WOYWW - Some works in progress

Hello Everyone! I hope you are having a good week so far. I have not done much crafting for the past few days, just a few little bits here and there and some Wedding prep making things for my hen weekend.
I have several cards I need to complete before the end of this week which are slowly coming together on my desk which I am sharing for What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday.

To the left are lots of digis ready for me to colour and some die cut ready to go at the back. In the centre of my desk is a birthday card for my Dad which is nearly finished and just needs putting together and embellishing. I will have a good tidy at the weekend when the cards are all finished!
I hope you have a lovely Wednesday!
Jane
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WOYWW - A card....finally!!

Good Morning Everyone! I can't believe it is nearly a whole week since I posted on my blog. I can't remember a time when I have been so busy! It's so ironic that we moved house partly so I could have a craft room but I haven't managed to spend much time in in yet.

I had a migraine yesterday so housey stuff went on the backburner when I had recovered and I made a card last night using some of my new Creative Expressions stamps. This is how my desk looks this morning! Messy! But hopefully quite quick to tidy up :-) I finally had a play blending inks with my brushes I got in February when I was demonstrating at Farnborough for Ali Craft. I am linking up to Julia's blog to show off my desk. If you want to share yours and see lots more workspaces why not hop over there now!
Have a lovely Wednesday. I promise to be back in the morning to share a photo of my card.
Jane
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WOYWW - I've moved!!

I haven't moved house but I have moved my Craft area within my house. I have moved my craft desk and all my stash to my hallway downstairs and my desk is tucked nice and neatly under the stairs.

I have some work in progress on my desk. Some cards made with Pollycraft images and images from Di's Digi downloads. The cards all have sewing on them and are laid out on the desk with glitter glue drying on them. It is much nicer having my desk downstairs rather than in my room as I feel much more part of everything else going on...
...and I get to spend much more time with Charley too :-)
I hope you enjoy having a look at my very tidy desk, if you would like to see more workdesks, please pop over to Julia's for loads more!
Have a great Wednesday!
Jane
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WOYWW - mess from a finished card

My first day of commuting to London for my course went well even though the train journey home was a bit long and boring. The course content started to make sense in the afternoon so I am not too worried about going back tomorrow.

I decided to make a card when I came home for a Wedding with two grooms so I got to work with some Lori Boyd images. I had decided to craft to relax but this did not happen as everything that could go wrong with this card did and I am not 100% happy with the card. I didn't feel like tidying up when I finished so my desk is messy, it actually looks a lot worse in real life! If you would like to see more desks and maybe share a photo of yours, please pop over to Julia's for some WOYWW fun!
Jane
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WOYWW - Ally Pally stash!

Just a quick post this Wednesday as I think the piccie speaks for itself....this is what I bought last Sunday!

I hope you have fun looking through my new stash, this is the 1st time I have got it all out and had a look at it! Now I need to find somewhere for it to live. If you want to see more desks, please pop over to Julia's for some What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday fun!
Jane
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WOYWW? Some Funky Stuff!!

I will keep it short and sweet today as I am rushing about as usual! Here is my desk today. Nearly tidy after I took some photos of some Funky Hand wordbooks I made with Anice's new Wordbook download last night.

Hmmm, just realised you can see the mess under my desk from this angle...If you would like to see some tidier desks and some very inspirational work areas, please pop over to Julia's for some What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday fun!
Jane
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WOYWW?

My desk is quite tidy today even though it did see some crafty action last night. I received lots of stamps for a commission earlier this week so stamped out all the images ready to get started when the paper I ordered from Crafty Emma's Store arrive.

There are a few little packets strewn over my desk which contain lovely ribbons and buttons I ordered from The Ribbon Girl which I intend to use in my Project. When I was looking through them last night, I was so inspired by one little button, I made the card you can see on the desk! I love it when inspiration strikes like that!
I hope you have enjoyed looking at my desk, if you would like to see more or share a photo of yours, please pop over to Julia's where you will receive a warm welcome!
Have a great Wednesday!
Jane
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WOYWW???

I missed WOYWW 3 weeks in a row due to my holidays and being ill last week. Now I am back and my desk is messy. I didn't make any cards last night but I did do some sewing. I made a keyring and 4 pincushions which I will be selling at the Fair I will be doing in November.

There are various other random items on the desk, some punched leftovers, my phone as I forgot to put it back after speaking to my Mum and Dad, my work badge and my hair/ribbon straighteners :-)
There are also some red felt hearts I cut out of thick red felt. I have made one into a brooch but I am not sure if I like it yet...
I hope you have enjoyed having a look around my desk and and can forgive me my mess! If you would like to see lots more desks and maybe share a photo of yours, please pop over to the lovely Julia's blog.
Have a great Wednesday and don't forget to enter my blog candy (link is in the sidebar).
Jane
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WOYWW and some Funky News!!

It's Wednesday already! I have been so busy for the past few days I actually had to tidy my desk before I could finish off and pack up what I was working on.
My desk looks relatively tidy now although my scraps are a complete mess and I think I need to sort through them! I bought some Marianne design Flower dies yesterday and I want to cut a few to try them out so that should make a small dent in the pile.
There is another magazine comission packed up ready to send in the box. It was something a bit different for me and I really enjoyed the Challenge. The past few days I have been playing with my Nesties a lot. A various points they have been spread over my floor, bed etc...I borrowed the idea of storing them in this CD box from Clare Curd but it is not really working for me. I guess if I was a crafter who put the last thing they used away before I took the next thing it would....those of who who have seen my desk at it's worst know that I am not that organised. I am more of a tip it all out, have a rummage, stuff it all back in a hurry 4 hours later because there is no room left on the floor to be able to leave the room to go to the loo without breaking anything!
Anyway....I mentioned in my post header that I had some Funky News to share. I found out at the weekend that I have made it on to the Funky Hand Design Team! Amazingly exciting news! I can't wait to get started and am so honoured to have been chosen to work with such talented ladies who I have admired since I started crafting!

I will be having a little break from crafting for the next couple of weeks but will still be around to share my DT projects and some bits and pieces I have made recently but not yet shown. It is time to have a bit of a rest and recharge my mojo to be fresh and ready for lots more!
I hope you have enhoyed looking at my desk and apologies for the long post! If you want to see more desks, please pop over to Julia's for more WOYWW fun!
Jane
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WOYWW - work in progress...

It's Wednesday again already! The weeks are flying by this year, it will be Christmas before we know it so it's lucky I made a Christmas card last night!

This was my desk when I finished working on a couple of Projects last night. I received 2 new release stamps from Squigglefly and I made one little Cupcake cutie into a quick shaped card and then I made a sample for Di's Digis website which will go in my basket as a start to making my family Christmas cards.
There is a new tin on my desk. I treated myself to a Cath Kidston buttons tin in the sale last weekend, I have the matching threads tin but refuse to buy them full price even though I LOVE anything Cath Kidston!
I hope you enjoy having a snoop around my desk. If you would like to see more desks and workspaces please pop over to Julia's blog for more and why not share a picture of yours too?
Have a great Wednesday and Jack says thanks for all his birthday wishes you sent him :-)
Jane
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WOYWW? Mess, mess, mess!

Here is my desk today, it's messy and I actually cleared some debris before taking this photo! I have been mega busy this week with orders, DT projects etc and I had a bit of excitement at the end of last week when I received the latest copy of Quick cards as my cards are featured in their Quick makes section and they have also published another 2 cards of mine in a subscriber only feature. I have officially been published as a 'Designer'!

In amongst the rubbish on my desk there is a completed Pollycraft project, a tube of pencils I hope to alter soon, some of my favourite string and a pad of freebie papers I simply love and will be using for yet another Project.
I hope you enjoy looking though my mess and if you want to see more desks and workspaces and maybe share yours too, please pop over to Julia's blog for more WOYWW fun!
Have a great Wednesday!
Jane
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A bit late...WOYWW

Better late than never...here is my desk today. It's tidy. I felt bad about scaring some WOYWWers last week so had a big tidy up. I. finished the albums I mentioned last week, there is a post with photos of them here. Not done much over the past few days as I have been feeling unwell. I have been sleeping a lot and am really achey and have a sore throat and muggy head :-(

There is a basket of finished cards on the desk, some still need to be photographed before bagging as they are for an order from my local craft/gift shop. The paper on the left is for another wedding card I have planned for when I am feeling better. I hope you enjoy having a look around my desk, if you want to see more, please pop over to Julia's for more photos of desks and Workspaces.
Will try and visit a few desks now before going for another sleep.
Enjoy the rest of your Wednesday.
Jane
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What's on your Workdesk Wednesday?

My desk today is a mess again. I had a busy evening making some vulture's wings for my Son to wear in his School play this month. He is one of the vultures from the Jungle Book and needed some wings. A large cardboard box, some grey lining fabric, a glue gun, several burns and hours later and we have 2 wings which will have to do! They are not perfect but I think we will get away with them!

I received an interesting commission yesterday to make 2 matching albums telling the story of how two teenage sweethearts met to give to them as part of their Birthday presents. I did lots of rummaging through my stash for bits and pieces and papers to use and have settled on Elzybells stamps to help me tell the story.
I have a lot of them and think with some cutting sticking and a bit of altering, I can use them to illustrate the themes. I have a package of bits to take to my 'customer' to show and check I am going in the right direction. I made lots of cards this weekend, there is a pile of new Pollycraft cards on my tissue box which were made with new images yet to be released, they are a bit different and I know you are going to love them!
I hope you enjoy having a rummage around my desk, if you want to see more and maybe share a piccie of yours, please pop over to Julia's blog for more WOYWW fun!
Have a great Wednesday!
Jane
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WOYWW - a complete and utter mess!

Here is my desk today looking very shambolic and messy! I had a crafting session last night to make the Christening card which is on my desk. The session started with a 35 mins hunt for a cross charm which I knew I had somewhere! I found it eventually in a small box which was inside a bigger box full of ribbons!
My organisation did not last long!


I will keep this brief as I am off to work soon...there are lots of bits and pieces on the desk which I used to make the card and lots that I didn't. My treasured Easel from Julia is hiding at the back :-) I hope you enjoy having a snoop around my desk...if you want to see more please hop over to Julia's
Have a great Wednesday :-)
Jane
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What's on your Workdesk Wednesday???

It's Wednesday already so time for a bit of Workdesk sharing. After my serene organisation from last week, I have a bit of mess to share with you today. This was the desk as it looked at bedtime last night. I made a gift which I cannot reveal yet and a mini card last night. The mini card is on my desk and I will be posting it tomorrow.

There are lots of things in my desk this week. The scraps system is working well and I have made quite a few cards since it's introduction using just scraps. There is a pile of new buttons on my desk I got at a bargain price from Hobbycraft last week. I love American crafts and Making memories and there were lots of bargains at Hobbycraft last week from those ranges. I couldn't resist treating myself!
I will try and come to visit more desks this week, I was so busy last week I didn't get round to many of you!
Thanks for all the lovely comments you left last week!
I hope you enjoyed rummaging through my mess, if you want to see more desks, please pop over to Julia's blog for more WOYWW fun.
I hope you have a lovely Wednesday.
Jane
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WOYWW - Serene organisation

I have been decluttering...a lot...I spent a lot of time over the past few days sorting through my stash and I was ruthless in getting rid of what I will not use. I still have masses of stash left but now I can actually see what I have which helps a lot before starting a Project!

My shelves over my desk have never been this organised, at the weekend, I bought the little clear plastic drawers to the left of my shelf for £1.00 at a car boot sale. Most of my Promarkers are in there now with little dots on the caps so I can see the colours more easily. My buttons, ribbons, bling, rosebud flowers are also on these shelves, the basket is full of tapes and foam pads.

The tubs on the hanging rail are still messy, not had time to sort them out yet! The letter rack on the desk was another bargain for £1.00 from the car boot sale, it holds my scraps and most used glues, scissors and other tools.
These shelves are over the TV next to my desk. My cuttlebug lives here with dies, the drawers have rubber stamps in and other little embellishments. Above are my papers and lots more ribbons.
I hope you have enjoyed this little tour of my craft space. If you want to see more, please pop over to Julia's, you could even show us your workspace, it would be a good week to start as What's on your Workdesk Wednesday was one year old last week so this is the start of a brand new year of desk sharing!
Have a wonderful Wednesday!
Jane
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WOOO HOOOO! It's the WOYWWAC!!!

It's finally here! WOYWW week #52. The lovely Julia has been sharing her desk and allowing everyone else to share theirs with the world for one whole year. I first took part in October, I searched for my first WOYWW post and it is quite funny to see how empty and tidy my desk was compared to today.


I have actually had a bit of a clear out and got rid of a few bits and pieces I didn't want anymore and moved a few bits around. It's tidy as any recent crafting was done downstairs on the table as I was watching our Puppy.
Thanks to those of you who suggested storage solutions for my 12x12, in particular my good friend Pauline who works down the corridor from me and is an expert Scrapbooker as she suggested the RUB boxes and the 12x12 hanging files. I received mine yesterday and I have started to fill it up.


Now on to the important bit, I have been dying to share this since I made it last week! MY WOYWWAC challenge piece is an altered tissue box complete with the WOYWW letters.

I bought a tissue box blank from Hobbycraft and really went to town decorating it.... first I covered the lid, all the papers used are from My Mind's Eye. I added some Cosmo Cricket trim around the edge of the lid...

...I covered Chipboard letters with coordinating papers and embellished each side of the cube...
...I used all my favourite things, string, buttons, flowers, gems.....
.....I also added paper flowers and lots of butterflies.....
....I distressed the edge of each letter with inks to make it stand out against the background better. I am soooo pleased with this and it looks so pretty on my desk. Thank you so much Julia for all the hard work you put in to WOYWW each week and Thanks also to all you lovely ladies who comment on my desk every week. You are all wonderful and I am so lucky to have you as regular visitors to my little blog.
I hope you have enjoyed this extra special WOYWW and don't forget if you want to see more desks and Challenge pieces, please pop over to Julia's.
I am also entering this tissue box into this month's Sir Stampalot challenge which is to use punches, all the butterflies on my box were punched with Martha Stewart and a pop up butterfly punch.
Have a Wonderful Wednesday!
Jane
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What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday???

Here is my desk today. It's tidy. I tidied it Monday night when I had some quiet time as my Hubby and the boys were at Wembley. No crafting yesterday, not much at all since last week really as I have been suffering with my eyes. I managed to catch Ryan's eye infection and had been treating it since last week with eyedrops I bought over the counter. It wasn't really getting any better and I tried to book an appointment Monday at the doctor's, no luck there unfortunately. Yesterday, I woke up and my left eye was all swollen and very sore and I couldn't really see properly! I didn't want to risk driving to work and managed to get in to the doctor's and now have some stronger eyedrops with antibiotics and steroids which seem to be slowly working.


I seem to be catching everything that is going around this year, I think I need to shut myself away in my room away from all the germs! There is not much to talk about on the desk this week. I did find my glue pot lid when I was tidying. It was under the desk so there was no way any of you WOYWWers would have been able to see it but thanks to all of you who looked for it.
My box of Nesties is on my desk, it is struggling to hold my growing collection now, I will have to look for an alternative storage solution. I have been looking into different ways of storing my 12x12 papers but have not found an appropriate solution yet due to my lack of space.
There is a magazine on the desk, a letter a sent in is printed in there with a photo of a watering can I made, it is the Star letter so I am looking forward to receiving a bumper pack of goodies!
Anyway, I have rambled on far too long! I hope you enjoy looking around my desk and if you want to see more, please pop over to Julia's, you may even feel like sharing a piccie of your workspace.
Hope to see you there!
Jane
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WOYWW - an organised mess...

It's Wednesday, time for me to show you what is on my desk. I made a card last night for the Willow Sketchie Challenge and tidied up after and this is how the desk looks now.

There is still the stack of finished cards leaning against a box, you can see a sneaky peek of my Willow Designs card, there are some new Nesties which I received yesterday and some lovely new 'My Cute stamp ' stamps I bought from Emily at Make the Day special plus a little bonus gift from her to play with :-)
The Tunnocks tea cakes box is empty....I ate these on Sunday as a treat (not all 6 at once but in a few sittings...love 'em and hadn't had them for aaaaaaaaaages!!!)
Have a lovely Wednesday, if you want to see more desks and share a picture of yours, please pop over to the very talented and wise Julia's blog for more desk sharing fun!
Jane
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WOYWW and some ATCs

It's Wednesday today so time to show off my desk again for WOYWW. It is tidy today but don't be fooled into thinking this has been a craft free house for the past few days. I was working downstairs yesterday colouring some of Paula's lovely images for her next release. You are going to love them! I had a bit of a disaster last night, I had spread out all my scraps and stamps and finished two cards when I spilt a glass of squash everywhere!
I managed to save the Projects I was working on and the Kraft box you can see on the desk but a lot of my scraps are now gone :-(

I thought I would also share some ATCs I made for Paul's swap this month. I used some My Cute Stamps stamps I bought in Farnborough, the paper is some DCWV Christmas paper and it matches the American Crafts ribbon perfectly.

I hope you enjoyed looking around my desk, if you want to see many more and share a piccie of your own, please pop on over to the lovely Julia's blog so join in the WOYWW fun!
Have a wonderful Wednesday!
Jane
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