Wednesday 16 March 2011

WOYWW 93

Wow Peeps!  Where did that week go then? 

I cannot believe how quickly this last week has gone.  It is now officially past the "Hump" and now it is downhill to the weekend!

So as it be Wednesday it is time for WOYWW.  If you don't know what on earth I am on about just click HERE and you will be whisked to the desk of Julia - the Queen of WOYWW where lots of other fellow crafters have put our desks on view for other nosey crafters.

Here is my desk this week.....

As you can see I am still working on the Wedding Invitations having been "naughty" and have wandered off to play with my projects which you may see on previous postings. 

I have now cut out all the card pieces, including corner rounding small pieces of card (1 3/4 x 2 3/4) on all four corners, and embossing all the white pieces of card, 70 butterflies cut (with the help of my Darling Hubby) and all text boxes cut and printed. 

My aim tonight is to ink the edges of the text boxes for the evening invites (already done the day invites), and then adhere 5 foam pads to the reverse of them all.  Then I can play with my new toy which arrived today. 

Big smile when I opened my post box tonight to find my Bigz L Die for cutting my own tags!  I only have one proper sized tag which I have been using as a guide for cutting out my own.  NOW I can make as many as I want to and they will all be exactly the same size!!!  Yippee. 

I also thought I would show you some cards I made last night and used some of my new Colour Washes on!  Bought them - gotta justify spending the money!!  That way Hubby cannot nag me about spending my pennies.  (Haa Haa!!!)  

This weekend I have three birthdays for which I need cards so when this happens I try to make a few spares for the ones I may forget! 


I will put more details on tomorrow's post as one of them I have made with Hels' Sunday Stampers Challenge in mind - Brown is this week's theme.


Well, that's all folks.  Off to look at some other WOYWW desks.

Please feel free to leave me a message!  I always look forward to reading them.

TTFN

Hettie

28 comments:

Karen said...

It looks like you are getting along well with the wedding invitations Sam and I just love those cards you made last night, they are really gorgeous :) I hope you have fun playing with your new die.
Have a great WOYWW,
Karen #73

Cauliflower Cupcake said...

You must have been so excited when the postie arrived today! Those tags are just beautiful, well worth the pennies!
Happy WOYWW
Rebecca (45)

Suzilou said...

Wow I love your cards, they are all just gorgeous! Hope you take a photo of all the wedding invites when you have done them, can't wait to see them all finished :)xx

rach said...

They're beautiful birthday cards you've made. Where did you get those butterfly stamps Keep going with the invitations, they'll be done soon.

Franka Benjaminsen said...

The birthdaycards are really beautiful. Specially like the pages and the stamp with butterflies makes it complete. I'm curious about your invitations. Franka

Spyder said...

fab tag cards, very pretty, love the butterflies too! happy WOYWW! ((Lyn))

happyglitzygirl said...

The butterflies and tag cards look awesome, workdesk still looks too neat, lol. Thanks for the peek, blessings Hilde

Minxy said...

I remember doing wedding invites for my friend, there a real labour of love but it's definitely good to take a break from them to have a play or you'd go mad, i nearly did!
Sorry your op was postponed.. i have mine in may!
Love your cards BTW, very nice indeed :D
stay inky
hugs Minxy

Pam said...

Looks like you're getting closer! Love the color washes and butterflies!

Anonymous said...

You've undertaken quite a project, but they are coming out beautifully! Thanks for stopping by my desk. #19

Sue from Oregon said...

Wow, you have been one busy crafter. I have a wedding coming up this summer and will need to get in gear as well!

HeARTworks said...

Super job with the birthday cards- love botanical designs and your colors are perfect! Patsy from
HeARTworks

voodoo vixen said...

Looks like you are completely organised on the invite side of things, love all those flutterbyes in a pile and your birthday cards are beautiful with their colour wash. Annette #5

Neet said...

Love the tags you made - are they presented in boxes?
Good luck with the invites - what a busy production line you have there - and those butterflies - simply gorgeous.
Thanks for sharing.

Shaz in Oz.CalligraphyCards said...

Awesome invites there, Hettie, I do so love purple when it was in in the 70's (yes am that old) I had every single garment I owned with purple on it somewhere!! in my teachers college days, when I had fads in my clothes - now they are neglected BUT my stash is not.. funny, huh?? love the tags too .. spatter now have not done that for so long looks great too love it
Shaz in oz.x

Annie said...

I'm having a really busy week but am quickly dropping by to make sure all our WOYWW friends get the chance to win the last of our weekly draws before the BIG one over in our blog shop. Pop over and join in the fun. Good luck.
Hugs,
A x
http://sisterscraftycreations.blogspot.com/

sandra de said...

Your cards are so lovely I can see you need a little break when you are working on a big project. Would love to see the invites when finished. Lovely to see how you have used the colour wash.

Sherry said...

Good luck with getting the wedding invites finished, sounds like you have a plan which is always good!

Your tag cards look great too.

Sherry (158)

Carola Bartz said...

The cards that you made are very pretty and they just gave me the inspiration I needed! Thank you.

okienurse said...

Awesome cards and I love the tags on them. Sorry I am so late getting around this week. Thanks for sharing. Vickie #52

shazsilverwolf said...

I LOVE your tag cards- great design. I also try & make a few of whatever I do- like you I always forget some birthdays!

MaggieC (Silvercrafter) said...

I was quite sure I had already left a message on your blog, but the brain has obviously gone walkabout again. I love all your butterflies - you can never have too many butterlies, even if it only to cover up changes (mistakes) in a nearly finished card. Thank you for your visit to me and your kind comment there. It is much appreciated.

The Crafty Elf said...

Your cards are beautiful. Will we get to see the finished product of the evening invites? Hope so. TFS

karen said...

I soooooo love these cards! They are beautiful and so interesting to look at with so many different pieces. And yet all the pieces integrate perfectly. I hope you don't mind if I borrow the idea of the torn out notebook page, that is so wonderful!
Thanks for visiting me! Sorry it took me so long to get over here!
xoxo Karen

Julia Dunnit said...

Oh you've been busy! I'm so late that I've admired your canvas too - great stuff. Love the butterfly die you're using on the invites.

Nicky said...

Good luck with all the invites I have finished mine for my friend now - love your cards you have made - Happy Belated WOYWW - Nicky

Morti said...

Great work on your desk - looking forward to seeing the finished invites!

Anonymous said...

That's a lot of work for the wedding invites, really hope the Bride to be loves them as they're gorgeous. Beautiful BDay cards too, love the colours.

Hugs
Brenda 84