WOYWW, Vintage cards and something Klimtesque!

Good morning to all of you lovely bloggy people!

Even though it is a very dull morning here in Slovenia I am shining like the brightest of summer days! Why are you asking????????? BECAUSE IN 3 DAYS I WILL BE MEETING A LOAD OF WOYWWERS FOR REAL!!!! YIPPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So, so happy! I am jumping up and down ( well no I can't because of my knee, but I am doing the happy dance!)
So now that you know the happy mood I am in let me show you my desk - my weekly contribution to the Queen Julias nosy gathering.....

So what do you see?? Well as you know I have bought some of the new Donna stamps from The Artistic Stamper . In my head I have this idea of making a mini Klimt-esque canvas with lots of gold, similar to Klimts paintings which I have been studying these last days....the focal point of this canvas will be Donna's stamp! I was initially going to paint it with Twinkling H2Os which I have ordered but they haven't arrived yet so I am giving it a go with regular gel pens - I have bought the Copic ones ages ago and before that some cheep ones from the stationary shop and I find that the cheep ones have a lot more mica and are really shiny! The only thing that is better with copic ones is the variety of colors - so here is the close up of my coloring...not finished yet - but I am getting there....

The body and the face will be colored with Prismacolor pencils the canvas will have lots of gold on it - don't worry I will show it on here when I am finished! So that is what is on my desk....
I have been making cards too....my sister in law had her 50th a while ago but because I wasn't here at the time I decided to make a meal for the whole family on Sunday so she wouldn't have to cook as she doesn't like to and I gave her a flower and and a card - she was very happy with her surprise meal! The card I made was vintage as she likes that....

I got these new Oxford Impressions stamps and I really wanted to try them out! I used a sepia versafine ink pad but the paper although quite smooth was still a bit too grainy! 
The next day I made another card for my friend at work with similar material but another stamp - this time I used a speciality paper and I think the result is much better....

The sentiments as you have noticed are in Slovene and I am very happy to say we now finally have stamps that have Slovene sentiments ! 
 So my dear ladies - not long now....I have calculated the hours - about 72 hours and I will be there crafting away with all of you! 
Have a lovely day snooping around desks - I will be joining you all later in the day!
Lots of hugs to all of you, see you soooon!
Cardarian

 

WOYWW, Autumn

Good evening my dear bloggy friends!

I am very late posting - it was a long and busy day and my eyes are dropping but I thought I must get on there and make an effort! I don't have much to offer - just an autumn card! But first is first - lets have a look at my really messy desk - hardly anything you won't find on there.....stamps, inkpads, even a bowl and a spoon - I had my chia! (you know that super food full of every goodness you need :-) ), A hook, a mouse well have a good snoop and you might find more! If you won't find what you want go over to Stamping ground where snoopers snoop all day!

 Yes my computer is showing Jozarts blog - thats where I got my idea for the autumn card.....and in the middle of the desk there you can see the background which I  made with the metallic distress stains, Adirondak Color wash and tattered angels sprays I was messing with it quite a while! Then I stamped leaves with stamps from the Stampattack with Versamark ink and embossed them with gold embossing powder and also stamped a few swirls... ....here is the result....

and a close up where you can see the shiny leaves....

I will enter this card into the Slovene challenge Craftalnica - as it is an autumn card and fits the challenge! 
So that is me for today short and sweet - ha, ha I bet Julia will be happy - for once I am short!
Girls I am looking forward to the BIG WOYWW CROP - not counting today we have 9 days to go! YIPEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
Lots and lots of hugs - see you sooon!
Cardarian

Halloween card

Drage blogerke in blogerji!

Čez vikend sem se lotila izziva Craftalnice - tokratni izziv je pripravila Janja in želi da sledimo postavitvi.....
Naredila sem kartico - čestitko za Halloween - ker je tudi to zame izziv - nisem namreč preveč navdušena nad Halloweenom ker se mi zdi da ne paše v našo kulturno sredino! Pa vendar povsod se pojavljajo  te čestitke pa sem rekla se bom še jaz poskusila! Uporabila sem tole štampiljko

....Inkadinkado...se mi zdi prav luštna, a ker sem hotela da je vso ozadje temno sem se odločila moje maskirane junake izrezati! Tukaj so moje veseli maskiranci....

....Ozadje - mesto je Hero Arts štampiljka, netopirji v luni pa Lost coast design! Kar precej bleščic sem uporabila - Rangers Stickles, Copics markerje in Memento in Versafine blazinice!  Tudi za pisavo sem uporabila Hero Arts črke....tukaj je še nekaj slikc od blizu...

Tako - končno mi je uspelo čestitko za Craftalnico narediti pred zakjučenim rokom - ne vem dnevi mi uhajajo in velikokrat se mi zgodi da zamudim rok !
Vsem ustvarjalkam želim lep teden in veliko inspiracije!
Lep pozdravček 
Cardarian

This blog post is ment for the Slovenian Challenge blog Craftalnica - this weeks challenge is a sketch and I have tried to make it as close as possible - I am not really a Halloween person because I think Halloween doesn't belong to our culture but I tried my best to do well! Above you can see what I have done - the blog post is in Slovene as I am happy to take part in our home challenge!
Lots of hugs,
Cardarian

WOYWW, English weather and some new stuff!

Good morning to all !

How are you all today? Getting ready for yet another wet and windy day? Or enjoying a warm sunny morning? I came back from England last night after a cold, windy and wet weekend! We went to Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire for the 50th Anniversary of the first MGB - my DBF has owned MGs practicly since he was young and we belong to the Maidstone MG owners club! So us petrol heads headed of to Oxfordshire on Saturday morning - it was sunny and bright but unfortunately on the way there were a few accidents so we were queuing up for hours - we finally arrived to our destination - a nice little town called Burford, had a good pub meal and stayed in a Travel Lodge for the night! Next morning we woke up to a very grey and miserable morning but it was still dry so after breakfast we drove off to Blenheim palace! It was a really big event, MGs from all over the country have gathered but after an hour or so it started chucking it down with rain and it rained and it poured.....so I didn't go into Blenheim Palace - there were big queues to get in and I can't stand on my feet for long ( my knee and ankle still not ok) but I stayed around the car and took a few photos before it started pouring so much we had to get into the car....I am really sorry for the organizers who have put so much effort in the organization and people were leaving after an hour! We toughed out for 3 hours but with the field getting weter and weter we finaly gave up!
So to get back to the point of the WOYWW - I have nothing new that I would make but I have new stuff on my desk - some new art moulds I just got and my new Donna stamps from The Artistic Stamper! Yipeeeee! I have an idea what I will do with them but I will show that sometime during the week when I get up to it! I must apologise to all the ladies who visited me last week - I just ran out of time - I was working long hours and then had to pack and I have been away all weekend - came home last night! Will visit you all today and tomorrow! So after all that chat finally here is the picture of my desk......

I will also bore you with a few photos from my travel.....lunch at this lovely pub....

getting into Blenheim palace.....

The club gang getting ready for a stroll around the site....

me in front of my DBFs MG.....I had about 4 layers of clothes under that coat.....

 

I was more interested in the amazing colors of the cars then the actual engines....

And I thought this one was very cute.....

That is it - if you have toughed it out till now I wish you all a lovely day and now that I am settled back home I will be with you soon!

Lots of hugs to all 

Cardarian

WOYWW, a sprained ankle, a card, a tag and a mess!

Hello my dear bloggy friends!

Sorry I haven't been around for a while - the reason was a sprained ankle! I went to work for 2 days and on the 2nd day when I was locking up the library I just suddenly felt an excrutiating pain in my foot and fell! So my brother and I spent another evening at the hospital - luckily the x-rays showed that nothing was broken so I was sent home - back to bed foot on a pillow and ice on ankle! Huh! Still I was good all week and went back to work yesterday - I wear a special ankle sock to keep it in place and well I am on crutches because I still feel a bit unsecure but hopefully I will get more corageous soon! I am travelling to England this weekend as my DBF and I intend to go to this big MG doo at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire so I better gear up for that!
Well for the first few days I didn't do any crafting but over the weekend I got up to some and I will show you that in a minute! My desk is such a mess - I was studying Jo's ( from Jozart) perfume philes and wanted to make some ( but would need her assistance to make them - do you hear that JO ???????) so the box you see there is full of stuff I think would be needed for that project! There are some new metallic TH distress stains there, dominos ( another thing I intent to make in the near future) , oh look a bottle of perfume - yes I took that out of my purse the other day and well I think you can find anything you need for crafting on my desk this morning - a right mess!

Left side...

right side......

Perfume philes......

 



As for my makings - here is a card I made.....it is made with a Crafty Individuals stamp stamped on textile, background is Dylusions and the actual stamp was colored with liquid pearls!

 

My other making is a September TH tag  - I didn't have sticky foil so I made my own - put double sided tape on a tag and then glued foil on it - worked the same! I used the technique he used but instead of grunge I thought I would go for a medieval theme! Jeanne D'Arc was my chosen heroin!

 

 So there - that is me done for today - I have to rush to work now but I will be seeing you all later in the day!

Lots of hugs to all of you!

Cardarian

WOYWW, A pogo and the White cliffs of Dover

Hello my dear friends!

I am very late today - it was my first day at work after my operation and there was no chance I would post early in the morning ( as I had to go to see my GP before work) and when I came back home  I needed a bit of rest before I could get on with things - anyway I am here now and ready for the big snoop around Queen Julia's kingdom!
What is on my desk??? Well a few things.....
A card I made for a friend! The bike is a Hero Arts stamp, the baloons are a Paper bag studio stamp and the hill is a bit of some English newspaper I had at home, TH summer distress inks and that is about it!

Next thing you can see on my desk is a Polaroid POGO PRINTER, which I was soo happy to get but as it seems my camera which is a new SONY CYBER SHOT does not have any option that would make it work with the POGO! So I am now very sad - if anybody out there has any idea about how it might work PLEASE, PLEASE let me know!

And last and not least I finally got my big order from LOST COAST DESIGNS (they were probably stuck in customs as I waited for them 8 weeks!) - lovely stamps - I mounted them all and they are ready to be used....

Ok then 2 snaps from my travel......a picture from the Aquatic Center at the London Para Olympic games....

and one from the White Cliffs of Dover..... I will show more in another post!

Ok thats me done for today - have a lovely evening and a good snoop - I am just about to have one!
Lots of hugs to all of you,
Cardarian

WOYWW, Hello Kitty and a bit of a mixture!

Hello my dear friends!

I am back from my Spa treatment - I went to my mom's and stayed there for a week - there are lots of Spas dotted around where she lives so I went there to do some swimming! It was great and a real improvement to my knee! I still have pain but I must say this past week has helped! So this is my last week off and I have been doing a lot of different things regarding crafting! No cards this week although I will have to make a few before I go to work! I have been trying out various things - working with clay, I did my first page in my altered book, I made an ATC - all will be on show in a minute but first something new on my desk.... 

As you all know my crafting room is pink - pink walls, various pink accessories but also a few pink of the pink Hello Kitty thingys....

I have a Hello Kitty chest of  drawers....

I have a Hello Kitty cup full of glue tape....

I have lots of Hello Kitty pencils.... (yes that pencil container is new too - isn't it cute with that bee on it???)

I even have Hello Kitty paper towels....

And now look what has suddenly appeared on my desk.....a pink egg......cracking now....pop...

Look what is inside....

Hello Kitty and her little doggy.....a lovely gift from Donna

ohhh sooo cute!
So there another addition to my Hello Kitty madness.....love it!!!! Thank you Donna!
Now that I have shown you a few bits from my desk I can sho you what I have been doing lately....
Playing with clay....not very successful - well my only mistake was I put too much glossy accents on my makes and obviosly being too thick it doesn't dry clear so now my little makes look like they are covered in snot - ha, ha sorry about the word but that what it looks like!

Still I will use them somehow - you can't really learn if you don't try....

Then I made my first altered book page - spent half a day making it.....I really like it - especially the poppies - I stamped Donna Downeys poppies on red tissue paper ( I always thought poppies feel like tissue paper) and cut them out and then just glued them in the middle so they look a bit dimensional......

I also made a black and white ATC, ha, ha to tone down all the pink you have seen.....

I really love it - I am not sure but I think the girl is an Alpha Stamp and the Art stamp is from The Artistic stamper! There will be a bit of jewelry made today which I will show later - I am on the go now! Huh!

I better wrap this up I hope you haven't fell asleep by now! :-)

Have a lovely day and a lovely snoop, join the WOYWW madness at Julia's and I will see you there....

Lots of hugs to all of you,

Cardarian

TH 12 tags of 2012 - August

Hello dear Bloggy friends!

It is the weekend and I have finished my physio, so I thought I would do something crafty! I have been following Tim Holtzes "12 tags of 2012" but I never join in because I usually find that I don't have all the bits and bobs that are needed and sometimes I just can't be bothered to think up something to replace what I don't have. Well this morning when I looked at the tag again I found that I could make it so I did....

I did use all of Tim Holtz techniques but most of the material and embelishments I made myself....

Here is what I made....

The focal image is an Alpha Stamp, the black embossed frame is a Viva stamp. I used a Darice embossing folder - it was the only one I had with a sort of window in the middle! I didn't have the Juniper dabber so I mixed white and teal acrylic paint and got a similar color...I did have all the distress inks Tim Holtz used! I added a bit of lace on top as I thought it went well with the black frame! I colored some ribbon and added some fiber for interest and I made my own "roses" and charms with perls and a swarovski cristal. The sentiment is computer generated!

So there that is my Saturday evening making....I will pop this on the TH blog!

Have a nice rest of the weekend, see you soon!

Lots of hugs to all of you 

Cardarian

WOYWW, A card and I am booked for the crop!!!!!!!

Hello my dear bloggy friends!

I hope you are all well and happy! We are back backing at 30 deg C and upwards! Still we did have a few cooler days but no rain - it is becoming a problem for crops and danger for outbreaks of forest fires! Lets hope that the rain will finally find its way here!

Here in Cardarian's happy place we have been still busy with the physio, but I did manage to do a bit of crafting too! I have great news - my lovely DBF has booked a flight for me in October so I will be flying to England and attending the big WOYWW Ludgershall crop! YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

So, so looking forward to meeting all you girls!!! Me and my DBF will be driving down from Kent early Saturday morning so I hope to be there around 10am when all the fun begins!!! My DBF asked if there was going to be a mens programme or shall they just go to the pub?????? Ha, ha.....

Now lets have a look at my desk of this week! I am sure I could get the gold medal for messines! ( still in the Olympic spirit ha, ha....)

Left side.......

Right side.....

and a peek in one of my messy drawers......

All this mess to make this card.....

I used a page out of an old journal we threw out of the library - it is some french foresty journal - ha, ha looks quite fancy on the card....I sprayed the background with dylusions and some other cheap spray I bought the other day in the craft shop....the white flowers are a Paperartsy stamp which I stamped with Versamark and the embossed with white embossing powder....I made the charm myself and I sewed it to the bow...the sentiment is a Teddy Bo and Co stamp.

I also finished the back cover of my art journal ......here to remind you is the front....

and here is the back......

So that is the first bit of my altered book done!

Also this is me done for today - I don't have physio today as we have a holiday but I am back to physio tomorrow! Me and my DBF are off to somewhere cooler - maybe a lake - we are just discussing it!
Have a lovely rest of the day and week - I will try to get to you !
Love and hugs to all
Cardarian