WOYWW #395--

Welcome to the last Wednesday of 2016….which makes it the last “What’s on your Workdesk” of 2016.  And with such a seemingly bizarre, stressful, annoying year  that it has been for so many…it’s been great  that we can count on visiting Julia at The Stamping Ground for some crafting comradery and grounding. 

So jumping in to the whole reason why we are here, and as part of that grounding, centering, and soul-fulfilling act that is art, I took the day off yesterday and spent half of it in my craft room.  First cleaning my second and third desks.  And for those who remember my last post a few weeks ago, this mostly in an attempt to find missing stash I know I brought in.  Found the WoW Embossing powder, found but didn’t know was lost the Tim Holtz snowflake charms (x2) but still missing...the Dina Wakely Mica Sprays.  And that is really annoying!

And then I got out my poor neglected art journals; they have not been touched since I took a workshop with Dyan herself in October!  So on my clean journaling desk, with the stencils somewhat sorted, I jumped in getting all paintey and making a mess.  What you see is the 2^nd page I played with.  Not sure what I’m going to do with it yet, but it was fun getting there.  The tray upper left has water, in my attempt to keep my stencils somewhat clean.  There is a mug of egg nog…nicely nogged—it is my day off! LOL!  the whole back are piles of my stencils; not as neat as they were when I started (and no; can't blame that on the Nog).  Oh, and my new grey craft mat comes from Ken Oliver Crafts…billed as the Best Ever Craft Mat. I like the heavy feel, the fact it won’t crease or curl; but I have to say, the non-slip, or to me, stickiness is sorta driving me nuts.  Also it doesn’t seem to clean nearly as nice as the Ranger craft mat. 

  

So that’s me; now go back to Julia’s to portal off to other creative desks.  I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and got lots of crafty stash (I got the Everything Art year-long Wanderlust online course! Yipiee!) And I wish everyone a very Happy, Healthy and Prosperous 2017! Stay Crafty, my friends!

WOYWW #393

These Wednesday's are just flying by!!  So I almost missed another "What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday" blog hop hosted by the lovely Julia at The Stamping Ground.

Now, brace yourselves; this does not reflect the rest of my craft room;

But yes; this is a shocking view of my main desk.  It is in this current state because I finished my Christmas cards last week. And near the end of my creative chaos, I noticed that things that should only be at this desk...weren't.  So I figured it was a good time to get a good clean-up in.  So the box of white brads was found, as was the bone folder, the little pack of new X-acto blades, and my blue distress blending foam.  Still missing: my white embossing powder, and my brand new, never opened package of Dina Wakley Mica Sprays.

And here is a birthday card I made for my Mother..who we think will be 93; maybe 94.  See what happens when you keep lying about your age! LOL!  

So there is my desk...at least the main one; stay tuned as I progress around the other desks in my attempt to find those sprays!

Have a great week everyone.

WOYWW #391

All Right.  This is serious…somewhere the universe went into cut time, and that is just not acceptable! How can we only have 31 more days left in the year???    And it’s Wednesday again, which at least lets us take a break and visit The StampingGround to explore What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday, conceived by the wonderful Julia!

I have to confess; not the most current look to my desk; I took this picture when I thought I was done for the weekend, since I never get there Monday or Tuesday nights…but then after dinner I went up to get wrapping paper, and then finished the card…but neglected to take another picture. 

So this is the step where I’m waiting for my Colorburst backgrounds to dry.  I used Ken Oliver Watercolor paper, as it usually stays pretty flat.  I don’t like heat setting them right away, as I think they lose some of the brightness.  That could just be me. The one on the left is a mirror image I placed on top of the right one to not waste any of that pigmenty goodness.  The white above will be the top layer—it is for my Sister in Laws birthday.  I had tried using the straw to spread around the gold Liquid Metals, also by Ken Oliver; sorta worked…Overall the desk is pretty clean, as I’ve learned to move everything away when using Colorbursts.  I get color Everywhere! LOL!

So here is the card a few hours later. (I've also since added a few purple and pink tiny gemstones to break up the white.) Also here is the finished Sled Blueprint card that has been sitting on my desk for weeks.  Hettie thought up the distressed snowflakes—brilliant! 

So that’s me; now go back to Julia’s to portal off to other creative desks.  Have a great week everyone.

WOYWW #390

I did it again...almost let Wednesday get away from me...but my pumpkin pie is in the oven, and I now have time to visit crafty places around the world, thanks to Julia at the Stamping Ground, and her marvelous "What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday" blog hop. 

While I'm making progress, I'm still behind on my card making; hopefully this long weekend will give me time to finish...my job for the feast is in the oven; my brother is doing the cooking; Now I just have to remember to pick up my Mother! LOL!

So what you see are my TH Blueprint Sled panels, waiting for some layering inspiration.  The envelopes and bases are all done.  Some TH dies that I was contemplating; but probably won't make it on this batch.  Some paper pads that I still haven't broken into..yet; and my guilty pleasure--Mt. Dew. 

Here is one of the other TH cards I finished:

And finally, while our Saturday was in the low 60's; this is what greeted us Sunday Morning:


Gotta love Upstate New York!  So for those on this coast: Have a Very Happy Thanksgiving, and those on the other; I hope everyone has a great weekend. 

WOYWW #389---Christmas Rules!

Oh my! I almost missed another Wednesday...where is the time going?  And being Wednesday, it is time to go visit The Stamping Ground, and explore What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday, conceived by the wonderful Julia!

 From this view; my desk is looking pretty good! Step back, and disaster reigns!

 I’m almost finishing up with my Christmas cards.  This particular design is giving me a bit of grief.  I’ve colored all the images, and used the micro glaze resist (Maybe I should have resisted more! LOL!) …and I’m happy with them. But I’m having such issues getting those panels onto cards!  I don’t have enough of that plaid paper to layer them…haven’t seen anything I like in my 3 trips to the “Big 3”…and just don’t want to go to AC Moore: ours is old and so dated!  Though looking now; the gray outline, which is a die…could actually work...maybe I can cut smaller frames to go on top…hmmmm;

I have various other dies lying about. As well as a few paper packs and inks and stains to be put away. 

And here are a few other cards I’ve finished…thank you Pinterest for the pine tree!  That die is Tim Holtz, as is the snowflake stamp.  The Peace Die is from Our Daily Bread Designs.  And you can't see it; but I actually bought a Wink of Stella pen for this one; have to say...pretty nice!!!

So that’s me; now go back to Julia’s to portal off to other creative desks.  Have a great week everyone.

WOYWW #387

Wow..it feels like forever since I last visited Julia at the Stamping Ground to visit with the What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday Crowd.  It's been a whirl wind month! I had a fabulous weekend with Dyan Reaveley, went on a cruise to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick for our 20th Anniversary, and then pretty much was in a state of exhaustion last week...honestly I didn't know it was Wednesday until it was Friday!  LOL!

But I have been busy in the craft room too..and I can see I'm not alone with the Christmas cards started!  I have a few piles of images ready to color on my lunch hours. I have to say; that MISTI has already made paid for itself!  Stamping on watercolor paper can be a challenge...now I can re ink and stamp to get good dark, crisp images every time! (how sad that I am thinking of asking Santa for the larger one...)  The layers with yellow shading will have gold trees over them.  They are all die-cut and ready for gluing.  And the black card in the back is a test.  Straight from Pinterest...a Tim Holtz stencil, with layering paste and embossing powder.  Once I figure a way to finish it, it might be another design for this year. 

I actually had a ton of photos to share; but they are all on my phone, which I left at work last night, and as I took the whole day off for a 15 minute mammogram (shhhh), I didn't dare go in to get it!

So I am now going up to my craft room, where I have 5 whole hours to myself... lets see what I come up with for that black card!  Now go back to Julia's and visit some more creative desks.  Have a great week everyone!

WOYWW #383

Welcome to WOYWW…the “What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday”  blog hop created by Julia at the StampingGround. 

A real quick post this week, since I’m at work, and trying very hard to get ahead since I’m taking Friday and Monday off to go to a weekend workshop with DYAN REAVELEY!!  Yup, she’ll be out at the Finger Lakes in New York…can’t believe it!!  Just thinking about it has my feet doing a happy dance!

 

So, the desk…that’s right…I’m starting! Some Christmas images I’ll be bringing in for lunch hour coloring.  The current group is from Tim Holtz’ Blueprint collections. That mini MISTI is pretty amazing: makes stamping on watercolor paper so much better. But, I can see the need for the larger one…of course…maybe I can talk to Santa.  There are some Holiday paper stacks to the left that where never put away and uncovered in my tidy-up to get holiday-specific.  And those stencils; still taunting me!

And here is another Color Burst Birthday card, using a die from Simon Says Stamp.  Fun and easy…

So that’s me; now go back to Julia’s to portal off to other creative desks.  Have a great week everyone.