Challenge Card - 03/2019 - Marigolds

Hello & Happy Sunday

Since my last post I've been busy. Not crafting. I wish! But it's been a whirlwind of hospital appointments, craft group afternoon and a trip south to Castle Douglas. It's exhausting so I took yesterday to recover. And today I'm fit to play again. Not that I made this card today. No, it's another  'one I made earlier' for last month's UKPC Swap - the challenge was to include the colour orange.

I like orange but I must admit it's not a colour I use often. However, when I think of orange I do inevitably think of marigolds. Easy to grow - just sprinkle a packet of seeds around and you have marigolds for life - bright and cheerful. They're also edible - nice in salads. So marigolds it had to be.Not that I have a stamp of marigolds. I did search through my stamp stash but the nearest I found were these daisies so they had to do.

Supplies used:
- cardstock - white A6 card base; orange satin finish cardstock for layering; white card from Craft Sensations Mixed Paper Block for stamping
- stamping - 2 Daisies by Rubbernecker; bee and greeting from a Rare Earth Spring stamp set from Issue 130, Papercrafter
- watercolouring - Spectrum Aqua Artist's Markers in shades of orange, yellow and green 
- embellishment - Vicki Boutin Texture Paste Iridescent Glitter

My camera struggled to catch the iridescent glitter paste but it really does add a beautifully textured shimmer to both the flowers and the bees wings. I used a small paint brush to apply it, adding extra to the flower centres for more bling.

I trust you are all having a wonderful weekend. I've been doing a bit of sorting out in here and rediscovered my Stampendous Creative Palette - I can't remember the last time I used it! Surprisingly, it's still in perfect condition so I'm planning to have a play with it this afternoon and see what I come up with. If the results are good, I'll post a few photos here later.

In the meantime, you all take care and have a fabulously crafty week.

What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday - Week 513

Hello Everyone,

Nearly didn't make it but it's Wednesday again, time to bare all for the sake of Julia and WOYWW, ready or not! There's been a lot of shifting stuff around going on here over the last few days as I now have a new sewing room. I know, a craft room and a sewing room ... how spoiled am I!!! Actually it's a combined sewing and music room - the EM's keyboards needed a home too. In fact, I'm listening to him tinkle the ivories as I type - couldn't be better.

So you wouldn't have been able to see this desktop this morning ... it was still covered in sewing paraphernalia. Now all that's been relocated, and I've had a chance to make a CCC card for this week, this is what's on it right this moment. The stack at the back has changed - I've put all the Christmas stash away for now. I might bring it out again in a few months for Christmas in July - maybe. What's in the boxes now is more seasonally appropriate. The Gardening Album is still there - mocking me of course. I've also brought out the scrap basket - I'm planning to delve in before it becomes any more full. The aforementioned CCC card and the supplies used are waiting to be put away too. Behind that is a selection of acrylic paints, an ink spray in a heavenly shade of navy, and the tub of Vicki Boutin's  iridescent glitter  texture paste - lovely stuff.

I tried it out on this 'marigold' and the bee's wings recently and loved the effect. I know shiny stuff doesn't show up well in photos but I hope you get some idea of just how pretty it is.

And now the book bit.

Only one today but it's special. 'Educated' by Tara Westover is a thoroughly moving, thought provoking and inspiring memoir. After reading a good review of this book and seeing the author being interviewed on TV I was pleased to find it was out on audio. Westover was brought up by parents who were fanatical Mormons and in a household where madness is combined with ingenuity. It was an incredibly dysfunctional family. Despite this she overcome the difficulties and went on to obtain the education that was denied her as a child. This book left me heartily grateful for parents who knew the benefit of a good education.
Well, that's it for today. The music has stopped and I must think about dinner. I'll be back later to check out as many of your desks as possible.

Have a wonderful week.