WOYWW #514

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I am trying to sort out one of my external drives at the moment and in between downloading and/or recycling files, I am working on other things.  My desk may look busy today but it is all ordered.... 

The offending external, on the left almost under the box, can just be seen above my book, which I am pencil lining ready to continue using as my diary.  There are my red papers and card to create some coins themed Monochrome Red.  On the other side of my laptop, with gorgeous photo of Burma jungle, are the latest purchase from Works (why? oh! why do I go in there?!?!?!). 
I'll tell you why .... I happened to see Barbara Grey demonstrating some background stamps on Hochanda using stamps similar to these ...... have to doncha?  lol
The Calibur is out on the desk cos I have been using it ....... surprised you there didn't I?  
I have been trying out some cards, which didn't work in the end but I am not giving up!
Then there is my Stamp File ready for me to enter all the new stamps ........ organised you see.
Did I tell you I had a lovely Mothering Sunday?
  

DDN gave me some Euros and a gorgeous lantern (love me those patio lights).

DDC is taking me out for the day ..... more to follow.
DGS gave me some lovely pressies as well, post to follow.

Talking of DGS .... what about this then?  

Growing so fast it is difficult to keep up....


Thank you to all my visitors last week, I'm sorry if I didn't make it round to your desk .... will try to do better this week.....
Following on from last week.... 
Back in the day, if a child was born before April 6th the tax payer (usually the Father) had a tax rebate for the full year, so some folks tried to beat the date and April became a very busy time of the year!!!

WOYWW #513

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Busy desk today as I am trying to complete some Vera Lane ATCs.   This month's swap is called 'Off with their Heads' and consists of swapping heads and bodies about a bit!

It took some time to size up the images to fit an ATC but now I have them printed out and enjoying colouring them up.
April is a busy month for us, several birthdays, and we have been invited over to Paris again for a birthday.  Paris didn't feature on our calendar anymore: travelling is getting difficult for me, then there's the cost and then ..... then..... there's the B word..... and the questions ....will we need visas.... will we be able to leave the country without spending hours in a queue..... how much will the pound devalue etc. lol  
Anyhow we took the plunge and booked everything up, same hotel but we are flying this time as we can't be sure how the French will react with Eurotunnel once all this 'stuff' kicks off.
I am now trying to clear all my swaps before we go as well as make all the birthday cards .... too many folks trying to collect the end of year tax rebate!!!  (you'll only understand if you've lived life a bit!)
So that's how the desk is today .... hopefully tomorrow we will be out and about posting envelopes, having lunch etc
Oops!  nearly forgot .... look what I found ....

Left handed crayons!!!!!   he! he! he!

WOYWW #512

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Well, that has been a week I don't want to repeat!!  My laptop stopped performing on Thursday and I have spent the rest of my time (there's not much of that to spare!) trying to sort it all out.  The worst part was that I couldn't get my 'Manager' to work but, once it was up and running, it sorted all the problems out and (hopefully) we are now back to being able to work ....  I fib really ... the worst part was that I could not visit my friends and their desks!  
My desk yesterday ....


.... basking in the sunshine ...

I have finished making up the card kits, well, the ones I wanted to do at the time.  

I am now moving on to making up some ATCs for one of my Groups.  

The Theme for this swap is Wax Crayons.  
My DGSDX provided the crayons, he doesn't know as they came from one of the meals we had and then stayed in my bag.  
The keen eyed among you may have noticed that they are right handed crayons but I am used to this sort of thing - I just don't read the writing!!!  lol

That's pretty much my week in a few sentences, I did manage to finish the cards - 

I'll update this post when I receive my swap returns.

February Card Swaps

Noobies

Thought I would use up some papers from my stash, HundyDory in this case.

I haven't received a return swap as yet.







Colour - Red


More stash busting going on here!  Feathers, frame and ribbon bow.

My return card is beautiful, love the embossing.

Thank you Olive.

Technique - Acetate
I tried and tried to achieve the card image I had in my head but in the end I gave up but managed to produce this card.  I like it but it's not what I wanted for this swap.

A super card with such an effective Acetate panel.

Thank you JackieP.

January card selection

Noobies


 Stitched ship in blue with crinkle cut edges.

superbly styled card with great stamping. 

Thank you LindaS

Colour - Sparkles


Sparkly wall paper here with a magazine cut out sentiment.

Love this card sentiment....

Thank you Karen.

Technique - Something New


This is a Charity Card Kit from Hope & Chances and uses Photo Mounts.  Never used mounts before, will order another one of these kits as I thoroughly enjoyed putting it together.

This card uses lots of die cuts and is many layered.  Love it.
Thank you JackieP.

WOYWW #511

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.

Please note the size of workspace this week!  I have had to enlarge this space as I am making up some Charity Kits which I purchased from Hope & Chances website.

I have collected several of them now and I determined to complete the kits before I bought any more!
I haven't created much this last week.  I have been worriting ..... The reason lies behind a story set in 2018(sorry DDC).
I have longed for one of those large tape runners for some time and decided that I would invest ...... DDC asked what I wanted for Christmas so I suggested this tool.  It was duly bought, unwrapped and then ...... lost in the shake up of the craftroom.  
NO!
Not lost ..... merely put in a safe place!
I do believe that it is somewhere in this room....
This morning I have searched..... and searched .....and searched ..... you get the picture?!?!?
No tape runner.
Where to look next is now the question.  
PJ has suggested that it never reached the upstairs craft room and I may have just put it in with my other crafting materials in my back room ...... that's tomorrow sorted!!!

WOYWW #510

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On my desk today I am creating my ATCs and Coins for this month's swaps over at UKATC Group.....

Please notice that, even though I have one and a half desks, I am still crafting in a 12" space!!!
The laptop is there so that I can photograph my work and then email across.  I then check they've arrived, adjust picture quality and file them.
The laptop shows my two incorrigibles!  It was taken at our local hospital and then sent to me in order for me to guess where they were!!!  Even when they're ill, DDC in this case, they're laughing .......DDN had taken her and they were waiting ......
My ATCs are almost finished and then I will start on the coins.... I will leave you to work out the themes.
That's it then, short and sweet as 'they' say.

February Colour swap was Aqua/Teal
These are my ATCs

These are the ATCs I received by return.

Barbara, Gerry & JanS

Another great selection.

Thank you girls.

Thank you also to JanW for another super swap.