I only have one side of the desk to share today. This is because Eva will be joining me to craft on Thursday this week, rather than Tuesday when I usually take the photos and write the post. I have been keeping up quite well with the visiting, despite working on Wednesdays now. I visit a few early deskers before I leave for work at 7am and try to catch up with as many more as I can when I get in. If you want to know what I'm talking about then head over to The Stamping Ground, where all will be explained.
My side of the desk shows a journal page that I finished late Tuesday morning. I used some of the stamps that Shaz (Silverwolf) kindly gave me at the crop, working in my birthday journal with the hand made paper (see HERE for details if interested). As you can see, my craft 'to do' list is as long as ever, although the top section shows what has been done and dusted as it is crossed out. I try to plan ahead so that I don't fall too far behind with the challenges in the various groups that I belong to. Some are monthly, but there are one weekly and two fortnightly challenges, so I like to keep track. I'll leave it there for now. Will be along to visit later today or tomorrow when I am not working. Happy WOYWW everyone.
I decided to try another art journal page in my birthday journal. This time, not only did I work on a double page spread, but also directly onto the back of the first page that I created in the journal. As this journal only contains hand made paper I was taking a risk, but not only did I love the new spread, but there was no damage to the page on the back.
The September prompt over on Nina Ribena's Art Journal Prompts and More is Art Journal Frenzy. The additional prompt for the first week was 'Galaxy'. I created this page as a tribute to the character of Servalan in Blake's 7, played by the fabulous Jacqueline Pearce who died earlier this month. Blake's 7 was one of my favourite TV series as a teenager and Servalan was always my favourite character. I had the good fortune to have a chance to meet Jacqueline Pearce in person at the 20th anniversary convention back in 1998; she was very generous of her time and I still treasure a signed photograph.
This retirement card was created for a friend. She actually retired at the end of the last school year, but the celebration didn't take place until yesterday. I made an 8" x 8" card as it was being signed by a large group of friends.
The current fortnightly challenge on Tag Tuesday is 'Peace'. I decided to look ahead and created a winter scene using the Peace Frame stamp from Claritystamp. As I was creating a scene, I decided to use the tag on its side for a change.
I am still behind with the prompts over on Nina Ribena's Art Journal Prompts and More. This is the final page for the August prompt 'On Your Travels'. I decided to create a sea side themed page. Now I just need to start on the September pages!
As usual, I am a month behind with my Mission Inspiration page. I am not sure why I put them off for so long, as once I get started with a page, I rarely dislike where I end up. In fact, I got so engrossed in creating my page this time, that I forgot to take photos after steps 5 and 6. This is my mission for August 2018.
