WOYWW 514

Another week, another Wednesday another WOYWW (how many "W's" is that?)  More to the point what is it - WOYWW is where we meet up each week to show our desks.  Why not join us?

My back must be feeling better as I have WIP on my desk.  Whey Hey, Zippity Doo Daa!

Won't go into how many days it has taken me to get to this stage but not always because of my bad back.  I just wish I had that lovely Antipodean Lady who used to do the most wonderful things with lace right here besides me.  Her name escapes me, as does her blog, but I have missed her, and so much of late when I wanted to do something with lace and things.

I finally found the box that had my lace in, went through it and sorted out some of the white and some of the cream lace into two piles and then cut bits off each.  Now I need to go through my box of trimmings and my metal bits too - all can be incorporated into the tea-bag cards/things I am making.

I want to make a book out of them as well as cards but haven't figured how to hold the pages together - got several ideas in my head but need to try them all out and just hope the sewing one does not come out on top or I need to take a couple of machines to the workshop and that could pose a problem.  Anyway, my desk today shows the two piles of lace pieces and the bits I have cut off from some of them.  In front to the left of the teabags you can see the book page I am working on (close up below).  

  

Here is the beginning of a tea-bag covered in lace with a picture in it.  No fear of my class seeing it as none of them ever go on my blog.

  

I did think of putting another layer of lace on the tea-bag but my head is saying "it could be fabric or card underneath if it is lace layered on lace - this is supposed to be a tea-bag - so let the tea-bag show through".  What do you think?

Art Journal journey - Still Having Fun

Here I am with page 2 for the Art Journal Journey challenge.  Had some fun doing this second page because outside the weather is terrible.  So cold again today, with a blustery biting wind which does not make you want to leave the house.  Perfect time for crafting.  What better images to cheer one up than using these ladies from Art Impressions yet again.  Oh what fun they seem to have and today they are being very energetic doing a spell of keeping fit and ballet.  Not sure they are rehearsing for Swan Lake as they don't appear very swan like.

Having done this page I got to thinking about a group of friends and how we used to have fun going to the various stamping shows.  One that stands out is Stempel Mekka in Germany which we attended for a few years.  I well remember one trip -  it absolutely poured down with rain and we all looked like drowned rats as we sat in the ice cream parlour sampling the various huge concoctions they made which were oh so delicious.  What fun we used to have on those trips.

Anyway enough reminiscing, here's to my second page

Art Journal Journey - Having Fun

This month it is Wendy's choice of "Having Fun" which is the theme at Art Journal Journey.  I had to do my pain diary again for another month and so that became the focus of my choice which is below.  What better fun is there than spending time with friends and what a wonderful time these ladies are having together.

Not sure I would want to get in the bath with a load of girlfriends but I think this is maybe a substitute for a hot tub, especially as they seem to be on the wine as well.  They are certainly enjoying themselves anyhow.

I have only managed to do one page at the moment and the other day I found an alphabet set of stamps which to me said "Fun" with a capital "F".  They became my choice for this page and when I used my Promarkers on them I really felt they were the ideal thing to use.  So here it is - my "Having Fun" page - now to get on with page 2

Jeudi Journal - I'm Never Wrong

Yet another ready painted background - think I must have gone a bit mental on green if you look back at this last month's entries.  (And guess what?  There's still another green page)  I did go over it with Peeled Paint in DI Oxides and then added some yellow before I gave the page a bit of a spritz.  Didn't like it so I put some Broken China through a square stencil but as I was still not happy I swiped some Gesso over the top with a baby wipe to 'dum' it down.

Decided I needed two figures and for some reason I felt I had to use the bigger ones in my collection so I set to and stamped some new ones out and spent a nice hour or so cutting out three sheets of figures, ie bodies, heads and other bits.  I then decided on which ones to use, without trying them on the page, and sat having a lovely time colouring them in.  It took me ages to cut the heads out (avoiding as much of the little insects crawling over them as possible) and colour them in but when it came to attaching them to the bodies on the page they were proving a little on the large side.  Anyway, with a little bit of careful manoeuvring with the standing figure just behind the other one I got them both on the page portrait style.

I must remember that this 'flip journal' is not quite the same as the large one I filled the first time.  Here you are - "To Save Time let's Assume I'm Never Wrong" - remind you of someone?

WOYWW 513

Another week, another Wednesday, another WOYWW over here.  Pop along and see what it is all about and join in if you can.  Make new friends and meet up if you live close enough to the next crop - well try to come along even if you live far away.

On my desk today you can see a background for a Journal Page.  Another one where I just went over a 'clean the brayer' page with an Oxide and then I used some of my AAL & Create images.  I just don't use them enough and so I am making an effort to get them used.  They are such lovely images and stamp so well too.

Not sure when the page will be used, just playing around.  To the right is a load of old junk!  To be precise, I was tidying another room up and came across lots of crafting stuff - some went in the bin, some went for giving away and this is what was saved.  Needless to say it has sat here for about 5 days now, waiting for the energy and drive to put it away where it should go.

Got my results through - all clear from the 'oscopies' and the CT scan which leaves us with the question why so anaemic?  Now waiting to see a gastroenterologist - in June!!  Got my spinal x-ray this afternoon.  So things are moving on the health front, not as quickly as I want but nevertheless moving.  Therefore crafting is coming on slowly but at least I am doing a bit more and I have a class coming up which I don't want to cancel if at all possible but prep must now take priority.  Watch this space.

Do hope you all are having a good week.  See you next week after I have checked out your blogs today.

Gym Update - Jeudi Journal

I think this was my choice but I am ready to be shot down by Wendy as I am not really sure.  Wendy is always on the ball with these things.  Anyhow, once again it was a pre-painted page that just needed a bit more colour on to cover up the blank bits and so I went with my Distress Inks/Oxides.

I wanted to portray someone who was "skipping" their keep fit at the gym and first of all thought of one of the lying down figures but settled for the one who obviously was out shopping.  I just love the huge glasses and so I went with a plain head that they would fit on.  

She looked a bit out of balance without any hair so I had to think of something to give her a bit of height to counter the glasses and so I began with a rooftop and then put in two of the 'horns'.

As she looked a bit lonely on the page I decided to give her a little dog to go out shopping with.  This one sits so well that I thought he would be good when left outside the shops.  Just to make sure you all knew why she was not at the gym, in case the picture did not do it for you, I put a sign by the side of the dog.

Love those eyes, but not sure about the hat!

WOYWW 512

What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday is what is going on here today.  I am baring my desk for all to see - dare you to bare yours.  Where, you ask?  Why, here, at the desk of our founder Ms Julia is where you can start.

As for me, again a fairly bare desk but there has been activity, just not at the moment.  Not to fear I do intend to show you one or two bits of what I have been up to, just not necessarily at this desk.  Although if you look closely you can see a spot of paint left on my glass mat and an old credit type card (known as a 'splodger') plus some bits and bobs of things to make marks on pages for backgrounds.

The two little figures waiting to be cut out are from my friend, Lorraine, who sent me quite a few to keep me going last week.

These are some pages from my small Moleskine done earlier.  Now you either like or you don't like the figures that are made by Stampotique.  They are expensive, wood mounted stamps and appeal to some but not all.  I must say I do like them but then I like things a bit 'out of the ordinary'.  Here's a small selection:

Weird or what?

Thanks for all the lovely comments re my health last week.  Had my oscopies done - the colonoscopy was so painful I never want one again.  Well, maybe I'd have a 3D one (even though it is done privately and therefore is quite costly).  Still waiting for the results which could be 3-5 weeks yet.  Same with the CT scan and now am waiting fingers crossed, to see if the consultant will agree to my having a spinal x-ray.  

Right, that is it for another week - maybe more pages next Wednesday from my Moleskine or perhaps something new.  I am off now to see what everyone is showing on their desks.