Wednesday, 16 September 2020

WOYWW 589

Well, I started off by telling you how annoyed I was that I could no longer fully justify my writing - but having problems loading pictures I pressed something and suddenly got the option for a fully justified post.  Not a clue where I found it but I did.  will I find it next week?  That remains to be seen.

Anyway, I am here to show you my desk.  It is not my usual desk as I am not at home so here is the kitchen counter at my hideaway.  So fed up with the Covid figures for Bolton we have taken ourselves off for a couple of days and are hiding in a lovely caravan somewhere on the edge of The Lakes.  I did manage to gather together some goodies to take with me and so I have been able to craft a bit.


You can see I brought some of my Oxides with me, mainly because I can do backgrounds with them and also because they stamp perfectly as well.  Here are three pages of my little book I am making with some Janet Klein figures.  You can just about see a sneaky view of the other colours I am using in the book, and my new stencils (which arrived just as we were about to set off).  There is also a bag of baby wipes and the grey knitted object in the top left is my cover for my trusty hot water bottle for my back.  I never am far away from it, in fact it is at my back as I type this.

Back at home my desk has three cards on it and I brought some more cardstock to make more of those cards in case I got time.  Do you remember "Core Card" from way way back?  It came in packs of the most gorgeous colours and I have loads that has never been used - well now it will be.  It was my turn to do a virtual workshop for Vicky Stampers last weekend and so quickly I put together these three cards and am hoping to make lots of variations of these over the next few days.


The pinkish one is waiting to be decorated - it has some Designer Paper incorporated in it and I wanted the group to see one that was 'unfinished' so chose to use that one.  It's the Scrappy Strip Technique and I first saw it on Maxine's Blog in New Zealand.  Seems to be a newish and popular technique over there and I think it is very effective.  I certainly enjoyed doing it - thanks Maxine!  That's birthday cards taken care of for the coming year.  (Mmmm... will have to try one with some Christmas themed papers I don't use).
Well, I will leave it there for this week and pop over to see what Julia has been up to and link in with some of my blogger friends for a sneaky peek at their desks on WOYWW.  See you next week with more of those stripey cards.

Health Update:
The swelling has gone down considerably from the operation but it still looks like the mouth of one of those Grandparent dolls with no teeth and there is still a lot of glue left on the wound.  Tempting to pick at it but I won't because I was told not to and I do try to do as I am told - sometimes.
Back is suffering because I cannot go to the chiropractor.  I will not put her in the position of having to say "no" to me because of the dreadful Covid figures in Bolton which I guess you have all seen on the news.  The only thing we could be "top" for is something as horrid as this.
Unfortunately my shoulder is getting worse with having no treatment also and now I seem to be having a bicep problem in my left arm.