What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday - Week 652

Hello Everyone,

Happy first day of December. This is going to be as quick a post as I can make it because it's going to a be a busy day. 

I'm here to join in with Julia's very popular meme, WOYWW, over on her blog, the Stamping Ground. If you haven't joined in the fun yourself, but would like to, please do. For what to do see here. Julia, and all the deskers, will make you most welcome., I'm sure. 

And, after all that, here's what's on my desk this morning. 

It's not good today. A bit of muddle actually. I'm in the process of sorting through Christmas/Winter stuff to make up a kit for this month's Scrap Backwards challenges. I'm being really ambitious and hoping to scrap a page a day for the whole month! But with my track record it's asking a lot! Under the box there's the sticker sheet that I'm basing the kit on. It's old, one of the main requirements for Scrap Backwards challenges, and it's also very traditional, with lots of red and green in it. The box contains cutfiles, all of which are suitable for December pages. Underneath those two items is the Mind the Scrap kit for December which is too new to include in the kit. And next to that pile is a basket of old Christmas themed embellishments - perfect to include in the kit. In the background is a collection of items that I either hope to use, like the neglected Xyron sticker maker, metallic washi tapes, a huge roll of  cream lacy fabric which I find difficult to find a use for. The items in front of these, in the bowl and piled up by the side are simply frequently used and so essential.

Next is the kitten Silver pic for today. 

No, it's not the wrong way round. The photo was taken as she was looking up at me and planning what naughty thing she could get up to next. Most of her waking hours are spent in doing mischief. Fortunately, like most cats, she sleeps for around sixteen hours a day.

And finally the funnies,

I suspect this is what we have to look forward to this year. 

And maybe this is what we should settle for.

And for those of you who are not cat nuts, something completely different. 

Season's greetings to you all. 

Last week I managed to visit and comment on everyone and I intend to do the same this week though, because I've so much to do, it could take me a few days to get round you all. In the meantime, I wish you all a very happy WOYWW and a great week ahead.

Scrapbook Layouts - 32-34/2021 & St Andrew's Day

Hello Everyone

More scrap pages for the record. All three were made for Shimelle's Half and Half class. 

Distant Cousins

This is my cousin proudly holding her beautiful baby daughter at her christening in 1966. What makes them distant cousins is that the family moved from London to New York shortly after this event. Most of the materials are from Mind the Scrap kits but the black/white check paper is from the Range. 

Fabulous Fifties Fashion

The photos on this page were from an exhibition held at the Lanark visitor Centre. I've scrapped some photos from the exhibition before but I thought these went particularly well with the  papers I chose for the background of this layout. The embossed green cardstock, origin unknown, has been saved in my stash forever and the floral patterned paper is another that came in a Mind the Scrap kit. The clusters of circles were punched out with the only two Stampin' Up circle punches I own. I was very pleased to use a couple of fabric covered brads from Docrafts on this layout, at last.

Leave a Legacy

And this last is the saddest page made in all my 20 plus years of scrapping. I took this photo of my brother just a few weeks before he died of cancer when he was still alert and able to enjoy visits from family. The top photo is of his wife and oldest son who wouldn't appreciate their photos being splashed about the internet. All the materials used are from ancient stash, origin unknown though some definitely came from a local shop that is now closed. 

Tomorrow is, of course, December 1st and I plan to join in with Lisa Sikorski's December Sketch-a-Thon. If your intending to record all/some of the days before Christmas you might like to join in, details can be found on her Facebook site, Scrap A Sketch. It looks like fun - I do like a sketch to get me started. 

And finally before I go, 

Happy St Andrew's Day to all Scots around the world. Enjoy your supper of  haggis, mashed potato and neeps (aka turnip/swede depending which country you're in) 

Have a great day.

Sunday Scraps & Rudolph Day - Christmas Cards 34-37

 Hello and Happy Sunday to you all,

I hope you are all safe and dry. I see from the TV News that many on the East Coast of the UK have suffered badly during the recent storm and now it's snowing. I can only wish any of you that live in the affected areas well. 

I have been making some scrap pages for the Scrap Backwards, a FaceBook group, challenge this week - the aim of which is to use up old scrapping materials, particularly stickers but including other supplies we've had lingering in our stash for some time. One page I made helped me use up quite a bit of an old, 2011, Graphic 45 8x8 pad, Christmas Emporium but, as is always the case, there was a lot of scrappy leftovers. Some scraps were used up for the Christmas Card Club this week but I didn't stop there so here's another four. 

Apologies for the quality of the photos - the lighting, like the weather, has been very poor this week. With the exception of the ribbons, all the materials used were either scraps or leftovers - e.g. the beads were just the last few on a sheet. The stamps and embossing folders are from very old collections - the stamp sets are Docrafts Papermania Noel Christmas Wishes and Marianne Vintage Christmas, the embossing folder is from a Sizzix Christmas set. 

Frankly, almost everything in my craft room is not new. I'm happy with the embossing folders and stamp sets I have and only give in to temptation now if I think I will really make good use of them. I admit to still finding it hard to resist new patterned paper so treat myself to a kit from Mind the Scrap on a monthly basis. Otherwise, the only craft stuff on my shopping list are the necessities such as adhesives, scrap albums & plastic inserts - all those scrap pages have to go somewhere - card blanks & envelopes That sort of thing. In truth, I think I have enough stash at my age to keep me going until I leave this mortal coil. 

It's been a long while but I'm submitting these cards to the following challenges:

Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge #417 - Ruby's Memory - where anything goes as long as there's scraps used.

ScrappyMo's November Rudolph Days Challenge - a bit late but I think it's okay to enter to the end of the month.

CHNC Challenge 570 - where anything goes as long as it's Christmas

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper November 2021 challenge - a challenge that is always about using patterned paper or patterned cardstock

It's not quite 4pm here on the South West Coast of Scotland and the sun is going down already and just because I can't resist it here's the view from my window right now. 

So that just leaves me to wish you all a very good week and as my late mother would have said, look after yourselves and be good :)

Bye for now,