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WOYWW 204

Happy Wednesday and happy WOYWW (a great excuse to show what you've made and see the work desks of lots of other folks.) Waving hello to our hostess Julia in the UK from my spot in upstate NY. The sun is out and the birds are singing. Now if I could stay home and play. . . but no.  ;-)

What you can see on my desk is my TH tag for April in the center (that needs to be flattened in a book, I'd say). You can get a closer look here. Other than that, I've got stamps, ink, spray mists, scrap paper, and another tag to play with some other time. 

Here is the layout that I was about to start on Wednesday last week: 

Thanks for visiting! 

~ Laura

Wonder of Watercolor Challenge

It's been quite a while since I've played along with a challenge over on the Moxie Fab World blog, but I thought this card might be a fun one to enter in the watercolor challenge. I painted the focal point rectangle with some distress inks when I was working on another project and thought it was a great fit for these beautiful bright My Mind's Eye papers. 

12 Tags of 2013: April

Here is my contribution for Tim Holtz's 12 Tags challenge for April. I don't have any distress paints yet, so I used distress stains, acrylic paint, and gold mist for the background. I used stamps from a variety of companies, including one of Tim's sets, along with my trusty Jet Black archival ink. 

BPC: Creative Crop: Free Inspiration on (inter)National Scrapbooking Day!

For the first time in years, I am not throwing a birthday party on National Scrapbooking Day! (We're having it the following weekend -- lol.)

So, I'm very excited about taking a day to be creative and have signed up for Creative Crop over at Big Picture Classes. (Did I mention, it's free!)

 

 

WOYWW 203 | It's a nice sunny morning

My next layout is going to be about my daughter's love for horses and horse books. Misty of Chincoteague is based on a true story and the map shows the location of Chincoteague Island and other locations from the book. 

A card from over the weekend. In retrospect, I wish I would've used just shades of green on the continents (and not the slash of brown over by California) . . . but c'est la vie. :)


Short and sweet -- I've got to get to work! Happy WOYWW, friends. :-)

~ Laura

WOYWW 202 | 3 cards and an art journal page

Good morning! The sun is shining, thank goodness, after some very gloomy weather yesterday.

Here is what covers my work table -- an art journal page left open for the molding paste to dry overnight and some things to put away. I had thought of making large flowers with the triangles of patterned paper you can see lying there, but decided they were too large for the page. The subject line of this post references WOYWW (What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday) -- do click the link and check it all out. 

A close-up of the page. It is easier for me to see the things I wish I were more skilled at, but I really love the bright colors and the dimensional honeycomb. 

I had heard that you can emboss with pigment ink and clear embossing powder.  I was skeptical and still am, a bit, although the green foliage came out kind of pretty. My Mom loves hummingbirds, so this card is for her upcoming birthday. 

The butterflies were "painted" with distress inks -- I really like the bright colors. I was contemplating looking up what the actual coloring of these butterflies might be in real life . . . but then just went the simpler route. :)

I had the pink piece done already, so called it into service when I wanted to make a quick thank you card. 

Have a happy day and a happy week, friends!

~ Laura

WOYWW 201 | Knock wood, the snow is melted

Happy Wednesday and Happy WOYWW for those folks who routinely post pictures of their work tables, desk, etc. and post links over at Mrs. Dunnit's blog. You know you are hooked on this weekly tradition when you feel a bit of sadness at not participating in a given week. 

I've got a couple things going on here, which will be easier to see in closer pictures.

A partially filled Project Life page is sitting next to some photos that my husband kindly picked up for me yesterday. The top picture is of my sister-in-law and my daughter -- a nice shot. I haven't been using much ephemera this year, but this page has daughter's list of borrowed library books and clothing tags from our Easter finery mounted on some Basic Grey Kioshi paper. Underneath the PL page protector, I've pulled out some patterned paper -- I've got a two page layout I want to make, but haven't managed to begin sticking anything down yet. 

This is a quote I hope to make an art journal page with . . . hopefully opportunity and energy will collide and make this happen sometime soon. :)

Thanks for visiting!

~ Laura

Yes -- more tags. :)

Happy Thursday! 

(WOYWWers, if any of you visit, I just couldn't get my act together to post and participate yesterday. Will be "back" next week. )

I've been determined to use up items from my stash of supplies, such as the large green flowers. Even now, I still have some left! But I did use up all the rainbow colored Doodlebug stickers that say "for you." :) These tags can be used for any gift-giving occasion and will probably be used for family birthdays. I had fun with stencils on the top three and spray mists on the bottom two (as well as inking up some new stamps.) 

~ Laura

12 Tags of 2013: March

I'm playing along with Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of 2013 and here are my March tags. Tim's tag featured the negative of a die cut bunny with a textured material behind it. I don't have that die, but I do have a small bunny punch. I decided to make two mini tags in place of the single larger one, since I also didn't have anything to make Easter grass with, either. :)

WOYWW 198 | Definitely not spring here yet!

Let's not talk about how snowy it was yesterday, shall we? We'll concentrate on the bright colors inside the house? Happy What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday! Do visit Stamping Ground, from whence this esteemed tradition blooms. 

Lots of stuff laying about. I decided to make some tags for layouts and gifts, so I got out some ribbon and brads and buttons. I've moved the distress markers to a larger oblong bowl (hiding under the paper trimmer) and the die cuts into a smaller one so I can see what's there.

And here are some things I've made:

Thanks for visiting! I hope to be able to get around to more folks this week (although I know I say that a lot.) 

~ Laura