WOYWW #738

 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!

Last week got away from me somehow! Last Wednesday was hubby's birthday, and a picnic, and singing in the choir I belong to, and out for dinner, and a play (Sound of Music). Whew! For someone who's been essentially bedbound for 3 months it was a lot for one day! So I recovered for the next couple of days, then the weekend happened...off to visit our niece and a swim in her lake...a day in the sun and I'm exhausted again! So I didn't get a chance to visit any blogs, but I will visit both your blog posts today! (or tomorrow...) This weekend I am off for my annual "Girl's week" with my good friend in Niagara Falls, so I probably won't post next week. 

I didn't get a lot done last week, but here is my desk this morning: pretty full and messy desk! I am drying some images I glued into my tag book

Here is my Tag Book (as taught by Megan Quinlan in the Fodder Challenge)

It's not finished, I thought I would bring it to Niagara Falls with me and use it as my travel journal this year. It has 4 pockets for tags and 8 pages (or 4 long pages). It should work fine! I'll show you when I get back.

Here are a couple of pages in my small ongoing art journal that I started last year in Fodder School. I keep adding to it once in awhile:

And that's it for me! We just had a torrential rain a few minutes ago, it's all over now! I hope the heat isn't too bad for you over there. Luckily we haven't gotten it yet.

Inky and Mittsy are enjoying the summer so far, out every day, rolling in the dirt (seems to be a requirement before coming in for the night😒) And so they say "Meow!" And I say, have a great week! Stay cool! Have fun! Create Joy!

WOYWW #737

 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! I hope everyone is enjoying their summer and staying out of the heat! We have been enjoying relatively cool weather, mostly 20°-29°, lots of rain, everything is beautifully green and lush.  I have lots to show you today, as I wasn't able to post photos last week.

Here is my desk Tuesday morning, not showing much, just a bunch of leftover things from my Fodder School Challenges:

And here are my Fodder School Challenge Projects so far, There are 2 so far I opted not to do, but may do later on

Day 1: Tiffany Sharpe watercolour leaf fodder

Day 2: I skipped, it was covering a notebook or journal with collage

Day 3: Floating Words, Alison Bomber, hopefully you can see the words "floating"

Day 4: Started but didn't finish, no photo (didn't like it to be truthful)

Day 5: Mixed Media Tokens, Kecia Deveney, showing the process

These were fun, I only did a few, but will continue on!

Day 6-skipped, will come back to it later (making printed ribbons)

Day 7-Gratitude Medals, Jennifer Wilkin Pennick

Day 8 was yesterday, I will try and make it today, it's a little tag book by Megan Quinlan

Day 9 is today, I probably won't get to it until Thursday!

In my journal I played with one of my favourite stamps by Meer Image. 

 I turned her into a mermaid! And I am ready to make more!

And this one has a Steampunk head!

Well I'm sure you are overloaded by now, I leave you with a photo of my Mom and me at our weekly lunch, at our favourite Vietnamese restaurant!

Have a great week!

WOYWW #736

 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 am having a terrible time downloading photos from my phone to my computer, very frustrating. I can get some of my photos but not all, and the ones I'm missing are the ones I need for this post😡Grr!

Two weeks ago I twisted my ankle, and it was very sore, but my DD and Jasper were visiting, so I ignored it the best I could.  I have been trying to get it to heal for the past 1 1/2 weeks, and today it feels almost back to normal. 😃

I have been getting some art done, and I joined the Fodder School Challenge 2023 which started yesterday. I'm posting on Instagram, so if you want to see what I did for Day 1 you can go to @Lindart61. If you want to join, it is free, go to https://willa-workshops.teachable.com/p/fodder-challenge-2023 It was through this challenge in 2021 that I got involved with Fodder School!

I can't even leave you with a cute photo of Jasper when she was visiting 😞.

Hoping you all are enjoying your summer so far, and hopefully I will have the photo problem figured out by next week. 

WOYWW #733

 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 first day of Summer! We finally have some summer heat, it was so cold last week, it is welcome!

I am slowly getting back to "normal", but I still have to take rest days. Here is my desk this morning:

My little journal is drying, otherwise not much to see...

here is my little journal page, I used up the rest of the hexagons that were sitting on my desk:

and I finished this journal page:

I did have a busy week, I met my 14 month old great great nephew who lives in France, and last night I went to a potluck with about 50 people who belong to my Shout Sister's Choir group, and we all sang together after we ate. It was a lot of fun, as I haven't been able to sing for the last couple of months.

              Our choir director!

Mittsy had an encounter with a fox a couple of days ago, and held her own very well!

That's it for me! Inky and Mittsy say "meow" and I say have a great week!

WOYWW #732

 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'm back! After missing 6 weeks of WOYWW I'm back, finally feeling better with more energy, and back in my art room. It's been a long 6 weeks of doing absolutely nothing but watching Netflix, doctor's orders. But they paid off as I am feeling much better, my asthma is finally controlled (fingers crossed!) and I'm on the road to normalcy. 

To start, here is my desk this morning:

I went right back to work on my JIYA Journal, adding things to a few pages, such as:

And I added doodles to the black parts of these pages:

I made two new pages, one during those 6 weeks, a teeny bit at a time, and one this week

My "Four Seasons Page", 

and my newest page, which sums up my last 6 weeks!

Jasper turned two years old during those 6 weeks, and I got my new favourite photo!

Our front yard has turned into a veritable wildlife sanctuary, with 13 different varieties of birds, including a wild turkey and Mr. and Mrs. Mallard

the foxes

and most recently a bunny

Don't worry, Mittsy is a lover, not a killer. She sat here and watched the bunny for a good 30 minutes before it hopped away!

That's it for me today, hopefully it will be a long long while before I have to take another 6 weeks off!

Inky and Mittsy say "meow" and I say "Have a great week!"

PS: I apologise if the fonts are not all the same size. I tried, Blogger did not want to co-operate😜

PSS: Happy Birthday to my Alberta friend Therese, I'm sorry I couldn't send a card, but please accept my Happy Birthday wishes anyway! 💓 you!

WOYWW #726

 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 May everyone! Our weather forecast for May is cold, wet, and possibly snow. Brrr. So far they have been right on. But since I have been put back on Prednisone and 2 more weeks of "Agressive rest", it doesn't really matter. I am rewatching Doc Martin and Midsomer Murders.

Here is my desk this morning. I have tried to get here at least once a day for 15 minutes or so...

Not  lot of action, but some. I made another stencil from the TH dies of bugs that I have, but the dragonfly did not cut as nicely as the moth did. I put it in my little journal.

Then I started a new page in my JIYA Journal. This girl insisted on being stenciled in 4 times. Who am I to argue? I will just have to wait and see what they want next.

I did manage to work on Jasper's Quiet Book, and I made 3 little finger puppets for the Old MacDonald page. It is her favourite song, along with Happy Birthday!

Last but not least, the father fox in the neighborhood caught one of our black squirrels, right on our front lawn, at lunchtime. Here he is having killed it, and now making sure it is indeed dead. Later that evening as we were sitting on the porch we saw another black squirrel in a tree nearby, crying. It was heartbreaking😢😢

The foxes have been a bit more bold and aggressive this year.

Well, that's it for me this week. The cats are fine, although don't go out much anymore, always on the lookout for Mr. Fox. Hopefully May will warm up! Have a great week,