tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984556958336113072024-03-13T08:53:23.357+00:00Velvet Moth StudioDiana Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02475927836717719695noreply@blogger.comBlogger465125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698455695833611307.post-55450900674723292862024-03-06T08:58:00.001+00:002024-03-06T08:58:58.091+00:00Mini Collages<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have recently been making little collages and have found them very enjoyable to do and also quite addictive. To get myself organised I</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> decided to make some grid stencils. It's something I was taught to do in an art class many moons ago at college, and it's a useful way of displaying small samples of textiles, textures, techniques and so on.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">These are A4 and fit my sketchbook perfectly - it's neater and quicker than trying to approximate the grid squares or re-measure each time. I made several different sized grids and the effort it took to work out the measurements and cut them out is more than worth it!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixxE-xjHGP33SxRS5U8L2QY5F73dV8XdcDotAL9CvCJ90UJ_hro6CQQ_wF2dF9B0O9I62DQHyxD0lbiyf3IiTUw7HNb1wQE2pkRCHqdwxWHvdIM6UJqCkc9s_MJ6JksrziGrwzM0k-Eg0TPH0FAseA9BpWyDzKa7tANyBwdXmpkZ1tXuwG6hpgFVbUhRLM/s800/collage-grid-template.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixxE-xjHGP33SxRS5U8L2QY5F73dV8XdcDotAL9CvCJ90UJ_hro6CQQ_wF2dF9B0O9I62DQHyxD0lbiyf3IiTUw7HNb1wQE2pkRCHqdwxWHvdIM6UJqCkc9s_MJ6JksrziGrwzM0k-Eg0TPH0FAseA9BpWyDzKa7tANyBwdXmpkZ1tXuwG6hpgFVbUhRLM/w640-h480/collage-grid-template.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This week I picked the words 'Maps' and 'Turquoise' from my prompt jar and have spent a little time each day putting ideas down onto the collage grid. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNKeUxDbDn_gxOsVlKRuZE54VKQMutFbcL_ULM1I8hgku7gwE5OoGqNat2LNG-cexjBx3nAly8Pz7Kndk0WEH6eJMM3pHbGLfn-v77IStzYCtE0XYAxhjEAzx0xdrqiosJ3pzvOuLZVAGJvwuGy15FaRClsdk3JSmMmBF-3mQYRndkabkXIOAPTgmqqPpb/s1067/collage-maps-turquoise-3sig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNKeUxDbDn_gxOsVlKRuZE54VKQMutFbcL_ULM1I8hgku7gwE5OoGqNat2LNG-cexjBx3nAly8Pz7Kndk0WEH6eJMM3pHbGLfn-v77IStzYCtE0XYAxhjEAzx0xdrqiosJ3pzvOuLZVAGJvwuGy15FaRClsdk3JSmMmBF-3mQYRndkabkXIOAPTgmqqPpb/w480-h640/collage-maps-turquoise-3sig.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU_2kKhZFcI9_-2P7HAEQ8fsHAiCRVcTgDt348rwSTTrDe1yurKAIUgc5YfA3PA7xZP8Ya3MfKHGwqAJpDkedBp0SAAvBuDZ7L3I8e7nCo8NLjuRxctsUahwmTv120xsC3x0T_9BYJPUtiHitO-Dg9zS0XxehP_fyUor6qlQHQiu6N2w53R3_SHJr0833t/s1067/collage-maps-turquoise-2sig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU_2kKhZFcI9_-2P7HAEQ8fsHAiCRVcTgDt348rwSTTrDe1yurKAIUgc5YfA3PA7xZP8Ya3MfKHGwqAJpDkedBp0SAAvBuDZ7L3I8e7nCo8NLjuRxctsUahwmTv120xsC3x0T_9BYJPUtiHitO-Dg9zS0XxehP_fyUor6qlQHQiu6N2w53R3_SHJr0833t/w480-h640/collage-maps-turquoise-2sig.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm linking up with Julia over at <a href="https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">WOYWW</a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>Diana Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02475927836717719695noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698455695833611307.post-12933142254318576312024-02-28T09:04:00.000+00:002024-02-28T09:04:06.149+00:00Kickstarting Creativity!<div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Making small collages for the last couple of weeks has been a good way to kickstart my creativity. However, sometimes I struggle with what to do with the blank piece of paper in front of me - so I've come up with a prompt jar. I've written colours and themes on different coloured paper squares and I can dip in and get a starting point for my next collages. I've thrown a few 'techniques' into the mix as well in case I'm really stuck!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This week I picked out 'yellow' and 'tree houses'. The combination didn't exactly thrill me and I was tempted to re-pick, but that's not really in the spirit things. I also felt week one was a little early to give up on the idea, so I went with it and started enjoying myself!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimeN72sM5wNXCOTprjBqvRaUq0b4D2eNAXXOntmdAYk7A8x7ej7NCEilur-Dq-27_r0j5yNTvYO3pzR3I3YCwSEPuKFZpvDQpbAAfW090rKidjrzjRYyBPfRCbMeYcOP3DebiPcNWclHGCzpJNwdZ8WYHrgQi4vc9yuxl2yL7nXAn-uX5YKIVKyuXhEUoW/s1067/collage-selection-process%20sig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimeN72sM5wNXCOTprjBqvRaUq0b4D2eNAXXOntmdAYk7A8x7ej7NCEilur-Dq-27_r0j5yNTvYO3pzR3I3YCwSEPuKFZpvDQpbAAfW090rKidjrzjRYyBPfRCbMeYcOP3DebiPcNWclHGCzpJNwdZ8WYHrgQi4vc9yuxl2yL7nXAn-uX5YKIVKyuXhEUoW/w300-h400/collage-selection-process%20sig.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">12 little squares being worked on - a mix of home made collage papers, some wrapping paper and a few old postage stamps thrown in - and a bit more of an emphasis on ladders than I was expecting!</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS-zVQSPS6lOBqkp0LIf8_4ejZScxG0GtL09Dr8wa1X1toDd6lmJ-xgf3Y5k3vRsGp_mFXSo6vaxvw5PRiUbdWdjzI8-Jx-a7SVWQfoXQH9KOTj7SOeyKlJjoQ9E4DYWRx_EIC-q4fIGveOn2e296HFCo63JjqzR0kzlZupKjHlCiod2hP583S171GOKAC/s800/COLLAGE-TREEHOUSES-1a%20sig.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS-zVQSPS6lOBqkp0LIf8_4ejZScxG0GtL09Dr8wa1X1toDd6lmJ-xgf3Y5k3vRsGp_mFXSo6vaxvw5PRiUbdWdjzI8-Jx-a7SVWQfoXQH9KOTj7SOeyKlJjoQ9E4DYWRx_EIC-q4fIGveOn2e296HFCo63JjqzR0kzlZupKjHlCiod2hP583S171GOKAC/w640-h480/COLLAGE-TREEHOUSES-1a%20sig.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm linking up with Julia over at <b><a href="https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">WOYWW </a></b>this week.</span></div>Diana Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02475927836717719695noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698455695833611307.post-70203688518828193872024-02-21T08:57:00.000+00:002024-02-21T08:57:14.557+00:00Mini Grid Collages <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: verdana;">I decided to try and kick start some creativity this week by creating a grid of 6 little collages. I was recently inspired by Angela (@Felix the Crafty Cat) to make my own collage papers. It's been fun and quite addictive - I'm already planning my next lot of collages! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgujJ602mJnbFLnZOdP1XLDewrTMX_mGbM2B5DZ-Bh8DPJUq7Swccg8j3U_tFpmPHByu0TGwZ9OwSXdNoWKQX3Sk5KgnFC7RfuQ_uGSEkG-h0SY_czTyT4bhjyOx2eB0NBKVF8d5ALLyNFv_KQHOlzYjvhYPmA0E8baa_xf7uSeLRzlPYm1XjapBTwBF5DJ/s800/COLLAGE-HAND-MADE-PAPERS%20sig-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgujJ602mJnbFLnZOdP1XLDewrTMX_mGbM2B5DZ-Bh8DPJUq7Swccg8j3U_tFpmPHByu0TGwZ9OwSXdNoWKQX3Sk5KgnFC7RfuQ_uGSEkG-h0SY_czTyT4bhjyOx2eB0NBKVF8d5ALLyNFv_KQHOlzYjvhYPmA0E8baa_xf7uSeLRzlPYm1XjapBTwBF5DJ/w640-h480/COLLAGE-HAND-MADE-PAPERS%20sig-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm linking up with Julia over at <b><a href="https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">WOYWW</a></b> this week.</span></div>Diana Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02475927836717719695noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698455695833611307.post-72579020516307699792024-01-17T09:10:00.000+00:002024-01-17T09:10:01.822+00:00Silver Acorns<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In my previous post I showed some silver pendants in production stage that </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">I was making </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">for Christmas presents, and here they are finally finished - all given and well received! The tiniest one was very fiddly, it's only about half an inch long but it was for my sister to wear alongside an oak leaf that I had made for her a while ago.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgxTlQn7nRCwIBMXyTZxabhxZvupTx8XMH9SzR6YygR9syDa7jbu5dHtQpVw8pY0WSSpGA2fbfnOXVnSBAucgxSfmbHVV1vbBE6CYfMlTb9F9HymqanLh7wemt7RPLw06VMmbpM4LwJFDWwunYyJXDA8Oeazd_HtcDNR01fzE_8i27P1scQSzFJizX-2k0/s961/silver-clay-acorn-pendanst%20sig.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="961" data-original-width="724" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgxTlQn7nRCwIBMXyTZxabhxZvupTx8XMH9SzR6YygR9syDa7jbu5dHtQpVw8pY0WSSpGA2fbfnOXVnSBAucgxSfmbHVV1vbBE6CYfMlTb9F9HymqanLh7wemt7RPLw06VMmbpM4LwJFDWwunYyJXDA8Oeazd_HtcDNR01fzE_8i27P1scQSzFJizX-2k0/w482-h640/silver-clay-acorn-pendanst%20sig.jpg" width="482" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8kQHFKBku-FoFn8BxibsT4urhJBNWT1M4dizUSJJ47mJ10ahlh1fjseBOdKLQZyGOkUXTrZGivi9y5BrQaZMBpmzt6mBgUkGI7zD2jZzr1pxeRxaRJtMJrsPJyfD4TGy8yhmJNWEm6v6FqZ5T5GryAYuoF28MKBfPC9Jse2yqcAhb7UZVWJNEOYoQkD7s/s3648/silver%20clay%20pendant%20acorn%20sig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8kQHFKBku-FoFn8BxibsT4urhJBNWT1M4dizUSJJ47mJ10ahlh1fjseBOdKLQZyGOkUXTrZGivi9y5BrQaZMBpmzt6mBgUkGI7zD2jZzr1pxeRxaRJtMJrsPJyfD4TGy8yhmJNWEm6v6FqZ5T5GryAYuoF28MKBfPC9Jse2yqcAhb7UZVWJNEOYoQkD7s/w480-h640/silver%20clay%20pendant%20acorn%20sig.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sitting on my desk this week are some prints that I did at a photo printing workshop several years ago. I brought them home and promptly lost them - it's always niggled me that I never knew what happened to them. Well this week they fell out from between the pages of one of my old craft books that I apparently don't look at very often! They aren't as nice as I remembered - the more frustrated I got at losing them the nicer they became in my mind!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I can't remember how we made them but it involved real leaves, photo paper and plenty of shaving foam and sudacreme! Now I'm sitting looking at them wondering if I could use them for anything - the mind is a blank at the moment!<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdPcmPXvjP3aMBczI7ryy8B6e1ADSmDqZ3kTrHE0Dlutj8R6jnGZ1K8mVtR2nvKDnLjgyD64RngrXwqvFrtUH34QXaaokyqyXw2M8gv9K9eeMUWbF0N0evKGw8i33KTA-O0V80XRoWUL6Wh1YeFOjGBClWpnZwpvLclTcaK55XaMofgdnqV7SOVA3zmKT0/s1724/photo-leaves-mosiac-on-desk%20sig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1724" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdPcmPXvjP3aMBczI7ryy8B6e1ADSmDqZ3kTrHE0Dlutj8R6jnGZ1K8mVtR2nvKDnLjgyD64RngrXwqvFrtUH34QXaaokyqyXw2M8gv9K9eeMUWbF0N0evKGw8i33KTA-O0V80XRoWUL6Wh1YeFOjGBClWpnZwpvLclTcaK55XaMofgdnqV7SOVA3zmKT0/w640-h350/photo-leaves-mosiac-on-desk%20sig.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm linking up with Julia over at<a href="https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> WOYWW.</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>Diana Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02475927836717719695noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698455695833611307.post-68742015252680186822023-12-20T08:21:00.001+00:002023-12-20T08:21:23.613+00:00Silver Pendants and WOYWW<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: verdana;">It's been such a long time since I blogged and I don't even have the excuse of having moved over to Instagram! I've just been unmotivated and rather preoccupied with other issues and I've really not been in the right frame of mind for being creative. However I couldn't give Christmas a miss, so lately a little crafting has been happening. I made some silver pendants last week, the ones at the front of the block are white because that's how they come out of the kiln - they need to be wire brushed to bring the shine up like the two at the back, and then they all need to be sanded and polished.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The one at the back of the block I made for myself, from a mold I made of a lump of quartz rock. I finished it last night with some green onyx stones (right-hand photo) and it will match perfectly with a favourite winter top of mine. The smaller pendants are Christmas presents - it won't take long to polish them and add a jump ring to the smallest one. I'm going to have a go at soldering the jump ring closed if I can - it's not something I've ever done before but I've seen the Hubs soldering and it doesn't look that difficult!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSAtQJL5cVY9d8M4OSbrk4nTeEQgveSnDqUd_9i7PabEMA9-nwC-PZZKRwFhWwNRM1WdtxjER1QF9HxAG6QhBCW9gWnVmcNj_f8fTGHf8-7j_uYZrrUeCJNcaHVvnDnAEfSQtIKrDKwoll0yLE6YjoiFmOaqBRmbKKZTmRQxEwXBHAvMky6uq6OHYnPxF2/s800/silver-jewellery-making%20sig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="800" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSAtQJL5cVY9d8M4OSbrk4nTeEQgveSnDqUd_9i7PabEMA9-nwC-PZZKRwFhWwNRM1WdtxjER1QF9HxAG6QhBCW9gWnVmcNj_f8fTGHf8-7j_uYZrrUeCJNcaHVvnDnAEfSQtIKrDKwoll0yLE6YjoiFmOaqBRmbKKZTmRQxEwXBHAvMky6uq6OHYnPxF2/w640-h424/silver-jewellery-making%20sig.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"> Wishing everyone a happy and healthy Christmas and New Year.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm linking up with Julia over at <b><a href="https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">WOYWW</a></b></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p>Diana Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02475927836717719695noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698455695833611307.post-49646620430199727952023-05-24T08:57:00.000+01:002023-05-24T08:57:01.300+01:00ATC Swap and WOYWW<div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: verdana;">I so enjoyed last week's 14th Anniversary ATC swap for WOYWW.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">These are some of the ones I sent out...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhegm-VePMVm0RLvS_urHJeE6v4Wui2m5zUEwoFSlBLxSx4GhEzqDJWTKj4N5hatoFyLDcMP5GrIOR0k_usFTYmXYzjz3gu3p-ho4tYjW79JF3pnshYDy1XtExn50FpOW0OHeEQ6VEr56OLpLqIENkws1G70IhAsl4JYCOqwzxHdtLxtksMiJuYiMjvdA/s800/ATC-14TH-ANNIVERSARY-5%20sig%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhegm-VePMVm0RLvS_urHJeE6v4Wui2m5zUEwoFSlBLxSx4GhEzqDJWTKj4N5hatoFyLDcMP5GrIOR0k_usFTYmXYzjz3gu3p-ho4tYjW79JF3pnshYDy1XtExn50FpOW0OHeEQ6VEr56OLpLqIENkws1G70IhAsl4JYCOqwzxHdtLxtksMiJuYiMjvdA/w640-h480/ATC-14TH-ANNIVERSARY-5%20sig%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">...and I've received these little lovelies over the last week - such happy mail...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRumyjb80xS20CLqxgF-M3rTiILIP8C1uRHr7nDC-WvZj-JJYdzku13abdjYEykXg7MtE5rTyfKzGH4mAHYFK1EDsRjiv_IfPVPyMZ2te57n7HhvKtUSIe1CZJCdL9jWPGCBf_m8nznznrd0k-B-t-Lt9lCC5bdKn5oEgfbb-eiuGRwuPzVOgpaJ6JQg/s800/atc-swap-14th-anni-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRumyjb80xS20CLqxgF-M3rTiILIP8C1uRHr7nDC-WvZj-JJYdzku13abdjYEykXg7MtE5rTyfKzGH4mAHYFK1EDsRjiv_IfPVPyMZ2te57n7HhvKtUSIe1CZJCdL9jWPGCBf_m8nznznrd0k-B-t-Lt9lCC5bdKn5oEgfbb-eiuGRwuPzVOgpaJ6JQg/w640-h480/atc-swap-14th-anni-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">...thank you so much Julia, with the fab little badge, Angela (Felix the Crafty Cat) and Mary Anne whose ATC is so ingriguing and clever I'm still trying to work it out!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcR9HDBMxfhKqEEE3HChXsJlp779vezjo-G5rKkyMUFMAFbyaWU-qro311UN_Gixitqh8_4nKnPdNQFURM4LTqUCvA6cigM7W50Jb_R2xqKTVGuSph6UkX6_QUJvL1nDhZknoQcpjoiZ8H6XaNsk_ZPNucHwBpbcVA0D0thN3YsqoEd-R6zFX8kEhKJQ/s1067/rubber-stamp-clear-out.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcR9HDBMxfhKqEEE3HChXsJlp779vezjo-G5rKkyMUFMAFbyaWU-qro311UN_Gixitqh8_4nKnPdNQFURM4LTqUCvA6cigM7W50Jb_R2xqKTVGuSph6UkX6_QUJvL1nDhZknoQcpjoiZ8H6XaNsk_ZPNucHwBpbcVA0D0thN3YsqoEd-R6zFX8kEhKJQ/w480-h640/rubber-stamp-clear-out.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>I'm still sorting my rubber stamps and this is the floor by my chair where I'm chucking the ones I don't want! The desk is clear at the moment before I start on the last box, but I think the garden might win my attention today as the sun is shining and it's in need of some TLC! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm linking up with the deskers over at Julia's place at <b><a href="https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">WOYWW</a></b></span></div>Diana Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02475927836717719695noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698455695833611307.post-30501333649842002602023-05-17T08:32:00.001+01:002023-05-17T08:33:04.560+01:00WOYWW 14th Anniversary Swap<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> This week we are celebrating 14 years of WOYWW - what an achievement! A huge thank you to Julia and Jan who keep this going each week - it's a wonderful group, full of friendship, creativity and fun. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">To celebrate we are holding an ATC swap. I completed mine last night, forgetting that although I made them in plenty of time (smug face) I forgot I had to stamp and attach the labels on the back, then fill them in - so a last minute job after all! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvKGQ1LulOHAjHfai2n0o3bBNcqYH87wU1t3R3S9872tSeFwQVN-T_SDoZONbYkSM6Lj7rqDTdtjQ_-5xpROSYN4-RyoJkN-HIwCRXQr_YoN__e0vJ-ingn8N-oqfemoz_iKfcWFELMf564z87o4jo--NC1Sqv5GOmCjfGgZW9D36Qy2ZLun3Qn0qXmw/s800/ATC-14TH-ANNIVERSARY-6.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvKGQ1LulOHAjHfai2n0o3bBNcqYH87wU1t3R3S9872tSeFwQVN-T_SDoZONbYkSM6Lj7rqDTdtjQ_-5xpROSYN4-RyoJkN-HIwCRXQr_YoN__e0vJ-ingn8N-oqfemoz_iKfcWFELMf564z87o4jo--NC1Sqv5GOmCjfGgZW9D36Qy2ZLun3Qn0qXmw/w640-h480/ATC-14TH-ANNIVERSARY-6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here are some beauties that I received over the last few days - I do love getting happy mail and these were a joy to open - thank you Angela (Crafting with Jack), Jan, Helen, Twiglet and Wipso.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1SLom3CHOHSBaoCT0CV011mVjMX935AC2Vk5PigLTrWitgzaGL1HkdaiNFMcI1u9gwcxR9TAgZ1WICgvHuBD9-Gy3PB3bXNoxU0VWgT0J2yeovl5iesJJV-kiY_qdKuYC5hceK6tsL8QD8puOpVSRlqOlxcw74whe-v6GzWAwwfinOTI0QrpAlZ_5GA/s1644/atc-14th-swap-mosaic.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1644" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1SLom3CHOHSBaoCT0CV011mVjMX935AC2Vk5PigLTrWitgzaGL1HkdaiNFMcI1u9gwcxR9TAgZ1WICgvHuBD9-Gy3PB3bXNoxU0VWgT0J2yeovl5iesJJV-kiY_qdKuYC5hceK6tsL8QD8puOpVSRlqOlxcw74whe-v6GzWAwwfinOTI0QrpAlZ_5GA/w640-h416/atc-14th-swap-mosaic.jpg" width="640" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And now I'm off to join in the celebrations over at <b><a href="https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">WOYWW</a></b>!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></span></div>Diana Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02475927836717719695noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698455695833611307.post-58401237544148937072023-05-10T09:29:00.000+01:002023-05-10T09:29:07.909+01:00Collage - Layered Tissue<div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: verdana;">This week I have had to clear my desk from the ghastly mess of rubber stamp sorting that I was doing last week in order to concentrate on ATCs. Once they were finished I made a quick collage using the next prompt in The Collage Workbook by Randel Plowman. This one is using layers of tissue paper.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVMLNNfpPMlaygp7p47CWUYYpDt0xA_v8N0TI-u8-rEQTEKAuiEoaEvU-Cgi5zP5OaGEVrheuowhpxqkhiZyJJv8ORNcSzaif39CT2Q1aNGQtsEMFimGQ2IEiJQBVlmXpWBD5IItWJ0U0lTWPKaL55OaXkF9UI3mKtOjgyhrAa-Zr7z2JBocCblt9Mow/s872/collage-tissue-layers-sig.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="872" data-original-width="849" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVMLNNfpPMlaygp7p47CWUYYpDt0xA_v8N0TI-u8-rEQTEKAuiEoaEvU-Cgi5zP5OaGEVrheuowhpxqkhiZyJJv8ORNcSzaif39CT2Q1aNGQtsEMFimGQ2IEiJQBVlmXpWBD5IItWJ0U0lTWPKaL55OaXkF9UI3mKtOjgyhrAa-Zr7z2JBocCblt9Mow/w624-h640/collage-tissue-layers-sig.jpg" width="624" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I used some very old Gestetner paper I had in my stash - anyone else remember using the old Gestetner machines before photocopiers came along? I think I'm showing my age! I also added a strip of acetate across some of the collage - that's the reflection showing in the photo below.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgos59WuqJrtMz4dmdjHUFsZ4DcQNDsPtjZ28z6Am-5Ra3UxsJ3LBOVQ4lfYWOPCHvtMVO-hYQA920thVmnAgUd04EyJ1vbuP33G-_1aaKLsVTkl5dhVHGZRERWIzCyfk4xCkAwM4AQ57ZlgBopv5Fg04eXPBIB3JUWEuFGdwlGw4HcV4SpVkJyPghXWw/s800/collage-tiss-layers-mosaic%20sig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="800" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgos59WuqJrtMz4dmdjHUFsZ4DcQNDsPtjZ28z6Am-5Ra3UxsJ3LBOVQ4lfYWOPCHvtMVO-hYQA920thVmnAgUd04EyJ1vbuP33G-_1aaKLsVTkl5dhVHGZRERWIzCyfk4xCkAwM4AQ57ZlgBopv5Fg04eXPBIB3JUWEuFGdwlGw4HcV4SpVkJyPghXWw/w640-h440/collage-tiss-layers-mosaic%20sig.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>I'm off to mess up my nice clear desk and do some more stamp sorting, but before that I'm joining in with Julia over at <b><a href="https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/ " target="_blank">WOYWW.</a></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>Diana Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02475927836717719695noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698455695833611307.post-69490717095744319312023-04-26T09:07:00.001+01:002023-04-26T09:08:36.743+01:00Finger Paint Collages<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I've just finished off two collages that have been hanging around half finished since October. The prompts I've been following are from The Collage Workbook by Randal Plowman. This prompt was all about adding finger painting to a collage. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJX_r0rlZROF5GZebLe_zOPwm65bRgtVu2UqeTIszB3-XnjRlwR1uzmrowIbnJJm6I9OvVNcOpxDMRk6GGPjeQCIkDuvk0K_-9tkCZvrYEPfpNjXJyD_f_5d2yLDYr8dzZPSpxf_Zs1sWKDUoAO4eIO39XdAxpB70CmR1_R6HgdZtUPda4vdaUl46X1g/s874/collage-finger-paint-1sig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="874" data-original-width="864" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJX_r0rlZROF5GZebLe_zOPwm65bRgtVu2UqeTIszB3-XnjRlwR1uzmrowIbnJJm6I9OvVNcOpxDMRk6GGPjeQCIkDuvk0K_-9tkCZvrYEPfpNjXJyD_f_5d2yLDYr8dzZPSpxf_Zs1sWKDUoAO4eIO39XdAxpB70CmR1_R6HgdZtUPda4vdaUl46X1g/w632-h640/collage-finger-paint-1sig.jpg" width="632" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGZvr4hm2hjwsqZbbN2nPL4Ijhw5rXyY16Gv6Hc9eTQNDozsBz3l-dmCErz_gjfWNwfQWY2b9ke0grMGzclyjMqi1untKfZPusKYHSr_pGQ9SS82WANCBTtMbWfUgffIj2m0YXQoO9-PELoJq0BQZaOy-F_kJgDBw4VdJBYEaK0S6KXKWA7YO25x237w/s971/collage-finger-paint-2a%20sig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="971" data-original-width="862" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGZvr4hm2hjwsqZbbN2nPL4Ijhw5rXyY16Gv6Hc9eTQNDozsBz3l-dmCErz_gjfWNwfQWY2b9ke0grMGzclyjMqi1untKfZPusKYHSr_pGQ9SS82WANCBTtMbWfUgffIj2m0YXQoO9-PELoJq0BQZaOy-F_kJgDBw4VdJBYEaK0S6KXKWA7YO25x237w/w568-h640/collage-finger-paint-2a%20sig.jpg" width="568" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And now on to the absolute disaster that is my desk this morning - it's very unusal for me to have anything on my desk as I always clear away as I make - but yesterday I decided to use a stamp for an idea I had. Despite the fact my stamps are all catalogued and can be found by drawer number and then inside the drawer by a specific box number, the stamp I wanted was missing. I couldn't find it anywhere so decided to have a combined search and sort out of all my stamps. This is drawer 1 and I have a small pile of stamps 'to go' by my radio and an overflowing box of stamps that I don't know if I want to keep or not but will probably let go. I can forsee regret in the future!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvqNsANko9kT-GnHELWnbdU5wrPPWXgtvyVxCLKZm3yugPIRybdYLgNPw7TGQmf6SYnzgqUFf-cS9cAp6Wr3h96n5k3X-S__Maf4gDkjlTzbRNfPXFg9dYcWAVyWHlle-VkiGYrO8CIUewpy6ya9Dd3WjCNyDM7xx4PU5NokFVOg1o2XS9TkNyIhQyEQ/s1067/dest-stamp-sorting.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvqNsANko9kT-GnHELWnbdU5wrPPWXgtvyVxCLKZm3yugPIRybdYLgNPw7TGQmf6SYnzgqUFf-cS9cAp6Wr3h96n5k3X-S__Maf4gDkjlTzbRNfPXFg9dYcWAVyWHlle-VkiGYrO8CIUewpy6ya9Dd3WjCNyDM7xx4PU5NokFVOg1o2XS9TkNyIhQyEQ/w480-h640/dest-stamp-sorting.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">The catalogue pages are bottom right and new pages are being made with tiny stamps that I never bothered cataloguing in the past - after all if I'm doing this ghastly job I might as well do it properly!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm joining in with Julia over at <b><a href="https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">WOYWW</a></b> this week.</span></div></div>Diana Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02475927836717719695noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698455695833611307.post-28115140762109548112023-03-29T08:26:00.000+01:002023-03-29T08:26:54.891+01:00Collagraph Printing and Winter Seedlings<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have some collagraph prints lying around on my desk this morning - I've been wanting to try this technique for ages and used my XCut machine to print with after finding a Facebook group all about it. It's a great way of making prints without investing in a proper press and I am quite pleased with the results. I kept the plates very simple - I didn't want to invest a lot of time and effort in them if it was going to be a disaster! I also kept to my current theme of the winter garden.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">These first prints turned out quite well and I was able to take several copies from each plate. I found the only print I had real problems with was the minimalist one (bottom of first photo) - it smudged from the very first print and all subsequent ones - just proving that I'm not cut out for clean and simple!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib3pq-ZMEY8ZN617BDdr89PT461FEhrQaQf-cMfcalOpyMEsq8WC2d2TXRL8Nk3jmaUYiRhdPqt1DI52ZvdQFTFpg5bMJMQKh88b6XtWk90T0MAb_Mhnw1U3chgUGXRdwUeWlNaFlky7SYtiG72x4lC1eDjhQ7kk4NgpYuOh1Y4bC1VTQcr3PrHNHNjg/s800/collagraph-mosaic-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="351" data-original-width="800" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib3pq-ZMEY8ZN617BDdr89PT461FEhrQaQf-cMfcalOpyMEsq8WC2d2TXRL8Nk3jmaUYiRhdPqt1DI52ZvdQFTFpg5bMJMQKh88b6XtWk90T0MAb_Mhnw1U3chgUGXRdwUeWlNaFlky7SYtiG72x4lC1eDjhQ7kk4NgpYuOh1Y4bC1VTQcr3PrHNHNjg/w640-h280/collagraph-mosaic-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I decided to try a little more detail and scratched this leaf into the surface of some board. I only had 3 successful prints with this and then the board deteriorated beyond use, but it's all a learning curve!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS3rjWSq4HB3SAqnxzp2QITl4uIPx1JhrFT8k50QwmcCxtsYSxtaP3CC2BP8zYnMNS3WDSkOcN7OkpuU2YJFSJCSfe2VyDoM4Mu84LL1jZ5gMcB3qJBArK76wfsWlv8Ep41ZWnbq5y88hpPiOTqf6dalMRrWV-gPHS3v2fTMaPlLHJUCD8DeZgaFxRbQ/s683/collagraph-print-3-cropped%20sig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="683" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS3rjWSq4HB3SAqnxzp2QITl4uIPx1JhrFT8k50QwmcCxtsYSxtaP3CC2BP8zYnMNS3WDSkOcN7OkpuU2YJFSJCSfe2VyDoM4Mu84LL1jZ5gMcB3qJBArK76wfsWlv8Ep41ZWnbq5y88hpPiOTqf6dalMRrWV-gPHS3v2fTMaPlLHJUCD8DeZgaFxRbQ/w640-h562/collagraph-print-3-cropped%20sig.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">These are the used plates, some still strong enough for another print run but a couple have had it. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifwixO02agGFmthU0pRKawxKJ1S3-zxOGL5w6lOoG5SaaH8kC7yX2dUloiplTmafTZiv5JSg7Dbo37QcwGA4sEAwO3Uv2olUge-TnEz-sJlQp0H7gCxMlUTWaMBDMlIVKqUEO5F8M30UMkWaxgprc88Fyuq1ie4C5_CQRtk1l7-IcKpdpq5n10__xGbg/s800/collagraph-plates%20sig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifwixO02agGFmthU0pRKawxKJ1S3-zxOGL5w6lOoG5SaaH8kC7yX2dUloiplTmafTZiv5JSg7Dbo37QcwGA4sEAwO3Uv2olUge-TnEz-sJlQp0H7gCxMlUTWaMBDMlIVKqUEO5F8M30UMkWaxgprc88Fyuq1ie4C5_CQRtk1l7-IcKpdpq5n10__xGbg/w640-h640/collagraph-plates%20sig.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm linking up with Julia over at <b><a href="https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">WOYWW </a></b></span></div>Diana Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02475927836717719695noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698455695833611307.post-61601042647828722632023-03-08T08:55:00.000+00:002023-03-08T08:55:52.658+00:00The Garden in Winter<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> I'm still in a wintery frame of mind, helped along by the freezing conditions we are expecting later today! I'm holding back on this sketchbook page for a while as I'm liking the simplicity of it at the moment - I'm good at over-egging the cake so I'm trying to stop myself flinging everything at it!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg39IXMSYwAiSqRg-9epmt-dd1hdJyYUdARW5ItGtWIjr7mc7zbk0_UsbsQ8z_WgG9nTg0tQpGgFi9vro65q023cR6uDD8gCMECJh3f2Yg7yYw51lAtkG4sPvxyE2i5FmrbV8n8J7x4GjnEXZpmUh1zftBTehkyoXwHZDqi0fUGEnujAl7DM54Mf7DycA/s800/winter-leaves-1%20sig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg39IXMSYwAiSqRg-9epmt-dd1hdJyYUdARW5ItGtWIjr7mc7zbk0_UsbsQ8z_WgG9nTg0tQpGgFi9vro65q023cR6uDD8gCMECJh3f2Yg7yYw51lAtkG4sPvxyE2i5FmrbV8n8J7x4GjnEXZpmUh1zftBTehkyoXwHZDqi0fUGEnujAl7DM54Mf7DycA/w640-h480/winter-leaves-1%20sig.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw6P9SYcQA9NAaoj40a_zfeRJyStovD14ZuQ1CrqfNSzXBzLEc-x-La9QdlJg5jbwrni-5MPQWZe3p34uwY8XIfNUGwTqDq4j-q1fYO3Yzg_Jk9JpT_PBAXavY-GKVwTaindN0c-OoqUfj6JfU_3p6ukRUw5zbWJuGiw1ekDICeDAQeCg-uarprZknKA/s1067/winter-leaves-2%20sig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw6P9SYcQA9NAaoj40a_zfeRJyStovD14ZuQ1CrqfNSzXBzLEc-x-La9QdlJg5jbwrni-5MPQWZe3p34uwY8XIfNUGwTqDq4j-q1fYO3Yzg_Jk9JpT_PBAXavY-GKVwTaindN0c-OoqUfj6JfU_3p6ukRUw5zbWJuGiw1ekDICeDAQeCg-uarprZknKA/w480-h640/winter-leaves-2%20sig.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I made a birthday card for my brother-in-law recently - he loves working with wood and is very creative so I tried doing a wood inlay card using some wood effect papers that I've had in my stash for years, and a medallion die. I was hoping for a Morroccan look to it, but he referred to it as lace so not quite the response I was hoping for. Still, I had fun making it!!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoCgLjeZBGSYXgXTxxwmySUpBQRhJTjKMOnhuHXlzpK3SuijwMwxTP6NI9S-C5OGOnvNLT5VBWfaN1Pc1qHRWURrDy3GNscI8_m5jC1CwbiP7h43i4MORoph6wglua-UhuxmQJG8pKvsP2ItEc_5qvGbzSX_6zR7Con9YSFopppWALbPsxvWKFX2yyeQ/s800/birthday-wood-inlay-1%20sig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoCgLjeZBGSYXgXTxxwmySUpBQRhJTjKMOnhuHXlzpK3SuijwMwxTP6NI9S-C5OGOnvNLT5VBWfaN1Pc1qHRWURrDy3GNscI8_m5jC1CwbiP7h43i4MORoph6wglua-UhuxmQJG8pKvsP2ItEc_5qvGbzSX_6zR7Con9YSFopppWALbPsxvWKFX2yyeQ/w640-h640/birthday-wood-inlay-1%20sig.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwDrovRcAjPXXwjimKnicz_cFAQoQI_p2u-CXlEv80GLru99AO5kvKX5U0VB37Zbe1qASZESiDKiiTEIxb0zBZ36wtJHFzfnZSkA8MR2nn3Q5Cfso95qDR37EHMj-P5jtqU3R43Ot9JUUvLSoDgF8opTcUTVL6r8QFGdczKkN7RQ9HPV_CKppm2F0U_g/s800/birthdaywood-inlay-mosaid%20sig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="286" data-original-width="800" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwDrovRcAjPXXwjimKnicz_cFAQoQI_p2u-CXlEv80GLru99AO5kvKX5U0VB37Zbe1qASZESiDKiiTEIxb0zBZ36wtJHFzfnZSkA8MR2nn3Q5Cfso95qDR37EHMj-P5jtqU3R43Ot9JUUvLSoDgF8opTcUTVL6r8QFGdczKkN7RQ9HPV_CKppm2F0U_g/w640-h228/birthdaywood-inlay-mosaid%20sig.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm linking up with Julia this week over at <b><a href="https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">WOYWW</a></b>.</span><br /> </div>Diana Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02475927836717719695noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698455695833611307.post-23317287129494324322023-02-22T08:39:00.000+00:002023-02-22T08:39:18.002+00:00Winter Snowdrop Collage<div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: verdana;">This week I finished a sketchbook page in celebration of these pretty little winter flowers that are blooming my garden at the moment.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have one small group of Snowdrops and I'm hoping they'll spread - they originally came from a friend who has sadly passed on but I have so enjoyed making this page and thinking happy thoughts of her.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ww_tFY2U4hcjN3cZUudqCYG7g9Jr3aCyuI2gYpBn3fisHoTdbU9d3SEmQM9FioEubrrJXjmSxEt5lUDtUclvdl7cuNcTN5RDM7t06pFBnI_u9bTE5mmRq_YuiVC7XLsWlBPIeQxC9e2e81QEIOHzGIvQuThugiH_CmCgYdM5_t6RstctPNfKcVhazA/s1226/winter-snowdrop-page-2sig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1226" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ww_tFY2U4hcjN3cZUudqCYG7g9Jr3aCyuI2gYpBn3fisHoTdbU9d3SEmQM9FioEubrrJXjmSxEt5lUDtUclvdl7cuNcTN5RDM7t06pFBnI_u9bTE5mmRq_YuiVC7XLsWlBPIeQxC9e2e81QEIOHzGIvQuThugiH_CmCgYdM5_t6RstctPNfKcVhazA/w418-h640/winter-snowdrop-page-2sig.jpg" width="418" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaBzx98U60peITka96gP-FZr78_kvxYnej7DmBPctxEmK_lln01hDn7YwDfb09IU6oD1hKkyrKdec_G4xD6h1LTeI8-Co0KuCUcMA_fC_56GMiEVqMZyrXaJlDHr6KC5impLmm6gECxFA0MpfO8hivIxjkNsWfRs28dLDjQipVItlC90v6xO2zaYrDyA/s800/winter-snowdrop-mosaic%20sig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="547" data-original-width="800" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaBzx98U60peITka96gP-FZr78_kvxYnej7DmBPctxEmK_lln01hDn7YwDfb09IU6oD1hKkyrKdec_G4xD6h1LTeI8-Co0KuCUcMA_fC_56GMiEVqMZyrXaJlDHr6KC5impLmm6gECxFA0MpfO8hivIxjkNsWfRs28dLDjQipVItlC90v6xO2zaYrDyA/w640-h438/winter-snowdrop-mosaic%20sig.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm also getting stuck in to another wintery page - I'm being drawn to that soft sage colour lately - not a go to colour for me usually but I'm enjoying it and will be using it until I've worked it out of my system! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOEhNZ_6d9nMdVkAGAjXanK8-oIQNDOulWwAIjVMPJL8BaXT7Hlevg6CxaQzcq4IEr3VGtrRx8EtFH7Gkt-6tMyP9PyoYKxJiSOC0TRV5GyrF5Ci6MeU8o6JSvHs9sB4OxvNhHd-bMfmuy-H-EQwJrDbNyDrVbWNVMRIsqqC9uwqIrXHK7hBa7aErWfA/s800/winter-seedlings-1%20sig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOEhNZ_6d9nMdVkAGAjXanK8-oIQNDOulWwAIjVMPJL8BaXT7Hlevg6CxaQzcq4IEr3VGtrRx8EtFH7Gkt-6tMyP9PyoYKxJiSOC0TRV5GyrF5Ci6MeU8o6JSvHs9sB4OxvNhHd-bMfmuy-H-EQwJrDbNyDrVbWNVMRIsqqC9uwqIrXHK7hBa7aErWfA/w640-h480/winter-seedlings-1%20sig.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm linking up with Julia over at <b><a href="https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">WOYWW</a></b> this week.</span></div>Diana Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02475927836717719695noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698455695833611307.post-2592679200653955052023-02-01T09:42:00.000+00:002023-02-01T09:42:30.084+00:00Frosty Seedlings Collage<div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: verdana;">I surprised myself by finishing the page I started last week in my sketchbook. Still working on the winter garden theme and loving it!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF9p41J0LqfUUPH1MJM3gozg5Z8930_D3ZM6bkFMzGKpT7MuwGpsbX5dEf9fwbyBkUrJX24sHYslOPzx37_zo3Rk2z2gQOqW3FJeP1f8XEDL7vf5kC1Z_WnOW1dhKssWD1qsdKNdfz9ZkyVyQNLnckssc4dgPQZojJ6AhhpbGyyfMT4N2pnnqHCGZGsw/s1211/winter-frosty-seedling-b%20sig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1211" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF9p41J0LqfUUPH1MJM3gozg5Z8930_D3ZM6bkFMzGKpT7MuwGpsbX5dEf9fwbyBkUrJX24sHYslOPzx37_zo3Rk2z2gQOqW3FJeP1f8XEDL7vf5kC1Z_WnOW1dhKssWD1qsdKNdfz9ZkyVyQNLnckssc4dgPQZojJ6AhhpbGyyfMT4N2pnnqHCGZGsw/w422-h640/winter-frosty-seedling-b%20sig.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Some detailed shots... </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwkIDJiNiTrI5wHmWiJVSVgJAyhTDtyRT4D7gcwXAcLXg3jOWiHQbtYQ4CtZZczxCxhOg1-XgVnXuIiiOTK2ayIoiEgf-arjMtFMexI--7wJACGUkB4o0nPUFD2orYI2awTQeUNDAjthjekh1mNz9Ey6sCGncoB7kQynCZoho8IWSuYUqC8drnfHrEMw/s800/winter-frost-seedl%20sig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="800" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwkIDJiNiTrI5wHmWiJVSVgJAyhTDtyRT4D7gcwXAcLXg3jOWiHQbtYQ4CtZZczxCxhOg1-XgVnXuIiiOTK2ayIoiEgf-arjMtFMexI--7wJACGUkB4o0nPUFD2orYI2awTQeUNDAjthjekh1mNz9Ey6sCGncoB7kQynCZoho8IWSuYUqC8drnfHrEMw/w640-h436/winter-frost-seedl%20sig.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"> ... the photo on the left shows 'Frosted Crystal' Distress embossing powder - I just love it's matte texture - so frosty!</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-UbyhTSZohaEOWXh-4OZNEx_vuywl3mp43NBIAqMBwT-KcyKBJefb2wuSuMXuyW4NUq4lW9mkroDrn8qlImQAGw_Y-tl4V9HqGFpazTnrqUf-ogg4y-HKwEepczXWFcFpwkCgtA7W2sTlkhJmcrkexJ_hUQiI8R-98u8UCUVTMnH2Af_A6izvmc7yXQ/s800/winter-frost-seedlings%20sig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="547" data-original-width="800" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-UbyhTSZohaEOWXh-4OZNEx_vuywl3mp43NBIAqMBwT-KcyKBJefb2wuSuMXuyW4NUq4lW9mkroDrn8qlImQAGw_Y-tl4V9HqGFpazTnrqUf-ogg4y-HKwEepczXWFcFpwkCgtA7W2sTlkhJmcrkexJ_hUQiI8R-98u8UCUVTMnH2Af_A6izvmc7yXQ/w640-h438/winter-frost-seedlings%20sig.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I've also done some little ink doodles with a view to using them in collages. These are currently on my desk, along with stencil brushes to be put away and the sketch book that should be back on it's shelf!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzxlpj2z-MjjmOAKm6amfNF4e_NEmEndnOZK6nx7NYgmFztWpUU8nJEap9kod8h6NErZ-M_99oZbz5ug7ZpwWcJXx3bFdk1BRLtMfVCejJAATQA-3bM1uf1Hj4R9_uHjET93xZnuBZO2DQWNkB_0q94ZIGPFLYCY2qAtwfKBqc7EQ6P2YnwuQhZHACww/s800/winter-ink-scapes-5%20sig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzxlpj2z-MjjmOAKm6amfNF4e_NEmEndnOZK6nx7NYgmFztWpUU8nJEap9kod8h6NErZ-M_99oZbz5ug7ZpwWcJXx3bFdk1BRLtMfVCejJAATQA-3bM1uf1Hj4R9_uHjET93xZnuBZO2DQWNkB_0q94ZIGPFLYCY2qAtwfKBqc7EQ6P2YnwuQhZHACww/w640-h480/winter-ink-scapes-5%20sig.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Some photo collages with the doodles for my </span><b style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://velvetmothphotography.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">velvet moth photography</a></b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> blog - the MakroTex challenge theme this week is 'collage'. </span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5yKib5aYb2G44wYPHM1Kfe9yoT01m6QG0kUjKE33BfDQSkKNnTkrys-WOCfePU1pS3CS0fyf0CmIziGdkTvlc8ayhkqyvEPYKkMchgQaPXXjK8A9G7fty9FsJNWvnMWKdROB1zj6z_FmJvnYyTlLuRHZhnaIwkJbGFi97_2nhLxl-THgDtFJ-1b0JsA/s800/winter-ink--photo-collage%20sig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="323" data-original-width="800" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5yKib5aYb2G44wYPHM1Kfe9yoT01m6QG0kUjKE33BfDQSkKNnTkrys-WOCfePU1pS3CS0fyf0CmIziGdkTvlc8ayhkqyvEPYKkMchgQaPXXjK8A9G7fty9FsJNWvnMWKdROB1zj6z_FmJvnYyTlLuRHZhnaIwkJbGFi97_2nhLxl-THgDtFJ-1b0JsA/w640-h258/winter-ink--photo-collage%20sig.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRjmW78Svq_gnlxX5lJVOD0F6GnTCIVicGGJf0sOsUqsjlRb9kbXDOmQoudYausn8Uvd5hVn8e_HaiHgnV5gkFJplZdxqo8nW8CjkSmhRi6mNyhsUn330oYEGpGknwNuEfS2Tt0c3BT3YffFrBIK4Dug5QczsPtIu505Nd9h1SL9VPqI3Bsm1fMEzWwQ/s800/winter%20ink%20photo%20collage%205%20sig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="324" data-original-width="800" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRjmW78Svq_gnlxX5lJVOD0F6GnTCIVicGGJf0sOsUqsjlRb9kbXDOmQoudYausn8Uvd5hVn8e_HaiHgnV5gkFJplZdxqo8nW8CjkSmhRi6mNyhsUn330oYEGpGknwNuEfS2Tt0c3BT3YffFrBIK4Dug5QczsPtIu505Nd9h1SL9VPqI3Bsm1fMEzWwQ/w640-h260/winter%20ink%20photo%20collage%205%20sig.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm joining in with Julia over at <b><a href="https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">WOYWW</a></b> this week, a great place for seeing what other people have on their desks at the moment.</span></div>Diana Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02475927836717719695noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698455695833611307.post-57406362278116654662023-01-25T08:40:00.000+00:002023-01-25T08:40:41.446+00:00Silver Clay and the New Kiln!<div style="text-align: center;"><span> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> I was incredibly lucky to be given a small jewellery kiln for Christmas by the Hubs. What a wonderful man - and he let me use it in the couple of weeks before Christmas so I didn't have to wait for it - he knows me so well!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This little pendant is a Christmas gift I made for my sister, using silver clay and the new kiln - it's based on a beachcombing theme, using a cuttlefish bone impression for the 'waves' and silver frit for the sand, I topped it off with a piece of pale amethyst 'treasure'. It's quite small, about 2.5cm across, as my sister does delicate - if it was for me it would be at least twice that size!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijbQkQI4zionabCC94-JfXR7dnSM8GnxxCq6wKuKVBjcMLHwjJvPCRFijMfPle4UvI76YfA0ga6CEdbpovsGBE1AaCnyH9xOcHQOgYWj4ORpIz-2SXH1tcu7lVOaY41-gsnZmmYByCyKDIIyU2M3lzRAefkx-uEctq9Yc4CNnMa9T7zuwfII_E35V0RA/s3648/silver%20clay%20pendand%20beach%20theme%20sig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijbQkQI4zionabCC94-JfXR7dnSM8GnxxCq6wKuKVBjcMLHwjJvPCRFijMfPle4UvI76YfA0ga6CEdbpovsGBE1AaCnyH9xOcHQOgYWj4ORpIz-2SXH1tcu7lVOaY41-gsnZmmYByCyKDIIyU2M3lzRAefkx-uEctq9Yc4CNnMa9T7zuwfII_E35V0RA/w480-h640/silver%20clay%20pendand%20beach%20theme%20sig.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Also pre-Christmas I made little boxes for my nephews for money and gift cards (which they seem to prefer!), and that's the sum total of my Christmas crafting...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbKd_ualDkcrfE8Ea29VU48em2myUaNo3BqJnc3BPSPPAgg0L2pBqJQwMsHLTKBj3UJZXvnI05do9TCG4Zbgg7ncvlHfl1Gq6yxBKsZqyQ346xjyoGuCjPVmeqN6zFDfm2sYYfhbmfwbDCJoyJyDvI6dIom5LH-yYdR7UHGgmSEFjKzefVqtqZjq9Fmw/s800/christmas-boxes-2022-d%20sig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbKd_ualDkcrfE8Ea29VU48em2myUaNo3BqJnc3BPSPPAgg0L2pBqJQwMsHLTKBj3UJZXvnI05do9TCG4Zbgg7ncvlHfl1Gq6yxBKsZqyQ346xjyoGuCjPVmeqN6zFDfm2sYYfhbmfwbDCJoyJyDvI6dIom5LH-yYdR7UHGgmSEFjKzefVqtqZjq9Fmw/w640-h480/christmas-boxes-2022-d%20sig.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">... however, shoulder and elbow seem to be improving and I've felt enthused enough to start a page in my sketch book - I don't know where it's going but hopefully it will have changed by next week! I'm thinking winter garden - a recurring and well loved theme!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_VUR82FI8FDhQmZ3KrIvwqj6IgB784YuenM_zPUfyp_AYqLvaOGn7UHlZ4bWpc9F0aCQu3fPzqYzjzQ4zZB_9Dv4Duyr8AyfpL6KuqDn0S4Jq79x7RGIh7M-uyjYogfD5UeRdHCU725M_acdzg4uGTy1igTwDi7c6swtD6RMzNXfaDExAGrJlXfR2Rg/s800/winter-seedlings-2%20sig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_VUR82FI8FDhQmZ3KrIvwqj6IgB784YuenM_zPUfyp_AYqLvaOGn7UHlZ4bWpc9F0aCQu3fPzqYzjzQ4zZB_9Dv4Duyr8AyfpL6KuqDn0S4Jq79x7RGIh7M-uyjYogfD5UeRdHCU725M_acdzg4uGTy1igTwDi7c6swtD6RMzNXfaDExAGrJlXfR2Rg/w640-h480/winter-seedlings-2%20sig.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm linking up with Julia over at <a href="https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">WOYWW</a> this week.</span> </div><br /> </div>Diana Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02475927836717719695noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698455695833611307.post-31745092196087858362022-12-21T09:31:00.000+00:002022-12-21T09:31:33.073+00:00Merry Christmas!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm still neglecting my craft room and my blog due to the ongoing tennis elbow and frozen shoulder problems - it's been very challenging and although there has been some improvement, it can easily be setback again if I try and push my luck!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So no desk this week but I thought a wintery scene was the next best thing!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I would like to wish everyone a happy, healthy and creative festive season and say thank you for the kind, supportive comments and friendship throughout the past year.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsN7SY0NHY5r8_f_t84tM4FyXDRPJdHdf0VNihdlajh8eoiwNM7SH3wFPYa4nFXeoZtQht_hLkJGI9UQEtR0BW6ZJvGuySA42KsJ6dAqf0VLOGRLV7v4fU__zxcds1Ls9zLxRXPzf011zKrI2Dy4qgldLjdaJR_7CXJlaMzA_wlw8RpEhEXCEB9PhBYw/s1067/Snowy-walk%20sig.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsN7SY0NHY5r8_f_t84tM4FyXDRPJdHdf0VNihdlajh8eoiwNM7SH3wFPYa4nFXeoZtQht_hLkJGI9UQEtR0BW6ZJvGuySA42KsJ6dAqf0VLOGRLV7v4fU__zxcds1Ls9zLxRXPzf011zKrI2Dy4qgldLjdaJR_7CXJlaMzA_wlw8RpEhEXCEB9PhBYw/w480-h640/Snowy-walk%20sig.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> <br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm linking up with Julia over at <a href="https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">WOYWW </a></span></div>Diana Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02475927836717719695noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698455695833611307.post-48082792330064188972022-10-19T09:14:00.001+01:002022-10-19T09:14:07.658+01:00A Messy Desk!<div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: verdana;">A bit of a messy desk this week - I haven't managed to finish anything and horror of horrors I actually have pushback! The shells at the back have been pushed out of the way while they wait for me to varnish them, and some gentle collage making has been going on. I say gentle because the tennis elbow in my right arm has now be joined by a frozen shoulder - they certainly make crafting challenging!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And on that note, can anyone please recommend an accurate guillotine - I always use a steel rule and a Stanley knife but that is just out of the question at the moment and it seems 90% of my crafting requires cutting straight lines!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgimaM4L6fLJi8R0iArHahBz5MSVh5P3HLHsq2PENiukj0NStK9kATVi39rRLv8RXfs1DQ8pFXGAXE3YgAfF2g6z2bk7aCgKUUS4Mf5lsbwrcD1K-FIpzahbyzSrsWiMu3L3loBLjoV3yh1_JVx2vnfOYe_saMEfbZv3CYitV1_Y5qXrk9Ugi7DPRBjnA/s1020/DESK-AND-COLLAGES-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgimaM4L6fLJi8R0iArHahBz5MSVh5P3HLHsq2PENiukj0NStK9kATVi39rRLv8RXfs1DQ8pFXGAXE3YgAfF2g6z2bk7aCgKUUS4Mf5lsbwrcD1K-FIpzahbyzSrsWiMu3L3loBLjoV3yh1_JVx2vnfOYe_saMEfbZv3CYitV1_Y5qXrk9Ugi7DPRBjnA/w502-h640/DESK-AND-COLLAGES-.jpg" width="502" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm linking up with Julia over at <b><a href="https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">WOYWW</a></b> this week.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>Diana Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02475927836717719695noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698455695833611307.post-26273316707011368332022-09-28T09:05:00.000+01:002022-09-28T09:05:06.483+01:00UPSIDE DOWN COLLAGES!<div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Just to keep the creativity flowing I decided to dip into the Collage Workbook by Randel Plowman. I've had quite a break from it but enjoyed doing these two little collages - the requirement was to use two images and flip one upside down. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMB-uDNO94cN-cjOyhHVEvqGULPzRpiFpZaki-huWGtKCSNgIwAaF0A36iIh3oSVnmDX6pb98AKye3Xha5MSs3JnyxDnORKWMns20kGjnwmY9rixLzVm0os86xwE2A4xU3hUCMPdYF7o7QbMVBsXNbqh3snE0Qvo30LXOdKoym2TPuLbCXHPOI-TCKFQ/s870/COLLAGE-UPSIDE-DOWN-1%20sig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="870" data-original-width="852" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMB-uDNO94cN-cjOyhHVEvqGULPzRpiFpZaki-huWGtKCSNgIwAaF0A36iIh3oSVnmDX6pb98AKye3Xha5MSs3JnyxDnORKWMns20kGjnwmY9rixLzVm0os86xwE2A4xU3hUCMPdYF7o7QbMVBsXNbqh3snE0Qvo30LXOdKoym2TPuLbCXHPOI-TCKFQ/w626-h640/COLLAGE-UPSIDE-DOWN-1%20sig.jpg" width="626" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJLuqXCwfM3eIwGKjvsv9imqgDHDYh55aiBhKuHeY7pb1oAn0zfpt2hwQwEIJ9OPRuPocJYfr8C9EfQlezFz83M6fRPU6r41i3FXJrO70a6SRaUi4kT0IVGZbmTfcPENIjs1PHPOCzDm2_sHwJNmHD-LvWrTV7-nhLcmhRfUam3G7OcT27BO2SlZHVaQ/s893/COLLAGE-UPSIDE-DOWN-2%20sig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="870" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJLuqXCwfM3eIwGKjvsv9imqgDHDYh55aiBhKuHeY7pb1oAn0zfpt2hwQwEIJ9OPRuPocJYfr8C9EfQlezFz83M6fRPU6r41i3FXJrO70a6SRaUi4kT0IVGZbmTfcPENIjs1PHPOCzDm2_sHwJNmHD-LvWrTV7-nhLcmhRfUam3G7OcT27BO2SlZHVaQ/w624-h640/COLLAGE-UPSIDE-DOWN-2%20sig.jpg" width="624" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">The most exciting part of my week has been obtaining a new storage box for my sewing threads! The 4 Gutermann boxes that I previously had were fiddly, the lids fell off frequently and I had an extra tray of loose reels that wouldn't fit in the boxes. This one is great, and has freed up a lot of drawer space. It's also got me doing some long awaited mending!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL__unXe7KuheNFUn0sfDLe8P_-zlJyK7ZRftLoUQPX8pWiLSZaiBpi6pWTEgcMctgYPXVUGRDqAVxifYBVRtcrUdcHeQ-07IJw6Xhc3CgHPJBCQJgmcel2jDMEhXFpK1icTTtCXPndfeH12FQZE20TAcHqzvNDbPWJNDXkPElbev2jz-23kBvXqZEKg/s800/sewing-thread-box.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="596" data-original-width="800" height="475" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL__unXe7KuheNFUn0sfDLe8P_-zlJyK7ZRftLoUQPX8pWiLSZaiBpi6pWTEgcMctgYPXVUGRDqAVxifYBVRtcrUdcHeQ-07IJw6Xhc3CgHPJBCQJgmcel2jDMEhXFpK1icTTtCXPndfeH12FQZE20TAcHqzvNDbPWJNDXkPElbev2jz-23kBvXqZEKg/w640-h475/sewing-thread-box.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm linking up with Julia over at <b><a href="https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">WOYWW</a></b> this week.</span></div>Diana Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02475927836717719695noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698455695833611307.post-80986474492837665862022-09-14T10:36:00.001+01:002022-09-14T10:36:34.707+01:00A Small Burst of Creative Energy<div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Goodness, in the blink of an eye we are half way through September and I don't quite know how I managed to take a 2 month break from blogging and creativity. The tennis elbow hasn't helped and although it's a fair bit better again, it's still frustratingly hanging around.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">However I've had a few 'word of mouth' commissions for some jewellery, and that has got me busy again. It became a two man job, with help from the Hubs because of the elbow problems - he's been a star!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">These are on my desk at the moment, waiting for the lids to be decorated - as you can see I've built up a bit of a stock! All are made from old china that has been damaged and unable to be used for purpose. I love old china and I've been collecting it for years with the vague and unrealistic idea of making a large mosaic garden table! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiAtC0Cs7Hjf0D9Yg8rNndjJz26Ti0W8kst6N50EEvOmoHhVzoYzo1-meODFQbAKkb6vfdk5PVEFXl6zErWzzEc87SjyUPAz7xup4TCV31rqnDPGtFSJYYhbFfFoXwb5p5d_pBFxz7247qAWSuQHVY-ZYI2W3DRRRrliEdnQ5onxP_7URPisL2jC2G7w/s1067/PENDANTS-BULK-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiAtC0Cs7Hjf0D9Yg8rNndjJz26Ti0W8kst6N50EEvOmoHhVzoYzo1-meODFQbAKkb6vfdk5PVEFXl6zErWzzEc87SjyUPAz7xup4TCV31rqnDPGtFSJYYhbFfFoXwb5p5d_pBFxz7247qAWSuQHVY-ZYI2W3DRRRrliEdnQ5onxP_7URPisL2jC2G7w/w480-h640/PENDANTS-BULK-1.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;">Such sad news this week with the death of our beloved Queen, very strange and unsettling times - I have been far more affected by it than I expected to be. It's been so very emotional and my heart goes out to the Royal family.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>I am linking up with Julia over at <b><a href="https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/ " target="_blank">WOYWW.</a></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>Diana Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02475927836717719695noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698455695833611307.post-53846675518552843742022-06-29T08:47:00.000+01:002022-06-29T08:47:00.538+01:00Buddleia Card and Book Collage<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I've achieved quite a lot since I last posted considering we had my step-son and his family visiting from the USA last week. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I've completed another collage using the prompts in The Collage Workbook - it was all about using bits of old books - which was lucky, as I have loads! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgCcQYRBEKHHmBrC4wcagP07alQ2fpj0B1cFikYpx-4-GPuJPrxPTostygVXbKGSvbNY-Jng8yoYG5RKbzdd8IIVqHIBjyIt58FggXmDMUzJzBwFtt-OClHTqBJQ7XDwc4eTVYlwBo646oQdELuMKhVF_pGQX--24gHxPceDSQ1uX7yi9J9xWHgk1YDw/s791/COLLAGE-OLD-BOOKS%20sig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="791" data-original-width="790" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgCcQYRBEKHHmBrC4wcagP07alQ2fpj0B1cFikYpx-4-GPuJPrxPTostygVXbKGSvbNY-Jng8yoYG5RKbzdd8IIVqHIBjyIt58FggXmDMUzJzBwFtt-OClHTqBJQ7XDwc4eTVYlwBo646oQdELuMKhVF_pGQX--24gHxPceDSQ1uX7yi9J9xWHgk1YDw/w640-h640/COLLAGE-OLD-BOOKS%20sig.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> I also had to make a sympathy card and I found this Buddleia stamp set in my stash that I'm sure I've never used ...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizf7B30buH31XxKyAfI20c5nvnuh-kIuPAdwtUXvK4fcyZdGphtnphNjcCE-jCnaEzfHDXUZZrb5VoeU5QEElAG__2DtEMWNvfAgoRtWlzmDor6MXy8YM3MnVuDwFlj3e7irpHSlaBAHzNkEOxG4L_rzGjHJQRGtNbYrgEaeZou3iDOKmrqMoWI8k6gA/s822/BUDDLEIA-SYMPATHY-CARD-1%20sig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="822" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizf7B30buH31XxKyAfI20c5nvnuh-kIuPAdwtUXvK4fcyZdGphtnphNjcCE-jCnaEzfHDXUZZrb5VoeU5QEElAG__2DtEMWNvfAgoRtWlzmDor6MXy8YM3MnVuDwFlj3e7irpHSlaBAHzNkEOxG4L_rzGjHJQRGtNbYrgEaeZou3iDOKmrqMoWI8k6gA/w622-h640/BUDDLEIA-SYMPATHY-CARD-1%20sig.jpg" width="622" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDpuATxCt1PrxHxaLYUXdlAl54qYPPGKwYRuNvoW10HpPPJk6G9CvIIU0k1t1Z8TWdIIZTPTsgVWQI35YpudS50BWhruYoFs-JygggTMpj3VTb_0MCegKrjTz29ejnReMyiZdqjpn3kNTHemDzcNOIfBNqyg1TetUAX1dwkONeTseiQj2SQa1DNIJ-Yw/s1067/BUDDLEIA-SYMPATHY-CARD-2%20sig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDpuATxCt1PrxHxaLYUXdlAl54qYPPGKwYRuNvoW10HpPPJk6G9CvIIU0k1t1Z8TWdIIZTPTsgVWQI35YpudS50BWhruYoFs-JygggTMpj3VTb_0MCegKrjTz29ejnReMyiZdqjpn3kNTHemDzcNOIfBNqyg1TetUAX1dwkONeTseiQj2SQa1DNIJ-Yw/w480-h640/BUDDLEIA-SYMPATHY-CARD-2%20sig.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /> ...and I've been gold leafing some prints too! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2l_RB3tBZl70zMLWS_N692MQNS70K9xKC84vRuPth0xSMkXZ505z-Cg5UK6UYPVOEhYciarUBfpOkMnqxgNLKE25dRVEmCvmlvaY-3yJV63JRRILwVhlH-1OAGduP7B1PNMt0C0YCy6lyhc0e8tMOIdhzIy8WRiuEXn5bNAd8jCsGQ3nfSG5oCQUhyA/s1067/print-gold-leafing%20sig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2l_RB3tBZl70zMLWS_N692MQNS70K9xKC84vRuPth0xSMkXZ505z-Cg5UK6UYPVOEhYciarUBfpOkMnqxgNLKE25dRVEmCvmlvaY-3yJV63JRRILwVhlH-1OAGduP7B1PNMt0C0YCy6lyhc0e8tMOIdhzIy8WRiuEXn5bNAd8jCsGQ3nfSG5oCQUhyA/w480-h640/print-gold-leafing%20sig.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Housework is next on the agenda! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But before that I'm linking up with Julia over at <b><a href="https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">WOYWW</a></b> for the weekly desk hop.</span></div>Diana Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02475927836717719695noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698455695833611307.post-65904367736804046642022-06-15T08:55:00.002+01:002022-06-17T18:11:23.238+01:00Blue Mono Printing and the Midnight Garden<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A bit of a printing fest going on this week, and it's all a bit blue! I've continued with the mono printing from last week but changed the colours to suit my midnight garden theme - I seem to come round to that each summer as I really do love the muted colours and beautiful shapes of my garden as it goes from dusk into night. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWX09AgmYJ4LPNyhFfweiPXlRcXoKDkzJPswSDeU-UnK_ICv_5E08mYh89f7WIiYCpRufQK6srtnvzBIdKyvRrJg-ou-zRcHIFWSuyStX_BNp7ULFPZvsrQX0EKS8xYWY8FoRo-O5LH2K11_7VVFIAL8btLaBJy4FVXITbZhZzp2HCCWjHr32R8wSo5g/s800/print-7%20sig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWX09AgmYJ4LPNyhFfweiPXlRcXoKDkzJPswSDeU-UnK_ICv_5E08mYh89f7WIiYCpRufQK6srtnvzBIdKyvRrJg-ou-zRcHIFWSuyStX_BNp7ULFPZvsrQX0EKS8xYWY8FoRo-O5LH2K11_7VVFIAL8btLaBJy4FVXITbZhZzp2HCCWjHr32R8wSo5g/w640-h480/print-7%20sig.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi53pNpCn-WqiuDvWPjz62fD2mmrjdTbABQWUU9mWcJ3P6ZHMkpp7l-i1oLwXYdtebnytKmKjbFXRLlJlDkzNt7TmMTrJwxIGwO3YjStE9-7be9BDyFw1OddyOMlm35P1N9QI5Lw6-N4T9eGSrX6JBvMp7PASiVcAFcJvsMPxago7uWUFoYI4Gua8mi8w/s800/print-17%20sig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi53pNpCn-WqiuDvWPjz62fD2mmrjdTbABQWUU9mWcJ3P6ZHMkpp7l-i1oLwXYdtebnytKmKjbFXRLlJlDkzNt7TmMTrJwxIGwO3YjStE9-7be9BDyFw1OddyOMlm35P1N9QI5Lw6-N4T9eGSrX6JBvMp7PASiVcAFcJvsMPxago7uWUFoYI4Gua8mi8w/w640-h480/print-17%20sig.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">The bright sunshine we've been having has meant I can get some more cyanotype printing done - topping up my stash for card making and collages - always a favourite activity!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMEpUYTi-WcmLFK5Jm2pJAUMJ77W-bt1bmoU7AOU_4LSsxhT9IIDzelCQis7seuaCVoCL6S2Dq8NjiFcysUBvQlRJReiUDC2JowMZ_0PvmX99h7u6snc12vY8-MV-5TosjGC4GAwd2OvSJuhVPw_eduKo--RI5dEyZ-3xIaekJxVPWeq79IUKvWcEADw/s800/cyanotype-cards-mosaic-1%20sig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="800" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMEpUYTi-WcmLFK5Jm2pJAUMJ77W-bt1bmoU7AOU_4LSsxhT9IIDzelCQis7seuaCVoCL6S2Dq8NjiFcysUBvQlRJReiUDC2JowMZ_0PvmX99h7u6snc12vY8-MV-5TosjGC4GAwd2OvSJuhVPw_eduKo--RI5dEyZ-3xIaekJxVPWeq79IUKvWcEADw/w640-h432/cyanotype-cards-mosaic-1%20sig.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> I've also been running low on notecards so I have printed off another run of them using some of these photos of old and new cyanotype prints. I need to trim them all up - about 30 in total - a job I don't enjoy so we'll see if it gets done by next week - I'm betting it doesn't!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzVltCTZ81NXl2KUqie4uOL5dlpspGlz3JV2OKAKSMxad9F7r2s-HMCsHPe0KGmCSJ0CQMyqTDzAQ9SWgBEBEwTbtiLZZDWZ7ZwVJtb9wYiIyoVmpdm5KYJxJJ8blI7EyZd4y8R0-4eHZC_iazUL3e1MdSZRNJymfB-jRtNL3h7bXI0h_TYJX0EH5PEQ/s800/wet-cyanotype-mosaic-1%20sig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzVltCTZ81NXl2KUqie4uOL5dlpspGlz3JV2OKAKSMxad9F7r2s-HMCsHPe0KGmCSJ0CQMyqTDzAQ9SWgBEBEwTbtiLZZDWZ7ZwVJtb9wYiIyoVmpdm5KYJxJJ8blI7EyZd4y8R0-4eHZC_iazUL3e1MdSZRNJymfB-jRtNL3h7bXI0h_TYJX0EH5PEQ/w640-h640/wet-cyanotype-mosaic-1%20sig.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm linking up with Julia over at <b><a href="https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">WOYWW</a></b> this week.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Diana Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02475927836717719695noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698455695833611307.post-72672216624707856702022-06-08T08:33:00.000+01:002022-06-08T08:33:47.904+01:00Stamped Collage and Mono Printing<div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: verdana;">A busy desk this week! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A collage from the Collage Workbook challenges - this week incorporating stamping - I used some little seedling stamps that I hand carved a long time ago and gold leafed a few -I meant to gold leaf just one as a 'statement seedling' but I find it hard to stop leafing whenever I start so it reached 7 before I found my self-restraint!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7dkDQoT7Ypu2DqWTzyp8fvSDxYtr6wQX1Xdn5CVu4MvlQQpWe6NcqQ7zxN3kklOPX0T9ddhR7PlQbeMx3PqkT1d_KudkvY64-R7JqH18LvRsywWS6oMWgkluL4-4bVk8C4ku2TqcVjAJRZ1M4ztA5DGnjfM4B2IMK7z7k8A4j_s8eXPZpFZ5bq2ajfA/s791/collage---stamping%20sig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="791" data-original-width="775" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7dkDQoT7Ypu2DqWTzyp8fvSDxYtr6wQX1Xdn5CVu4MvlQQpWe6NcqQ7zxN3kklOPX0T9ddhR7PlQbeMx3PqkT1d_KudkvY64-R7JqH18LvRsywWS6oMWgkluL4-4bVk8C4ku2TqcVjAJRZ1M4ztA5DGnjfM4B2IMK7z7k8A4j_s8eXPZpFZ5bq2ajfA/w628-h640/collage---stamping%20sig.jpg" width="628" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I also did some mono printing - here are a few that are still on my desk, out of what felt like hundreds I had printed!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI5wOPzsQbIdueGO_c11tP8n_5FwuMWuPFqHTPas8vYDdflsYYvrKEeQzsxY1rB9FQvjzaLSaNQsLdJ0_oO5Nf0PioLuYcSsY3pfJGsSdZ95jkHEmk2qd0wcUBTWpQoM4hUThaCJj6a3qAbWXxCSMc_qPoXnVJCid_8uG4oxjk-bpL6TQX-x7wZNlxuQ/s800/print-12%20sig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI5wOPzsQbIdueGO_c11tP8n_5FwuMWuPFqHTPas8vYDdflsYYvrKEeQzsxY1rB9FQvjzaLSaNQsLdJ0_oO5Nf0PioLuYcSsY3pfJGsSdZ95jkHEmk2qd0wcUBTWpQoM4hUThaCJj6a3qAbWXxCSMc_qPoXnVJCid_8uG4oxjk-bpL6TQX-x7wZNlxuQ/w640-h480/print-12%20sig.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">And I received the last of the happy mail from the ATC swap - Jan very kindly sent me a replacement ATC as it looks like the original got lost in the post - I'm so thrilled to receive it and what a gorgeous card too - an absolute treasure, thank you so much Jan.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8gOOfbCweeOJPmgu04B1-WIAdlRMWFbV5jvnr9yMLwwlATEMYncIbCL2XVdCXhjq4UmGlGWbz4rk6byl_lCvPRgskMLSvxSj24U902C0HTo0emcb9iC4KcU8xgQpX5QMHfaoRDlmUjQhmyCgohYu6RpjKsZm7zmnRg7kyb_ioa9GnXKRZe81DwwQo9w/s908/woyww-atc-13-jan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="908" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8gOOfbCweeOJPmgu04B1-WIAdlRMWFbV5jvnr9yMLwwlATEMYncIbCL2XVdCXhjq4UmGlGWbz4rk6byl_lCvPRgskMLSvxSj24U902C0HTo0emcb9iC4KcU8xgQpX5QMHfaoRDlmUjQhmyCgohYu6RpjKsZm7zmnRg7kyb_ioa9GnXKRZe81DwwQo9w/w565-h640/woyww-atc-13-jan.jpg" width="565" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm linking up with Julia over at <b><a href="https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">WOYWW</a></b> this week.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>Diana Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02475927836717719695noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698455695833611307.post-21891849058267112932022-06-01T09:09:00.000+01:002022-06-01T09:09:38.147+01:00Word Collage and ATC Swap<div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: verdana;"> This week I've made another collage for my journey through The Collage Workbook by Randel Plowman - for this one I had to use one word only in it and not a lot else!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_KAR82RvSR1c4hAX3gVFQ33BOj6y0oPJdsrD7YZzM-unpja0kOu_l7tqMGPrKFAKGPSsXcKX5DyHkDdWFAYGhu1d6yvYgANMjooXUJDPxAU0a8Ontn36JYR9RoQIEVWy99LFMLq9RsHUMJN7VbyfBiZh8vpN1Og1ClDT8vaMB3npXfxQTtQRzpCdetQ/s871/COLLAGE-SINGLE-WORD%20sig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="871" data-original-width="857" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_KAR82RvSR1c4hAX3gVFQ33BOj6y0oPJdsrD7YZzM-unpja0kOu_l7tqMGPrKFAKGPSsXcKX5DyHkDdWFAYGhu1d6yvYgANMjooXUJDPxAU0a8Ontn36JYR9RoQIEVWy99LFMLq9RsHUMJN7VbyfBiZh8vpN1Og1ClDT8vaMB3npXfxQTtQRzpCdetQ/w630-h640/COLLAGE-SINGLE-WORD%20sig.jpg" width="630" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In my newly reorganised studio I've 'lost' a sepia pen, two bottles of epoxy resin and a small office date stamp - each has been put in a convenient, logical and completely different place to where they used to live! I am resisting buying more as I know that as soon as I do they will resurface! However, despite having no sepia pen I've managed to start a new collage!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Y6PwiQqBPlDlAfMBe7ZYtoj9dqok6xu8wRv-7TafI7I7hxP_kb5PvU13CTL96T2iKhc7MPpjGkGz8cc_orLWc0bwqGN0CbhHG-Tdotx7ms2hMzHrESzXGtpDzMLo2T2NdcJC47RUr1zgybCtTCTNNHKsiGc9eA1E3VML4bEnU-0MR63iffds_TR41Q/s800/woyww-lino-cut-stamping%20sig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Y6PwiQqBPlDlAfMBe7ZYtoj9dqok6xu8wRv-7TafI7I7hxP_kb5PvU13CTL96T2iKhc7MPpjGkGz8cc_orLWc0bwqGN0CbhHG-Tdotx7ms2hMzHrESzXGtpDzMLo2T2NdcJC47RUr1zgybCtTCTNNHKsiGc9eA1E3VML4bEnU-0MR63iffds_TR41Q/w400-h300/woyww-lino-cut-stamping%20sig.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This week has also seen more happy mail - a beautiful ATC and card from Sylvia, it arrived more quickly than I thought and I love the little extras - thank you so much Sylvia. That leaves just one ATC due and I have a horrible feeling it's probably been lost in the post but I'm keeping my fingers crossed it might still turn up.</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ3AvsvShDnct-ugzeJy2gACWKjY3l1jZ0UhCoVVy-cnibg4UOvkgBsf70BEJ8Fb5qllhYSdoSRvY3HN_FheVxA2vxoGDlBPeZQO_3frjiG6ROMAqpdIqgheenRTVrnMyg-G7HkU2lYnnDhjuOd67bo_k57dKJYjEus23hMYRKaNYTZ4v2pZB_W9xSMQ/s800/woryww-atc-13th-swap-sylvia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ3AvsvShDnct-ugzeJy2gACWKjY3l1jZ0UhCoVVy-cnibg4UOvkgBsf70BEJ8Fb5qllhYSdoSRvY3HN_FheVxA2vxoGDlBPeZQO_3frjiG6ROMAqpdIqgheenRTVrnMyg-G7HkU2lYnnDhjuOd67bo_k57dKJYjEus23hMYRKaNYTZ4v2pZB_W9xSMQ/w400-h300/woryww-atc-13th-swap-sylvia.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm linking up with Julia over at <b><a href="https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">WOYWW</a></b> this week.</span></div>Diana Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02475927836717719695noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698455695833611307.post-46004355977697690272022-05-25T09:29:00.002+01:002022-05-25T10:17:59.295+01:00ATC Swap for WOYWW<div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: verdana;">What a lovely week it's been with happy (and beautiful) mail dropping through the door for the WOYWW 13th Anniversary ATC swap.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The theme was Connections, and here are some of my ATC's that I sent out, but more importantly...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFRGiXFTePPKPae-SKjhjMVaCl_FYEIsJCeAN0ViwOT7046x3RC-45Ut-UCREZHtmcGeuTKGHQeAa4C5-IgS4n_sNPJx7gh5l5ibEnkTkCFMgujK7f69btznWKTrcKOFZzhJlobU-d8lF3otSnN_p6-kafazXTfv91WTEiKH9EOG9WT8jAwDgNVc8ozQ/s1067/atc-13-swap-1%20sig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFRGiXFTePPKPae-SKjhjMVaCl_FYEIsJCeAN0ViwOT7046x3RC-45Ut-UCREZHtmcGeuTKGHQeAa4C5-IgS4n_sNPJx7gh5l5ibEnkTkCFMgujK7f69btznWKTrcKOFZzhJlobU-d8lF3otSnN_p6-kafazXTfv91WTEiKH9EOG9WT8jAwDgNVc8ozQ/w480-h640/atc-13-swap-1%20sig.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> ...here are the beauties I received during the week!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaNUJB4xjIKoBl__jHFSGFtnb5TpnbvKfh9hX7sdETstNBkzARfo-YV5jEjhR2-nCL_9Q2MkbgFaE-0oL6KNoxJ151xDBhG5KhFcXdQByNrfUQ52YoPSdbjg5zaxSXcEWeOS6GKYPsxPJB0DPrvX1F7C0hATWUh8Xwn3r0DJvzUweOV8250uHdhj1loQ/s800/WOYWW-13-anniv-ATCs-named.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="591" data-original-width="800" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaNUJB4xjIKoBl__jHFSGFtnb5TpnbvKfh9hX7sdETstNBkzARfo-YV5jEjhR2-nCL_9Q2MkbgFaE-0oL6KNoxJ151xDBhG5KhFcXdQByNrfUQ52YoPSdbjg5zaxSXcEWeOS6GKYPsxPJB0DPrvX1F7C0hATWUh8Xwn3r0DJvzUweOV8250uHdhj1loQ/w640-h472/WOYWW-13-anniv-ATCs-named.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thank you so much for these gorgeous little works of art - they will be treasured - and I think a couple are still on their way so more happy mail to come!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There has been no crafting going on this week but we did do a trip to Exbury Gardens, which is about a 5 minute drive from where we live - I just had to visit the Wisteria while it was in full bloom! We were early enough to be the only ones there, so we were able to enjoy our flask of coffee on the bench inside it without ending up in anyone else's photos! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3xx4TFjaqvScctw8hUw6wqhEvIkDzlBJZn4QIa7W1bWFOuTdcCGHQonPPn3YOqe0zEvdNClSWqRHNVqn14b_mJuQDR4MVjFHzvgo8LKiDUxPqCFP89pG5Xl4UFjlpADUTOdzE9VFBgGVbxlzSUVZEOr3r4iJXBWt3NEu5dWtKITA9gLgXlVinJ-qPUw/s800/exbury-wisteria-mosiac%20sig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="800" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3xx4TFjaqvScctw8hUw6wqhEvIkDzlBJZn4QIa7W1bWFOuTdcCGHQonPPn3YOqe0zEvdNClSWqRHNVqn14b_mJuQDR4MVjFHzvgo8LKiDUxPqCFP89pG5Xl4UFjlpADUTOdzE9VFBgGVbxlzSUVZEOr3r4iJXBWt3NEu5dWtKITA9gLgXlVinJ-qPUw/w640-h436/exbury-wisteria-mosiac%20sig.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2DBLqcF8CbsuxY-O2zkrwaiO_ERGv0Jcin5pezaJxg8bgGZ0yGn88bFvBR1gRKPpPp3aSckQsw7P7RNrbKad491ksU6Xpi8VoEbkB-6AyLpchvBpSkrWd1BY9TwMnlY_XZj-q7AGXjhPFct7uVgUJSitM5OdHVTjKbH2KGWnsBaM4Ws9Lv9zRjdIejg/s800/Exbury%20Wisteria%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="603" data-original-width="800" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2DBLqcF8CbsuxY-O2zkrwaiO_ERGv0Jcin5pezaJxg8bgGZ0yGn88bFvBR1gRKPpPp3aSckQsw7P7RNrbKad491ksU6Xpi8VoEbkB-6AyLpchvBpSkrWd1BY9TwMnlY_XZj-q7AGXjhPFct7uVgUJSitM5OdHVTjKbH2KGWnsBaM4Ws9Lv9zRjdIejg/w640-h482/Exbury%20Wisteria%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm linking up with Julia over at <b><a href="https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">WOYWW</a></b> this week</div> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>Diana Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02475927836717719695noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698455695833611307.post-43463558020037443042022-05-18T08:29:00.001+01:002022-05-18T08:29:20.635+01:00WOYWW 13th Anniversary <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Happy 13th Anniversary to all Deskers over at<b><a href="https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> WOYWW </a></b>- what an achievement, what a fabulous group to be part of and of course a huge thank you and gold star to Julia who makes this possible each week.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Everything has been ATC's here so there's nothing on my desk to show today - so here's a card I made for the Hubs a few weeks ago! I've been busy finishing my ATC's and with some help with the die cutting and some left handed stamping (elbow still playing up) I've managed to complete my bundle and they are ready to be sent to their new homes - cutting it a bit fine but I did it!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2hG-GSN6cWbx-2OWta9HBLfaRCfbVuGNeG62wF1oiDVF73tbPWZY_Tm_1jpedGDEN67sGh1OQaxNFMwZ_Bqru3NyvF-X0s7LQktw8WHDWiaSJ4xliIVfFV3oditkIMWThEuu1nlAGfImzUu_LQyBDCMUghU3Y11Izq9NJe3HqFh5TM5utCI_ldDrz7w/s800/ians-card-1-2022%20sig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2hG-GSN6cWbx-2OWta9HBLfaRCfbVuGNeG62wF1oiDVF73tbPWZY_Tm_1jpedGDEN67sGh1OQaxNFMwZ_Bqru3NyvF-X0s7LQktw8WHDWiaSJ4xliIVfFV3oditkIMWThEuu1nlAGfImzUu_LQyBDCMUghU3Y11Izq9NJe3HqFh5TM5utCI_ldDrz7w/w640-h640/ians-card-1-2022%20sig.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div>Diana Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02475927836717719695noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-698455695833611307.post-81940850059014261352022-05-11T09:58:00.000+01:002022-05-11T09:58:08.844+01:00Typography Collage<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I made this a couple of weeks ago, continuing my journey with Randel Plowman's Collage Workbook - I had to find a word or phrase and work it in to the collage, so I got out my old typewriter, found some old book scraps and set to work!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3OdjjOvpjB-bLsgWlGtSofo_83WSPR66TIISxVXgYa1kpfo07Nuzd-LblhtdUgCi_eBBKnDJRwjc9OxrF1NbojzGFdf1S2ZwIn3tjThuDb2DMMCXEE34KWpfhMw-weQNRqHFwbj5NCByZ8Kaog1q4GtHdNlCVf7yYUbHzQe3HDR2OTfvOMCzbKp_C6g/s880/collage-typography-1%20sig.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="880" data-original-width="866" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3OdjjOvpjB-bLsgWlGtSofo_83WSPR66TIISxVXgYa1kpfo07Nuzd-LblhtdUgCi_eBBKnDJRwjc9OxrF1NbojzGFdf1S2ZwIn3tjThuDb2DMMCXEE34KWpfhMw-weQNRqHFwbj5NCByZ8Kaog1q4GtHdNlCVf7yYUbHzQe3HDR2OTfvOMCzbKp_C6g/w630-h640/collage-typography-1%20sig.jpg" width="630" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I then made some backgrounds for the ATC swap next week followed by some 'extreme gardening', tackling the brambles, ivy and next door's Leylandii that are trying to take over the garden. The end result of all this hard work is tennis elbow!</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Not nearly as innocuous as it sounds!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Despite this I'm planning on taking part in the swap and will definitely make a few extra ATC's for anyone wanting to swap, especially now that I already have the backgrounds prepared! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRBZe8KNEuBv3wLEW0MMslzTxHDaI0A0QVrDk4hQZ6oeEbwifbuzszxgQkMks_YOzZyaaNrQ-73YEacOix5p0A9JBo4bHg6_5npxXptlqMbwI20LInt_AMJa7aCamzF4kCPUoS_eKmViiJQcVa-2vjrvLNtAzzqsQYV9K80EqXRD8Z-wnovYViAPqjgw/s1067/woyww-atc-start.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRBZe8KNEuBv3wLEW0MMslzTxHDaI0A0QVrDk4hQZ6oeEbwifbuzszxgQkMks_YOzZyaaNrQ-73YEacOix5p0A9JBo4bHg6_5npxXptlqMbwI20LInt_AMJa7aCamzF4kCPUoS_eKmViiJQcVa-2vjrvLNtAzzqsQYV9K80EqXRD8Z-wnovYViAPqjgw/w300-h400/woyww-atc-start.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm linking up with Julia over at <b><a href="https://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">WOYWW</a></b></span></div>Diana Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02475927836717719695noreply@blogger.com12