WOYWW 433

Another week has flown by!  Time for my weekly WOYWW snoop around your desks and a glimpse (from a different angle) of mine.

On the left are some children's birthday cards ready for my daughter to collect.

The purple bit in the centre is my first attempt at jazzing up my wedding album.  I initially started by mounting my photos on to patterned card ready to stick in the album with a few strategically placed lovey dovey quotes ... but my tour round some of your desks put that idea to shame.  So I used a sponge and distress ink (then realised a really need a brayer/roller to colour the pages).  Then I stencilled in two of the corners and voila 1 page looks artistic ... about 35 more to go!  I might not, in fact I definitely will not, do them all the same way, but it's a start.  No way will it be finished to take to Canada in 2 days.  The photos and jewels on the page were just an idea... but the jewel idea has since been discarded, I just haven't clearned them up yet.

On the right of the picture are two cards I made from hunkydory kits. I need to post them tomorrow! 

Thanks for the comments last week ... and the DST debate!  I too find the tape rollers expensive so tend to use DST.   

I won't be here next week, so have a fantastic time at the crop for all of you that are going, and I shall catch up in 2 weeks.  Thanks for stopping by, and please do leave a comment, I love to read them. Heather x

WOYWW 432

Hello all,
Happy WOYWW.  Sorry I couldn't post last week. Hectic week at work! I did still enjoy my weekly fix tour of your desks.  This week I decided it was time I put together my wedding scrapbook album, so I can take it to Canada with me next week to show my sister.  So my desk is mainly full of items connected to that.  It really was a very emotional day for me.  I had chosen to get married on my mum's birthday.  She passed away 28 years ago.  That would have been enough for a few tears on its own.  Eight weeks before our wedding I suffered a sudden cardiac arrest and 'died' in my sleep ... but my fiance as he was then, did CPR until the paramedics arrived, and after a few weeks in hospital I had an ICD implanted and was given the ok to go to Jamaica and get married.  No time to get a proper wedding dress, and struggling with a few cracked ribs, I ordered a loose lace maxi dress.  At the "as long as you both shall live" part of the vows, the waterworks opened!  The photographer was fantastic, kept up a constant supply of tissues and managed to get a few snaps where I almost looked ok. Anyway, back to my desk ... my eldest grandson started school last week and was invited to 3 parties, so a request from my daughter for a stash of birthday cards.  Two are made, and more are work in progress!  The large black and white bag contains A4 card, decoupage sheets, etc that i haven't yet sorted a home for!  I never knew this card making would take up so much room!!

Thanks for stopping by.  Please leave a comment ... I really do love to hear from everyone.  A quick question if I may (to my fellow cardmakers) - do you prefer to use double sided tape, or the adhesive rollers? Thank you.

Under the Sea

For this card I used a free set from Cardmaking & Papercraft.  I added one of the backing papers to a plain white card.  I used one of my embossing folders and inked the inside with Memento Ink, before embossing plain white card. I mounted this on to silver card and attached to the main card.  I coloured the mermaid and shells and mounted on to the card, and added some starfish and a sentiment to finish.

I would liked to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafty Cardmakers #194 Under the Sea
Crazy for Challenges C4C401