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