WOYWW 223

Morning to all you happy WOYWWers ... it's nice to be back :) I hope you are all well and enjoying your week - and getting lots of crafting in too.

What's on my desk this week is a bit of crazy patchwork I'm putting together. It's the front of another cushion cover, This one for my DIL ... her bedroom is decorated in shades of purple and lilac. My daughter's chose the same for her room too so I must assume it's an 'on trend' colour combination :) 

The pile at left back is some card blanks on top of a box of stash just waiting to be used ... on what I don't know yet, but I'm still trying to discipline myself to use up hoarded stuff before I buy any more.  Next to that are the tins of sewing stuff, and more sewing stuff on the desk, a timer (rarely used) a few random punches, some die-cut poinsettias left over from the all-white card shown in the last post, my mobile in it's wee knitted cosy, and a tin of Stick-Away, used earlier to clean glue of my scissors and a stamping block - they were a right old mess. Oh, and the sewing machine, of course.  

That's it this week - keeping it brief to please Julia, she who is the keeper of the desks :) Want to see what's on more workdesks (tables, kitchen worktops, a floor or two, and even a washing machine top for one crafter, I kid you not!)? Just hop on over to the Stamping Ground - you can join in too, if you haven't already.

As usual, I'm hoping to visit as many of you as possible in the next day or so ... I've long given up attempting to do it all in one day :)

Take care everyone and have happy WOYWW. 

White Christmas

Evening Everyone

I hope you've all had a happy Monday. It's not been a bad old day here, lots of lovely autumnal sunshine for most of it, but along came the rain at tea-time.

I've been carrying the idea for this card around in my head for quite a long time now. Why it has taken so long to transfer from the little grey cells to craft desk is one of life's mysteries :)

An all-white Christmas card that was so simple to make. A piece of white card, embossed with seasonal phrases and a poinsettia cut from felt - quick and easy!

However, it wouldn't be Christmas without a bit of sparkle so I heat embossed snowflakes stamped around the edge with a crystal powder. The pearls are the finishing touch.

And, of course, the front and back got the snowflake treatment too.

Materials used:

• white A6 size card base
• a piece of smooth white card for embossing with QuickKutz A2 Phrases embossing folder
• white felt and Spellbinders Poinsettia die set
• Anita's Magical Christmas stamp set, VersaMark and Stamp n Stuff Crystal embossing powder
• white pearls for embellishment

I'm submitting this card to the following:

Pixie's Crafty Snippet Playground Week 89 - where, as ever, all that is required for entry to the playground is that we use some snippets on our creations ... the snippet is the white card used for the embossed topper.

And, hoping that Hazel is still sitting down, CHNC 141. Two days in a row! The remit is to layer it up, with at least three layers. This time the poinsettia is made up of four layers.

And also Hazel's other challenge - CHNC Challenge Extra for September - where, as always, the challenge is for anything as long as it's Christmas.

The Glory of Christmas challenge 15: 'anything goes' - where Hazel is currently a member of the design team providing lots of wonderful inspiration.

Right, if I'm going to watch Doc Martin I'd better get a wriggle on ... so nice to have Martin Clunes back playing the irascible doctor. He reminds me of a doctor I was PA to back in the day ... he had such a bad temper but he certainly new his stuff :)

Hope you have an enjoyable evening, whatever you have planned.

Sunday Snippet Card

Afternoon Everyone

Hope you are all having a fabulous day and that the weekend has gone well for you. It's been a bright and sunny day here, although there is definitely an autumnal dip in temperature ... we've even had to put the central heating on in the evenings, a sure indicator that winter is in the offing :(

I've been closeted in the craft room today, pottering away and generally enjoying myself and I now have this wee card to share with you.

Most of the materials in this card are snippets. The base is made from leftover Kraft card and the red background is a snippet from the last CHNC/Snippet challenge card. The leaf embossed cream card yet another snippet ... I just lightly sponged it with some sepia coloured ink and wrapped a length of caramel seam binding round it. The cute little teds are recycled and die-cut and then matted on to yet another snippet, this time red mirror card - cut by tracing round the outer edge of the circle die and cut out - very carefully!

The flower was also die cut from snippets of card, edges inked in red, layered together and finished off with a yellow enamel dot. The leaves cut with the teensiest snippet of all, green Co'redination card, and rubbed with an emery board to reveal the lighter inner core. More enamel dots were used to decorate two of the corners.

It's Sunday so, in what is becoming a Jules inspired tradition, I'm going to be lazy and not list the materials. However, if you would like to know more, just drop me a line/comment and I'll be happy to wrack my elderly grey cells for any answers therein :)

I'm submitting it to the usual challenges:

Firstly, to Pixie's Crafty Snippet Playground Week 89 - where, as ever, all that is required by Di is that we use some snippets on our creations. So if you have a mountain of snippets piling up and taking up valuable space in your crafty stash, then why not pop over to Pixie's Crafty Workshop and see what fellow snippeteers have been creating this with their leftovers, scraps and snippets ... you'll be impressed I'm sure and find tons of fabulous inspiration :)

And, probably to her amazement, I'm also submitting this to Hazel's challenge, CHNC 141. on a Sunday! The remit is to layer it up, with at least three layers. The poinsettia alone is made up of three layers, four if you count the leaves, so I think this card qualifies.

And also Hazel's other challenge - CHNC Challenge Extra for September - where, as always, the challenge is for anything as long as it's Christmas.

Edit Note: Once again Hazel has suggested that I share this card on The Glory of Christmas challenge 15: 'anything goes' challenge, and of course I'm happy to do that.

Almost done, but before I go, just a wee follow up from yesterday's Friday Smile post which featured this photo taken of the annuals growing in this border:

I mentioned that although I could name most of the flowers, I was having trouble remembering what the little red one is called. A bit of Google research and the RHS provided the answer, it's red flax, or to give it it's Sunday name, linum grandiflorum var rubrum ... such a long name for such a tiny flower :)) 

Take care everyone and enjoy what's left of the weekend.