It's WOYWW 208 and Swap Time!! Yee Ha and Woop Woop!!

Happy 4th Anniversary to all WOYWW'ers everywhere and a special greeting to Julia for coming up with the idea 4 years ago!! It's a legitimate excuse to be nosey!! (and I'm always surprised that I haven't necessarily got the messiest desk!!)

What's on mine this week apart from the usual chaos? My Hubs' birthday card (slight cheat I'll admit! He got it on Monday so I've moved it back to my desk for the photo but it was there. Honest!)

 I made the letters from coloured UTEE poured into the Martha Stewart Alpha moulds followed by a touch of Treasure Gold (ooh I love that stuff!).  A bit fiddly as they are quite small but if you work quickly you can 'swipe' the excess UTEE off and then trim the thin bits that are left.  I think I might stick to using them with the Crafter's Clay!!

 And the Stamps that I used are still on the desk (genuinely!).  Towards the bottom right is an idea for my Dad's birthday card - checking whether the little UTEE frame would work with part of a Stampers Anonymous stamp.  This will probably be on next weeks WOYWW! (Watch this space for the altered tins - they will reappear one day!)

And to finish, a straight view!  Who said you can't put feathers on a Man's card!  I like the way they hide bits of the image and sentiment. Ah, not sure if this allowed - please tell me off if it's not but I'd like to enter this card in the Sunday Stampers Challenge - Week 258 - Some Like it Hot

That's all from me peeps as I'm off visiting desks and to see who I will be swapping with (excited!)

Bye bye from me xxx

Sunday Special...

Number 6 I thinks!!!

I didn't do a Sunday Special last week and my WOYWW was a week out too! I actually attached the previous weeks photo to the blog! Blah is all I can say! I hope I don't get it wrong this week because I think it's WOYWW's special birthday where we get to send on our ATCs! I LOVE this idea! If anyone wants to swap... ..Any Hoos...........

This is what I made at The Artistic Stamper Workshop with Jennie yesterday

We used loads of different techniques...

Including melt-pot, wax and UTEE (spot the cats on the stairs !!)

Distress paints and Adirondack Dabbers were both gainfully employed!

 And some of the individual elements!

Distress paint and stamp

Poured UTEE and stamped with a bit of Gleam to highlight

3-layers of UTEE with a heat gun and stamped

Stencilled, stamped and covered with frost paper ('cos I didn't like it!)  Happy with it now!

Stamp and the one below is Grunge Paste stamped

Foil covered chip, coloured with alcohol inks and  embossed

Crackle - didn't photo too well!

It was a fantastic workshop!  We got loads done but didn't feel pressured!  If Jennie does this one again (which I think she will!) I would definitely recommend taking part!

That all from me! Bye bye xxx

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