woyww 157--a day late . . .

Well, here's my "what's on your workdesk" this week (late)--it's the aftermath of THIS book and this tag:

The Rogue-ish tag was created using one of the sylish Milliner Misses.  (I
think she's quite pretty as is, but now wish I'd given her a little Rogue rouge!)
The the main tag is stamped with the netted background from the Just Sayn'
plate, and the smaller tag uses a sentiment and one of the lovely roses from
the Floriculture plate. The butterfly is actually a transparency image, it's from
 Altered Pages. 

So, what's on YOUR workdesk? My internet is being super slow, so may have to go somewhere for a cup of coffee and some wifi time . . . that will give me a better chance for a snoop around the WOYWW crew!

Challenge, anyone?
Sassy Studio--use something wet (spritz of Lilac Walnut Ink on the background)
Pretty Little Ribbon Shop--lots of layers
Through the Craftroom Door--distressing
Crafting for All Seasons--many layers
Crafts and Me--lace
Word Art Wednesday--(always) use an encouraging or uplifting sentiment or verse

hand bound book with origami wallet signature

Here is a 4 by 5 inch hand bound book--the inside signature is an origami
wallet, sewn to the cardstock front cover and vellum end papers.  Today
I'm going to show you the first and last pages/pockets, along with all the
ephemera they hold . . .

I REALLY like that vintage light post!

AND the ticket stamp, it looks so official

Those are real railway tokens attached to the tags, from Altered Pages

Years Ago set  --those dreamy faces
Vintage Railway set  --the train and ticket ephemera, plus the "All Aboard" sentiment
Vintage Light and Form --the vintage light post, and the light quote.  It also has a
great dress form stamp, which I used on the inside pockets, but you can click the
link for a sneak peek at the stamp!

Is anyone else fighting with blogger today?  It's Saturday, and the DH and
I are heading out for a long weekend away, so I'm trying to schedule this.
Let's just say blogger and I don't always get along . . .

Happy Weekend, everyone!

:)

best bouquet!

It's a new month, and time for a new round of Reader's Art Quests at
Unruly Paper Arts.  Quest #1 is Spring Thing-- who couldn't use a
dose of spring inspiration?  Reader's Art Quest #2 is Best Bouquet.  I used
paper to create my bouquet, but let me tell you, it took a little longer than I
thought it would to get the hang of it, so my bouquet is only two flowers . . .

You know you don't have to make actual flowers, right?  Stamped images,
embellishments, whatever your personal interpretation of "Best Bouquet" may
be.

You just can't go wrong with flowers, especially ones you don't have to water!

Oh, look, some challenges:
The Cheerful Stamp Pad (Hi, Vicki!!) --the sweet life/things that make life sweet
Simon Says Stamp-- anything goes
Shelly's Images--pick two (for mine, blue and flowers)
Waste Not Wednesday--use your forgotten stuff.  See those flower centers?
They've been lurking around the art room for at least five years.

True Love is the umbrella . . .

This is such a sweet image, this stamp is adorable!  It's Lost Coast Design's
Flower Children, and I think they're a charming couple.

The background is a simple watercolor wash over sheet music. The image
is stamped on old notebook paper, colored all around with a very pale grey
copic,  to make the children stand out a bit.

Happy Sunday, everyone, and a lovely Memorial Day if you're Stateside.

:)

What's on Your Workdesk? Wednesday 155

What's on Your Workdesk? Wednesday, 155 (thank you, Julia!)

Well there's finally something going on on my workdesk, it's been about a week
since I've had time to do anything, really, which has made me a little twitchy . . .
I don't know about you, but I need my art therapy time!

That's the first page of an origami pocket book, no cover yet, still working on
the pages and inserts.  The lantern and ticket image inside the pocket are from
the Vintage Railway set.  The piece getting flattened under the big acrylic block
has an image from the same set, the block is an old baseball card holder.

There you go, short and sweet, and I'm off to visit around the other woyww-ers.
If you leave a comment, I WILL get around to you by next week, so watch for
me!

:)

Love looks not with the eyes . . .

Hello, everybody! Have you missed me? (Probably not!) Been busy here
with spring time activities, graduations, etc. Here is another layout from the
hand bound book featured in the latest Altered Arts--this one uses the beautiful
Spread Your Wings collage stamp found HERE.

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged cupid 
painted blind.  (Tempest, Act I, Scene I)

Happy Weekend!

Challenges?
Make It Monday--Anything Goes
Addicted To Stamps--Black, white, and another color
Sentimental Sundays--Whimsical
That Craft Place--Monochromatic

vintage birds and what's on your workdesk?

Still enjoying my Vintage Page Designs goodies--if you have a bird piece of any
type,and media in the making, play along with Ali's Bird Challenge for a chance at
one of her Neutral Seam Binding Collections.



 It's Wednesday again--not much new here, hunting and gathering again for another book. 

What's on your workdesk Wednesday? #153

The stacks of stamp sets are from Blockheads , and the bag is full of needle felting
stuff that finally got moved back to the art room.  And stuck on my desk.  Not put
away, exactly, but a step in the right direction. 

I think I visited all the WOYWWers from last week who stopped by--will double
check and stop in with you this week, because you know how it is if you woyww . . .
we're all a little bit snoopy . . .  ;)

Challenge, anyone?
Anything Goes--Things With Wings
Hybrid Chick Card Caravan--Nature

Faith, Hope, and Love, plus the cover of a magazine

Been playing with my all the yummy ephemera from Vintage Page Designs again!  This is a six by six canvas, the sheet music and bird image are vintage ephemera from Vintage Page Designs, plus some  paint, crayon, the text printed on vellum, a little tulle and lots of silky seam binding around the edges.   Speaking of seam binding, if you enjoy using it as much as I do, you may want to check out the VPD Bird Challenge . . .

Can finally share this all the way for real, yay!

A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love. 

Here he is, the Rose Boy, he always makes me smile.  (You may recall I went through a crazy Valentine making spurt using this fellow. You can see, ahem, several cards featuring him HERE), and he's available at Blockheads

Anyway, the spring issue of Altered Arts is out, and you can see this layout on the cover, so I don't think I'm giving away any secrets by showing you here.  The hardware you see peeking out from the next layout, that is a fantastic set, with keys and doorknobs and keyholes--you can find it HERE.

Happy Weekend, everyone!
PS--I'd like to join my friends at Word Art Wednesday, and for the first time at Little
Birdie Blessings with the faith, hope, and love piece.

:)

two "firsts" and woyww 152

(If you wanna see What's on my Workdesk, Wednesday, except it's really Thursday
right now, just scroll past all that yammer there . . .)

Well, it's time for my first column at Unruly Paper Arts.  When I joined the Unruly
team, I was so excited, it sounded great, yay, go team.  Now it's more like, "WHAT
HAVE I GOTTEN MYSELF INTO??"

the latest issue of Unruly Paper Arts--Wedding Wonders

Do me a favor, will you?  Check out my column, and let me know--kindly, please--
if I'm even shooting at the right target.  More tutorial-y?  Less wordy?  Don't drink
two cups of coffee before writing the next one? I can make stuff all the live long day,
but write a column . . . hmm.

Here's my second first, if that makes any sense at all--my first finished design team
project as a real life Rogue Redhead--YES!  (This definitely falls under the category
of "make stuff," whew!)

Finished off the pocket book I'd started a while ago:

Relish Reading

 You may remember this layout, it was finished a while back . . .

Tuesday Treasures--the railway tokens and velvet leaves!

 

 

 

 

 

Some of my favorite vintage bits right now--the lightbulb pins, railway tokens, and
the velvet milliner's leaves--see Tuesday Treasures if you'd like to share this week!

Here you can really see that fabulous background stamp, also in the Relish Reading:

Relish Reading

Beach Babes

Beach Babes

These sets both have large background stamps that go perfectly with the
images--large enough I stamped the background of both these tags at the
same time.  Want to see more pieces made with these stamps?  Check out
the Rogue's Gallery and Customer and Guest Gallery at the RRD blog site.

What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday?  152

Vintage Page Designs--spring bird collage

Do you love using vintage papers in your art?  I do, but honestly, sometimes it's a little hard for me to rip into an old book, especially ones with lovely pictures.  And what is it about dictionaries?  I have a stack of dictionaries sitting on our fireplace, and another in the dining room--at least twenty, but I just can't bring myself to tear them apart.

This is where Ali is awesome--her etsy store specializes in vintage ephemera, no reproductions.  Some things Ali has made herself, but she also has sets of wonderful papers all ready for creating--no tearing necessary!

That gorgeous bird page, and the text behind it, came in one of the Vintage Bird Kits.  It was full of wonderful papers, SO many beautiful bird images, and all of them authentic ephemera.  All of the papers  used in this collage, aside from the corners of patterned Glitz, are from VPD, even the tiny tag.  The egg image is from Blockheads, from the Vintage Illustrated Birds set (I use that one a LOT!), but the tag is actually from the VPD packaging:

You can barely see it right here in the corner, but you can see what a lovely package of pretties this is, and that real thought and care went into each set.  I appreciate those extra touches, don't you?  Congratulations to Ali on her new venture;  I'll have several more pieces made from Vintage Page Designs papers to share with you in the next week, and you can find more information and inspiration on the VPD blog.

:)