WOYWW 137

When I'm going to be using paints, I usually decamp to the kitchen where spills can be more easily wiped up. So this morning, this is the sight that greeted me. I had been making a birthday card using metal tape and acrylic paints as Tim did in Tag No 6. Finished card on the left.

Front right, a packet of tissues. Have gone through several of these as I have a dreadful sniffy cold. I feel OK, but this is day seven and I am fed up sneezing and blowing my nose, and having red flaky skin at the side of my right nostril. Ugh ! The crumpled white paper in the middle is kitchen towel - not a used tissue !

Also on the table is a journal. When I am using paint, I usually smear the leftovers on to a journal page for future use as a background. I've now got pages and pages of backgrounds, so am hoping to actually finish them this year.

For more What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday photos and tales, hop on over to Julia's !

Happy Wednesday !

WOYWW 136

Wednesday is the day when everyone meets up at Julia's to see whose workdesks are on show.

On mine this week are some New Year cards I'm making to take along for the folks at our local Stamping Club. Plan to add the embellishments later today. Still a couple to make using that piece of Kraft Resist that has to be inked and sprayed some more. The smudges of white on the craft mat are from the painted grungeboard snowflakes and there are gooey bits from the Stickles.

To the left of my desk are these shelves which could do with a good old tidy up although surprisingly I do know where things are ! There are various boxes and sets of drawers containing embossing powders, scraps of card and embellishments, and there are loads of things I've collected for altering.

Happy Wednesday, everyone !

At last Tag No 12

At last I have finished Tim Holtz' Tag No 12. I was keeping up very well until tag 11, but a trip to Scotland and Christmas intervened and lots of fun times have meant that my little artsy craftsy corner has been pretty neglected. Part of my New Year ritual has always been cleaning and tidying and finishing things up, so finally the remaining parts of tag 12 have been put together, and I will just make the deadline for posting it on Tim's blog.

A good deal of improvisation here as I didn't have many of the tools and materials. I did enjoy stamping the tissue paper to make the flower.

As the bells ring out tonight my thoughts will go to the lovely people who will no longer be there or at the end of the phone - I will be thinking of mum and Annie and Rosemary - fondly - and grateful for all the happy memories they have left behind.

Wishing you all a very healthy and happy 2012. May it be all you wish for.

Post Christmas WOYWW

Well I hope all you WOYWWers have had a merry time over the last few days. As all the to dos had been ticked off my various lists by Boxing Day (except the ones I've had to reschedule to later in the week), I decided that it was time to spend a couple of hours at the table starting Tag No 12. At bedtime I left it for the glue to dry. Then as yesterday involved a further round of merry making, I haven't been able to get back to it to add the final embellishments.

On the left is a foiled sheet of cardboard that the shop bought chocolate log sat on. Planning to use it to die cut something at some stage.

The Glossy Accents has now been poked and prodded so much that the nozzle has totally disintegrated and will have to be cut off.

In the middle are some polystyrene baubles that will have to wait till next Christmas to be decorated. The plain one has lots of dents in it as the cat stole it and spent some considerable time batting it around the living room floor.

Have just had my lunch of turkey sandwich and chocolate log. Still got the last layer of Ferrero Rocher to polish off. A typical Burmese, Daisby the cat will never miss out on what visitors might be doing and has socialised so much over Christmas that she has slept almost every hour of the last couple of days. Peace and quiet reigns !

Now it's time to pop on over to Julia's to see what the other WOYWWers are doing.

WOYWW 133 and Season's Greetings !

Not many signs of activity on the desk this week. That's because I've been on a trip to Scotland. So tag number 12 is still not done; and there are still three gift tags, and two Christmas cards to make. Eek ! On the plus side all the Christmas shopping and wrapping is done. I've done my Christmas flower arrangement, but the tree is still sitting by the back door, and the decorations are still in their boxes.

The table has become a bit of a dumping ground again with the melt pot and the Christmas ribbons and twine waiting to be put away. On the right at the front is one of my most vital tools - an unravelled paper clip which I use to unblock the nozzle of my Glossy Accents.

If you haven't already been there, pop round to Julia's Stamping Ground blog for the links to fellow WOYWWers' postings. Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas.

WOYWW 132

Well, here we are this dank, dark and dismal December morning. I had intended to do a big clean up yesterday to sort out and put away all the 12 tags stuff. I got further behind with Monday night's power cut preventing use of melt pot, heat gun and computer. Stormy weather often cuts off our electric as we have overhead cables, and it just needs one tree to come down. I've still got tag 12 to do, but I think this may have to wait till next week. Anyway, I did have an attempt at tidying, and got as far as putting away all the dies, and most of the stamps (cleaned, she says virtuously). The baskets may still be groaning, but the desk surface was clear. Was, until I found that my little UTEE embellies were still on the kitchen table, and I found the missing packet for the stamps set, and oh yes, I sat down and inked up some of the greetings I'd stamped trying to make up my mind which to use on a tag. and then on the far right back and front left are a couple of backgrounds I made using tag techniques with the idea of using them for Christmas cards.

Zip on over to Julia's Stamping Ground to link to the blogs of other WOYWW participants and brighten this December day.

Tag Number 11

Last night's storm caused a power cut here, so instead of working with the melt pot and posting my tag, I spent the evening writing Christmas cards by the light of the log fire and candles. Today was catch up time. I think I need a lot more practice with this melt pot technique. My tweezers kept getting clogged up, I think because initially I wasn't letting enough of the excess UTEE drip off. I found that using a metal skewer along with the tweezers helped.

Only one more tag to do, and then I hope to make some more cards playing with some of the techniques from this year's tags. For all the details on how number 11 is made, visit Tim's blog.