WOYWW Spring into Autumn

Here, Down Under, Spring is rapidly turning into summer and a lot of the interesting blog challenge sites, which I guess are all northern hemisphere based, (do let me know if you know of any which aren't), seem to be concentrating on Halloween themes (yawn).  So I was pleased to see that Bibi (Rubber Dance Stamps), in Norway, has an Autumn colour/theme challenge this month. I haven't managed to join in for ages, so ...

It will be another reverse canvas. I rather like these, as you get a frame and an instant 3D effect :) I'm using Gelatos (both lost and new ones), some die cutting (new fence die), and a lovely leaf stamp from Rubber Dance Art Stamps.  I also managed to use H20s, watercolour paints and (new) Brilliance Pearlescent Ink Pads. Oh, and the canvas itself was just a recycled frame (thanks Sandra), looking for a new home. I glued a piece of very heavy duty cardboard on to it :)
I'll show you when it is finished :)

Now, if fabric is not your thing, I'll say "goodbye" now, but I told Zsuzsa I would show her my Batik fabric stash ... 

There's a couple of metres of each of the above.

and 40 x 10" squares above.

I bought them, (in a fit of madness, of course), when my fabric-addicted sister was ordering from the USA.    I have no idea what I intended to do with them, but Zsuzsa's fabric covered book might give me some ideas :)  :)  

(Don't think I am really up for a patchwork quilt project!)

OK, that's all for now, hope to catch you either here at my desk, or there, at yours. 
So, I'm off to see Julia at her Stamping Ground.

WOYWW wedding card

I was hoping for major inspiration, like a creative bolt out of the blue, but it didn't happen. What did happen was lots of experimentation, fiddling around, rearranging the deckchairs ... you get the picture? And, eventually a card came out of the chaos. One which I'm happy with ... see bottom pic.

Maybe you had better see yesterday's desk first ...

I could have said it was today's desk, but here is the real desk of today (Wednesday) ...

I love those H2Os, but I hate that you need to leave the lids off until they dry. (If you've ever put them back on wet, you will know why).  And I had to get them out (again) to tweak the colours, because I was not happy til they were the exact shades I was after.  See that piece of paper in the top left? Well, that was one of those special one-off pieces. You know, too good to actually use!  I figured it was time to use it :)

You'd better see what all the fuss was about ...

I'll catch up with you via Julia's Stamping Ground.  That's where the action is.

WOYWW something old, something new, something blue

I was trying to finish something (top right), and got distracted :) which resulted in putting a "final" finishing touch to an older creation ...

Just a quick addition of some Twinkling H20s around the edge of the Squished Paint Tube canvas and I think it can be teamed with the one on the left, as a "pair".

Very short and sweet today, cos I want to finish that card, (that I got distracted from),
before I head off to work. You can check out many, many other desks, workspaces, etc,
via Julia's Stamping Ground. Catch you here or there, sooner or later.

almost abandoned

If you were here the other day, I made mention of a project, slightly buried under some layers, which may or may not get finished. Well, it did ... get finished, that is ...

The inspiration came from here but I've just put the actual original pic here for you to see ...

When I saw these pics, I was immediately taken with the idea of using the negative and positive space as well as line and direction to make a semi abstract "floral" canvas. You know how much I love using colour, but I thought I would try to be restrained :)  However, I couldn't resist using some "sparkle", maybe suggestive of Winter which was coming soon.

In case you are interested, I used ... heavy watercolour paper, black drawing pens, Tombows, Twinkling H2Os, Derwent coloured pencils and for the frame, gesso (lots), impasto paste, Glimmermist.

And, now, because I am actually quite pleased with it, I am linking it at Our Creative Corner

Creative Jump Start 2014

Creative Jump Start 2014 

has really provided inspiration ...

to jump in, start something

and ... finish it!

Here's something I started a few days ago ...

The background is a sort of bleached hessian with a layer of "jointing compound".
(The hessian and the Spakfilla were both stashed in my laundry.)
Other stuff: Lumieres, twinkling H2Os, die cuts, a wine bottle cap
and a button (from the Gigantic Button Collection).

Creative Jump Start 2014 tag No.1 finished

Another instalment of  my Creative Jump Start 2014 projects.
 I have managed to narrow down too many ideas, possibilities and directions and actually finished one of those tags (see below) featuring the masking tape background.

  The embellishments were all leftovers from other projects.

 

Watercolour Waste

Another instalment in Creative Jump Start 2014. Here's another canvas I just finished.

 I used household stuff (that would normally be discarded),

 and embellishments from my Room of Stash.

One of the really great things about CJS is that I do not need to purchase anything!

Stuff used: old book page, sticky mesh (from the laundry, previously used to block the drainage holes in bonsai pots!), ring pull tabs from drink cans, buttons, lace, an old pencil and a wasted tube of cheap watercolour paint. (And some "genuine embellishments" too.)

For colouring I have mainly used twinkling H2Os and some polished pigments.

WOYWW - it's a "Creative Jumpstart"

Two for one day ... first of all it's Wednesday and you know what that means. It's time for joining up with Julia at the Stamping Ground as we have a peek at lots of creative spaces, all around the world. What fun! And because I am joining in with Creative Jump Start 2014 (brought to you by Nathalie Kalbach - see link on side bar),
you get even more today ... well, sort of ... 

actually what you get is more (creative) action and less (creative) procrastination.

Now, a close up of that canvas. I'm not sure whether it is "finished" yet.
I've used some everyday, household items including a wine bottle cap,
a plastic paper clip and plastic tags from bread packages. (And some chipboard scraps which anyone else really would have thrown out.)
The colouring is mainly polished pigments and twinkling H2Os.
 

WOYWW layer upon layer

Another Wednesday and another layer of stuff creativity is laid upon last week's efforts.

Maybe you'd like to know what all that stuff is, I know I certainly would. OK, here goes ...
from bottom left ... BPA free pencil box which contains Sharpies, black and white, tiny perspex blocks, a tape roller, a cutting knife, a Christmas stamp standing on my home made Lazy Susan, a half made card with a photo stamp on it, new "Hello"/bear stamp, (isn't he cute!), another pink pencil case which probably has nothing in it, because I took it away on the weekend and have now emptied it. That's what it's for, just a temporary case, kept empty for putting last minute going away stuff in. Miscellaneous half finished cards. Not sure what that other pink thing is and there is a very nice 12x12 pad, which I found on the half price Sale table oh, and some more perspex blocks, another cutting knife, (green) stamped and cut out Christmas images which will make some cards ... any day now. If you are still with me, then you will want to know that next to the first pencil box is a piece of watercolour paper with some random Twinkling H2O's painted on it with the aquabrush ... and look, there is a new pair of anti-static precision tweezers!

Now why would anyone get excited about all this? Julia has the answer.