WOYWW (a day late...)

Yes I know, bad me, I managed to go for one whole week before I missed whats on your workdesk wednesday, but I've decided who cares if its a day late as long as the other WOWWYer's get to see my craft area. Right?

So I haven't really done much crafting this week so to show a photo of my desk would be extremely boring, and I remember someone commenting (Julia I think, but I could be wrong) last week that I would need more drawers than the tiny red ones my stamps are in so I thought I'd show that I have many, many drawers lol. Here are three, that are a filing cabinet.

This is the top drawer which has all my stamped images, card, mirri card, paper stacks etc. The post-it notes are my way are knowing whats in which file lol, I keep meaning to make proper tags for them.

This one has random things in like sketch pads, books, a sentiment stamp set my dad got me from America, and a lot of my embellishments which I really need to start using up lol. I think I need to re-organise my craft stuff again. *sighs*

Finally, this is my bottom drawer. Theres another sketch pad on top there lol, I seem to have several. In the purple box there is a load of card blanks and envelopes.  That box thats peeping out in the top right corner has a stapler in it that uses those decorative staples. I bought it at the stitch and creative craft show thinking it was brilliant but I've barely used it.

Oh and I know I said I haven't really done any crafty stuff but I did add paper to the front of some ikea drawers I bought ages ago. I put all random bits from my room in them, like my ipod and d.s chargers and so on. I think its really pretty now lol, can't believe it took me so long to do it, I might still paint the outside of the drawers yet though. xx

Rachael has...

Hi all, I've just been to our nearby polling station and placed my vote. I won't tell you who I voted for because thats the whole point of secret voting :) All I'll say is that I believe that I made the right choice but only time will tell. Right now I'm watching home and away, where Miles has gone off his rocker!

Anyway, here is a card I made the other week.

I used a cuttlebug embossing folder on the card base, and my EK border punch. The budgies are a pic from a cardmakers library book that I traced, there are so many lovely pictures in the book, I'll definitely be using more of them.

The image on this one is a stamp from Kraftin Kimmie called Charlotte, I'm loving Kimmie's stamps, I only have two but I plan to buy many, many more. I also used my new nesties on it. The paper is from a old stack I have, and goodness knows where the ribbon is from lol. I have a habit of forgetting what brand things are and I can't be faffed to go upstairs and find out.

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My first ever WOYWW!

I am proud of me remembering that its Wednesday and taking a photo of my desk so I can participate in "Whats On Your Workdesk Wednesday" Go me!! lol I meant to do it last week but the days got away from me. So here it is:

Okay so top right-hand corner are my little red plastic drawers which have my wood mounted stamps in, and the bus shaped tin which I put my latest made cards into. Also you'll be able to see the little snail :) Its one of those wind-up ones. Um at the back in the middle theres my promarker case, I love those pens, they're the first things I grab when making a card. Top left is my pen holder thing that has all my rulers, scissors, pens, kinfes etc in it. The teddy bear in a car stamp is one my mum bought from hobbycrafts on monday, but i've sort of acquired it lol, all the other pics are images I've stamped, theres Kraftin Kimmie's Suzette, a mouse stamp, and several others. Oh and I bought some quilling strips because I want to try and make a quilled cupcake I saw in a magazine.

Here's a photo of the things I got from Hobbycraft with a voucher I got for my birthday, I only went a tiny bit over :) lol.

All done :)

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Is in the middle of...

...tidying her desk. Why is it that because of my desk and crafty area being in my bedroom that it becomes a dumping ground? Hmmm I think I just answered my own question lol. So now I need to put it all away so I can photograph the cards that I have made recently, and then make some new ones with my recent crafty buys, including the lovely Kate Knight papers I got with a magazine today, and a flowersoft stamp (won't be actually using flowersoft with it though lol) that I bought from a car boot when I was away in the caravan this weekend with my mum and dad. Oh and the gorgeous mousey stamp my mum got my for my birthday which was on Friday. I also plan to join WOYWW (whats on your workdesk wednesday) a fantastic blog where every wednesday craft bloggers from all over the world show photos of their craft areas/rooms/desks. I tell you I am so envious of some of the ones I see. I won't come out with the usual mumbo jumbo about promising to post more reguarly, but I'm going to at least attempt to post more than once in a blue moon.

Ta-ta lol. x

I'm actually getting organised!

I've got a craft desk, I've got a craft desk!! I kept going green with envy everytime I saw other crafters craft rooms/ areas, so I finally got off my butt and did something about it. I got a simple desk and a wooden filing cabinet to help me get organised. I'm not quite there yet but Ihave got to the point where if I need something I can usually find it within seconds. I've found so much stuff that I forgot that I had! Its shocking. Plus I'm enjoying doing lots of stamping, something which I used to find frustrating because the stamped images would never come out clear enough. I invested in a brilliant ink pad and now I'm zooming :)
Tomorrow I will take a photo of my crafty area (might have to tidy it a bit first lol) and some of my new cards. Fun fun. xx

Bad bad Bad bad Bad

Do you know I tend to get annoyed when someone who's crafty blog I'm watching just ceases to post anything all today. Ironic I know, considering thats what I've been doing, I guess life in general gets in the way. Anyhow on the off chance that anyone actually reads my blog, I felt the need to pop onto here and say hello. I have actually made two cards today, one for my mum and dads wedding anniversary on the 15th, with a cute and the other for my grandads 70th Birthday, although I'm not too sure if i like it or not, theres either something missing or its simply too blah. I'll post them as soon as I take photos with my camera.

What A Lovely Day!

Here are a few more cards I've made lately, the first being one I dont want to give away because its so shinnnyyyy lol! I got the decoupage from a craft fair at Bolton (I've still got three more but I'm reluctant to cut them up lol), and the paper from a set I bought at Hobbycraft, I'm not sure of the make, I'll look it up when I get a chance, but there are some gorgeous, bright colours there.




This one was for my Dad's birthday (obviously!) I told you that you'd be seeing more big letter / number cards. I'm not very good at mens cards, they always seem boring to me, but I really liked making this one.



And onto some non-craftyness, I cleaned out my little goldfishes tank this morning, it had horrible fungus stuff on the glass of the tank, so i emptied a fair bit of the water out then wiped the sides of the tank. Its a nice, clean home for fish now. Now I'm just catching up on Neighbours while updating this and my others sites.

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