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Linking up to "What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday" blog hop -- check it out. 

Photo from 1/10 (since I had planned to post last week!): working on a layout, with my new favorite storage containers to the right. I'm using one to keep my Ali Edwards stamp sets together and the other to hold stickers. 

Stuff I've made since the last time I posted:

Summer layout: 

December Daily (Day 19):

Christmas layout:

The layout that was in progress on the table, now finished: 

December Daily (day 12) 

 

WOYWW 379: Disney Layouts

Hello and happy Wednesday to any virtual traveler arriving on my doorstep today. We're celebrating the once-weekly blog hop called What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday -- I'm sure you've heard of it, it's all the rage. 

Here's my table:

I've been working on my Disney album from last year's trip and I left my zillions of pictures from the parade until last. I likely will just make a pretty page with one or two photos and put the rest into divided page protectors. They'd make a great minibook, but I want everything together in the one album.

Here are some layouts I made over the weekend:

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Dear WOYWW friends (check out the link if you're not already a participant!),

Please forgive the lack of actual desk picture today. Instead I'm featuring a picture from my living room television, which I've spent a lot more quality time with over the last week or so. 

But I have made some layouts. These are pretty simple, just to feature the photos mainly, from last year's Disney trip.

We're going back soon, which has definitely lit a fire under me to get the 2015 trip scrapped first -- ha, ha. 

Thanks for visiting!

~ Laura 

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Happy Wednesday and happy What's on your Workdesk Wednesday, too. This picture is from last night and the only thing that has changed is that the letters on the left side of the desk awaiting gesso have been gessoed and have dried overnight. I bought these chipboard letters on sale years ago -- they're white with black newspaper text on top and I've found them difficult to use. I wanted white letters of a certain size for this layout and I think these will be great.

This card is for one of my nieces. I fashioned a pocket to hold bookmarks -- I made two of each design so she can share with her sister. 

This one is for my sister -- on the quick and simple side. 

Thanks for visiting! If anyone comments, I'll pay a reciprocal visit for sure and will try to get around to some other folks as well. 

WOYWW 370: Back from Vacation

Continued thanks to Lunch Lady Jan who is serving as WOYWW caretaker & hostess for the weekly party. :-)

I've been away by the ocean for a week.

We arrived back home on Saturday & unpacked the car. Sunday we were invited to a neighbor's 4th of July party. Monday we thought ice cream would make a lovely lunch.

It's funny how going away -- and all the packing, unpacking, and laundry -- can temporarily put a damper on creative output. I did manage to make an anniversary card.

The sentiment stamp is new -- I only had a tiny one in a clear stamp set before. It will be great to have this on hand, even though it will only get used a few times a year. 

Happy WOYWW, everyone! 

12 Tags of 2016: June

I never got around to May's tag, so wanted to jump back in for June. Check out Tim's dapper tag here. I like how the material he used, the colors, the background stamping, the die, all tied together for one cohesive design.

Mine isn't really that way, but I like it fine. I already had some images stamped onto tissue paper from months ago and had never done anything with them. Today was the day. I not only made this tag, but adhered tissue paper to a couple of others to use another time, as well as using some to make a card. I usually end up making more than just the tag each month because I get playing. It's one of the reasons I find the challenge rewarding.

 

WOYWW 364: The 7th Anniversary edition

Happy anniversary and happy What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday, fellow lovers of creativity! Thinking of the progenitor of WOYWW, Julia, today and saying thanks to Jan, who has taken over hostess duties for the time being. 

Here's my desk, in the midst of making a layout from a long ago trip to Maine. Journaling (as I wrote in a notebook at the time) will be added in extra page protectors, so this page is just for photos & title. 

Desk:

And a close-up of the work-in-progress:

Short and sweet today as I must leave for work. I enjoy our weekly parties and appreciate your kind comments. 

~ Laura 

International Scrapbooking Day/Weekend!

I'll update this post as I make things this weekend. It is also the weekend we celebrate my daughter's birthday, plus Mother's Day, of course, so I'll be fitting in playtime wherever I am able to do so. Hope everyone is having fun! 

The first thing I made, in response to a challenge over on the Scrapbook and Cards Today blog, is a card:

Next, I made a hybrid layout, using a template from Cathy Zielske also on the SCT blog:

This one was in response to the 10:00 AM Scrapbook & Cards Today challenge: 

Here is my final layout of the day, inspired by Marie-Pierre Capistran's beautiful minibook project:

Today (now Sunday), I managed to make two more layouts -- yay! This one was in response to a challenge about using up chipboard frames -- had fun with this one. 

This one was challenging: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 challenge from Jen Schow -- 5 pictures, 4 types of embellishments, 3 paper scraps, two different fonts of letter sticker, and 1 mixed media item used. 

But after I photographed it, I didn't like how the journalling looked and I wasn't wild about the sequins or the glitter tape, either. I was working fast in response to the challenge, but I think that circumvented my usual process where I ponder for longer -- ha, ha. So, today, I did a little revamping. Take two:

 

12 Tags of 2016: April | And Thanks to Tim, Mario, & Simon Says Stamp!

Here is my April tag, inspired by Tim's (see it here.) I used a woodgrain embossing folder with Hickory Smoke distress paint and distress ink of the same color. To mimic the idea of the paper mosaic, I covered a cardboard flower with embossing paste and pressed the pieces of cut up paper onto the paste to stick them down. Once the paste dried, I added Glossy Accents over the pieces of paper to make them shiny. I painted the flower with pale pink matte craft paint. I wanted to go with a bright color palette, as it will be used for a birthday tag; I chose colors that would complement the ones in the tiny pieces of paper. 

I also wanted to say a giant thank you to Tim & Mario, and Simon Says Stamp for the generous gift certificate -- I was lucky enough to be one of the winners from March on Tim's blog. I, of course, immediately "invested" in more Ranger goodies -- a bottle of distress paint, a four pack of mini distress inks, an embossing folder, and a package of the round distress foam sponges. 

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It is Wednesday and time to show what's going on! Happy WOYWW, everybody. 

Here are pictures of my last evening's table, my happy mail of the day, and two more Christmas cards. I made a birthday card in January with almost this exact design and decided to duplicate it for Christmas cards. Now I'm just about out of that beautiful birchbark patterned paper, but I'm glad to have used it, as it's perfect. 

A quick post, as I need to be out the door to work!

~ Laura