What's on your Work Desk Wednesday #888

                

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 #888

Here is my workdesk:

At the front you can see my ICADS to number 8 and that seahorse stamp (Lavinia).

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

I have also done number 9 - charm:

The background was done with watercolours and a large round brush.

I have also done the last week of May - mushroom madness -

 in my Tiny pieces of Art. My mushrooms are cut from an alcohol ink background. the brief was to add a found item (leaf and twigs) and embossing - the background leaves are embossed.

 This month the theme is steampunk and I have done Week 1 - clocks and cogs.

I used Stamperia images, drips and splatters of ink and some metal bits.

I don't think I have shared my perpetual calendar recently - this is June 2026

The item I have added is a diamond fold pocket made from 4 pieces of paper. This came from

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1294798845512207

Sarah mentioned that 8 is a lucky number in China.

So 888 must mean triple luck!!

(Some of you know that numbers are my thing... 887 (last week) is a prime number, 888 however is 2 cubed x 3 x 37 = 8 x 111)

No. 8 in Chinese Culture

Because Eight (Ba in Chinese) has the similar pronunciation with 发 (Fa, meaning wealth or fortune), this number is very welcome among Chinese people. The popularity of 8 was obvious in relation to the Beijing Olympic Games which commenced at exactly eight o’clock eight minutes on the eighth day of the eighth month in 2008. When people choose telephone numbers, mobile numbers, house numbers, car identification numbers and important dates, 8 is usually the first choice.

In modern China, numerical lingo has been very popular especially on the internet. For instance, 518 with the approximate pronunciation with Wo Yao Fa, meaning I want to be very wealthy. 886, with the Chinese pronunciation Ba Ba Liu like bye-bye in English, is frequently used during the instant chat on the internet to say ‘good-bye’ or ‘see you later’. 

Lovely to see all your blogs on WOYWW... I hope to get round to everyone this week.

We had a great weekend away at the Celtic Music Festival. This was one of my favourite photos:

Addicted to Stamps and More #519 Any Occasion

  

The above is my Any Occasion project...for Challenge #519

 at Addicted to Stamps and More

To make this card - actually one of a pair I followed this video. It actually suggests that it makes two at once!!

Inside I added a heart and a sentiment.

Hope you will enter the Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge! Do hop over to see the fabulous inspiration from my team-mates!

 Happy Crafting!

ICAD 2026

 My next long challenge, ICAD,  has started. I started taking part in this is 2021. This photo show my last five years.

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

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

Day 1 - surfboard

The sea is a Visible Image stamp in blue distress ink,

 the surfer a Stampin Up stamp in Versafine Clair and embossing powder.

The sand is texture paste through a stencil, followed by yellow distress ink.

Day 2 - type

This is just a collage of scraps from Graphic 45 Typography.

Day 3 - magnolia

I drew this and painted it with watercolours.

Day 4 - yearbook

I used a collage of photos and then added some penwork and colour with Art By Marlene markers.

Day 5 - trace

I used an image from my stash and then a layer of printed vellum. I traced through this with a fineliner.

Day 6 - scarlet

This was a whole lot of scarlet bits and pieces including ink drips, gelli plate pull, diecut and magazine letters.

Day 7 - seahorse

I used a sparkly card base followed by a die cut oval (trimmed to fit) with colour added using distress inks. The seahorse is a Lavinia stamp embossed in black.

Day 8 - coneflower

I used various papers pieces on the base distressed with vintage photo.

I added flowers I painted with watercolour and cut out.

I added clumps of tiny beads to the centres.

What's on your Work Desk Wednesday #887

               

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 #887

Here is my workdesk:

At the front you can see a number of cards in progress. The seahorse is a Lavinia stamp.

On the desk easel you can see a journal page using an image from Michelle Grant in 2022. I actually made this page in March 2024.

This image has been provided for a Kickstart Challenge in Michelle's Facebook Group.

I have used this image in a few ways over the years.

Using image transfer:

Using two versions of the image:

Seen through printed vellum:

The other journal page at the top of the easel is a page I made for Conjurer of Dreams this month:

My next long challenge, ICAD,  has started. I started taking part in this is 2021. This photo show my last five years.

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

I have done the first two days, following the prompts but not the theme. I wonder if you can see what I have used?

Lovely to see all your blogs on WOYWW... I hope to get round to everyone this week. However we were away last weekend and will be this one too - makes it difficult to get online!

12 Months of Christmas Link Up June 2026

    

This is my DT make for the April Challenge

of The 12 Months of Christmas Link up...

This month the theme is "Marble Magic "

Our sponsor is

Décosse's Dynamite Doodles

Today I have made a simple card using the paper from this: 

I started with a white card blank, matted it with lilac and then the patterned paper cut into 4 and embossed.

I added the sentiment die cut in purple and matted on lilac.

This photo looks more blue.

Happy Crafting!