Whats on your Workdesk Wednesday

Evening All
Have you had a busy day? I have.
As today is Wednesday I have decided to share a picture of my work desk.

I'm actually cheating slightly as this picture was taken last Wednesday, but I'm afraid that it is no tidier this week than it was last. If anything it is probably worse lol.
I think I must have cleared up a little bit, because this looks remarkably clear compared to most of the time. I am constantly loosing things under piles of paper, stamps and dies.

As you can see the TV 'clicker' is never far from reach. I do have to have background when I'm crafting, and there is bound to be a coffee cup in there somewhere as well.
I will try and share the results of all this mess over the next couple of days, but I have had trouble loading some pictures onto my laptop.
You would be very proud of me given how rubbish I am with technology. I thought thay had gone forever, but I have managed to find them, it is just taking me a while to move them to where I can edit them.
Wow I sound like I know what I'm doing don't I. Don't be fooled it was sheer luck :O)
Bye for now.
Hugs Kimx

Why does Barbara make it look so easy??

Evening Everyone,
I survived another day at work, and now I have started a couple of days holiday.
Well I call it that but actually it is a chance to catch up on some DT 'work', definitely my kind of holiday lol.
First on my list of Things to Do is prepping for my class on Saturday where Davina has requested Gilding Flakes / Gold Leaf.
I confess that I don't play with this medium as often as I should, and now I remember why. I am covered in it!! Why does Barbara make it look so easy on the TV.
I'm actually quite glad that it hasn't been too warm today because I haven't had to have the fan on, which quite frankly would have been a disaster.
Sorry folks I'm wishing for dull and miserable on Saturday and then we won't have to have the windows open or the fans on then either lol.
As usual I got carried away with playing and haven't got around to finishing a card yet, so I thought that I would give you a sneak peek of my work desk instead.

Messy or what??
There is a fabulous blog where everyone can share Whats On Your Workdesk Wednesday (WOYWW).
It would be quite wrong of me to link tonights post as there is absolutely no way that I will find the time to stop in on everyone, but do have a look if you get the chance.
It is actually quite gratifying to see that I am not the only one who works in utter chaos.

Ciaran has his school assembly tomorrow morning and I have promised him that I will come and watch, if I am awake in time that is. At this rate I suspect that I will be watching it as filmed by Mum, I was quite looking forward to a bit of a lie in.
That's a point I must remember to turn off my alarm, it's set for 5am!!
Off to bed now, I have a busy day ahead of me.
Night night.
hugs Kimx

Happy Birthday Jenni, I can share at WOYWW now!!

Evening Everyone

Well here it is, Wednesday again, and I am ashamed to admit that this is what my work space looked like when I left for work this morning.
A couple of Girlfriends popped round to play yesterday evening and when they went home I just couldn't face tidying up properly, so I just cleared the dining room table in order that the Grandchildren could have breakfast today, and then dumped everything onto my desk.
But as it is Wednesday at least now I can share the project that I was working on last week when I linked to WOYWW, cause today is my daughter Jenni's birthday.
Happy Birthday Hun I hope that you have had a fabulous day.
She has decided on Chinese for dinner - Birthday Person always gets to choose what we have for dinner - so this card is even more appropriate lol.

The black Bamboo panels were created using Sticky Embossing powder, foil and Pearlex, a technique that I will be teaching at Davina's on Saturday afternoon.
I was playing with this for the Koi Carp card but the colours weren't right so it ended up here.

This little cutie is Japanese Tilda.
I have coloured her using distress inks and then paper pieced her Kimono from Japanese paper.
The burgundy card has been dry embossed using a butterfly folder and the panels behind Tilda has been cut out using a Nestie.

 The circular greeting is from Lili of the Valley, and the Heart Swirl Branch is a DooHickey.
I managed to find the Happy Birthday on a Woodware clear stamp set FRCL070 Oriental Ladies.
I hope you feel that it was worth the wait to see the finished article.
By happy accident I have made this in my daughter's favourite colours.

Oh and by the way this is what my desk looks like now, ready for a burst of activity tomorrow, I hope.
What a difference a clean up makes lol.
I am sneezing like mad, with a barking cough, but I have so much to do, as always.
Lets hope that the tablets that I have just taken mean that I will be able to breathe properly in a minute or two and then I can maybe get some sleep.
Not looking hopeful so far :(
hugs Kimx

WOYWW week 140

Hi Guys.

Well it is Wednesday again. 

I can't believe how quickly it comes round. 

It is week 140 over at What's on Your Workdesk? Wednesday so this is a look at what my work desk looked like when I left for work this morning.

I have kept my started creation tantalisingly just out of shot, mean or what lol.

I hope that I can get my card finished later this evening so that I can share it with you. 

I'm really pleased with it so far, but who knows what it will look like in the end. 

Stop by later and hopefully you will find out.

Happy Crafting 

hugs Kimx

What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday 139

Evening Everyone,
Well I have officially impressed myself, I have managed to post every day during January. Not sure that I will be able to keep it up but I will certainly try.
Today though it is Wednesday so it is WOYWW, time to share what my desk looks like at the moment...........a mess. Well creative clutter actually to most except my family lol.

In the background are the leftover bits from a previous card, and in the foreground the start of a birthday card for one of the kids that my daughter looks after.
I really will have to get a shift on as it is his birthday on Friday but I have run out of steam tonight so it's a late dinner and then bedtime.
Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Kimx

Whats on Your Worktop Wednesday (WOYWW)

Evening Everyone,

I decided I would share my Worktop with you since it is Wednesday, and I found the WOYWW site while I was doing my commenting for Crafty Cardmakers.

I really am not the tidiest of crafters as you can see from my desk this afternoon. I never quite know how a project is going to look when I first start, so I end up with a heap of papers, dies, flowers, inks..... you name it, and it is probably there somewhere.

Of course there has to be a cup of coffee there as anyone who knows me will tell you, I don't function without coffee lol.
I never seem to finish any of them though, and so far I haven't ended up with one all over my work, although that is now probably the kiss of death to that.

This is a sneak peek of  the card that I have been working on today. I will try and get it finished so that I can share it later. 

My coffee is cold now so I had better make another one :)

Happy Crafting.

hugs Kimx