What’s On Your Workdesk? Wednesday #311

And just like that it’s Wednesday again…..

This is what my kitchen table looked like yesterday. The little mosaic stamps are retiring so they are having a last hurrah in class today. The panel I’m assembling here is for a monochrome card. The ink pads at the top were used in a more colourful version. I’ll miss those colours, but look forward to some new ones.

I finished the commissioned feather cards. Sorry to see these stamps go. They are a big favourite of mine. You may have noticed!

On Saturday it was the WOYWW 6th Anniversary crop and I’ll be back with more on that at the end of the week. Linking up with Julia. Happy Wednesday.

What’s On Your Workdesk? Wednesday #309

Here we are again, sharing our desks midweek. There was a fifth Wednesday in April and I teach on the first and third so it seems like ages since I held a class.

Yes, it’s those feathers again. I can’t get enough of them and it’s not just me, it seems. One of the staff at the Arts Centre popped in, while my ladies were having coffee, and bought my class sample! He’s commissioned me to make five more. That’s never happened to me before. I don’t think I’ve stopped smiling yet.

I can’t show you the card in question as I hadn’t taken a photo of it. I usually line them up on the bookshelf, once I’ve got home and had my lunch. You’ll have to make do with this one instead.

If you fancy a nose around some other work spaces (or maybe you’d like to share your own) head over to Julia’s place and read all about it.

PS If you’re going to the WOYWW crop and would like any Stampin’ Up goodies to pick up from me there, I’ll be placing an order tomorrow ~ Thursday 7th. All profits to be donated to Zoe’s charity. Just leave me a comment or send me a message at angelfishcrafts {at} gmail {dot} com

Stampin’ on Saturday ~ Four Feathers

As promised, I’m back with a few cards for you. Whenever I am considering purchasing a new stamp set, I always try to think of three different ways in which I could use it, *before* I part with my cash. If I can’t, then I don’t buy. With the Four Feathers set it was easy to visualise what I would do with it and once I had it in my hands the ideas just kept coming.

Stamped simply in soft blue and green with a sentiment added. It took longer to cut the card to size than it did to stamp it. I inked up half of each feather with a different colour inkpad. Easy to do. Just a little care needed.

The line drawn feather in the set lent itself to the Triple Stamping technique. I added some speckles from Gorgeous Grunge to break up the cream background.

Lastly, my favourite, a watercolour version using all four feathers. It divided the class as some are not keen on “messy” techniques, preferring a clean crisp finish. This is much more my own style and the type of card I would usually make for the fun of the process, rather than a class project. I coloured the stamps using water based marker pens and misted lightly before stamping. Gorgeous Grunge puts in an appearance again, around the edge this time. It reminded me of speckled eggs.

There you have it, Three ways with Four Feathers. I have a feeling it won’t be the last you see of it. I’ve yet to explore the possibilities of the matching dies.

Happy Easter everyone.