WOYWW 259 # What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday

Hi WOYWW friends,  hope you are all well.

Here we are again for another week on my desk and desks throughout the world, brought to you by our host Julia at the Stamping Ground.


Don't know what I am babbling on about? then visit the Stamping ground and all will be revealed.

Here is my desk offering for this week.
Some deskers, well quite a lot actually wanted to see more drawers, desk drawers that is Lol! so here is another little peek:

Sticky things in this one.

The black case below the drawer, holds a variety of metal embellishments, quite a lot are by Tim Holtz.

Here we have glitters, glazes and stickles, pretty things Lol! 
 

 

3D sticker sheets, glues etc.

 

 

And finally, embossing powders. Where would we be without them.

 

 

 

 

 You may be asking, where are the inks, well I keep those in a trolley which I love as I can move them around to where I need them.

It is actually a vegetable rack on wheels but very useful as storage.

 
 
And here is what my desk actually looks like this week.
There are a few new things as I went to Sincerely Yours at Newark on Sunday.
I am working on some birthday cards as I am fed-up of having to make them at the last minute and these are some that I have already started.

 

I am using the Lindsay Mason stamps Doo Lally Pip as I felt like making something a bit different from what I would normally do and they are good fun.

I am hoping to use up some papers in my stash to make more room for the new stuff so I am stamping and cutting out parts of the design to layer onto the main stamped image.
I have already glazed the dress and hope to have these finished in a couple of days plus others.

Hope you all have a great week and maybe get chance to pop over to
Julia and have a snoop....sorry look around at the other deskers.

Bye for now and happy crafting,
            Angela x

The Adventures of BP Mini Me.

Hi, BP here.
I got a bit fed-up as she has been so busy I have been left all on my own so thought I would... you guessed it, Go Walkabout.
Look who I found...
 

Apparently they had been put on the window sill behind the sofa which is why I hadn't noticed them before but she was tidying up and moved them.
They don't say much which I find strange as the other bird that used to live here never shut up especially when anyone was on the phone.
She was for ever apologising for the noise he made, but we still miss him.

I am quite amazed at the new things I continue to find, there's no wonder he keeps telling her they need a clear out but hope she ignores him or they may clear me out too Lol!
and we don't want that do we.

Anyway hope you have enjoyed another look into my home and I will be back again soon, who knows what else I may find.

Hugs from BP Mini Me x

Prima Cartographer Papers - Tag Book and Wallet.

Hi Blog friends,  here to show you more projects using the Prima Cartographer Papers.
These are available at Ali-Craft.
And this is the set I have been using.

 

The first project I would like to show you today is a Tag Note Book.

                                                                    The Front.
You can just see some of the inner pages which I decorated using the stamp that Ali sent me.
The only extra things I used were: ribbon, white paper and the dome stickers, everything else came from the pad.

 

 

                             And the Back.

 

 

 

Having made this I quite fancied a wallet to store it in and made it using the Faux Leather technique that many of you will have seen Sheena Douglas use.

However instead of using plain craft card, I did it on a sheet of the card from the pad.

And here it is.

 

 

 

The pocket is stamped on unbleached calico fabric and then sewn on to the card during it's construction.

 

 

 

 

To Make this :

• Spray the card with the glycerin/water mixture to soften it and keep crinkling the paper and reapplying the glycerin until you get the effect that looks like chamois leather.
• You need to be careful that it doesn't rip, but the odd cut doesn't matter as it is lined inside.
• Allow it to dry a little and then go over it with any brown distress ink which will be picked up by the creases.

 

• I have used an an embossing folder with mine but that is up to you.

 

• You should then seal the ink using a spray glue or apply one with a brush this also serves to strengthen the card.

 

• I stamped a large piece of calico big enough to line the inside and make a pocket. I glued the lining to the inside before putting the whole thing together.

 

 

 

• The back section is longer than the front to allow for the flap.

• I attached metal fasteners and then joined everything together by machining them.
• As I had a little of the card left over, I also made two tags which can be seen in the pocket.

 

 

 

 

Hope you find these instructions useful and pop over to have a look at the Prima papers that are available at Ali-Craft.

The set is really good value for money. I made five projects using the pad and still have card and stickers left over.

 

See you soon,

Happy crafting,

Angela x

 

Prima Seashore Cards.

Sorry but there are more cards Blogging Friends,  I just love this set and don't know if I will be able to stop until the pad is empty.
If you like them too, they are available from Ali-Craft.

I decided that for this card I would really like to try and make a ship in a bottle. The little ship stamp was just crying out to be put in a bottle Lol!

This is what I ended up with.

• I used a Tim Holtz die for the bottle which I cut out in card from the pad and in acetate.
• I edged the card die cut with distress ink and cut out the stopper using cork sheet.
• The ship was a stamp from the collection and was cut out and attached to the card.
• I completed the card by matting and layering papers from the pad onto black card then attaching a strip of builders scrim to the centre panel, wrapping string around this before attaching the mounted bottle and sentiment.
• The Crystal gems were then added to finish the design.

Close-ups of the card shows the detail more clearly.

 

Back soon with more samples.

 

Happy crafting,

Angela x

Prima Seashore Cards.

Hi Blogging friends back today with another card, made using the Prima Seashore set which are just about still available from Ali-Craft.
I know the Seashore set has been very popular and I am not surprised, these are a gorgeous set of papers, stickers and card.
So here it is.
This is such a simple card to make.
The shells are cut from the card and then shaped with an embossing tool.
I used 3D stickers to attach them to the card but you could use silicone glue.
The edging was done with stamps which are part of this collection.
The extra materials used were black card, mirror card, string, Craft Card blank, Stickles glue and brads.
I used a craft card style blank as I felt it went well with the papers.

 

I have included a top view to show the fold and the insert.

 

 

Hope you don't get bored with these as there are more to follow.

 

Happy crafting,

Angela x

WOYWW # 258: What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday.

Hi WOYWW friends, hope you are all well.

Here we are again for another week on my desk and desks throughout the world, brought to you by our host Julia at the Stamping Ground.

And here is my desk for this week:

I have been asked by several WOYWW friends what I keep in my drawers......... ! you are a nosey lot lol!

So as promised I have opened some of the drawers for all to see.

   Centre drawer: kind of has bits and bobs that I use regularly.

 

Top left hand drawer: pens and pencils.

 

2nd drawer down: has stamps that I am using at the moment but is only a tiny part of my actual collection.

 

 

 

 3rd drawer down: holds stamp cleaners, a few spare inks and paints, I think there are some Tim Holtz distress embossing powders in there too.

 

Bottom drawer: embellishments of different types.

 

And that's your lot for today, otherwise you will be here forever and Julia wouldn't like that lol!

 

But if you would like to see more just leave me a comment, there's always next week.

 

Have a great week and happy crafting,

Angela x