WOYWW- It's been a while.....

Haven't shared my desk with the parade of loveliness that is WOYWW for a while......

OK, deep breath, gird those loins, here it comes /peeks out from behind fingers.....

Ugh. A tip of monumental proportions. 

Sparkly points for spotting:

A canvas I finished over a month a go which still hasn't found a home, or even made it off the desk of horror

My pink journal

My Papermania ATCs folder, where ATCs go until someone wants them....aw!

The bottom of my fat (toy)cat- he's sitting on a pink cardboard tub thingy, hang on can you see him better now?

There he is from another angle.....along with more mess.....sigh.

The box had lots of goodies in it, so that's a nice thing, and that's my beloved Fiskar's paper trimmer there, never felt the need for another one, it's served me well for years!

Ooh, and at the back, on my washing line of notes and inspiration and out of date Hobbycraft vouchers, it my Miss Little Legs with her mischievous smile on a paper plate creation from school. It's been up there years and it makes me smile every day.

If you wnat to see more desks, get over the Julia's Stamping Ground where the WOYWWers play.

WOYWW- Craftermath

Morning WOYWWers! How's it going?

My desk shows the craftermath (new favourite word), or a week of minor crafty dabbling, and absolutely no tidying up.

I've not been feeling too well this week, so I've been doing a lot of sitting in front of the telly with my pencils and scissors and some images. Sparkly points for spotting:

• New green and pink canisters, recycled packaging to hold my washi tapes
• The only pencil sharpener in the house that doesn't mangle pencils instead of sharpening them (it's purple)
• My gorjuss girls bargain stamps- a steal at Hobbycraft last week
• The set of 15 mini stamps that I bought for just one stamp.......although lots have proven to be very useful

Have a good WOYWW and if you want to do more desk snooping- go over to Julia's Stamping Ground.

WOYWW......the aftermath.

Hello, happy Wednesday! Still feels like Tuesday to me, lovely Bank Holiday Monday, but it's put me off for the whole week!!!

Here we go on WOYWW for this week, and my desk is showing the aftermath of a busy crafting weekend.

Sparkly points for spotting....

• My beloved Versafine black ink pad, very well used
• My stripey bunny lunch bag
• A wedding card waiting for an envelope to be made
• The corner of my black spiral punch, one of my punch best buys

Right, give us a look at your desk, and pop over to Julia's Stamping Ground to see a few more.

Happy Hump (and WOYWW) Day!

Wednesday at last! This week has already felt like it's 3 months long.......

Wednesday means half way through the week, and time to look at everyone's desks at WOYWW- hop over to Julia's Stamping Ground to see more.

A slightly more aerial shot of my desk today, for no other reason than I thought of lifting my arms above my head. That epiphany has taken me 3 years......

OK, sparkly Wednesday points for spotting......

• My Stampotique tag book 
• A couple of dinky little heart buttons cut off an old t-shirt of my daughter's
• Something with WOYWW on......
• A lovely bold HELLO I cut out of a magazine
• The cellophane bag of budgies- if you want to see Budgie makes part 1, click here

Regular visitors might spot that my desk is a bit tidier than usual..... I had a major tidy/shift around at the weekend, and blogged it here, so take a look if you want to see all the way around my craft space. I won't bore you with the usual "concerted effort to keep it tidy" words, but they're there in my head!

Right, off to eat cereal and get ready for work.....I'd much rather be blog hopping. Thanks to everyone who leaves me a WOYWW comment, and please can I apologise now if I don't get back to you. Wednesdays are manic in my house- but WOYWThursday doesn't quite have the same ring now, does it?

WOYWW. Budgies, budgies and still more budgies......

Happy Wednesday everyone, Wednesday means show us yer desk time at Julia's Stamping Ground.....so here's mine!

Whoops, no, that's a parade of budgies.....

Here's my desk, with a few of the aforementioned budgies in place! Sparkly points for spotting:

• Lots of pots of newly acquired Tattered Angels Glimmer Glam. Haven't used them yet, very sparkly exciting!!!
• My beloved Stampin' Up spiral punch- used on the edge of a piece of beige paper on the card to the left- it punches the holes a piece of paper ripped from a spiral bound notebook would have
• A picture I made from punched butterflies, liking this a lot, but more on that in a later post......
• Budgies!
• Tweedle dee and dum- a new Stampotique stamp, yay!

Oh and budgies.... shall I explain? Nah, don't think I will. Suffice to say that I've been colouring and cutting them out all week and they make me laugh.

Go on then, show your desk too.

Temporal blip......WOYWW

There must be someone with their finger on the fast forward button of my life. Seriously. A week already? My time has been voraciously eaten up by all things non-crafty. Sad, sad, sad face.

On the plus side, at least one of those non-crafty things will result in a much improved craft area for me. Happy face!

Less faces, more desk, I hear you cry. Oh, OK then.....

Sparkly points for spotting......

• Red and green perfect pearls, scrummy
• My beloved swirl stamp from a Stampin' Up set called Baroque motifs (I think)- use it LOTS
• The start of my card for my bestie, she's blonde, I'm brunette
• Drippy goo punch :)
• The gorgeous jewelled heart that's fallen off my keyring- definitely going to find a use for it, it's too bling to throw out!

I'm off to the Hobbycrafts exhibition at the NEC this weekend, taking my lovely Mom, so hopefully there will be new goodies to share next weekend......yay!

For more WOYWW goodness, check out Julia's Stamping Ground. Happy hump day everyone!

WOYWW?- not a lot, thanks for asking.

Haven't been near my desk since finishing off Mothers' Day cards on Saturday. Hence the lack of anything even slightly interesting.....

OK sparkly points for spotting:

• The plant pot I will shortly be decanting my beloved watercolour pencils into- I broke the last one :( 
• ATCs folder
• The bunnies I still haven't done anything with- I really struggle with cutie cards
• Ink splodged sponges
• The corner of a bookmark (it's peeking out!)

Mothers' Day was fab- I was spoiled with a new Kindle, and some other goodies :D, plus a lovely lunch cooked by my brother for all of the family, smashing. Unfortunately I'm off to work this morning, but the good new is that it looks like a bright, sunny day out there, just hope it's not as cold as the last couple, brrrrrrrr.

Have a good day all, and hop on over to Julia's Stamping Ground for more WOYWW desks.

WOYWW....I'm on a roll....

Two weeks in a row I'm fit to show my desk on What's on your workdesk Wednesday (WOYWW).....no fainting now!

Here's my desk as of 7.30am this morning.....

What a mess!

The usual sparkly points on offer for spotting:

• The doggy and bunny images from last week, some of which are now coloured in. I have so many stamped images from crafty sessions with my friends, which usually get filed away until I remember them, but this time I thought I'd colour them straight away- trusty watercolour pencils again, can't remember the last time I touched a Promarker!
• My favourite little alphabet stamps, verrrry useful.
• Stitch in his Tae Kwon Do outfit, fresh from a trip with Miss Little Legs to see Disney on Ice at the weekend. I think he's sitting on a coloured bunny image!
• Stamping Bella Ketto girls stamps, I know from my desk it looks like I'm a cute freak, and I'm not really, but needs must sometimes when I need a card for a little girl! Anyway, I digress- the Ketto stamps are an exception, I think they're quite cool, very oriental looking.

I've decided to jump into the DT fray again, after giving everything up when I started my new job. I've been asked to participate in a brand new blog, can't reveal the deets yet, but I think it'll be do-able, and I'm excited about it!

Here's some pics from Disney on Ice.

We were really close on the front row!

Miss Little Legs managed to be the only little girl there not in a princess outfit, no, she was dressed as Lilo from Lilo and Stitch, clutching a Stitch (he's an alien) in a martial arts outfit, and Jack Skellington from Nightmare Before Christmas. She walks her own path, I'm glad to say :)

Have fun today everyone, and don't forget to visit Julia's Stamping Ground, for more WOYWW goodness!

WOYWW....it's been a while......

I'm usually a-workin' on Wednesday, so I haven't joined in with what's on your work desk Wednesday for a while. I'm taking a few days off for half term though, so coo-ee, long time no see!!!

I've just taken a photo of my desk, in the murky light that passes for a morning here.

Sparkly points for spotting:

• My February journal calendar pages
• The swanky tote bag I was given a couple of weeks back (thanks Joeyanne), still full of the things I took out to a crafting get together on Monday
• A bottle of M&S pink cranberry lemonade, yum
• A giant boingy springy wire my son found on the driveway, I'm just hoping it hasn't dropped out of my car engine......

Have fun visiting lots of desks via Julia's Stamping Ground, go on.....you know you want to......

WOYWW. Brought to you from my phone.

I'm trying out the blogger app on my phone. Could be really useful to be able to blog on the go!

No idea where the photo will appear, but if it's there, my desk has been tidied!!!!!

Sparkly points for spotting the new chocolate baroque chess stamp set which is totally lush.

Had a lovely bank holiday weekend, back to earth with a training day bump today but then I've got the rest of the week with my lovelies.

Have fun and for more desks, head over to Julia's Stamping Ground.

See the light.....

You know the WOYWW ATC swap? thought I'd show you mine, cos I kinda like it.

It's part of a larger Michael Powell stamp and it's solely coloured with a red fineliner pen. It started off as a bit of a doodle and ended up with me planning loads of cards coloured in the same way!

This one I'm entering into the Allsorts challenge- Beside the seaside.

WOYWW- Happy 3rd anniversary!

Wow, 3 years of WOYWW! Congratulations to Julia and her Stamping Ground WOYWWers. Here's my desk today...... well it's not actually, this is the dining room table, to which I migrated last Friday when my crafting chums came round to play......and I haven't made it back to my desk yet. Mainly cos that would involve putting things away and generally tidying up......

Sparkly points for spotting.....

• Octopode Factory images
• The stamped and decoupaged panel for Dad's Father's Day card (how ahead of myself am I?)- for some reason I decided he'd like a lighthouse this year......
• Some fab snot green patterned paper that I was brave and cut into despite loving it very, very muchly
• The set of bizarre sayings stamps- picked up second hand for a song, which includes such gems as "The voices in my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas" and the incomprehensible "My mailman doesn't even own a gun!" If anyone can think of a use for that stamp they get an extra 100 sparkly points!!!!!

I'm sending a celebratory WOYWW ATC out there for the 3rd anniversary, so look out whoever's below me in the list.....

WOYWW. I think it's a desk.....

....not too sure, it's been a while since I cleared it.

Ooh is that a little bit of wood showing?

Sparkly points for spotting:

• Bits of red material and white felt left over from making my daughter's fancy dress outfit (Lilo from Disney's Lilo and Stitch)
• New Michael Powell stamps, I know everyone's got them, but I couldn't resist.
• Doodled bookmark.
• New Unity stamps.
• Hunk- the new love of my crafting life, such a handsome chap.
• Portobello Road papers, loving the red, white and blue

So, how did you do? For more WOYWW goodness, trip over to Julia's Stamping ground.

Oh I can't resist......here's a close up of Hunk.

Isn't he a dream boat?

WOYWW.....how on earth should I know?

Haven't been near my desk for days.......

OK, slight exaggeration, but not since Sunday.

Sparkly points for spotting......

• A precariously perched mushroom on a part done journal page.
• My sons old football trading cards- using them to stiffen the back of floppy ATCs.
• A water themed Fat Page.
• My gorgeous nephew's 3rd birthday card- how is he going to be 3 already?
• Some Chocolate Baroque stamped house images.
• The scrap of card I've been using to mop up stray spray ink splodges.

Right, I've got washing to sort and a chilli to throw into the slow cooker before work! Other desks are available at Julia's Stamping Ground.

WOYWW? More like, what ISN'T.......

A lot less colourful than last week- probably cos I've had no time at home over the weekend, so I've been working on commissions, which all seem to have been in pastel tones, very unlike me!

I'm a happy inky girl today, I got another top 3 in the Stampotique Designer's Challenge- for my doodled panel- you can have a squizz at it here if you want to. As regular viewers will know, I'm a Stampotique nut, so big smiles here today :D

Alrighty, sparkly point fans...... here we go. 5 points each for spotting......

• The commissioned card for a 100th birthday (100!!! How fab is that?)
• The little altered candle jar into which I put my punched flowers (always keep a flower or leaf punch on my desk, punch the pretty scraps as I go along)- it gets decanted into a bigger pot when I think about it. (Is that the jar you mean Eliza? :))
• The coffee tin that houses said punches leaves.
• Bargain 49p bunches of flowers I bought a couple of years back and they're still going..... (2 to spot!)
• My favourite pink retractable pokey tool.

For more desk action head over to Julia's Stamping Ground! Happy hump day everyone x

WOYWW- oh my.

This is what happens when a person goes to work and does nothing but dump stuff on her desk for 3 days......

OK, sparkly points time, 5 points for each spotting!

• My ATCs to swap folder- not many in there at the moment, I need to make more.
• My latest 3 Stampotique cards, the only sign that the mess on my desk is in any way productive.
• A favourite pair of Fiskars scissors- they're soooooo sharp.
• Some brayered card- I'm going for sunset colours, been ages since I got my brayer and big & juice ink pads out!

For more workdesk loveliness, get on over to Julia's Stamping Ground to see who's playing today.

WOYWW- 2 weeks in a row....get me!

OK, as of 5.30 this morning, here's my desk......

Sparkly points this week for spotting......

• The bottom of my beloved orange op up waste bin, although why I bothered with a pop up one I don't know, cos it's never ever popped down....
• A teeny tine ex candle jar with lid which now temporarily houses the flowers I punch from scrap paper before they're decanted into a bigger box (bonus point for spotting the 2 punches)
• Easy one here- the 5 ATCs I made yesterday- I'm on a serious creative roll- it's being off work, I KNEW bread-winning was stifling my creativity!!!
• Last one- my fab card file address file thingie (technical term, that) which has addresses of the people I swap with most. There's a surprisingly large number of people I've swapped with a lot.

Sorry about the photo. In my defence it was 5.30, the floor was cold and I wanted to come back to bed (typing this from under the duvet, yay).

If you're here again this week Jo, I loooove your abstract foliage stamp- I've managed to use it on pretty much everything this week. Very versatile :)

That's it! For more workdesk nosying, head over to Julia's Stamping Ground. It's fab x

WOYWW....it's been a while!

Working on Wednesdays has seriously messed with my WOYWW vibe! Here's my desk this afternoon......

10 sparkly points for each one you spot....

• The thimble wall display thingie waiting to be altered
• New Stampotique stamps (monsters and abstract foliage)
• Old Stampotique stamps (the others.....)
• Half eaten bag of crisps (is it just me, or are Ready Salted REALLY salty nowadays)
• The reflection of my little leaded top window on my desk glass

Oh I'm such a mucky pup. For more cluttered desks and some pristine ones too, no doubt, get over to Julia's Stamping Ground.

WOYWW and an ATC

Ooooh, it's been ages since I did a good WOYWW. My hours at work have recently changed and I just don't get chance now. However, seeing as how I'm on leave this week I thought I'd join in again!! Wahey.

Hwat a flippin' mess! Some recently coloured in images and papers for some card for my little stock at work, lots of lovely stamps as usual and the corner of my Promarkers box. Plus..... bonus sparkly points for spotting.....

• 2 cardboard pots awaiting alteration
• Lisa Simpson
• My Fat book page covers (see posts here and here about them)

I've recently moved everything around in the dining/craft room, for a bit of a change and to take advantage of the light now it's getting more overcast. Here's some photos.....

Lots of stuff to nose round there!!! Can you see my 80s Barbie? She came in a pile of toys given to my Miss Little Legs and I can't bear to bin her- look at those Pat Burcher earrings, lol.

Anyway, if you fancy seeing more desks, hop over to Julia's Stamping Ground to see who's in this week!

WOYWW.....a new workmat.

Messy!!! I've covered up a birthday card I was working on, so that the recipient doesn't see it! Other than that, points for spotting.....

• The big pink ATG monster. Wouldn't be without this, it saves oodles of time.
• Martha Stewart punches- I'm trialling keeping a few out to punch scraps as I go along to add to my flowers and leaves boxes. It's working so far.....
• A board book covered in old book pages
• My birthday card from my lovely friend at work with a goooorgeous picture of Eric the vampire from True Blood.

Actually you can't see my new workmat, but here's my old one, now sadly retired...... I'm trying to work out if there's any bits I can cut up and use again.....

Right, hop over to Julia's Stamping Ground for more desks....