WOYWW 524

Good morning all.  Hope you have not had as much rain as we've had this past week.  I haven't been in the garden much at all.  Linking in with Julia at The Stamping Ground for another round of desk hopping around the globe, courtesy of WOYWW.

The bit of time I did manage to sit in the garden was spent colouring covers for my new stamp folders.  One for Lavinia, one for Honey Doo, and at Neet' s suggestion - one for Gorjuss.  And voila, here they are on my side desk:

I loved colouring them, close up shots below.

I didn't quite use every Lavinia Stamp I own, but not so far off.

Lovely mystical, magical fairies and gorgeous flowers/foliage.

I really could have got quite carried away!  Oh wait, I think I did.

Backgrounds are distress inks, and everything coloured in with my old favourites, Promarkers.  Added some Wink of Stella, and some Glossy Highlights and called it a day...

Next up was Honey Doo.  Another of my favourites.

I messed up when I started colouring in the background.  I used brushos, but quickly realised the paper was not suitable at all.

Unfortunately I had stamped all the images before I realised this teeny weeny problem.  So I ripped a scrap of card, stamped a flower and leaf, and did what we crafters do best - covered up the problem!

This was all coloured with Promarkers, including the background.  I added some Wink of Stella and some embellishments to give it a bit of bling for Jan 😁😁.

Last but not least, Gorjuss.  I used preprinted backgrounds, and coloured them all in Pumpkin to add a bit of brightness.

I stamped and cut out two of my larger stamps, and coloured them in, before sticking them on to the backing sheets.

All that I had left to do was make some spines.  By this time the rain was starting so I headed indoors and cut up a couple of card toppers I had previously made for the Lavinia and Honey Doo folders, and used the leftover backing papers for the Gorjuss one.

I just have the two generic stamp folders to decorate next, plus one more empty binder... oooh what should I keep in there.  I see so many different brands that other deskers have - Helen, Sarah, Neet, Angela - I think oooh they are nice, and then I forget all about them!  So ladies, if you could only have ONE brand of Stamp in your stash - what brand would it be?

One last photo - my main desk.  Way tidier than last week.  All the mess of Father's Day cards has been cleared away in anticipation of the grandees arriving on Friday.  Still got a few bits to clear, but that will be done tomorrow.

Have a lovely week, and I'll do my visiting after work as normal.  Unless I get chance at lunchtime- which is rare, but does occasionally happen!  Thanks for stopping by, please leave a comment, so I know you visited  Heather xx

WOYWW 523

Happy WOYWW to you all!  From the responses last week, several crafters would be happy for a pre-Christmas get together.  Julia's suggestion was a big house and an overnighter so I shall do some investigating.

I've had a busy week crafting - see below for the shot of my desk last night.  The aftermath of making Fathers Day cards for work.  Usually I am very good and clear away as I go, but there was just too much going on for that.

Side desk ....

Overflowing into the corner

And main desk

And a quick GIF of some of the cards

That's my short and sweet post.  Thanks for stopping by, and please leave a comment or  hi, so I can make sure to visit your blog.  Have a lovely week Heather xx

WOYWW 522

Good morning all.  Time for the post-crop post of WOYWW.  What an amazing time we had.  Was wonderful to see everyone again, and meet some new faces.  I didn't take a camera, so have 'borrowed' a couple of pics from the lovely Lunch Lady Jan!

The group pic, with a lovely banner made by Annie's daughter:

Back Row: Christine, Chris, Sarah, Camilla, Zsuzsa, Annie, Heather, Jo, PJ, Caro, Anne, Neet, Elizabeth, Margaret, Catriona, Shaz

Front Row: Helen, Chris, Julia, Jan, Dolores and Maggie

And a couple of Lancashire lasses at their best, aka Neet and yours truly:

I don't want to wait another year till we all meet up again!  How about a Christmas Crop in November (she said hopefully)!!??!!

Carrying on one last crop related photo - all the ATCs and goodies received from the lovely ladies at the Crop.  

Plus an amazingly detailed ATC from Debbie (Tattered Rocks), who wasn't at the Crop but had sent them with Shaz & Doug.  

They were all beautiful.  We are indeed a very talented group of ladies!  

I can also now show the ATCs received last week.  

Top row: Diana, Sandra, Sylvia

Bottom row: Caro, Zsuzsa, Angela

Love them all, and the envelope and the extras, thank you so much ladies.




And now time for the desks ...

Side desk has seen me organising my stamps.  I had the Docrafts stamp storage folder, but I don't find it user friendly for the A6 wallets.  I had some 4 ring binders, which I have yet to decorate, and these suit the A6 folders so much better.  One folder will be for Lavinia, one for Honey Doo, and one for others.  At the back of the picture is one of my A4 zip folder where large stamp sets or specific brands are kept.  I have about 25 of those, mostly full!  Where did all these stamps come from??

Main desk has the first layouts for Father's Day cards for work.  This month's charity is connected to the Armed forces - not sure how exactly yet, but I'm sure I'll find out soon. I need to get a move on if I want to have a nice stash to sell!

I did have another idea for a layout, but I didn't write it down and have now completely forgotten what it was.







That's all from me for this week.  Except again to say a massive thanks to Annie & Jo for organising the Crop, and to Julia for keeping this amazing blog going ... for at least another 10 years 😁😁😁.  Have a lovely week, and thank you for stopping by.  Please leave a comment, as I do love to read them.  Hugs, Heather xx