clearing my desk

hi world
today i decided to clear my desk  of all the atc books i have to do for uk stampers.

i have had some of them on the desk for a couple of weeks while i was doing the invites.

the stamps i have used here were free on a new magazine called simply homemade.
it is a very pretty set especially the bunting.

 i have used a lot of these little purple squares, they were left over from the invites so i thought i should use them up now rather than chuck them or stash them away. the image is much clearer on this atc as it has been embossed with glossy black

 more squares and a paperflower with a glittery center. i have stamped on top with white swirls but it doesn't show up very much.

 the stamped image here is a design emma and i  did for the invites. i made the stamp  using my imagepac  stampmaker. i have got the hang of it now and they are coming out much better. the dandelion clock has been embossed using stardust.

this isn't an atc but an embossed image  which goes into a book with a spare undecorated image for the recipiant to use. 4 others members will add to it as well. the image is from crafty individuals and was free when i re -newed my subscription. it is lovely i think i will use it a lot.
anyway those done, all i have to do is work out who to send them to and post them off. the price of stamps goes up on 1st april so stock up now.

WOYWW94

Hi Wednesday world

This is my desk as I left it last night, just before I watched the new sitcom on BBC3 'white van man'. (quite good, but a bit fast and furious and manic).
anyway i have been trying to make flower brooches for my table top sale  next month. i thought i would get a head start now that i have finished the wedding invites. sorry i can't show them before Emma has seen them can I.
the brooches are mostly made from grunge paper and painted with Tim Holtz dabbers.
they are cut out using the big shot and Marianne's creatable dies. i have also used patterned card and brads for the middle. none of the brooches are actually finished except for the red one in the middle which was made for me by Vicky from work. it is my inspiration for the others. hopefully i will get them finished in the next few days.
here's looking at your desks now. WOYWW94     stamping-ground.blogspot.com/
janet

opps nearly forgot

Hi world,
I have been so busy this week working on Emma's wedding invites i nearly forgot to make my brother in law's birthday card. I remembered just in time (but not to catch the post) sorry Derek.

like most of us, i find it quite difficult to make masculine cards. These images are from elusive images and are perfect for most men.
The backing paper is from basic grey. the calligraphy is stamped in sapphire blue distress ink with smudges of old paper as well. The bicycle was stamped  and embossed before cutting it out with a nestie, sometimes they just don't fit the right size so i decided to crop it a bit, i didn't want to cover up too much of the writing. I also inked the paper flowers to match. this was a nice quick card so i could get back to the invites.  The invites are quite complicated, well not complicated, they just have a lot of elements to make.
Anyway I'm going to relax with a bit of knitting now. there is a new book out called knit your own royal wedding. I'm off to knit prince William for my knitting group!!!!!

on a roll

hi world
i've been on a roll today.

 i have had lots of atc books in a box for a while, just sitting there waiting to be added to and sent on.

i finished all 14, here is a selection.

all of them have been made from bits and pieces left over from other projects.

the little houses are from a tim holtz die cutter.

the paper flower has another flower stamped on top (a freebie from craft stamper mag.

the stamps i used here are from the papermania oriental collection. the tile has been embossed with gloss black embossing powder.

this atc was recycled from my husbands birthday card (well he didn't want to keep it, did he?)

the backing card here is a business card from a coffee house in london, i just liked the design in the background and thought it was too good to throw away. chocolate cake was a perfect partner.

i had some more books in the post today, but they will have to wait, i have wedding invitation to make!!!!

janet