WOYWW 897/117: Slowly Getting There

Welcome to the weekly sharing of desks which is WOYWW (What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday?), the brainchild of Julia, who kindly entrusted it to me to continue after the first 15 years of togetherness.  Please feel free to link up your desk and visit others' - we are a friendly bunch.

The only action my desk has been getting between samples is the change of affirmation cards and my #dailyatc2026.

I know they are snowdrops but they were the closest thing I had.

This is why I prefer stamps!

The 900th anniversary of WOYWW is coming up and I thought it might be fun to share the first time we joined in with a week ending '00' to celebrate.

This time next week I will be in Kent for the first day of a Clarity retreat.  I am really looking forward to it.  Stay safe and Happy WOYWW.

August ATC Swap: Home

The prompt for the August ATC swap over on Clarity Crafts Mini Makes and ATCs is Home. This is what I made for my partner.

August PTC Swap: Home

The prompt for the August PTC swap over on Clarity Mini Makes and ATCs is Home so I decided to use the Wee Houses baby Groovi Plates with a Word Chain border plate.

Christmas Bookmark

For my last sample using the Christmas Family and Friends stamps, I decided to create a bookmark.

Christmas in Miniature Background

I used the colours from one of the Autumn/Winter Landscape Backdrop Print Tags to create a background using stamps from the Wee Christmas in Miniature set.

KISS Ring of Stencils: Ideas and Inspiration

 I thought I would showcase the Clarity KISS Ring of Stencils sets today.  There are three sets altogether and they work well separately or in combination.  As always links to each project is below the photo.

As a soft background to stamps (see HERE).

A Colourful Tag

 The prompt over on Try it on Tuesday is Make it Colourful.  I thought this project using Neocolor II crayons fitted the bill. 

I attached a gesso coated coated tag to the back of the 7" x  7" Double Bubble stencil using low tack tape.  
I then chose a rainbow of colours from top to bottom and drew around each bubble using different crayons, scribbling within each area to ensure there was plenty of colour to work with.  With the stencil still in place, I then used a water brush to blend out all the colours; I was a little over enthusiastic in places and the colour seeped under the stencil.  However I was pleased with the way that the colours blend so easily.
I dried off the tag with a heat gun, then added additional colours in the same tone as the originals around the edge of each bubble, ready for further blending.
I kept using the water brush, adding further colour and blending until I was happy with the look.

The next stage was to draw around each bubble with the black Neocolor II, scribble additional colour into the areas in between the bubbles and blend out the black with a water brush, adding further depth where necessary until I was happy with the result. 
Finally, I stamped the love birds from the Wee Folk 6 Wedding stamp set and the cat from the Birdhouse Garden stamp set into two of the bubbles using Black Soot Archival ink.  To intensify the colour, I went over each stamped image with a 0.5 Micron black pen.