WOYWW #660

  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 all! I'm writing this on Tuesday, and it is a lovely sunny but cold day. Look how beautiful it is!

Here is my desk this morning:

So finally I'm happy with my my Gelli Plate and I've ordered a large one to replace my old one. 

Here are some things I've done with my pulls:

And two more journal pages in my exploding journal:

I may add something to this gelli print page, not sure yet...

And finally, here is what Inky and Mittsy were doing this morning, Mittsy is longing for Spring...

And Inky is hunkering down for the rest of Winter...

Have a great week everyone! Stay safe, stay warm, and enjoy the week! Mittsy and Inky say "Meow!"

WOYWW #659

 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! On Monday we had a big snowstorm that left us with 40 cm, 15.75 inches. It slowed us down for a few hours, but everything is moving normally now. I am writing this on Tuesday, where our temperature today is -11°C, or 12.2°F. A wee cold, but it was much colder last week, and will be much colder in a few days. I am so grateful I don't have to go anywhere!

Here is my desk:

I need some page dividers so I am making them. You can see the punch I used to make the tabs. This is the first of 10.

I have been playing with my gelli plate this week with frustrating results. Either I use too much paint and the brayer just slides around, or too little paint and it dries before I can get my paper on. I can't seem to hit the right amount. I've watched several videos, some use teeny tiny amounts of paint and get great results. I have a "cheaper" gelli plate, wondering of that has anything to do with it, also it is fairly old. People keep saying "don't clean your plate" so I don't, but I'm not getting the neat effects they say I should. I have ordered a small ATC size plate, so at least I won't be wasting too much paper as I try to get the hang of it. Any suggestions would be welcome!

Here is my plate:

I've tried a few kinds of paint, craft, and a few types of acrylic. I haven't tried Distress Paint yet, it's supposed to be good.

Here are the results. I have since cut them all up to use in my journals or as card fronts.

I have made one card so far just to try it. My black needs re-inking.

Enough of that, I may continue to try this out while waiting for my small plate to arrive. I also used some prints in my journal.

Here is a photo of me and Jasper at Christmas. I love this photo! She has such a happy smile!

Well that's it for me today. The cats are getting fat and lazy because they can't go outside, but once in awhile I see them tearing around the house like they are being chased by a fox! Sometimes they are chasing each other, hiding in their tunnels, around corners, behind doors, in boxes,  or their tent, ready to pounce when one of them goes by! 

Have a wonderful week, stay safe and warm! The cats say "Meow"!

This isn't Inky, but if she were brave enough to plow through the snow, this is what it would have looked like on Monday!

WOYWW #658

 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 New Year everyone! So sorry I missed last week, I was just so busy I couldn't make the time. Today is the exact opposite! With Daughter and Granddaughter back to their home it is very quiet here. We all miss them even the cats! So now I am a year older, but I don't feel it at all. But it is hard not being able to see anyone or go anywhere. All the restaurants are closed, and even the schools are closed until next week. I'm happy staying home though, and grateful that I don't have to go to work. I'm becoming quite the home-body. I might go out once a week at the most to get groceries and do errands. Anyway, that's my life in a nutshell, but you want to see my desk, so here it is:

What a mess! I needed something from my collage picture storage tray, and I ended up organizing it. Here I am, halfway through, The bookmark you see is from a card that my good friend Therese in Edmonton sent me on a birthday card. I love bookmarks! I'm going to seal it so it doesn't get damaged. I got a gift card for Michaels and one for our local stamp store. I always know just what I need until I have a GC to buy it, then I have such a hard time deciding! You can also see my junk journal getting fatter and fatter! Close to the end! I want to play with my Gelli plate, so I may be able to show you some of those next week. If I get up the gumption...

My favourite (non crafty) Christmas gifts this year are my Echo Dot (Alexa) and my picture frame full of photos of Jasper and Family that changes every minute. My DD can add photos to it all the way from Toronto! Isn't technology wonderful! 

Here's a pic of DD and Jasper on our "Christmas Morning" which was actually Dec 31st.

I hope all of you had a wonderful start to 2022! Mittsy has taken to joining us at 5pm for "wine time", and often sits and watches the photos of Jasper change, I think she misses her! She would always stay close by Jasper and watch her intently. Inky ignored Jasper!

Have a wonderful week, and "meow" from Mittsy and Inky!