WOYWW #665

 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 on a beautiful sunny winter's day! We had a lovely snowfall yesterday (I can say that because I don't have to shovel it!), and today the sun is just glistening on the new fallen snow!

Back of the house view

Front of the house with a well-fed squirrel!

I'm sorry I missed last week's post, I was down in the dumps as they say, but I'm much better today! I have been in my art room, here is the view today:

I also finally finished my  Exploding Junk Journal! I will show about 5 pages every week, that should last me awhile!

Well, that's it for me today, I leave you with a snuggly Mittsy from last night, sitting in my lap all snuggled into my favourite blanket!

Have a wonderful week, send Peace and Love to Ukraine and the Russians, hopefully this will be over soon. 

WOYWW #663

 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!

I hope everyone had a lovely Valentines Day (or Galentines Day as my single friends like to call it!) We had a lovely evening with music, dancing, homemade dinner, and candy! Anyway, here is my desk today, I was busy last week but I haven't been here at all this week. I think it's lonely!

Last week I made my mother's birthday card, and hubby's VDay card

I used Gelli Prints for the background of both. I also made a little Tag Book that I gave to my Mom for her birthday:

These were a set of tags that came with hubby's new winter coat, so I snatched them! I used my gelli prints for the backgrounds, and Tim Holtz's people, and some stamp embellishments I bought years ago. Also TH's words, some from the snarky set.

Last but not least, I managed to get a picture of Inky, laying in a most uncomfortable spot on top of my piano book on a small table beside the piano! Poor thing feels a bit lost in the winter!

Mittsy has found a new favourite spot down in the basement on a comfy chair in my hubby's office, I don't see her all day, I think she's hibernating!

Well, that's it for me, have a wonderful week, and "meow" from Mittsy and Inky!

WOYWW #662

 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! It's still freezing here, still snowing, still hunkered down due to Covid and winter. Not much happening, the days seem to all meld into each other. WOYWW comes around very fast every week! I have been playing in my art room, mostly with my gelli plates or with the prints. I've added a lot to my exploding journal, it should be finished soon. Here is my desk Tuesday morning:

I had just tidied up after working on a journal page.

Here are a few journal pages from my square journal. The first one is a page I made using the Birthday Card my good friend Therese made for me (I hope she doesn't mind). I decided rather than keep the cards people send me in a box somewhere, I would use them in my journals and be able to enjoy them longer. I cut the card to fit the pages, used a gelli print to add to the space, and added the clown, the watch, the face on the right side and the car. She had a lovely bookmark attached to this card, that I will use as a bookmark.

Therese Malak made the lovely collaged background

These other pages I'm pretty sure you've seen before, but I thought I would add them anyway as I don't remember.

This journal also has just a few pages left in it.

Well, that's it for today, short and sweet. The kitties are wandering around here and there, Mittsy probably in her favourite chair in the basement with her Dad. We all say have a great week! "Meow!"

WOYWW #661

 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 beginning of a new month! I call February the longest shortest month of the year, because to me it seems to go on forever...too cold, too much snow, I want Spring!!

Here is my desk today. My hubby got a new coat and it had a neat set of tags all connected together, so of course, I had to snag it and play with it!

And here is what surrounds me! Yesterday I was playing with black stencilling on my gelli plate on top of some prints I had made a few days ago. As you can see, some worked and some didn't, but once they are all cut up you can see more possiblities!

And we had the most beautiful little snowstorm on Monday! Lots of snow forecast for the next few days. I so love February (NOT!)

No kitty pics today, I don't even know where they are at the moment! Not outside, that's for sure, -10°C out there!

Have a great week, and "meow" from the kitties!

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!