WOYWW #890

 

Follow the link to find out more about What's on Your Work Desk Wednesday and maybe join in... This is my post for WOYWW #890

I haven't got a photo of my desk today as it is nearly 8pm and too dark to take a decent photo. 

In any case there is nothing new on it!

I am now up to ICADS number 23 - I have yet to do today 

If you want to see more of these they are blogged here

This is my Tiny pieces of Art make.

 This month the theme is steampunk and I have done Week 3.

I decoupaged a Gecko Galz image with a layer of clear acrylic on the window.

That is all I have for you this week...hopefully next week I will be able to share more - and that my room is tidier!

Happy crafting - hope to get around you all this week. 

Happy WOYWW!

ICAD 2026 part 3

This is this year - the first month's themes and the themes for the whole 9 weeks.

I have done the next few days, following the prompts and sometimes the theme. 

This takes me up to yesterday.

Day 17 - crossroad

I used Robert Frost's poem with some images from Conjurer of Dreams - Why the cow? You may well ask!! Put together in Canva.

Day 18 - elephant

This is just a collage of scraps book paper, photographs I took those top two images in Ahmedabad when I was living in India some years ago.

The letter and the other image come from The Antiquarian Bibliophilia sticker book.

Day 19 - liminal space

An image from the internet with book paper and a quote from the book I am reading.

Day 20 - strata or stripes

Another image from the internet with stripes of washi (Tim Holtz).

Day 21 - moon

I used Emily Dickinson's poem The Moon with stars (Art by Marlene stamps) and images from The Antiquarian Bibliophilia sticker book.

Day 22 - pomegranate

Using Word putting together the poem and the image from the internet. I finally added the flowers.

Day 23- shibori

This is fabric, an image of shibori cut in pieces and hole reinforcements.

Tiny Pieces of Art in June

At the beginning of the year I started a year long challenge courtesy of Linda Pearson on Facebook

I decided to use index cards as I had a little booklet of these in my stash. 

I like this format as I have been doing the Index Card a Day Challenge during June and July for some years now.

This is how far I have got so far:

This month's prompts are as follows:

So far I have made

Week 1

This used images from Stamperia, ink drips and splatter and a variety of metal bits.

Week 2

This used an old image from Gecko Galz, rub-ons from 49&Market, book paper, sewing thread and a metal key.

Week 3

Another image from Gecko Galz, decoupaged and layered with some clear acrylic in between.

This image is the freebie from the current

Steampunk Challenge

at Gecko Galz and I will link this image there.

I will add Week 4 at the end of the week...

Happy Crafting!

WOYWW #889

Follow the link to find out more about What's on Your Work Desk Wednesday and maybe join in... This is my post for WOYWW #889

Here is my workdesk:

Rather a dumping ground - lots of stuff from op shops and Temu!

I am now up to ICADS number 16. 

If you want to see more of these they are blogged here

This is my Tiny pieces of Art make.

 This month the theme is steampunk and I have done Week 2 - Steampunk Vintage Ladies.

I used a Gecko Galz image with rub-ons, book paper, sewing thread and a metal key.

Because we have been away the last three weekends I haven't done a lot of crafting. On the way back from Paynesville this weekend however, we called in at the Gippsland art gallery in Sale. There was a new exhibition Gippsland Gothic by Frank Mesaric. I have added a couple of photos:

And there is a permanent exhibition of Annemieke Mein's work (which is amazing!)

Happy crafting - hope to get around you all this week. 

Happy WOYWW!

ICAD 2026 part 2

 

 My next long challenge, ICAD,  has started. This time last year we were driving up from Victoria to Queensland so I had to join in with ICAD en route! This year I seem to have just as little time - we have been away the last three weekends! So my makes have ranged from just an image to something more creative!

This is this year - the first month's themes and the themes for the whole 9 weeks.

I have done the next few days, following the prompts but not necessarily the theme. 

Day 9 - charm

The background is just watercolour added using a large round brush to create a speckled effect.

I then added a chain with three charms. I wrote the words "Three Times a Charm".

Day 10 - birch or gingko

This is just a collage of scraps showing birch trunks and leaves, ginkgo leaves.

Day 11 - glossy

My idea was to use yupo paper with alcohol inks, topped with dimensional dot paint to spell glossy. However my dots ran into each other with time - so I had another go. This time the background has fractals. The dots were a little better.

Day 12 - orchestra

I added a French horn to a music paper collage using Canva. I then added the quote printed on the computer.

Day 13 - lucky

This is a postcard from Vintage Image Craft. I added the quote printed on the computer.

Day 14 - serene

I used a stamp from Stampin Up for the trees and then added watercolour. The quote is from a book from an op shop.

Day 15 - atrium

I wanted to adda photo of the atrium at the NGV, Melbourne which has a wonderful stained glass ceiling. However despite knowing I have one somewhere I couldn't find one. This is the atrium from the Sofitel, Melbourne.

Day 16 - fig

I saw a picture of a fig and a half online so made an attempt to drawing and colouring it. I used Art by Marlene markers.