrr.

So what you see: A tin of Distress Crayons, which I didn’t use for the last set of cards, but had to be moved to find my phone. A roll of painters tape, for my attempt at keeping my Clean and Simple cards clean; didn’t work…all those fishy cards: those are the pile of rejects. Of 8 panels, only 3 came out CAS.  A new tube of Black Gesso, because I don’t know where the other tube went.  The acrylic blocks are flattening the 3 good fishy cards.  There are inky foam applicators spewed everywhere…Oh, and the box of glue dots I was looking for—hiding in plain sight.  

So that’s me; now go back to the Stamping Ground to portal off to other creative desks.  I'll  try to get some photos of the cards as I unpack them, so until next time: Stay Crafty my friends.

WOYWW #422

Welcome to the “What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday” blog hop hosted by the lovely Julia at The Stamping Ground, where we open our craft rooms up to have you peak at our desks—our work habits, whether good, the bad and the ugly, and to meet kindred souls. 

A quick post this week, as the auditors just showed up at my credit union…and we all know once I’m home I never get a chance to do this.  So, after finishing my clay tile for the Wanderlust class, which you saw the start of last week, as well as putting a canvas together with found items (leaves in this case) also for the Wanderlust class, I still had “me” time to craft, but was more than a bit overwhelmed with the mess my room was in, and too frustrated to move anything to start something new, so I somehow decided that sorting my stencils was the way to go.  Well….I got piles.  Still there….Hey Muse!  Are you happy now?

And here are the aforementioned tile and canvas.

 

So that’s me; now go back to the Stamping Ground to portal off to other creative desks.  Stay Crafty my friends.