WOYWW and its rather bare

Well i have come to the conclusion that i can not be messy or spread out in my crafting no matter how hard i try so shall accept i am a tidy crafter and just enjoy looking at other crafters desks and imagine how i am going to organise them......lol
Am showing my desk again to join in with the gang over at stamping ground led by the team lead Julia and as you can see no crafting on it :(

Received this gorgeous card and images from a buddy yesterday to cheer me up as still not feeling great with my cold (reckon its here for the duration!) and you can see a diecut from my newest die just waiting to go on a card and a envelope underneath it  made using my mothers day pressie which was a martha stewart score board but thats it.Looking forward to the easter holidays so i can recharge my batteries from work and craft though i did manage to make a card on sunday ( see earlier post)

 Someone asked me what was in the bags on hooks above my desks so this is a close up,i keep all my foam pads for my distress inks in a labeled bag so they are close to hand,yes i am that organised........lol
Have ordered my multi medium now so i can do the next stage of my altered book as got so far and had to stop. Hopefully will be here for the weekend and if you are looking closely thats the wrong date on the camera,still using a borrowed one.

Anyway thanks for visiting my blog,off to have a nosey at some before i go to work and i will be catching up with the others after work,have a good day,x

Happy Mothers Day and a card made with new goodies

Hope you are all having a fab Mothers Day and being spoilt. I have been out for a lovely meal with my hubby and family and now back playing with my new goodies that my sons and hubby brought me.

I got a martha stewart embossing board (good for all those american tutorials),boofle 12 x 12 papers,portabello road stamps,boofle patchwork folder and some cute twine.I have been very spoilt :)

And this is the card i made using my new goodies,just needed to add some docraft heart gems from my stash and cut the greeting (raised with 3d foam) out with a oval nestie.Used tattered rose distress ink over the embossing and cut out with my labels 8 nesties. Kraft card blank and stamped greeting inside.
Off for a nosey around blog land now,catch you all soon,x

WOYWW and a birthday card

Not been a great week for me with the evil cold thats doing the rounds and no crafting up til last night when i remembered i needed to make a birthday card to go out today....oops
So here is my desk this morning which i had to abandon when i had finished my card last night so i could watch CSI which i then fell asleep to and once i am fully awake this morning will be tidying asap! oh the shame of my messy desk.....lol

Anyway hope you are not all zooming in as you will even see my nearly finished choc bar (for emergency use obviously) but you can also see my new WOYWW badge that the lovely Julia (who organises this addictive form of showing off over at stamping ground) sent me in the post. Was all excited to wear it on sunday at my craft meet at Bristol until i ended up in bed sneezing away :(
The pad on the left  peeping out from a lush basic grey paper pack is where i record what items i  have used to make my card or project to add to blog/gallery. Stamps on the right were friendship sentiments but not the right ones so dug out my PB best wishes instead.
Box is something i made a while ago but got out to add a present too and the piece of paper shows the sketch for my card.

This is the finished card which i am entering also in a challenge over at Docrafts and has made me realise i need to practise more with this camera as it looks not so washed out in real life! Anyway if you want to join in or just have a nosey at some amazing desks and craft areas just pop over here and you be warned you will be a while,x

WOYWW and new ribbon storage

Well i have dithered wether to add to todays WOYWW which is where everyone adds their craft desks for peeps to have a nosey at as mine is not very exciting at the moment and i am still trying to get my lappy fixed (am on a borrowed one) and have had to borrow a camera too!
But got itchy fingers at the thought of not joining in so here it is

You can see my first ever go at making a altered book following a fab tutorial here, got as far as taking the pages out but me thinks i have taken out too many....lol need to attack it with gesso later (can't wait) and had to use a ribbon as couldnt find a elastic band,printed instructions just peeping out,a broken table that i need to fix for work for the dolls house and some goodies sent from a friend as i cut out some ribbon holders for her. Luckily managed before lappy crashed on me but i am missing it as my images,projects and scal are all on there,fingers crossed it can be fixed.

And as my desk is not doing much thought you would like to see my new ribbon storage for my reels of ribbon which my lovely hubby got for me,isnt it cute. Have to also say thanks sharon re the use of your camera and i love that it adds the date :)
Going to get ready for work now and then i will be catching up with your blogs later,thanks for visiting and dont forget to go and see Julia over at Stamping ground to have a nosey at some fab desks.x

Mothers day card and a tale of woe!

Hi all,well i am here just,my beloved lappy of only 2 yrs old has decided to crash on me and yes i admit i have cried,so much stuff on there,just hope it can be either repaired or at least save my stuff as i kept putting off backing it up. So moral is do back up regularly. My camera also gave up the ghost the other night so fingers crossed the 3rd thing to go wrong is cheaper!
Anyway am on a borrowed laptop and using a borrowed camera ( not allowed to download or sign up for anything or else,well according to son....lol )
But i did manage to make 3 cards and this is one of them

Sorry about the picture but you can tell i am not used to this cameras settings, anyway made this card for my mum for mother's day. Used a freebie  LOTV image from mag which i coloured with my promarkers,freebie paper,nestie used was labels 8 and i inked the image whilst still in nestie with spun sugar distress ink,added doilies,flowers and pearls.
Off to do some blogging before i have to give the laptop back,have a great weekend all,x

WOYWW and altered chalk board

Good morning all,had a good sleep last night thanks to attending a course for work last night and making me stay up late so hence i did some sorting in my craft room to unwind and did not make it to my bed til later than normal :)
Going to add this blog entry to WOYWW as finding it already a bit addictive.
Here is my desk as of late last night and its very similar this morning to be honest as after seeing all your desks last week and comments on how tidy i am,thought i should rebel a bit but boy is it hard......lol

But i still craft tidy and as one blogger rightly spotted i am a bit OCD. Well been tackling a tag album and was getting rather frustrated with the instructions so have put it away and decided to organise my stamps instead. On the left is my new organiser(coloured card cut out for sections and used the cricut to cut tabs) and then had cut a load of white card blanks which i add a stamped image to. The purple drawer is my christmas stamps drawer which is rather full. You can see some of my fave penny black stamps. Am writing on the backs of card,name of stamp,maker and where its stored.And if you are wondering that little black film canister is my travel pot for wipes and yes you can squeeze 3 in a push.  The silver case holds all my promarkers and there are stamps in the clear boxes.

And this is my finished altered chalk board which hangs just out of sight above my desk,it was a bargain from a shopping trip and you can see the items i brought here.
Thanks so much for all the lovely comments on my blog last week and i have returned them all and managed to get around quite a few extra too and hope to do the same this week. So if you want to find out what WOYWW means hop on over to Julia's blog but beware you might be a while!

Owl Wall Hanging and new stash

Hi all,hope you enjoying this gorgeous weather,been out for a long walk,done the dreaded housework so now its play time and i have finished of a wall hanging that i started to make when i had a Cricut playday at Sandras house. All made using SCAL,my fave part of my Cricut as love tinkering and changing around.

I used core card,ribbon from stash and a Tim Holtz paper pack (retro grunge) which was rather lush and just right for the colour i needed,here is a close up of my fave owl,isnt he cute.

Had a lovely morning with hubby yesterday exploring charity shops looking for bargains and whilst out managed to gather this little lot.

Gesso and charms were from the Works,going to have a go at making my first altered book using these fab tutorials here  hence the gesso and the charms were a bargain,reduced to 59p each and then buy one get one free so you can see i went a little mad.....lol.Picked up a £1 chalkboard which i am going to alter to go above my desk and found in one the charity shops these playing cards for a bargain price of 10p and last and not least got these lush ribbons in Lidls on the way home so a good shopping trip :)
Now i just need to decide do i start my altered book,do some more tag pages or stamp some more images as i have decided to catalogue my stamp collection....ok i know i am mad but i like to do those things.....lol
Any way have a fab day and thanks for visiting,x