WOYWW 457: Normal Service...

Hello everyone and welcome back to a warmer, snow free WOYWW this week (for more desks please visit Julia over on The Stamping Ground).  I didn't actually get to teach any children last week, as we had an INSET day on the first day back and my other two work days were snow days.  I therefore had lots of extra shed time!  Eva was also able to join me yesterday for the first time in three weeks, so I actually have more than one desk to share today.

My side of the desk shows the start of an 18th birthday card for a good friend of my youngest son.  He is into the game 'Magic: The Gathering'  so I decided to use Sheena Douglass' Once There Were Dragons stamp set.  The card is hidden below the black card so as not to spoil the surprise, but as the friend's birthday is today, I will be able to reveal all on my blog tomorrow.

On the other side of the desk, Eva was travelling light as you can see; only one big bag this week together with her Light Wave and a small bag of Groovi supplies.

She was starting a second piece of line art so that she can alternate between the one you see in the foreground and the second piece when doing white work.  Parchment has to be allowed to rest between layers of white work.  I'll try and get photos of the finished pieces next week!  Have a great week everyone and thanks to all who visit my blog;  I do post something every day if you ever fancy popping back to visit on a day other than Wednesday! 

WOYWW 449: A day behind the scenes at Hochanda

First of all, sorry that I didn't get round to everyone's desks last week; between a full day on Wednesday (more later) and being back at work Thursday, Friday and Monday, most of the weekend was spent catching up on sleep, doing the washing and sorting stuff out.  Thanks again to Shaz for linking me up with everyone via our hostess Julia last week. You can also go and check out other desks via her page.

 My side of the desk shows all the pieces which I took down with me to Hochanda for the Royal Talens shows last Wednesday.  I mainly used the Ecoline pens together with the van Gogh oil pastels, but the Amsterdam gessos (black, white, clear) and the matte gel medium also came in useful.  If you are interested in a closer look at them, just check out the previous eight posts on my blog lol.

WOYWW 443: No Energy

First of all apologies for not visiting many of you last week.  I woke up with a sore throat on Friday morning and by Friday evening had no voice, a nasty cough, was aching all over and had zero energy.  It was a miracle that I managed to raid the bit box for long enough to keep up my daily blog.  Sunday's was quick, as it was my 500th post and I set up another tag give away.  If you'd like a chance to win, just go to the post (HERE) and say which tag you'd like. I spent all weekend and Monday in bed and was just about starting to feel human yesterday.  Eva came over for some crafting in the morning, but the afternoon was spent at a MFL curriculum leaders get together for all the local middle schools.
Anyway; on with the desk sharing, which is the whole purpose of my Wednesday posts.  For further details, visit Julia at the Stamping Ground who is chief desker!

My side of the desk is staged, showing all the bits and pieces at my disposal to make the tag in the centre (for details see HERE).

On the other side of the desk, Eva was working on a birthday card for her Hubby's forthcoming birthday, using her new Groovi plates (neither of us could resist the Gray Day Sale on the Claritystamp website at the weekend).

Work in Progress