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Another week has gone by and we are here again with Julia and her brain-child, WOYWW, which has brought loads of friendships together across the world.  Follow this link to find all about it.

Well, I have not done much again this week on account of my blithering leg but here are three cards I just had to make

A card for the new mummy and daddy

and one for the new grandparents

This is for a friend of mine

Did have a play with some Yupo paper at weekend but not got results as nice as the ones that Zsuzsa got when she played.  I guess I need to do more - and maybe use some blending fluid to lighten them. Had to do something as consolation for missing Tracey Scott's class!

I'll leave you with this pretty picture taken through the window the other night

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What is on my desk?  Good question.  Just one lonely card made for my friend Naomi's birthday.

I just have not got back into the mood for doing any crafting at all.  In fact I have to make another card PDQ but find sitting with my leg down makes it ache at the moment and it rather takes the mood off for creating.  I will get the other one done as it is already late and was for a special birthday, and a special young lady.  

And now below (because I made a pickle of the original post - thanks Annie for alerting me to it - here is a news cutting especially for Shaz (Silverwolf).

Whilst I was away in America I received a note to say that I had won Nikki's Pink collection.  Unsure where to send it she decided it would probably be best to send it to the UK and it was waiting for me on my arrival home.  Sorry I did not upload last week but here it is now:

Imagine the delight on my face when I opened this package and found all of this inside for me.  The little envelope on the left is full of all manner of dewdrops, beads etc.  A veritable Valentine Treat. Thank you so much Nikki.

Rightio, so now you have seen what is on my desk for this week, why not go to see what Julia has in store and follow some of the links for interest and ideas.

WOYWW 349

Phew!  What a week it has been.  Just one week ago I was up in the air on my way home after spending most of my holiday looking after my friend who had broken her arm.  It was upsetting leaving her like that but she was in the good and capable hands of friends and her youngest daughter.

Guess you came on here wanting to see my desk and my stash that I brought back from America. Right?

Well this WAS my desk so this is a bit of a cheat it is not much tidier now though (but could not resist showing you the stash) as things are left in piles as I have not been able to sort it all out due to an injury to my leg which now has to be dressed twice a week by the District Nurses - never thought I would end up with an ulcer!

Do you really want to wade through that lot?  Right, here goes ...

I went for books with a painting theme as I want to brush up on my skills in that area (not that I have any) but found that some were in dvd format.  Will see how I cope.  I like reference books to be paper!

Pastels (gift from Mary), some word dies and paints from a workshop at cha, embossing folders were purchased along with the Sizzix die but the little tub of stamps and gems came courtesy of Hero Arts.
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Part of my big spend - Memento minis, two paper pads (did I really need them?), a Julie Nutting small doll, two stamps so I can use them to demonstrate the Misti, two Rubbernecker flowers and a set I just fell in love with.

Stencils I won from Set Apter, a Dina Wakely one I bought along with a Dyan Reaveley one with stamps a bit of Tando and some stamps from Seth and Andy Skinner.  Below is the huge pile of SUJ stamp sets Mary gave to me, she really did insist I took them so I hav

e now opened a database so i can keep track.

Now to turn you all green with envy.

Mary insisted she gave me a Cutterpillar Pro as a form of payment for my nursing skills.  I told her a little porky and said there were none in her shop.  Thinking I could get away without it, because I was looking after her out of friendship, not for reward, I was mistaken.  Despite a broken arm she went on the computer and ordered me one from her wholesaler.  It really is a fabulous cutter so now my others will be redundant as it is the only one anyone could want.  She now has two for sale.

and finally

This is my trolley (hostess one actually but it gets used mostly for dumping) with Pebeo sample, card made using Misti made with Lawn Fawn, chalkboard paper on a tray for notices, Andy Skinner book cover with eye on it (love this) Eileen Hull tag holder, paints from AS workshop and finally Seth Apter piece which you saw when I did it.  Also there is my cotton batting which Joani, a friend of Mary's, insisted I brought home with me to make some bowl holders (sent patterns home to various WOYWW members) and a baked potato bag.  And at long last that is it.

Hopefully I will get tidied up, do a mega sort out of my craft room and then get some crafting done. In the meantime I urge you all to visit Julia and see what others have to show you.  I can promise it will be a good old snoop you will get out of following the link.

WOYWW 348

Cannot show you my workdesk this morning as I am a few thousand feet up in the air, hopefully not too far from London.  Left LA at 4.30pm Tuesday and due to arrive 10.40 am Wednesday morning at Heathrow.

Thought I would show you some photos from my friend's house where I have been staying - look at these ribbons

and talk about dies

envy for the Accucut

Then there is the shop part

There's lots more I could show you but then that would only make you envious.  Let's say I had a good spend.

And guess what I found outside her house in one of the sparse bushes/trees which nobody else had noticed

This is a very tiny bird indeed, sitting on a very tiny nest which I assume she has made.  It is a humming bird.  So I have left instructions that I want someone to email me on what happens around here - if she is sitting on her nest as much as she has these past few days there must be some eggs inside.  I wait with bated breath.

Now please pop along to see Julia of the stamping-ground to see what she and others have been up to this past week.  You will enjoy what you see and read, promise.