WOYWW #466

WOYWW - All the deets on how to link up etc. and, more importantly, why you should, can be found at the top to the page.  Thank you Julia for hosting another week of fun and mayhem.
 My desk........

It's lying of course!  
It's all Julia's fault for selling me this stamp ......

....great images but I'm not there.... not even wishing I was ...... it's the heat..... 

I am on the east coast, enjoying cooler (I hope!) climes and exploring unknown territory .... again .... I know ..... just love adventures!

I have my laptop with me and if I have internet ..... see you later ....

Stamped Images Swap

This sounded an interesting swap!  The criteria was that we would stamp, and/or emboss, 10 images that could be used on an ATC.    
Simples!

I had a very enjoyable day stamping and embossing images, not just for the swap but for good practice as well.  I tell you, there were a fair few images binned!  Either the stamping was hopeless or the embossing was!!

Here are my final 10, or 11, images.  

As varied as I could and using some of my new stamps as well as my old stamps.

I posted them all off to our Honourable Leader JanW and waited for my returns.

 I didn't have to wait for long .....
These super stamped images arrived in the post.

Thank you Gerry; Gwyneth; Ruth; JaniceB; ChrisF; Alexis; Madge; LizS; KateG; Barbara & JanW.
A wonderful selection of images, most useable and brilliant.
Thanks JanW for a great idea.

April Theme Swap - Dance

My first idea was to use ballerina silhouettes and quill some tutus ..... didn't work, my hands won't do the fine twirling.


So I decided to use different silhouettes, then found some dance music sheets and also printed out some sentiments on my PC.


I fussy cut out this first couple but then had to rest my hands so decided I would then tear round the second couple.  
I had tried out the new inkpad, given away with the Making Cards Magazine, on a spare piece of card so I used this card as a base.  
I tore round the edges of the music sheet and sentiment, edging both with some more of  the Izink.

I cut the second music sheet to size and then attached the torn silhouettes, adhering the sentiment at an angle.

I decided to use some of my background cards for the other two designs.  I fussy cut this couple, but not quite so tightly and adhered them to the top of the card so this rather long sentiment could be fitted on. 

My fourth background is rather busy so I fussy cut her out and left her plain.  I did round the corners on both the card and the sentiment - the sentiment didn't quite work out - attaching the sentiment along the lower edge of the base card.




I received the following cards:


Sweet shiny colours with embossing.
Thank you Alexis.

Great Digital Design on silver.

Thank you Margaret.

Another Digital Design, glittered and embellished this time.

Thank you Kate.

Recollecting a lovely day ....

Sometimes one gets up out of bed, realises what day it is and groans ..... so much to do......

Sometimes one has a little helper, a little cheerful helper .......

After all the hard work is done and it is time for lunch, we stop at the roundabout Carousel, call it what you will, and he is allowed to jump on.

That little face  ......
.... the noise as he 'drives' the bus..... you cannot hear but it is LOUD .....

 Then one contented little boy gets off and goes to lunch.

Happy Days

Facebook Group swapping

I have never swapped one to one before and I have found it very difficult to send my address out there.  As I understand it, although I have used Messenger, that still gives Google my details.  Well, it's done now.
I saw a card on one of the Groups .... I won't tell you which one cos there's rather a heated debate going on at the moment .......
Anyhoos, I asked her if she would swap with me, and then she said, she had seen one of my cards on my Blog and asked if I could make her an ATC in similar scene.

It so happens that I love this set from Little Claire so I was quite happy to have a go.


I stamped the little dog and the watering can and then used a mask to keep it safe.  I painted on the grass and watercoloured the rest of the card with a blue wash.  After removing the masks I used my Intense pencils to colour the images and then tried to figure out how to get the sentiments on the card!!
I cut a mask out of post-it note paper so that I could stamp just the Huge Hugs wording.  Using my ATC acrylic block I stamped the sentiment in the top right corner of the card.  I edged the card using Distress Ink and I think it has worked out ok.
Robin sent me the following cards inside a folded card showing a cheeky calf peeking out between its mother's legs.



This is the card that I swapped, gorgeous Steampunk.

Robin also enclosed this background, suggesting I could use it but I have to just look at it first .... could be a long time .....

Thank you Robin for a great swap.

April Swap

This month's Theme - Numbers

I knew which stamps I was using for this swap ..... the Freebies that came with my Creative Stamping Magazine (Issue 44) some time ago..... large numbers.
I cut some watercolour paper to ATC size and then sorted out my Distress Oxide re-inkers.  
I dripped a drop onto a large acrylic block and then swooshed the card through the colour so that all the colour was collected.
I sprayed a small amount of clear water on two and left them to dry. 
I sprayed a larger amount of clear water on the other two, dabbed them with a bit of kitchen roll and then left them to dry. 


I stamped all Number stamps onto the cards using Versafine Vintage Sepia ink. 
I have an acrylic block with the size of an ATC taped off so that I can place stamps on it, line them up using the edges and then stamp.
I feel more confident when I stamp ATCs this way.
I then added a few cogs and gears in the same ink.
I used one of the Quotes from the same freebies, it's by Bette Midler..... so true....
A final spray of silver glitter 'hair' spray - yep, hair spray gives an amazing finish to a card!


My returns are these super cards:

DO background and embossed image
Thank you Annette.

Love the thinking on this one.  Great Collage

Thank you Becky.

Love everything about this card.

Thank you Val. 

WOYWW #465

What'sOnYourWorkdeskWednesday - if you want to find out more then checkout the WOYWW tab at the top of the page - and our thanks go to Julia for hosting this weekly meet up.

Well may you ask "What on earth are you doing?"

The story is that I tend to save cereal box fronts and backs (and shoe boxes!) to cut up for my ATC base cards.  I found two such items while clearing and I have decided to make up a Masterboard before cutting the ATCs.
It's true that I don't know what I am doing but I have a faint idea that all the cards made from this background will just need an image and sentiment to complete ..... all will be explained in a later post .... if it works out well.... if not, this is the one and only photo!!!

I have lined up various paints, mark makers, masks etc and I am just 'trying them out!'
There is too much thinking going on round here, too much stash, too much need to create so this is what you get when 'too much' gets together!
We shall be busy today, out and about, shopping, exploring and fish watching but, hopefully, I will be back later.
Welcome home Shaz and Doug - sorry it's so wet and cold but it can only get better.
The rest of you .... have a good day and stay warm.