WOYWW 26th January 2011

ME! LOL
Well an in progress LO featuring me at any rate. There is also a card in progress that distracted me from the LO yesterday afternoon and a little pile of some of the other cards I've made recently.
I do have a lovely pile of LOs to share too but haven't got around to photographing them yet so for today I'll leave you with a couple of cards that I made with the leftovers of some of those LOs at my crop on Saturday.

Preparations For Spreading Happiness

Nothing too amazing going on here, my title is refering to my intention to spread some joy around by sending cards just because I can which means that the preparations include making cards. I made several yesterday because it was craft club, some at the shop and then a couple more when I got home. There is one not quite finished still on my desk, I'm not sure if the paper butterfly is right or not and haven't yet stuck it down.
Aside from the incomplete card on my desk this week is the remains of my craft club pack, scrummy papers from craftwork cards, and of course the usual mix of tools etc that always litter my desk.

I've also got some other cards to share with you starting with the pair that were glimpsed on my desk last WOYWW

These were made with images from the same range.

The products of this week's craft club, I love the pearlescent nature of these papers.

Finally something I just had to have a go at an all white card.

More Scrapbooking

I've been rather busy in the last week and have completed several LOs, it is amazing just how tidying my craft room and sorting through my stash has managed to inspire me to get creative. I often feel that scrapbooking is the poor relation with regards to papercraft in this country. Cardmaking is acceptable because you are producing something useful, justifying both the cost of materials used and the time taken. Altered art and art journalling are equally acceptable because they proclaim that they are art and art needs no justification. But scrapbooking? Well that's just making pretty photo albums isn't it? Waste of time and money. Bet if you scrap yourself you've heard comments like those before and you've probably noticed that making LOs has gone out of fashion, everyone is talking about mini books and taking it off the page well I don't want to. I want to continue filling albums with pages that mean something to me even if no one else gets it. Ok so I will make cards and ATCs because they are a great way of using up my leftovers but I am still a scrapbooker and proud of it.

Anyway no I've gotten that off my chest here are some more of my recent LOs
This one actually folds out to reveal more photos and journalling about our day out.

A very neutral colour scheme here for a photo of a local stately home

Believe it or not but all the papers used on this LO came out of my scraps box! I also used embellishments that I'd forgotten I owned.

This is another LO made mostly from the contents of my scraps box.

I chose red, green and white to echo the principal colors in the photo of the Captain Webb Memorial (he was the first man to swim the English Channel and born in the place I grew up). The title is actually engraved on one side of the memorial (he died trying to swim Niagara Falls) it was also originally multi-fuctional with a street light on the top and drinking fountains on either side. It's one of those things that as been on the edge of my life for so long that I just had to record it

I'm Back

Something of a late start for the blogging year for me because I've been battling with my old problems of anxiety and depression. I'm not going to go in to details but things ain't easy at the moment however I have started crafting again, yeah! and am ready to blog about it more amazingly.

Anyway it is wednesday which means that most likely you are here to see my desk which after serious tidying duties last week I am prepared to share.
Main thing on my desk this week is actually from yesterdays craft club at my local craft shop. This week we were playing with the born to shop range and on the top of the paper pack are a couple of cards that I made. I did intend to get a closer shot of those cards but forgot - me all over at the moment - but they are the first of many that I hope to make this year in order to spread a little joy. I'll be going into more details about this soon but I want to encourage people to spread a little happiness by sending cards just because they can.

On to something else and a little scrapbooking.
Firstly my mum's kitten who we are led to believe is part bengal. She certainly has her moments when she lives up to the nearly wild cat reputation although they are balanced by the butter wouldn't melt moments when she is a real sweetie.
Not sure what the paper was, an old one I think and the flowers were actually recycling in action. They were on pieces intended to be displayed with the packaged stickers, again at my local craft shop, they weren't wanted so I used them.

These photos are of some amazing glass pieces that I saw last year at Trentham Gardens. I love stained glass and amongst the plants these looked stunning.

Papers are Bo Bunny (Flutter Butter and one of their dotty basics)