WOYWW - What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday?? I'm back!

Hello All! I'm back from my holiday, had a great time, although missed my desk a little towards the end so am glad to be back and able to craft although not so glad to be back at work :o(

My desk is quite messy, I was keen to get crafting when I arrived home as I have quite a few birthday's in September that I need to make cards for, my desk had been left in a bit of a mess when I went away and in my haste to get crafting I didn't have my usual tidy before starting a new card and boy I wish I had, I've spent more time hunting for things that I need than crafting! oh well!

You will see I am part way through a card which is for my Boyfriend's Mum, there's not really much else I can say other that have a nosey over all of the other "stuff" that is piled up on my desk :o) I really need to have a good tidy up!! I think I may have a big re-organise once I have completed all of the cards for September birthday's! we'll see though ;o)

Thanks for stopping by, I'll be popping over to Julia's later today to have a nose round everyone else's desks! It's nice to be back.

WOYWW ~ What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday???

Hi all, well this will be my last post for a few weeks, got a bit of time booked off work :o) which I am looking forward to but this has also led to more workload to make up for the time off! so I've decided to put my blog on the back burner for a few weeks! Will be back late August though!

This week there's not too much going on on my desk, there's certainly not much crafting going on at the moment, there's a finished Tilda card in that white box, but not showing that until the recipient has it so the surprise isn't spoiled! There's a few tasty treats that I won in the Scrapbooking Sisters giveaway, and also some yummy bakers twine courtesy of the lovely Jo, can't wait to use that! My nesties lables dies are still out from using them on the Tilda card and you may notice the charms and Cuttlebug dies are still out on my desk having not found a home for them yet! I am on the hunt for some more storage so I can have a proper sort out, don't want to spend much though... the more I spend on storage, the less I can spend on crafty goodies so I'm on the hunt for some bargains!!

That's about it from me this week, I'm off over to Julia's now to see what everyone else is up to.... Thanks for stopping by, will see you in a few weeks!

WOYWW ~ What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday??

Not tooooo much of a mess this week.... I'm on with 2 cards at the moment, one for my boss who is having surgery soon and a good luck one that my Mum has asked for for a friend.

You will see a few bits that haven't moved (yet again) since last week, or the week before for that matter! There's my Latte cardstock stack, I often dig this out for "male" cards, my tub of mini ink pads which I've been using on both of the cards and generally a load of "stuff" just hanging around. Really need to find a home for the Cuttlebug alphabet dies and the little silver charms, they've been on my desk a few weeks now!

Thanks for stopping by, I'll be heading off to Julia's to have a nose around some desks now.... Bye for now x

Birthday Card for a Teacher

I was asked to make this card by a family friend, a friend of hers has been a teacher all of her life so wanted to give her a teacher themed card for her 60th birthday. That was a bit of a head scratcher.... many of my ideas for teacher cards were more suited to be from a child to their teacher. Anyway this is what I came up with.

To create the blackboard section I used some black card stock, I stamped the sentiment using some Dovecraft individual alphabet stamps to give a handwritten effect, for this I used Versamark then embossed with white embossing powder. I then used a white gel pen to add some "Math's" I hate maths!! I applied some white chalk so the black wasn't quite so stark and made the black board look used. I then mounted the board on a brown frame created using a Nellie Snellen Frame Die.

For the layers I used some cuttings from an old book which I added chalk and ink to the edges to make them a little more aged, then adhered them to some brown card stock, I used pink chalk to colour the card blank as I felt there wasn't going to be quite enough colour on the card. To pretty it up a little I added some lace and ribbon and some Mulberry Roses and Cherry Blossoms, I added a little brown ink the to the Roses and some Diamond Stickles to the Cherry Blossoms to add a bit of sparkle, then just 3 pearls top and bottom to finish it off.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Papercutz - "Anything Goes"

Emerald Faeries - "All Thngs Nice (Girly)"

Allsorts - "Free and Easy"

Secret Crafter - "Numbers"

Crafty Pad - "Embossing"

Totally Gorjuss - "Punch or Die"

Crazy - "Ribbons"

Sparkles - "Elegance & Lace"

Cupcake - "Shabby Sparkle"

Top Tip Tuesday - "Make it Girly"

Christmas in July??!!

Oh yes, gotta make a start nice and early! :o)

For this card I layered up various patterned papers, which I believe were some magazine freebies last year, however I can't remember which one. Then for the main image used my favorite "Snow" stamp (you will probably see this a few times on my xmas creations!) I stamped using versamark then embossed with Silver Glitter embossing powder. I coloured the letters using Promarkers and added the sentiment using Peel Off's which I haven't used for a while! I added a few dots of Liquid Pearls to one section of patterned paper and some Diamond Stickles around the edge of the sentiment panel just for a bit of Christmassy sparkle :o)

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Allsorts - "Free and Easy July"

The Crafty Pad - "Christmas in July"

Creative Inspirations - "Xmas in July"

Paper Sundaes - "Christmas in July"

I Love Promarkers - "Christmas in July"

Paper Pretties - "Embossing"

Emerald Faeries - "All Things Nice (Girly)"

WOYWW What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday??

Hi All,

Another weekly snap of my desk for you. This week I am on with a card which I have been asked to make, the request was a card that is teacher themed, for a lady who will be 60 and has been a teacher all of her working life, I decided to try and go with a blackboard theme for the message, it's been a bit of a head scratcher but I think it's coming together now.

Anyone who stopped by last week may recall I was part way through a football card which I wasn't too happy with, well I ended up changing the design on that one, there's photo's of the finished card in my last post if you want to take a peek to see how it turned out.

There's a few little bits and pieces towards the left hand side of my desk that I picked up at the Summer Crafting Show at Doncaster Racecourse on Saturday, some buttons, a little tag punch and some binding rings, I also picked up some Crafts Too Mister bottles and a snowflakes embossing folder and also a 12 x 12 cardstock stack but that's on the floor out of the way! Didn't spend any where near as much as I expected at the show, £23.75 to be precise! what a poor effort that was!!! it was so busy though you could hardly get to see any of the stalls! Bit of a shame really. there's still a few bits hanging around on my desk from last week that haven't moved or been used, such as the Cuttlebug alphabet dies and my silver charms, need to find a home for those!

Think that's about it for this week, I'll be over at Julia's later to visit some desks. Thanks for stopping by.

Football Birthday Card

This card has been made for an Everton football fan, so having to work with the bold blue colour was a bit of a challenge for me, but it's turned out well in the end.

Eagle eyed viewers may notice I had got half way with this card then changed my mind on the design, see my previous "What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday" post, I just wasn't happy with how it was turning out. Thankfully Dude Time Doodles posted a fantastic digi stamp just in time for me to use and enabled me to change my design!

I layered up some blue, yellow and white cardstock to create the base of the card, I used a Crafts Too embossing folder to create the dotty pattern on the strip for the bottom then used an X-Cut Border Punch to create the strip in the centre and added the blue ribbon, at this point there were going to be some footballs along the top section, however I didn't feel they looked right so after much deliberation I luckily fell upon  the forementioned Digi Stamp so I coloured the digi using Promarkers (Royal Blue, Azure, Blender Pen, Buttercup, Satin, Caramel, Cocoa, Ivory, Blush, Cool Grey 3 & 5 and Black) and shaded around the player using chalks, I then added this to the card along with another embossed circle with sentiment. The image, football and sentiment were all attached using foam pads, although you can't see that they are raised in the piccies. To finish off I just added a few bright blue and yellow pearls and it was done. I'm glad I changed the design half way through as I'm happy with how it turned out.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

 Cute Card Thursday - "Going Round in Circles"

Crafty Creations - "Boyz to Men"

Penny's - "Happy Birthday"

Southern Girls - "Happy Birthday"
Allsorts - "Free and Easy July"
Totally Gorjuss - "All About Boys"
Gem of a Challenge - "Lets Hear it for the Boys"
Sentimental Sunday's - "For the Men in Your Life"
Craft Your Passion - "Text It"
Wags n Whiskers - "Birthday"
Kaboodle Doodles - "Embossing"

WOYWW - What's on your Workdesk Wednesday?? Ooops a Mess!!!

Oh dear, well this week you are here to see a mess I'm afraid! I've been doing a bit of crafting downstairs so this is literally how it all got carried back up, I've just had no time to tidy :o(

There is a set of Cuttlebug alphabet dies which I bought the other day, only had chance to try one die out of those but they seem ideal for what I need, there are a few bags of charms which finally turned up from Hong Kong courtesy of ebay, they didn't actually take all that long (about 2 weeks) but it just feels like an age once you want something! I'm currently working on a card for an Everton Fan, been finding this one very tough going, I always struggle with male cards and then to have to stick to such a bold colour scheme, I'm finding it tough going, I think it will be one of those cards I'm never really happy with, hopefully the person I am making it for will like it!! I'm just a little worried it's for an adult and I feel because of the bold colours it just looks a little child like??!! hmmm we'll see how it turns out.

Anyway, for far more interesting desks than mine pop over to Julia's. Bye for now.

CAS "I Love You" Card

For this card I used patterned papers from the Daisy & Dandelion Picnic Patch pack to create the layers and to cut the hearts from, I used a Martha Stewart Circle Cutter to cut the circle for the hearts and to create the cut out in the front layer. After cutting the layers I adhered them to the card using foam pads, I used a Tea Green promarker for the dots around the circle and stamped the "I Love You" sentiment using Brilliance pearlescent ink.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly - "Anything Goes"

Allsorts - "Free and Easy July"

Catch The Bug - "Clean and Simple"

Craft Your Passion - "Just for You"

18th Birthday in Pink, Black and Bling!

I was asked by a family friend to make a card for her to give to her Daughter, this is what I came up with...

I started by colouring the Gorjuss stamped image with Promarkers (Pastel Pink, Antique Pink, Black, Cool Greys 1, 3 & 5 & the Blender Pen) I used some papers from DCWV Black & White Prints and Dovecraft's Charcoal Prints for the backing along with some printable papers which I punched circles from. The verse was cut using a Nesties Label die and I used Nellie Snellen dies to punch the frames from thick silver miri card, I think the silver really sets it off. It's really hard to show in the piccies but I coloured the "18", the word "Daughter" and the flower in her hair using a quickie glue pen and added some glamour dust, it looks really pretty and sparkly, just to give it some extra sparkle. I added lots of little diamantes to bling it up as I'm sure every 18 year old girl likes bling (well I hope so, it's a while since I was 18!)

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Allsorts - "Free and Easy"

The Crafty Pad - "Particular Style of Card"

Catch The Bug - "July Anything Goes"

Dream Valley - "Ribbons"

Sentimental Sundays - "Anything Goes"

Craft Your Passion - "Anything Goes"

Kaboodle Doodles - "Celebrations"

Pollycraft - "Celebrations"
Penny's - "Happy Birthday"
Emerald Faerie Garden - "Sugar & Spice, All Things Girly"