What’s on Your Workdesk? Wednesday #217

Well actually some projects for once!  Although this has been a bit of a lean month creatively I am of course playing catch up to get certain things done before the end of the day.

You can see my finished  Creepy House from last week, ever so slightly staged. That’s just the front cover, I have to decide how to turn it into a book before Saturday, which was why I was looking at Sue Roddis’ yummy book.

There are also some pieces for my Tim Holtz Tags. More on that later I hope.

 

 

 

 

 

And this is an ATC for a steampunk challenge – well I’ve got this far, not so sure where to go next!! Hopefully inspiration will strike.

So what are you up to? Will you share? Hop on over to Stamping Ground to get all the details, and have a great day!! I’m home so will be hopping about quite a bit I hope.

(PS - Last day to sign up for my giveaway!!)

IMAGINE........What Exactly?? Collage for Try It On Tuesday

Hiya, hope you are all ready for a new challenge from Try It On Tuesday - I have to say that last fortnight just flew by!!

The new challenge is to create a collage which must include some script and originally I thought I was going to make a flat collaged piece - something I haven't done for a while and which I really enjoy. However when I was sorting through some bits and bobs these things seem to fall together. I'm not sure where the journaling page came from, I think it came in a parcel from a friend, and the bit on the right is a piece or air dried clay that has been stamped into and then coloured. The wire had been bent like that and reminded me of a project in this month's Craft Stamper, although in the end I didn't use it for my project.

Anyhow I decided to start with these bits and this is how it ended up.

Imagine? Well it seemed as good a word as any other and fitted in the plate. It did cause me quite a bit of reflection when I was considering what to put there but I really must learn not to sweat the small stuff LOL.

Anyway, if you think you could manage a bit of collage this fortnight we'd love to see you over at Try It On Tuesday. The DT have pulled out all the stops as usual and there is plenty to inspire.

1, 2, 3…….. time for a challenge at Craft Card Makers

 

The challenge this fortnight is 1, 2, 3 – that is 1 image, 2 patterned papers and 3 embellishments.

Here is my DT piece:

I was really pleased to  be able to use one of the digi images from our sponsor ‘The Paper Shelter’. My 1 image is Gothic Girl and I think she would be just ideal for a teenage birthday or even for an older lady who appreciates the darker side of things (whilst remaining totally feminine of course!!) I coloured her in with promarkers but bottled black hair – I really am never sure how to the shading for that!! 

I printed out the two pattern papers from my digital stash (it was so hot it was easier than trawling through my papers!!). and for my 3 embellishments I used Marianne die cut flowers – Chinese Rose - and spellbinder leaves to make up my floral corner, a bit of crushy black ribbon and a diecut chandelier which I embossed in black to make it nice and shiny.

No sentiment on this one as I haven’t decided where it is going yet!!

So if you fancy our 1, 2, 3 challenge pop on over to the Crafty Cardmakers Blog to see the other DT makes and join in. There are prizes up for grabs!!

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Can’t wait to see what you get up to!

Quick cards ….

using stamps that haven’t yet seen ink. Bad girl!!

First up a ‘Get Well’ card for a friend using a flower stamp by Sam Poole ……

 

Second just playing with a LOV stamped image of this cute little fairy. Decided to get out my distress inks and play – boy am I out of practice lol.

 

That’s all. Lots to get done today and making an early start as it seems I a not destined to have a lie in.

 

Have a good Friday.

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What’s on Your Workdesk? Wednesday. Don’t know which one.

Hello fellow deskers, how are you all? The last couple of weeks have been a bit of a bust craft wise for me but I’m slowly gearing up again.

However what I have on my desk today is still related to Creepy House. (It goes on till September so get used to it).  I am putting together a sample as making a memory album is one of the craft projects we will do with the kids this summer, we’ll have a competition for the most imaginative.  This one will be a creepy house (I’m sensing a theme…) and is (hopefully) just to get their creative juices flowing, they certainly wouldn’t be able to do the cutting out. I thought I’d actually try a bit harder with this one to make something nice but I was still incredibly pleased to come across this template on the Creating Keepsakes Blog. Intellectually I know it isn’t that hard to come up with my own House design but it is sooo much easier and quicker when someone else has done the hard work. It is nowhere near finished but hasn’t taken me long to get this far, will finish it tonight I should think.

Anyhoo that’s it from me. More creepy things to come – and completed Mr Wolfie is in the post below if you want to see how he turned out.

And the WOYWW thing? If you don’t know by now  - shame. Pop on over here to find out more.

Happy WOYWW!!

Watch out, there’s Wolves about….

Hi, there, not much to report chez ashplant as I'm still not feeling very inspired - can't concentrate once it gets warm in here. So am concentrating on developing a decent tan instead!

However I did promise to keep you informed about progress with my Creepy House display for the Summer Reading Challenge.

Here is Mr Wolfie mounted on one of my display boards

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I  think he looks rather cool. Ignore the yellow bit, he doesn't really look like he's frothing at the mouth it's the angle of the photo. In fact that yellow background is one of the Olympic rings we made last year - I never throw anything away, it's a good job I've got a big work room at the library!!

 

I’ve also made a Creepy Portrait.

When you walk in to the children’s library you see this:

 

Now behave, stop laughing, that’s not the creepy bit, just my amateurish drawings skills.

 

 

 

 

 

As you leave the library you see this

 

 

Does anyone know what this effect is called?

  I’m calling it Op Art and we are going to make these in a couple of weeks.

  I know they look a bit basic but when I’m prepping things I have to be able to do them in about 20 mins or the kids will have no chance in the time available and  this was a bit of a stretch  for me and I knew what I was doing so it’s a bit rough round the edges.

  Anyhow just thought I’d keep you posted. Now going to try to make a card or two whilst it’s still relatively cool. Have a good day!!

 

 

 

 

 

Loving the sunshine.....

despite an obsession about rain from some people. Come on guys, don't you remember all that time it was cold? I do, and I don't want it back!!

OK, if we must  - RAIN

Seriously, I was browsing the challenges to see if there was anything that inspired me. First I looked at Out of a Hat Creations where the current theme is 'Let it Rain' - per-lease girls don't wish that on us!! Then I stopped by another favourite challenge blog, Artful Times where their theme is 'Come Rain or Shine' - what is it with all this rain talk?
Finally I stopped by ATCs with Attitude, thinking that I might be able to manage an ATC (well you do have to take it easy in this heat) and their challenge # 44 'More than one Fold' gave me an idea.

Here's my entry to all 3 challenges: Sort of covering all bases I feel!



 

An explosion of summery yumminess inside.
Much better!!

I paper pieced the little umbrella girl (a Debbie Moore stamp) on the atc and added an exploding mechanism inside similar to the tag I made a few weeks ago. I think that certainly gives it more than one fold. Lots of coloured punched flowers and voila. That's probably me for this week, far too warm in my craft room to have the pc on for long so I'm signing off.

And my 'C' keeps sticking which is very tiresome - could be the bit of magnum that fell on the key board lol.