WOYWW #656

 Another Wednesday, time for a peek at each other's desks and projects! If you would like to learn more, just go to http://www.stamping-ground.blogspot.ca/p/what-is-woyww.html. Maybe you could join our little group!

Greetings to all in Cyberland! I hope you are all safe and happy, and ready for a new year!

We got an early Christmas morning call from our daughter and her family, we were still in bed half asleep and they had already opened stockings and presents! Seeing Jasper (BTW, Jasper is a girl! Jasper is a common boy's name, but not so common as a girl's name! It took me awhile to get used to it) and the kids was a nice start to the day. We had a lovely Christmas, just the two of us and the cats, no stress, easy Roast Pork dinner in front of the telly watching Coronation St! Big dinner coming up on Friday when the kids are here with Jasper. We will have turkey with all the fixin's, then after dinner - New Year's Eve, then the next day, my birthday. Whew. Probably some stress there! Three special days rolled into one! 

Here is my desk this morning. I'm just making another bookmark, a great thing to do when nothing special is forthcoming! I've stacked things on top while it's drying. You can see some tag dies for Christmas presents, and a larger container that will now hold my remotes as well as long strips of paper.

I know there are a few others watching their carbs, I had a lovely Christmas breakfast of low-carb waffles with eggs and bacon while hubby had a giant cinnamon bun with his bacon and eggs.

Here is the recipe for the gingerbread cake I made, some of you were asking about it. I would add a bit more of the spices, and I didn't frost it. I think I added cinnamon to the spices as well: https://greenandketo.com/keto-gingerbread-cake

I was very spoiled his year, I got my UHU glue to last a little while, and 2 new music stencils, and another kind of swirly stencil. And lot of other goodies including earrings, necklace made of Jasper, and an electric stovetop grill. With all the extra appliances I have, I hardly ever use the stove anymore! A gift card for Michael's and for Amazon (and a few more). And I still have Birthday presents to come!

Hubby got a crokinole game, which I took a chance on, because he never tells me what he wants. But we've been playing it every day, its a fun thing to do together!

And of course, the kitties. They LOVE Christmas, seem to know every year as we all go downstairs for stockings (something they don't do every day - how do they know?) They each get a catnip pillow, than a few toys. Mittsy broke hers on the first swipe, but the pet store won't replace it, I'm waiting to hear from the company, but I know just where to write a review if I don't hear from them...

So Christmas #2 is coming on Friday, should be a big day with Jasper here! 

I hope everyone else had a lovely Christmas, whether it was quiet or busy, both are good! Stay safe, get your booster, and craft on!

We all wish you a Happy New Year, and may 2022 be the year we get back to some kind of normal!

WOYWW #655

 Another Wednesday, time for a peek at each other's desks and projects! If you would like to learn more, just go to http://www.stamping-ground.blogspot.ca/p/what-is-woyww.html. Maybe you could join our little group!

Well, here we are at the last post before Christmas! It hardly feels like Christmas at all, but we do have a little bit of snow on the ground. but my usual shopping at every store till I find things I like is not happening! Presents are much fewer this year, although my hubby keeps going out and coming in with things I'm not supposed to see. I'm starting to feel a bit like Scrooge!

Anyway, here is my desk this morning, I haven't been there for a few days. A bit of a mess. The jar is weighting down a card that is drying.

I'm down to my last UHU glue, which is why it is blue. Hopefully Santa will drop a few big ones in my stocking! I do need to work here today, so I may do a big clean-up first. 

Mittsy has begun to assert herself onto the tree. I know, she can't help it, she's a cat after all, and she's bored because it's too cold to go out.

I made some keto gingerbread yesterday, which is good, but not like real gingerbread. Needs a lot more spices.

One cute pic of Jasper, and then that will be it for today.

Almost crawling! 

Well, that's it for me, I hope everyone has a wonderful and safe and Happy Christmas! Inky and Mittsy say Meowry Christmas!

WOYWW #654

 Another Wednesday, time for a peek at each other's desks and projects! If you would like to learn more, just go to http://www.stamping-ground.blogspot.ca/p/what-is-woyww.html. Maybe you could join our little group!

Hello everyone! All the snow is gone, we don't know if we will have a white Christmas after all. We got our 3rd jab yesterday, my Mom gets hers today, my kids are still too young, unfortunately. Omicron is sweeping across our little city causing all sorts of problems. We now have over 1000 covid cases. This time last year we had about 26, but no one was vaccinated and everything was shut down.  I'm worried that we won't be seeing the kids or Jasper this year again. We have been set up to see them after Christmas, but gatherings are now limited to 5 people, so even if they do come we won't be able to have anyone else like my Mom or brother over. So I'm pretty worried. 

My desk this morning, still working on Christmas cards.

I had two rolls of wide Christmas ribbon I had never used, so I wanted to use some in a card, and ended up making several.

And a few more cards I made over the week:

                                                                    Hero Arts Stamp

The truck was a stamped image I've had forever, but I wish I had the stamp! The trees in the background are Hero Arts, the tree is a die cut.

This was also from some stamped images I had forever. I had 3, I ruined one, and cut the middle out of one and placed it over the third for a kind of 3-D effect. You can't really tell from the photo.

That's it for today. My pics of the cats didn't show up on my icloud photos for some reason, today is full of problems! Picasa didn't want to work at all. 

Have a great week! Meow from Inky and Mittsy! 

WOYWW #653

 Another Wednesday, time for a peek at each other's desks and projects! If you would like to learn more, just go to http://www.stamping-ground.blogspot.ca/p/what-is-woyww.html. Maybe you could join our little group!

Greetings all, from a lovely snowy December day in Ontario! Snow always makes everything so quiet and calm. The cats are inside, the house is decorated and cozy, all good!

I have been busy making my Christmas Cards, 7 are in the mail, 5 are ready to mail, and I have a few more left to do. In this picture I am working on an Easel Card. I found one in my stash so I'm using it as an example. On Sunday I bought myself a small tape runner, and it's empty already! Frustrating! They don't last long at all.

And here are the 5 cards I made this week...

The decorations are up! Here are two of my fav's:

And, of course, Mittsy and Inky like the tree!

Mittsy is "learning" not to take the ornaments down, this morning there were none on the floor! And Inky doesn't care about the ornaments, she's a just a good example!

I always put the unbreakables on the bottom branches...don't laugh at my M&M's ornament, we got those when Caitlin was little, the were the toppers for a long tube of M&Ms for her stocking! I love ornaments that have memories attached!

Well, I think that's it for today, I hope everyone is healthy and happy and crafty! Mittsy and Inky say "Meowry Christmas!"

WOYWW #652

  Another Wednesday, time for a peek at each other's desks and projects! If you would like to learn more, just go to http://www.stamping-ground.blogspot.ca/p/what-is-woyww.html. Maybe you could join our little group! 

Happy December! Christmas Season is upon us, and Happy Hannukah to all our Jewish friends! We had a lovely weekend, we travelled to Toronto to see our Granddaughter, and to attend a small Christmas Party, always the first of the season. It was a wonderful party, so good to see friends we haven't seen in 2 years, and of course, always wonderful to see what new things our granddaughter is up to!

But of course, you are here to see my messy desk aren't you!

I just started making Christmas cards this week. I was cleaning my office and came across 3 boxes of old business cards. I almost threw them out - horrors! What was I thinking? I'm going to use them for my cards, journals, tags, ATCs, and whatever I can come up with. Here is my desk:

Just barely enough room to work in, as usual. The pile on my right is getting bigger, needs to be sorted, Inks and things on my desk that don't get put away right away, some ribbon that didn't work for me, a jar full of sponge brushes that need cleaning, and a card that I'm working on. 

Here are a few finished cards:

using my Tim Holtz Christmas cutout people

This photo was taken today, Dec 1, from my office window, and as you can see, we do have a little bit of snow. The next photo was taken two minutes later...

Mittsy wants back in!

Our first snow was on Sunday, Mittsy was very surprised...

Our last hibiscus flower bloomed that was in the vase of pruned branches...

This was the beautifully decorated dining room for our Christmas party on Saturday night, so elegant!

And last, but certainly not least, my beautiful granddaughter, 6 months old!

Have a wonderful week, enjoy the start of the season! 

Mittsy and Inky say "meow"!

  

WOYWW #651

 Another Wednesday, time for a peek at each other's desks and projects! If you would like to learn more, just go to http://www.stamping-ground.blogspot.ca/p/what-is-woyww.html. Maybe you could join our little group! 

First of all, apologies to all who commented last week, I have read them all, but haven't had a chance to reply, I will try to get to all you first this week.

 It has been quite the challenging week, but now we have heat, yay! My new computer is wonderful, but it was quite frustrating, as I'm sure many of you know, transferring everything over. And getting to know how to use new things. I was told that Picassa wasn't available anymore, I love Picassa because it's SO easy, and it was recommended that I get Gimp. Ugh, it's like photoshop, and  very complicated. I'm sure if I took the time I could work it out, but I couldn't even figure out how to load an image for a long while, I can finally do that. But I got very frustrated and thought "really? I can't get Picassa? 

So I googled it, there it is, even a download for Widows11...of course my first thought was is it a scam? If they ask me for my CC I'm not doing it, but they didn't and it seems fine, just like my old Picassa! It could be that it's available, but just not supported anymore. My needs are very simple, so I am happy! I am still trying to figure out how to get my photos, and where they are stored...it seems sometimes I get to the right spot and sometimes all my folders are empty...big learning curve! Anyway, today will be short and sweet, here is my desk, a long view today for something different, taken yesterday:

You can see my blue art journal there, I'm not quite finished with that page, so I will show it next week.

My Flip through Video is here:  

Childhood Journal

I took Susan's great advice and posted it on Instagram, so hopefully you can get it with the link. Someday I will figure out how to post a video on blogger.

Here is Mittsy "hiding" from Inky who is on the other side of the chair. I watched for quite awhile - not even a twitch of her tail! They are now inside more than outside, a bit miffed at the cold weather!

That's all for today! Inky, Mittsy and I hope you all have a wonderful week! "Meow!"

WOYWW #650

 Another Wednesday, time for a peek at each other’s desks! If you would like to learn more, just go to http://www.stamping-ground.blogspot.ca/what-is-WOYWW.html. Maybe you could join our little group!

Changing computers, furnace died so no heat for a few days, it got below freezing this week, and the year long group I joined in September is closing in December. So not a great week so far ☹️But I will carry on! 

Here is my desk this morning:

I’m working on my big journal still, you can see bits and pieces on my desk for it.

I promised you a look at my Childhood Journal, but it has disappeared on my new laptop, and on my old computer it says it's too big. does anyone know how to make it smaller? it's only 3 minutes long...

So I guess I will wait one more week to post it (if I can figure out how), and that's it for me today, my toes are frozen!

Have a great week, the cats have found somewhere warm to hide out, and I need to as well. 

WOYWW #649

 Another Wednesday, time for a peek at each other's desks and projects! If you would like to learn more, just go to http://www.stamping-ground.blogspot.ca/p/what-is-woyww.html. Maybe you could join our little group!

Hello everyone! Let's hope the computer behaves for a few minutes! I'm going to look for a new one today, I want to move from a tower to a laptop.

Anyway, short and sweet today. Here is my desk this morning:

I'm almost finished my newest Junk Journal "Childhood" which hopefully I can share next week. I'm still working on my previous Junk Journal, which is about 30 pages long! That one is un-themed, so lots of different things in there.

I finally was able, this year, to plant some bulbs. I have never planted them before, and since we have loads of squirrels, I found out that they don't like Daffodils, so that's what I planted. We will have something to look forward to come Spring!

Here is a peek at my walk everyday...

You can just see the lake (Lake Ontario) peeking through the trees...

And here is what I see every morning after I get up...

Who can resist that cute little face! 

Inky didn't want to go out at first, it's getting a bit cold in the mornings!

Well, that's it for us, "Meows" from the kitties, and from me - have a great week!