WOYWW #862

  It's What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday, time for a peek at each other's desks and projects! We are now sharing through Sarah, at Sarah's Craft Shed.

Another ❄️❄️🥶 day! The cats are not even thinking about going outside! But it's nice and warm inside, so that's where I'm going to stay. Here is my desk:

You can see some watercoloured snowmen on it. I followed a You Tube tutorial on these cute snowmen here.

The first one went into my journal, and the other two are now Christmas Cards (my first of the season). The reason the first one has a vest, and the last one has a belt...you probably guessed it! A cover up for a flub! But I like the vest, I may do another one with a vest!

I did a few pages in my journal this week:

Using some of the images I made and cut out last week!

My DD took my granddaughter Jasper to see the Nutcracker Ballet last Sunday! She loved it!

Her dress is gorgeous! I'm sure it will become a December tradition! I hope you all have a wonderful week, we sure are busy this time of year! Meowry Christmas from the kitties!

WOYWW #861

   It's What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday, time for a peek at each other's desks and projects! We are now sharing through Sarah, at Sarah's Craft Shed.

Another gloomy Wednesday, today with added snow! It's back❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️! We were away this past weekend to an annual (51st!) Christmas Party in Oakville (near Toronto) and went a day early to play with Jasper. More about that later, but here was my desk yesterday...

Inky gets very "clingy" when we go away, so for a few days afterwards, she follows me everywhere needing lots of loving. BTW, her eyes are not blue! She's sitting on the paper that I wanted to work on yesterday, and when she finally left, I was able to do just that. You might see some Christmas Cards on my desk...those are from last year. I still haven't made any this year☹️.

Here are the results:

I'm really enjoying going through my stencils and making pages to cut out and decorate. I'm not sure about the blue one at the bottom though...🤔

And back to playing with Jasper...

We played Megatiles and built a Christmas Tree Castle. I did ask about her hands...she said it was how she takes photos🤭. Future influencer? And I brought a Gingerbread House to decorate with her the next day. Such concentration! And she's the one who immediatly put the candy canes into hearts!❤️

That's it for me today, looking forward (😝) to more snow this afternoon! Have a wonderful week!

WOYWW #860

  It's What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday, time for a peek at each other's desks and projects! We are now sharing through Sarah, at Sarah's Craft Shed.

A gloomy Wednesday here today, but the sun is trying hard to peek through the clouds! It has been a wierd week, I just wasn't in the mood for my art room, or much else for that matter. But I did get into it a few days ago, telling myself I have to do something...! So here is my desk this morning:

I decided that if I didn't have something specific in mind, that I would do some pages of stencils, cut them out, and have them ready for when I am in the mood. That in itself put me in the mood, and really enjoyed making these:

These are all Megan Quinlan stencils from one set. I will finish the set and then see where I'm at! I'm loving the feathers!

That's it for me today! My Pickleball has changed from Wednesdays to Mondays, so this should be easier!

 Inky and Mittsy send their purrrrrs!

WOYWW #859

  It's What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday, time for a peek at each other's desks and projects! We are now sharing through Sarah, at Sarah's Craft Shed.

It is a lovely fall morning, all the snow is gone!!

I wasn't in my art room this week, so not much to show, but here is my desk this morning, I am working on a paper doll.

Here she is, not quite finished, but I was trying a technique that Megan Quinlan was showing on YT to do the face. Trace the face area first with a pencil, then mix up the skin colour with watercolours and paint the face. You don't have to be neat (you can see I went out beyond the face), just get the colour on smoothly, and let it dry. Then put on the features and trace the pencil marks with black ink. This way, if you mess up the face, you haven't messed up the whole thing and you can start again with a new one. Great advice!

Grumpy cat is happier this week...

the snow is gone!! But the temperatures have gone way down (-6°C) and Inky is not happy.

Well that's it for me, hopefully I will have more for next week! Have a wonderful week!

WOYWW #858

 It's What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday, time for a peek at each other's desks and projects! We are now sharing through Sarah, at Sarah's Craft Shed.

Hello! We had a surprise the other day...

Grumpy Cat was not happy, neither were Inky and Mittsy! It has snowed even more over the past 2 days, but rain is expected, and we are hoping it will all disappear!

Here is my desk this morning:

I did make two journal pages, and a bunch of leaves and trees...

The little fox is hiding! The stencil is from Megan Quinlan and the little fox is my own handmade stamp!

You can see some of the leaves and a tree that I made this week, the rest are tucked away in my Fodder Book for later.

Well, that's it for me, short and sweet. I apologise that I did not get to anyone this past week, but I will this week coming up! 

Here is Mittsy wondering what all the white stuff is. She does not like it...

Have a great week everyone!

WOYWW# 857

 It's What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday, time for a peek at each other's desks and projects! We are now sharing through Sarah, at Sarah's Craft Shed.

Happy November! I hope everyone had a fun Halloween! It was freezing here, pouring rain, and we still got 38 kids! And now it November...anyone have their Christmas Tree up yet? 

Here is my nice clean desk this morning:

I did get a few things done this week. I covered a box that carries the cards I like to give away:

And I finished this page...

 Every Saturday I have lunch with my mother at a local Vietnamese restaurant...yum! She's 90 years old!

That's all for today! Have a great week!

WOYWW #856

 It's What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday, time for a peek at each other's desks and projects! We are now sharing through Sarah, at Sarah's Craft Shed.

 I didn't do anything notable this week, so all I have to share is my desk. I am in the midst of a little project which I will show next week.

If you remember, last week I was running out of space for my Posca Paint Pens and markers which shared the same holder. Also my black drawing pens were overflowing their little space. So this is the solution so far, and so far it seems to be working.

Now you might have noticed Grumpy Cat in each of these pics. I really like Grumpy Cat and thought I would start a daily (or semi-daily) Instagram post of what Grumpy Cat and I are doing, and where we are going (no big International trips here!). I thought it might be fun. We will see!

I do have a question. I often use (or try to use) Aileen's Tacky Glue, but I have a very hard time getting the glue out once I've used it, and always have. I tend to use up about 1/4 of the bottle then throw it out when I can't get any more glue out. I've tried clearing the nozzle with a long pick, needles, but nothing seems to work. Any suggestions? Or maybe a glue that does work everytime? I see people using the little bottles with the long noses a lot, should I transfer my glue into one of those? Would it work any better? TIA.

Here are Jasper and her Dad cutting their Halloween Jack-O-Lantern. Last year Jamie did most of the pumkpin while Jasper lost interest. I think she had a bit more interest this year!

I hope everyone has a fun Halloween! Last night at choir our section (the "Lows") put on a skit to the song "Everyone's Gone to the Moon"!