Whats On Your Work Wednesday 143...

This week I did some tidying & re organizing of my crafty space and in the interim I found (although to be honest with you I didn't know I had lost them) loads of papers I have received free with various craft magazines. So I sifted through them & decided to have a mess with these Bird Cage & Chandeliers papers from Making Cards designed by Nancy Watt. I have used various stamp sets I had that are along the same theme.

I invested in the new Indigo Blu Flitter Glu to use with gilding flakes, so far I have only had a play with it on scrap card to see how you do it kind of thing. But the results are amazing! Its going to get used quite a bit! I must buy more gilding flakes now (any excuse to go shopping :)

Sorry its only a short post but time is at a premium for me at the minuet so going to carry on & have a play with all the stuff on the pic's and get some desk visiting done too. If you would like to join in with this fab blog desk hop on over to Julia our leaders blog at http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com come & join in the big weekly snoop that is WOYWW....keep well & warm everyone!

Lavinia

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Whats On Your Work Wednesday 141.....

Hello Work Desk Wednesday'ers! Well its been very cold up in the North West in more ways than one might I add! I have had a rotten bout of flu for over a week and I am still not out of the woods yet! So as you can see the non crafty item on my desk is the addition of a box of tissues (I should have moved them for the pic really, but forgot to) Took this this morning as the sun was shining in!

On the desk this week are mainly free goodies that came with my copy of Simpley Cards & Crafts Magazine. This month the extras consisted of a selection of A4 Hot Off The Press papers & sentiments along with a nice little set of stamps! So I decided to see what I could come up with. Other bits and bobs hanging about are the usual crafty suspects, tapes & ink pads & pro-markers & guillotine. Also I was perusing (in-between doing) the new Hunkydory magazine. As well as the Ikea catalogue. I really want to replace my work-desk in here with a worktop along the back wall. It will mean a bit of work & quite a lot of shifting about & reorganizing my space but I think its time it was done. As much as I love my old desk, its too low to work on for me now! I have to stand up a lot as my back aches like mad if I sit in one spot for too long! I have decided what I need and hopefully it will get done soon!

And I had to include this picture of Mr Binxz! This is his little attention seeking habit that he performs to..... 1) Get some attention, he thinks I spent too much time on it shopping for crafty goodies & looking at other peoples crafty spaces! And...... 2) I am cold! So please go & lite the wood-burner! He's not happy if he's not roasting himself in front of it! He keeps me on my toes I tell ya! have a great week everyone!

Lavinia

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What's On Your Work Wednesday 139......this & that!

Hello WOYWW'ers! My desk is finally devoid of ribbons! Thanks so much for everyone's helpful ideas for storage last week, really appreciate the help! I have sorted out the majority & stored them on the back of the crafty room door. I have a box full of lace & vintage ribbons that I am going to wrap around card when I have a bit of time. Today my desk consists of;

2 blanc picture frames to decorate I picked up at the Range yesterday

The latest copy of Craft Stamper magazine, that I have fell out with a little :(

A blousey flower I made form Crape Paper, but intend to try tissue paper instead

A card I made with Hunkydory elements I am about to write for someone's birthday

Fountain pen to write said card!

And another paint tester pot!

( cant make my mind up about colours for new décor in lounge! )

I decided to give making Crape Paper Flowers a go after seeing some amazing ones in a window display in Paris a while back. At the time I couldn't believe they were real, the looked like what I call "Old Roses" the David Austin type. I love his Rose's & have some variety's in my garden. As you can see I have a way to go yet with my paper ones ;) The card is a version of an easel card, I like the vintage look of it. The Box Envolope was made using the Enveloplus Creator Board. I always like to write my cards with a fountain pen, at the moment the ink inside is Parma Violet Purple scented ink, very exotic eh!

I am waiting on a parcel arriving today. I have decide to invest in a pop up light studio for taking pictures of my cards. Its so hard sometimes to take pic's in the light & to get embellishments to show up on them. I know a lot of folk out there use them & the pics always look so much better so thought I would give it a go. Hope your keeping well & warm wherever you are, I am going through wood for fun in my wood-burner, its been freezing in the evenings here! Thank you to everyone who visited my desk & left comments last week, it really cheered me up, thank you! Have a great week everyone!

Lavinia

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The Stamp Man Embellish It Challenge Entry!

I am Entering this Card into

"The Stamp Man Embellish It Challenge"

This is the link if you would like to join in

http://thestampmanchallenges.blogspot.com/2012/01/stamp-man-embellish-it-challenge.html

The base of the card and the flourish & heart layers were stamped on Watercolour Paper. I thought it would give it a more aged look as the surface was slightly ruff. I have listed below all materials used;-

Stempelgede Flourish Hearts Stamps Set

La Blanch script background stamp

K&Company Madeline paper for butterfly

Versamark & Cosmic Shimmer Gold embossing powder for Script on butterfly & Embossed Love sentiment

StazOn Timber Brown Ink

Antique Linen Distress Ink

Whispers Chestnut Ink

Whispers Grand Cranberry Ink

Papermainia Button

Organza Pink Ribbon

Stickles Diamond Glue

Liquid Pearls Petal Pink

Liquid Pearls White Opal

Small piece of Vintage book paper for the Love Sentiment

Hot Off The Press Love Sentiment Stamp

Sticky Gems

Hope everyone has a great Sunday!

Lavinia

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Make My Monday Challenge!

This is my entry for the Make My Monday Challenge!

http://mimchallegeblog.blogspot.com/

The theame is Nature Flowers & Leaves

I hope I make it by the skin of my teeth in to it

Here goes.....

I made a Tri Fold Shutter Card base On the Hougie Board

Papers I used are from Craftwork cards

Flowers are Papermainia

As is the sparkly brad

And the sentiment stamp is Paula Pascual

Enjoy your Monday everyone!

Lavinia

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Whats On Your Work Wednesday 138....Ribbons!

Hi Blog hoppers of What's On Your Work Desk Wednesday! Today I will mostly be sorting out Ribbons....lots of Ribbons, not just what you see here....I have bags & bags & bags of them. Just plain old chucked in, not sorted or anything! So today is the day they start to get sorted out.

Have a few ideas of what I am going to do for a storage idea, most of my ribbon is bought in lengths from a local market. They have loads of choice and nearly ever week I visit the stall I end up with at least 3 or 4 different styles of of few meters of each. I only buy reels of ribbons if that's all I can get in what I want, which is not often. The latest ones are those organza rose ribbons that are pretty, however they cost £2.50 a meter, bit pricey but couldn't resist!

The bag of vintage lace was purchased in France last October while I was visiting Carccassone. I got the bag for 10Euro after a bit of a haggle with a very abrupt & slightly drunk Frenchman, it was after all 2pm and the entire population of France, including me at the time had just come back form a 2hour lunch that had been all washed down with the obligatory 1 litre of wine! Hence my gusto to haggle, anyway I got it down from 17 Euro, which I thought was quite good! I need to sort it out and wrap it around some card & store it well, there is some really old pretty pieces in it.

Thanks to everyone who visited me me last week on my first week back after short blog sabbatical. I had some lovely comments that really lifted me :) lovely!

Hope everyone enjoys the rest of their day & thanks for stopping by!

Lavinia

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OOOooo I received a Blog Award!

I would like the thank Joe over at http://scrapbookjoeblog.blogspot.com/ for this lovely award & for picking my blog to award it too! How lovely, you made my day Joe x

This is award is given to Blogs with under 200 followers.

Joe Says...

The Rules are:

1. Show your thanks to the blogger who gave you the award by linking back to them.

2. Reveal your five picks for the award and let them know.

3. Post the award on your blog.

4. Bask in the love from the most supportive people on the blogshare-other bloggers.

5. Finally and the best rule of all..........have fun and spread the love!

My blogs I have chosen are;-

http://bellefrancaiseinteriors.blogspot.com/

http://whisperedwhimsyvintage.blogspot.com/

http://glittergrammy.blogspot.com/

http://kezzyscraftyjourney.blogspot.com/

http://505whimsygirl.blogspot.com/

The five I have chosen are all great blogs to be inspired by and created by wonderfully talented people! They reflect my love of Interiors as well as Crafts & Card Making.

I hope you enjoy looking at them as much as I do!

Lavinia

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What's On Your Work Wednesday 137

What's on my desk this cold & dark day??

My box of wots nots

Some Martha Stewart crystal fine glitter

Vintage photo ink-pad

Versamark ink-pad

Distress Tool

Creation of a card.....erm well I think it is!

And part of the Flower Patch Collection by Dawn Bibby

And a Autumn Leaves scroll stamp

And a card I made a while back for an idea I had for the maybe card I am doing now!

Phew.....did that makes sense :)

Plus my other bits & bobs hanging about on my desk that dont warrant worth mentioning! But I cant be without them. Though I would show you my Craft Storage Unit now that its finally tidy & sorted out!

Hope you all have a great day, whats left of it anyway, I am very late with this entry due to me faffing about most of the day! But in a good way :) Take care everyone and thanks for stopping by & dont forget to say "Hi"

Lavinia

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First Post of 2012

Well here we go first post of the new year. I hope everyone and my followers had a fine festive time & are all looking forward to a an exciting new crafty year full of new stash to buy & styles to try. One of my first crafty wants is to try to make my space here in my shared room a bit more functional! Its hard when you have to fit in a 8ft wide by 4ft deep space. I have been perusing the Ikea catalogue and think I have come up with a solution? Its just the cash to fund proposed revamp I have to get together now ;) maybe a clear out and a bit of e-baying is on the cards!

I would like to say "Hello & Welcome" to my new followers:-

Lulu over at http://bellefrancaiseinteriors.blogspot.com/

As some of you know I am a bit of a Francophile and love all things French especially interiors! Go have a peek at her great creations!

Joe over at http://scrapbookjoeblog.blogspot.com/

This is one amazing craft room & wonderful inspiring crafty creations, a guy with fantastic vintage style and a wonderful flair for all things Craft!

I have made quite a few cards of late however I have light issues of late! The lack of it that is. I think I need to invest in a Light Box of some sorts (any advice would be most welcome on this subject :) I did manage to take this pic earlier today when the sun was out for a miniscule second!

I decided to buy the latest Dawn Bibby Flower Patch Collection. Its a very versatile and pretty selection of papers die cuts and cards. All printed & foiled on very nice heavy card stock & easy to coordinate. I like the nice cheery colours too. I have had quite a run on buying crafty goodies over the past few weeks, maybe time to pull the reigns in a bit! Next shop I have will most likely be at a craft show I want to go to at the Trafford Centre in February, get them penny's saved eh!

Well I have waffled on enough for now. Take care & keep well & warm everyone.

Lavinia

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