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What’s On Your Workdesk Wednesday 140

07 Tuesday Feb 2012

Posted by A Woolly Life in WOYWW

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Just a quick WOYWW from me this week I’m afraid, lots going on right now!  I’m spending my lunch breaks this week with a bunch of peeps from work who are meeting in a large conference room to make “no-sew” fleece blankets for a charity called Project Linus that we’re supporting at work.  I’ve linked the charity’s name if you’d like to read about it.

On the desk front I’ve still been spending my happy time in my room, and the desk belies the actual amount of cards and creativity going on I can tell you!  I’m liking the new LO of the room and I’m really enjoying keeping it clean and tidy, one of the biggest changes was getting the boxes of scraps off the desk.  They’re still within reach but are no longer spilling all over the desk and driving me crazy.

The large box on the desk is full of Christmas stamps, this is almost completely full and represents about half of the Christmas stamps that I have!  The House Mouse, Penny Black and Hero Arts ones live in the stamp cabinet.  There’s a card in the making on the desk, with a few stamps on show and a large mug containing water.  And that, quite frankly, is that, lol!

I have a couple of milestone birthdays coming up soon that I have to crack on and make cards for, a fiftieth and a sixtieth, both male too.  And thanks for the flower love last week, I posted a tutorial on how to make those paper tissue flowers if you’re interested.

All that remains is for me to tell you about the fine print, in other words, head on over to Julia’s at The Stamping Ground for the weekly link party blog hop that we do.  It’s about as much fun as I can stand in a week I tell ya!!

Christmas Challenges With Sketches

07 Tuesday Feb 2012

Posted by A Woolly Life in Crafts

≈ 16 Comments

This is a great little Christmas challenge blog that I haven’t joined in with since early December.  I love a good sketch and when you combine it with a Christmas card then you’ve got a match made in heaven!

I thought the sketch this time around was a great one for using up scraps so I dug around in my Memory Box scraps which are kept separately from all the general ones as they’re too precious!!  They also have a twist for this challenge, and that’s to use kraft card.  Not a problem, that’s my favourite card type.

I love this little image, I got it from Julia of Stamping Ground fame when she was selling some gently used stash.  Unfortunately I don’t know what brand it is, or what the stamp is called. *EDIT – The stamp is from Elzybells * I water coloured the image with Distress Inks although her wings were coloured with a Fiskars glitter pen.  The highlights on her dress and in her hair are also Fiskars glitter pens; the halo, shoes and tree branches all have Stickles on them.  The papers are from the Mistletoe and Yuletide packs, the sentiment is See D’s and the little snowflakes are Recollections.

Card Recipe:

  • Card: The Paper Company
  • DP: Memory Box Mistletoe & Yuletide scraps
  • Stamps: Elzybells main image ~ Recollections ~ See D’s
  • Ink: Memories Black Die Ink ~ Distress Ink Barn Door, Worn Lipstick, Antique Linen, Scattered Straw, Peeled Paint & Bundled Sage ~ Memento Rhubarb Stalk
  • Embellies: Stickles Yellow, Holly & Xmas Red ~ Fiskars Glitter Pens ~ Tsukineko Black Ink Pen
  • Tools: Nesties Labels Nine ~ Tim Holtz Distress Tool ~ Cuttlebug

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Challenges:

Christmas Challenges {With Sketches} ~ Current Sketch plus kraft card

Pixie’s Crafty Snippets Challenge ~ Use Up Your Scraps

Crafty Hazel’s Christmas Challenge ~ Use A Diecut

Sparkles Christmas Challenge ~ Anything Goes

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