What's On Your Workdesk, Wednesday #887

Morning deskers, welcome to our weekly Wednesday Blog Hop WOYWW,  now being hosted on Sarah Brennan's blog. Here's the link for that lovely lady - Sarah's Craft Shed - pop on over and join in, see what it's all about and join in yourself. 

Here's the desk, still faffing about with my project for Kraft Club on Friday. It's a big group so I have kept it simple.

Managed these two cards at Craft Club yesterday.

Sorry I missed last week, with a long weekend away over the bank holiday to see my Sister and brother in laws (best BnB ever), then extra Lionel sitting over half term I actually completely missed Wednesday!

Back has been so much better (it's warmer - coincidence?) so I have been feeling more energised but sadly not in the craft room. Transferring my winter/summer wardrobes has been quite the workout in the heat. Mind you, I have now developed plantar (foot) psoriasis which is incredibly sore and painful so I'm still hobbling about. 

Ah well, at least it's not both at the same time. 

Recently I was in discussion with Angela (Radford) about a kinetic die I had seen her use. I was dithering about the purchase. She very kindly sent me samples, some cut outs and instructions. This is my first attempt. The bits inside rotate as you open it. I have a little video but of course i can't upload it. (I have of course now bought the die!!)

Hope you are all well, have a good crafty week and love n hugs from me, 

Cindyxx

What's On Your Workdesk, Wednesday #885

 Morning deskers, welcome to our weekly Wednesday Blog Hop WOYWW,  now being hosted on Sarah Brennan's blog. Here's the link for that lovely lady - Sarah's Craft Shed - pop on over and join in, see what it's all about and join in yourself. 

Here's my desk. The WIP box has been much reduced, in fact there isn't much in there at all. The NBU (Never been used) box however is overflowing with stamps and die sets. Lots are individual but I stopped counting at 50. There is a Christmas one as well. (Hangs her head in shame).

Managed to make these from random bits in the WIP box at craft club on Tuesday. I had gone armed with several projects but forgot to double check my tool kit. No pins to unclog my glue, no paintbrush, no foam tape, no large scissors, no pencils or alcohol inks and no wipes or cloth. A lot of improvisation was called for. A couple of NBUs were called in to action.

I missed a couple weeks back there because I went on an impromptu trip to Corfu with DD and Lionel. He had a great time but it was a tad cold for me. Which is why we didn't introduce him to the rather lovely little waterpark till the last day as it would have meant one of us being in the water with him. Sandcastle's on the beach were preferable!!

Before we left on holiday I had my Kraft club meeting and we made this card. 

It was very well received and the ladies have gone off and made more with their own spin on it.

 Always gives me a buzz.

Like many of you I watched the livestream of Neet's funeral. It was a lovely celebration of her life and I was glad I made time to be there. 

RIP Neet.

Hope you are all well, have a good crafty week and love n hugs from me, 

Cindyxx

What's On Your Workdesk, Wednesday #884 - 17th Anniversary Edition

17 years!! Well who would have thought it? Certainly something to celebrate!!

Morning deskers, welcome to our weekly Wednesday Blog Hop WOYWW,  now being hosted on Sarah Brennan's blog. Here's the link for that lovely lady - Sarah's Craft Shed - pop on over and join in, see what it's all about and join in yourself. 

Today is our 17th anniversary and although I have not been around that long and have had some huge absences  WOYWW  has been one of the constants of my life for many years and I treasure the friendships I have made there. 

Today we are especially remembering our dear friend Neet who was recently taken from us and I have used an image that she sent me on my anniversary atc. I do have 1 more to swap so if anyone is interested let me know. 

The other items are artwork shared with me by Neet over the years - there is more, but retrieval requires climbing and the back is still playing up a bit so will have to stay where they are. I shall miss chatting and swapping with Neet very much. 

Not much else going on here, recently went on an impromptu trip so haven't been about much since my last post but more of that later. 

Hope you are all well, have a good crafty week and love n hugs from me, 

Cindyxx

What's On Your Workdesk, Wednesday #881

 Morning deskers, welcome to our weekly Wednesday Blog Hop WOYWW,  now being hosted on Sarah Brennan's blog. Here's the link for that lovely lady - Sarah's Craft Shed - pop on over and join in, see what it's all about and join in yourself. 

Well, not much going on here as my continued Spring cleaning has irritated my back. I have had to mostly hand over to darling hubby to get things done and I must say he's been doing a cracking job. He really does respond well to instruction, even though I feel guilty barking out orders every morning. I just wish he could see what needs doing himself. He is off to the local 'farm' today to be fawned over by all the volunteer ladies. It gives his ego a boost. 

I on the other hand intend to have a potter at my desk, a trip to the chemist and PO and maybe start a new book. The wind has dropped so hoping it will be warm enough to sit out for a while. 

Ah, the desk. No photo. I will refer you to last week. I did however go to craft club yesterday and made these, not quite finished yet! We had a fire drill yesterday, I can't tell you how funny that was on various levels. Thank goodness it's a single storey building. 

 Hope you are all well, have a good crafty week and love n hugs from me, 

Cindyxx

What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday - WOYWW #880

Morning deskers, welcome to our weekly Wednesday Blog Hop WOYWW,  now being hosted on Sarah Brennan's blog. Here's the link for that lovely lady - Sarah's Craft Shed - pop on over and join in, see what it's all about and join in yourself. 

Now where did THAT week go? Sorry didn't get round to everyone and most of those I did were very late. 

Not much crafting getting done, but we did have a well attended and productive card class here on Friday. Here are my samples - we had a go at layered stencilling and then jazzing it up with splits and eclipse style finishes. 

Here's my desk this morning:

Yep diddly squat apart from my workings out for the card I'm hoping to make when we meet again in a couple of weeks.

Hope you are all well, have a good week and love n hugs from me, 

Cindyxx

What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday - WOYWW #879

Morning deskers, welcome to our weekly Wednesday Blog Hop WOYWW,  now being hosted on Sarah Brennan's blog. Here's the link for that lovely lady - Sarah's Craft Shed - pop on over and join in, see what it's all about and join in yourself.

Tag from crop

Here's my desk, pretty boring, but the do it or bin it box has been whittled down again. Turns out a lot of it was projects leftover from a crop - last year? The year before? Just need putting together. Quite a few other bits that had ended up in there actually just needed putting away. Don't worry, I still have at least one more pile to deal with after I've done with this one.

It's been a week, with Easter and extra childminding taking huge chunks out of it. So not much to report on the crafting front. Hopefully have something more to show next week, especially as my plans to visit my sister in law at the weekend have been cancelled as she is not well. Toying with the idea of catching the Picasso exhibit at the Tate instead. 

Today I have to finalise bits for my craft class on Friday, my sister is popping in for lunch during her lunch break, and it is forecast to be 24degrees - really hope to get all the washing done and spend some time outside!!

And just because I can......

Easter Sunday

Yesterday jut before he tipped all those balls out

As an aside, now that I've woken up and the world isn't yet in pieces and the blue skies are working their magic, i'm feeling like I want to get a lot done today.

I hope to be around early for once but not gonna promise. 

Have a good week, love n hugs,

Cindyxx

WOYWW #878 What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday

 Morning deskers, welcome to our weekly Wednesday Blog Hop WOYWW,  now being hosted on Sarah Brennan's blog. Here's the link for that lovely lady - Sarah's Craft Shed - pop on over and join in, see what it's all about and join in yourself.

Back again after our little trip to Rome. As you can see my son and DiL Both completed their runs - a first for Ryan. 

We had a very stressful 'journey' as BA had oversold the flight and we were put on standby - didn't even know we were going until 15 mins before take off. I felt quite ill on the flight and  that lasted until we got home so although we got out in the daytime I was just too exhausted to go out. Didn't manage to hit all the main italian food groups (Pasta, pizza, gelato and tiramusu) but we gave it a shot.

We made it to the Trevi Fountain and the Spanish Steps- here's hubby right in front of  Trevi. We accidently got there early (apparently it doesn't open till 11 - who knew?) and had no problem getting a photo and viewing the fountain (without paying or queuing).

We had booked a wine tasting event and that was very enjoyable. Didn't do a lot else really. Walked along the Tiber (the most boring river in the world) which was very pleasant and uncrowded!! 

I seem to have been busy with gp stuff since we got back and haven't done much. The box of do it or bin it suff has been completed. Unfortunately I immediately filled it up and it's even worse than before!! Hre is my desk at craft club Tuesday afternoon. I was trying to use up these sweet characters from way back when using some random bits of card as there are only a few scraps of the original papers left. 

Hope you all have a good week and a Happy Easter Weekend. 

Love n hugs, Cindyxx