WOYWW 210

I've got all my ATCs and they are super wonderful:

 From left to right (and up and down): Scrappymo, Kezzy, Maisie and Barf! Thank you!! I thought a couple of cards looked a bit subdued against my background so chose another (background that is!):

Gorgeous embossed shimmery Seahorse from Mo (Photo just doesn't do it justice - trust me. there's stamping, embossing, decoupage, colouring, shimmer. Love it ScrappyMo!
I love Kezzie's too! I got a hand-made crochet heart!

Maisie's is Vintage at it's best! It's got my favourite dragonflies and Lace)

I love the neutral colours!(I've got a rug that matches your colours perfectely)

And finally, Joel's ATC

My favourite distress paints! All on one ATC!

Thank you all for my ATCs!

I love them and will treasure them!

And on my desk this week:

 I've been playing with Martha Stewart Clay thingy stuff!! You definitely need the white but it was totally not available in the UK! It's on Create and Craft TV now! And Yes. I've been 'Dyan Reaveley'ed'

And loved it!
Tat ta for now peeps!

No Sunday Special....

so it's Monday Marvel!

I was lucky enough to do 2 workshops with Dyan Reaveley this weekend (wish I could've done all four). I LOVED THEM! Here's some photos:

 Unfinished Symphony

my first page and I love it

 !

 I'm loving this one! The bottom half is cleaning!

Zentangle! SHAME ON YOU! How can you copyright doodles we've done since we  were kids?!

Sweet dreams are made of cheese

Clean up pageI  l'ove!!

Yep! Can't stop Playing!

Thank you Dyan

Just a Quickie!

Hi Peeps!

I've finished the card that was my WOYWW 209 post! I Love, love love it!

 I should've done some step-by-steps but you never think of that when you get engrossed!  I can remember what I did tho!  First I stamped and masked the Fairy from Crimson Cloud and stamped the sentiment in Aged Mahogany (note to self: Use Blue/purple and emboss next time!) Once the Fairy was masked I created the sky, middle and fore ground by using torn paper as a mask.  Distress inks were used as water colours.  Broken China and Chipped Sapphire for the sky, Bundled Sage for the mid-ground and finaly, Mowed Lawn for the foreground.  Keeping the fairy and mid ground masks in place, I stamped the Raindrops from Stamps by Ryn with StazOn in blue.

Next, I coloured the fairy with Marvy Le Plume Pens from the pastel set.  I restamped the wings onto acetate and cut out.  I then alcohol inked the back of the wing with silver and pool, just to give a shimmer.  The wing was attached with a line of Glossy Accents, and, as it was in my hands, all the raindrops got 'Glossied' too!  The final touch was the addition of 'The Hobby House' pearls (the Pearls) down the back to hide the join to the wing.  Now for the close ups!

Normal space between wing and background.

 'Pearls' and wing

Close-up of coloured 'underwing' and the 'glossied' raindrops!

All in all, I'm rather chuffed with this!

I would like to enter this in the Sunday Stamper 260 - Dream

WOYWW 209

A whole week!  So scary that a whole week can go by that quick!  I won't post my gorgeous ATCs that have arrived until next week as I have 2 more (hopefully) winging their way across the Atlantic! But sending love and hugs to Kezzie  and Maisie ! My desk:

 A birthday card for a friend! Acetate wings will be applied!

Thank you for looking!

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

My Zen....

....is tangled! Just a quick one to try the 'share' function for Blogger on my phone! My 'Mooka' definitely needs practice!

Just needed a couple of post posting adjustments (the 'Bogger' site??) and photo successfully resized!

WOYWW 207

Hopefully I'll link to the right pics this week!

 Yep! I'm altering a tin or two!

 My stash  of beermats waiting for altering

And my other desk (aka the dining room table!)

 

 

That's all from me for now peeps! Bye bye xx