WOYWW 591: A Bit of a Blip

Welcome to the weekly desk share, joining in with Julia at her Stamping Ground blog with crafters from all round the world. 

I have a backlog of online workshops to get to and am hoping to make a start at the weekend.  The books in the background are the usual for a work morning, although I am not sure if I will be able to go into work today, as we are still awaiting #1 son's test results from Monday evening.  He has a cough, although no other symptoms, so we are all locked down until we know what's what.  I wear a mask and sanitise regularly when marking books and they never go into the house so there is a buffer zone there.

No Eva this week of course.  Hope to be giving you good news next week.  Stay safe and happy WOYWW.

Doodleology Retro Circle Patchwork Card

I explored the idea of using a large stamp with a circle pattern on smaller rectangles and squares to make a patchwork effect.

Christmas Window Stamps and Die on Designer Paper

The Clarity Christmas window dies and matching stamps work beautifully together, especially if you throw some designer card into the mix.

Paisley Doodleology Card

I decided to create a more abstract design with my second card using these new Doodleology stamps by Cherry Green.

Christmas Windows stamped in Alcohol Ink

Waste not, want not.  I stamped this row of Christmas windows using the alcohol ink lifted off the previous card.

Paisley Doodleology Decoupage Card

When I first saw this background stamp, I knew it was crying out to be decoupaged.

Christmas Windows Card using Yupo paper and Alcohol Lift Ink

I had a lot of fun playing with Yupo paper, alcohol inks and alcohol lifting ink to create this card using the new Christmas windows stamp set from Clarity.

WOYWW 590: Still Here

Wow, only 10 more weeks until WOYWW achieves the big 600 mark.  Please do visit Julia's Stamping Ground to find out more about our weekly get togethers and sharing of desks and craft spaces.

My desk shows some gorgeous new designer card from Clarity.  I particularly love the colours of the Antarctica designs.  Tom and Peter were helping Eva and I social distance as she is still making it over on a Tuesday for our crafty play dates.  Other than that, the only place I go to is work on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday.  So far all is well at our school with no Covid cases among either staff or pupils.

On the other side of the desk, Eva was working on her Groovi projects.  As you can see, Tom and Peter were temporarily displaced for my light box as I had photos of projects to take.  Plenty of hand sanitiser being used too, as you can tell.  We are hoping that we will be able to continue meeting weekly but are watching out for new guidelines, in which case it will be back to Face timing instead.  I'll be round to visit in the morning or after school this evening if I am not feeling too tired.  Stay safe and happy WOYWW.

Quarantine Quickies #99 & #100: Basket Case / Carpe Diem

I finally finished the first 100 Quarantine Quickie prompts from Mission Inspiration.  Although there are another 50, I decided to stop here.

Stamp Board Shapes on a Card: For My Tweetheart

I used several of the Clarity stamp board shapes with these small Tweet stamps to use on a larger card.

Pergamano Flower Poppet in a Floral Frame

This was the sample that was chosen by Paul Church to base one of his demos on when these gorgeous stamps were launched.

Pergamano Flower Poppet Easel Card

The Pergamano Poppet stamps can be coloured but also work embossed onto dark card.  Here I created an easel card.

Travel and Transport Journal Page

I am still a little behind with my art journal challenges with Mission Inspiration.  This is my response to the August main mission with the theme of Travel and Transport.  The suggested colours were  Earth Brown, Sky Blue and Daffodil Yellow and the prompt words were Flight, Tracks, Map, Destination and World.

Cute Card with Pergamano Flower Poppet - Poppy

The Pergamano Flower Poppets are just as cute as the Whimsy and Christmas sets.  Here I worked with Poppy.

WOYWW 589: Company for Crafting

Welcome to my weekly contribution to What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday (WOYWW) linking up with Julia and fellow deskers via Stamping Ground as usual.

I can actually show you what I was working on yesterday, as all my samples were safely in the post by the time I took this photo and I was working on a tag (surprise, surprise).

Socially distanced on the other side of the desk, Eva was working on Groovi projects.  It was a beautiful day, so no problem keeping the door and window open, and there are plenty of sanitising sprays and gel available to us as you can see.  It was a slightly shorter session than before, as Eva's class has moved earlier in the day and I had to pick up my son from college at 2pm too.  Still we had a thoroughly enjoyable morning crafting together.  Happy WOYWW.  I'll be round to visit tomorrow morning on my next day off.  Sorry Karen but I am still unable to comment on WordPress blogs, but I do visit.

Waterfall Card with the Pergamano Mini Flower Poppets

The Pergamano mini Poppet stamps are the perfect size to make a waterfall card.  Here I used the Flower Poppet set.

For My Tweetheart

I do like the play on words with the sentiments which come with the Clarity Tweet stamp sets.  Here I worked with the Tweetheart set.

Quarantine Quickie 97 & 98: Wind Up / Mirror, Mirror

It took me a while, but I finally finished the first 100 Quarantine Quickie prompts over on Mission Inspiration.  I decided to call it a day at that point even though the prompts have continued.  Here is my penultimate set.

Uplifting Pergamano Whimsy Poppet Card

I picked colours from my choice of background paper when colouring this Pergamano Fedotova Whimsy Poppet.

Pergamano Fedotova Whimsy Poppet - Pippin

There are so many frames to choose from to go with the Pergamano Poppets.  Here I decided on a die cut.

Pretty Gift Tags

These new Tweet stamps from Clarity have lots of smaller elements.  Perfect for decorating gift tags.

WOYWW 588: Back in The Swing

Welcome to the weekly craft room/desk sharing with WOYWW.  Everything is back to normal for a school day today.  Off out to school early with some marking done before I leave.

I have been getting more organised with my craft storage too with 12 extra storage caddies to go with the trolleys.  I have been able to clear three tubs off my desk so the laptop can sit further back (nearly fully off the glass mat now).  It has made my life a lot easier as I no longer have to reach over the screen for my tools, scissors and brushes.  Nothing to show on the other side of the desk I'm afraid as Eva only popped  over for a quick coffee so there was no crafting to show.  I will be over to visit tomorrow morning.  Happy WOYWW everyone.  Please visit Julia's Stamping Ground to find out more or even join in with the link up yourselves.

Whimsy Poppet Card

I so enjoy colouring these beautiful Whimsy Poppet stamps designed by Marina Fedotova.

Pergamano Fedotova Whimsy Poppets Card with Matching Tags

For my first sample featuring the mini Whimsy Poppets designed by Marina Fedotova, I decided to use one of the pretty designer papers from Clarity to create a matching card and gift tags.

Happy Birday Card!

These new Tweet stamps from Clarity have a bird theme and some lovely 'bird' themed sentiments to go with each set.  I started with a 'Birday' card.

Clean and Simple Get Well Soon Card

A friend had an emergency operation recently.  Luckily she is now back home and slowly recuperating.  She loves pink, so I had to include it in her Get Well Soon card (shared with permission).  Wishing her a speedy recovery.

Under the sea Journal Page

Having only recently caught up with the main June Mission over on Mission Inspiration, decided not to leave it so long before catching up with the July prompts.  The colours suggested were Coral / Ocean / Sand and the choice of prompt words were Wreck / Reef / Tails / Dive / Treasure. 

Challenge Tag with an Hawaii Theme

Having caught up with the July prompts over on Tag It Tuesday, I decided to get fully up to date and complete the August challenge as well.  The four prompts were:  1) Doodle flowers and vines, 2) Add a border to at least one side, 3) Make a grid of circles / squares / objects, 4) Use primary colours. Once again I managed to use all the prompts although only two are needed for the challenge.

WOYWW 587: Back To School

It's been a weird week.  I am actually at home today and in fact having a crafty day with Eva later on the other side of the desk.  Why, you may ask?  After all I usually work on Wednesdays.  I went in yesterday and attended the more crucial of the two INSET days  and therefore have today off to play instead.

My desk shot today is a close up of my growing gallery of artwork created by Tilly Tea Dance.  I have started a small collection but I have no doubt that it will grow.  The blue bowl was a birthday gift last year, a Barbara Gray original piece of pottery.  I cherish all these pieces.  Why am I showing you this today?  To join in with the weekly gathering a Julia's Stamping Ground, where desks and creative spaces are shared each Wednesday.  Feel free to nose around browse yourself.  Stay safe and happy WOYWW.  I shall pop and visit over the next couple of days as I am not back in to school until Friday.

Romantic Card using Tina's Mandala Stamps

For my final card sample using Tina's Mandala stamps from Claritystamp, I decided to go with a romantic feel.