Showing posts with label WOYWW. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WOYWW. Show all posts

Wednesday 13 June 2012

What Is On Your Workdesk Wednesday - (WOYWW)

Hello Wednesday WOYWW hoppers, here is my messy desk for you to peruse...


A very quick piccy showing the piles of mess building up on my desk as I try to get things finished off. But you will also spot the WOYWW anniversary ATC that Donna Louise Rodgers sent me! Thanks Donna, so lovely!

Don't forget to pop on other to Julia's blog to join in the WOYWW hopping.

Kim


Wednesday 30 May 2012

What Is On Your Workdesk Wednesday

Well there are lots of bits and pieces on my workdesk this Wednesday but no actual project. I've just finished three projects and am in the process of sending them off to where they need to get to. Then there is a bit of a tidy up and ready for the next projects!


Yep, that is the inside of a toilet roll on my desk.

That's what is going on with me...how about you?

Catch you later at Julia's place for more WOYWW.

Kim



Wednesday 23 May 2012

What Is On Your Workdesk Wednesday - Three Things

My desk is back in its rightful place this week, unlike last week when it was just a pile of stuff on the floor and a stressed Kimberley trying to tidy up - only the worst thing ever after finishing a project!

Anyway my desk is full of stuff I'm in the middle of playing working with...


but I thought I would give you a sneak at three of them - some inks, an almost finished commission card and...Ooooo...is that the Eiffel Tower?

Oh yes it is! It's an Eiffel Tower die and it is yummerishus.

Ok I'm out of here, don't forget to drop by Julia's blog to join in the WOYWW fun.

Catch yeah laters crafteraters!

(and yes I do like making words up - I'm waiting for them to make it into the Oxford English Dictionary - one day, one day!)

Kim


Wednesday 16 May 2012

What Is On Your Workdesk Wednesday - WOYWW


Yikes!


It got a bit chaotic last week.

So tidying again!

To join the Chaos Club visit Julia's Stamping Ground.

The first rule about Chaos Club is - you don't talk about Chaos Club.

Ooops!

Kim


Wednesday 21 March 2012

What Is On Your Work Desk Wednesday (WOYWW) - COLOURING!

What day is it? Oh I know... it is What Is On Your Work Desk Wednesday! YAY!

Hello WOYWW hoppers how are you all doing today? 

Today my desk is a colouring desk. 

I've been brave and got my Copics out to keep my hand in as they say - I usually reach for my Prismacolor Pencils when I am doing colouring.


The image on the right is my tester as it has been such a long time since I used my Copics. The image on the left is the one I am actually colouring. (The image is the Make It Crafty Elizabeth J in case you needed to know).

If you pop by tomorrow I will show you the finished card, meanwhile have a lovely WOYWW, don't forget to pop around to Julia's blog Stamping Ground to join in.

Kim


Wednesday 14 March 2012

What Is On Your Work Desk Wednesday (WOYWW) - Kuretake Project Box!

Welcome WOYWW-ers how you all doing this Wednesday?

Well this has been on my desk for a couple of days - one of my
'project' boxes. 

If you have popped in to my blog on previous WOYWW you will have seen my project boxes before. I use the boxes you get your scrapbook papers in to store my ongoing projects and this week I've been working on some makes for Kuretake.


The projects are finished now and I'm packing them up ready to go to the post office. If you are really lucky you might get to see them on my blog soon - but only if you are really, really good :)

Don't forget to pop over to Julia's blog to play along with WOYWW.

Catch you later alligator.

Kim

Wednesday 29 February 2012

What Is On Your Work Desk Wednesday (WOYWW) - CHOCOLATE!

Shh! Don't tell ANYONE!

My desk is full of Chocolate...


Purely for art reasons I assure you...Scrunch...Nom, Nom, Nom...I'm not enjoying it for one minute...Scrunch...Nom...Nom...Nom...oh no! 

Oh and if you are looking for the finished Sardine Tin from a WOYWW post a couple of weeks ago then check out this post.

Sardines and chocolate? Now that's a thought!


Wednesday 15 February 2012

What Is On Your Work Desk Wednesday (WOYWW) - Sardine Tin!

YAY! Wednesday is here again! Welcome WOYWW hoppers, nice to see you all!

Ok so I spy on my suprisingly tidy desk...A Sardine Tin, some wire, some Washi tape:


Any regular viewers to my blog will know I'm a bit of a sardine tin altering nerd. This one is going to be for Julie Kirk's A Month Of Sunrays.

Tune in later to see how it turns out.

Meanwhile back to Wednesday - go check out Julia Dunnit for more WOYWW fun!

Sardine you later!

Kim

[EDIT: p.s. I get the Washi Tape from Washi Tapes]

Wednesday 8 February 2012

What's On Your Work Desk Wednesday (WOYWW) - Project Box!


This week I have what I call a project box on my desk. I save the 'pizza' boxes that the 12x12s come in and use them to protect and store the projects I'm working on.



Today I'm working on a commission so I can't show you it, in fact if I showed you it I would have to kill you. Erm, ok so it isn't that top secret! LOL!

Appart from the project box, look how tidy my desk is this week! SHOCK! We had a guest over at the weekend so I had packed everything away, but don't worry the mess will resume for your visit next week.

Enjoy your WOYWW hopping and don't forget to start over at Julia's blog Stamping Ground.

Kim

Wednesday 1 February 2012

What's On Your Work Desk Wednesday (WOYWW) - Notebooks!

If it is Wednesday then it must be What's On Your Work Desk Wednesday (WOYWW)! This week I have some notebooks on my desks to do some smashing and messing, sticking and doodling! 


Gotta love a bit of stationery! You should see Sarah and her 'Smashing' haul - yep we do love a bit of stationery!


I could not resist this fab date stamp and stickers, this one I blame on Lee Jepson leading me astray :)


But what have I got to show for it? Well, a little bit of doodling and a work in process with some photographs I've been playing with.


If you haven't started a gluey/ sticky/ doodly book then you really should add it to your repertoire it is just such good fun!

Well, I'll be off so don't forget to drop by Julia's blog to join the WOYWW fun.

Catch you later!
Kim

Wednesday 25 January 2012

What Is On Your Work Desk Wednesday (WOYWW) - RUST!

Yep, I have a rusty desk today, well to be honest I have had a rusty desk for the last few days as I'm rusting a few things in batches.


I thought it would make a good WOYWW so don't forget to pop on over to Julia's blog to join in the fun!

If you want to know how I do it then read on, if not than just whiz on down to the comments to say WOYWW 'Hi'.

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A couple of folks asked how I do my rusting after posting this make from last week:


I've rusted the fabric - the key was an already rusted find.

If any of you have seen my 'The Machinist' make in the September 2011 issue of the Craft Stamper you would have spotted a clue as to how I rust stuff but here are some more details...

You will need:
Rusting Powder 
White vinegar
Water
Things to rust
Bowl/tray/old newpaper/plastic sheets
Glue stick/Acrylic wax (Optional)


I set myself up a space to rust and layer up some plastic sheets and newspaper to protect the surface of my desk or tray or whatever you are rusting in/on - this is going to be messy!

Fabric - If you are rusting fabric give it a soak in a solution made from one part water - a little bit more than one part white vinegar. You can happily use 100% vinegar but I'm a cheap skate!  The more evenly saturated the fabric the more even the rust covering will be so if you want some areas more rusted than others experiment with the length of time you saturate the fabrics, where you put the rusting powder or only saturate parts of the fabric. You can play with rubber bands wrapped roughly around the fabric to get 'tie-dye' like patterns too.

Sprinkle on the rusting powder and allow the rust to develop as the fabric dries.


TIP - I also add bits of metal or previously rusted items to my rusting and rust layers of soaked fabrics in a bundle. You get some interesting intensities and patterns. If you are lucky you might have a bit of copper in the metal and you will get some lovely greens developing too. You can keep adding soaked fabric to the original rusted fabric to rust more pieces, you might need to add a little more vinegar solution each time. 

When you are finished let the fabric dry completely and then brush off the rusty bits you no longer want.

Card/Paper - There are a couple of ways of rusting card and paper. I often cover bits of the paper and card with a glue stick and add the powder to the glue then sprinkle with the vinegar solution. Let the rust develop as the card/paper dries.

You can then use this piece as a base to rust other card or paper by soaking a new piece of card/paper in the vinegar solution and layering it on top of the original rusted piece and let it dry again.


Plastic - You can rust all sorts of things and I have had fun rusting non-rustable items such as plastic buttons or metal that won't rust etc. Add glue stick to the plastic to be rusted, sprinkle on the rusting powder and some vinegar solution and let it dry. If you are worried the rust will fall off then seal the object with a little bit of gel medium or a layer of polymer medium which dries clear. I think this is where the acrylic wax comes in to it's own, but as I don't have any I use the glue stick and a sealant!

Heavy gel medium is great for attaching the heavy rusted elements to your work, I've been using the one from Golden.


So you can use your rusted items in your work such as with these rusted cogs in this altered sardine tin make:



Or use your fabric to stamp on and stitch into:


Yumsk!

Have fun with this one and I would love to see what you do with it, so don't forget to leave a link to any makes.

Kim


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Wednesday 18 January 2012

What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday - WOYWW

What is this? I've managed to join the WOYWW revellers on two consecutive weeks? Shock!

Yay! Hello WOYWW-ers!

I thought I would show another mini-journal page this week on my rather untidy work space. I've been playing working with PanPastel and Zig Millennium pen.


With a little bit of old map page altering, well tiny really - the ickle house on the hill. It is only a little bit of cutesy journalling fun :)

If you want to join in the WOYWW fun then don't forget to pop on over to Julia's blog Stamping Ground!

Catch you later Jounallaters!

Kim

Wednesday 11 January 2012

What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday - WOYWW

Mid-week check up!

How are you all doing? What have you all been up to since Monday? It's commission land here, been a bit obsessed trying to finish something off but I did spend a little time playing with some acrylic inks and my ZIG Writer pen


I meant to show it to you last week for a bit of colourful fun but I've just been totally focussed on this commission.

 I thought I would link it up to the lovely Julia's What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday (WOYWW) 136. My first of the year!

Better get back to work...

Catch you later.
Kim

Wednesday 30 November 2011

What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday - WOYWW

I wasn't planning to post anything on my blog today but then I remembered that it is What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday and I haven't joined in the fun for ages, so I thought I would do a quick WOYWW post.

Well, it isn't quite a workdesk I have to show but a bit of work on some digital papers I'm designing. I haven't done any paper crafting with actual paper since Friday - SHOCK! But I have been doing lots of digital work in the last few days.

So on my Digital Workdesk today is:


I'm calling this one Distressed Harlequin - well that is its working title at the moment.

Don't forget to join in the WOYWW fun by popping over to Julia's lovely blog Stamping Ground.

Catch you later.

Kim



Wednesday 3 August 2011

What Is On Your Work Desk Wednesday

What is this? They aren't paints! Interlopers! What are they doing on my work desk today?



Mmm now I wonder how they would look on...

Not content with just painting my makes, it's now spreading to my body too as witnessed in yesterday's post! Spot the finger nails. LOL! mmm so what next?

Don't forget to join in the WOYWW with Julia!

Catch you later.
Kim


Wednesday 29 June 2011

What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday

Every now and then I like to scare you with piccies of my messy workspace and you lucky guys today is one of those days!

I've been trying to finish three commissions which all had to be sent today if I was to make the deadlines - Oh Boy!

And my workspace now looks like a whirlwind has been through!


I'm sure my work desk is getting smaller!

I thought that I would join in What Is On Your Work Desk Wednesday as I haven't for a while! So pop on over to Julia's blog Stamping Ground to join in the fun!


I was in vacation mood for my Make The Day Special make yesterday with these fab travelling stamps from the Unity All About The Journey kit! Where would be your perfect holiday destination? 

Right got to go and post some commissions.

Catch you later!

Kim

Wednesday 27 April 2011

What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday...Tidy Version

Ta - Da...A clean and tidy workspace! See here for the Before Photo!


This photo is from Sunday and it is still this tidy today! SHOCK! I'm trying to keep it in order - check back next week to see how well that went LOL!

As always the lovely Julia has the WOYWW list.

Have a fab Wednesday.

Kimx

Wednesday 30 March 2011

WOYWW And A Collage Backgrounds Tutorial

It's What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday (pop on over to Julia's blog to find out more) and on my desk I have:


Some bits and pieces to recycle into art!

I have a tutorial to share but for the WOYWWs feel free to hop on to the next person!

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A number of folk have asked about how I make the backgrounds that I've been using in recent makes so here you go folks!

The photo above gives you a clue at some of the things I use for my backgrounds: old books, music scores, maps, magazines, newspaper, telephone books, old dress patterns. You can use this technique on all sorts of bits and pieces.


What you need is your collage material and a base card to work on; I use old scraps, and the thickness will depend on what you subsequently want to use the piece for. As a starting point try some card of over 240gsm to play with.

I have a dedicated glue brush for all my glue work, a little nylon bristle paint brush. You want to dilute some PVA to the consistency of single cream, I usually store mine in an old bottle. You might also want to have a mini-bottle of water to hand and to work on a plastic sheet.


I've torn my collage materials into strips; you can make the pieces as small or as big as you want but bear in mind what the final piece will be used for and, if it's going to be something small, you might want to make the collage pieces small otherwise you won't get that lovely texture of the torn edges.


To start, spread a layer of the diluted PVA over the base card and don't let it dry, you can always spritz with water to keep it moist.


Start adding your strips of collage materials to the wet base card and brush more diluted PVA over the top. If you are working with collage material that is glossy or thick, it is a good idea to brush the underside with diluted PVA before putting onto the base card. You want the collage pieces to be pretty saturated with the PVA.

Everything is going to get pretty wet and pretty sticky! But that's the fun bit!

I add my pieces as randomly as I can and not really worrying which way around the collage piece is.


So keep adding bits to the base card, with a layer of diluted PVA, then a new strip of collage material and a layer of diluted PVA over the top and, if you need, spritz with water if you think areas are drying or add more diluted PVA.

If you are working on a plastic sheet then once the card is dry it should just peel off of the plastic. But I often peel mine off whilst wet and dry it on the top of some flat-topped paint bottles. It will take a while to dry, often taking overnight, but you can help it along with a heat tool if you are that impatient!

Need some more ideas? How about...



Use your collage with distress inks















Use your collage with paints











Use with watercolour pens like the ZIG Art and Graphic Twin from Kuretake












Using textured card, like corrugated card, as the base card














Pass the collaged card through a die-cutting machine in an embossing folder
















Use fabric as the collage pieces












Yep, the possibilities are endless and I can't wait to see what you do!

Have fun

Kim


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