Whats On Your Workdesk Wednesday - 05 March 2014

It is Wednesday and time for What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday (WOYWW) ... It has been a while since I last took part, but I'm back again :)

My desk has had a big sort out and tidy up, at the moment it is not too bad, although I really must get round to emptying the bin (I keep forgetting to bring up a bin bag from downstairs!).

You can see my new Stampin' Up! Colour Caddy storing all 11 of my ink pads, more are on the way via UPS, give me another couple of months and it will be full & a riot of colour.

I currently have the Crumb Cake ink out and was playing with the Lovely as a Tree stamp set.  Also hidden on the desk is the Petite Petals punch (which has been getting a LOT of use) and the 'Colour Coach' has been the best £13.50 I have ever spent - Just think of a colour and away you go, it is just so easy to colour coordinate your card or project.  The plastic tub contains my clear embossing powder, which has just been used and not put away yet.

By the time we reach next Wednesday I guess that you won't be able to see the actual desk & things will be back to normal... Who knows, maybe I will have even managed to empty the bin!!!!

WOYWW - 12 June 2013

It has been a while since I last joined in a Whats On Your Workdesk Wednesday... if you are not sure what I am talking about have a look at the Stamping Ground blog to find out more.

As for my desk this week here it is...

Earlier this week I had used my Stampin Up 'Build a Bird' punch to create a number of little birds, I then cut 1 3/4" circles for them to sit on.

I have been meaning to have a go at creating Post-It-Note holders for a while, and finally got stared.  Once the birds were created I cut card to match the co loured pads (purchased in a block of 4 colours from Asda).

This is what the 8 Post-It-Note holders looked like when finished.  All I now need to do is to put them into bags ready for an event at the weekend at Newark Air Museum where DH & I will be with out Owls.

WOYWW - 19 December 2012

I think that Whats On Your Workdesk Wednesday is slightly the wrong title for my post this week, it should really be WAYWW (Who's At Your Workdesk Wednesday)...

DH asked if he could use the Pirate Stamps to personalise a Christmas Card for our nephew.  As he had never stamped before I also gave him a quick stamping lesson :)

We had a Christmas Card that was going to be sent from the 'Pirates' who visited 'L' in October/November.  So DH set to work using the stamps both inside the card and on the envelope.



There is just one more WOYWW left of 2012 - I can't believe that this year is nearly over!  It many ways it has just flown by, but in other it seems to have taken forever. 

Well I will hopefully see you the same time next week for the last WOYWW of 2012.

Happy Crafting :)

WOYWW - 21 November 2012

Once again it is Wednesday... where have the last 2 weeks gone????

So it is of to Stamping Ground for the weekly Whats On Your Workdesk Wednesday, this week will be a very quick post as I have been cleaning like mad.

So why have I taken a picture of a very empty conservatory??  Well later this evening I have booked a Stampin' Up Demonstration, here at my house.  So 7 friends will be visiting for a craft evening.

I already have my shopping list written out, but I am sure there might be a few last minute additions!!

Happy WOYWW.

WOYWW - 31 October 2012

Happy Halloween to all reading this post.

As today is also a Wednesday, Happy Whats On Your Workdesk Wednesday to everyone to :)

Today I am working on my Christmas cards, well on the toppers to be more acurate.  I tend to create two types of Christmas Card for my friends & Family.  The ones that look good, but are quick & simple to make & those that also look good, but take longer to make are are more detailed.

The more detailed cards will go to those who I know will appreicate a great look hand made Christmas Card.

I decided that I would use one of the stamp sets I brought a couple of weekends ago and that the main image will be the card toppers...

I am using a corner of table with a piece of craft sheet under my images as I colour them just to make sure that no colour reaches the tablecloth.

 

Here is a closeup of the image, at the moment I have 7 images on the go (production style), the owls will be in shades of Brown or Grey. I have finsihed a couple and are really pleased with the results.  As soon as I have a picture of a finished card I will add it to my blog.

WOYWW 24 October 2012

I can't believe it is Wednesday so soon, & that I missed last WOYWW last week... where is the time going to.

This week has been a bit mad and not enough hours in the day, but I have managed to do a bit of crafting, however you will just have to wait for some pictures as I don't want to show my nephew's card just yet.

So onto my workdesk, not that you can really see the desk this week!  On Sunday I visited the Simply Yours fair at Lincoln Showground, and although I did not get everything I had on my shopping list, I did find several bits that I just HAD to have (if you know what I mean)!

Of the bits on the desk here are my highlights...

A stamp & die set from Sizzix, I saw this over on the Hero Arts blog a while ago, but I loved the snowman & tree so much I just had to buy the set - after all I really do need to get cracking on making Christmas Cards!

I just HAD to buy both of these stamps - the Woodware Pirate set is mainly for my Nephew, he loves anything to do with Pirates (or Spiderman) and DH & I are planning a birthday treasure hunt using these images.

The Imagination Crafts stamp has the two super cute owls (complete with Christmas Hats) and they jumped into my hand and refused to go back on the shelf... I therefore HAD to bring them home with me!!!

I just hope I get time soon to have a play with my new goodies.  I also have plans to create another couple of photo tutorials, so keep an eye out for them in the near future.

BTW - I'm sorry if there are any daft spelling mistakes in this post... our keyboard died and we brought a new one, but I am sure the some of the keys are in the wrong places!!!  At least I know that the backspace key works ok LOL!

Happy Crafting.

WOYWW - 10 November 2012

It has been a while since I have joined Whats On Your Workdesk Wednesday, but this week I decided to make an effort.

Sitting on my desk this week are 3 layouts waiting to be put away in my scrapbook albums.  They were all created last week at a local Crop.


8x8 Layout, this is another page for my Florida 2010 album.



This 12x12 layout is for my Book of Me & features my first ever Computer!

This double 12x12 layout was created using photos taken in Lincoln Cathedral last year.

Wishing everyone a Happy Wednesday :)

WOYWW - 12 September 2012

Today is Wednesday so it is time to have a look at my Workdesk as part of "Whats On Your Workdesk Wednesday"...

I have had a bit of a tidy up since last week, and last night I even started to create a card, featuring one of Delta's feathers :)

I could not decide which colour to stamp the sentiment in (Black or Brown) or if to use the patterned paper or white - In the end I decided to use the Black ink on white paper.

I am so looking forward to this afternoon, I have a workshop booked at LLinda's Card & Craft shop this afternoon for 'Zentangle/Doodle Art'.  I have never attempted any Zentangle type work before, but really love how it looks.

I will let you all know how I get on this afternoon and add photos of my creations.

Happy Crafting :)

WOYWW - 05 September 2012

This will be a very quick post for Whats On My Workdesk Wednesday as I am still playing catch up after being away for 2 weeks...

My desk is officially a mess this week, things have just been dumped on it and over flowed onto the chair!

You can't say I did not warn you... what a mess!!!! 

On the table are a few newspaper cuttings about the Olympic games (I really want to create a Scrapbook page at some point), 2 finished cards, some feathers of Deltas that I was thinking using on cards and a couple of empty cereal packets.

On the chair are the bits and pieces that I picked up while on holiday, again they will be saved and used on a selection of Scrapbook Pages - However I must not get too carried away as I need to complete the album from our Florida holiday in 2010!!!!

So many potential pages and not enough time :)

WOYWW - 08 August 2012

Once again it is Wednesday and the last week has flown by.  Julia over at the Stamping Ground blog holds a weekly Whats On Your Workdesk Wednesday event, so why don't you pop over and join her.

As for my desk well here it is...

I had just finished creating 6 cards using a piece of 12x12 Patterned Paper as design elements.  This was following a blog post that I read on "Cards & More by Sheri" called One Sheet Wonder.  The idea is that you cut a sheet of 12x12 to create a number of mats that can be used as elements on scrapbook pages or cards.

Here are the cards that were created - and I still have more pieces left to use :)

WOYWW - 01 August 2012

Well July is now over and I must say that apart from a few really good days it has not been a great month, I really don't know what happened to summer.

However, back to the topic of this post - my workdesk! Once again it is time for Whats On Your Workdesk Wednesday.

I have a different photo today, it is still of my workdesk, however it also includes me!!!!  DH picked up the camera and took a quick snap, it is not a great picture but it does show me at work - well sort of. 

Me at my workdesk :)

From this angle the desk really looks messy & I am not sure what I was actually working on, I think at this point I had just had a tidy and was thinking about what to do next.

The last couple of weeks have been a bit manic and I hope to be able to visit a few more workdesks around the world this week.

Happy Crafting.

WOYWW - 25 July 2012

Good morning crafters...  It's Wednesday again, which means that it is time for 'Whats On Your Work Desk Wednesday' with Julia on the Stamping Ground Blog.

This week life has really been a bit Mad.  I have been able to snatch a bit of craft time but I have hardly had time to think let a lone have a look at the long list of blog posts waiting in my Reader!

I hate weeks like this!

So this is my desk this week...

Ok so what is going on:

• Well I have brought the new Autumn ProMarker colours - One colour was called Tawny Owl, so I HAD to have the set!!
• I decided to use some odd bits of cardstock & patterned paper to make a few cards & also used elements of a decoupage paper pack from DoCrafts.
• On the left you can just see the edge of a card due to be sent to one of our nephews who has a birthday on Friday.  I will post the card once it has been received.

WOYWW - 18 July 2012

What a week it has been so far, and we are only just 1/2 way through!!

However it is lunch time and after I have added this post to Whats On Your Workdesk Wednesday as featured on the Stamping Ground blog I will be off to have a look at other desks all over the world.

I did not make it last week as life generally got in the way - and I spent the afternoon at LLindas Card & Craft shop doing a Card Candi workshop (which was brill!!)

So what is on my desk this week:

The other evening I decided that I just needed to do some colouring, so out with the ProMarkers and they have not yet been put away!

Sat in the corner of the cutting mat you will find a collection of Card Candi flowers based on instructions from Linda's workshop last week.

Here is the latest image to be coloured, this image was one of several free with one of the card magazines a while back.  I am slowly getting round to colouring them.

WOYWW 11 July 2012

Ok this is a slightly back-dated post, I was not able to get it published yesterday as I just ran out of time. 

Yesterday afternoon I had a Card Candi workshop booked at LLinda's Card & Craft in Laneham, Notts.  It was a busy session with 6 ladies all concentrating hard in periods of silence :)

We created 3 lovely cards & I would never have been able to create the flowers that I did without Linda's great instructions!!

So here are the pictures of the finished cards:

Created using White Card Candi, beads & Stickles Glitter Glue

A close up of the flowers - they were fiddly to create but the finished flower was worth it

This card was created using a Woodware Stamp and more Stickles Glitter Glue (this was the only card where the Card Candi was used flat)

I think that the flowers on this card are AMAZING - even if I do say so myself!!!  Each flower was created using a different technique but all were based on a Flower Punch base (from Woodware).  The flowers for this card needed the greatest amount of concentration and you could have heard a pin drop in the room!!!

This is a close up of the 2nd flower.  I have decided to keep this card for me to use as inspiration in the future - that & I liked it soooo much I don't want to give it away

I just HAD to have all of this stash... including more Card Candi (you can never have enough); The Woodware stamp we used on the 2nd card; more Woodware stamps of butterflies designed to be used with Card Candi & the Woodware flower punch used as a base for the flowers on the 3rd card.

Just before cooking Dinner I got chance to quickly create one flower - The woodware punch was out of the packet before you could say Woodware & and decided to use the 'Newsprint' Candi and a plain white one for the centre.

WOYWW 04 July 2012

Good Morning everyone, today is a special day in my life... it is my Wedding Anniversary.  14 years ago today DH & I both said 'I Do'!!!!  We shared a special day together along with family & friends, since that day 14 years ago we have continued to create many special memories together.  I have made DH a card that I will share with you all tomorrow.

Post Edited: The following arrived at work this morning, arn't they lovely...

In addition to our Wedding Anniversary, it is also Wednesday, so time for a sneak peak at workdesks all over the world with Julia at Stamping Ground.

My desk this week is very quiet:

I did say that it was quiet!!!  I have some Woodware peel-offs featuring Owls, a couple of peel-offs that had been put on white cardstock & coloured using my ProMarkers. 

Sat on the side of the desk is the scissors that I use when cutting Double Sided Tape or foam, they have just been cleaned, only I am now sporting a very odd looking plaster - while using the Sticky Stuff remover on kitchen roll I was trying to clean the blades & ended up cutting my finger - up the side by the nail - Ouch!!!!!

In addition sat on the desk is a new set of stamps just arrived from Lili of the Valley - these have not yet seen any ink, however I do have plans to use a couple in the near future.

Summer Bears Companion Stamps Set

On 23 June I celebrated my 1st Blogaversary, if you would like chance to win some Candy please go to my Blogaversary post HERE.

WOYWW 27 June 2010

This week I don't have a picture of my desk (it was too much of a mess) for Whats On You Work Desk Wednesday... but I do have a picture of a card that I finished last night.

A friend & his partner have their 1st Anniversary this weekend & I decided that I wanted to make a card.

As I could not be bothered to clear up my work desk to take the photo I put the card on the chair at the Computer Desk & took the photo there LOL - anything for an easy life :)

Created using a Little Claire Designs digital stamp (coloured with my ProMarkers), some left over ribbon & patterned paper. 

In addition I am also submitting this card into the following Challenges:

I Love ProMarkers - Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Ribbon & Bows


On 23 June I celebrated my 1st Blogaversary, if you would like chance to win some Candy please go to my Blogaversary post HERE.

WOYWW - 20 June 2012

Once again it is Wednesday, and I nearly missed Whats On Your Workdesk Wednesday!!

I have been on a 'Away Day' with work and although these days can be my worst nightmare (with no chocolate in site) this one was different.  Dare I say it... I even joyed the day!!!  As a bonus we had Chocolate Hobnobs with morning coffee break :)

Ok, back to the subject at hand...  My workdesk:

On my desk this week are the start of a couple of cards, well I had a few ideas and was just playing with them.

I have a set of Meerkat stamps from Designed by Tabbykat, I have used 2 of the stamps (coloured with my ProMarkers) I hope to use these as a topper on a Birthday Card. 

I also have stamped out one of the images from a set of stamps by Imagination Crafts featuring butterflies.  This stamp set is designed to be used for decoupage.  I have not decided what to use to colour the butterflies or the stamp in general - but the image is a lovely one.

Happy Wednesday :)

WOYWW - 13 June 2012

Well it is Wednesday once again, and this week I have remembered!!!  Last week with the long weekend I really got my days in a muddle and did not realise that it was Wednesday until it was nearly over.

So onto the subject of WOYWW (Whats On Your Workdesk Wednesday) it is time to join Julia over at Stamping Ground to look at workdesks around the country (& the world)...

As for mine, in this little corner of Lincolnshire, my desk upstairs is very quiet.  In fact it has been deserted!  the only thing sat on it at the moment is a Stampin Up catalogue (where I have just discovered that we don't get the new 2012-13 catalogue in the UK until September :( I already have my list of new products I HAVE to have made.), and this layout that was started at the Crop last week and is now finished...

So if I'm not working at my desk where am I working? Well on my Lap of course, with the help of a 'lap table' the last 2 evenings have been spent sat in the living room cutting out templates to be used in a variety of stock items. 

On Friday a big box of 'stuff' arrived and it needs to be ready for the Annual Cockpitfest celebration held at Newark Air Museum this weekend.  We will be taking the birds and staying overnight in our caravan on site. 

The box under the lap table is where all the stock that is completed lives, I hope to be able to get the last finished this evening & I then need to create some new price tags for items I have not sold before (yet another use for my Sizzix tag dies & my cuttlebug :) - it really is great how you can use them for anything LOL).

WOYWW 30 May 2012

I can't believe May is nearly over!! I just hope that the summer is better than the Spring we have had so far LOL.  I don't mind Rain, I rather like the Sun, but it would be nice to get a mixture of the two rather than just 1 or the other!

Ok, I had better move onto the subject of Whats On Your Workdesk Wednesday - Today is the 3rd Birthday of WOYWW & as part of the Birthday Celebration Julia has organised a Artist Trading Card (ATC) swap as well as the normal look round the desks.

Up to now I had never really attempted ATCs but decided that I would give it a go & try something new.  So if you are the person sending me your ATC please drop me an email (address shown in my Profile) and I will send you my address.

As for my desk this week, it is a mess...

I was at LLinda's Card & Craft shop yesterday for a 1 day workshop and had a great time, but only had time to dump the cards & bits I brought on the table last night.  Add to that general bits & bobs that need to be put away and you get a mess - well it is messy for me LOL.

WOYWW - 23 May 2012

I can't believe it is Wednesday again, and this week there is a difference.  The sun is due to shine & we might have the hottest day of the year so far :)  Yesterday we reached 24oC: the washing dried in no time & we cut the lawn.

I have not got creative with the way in which i have taken the picture of my workdesk today, but it's contents are very creative LOL.  To see more examples of Creativity (or to just be nosy) have a look at the Stamping Ground Blog.

I have had an idea for a while but I was trying to think how to make it work, I think I have now figured it out!  I cut out the 'Tree' from my Memory Box die & I wanted to use the cutout as a mask.  I had tried to use acetate sheets, but they were all creased & did not cut fully :(  I then decided to just use card stock, this did work.

Then using my distress inks I had a play on a left over bit of paper... I tried using my 'Cut & Dry Felt' but only managed to damage the die cut, so I decided to use the little 'finger foam thing' (I can't remember the real name' from Stampin' Up) to apply the ink - this did work well :)

After trying this technique with both the negative & positive image I think I prefer the effect of the Positive image (using Scattered Straw ink).