WOYWW.... Eeeeek

...Oopsie-daisies... I have a confession... for the last few months I have been smug... showing off my incredibly neat and tidy desk space and snorting when thinking about my old, messy ways... And it hasn't gone unnoticed that several peeps have suggested that I have been doctoring my photo's in PhotoShop... as if I could even begin to know how to use that, let alone fiddle with evidence... plus the fact, I use Paint Shop Pro rofl. So... the waffling today is regarding the most amazing phenomenon that is What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday! Devised and hosted by the one and only, nay and thrice, the very one and very only, Julia Dunnit. Click on her name to be transported across the Blogasphere on the back of a giant bottle of Wild Honey Distress Stains... and you can join in too.




Right then, confession time... are you sitting comfortably? I may be some time! (talk about mixing cliches) Anyways... I was full of goodly intentions on January 1st this year. No more messy Room of Trash, promises of putting away everything before starting a new project... and apart from a minor wobble in the month of March, I have stuck to my resolution. I have even taken to cleaning **sorry, I had toyed with the idea of using the H word and figured that it would leave a fair few of you in shock to I use the C word (noooo, not that one!) instead** Well since last Wednesday things have been afoot in the Room of Stash and I have thrown myself wholeheartedly into getting ready for going away. **more of that later... don't groan, I won't bang on relentlessly about it** I have had several projects to get completed and sorted and done and off the list. And for some incredibly stooopid reason, I forgot my New Year Resolution and ... well, frankly, I am ashamed to admit that there is now a very thin path into the Room of Stash and the floor is littered with... stuff! Desk 2 is not much better, although it is holding my carry on bag so that takes up a very lot of room making it look worse. So, my very dear and incredibly lovely (creepcreep) bloggy friends... can I be forgiven for such indiscretions? Am I going to get away with this lapse into my sluttish old ways? I do promise that I will tidy the desk before I go to bed tonight... I will ... honest!!


Anyways... today is my very last day on the Stampotique Design Team... it has been wonderful to be part of this team, working alongside very talented designers who's stamps make it so easy to work with. There is a new challenge HERE - which is a sketch, I do love a good sketch!! For this card I used some yummy Stampotique stamps and Distress Inks... if you fancy a little stashly purchasing and want to own some Stampotique stamps, they are HERE at The Stamp Attic :O)




So................... well, I wasn't going to mention that this time tomorrow I will be waiting, patiently *and ever so nervously* at Heathrow airport. I am sure I have muttered a few times in the last few weeks that I am going to America to Ranger U and to see Ellen... well, the day is almost here! For one, I am beyond excited now... like fizzes and shivers of anticipations... and butterflies that are mahoosive... and I am ever so slightly scared stiff that I will be embarking on this awfully big adventure on my tod! I know I have been waffling on about packing my case... and... I have just started! Well, teckernically, that is a bit of a fib, I haven't started actually putting stuff into it yet... but Grim has opened it up and lifted it up onto the bed for me. And... after I have finished waffling I will be going to do it... well, after I have had a coffee and defluffed the tumble drier and descaled the kettle and degunked that slidey drawer in the washing machine that always collects fabric softener no matter how many times it gets wiped clean... Ahaha, just kidding... am doing it now... I am multi-tasking!! ROFL Right, if you are still here... thanks for reading to the end... have a fabby day... TTFN!

Hels x

**See Hels wander off doing a little boogeywoogey happy dance**

Stampotique Junkies...

The Stampotique Designers Challenge this time is being sponsored by The Technique Junkies... here is all the blurb for you to read before you dash off to see the amazing artywork from the DT...




We are so excited today at Stampotique Designer's Challenge! Have we got the ultimate challenge for you

Our hostess this week, Monique challenged our team to use a technique on their creation. And, we decided to take it a step further and what better place to turn than Pat Huntoon of the Technique Junkie Newsletter. Stampotique is teaming up with the Technique Junkies team to create using the Faux Barnwood Technique. We want you to join us this week and you can use the Faux Barnwood Technique or any of the techniques Pat uses on her website. Please make sure to link within your post which technique you are using. If you are a Technique Junkies subscriber and using a technique out of the newsletter, please highlight the name and issue you are creating from.

What are you playing for this week? Oh.....good question! How about we give away 2 prizes this week along with 2 winners??? Pat Huntoon has been very gracious and is giving away one of the Fancy Folds and Motions CDs PLUS a two year, online only subscription (2010 and 2011 issues) for one winner and the other winner will be receiving a $30 gift certificate towards stamps to the Stampotique store. We will randomly draw 2 winners for the prizes before our next challenge on March 9th.

Make sure to stay tuned to the website as both the Stampotique design team AND the Technique Junkies design team participated in this challenge and we will be sharing some wonderful creations using the Faux Barnwood technique over the next 2 weeks here.

So, what are you waiting for????? Get out some papers, some inks, some stamps and join us!

Please remember the following rules when entering this challenge:
1. This is a STAMPOTIQUE ONLY stamps week
2. You must LINK to the Faux Barnwood Technique or a technique from Technique Junkies that you chose to use within your blog post
3. Please link directly to your challenge post, not to your general blog
4. Contest will close at March 8th at 5 p.m. EST
5. HAVE FUN CREATING!!

I have altered a little 5" square hardcover book for my entry... I started by painting the whole base with black paint and then once this had dried I stamped Daniels Hearts in Gold Krylon... then I applied the technique and whilst this was drying Wilbur and Marci met up and decided to stick around on the front of the book (oooh, yes, mentalness is starting to show thru again)

The Hanging Hearts and the Hearts Border were stamped with black StaZon and then coloured using Distress Inks and a waterbrush. I added an Ornate Frame and the word Whatever... because the book is actually my "whatever book" for my hangbag... so I can jot down "whatever" whenever I feel like it :O) Thanks for looking... do hop on over to see the Design Team and their GORGEOUS pieces... I tell you, they are well worth the hop over .... TTFN

Hels x

WOYWW... Showing Some Lurve...

...blimey, big fat blimey's... so, go on, was it you? Did you press that fast forward button last Wednesday??? I don't know about you but I just can't seem to keep up with how fast the days are whizzing past... anyways, here I am ... with a big apology for not managing to get to a lot of the desks last week, thing is, I was full of good intentions and then the dog ate my homework, the alarm didn't go off, I missed the bus and then I couldn't find my shoe LOL Sad, pathetic, I know but... really I haven't got an excuse! Anyways... this week I am going to do better... really, I am :O)) If you are new to this blogging lark and you are wondering what on earth I am waffling on about... well, it is Wednesday which means that it is time for What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday... devised and hosted by the inimitable Chief Desk Inspector Extraordinaire, Mrs Julia Dunnit... if you click on her name you will be whizzed off on a magic chair to see the list of peeps who are joining in.



Today there are two pic... Desk 1 which is my desk that I use all the time has a few projects on it that are for my monthly swap with Ellen... oh and speaking of Ellen... did I mention that she is coming over to see me... TOMORROW!!! How exciting!!! So, the next pic is of Desk 2 which is where Ellen will be sitting when we are making a mess, I mean crafting, together this coming weekend.



Oh and on the desk is THE BAG... which is the bag that transported some goodies to me last time Ellen visited... and I have snaffled it away and have popped a few goodies in there for her this time... a couple of made pieces and some other bits and bobs. Ellen is due to land at Heathrow tomorrow morning... and yes, this time I am going to be there... I was toying with the idea of setting off when her plane takes off from Baltimore, there would be no way I would be late arriving then... but... then I thought again and to be honest, I don't fancy a night sleeping in an airport, so I am trusting good old British public transport... and I will be there early....I will!!



Oh and... another piccie... did you know that the Stampotique Designers have a challenge?? Well, all the deets about the current challenge are HERE... and there are some gorgeous pieces of art by the design team... well worth a look... this is my entry... and it is also the card I gave to Grim for Valentines Day... aren't Twinkie and Marci sweet together?? They make such a lovely couple! Right, things to do, places to go... oh and ... yes, blogs to visit... I will do better this week ... promise... thanks for looking... have a goodly day! TTFN

Hels x

WOYWW... In A Position

... ahhh, tis Wednesday already... and February already too!! Where did January go??? Actually, I am rather pleased that January is over and done with, never have liked that month too much LOL So, Wednesdays are all about WOYWW - the phenomenon that is What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday, hosted and headed up by Inspector in Chief of the...Inspector of Desks... Julia... click her name to see what I am waffling on about :O))




My desk today is rather busy... that is because I have had to quickly snaffle a project out of the way cos it is top secret and instead, bung my next project there to get you off the scent of what I am up to LOL Ummmm, maybe I shouldn't have said that... cos now you know I am up to somefink... doh!! Anyways... the book on my desk is the last of the Circle Journals I have been involved with for the past few months... I will be glad to see the back of these cos the whole theme was to think up nice words about your mates, and, let's face it, I have struggled...mwhahhaahhaaaa... ooooh, I am joking ROFL



And... the "in a Position" part of the title... is in honour of the latest challenge on the Stampotique Designers Challenge... which is a sketch by Card Positioning Systems... that there is my interpretation... it is sooo worth a trip on over to the challenge blog though to see THE most amazing art by the Stampotique Design Team... oh and you will get to see the sketch too... so you can join in!!!



There is a frisson of excitement in the air at Chez Sheridan today because the nice man who is doing the drive will be arriving to take all the hessian stuff off it - it has been protecting it against the frost while the concrete sets- and then he is cleaning it... what do you think my chances will be if I ask him to clean Ferdy too?? Mmm, thought you might say that LOL Anyways... yes, he is cleaning off the stuff... and... removing the plank, so I don't have to walk it to get outside... and... I have to admit, I haven't stepped foot on it.. basically, I have a bit of a balance issue... coupled with the clumsiness issue and the clodhopping issue, me and planks suspended 900 feet off the ground... not a good idea!!! Right.. bedtime... busy day ahead of me making that.... ooops, see, nearly did it again ....Have a FAB day!!! TTFN

Hels x