WOYWW 901/121: What a Great Week

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.

Thank you so much for all the amazing memories last week - especially LLJ's bumper photo montage.  It was so good to see so many friends link up.  Blogger was being a real pain on Friday when I usually do my visiting and my comments were refusing to post despite several tries.  I did go back on Saturday and finally manage to leave something, but not the original individual comments from the day before.

I haven't spent much time in my craft shed in the last week, although I did get a couple of hours in on Monday afternoon when Eva popped over.

I didn't want to overload everyone with the #dailyatc2026 as I didn't share any next week, so I will add a couple extra over the next few weeks rather than a double set at once.

Wishing Helen a speedy recovery, having finally had her operation, and BJ some respite from the constant building noise and dust.

I do hope when I come to visit while at Mum's on Friday that I don't get the same problem commenting again.  I actually made it to a recorder rehearsal yesterday having only manage one since June!

Stay safe and Happy WOYWW.

September PTC: Imagination

The prompt for the September PTC swap over on Clarity Mini Makes and ATCs is Imagination.  This is what I made for my swap partner.

Snowflake Pattern Building

For my final sample using the Winter Lace Elements stamps from Clarity, I did some more pattern building using the snowflake stamps.

Pattern Building with Flowers and Leaves

I had a play with some pattern building using the Spring Lace Elements A5 stamp set from Clarity Crafts.

Lace Elements on Kraft

For my second set of samples using the Spring and Winter Lace Elements stamps from Clarity, I decided to work on kraft card.

Spring and Winter Gold Embossed Lace Elements

As I was planning on heat embossing in gold, I decided to work on cream card blanks.

Belated August Calendar Page

 I was so late creating my August inky calendar page that I didn't make it until after I returned from the retreats.  I used one of the projects that I had created at the retreat instead of cutting it up to make a card.

WOYWW 900/120: What an Achievement

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.

So - 900 weeks of meeting up, new faces, old faces, friends returning after a break, missing those who are no longer with us.

I did a little research.  WOYWW was first mentioned on 3rd June 2009 and the 100th link up was 4th May 2011.  200 - 3rd April 2013, 300 - 4th March 2015, 400 - 1st February 2017, 500 - 2nd January 1019, 600 - 2nd December 2020, 700 - 2nd November 2022 and 800 - 2nd October 2024.  We celebrated the 17th anniversary back in May and may we have many more.

I first joined in for week 325 so my first 00 link up is this one.

My desk for the 900th week shows a beautiful glass panel which was created by Eva and my birthday present.  It will take pride of place when I finally move my crafting space indoors.

She came over yesterday and we spent the afternoon crafting together.

Sending love and hugs to Helen, whose operation was bumped for the second time yesterday and keeping everything crossed that tomorrow will go ahead. 

Thanks to Julia, Jan and everyone who has ever taken part in WOYWW.  Here's to the 1000th get together.

#dailyatc2026: Eight Months Complete

I have completed my eighth month of this year's challenge to myself - a daily ATC, following the prompts over on 365 days of drawing prompts and other art and using Clarity stamps and stencils.  Here are my offerings for the second half of August.

A play on words.

More word play.

Two thirds of the year are now complete and I have prepped the backgrounds for September.

Timestamp Creations: Ideas and Inspiration II

 I thought I would share a second batch of projects using stamps from Timestamp Creations - designed by Janice Phillips and manufactured by Clarity Crafts.  As always, the links to the projects are below each photo.

Using an acrylic paint background (see HERE).

September Groovi Calendar Page

Even though the Clarity 2026 parchment calendar blank comes with sheets of parchment, I am still working on a piece of Rainbow River designer parchment each month, although I have had a break since my May page, and am now returning with a page for September.

Timestamp Creations: Ideas and Inspiration I

 I have been collecting the many stamp sets from Timestamp Creations, designed by Janice Phillips and manufactured by Clarity Crafts.  Here are a small selection of my projects using them and the postcards, with links below each photo.

Some rainbow deer (see HERE).

Inspired By A Song

The lyrics to this song ran through my head when I first saw this stamp set, so I thought I'd use some of them on my card.  This also fits with the current challenge over on Try It On Tuesday Inspired by a Song.

Trim a piece of Clarity premium card to 6.75” x 6.75”. Mark a light pencil line 1.5” from the bottom.

Using the Tall Letterbox Alphabet Outline stamps, add ‘Let’s go fly’ in Onyx Black Versafine stamp onto the line.

Add the kite from Barbara’s Kite Doodle stamp set in the same ink, with the tail dangling by the letters.

Finish off the song title using the same alphabet letters and ink as before. Erase the pencil line once the ink is dry.

Mask off the kite and use the cloud mask and Wild Bilberry Artistry ink with a clarity stencil brush to add clouds to the background. Brush upwards off the mask and gradually move the mask down the card.

Remove the mask and colour the kite with Faber-Castell Albrecht Dürer water colour pencils, blended out with a large watercolour brush pen.

Add colour to the lettering using the coordinating Tall Letterbox Infill Alphabet stamps and Wild Bilberry Artistry ink.

Add to the front of a 7” x 7” black card blank.

To finish, add a couple of stickers from the Christmas and Celebrations sticker set.

Dog Rose Posy Mini Makes

I like to create small cards in pairs.  Here I used the large Dog Rose Posy stamp set even though the cards are small.

WOYWW 899/119: What a Week

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.

My desk shows a couple of the projects and some of the papers I created at the retreat last week.

Paper pieced

This one is definitely not for cutting up.

Apart from unpacking, the only crafting I have done since my return are my #dailyatc2026.  The long drive there and back was brutal on my arm/back and I visited the GP yesterday.  Sorry for the lack of comments on your desks but it is painful to type.

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

Stay safe and Happy WOYWW.