WOYWW 247

Good Morning!  I just got up, and it has snowed again, so I guess Winter is still here! :)
     I missed last week, so not even sure what number WOYWW we are. LOL  If you are wondering what I am talking about, hop over to Julia's Stamping Ground for all the details.  But it is a fun Blog hop she hostesses every Wednesday!  We show each our workdesks.  It is fun to see what craft people from all over the world are doing.
    Anyway, I have been busy this week doing Love Fest Challenges on SplitcoastStampers. :)
So my area is a real mess.  I also am showing you in around about way my first tries at the gelli Print Plate.  I think it will take practice.  I still plan on using the practice sheets to make cards.  Also, I even optimistically purchased some canvass! :)

So here are peeks at my desk, and then below some of the 11 cards I made for the Love Fest Challenges.

My Love Fest Cards & My Practice Gelli Printing

My Mess

PS100:1

 I made this card for the Love Fest Simon Says Crazy for Dies Challenge and for the Divine Bible Verse Challenge.  This image is one that I bought when I first began stamping over 15 years ago.
The die is Dainty Doily Die-namics from MFT
The cardstock is Gumball Green, and Midnight Muse from SU!  The Designer paper is from a KaiserCraft 6" paper Pad called Tea at Elsie's Collection. The charms are from a local arts & craft store.

 I made this sympathy card using the Chalkboard technique.  I stamped in white craft and colored with SU! pastels.  It was submitted for the Perfect Paper Crafting's Lots of Lovely Layers Love Fest Challenge and for the You Can Do It weekly challenge to use the Chalkboard Technique. The sentiment is from Close As A Memory, and the image is from Blooming With Kindness, both SU!


I made this card with  My Favorite Things Violin Girl for the
Love Fest My Favorite Things Heartfelt Greetings Challenge.
The one sentiment at the bottom is a SU! sentiment from the set Picture This.  I used Spellbinders labels 18 die, and even ran this great Spring colored burlap  I picked up at Michaels through with the die. :)  The note is from MFT Die-namics set.
The designer paper is TPC Studio.

I Care

I made this card for the Love Fest Stamping Bella's Lovey Dovey Spring Challenge. I love this image from SU! set, The Nicest Things. I colored the image with Copics and layered it on Su! Designer Paper and on SU! Pool Party and Crisp Canteloupe.  I ran the cardstock through with the Su! Tulip embossing folder.  stamped right on the DP with the sentiment from SU! set Because I Care.

I made this card with a new technique for me.

Silvery Moon

It is called Through the Mist.  It was done for the Mix-Ability Challenge.   I will let you read about it on your own.  But after running off the brayer on the cardstock, I stamped my image over the black.  Then I masked a moon in silver. Then I sprayed everything with Silver Memory Mist.  It really turned out kind of cool.  The image is by Stampa Rosa, and the memory verse is from Verve. This was also submitted for the Divine Bible Verse Challenge.




Thank you for stopping by and for your comments.  I am off to visit your desks and see what you are doing!

WOYWW 245

        Hi everyone! :)  I cannot believe how quickly a week goes!  We have had 14 inches of snow here in the past week.  Today, it has begun go melt a little.  And after being "in" for a week, I got out and shopped! :)  I went down town to our local craft store and found me a Gelli  Printing Plate.  Ever since I saw it on one of your workdesks, I have wanted one. I am even going to a demonstration on Saturday!  Who knows, maybe I will have a project done with it next week. Anyway, that is one of the new things on my area.  I also found some Graphic 45 paper, and a new stamp.  Then on the way home from there I went to Tuesday Morning, and they were unpacking these cute little jars of flowers, which I wished I had when I was making my red & Blue scrap page!  Well now I have them. I have jars of flowers, but never the color I want. :)   That is what cabin fever does to you.  You go out and spend, or at least that is what it did to me!   But I also got some scrapping done for the Virtual Scrap Book Night on Splitcoast Stampers, and even some cards for Virtual Stamp Night.  It all took place this past week-end.  So here is a photo of my area, and some photos of the finished products.
      If you are wondering about why I am showing you my desk, hop over to Julia's Stamping Ground and get all the information.

This page was done for VSBN Recipe For Love, and February's Scraplift Challenge, and for February week 0ne Stash Buster Challenges on Splitcoast Stampers.  The blue printed paper is SU Regal Paper Pack

The rest is just from my stash.  A fun page of my 50th High School Reunion.  I have several other pages to do that will go with it. 

This card was made for VSN Weather Word Play Challenge on Splitcoast Stampers. The cardstock is Marina Mist, Wild Wasabi, Very Vanilla, and Just Add Cake DP, all from SU!  The image is also SU! Lean On Me.  I colored the image with SU! Pastels. I used the Spellbinders Labels nine die for the layers. The ribbon is just from my stash.

So this is what I have done this week, besides my online Bible study, Made To Crave.  I am learning that I was made to crave God, not food.  Psalm 84:2  "My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord, my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God"

Thanks for stopping by, and for your encouraging comments.  I have learned so much from all of you since I started coming to these Wednesday Blog Parties! :)  Well, I am off to visit all of you that I can.

WOYWW 244

      I received something fun this week!  My Stampin' Up order arrived, and I have been playing with it!  I saved up all year for Su! Sell-A-Bration sale.   So that is what is on my desk.  I have already opened and used two of the stamp sets and also the set of framelits. So new stuff  really does inspire you to craft! :)  So, I am an enabler! Go get new stuff!  LOL
    Anyway, this week finds me crafting!  Especially, since outside we got 8 inches of snow today, and it is rather cold out.  So what else is there to do?  Oh, I did help my husband shovel snow for a few minutes. :)  My backgorund photo is pretty much what it looks like here today! Pretty, but everything is shut down.

     For more information about What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday visit Julia's Stamping ground.

 

The card on the left was made using Su! Hostess set Nature's Hello along with the Big Shot Die Framelits Backyard Basics and Secret Garden.  I made the background panel using the Glitter Highlighting Embossing Technique.  Here is a link to a tutorial for that technique.  I used a rhinestone for the bird's eye, and Stampendous Dot Sparklers on the butterfly.   I made that card for Challenges  S2S14D , A2S14C, and AOCC2014 on SCS.

The card on the right was made using Night of Navy and Marina Mist cardstock.  I used Denim embossing Powder and VersaMark ink on the image from Stampin' Up set, Tea Party.  The DP is from SU! Regals Print Pack.   The ribbon is probably SU!, but not sure as it was in my stash. :)  That was made for Challenges S2S14D, S2S14E, and AOCC2014 on SCS.

Thanks for looking and stopping by my Blog to see what I am doing.  Thanks for your comments, too, always appreciated!  I am off to see what is on your desks. Happy WOYWW!

 A verse to think on: "That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:  The eyes of your understanding being enlightened: that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints."  Ephesians 1:17-18

WOYWW 243

  I guess my snow background is really up to date today! I hear a lot of people have snow today, even some that usually don't get snow! We are cold, but I only have my photo today. :)  But I am actually doing some crafting!  This is what my workdesk looked  like after my friend from church came over and we crafted away!  We were doing pre- making of cards for our encouragement card making ministry.  We put together kits or samples for the ladies, so they can design their own or just  put together the cards.  Most of these ladies have never really paper crafted, and it is all new to them. They just want to serve the Lord. We usually have anywhere from 5 to 12  ladies that come in to take part in this ministry.  It is a lot of fun having fellowship with each other as we make these cards.  We make Sympathy, Praying for you, Thinking of your, Get well, and Welcome cards for new members. It has been a very rewarding ministry.

Check out Julia's Stamping Ground to find out more about WOYWW. :)

 Today, we printed off our sentiments and used the Cuttlebug Spellbinder dies to cut them, and then cut the colored cardstock for the next layer.

Well that is what my desk looks like.  What does yours look like?  I guess I will go see! :)
Thank you so much for stopping by and for your comments.  So fun to exchange ideas each week! Your comments are so fun.  I like how we answer each others questions as we "talk" back and forth.  Have a great WOYWW!

What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday 242

     Good morning!  It is two o'clock Wednesday morning and I couldn't sleep.  So I got up and took photos of what's on my workdesk.  Some of what was there this time last week is still there.  Also, I dumped my tools on there, that I took to a SU! workshop today.  And then there is my Christmas gift from my wonderful GF, who got me exactly what was on my wish list. It is the large pink ATG, that I haven't figured out how to load yet is sitting there waiting for me  read the instructions! :)  It is fun on Wednesdays to check out each others craft areas.  It you are interested, please check out Julia's Stamping Ground.  She is the one responsible for all this Wednesday fun. :)
       I do have to tell you that last night while I tried to neaten my space (yes, I tried) I found two things I have looked for, for months!  One, was my exacto knife, which I found  on the floor behind a small cabinet next to my workdesk.   I had even purchased a new one. The other thing I found was my Copic colorless marker.  I had looked behind my workdesk  on the floor, and not seeing it, had given up, and thought it got thrown away.  Well, the lower half of my wall behind my workdesk,  is paneling and then there is molding on top of that.  When I was picking up the exacto knife, I happen to see that marker sitting on the molding right behind and under where I keep my markers.  It hadn't fallen clear to the floor. I was so excited to find these two things!  So had to share.

Hope you have a great WOYWW!  Thanks for stopping by my space, and for your encouraging comments. I will try to come by your space too! :)

WOYWW 241

Hello! I missed  WOYWW last week!  And I  have only made three cards so far this year!   My area is a mess!  So, here is what it looks like.  It hasn't changed since I made this birthday card on Saturday night!  I need some mojo! Will you send me some Mojo? So why am I showing you my messy area?   Julia has has created What's on your Workdesk? Wednesday so we could all be nosy and snoop in each others craft areas!  For information go to Stampin Ground. :)

My area since Saturday night

I made this card using this fabulous KaiserCraft paper "Tea at Elsie's' collection 6" pad.  I have had it in my stash for 8 years or more!  I have been hoarding it! :)  I used QuickCut tea die for the cups, and SU! Lattice die for under the cups.  For the sentiment I used a stamp from Tea Shoppe, and a SU! punch.  I used pearls and flowers from Recollections, and lace that was in my drawer.   All has been in my stash for awhile!  This time I even stamped a row of tea cups on the outside of the envelope.  I didn't photograph it, but the cups stamp in is in the photo of my area.

I did this card for the Featured Stamper Challenge 

and for the Stamp2Spend Challenge both on SCS

Birthday card for friend

Have a great WOYWW! Thank you for stopping by, and for your comments.  I will come see your spaces after Bible study this morning!  

WOYW?W 239 & My Calendars

Happy New Year!   

   I am beginning the year right, with a Blog post! Yea!  Thank you everyone for your comments last week.  I apologize for not getting back  to everyone. I will do better this week!  Someone ask if I am stuck with this background photo till my techies come again next year.  Probably! :)  But I will try to figure it out by Spring. 
  
   I did finish my 15 sets of calendars for gifts, and this what they look like. 

Happy What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday!  Check out Julia's Stamping Ground for all the information! 
Thanks for stopping by and for your comments.  I really learn from them too!  Like one week, you all let me know what you thought of adhesive.  That really educated me!  And you are responsible for me using the criss cross spice rack for my Copics!  See, I really listen to you! :)