Wednesday, February 2, 2011

WHAT'S ON YOUR WORKDESK WEDNESDAY???

 Well - here we are with both Wednesday AND February!!! Goodness me, soon be time to start on the Chrimbo cards again...
So there's the usual array of chaos, although I always clear up before bed...Brownie points for me! Been doing a bit of this and that...I seem to have be struck down with a serious case of Vintage Girlyitis and Shabby Chicitocis. I am all for the odd flower and oldy-worldy stuff but this is a bordering on very frilly, feminine ground for me..quite bizarre considering I was listening to some serious rock music during the frolics...
Second card design for my next workshop...I have resolved myself to the fact that my design process is not subject to the Law of Time. Not at all. In other words, I just luuuurve to play and 'officially' do not care if I spend a whole day on one little creation.
I don't know if it is the sight of daffodils, all this Valentine's what-not or just too many glue fumes but me is one big girly with today's card...pastel pinks and greens, hearts, lace, lovey-dovey sentiment and - swoon - flowers! By the weekend I will be strolling along the riverside in a Crinoline dress, reading poetry and awaiting Mr. Darcy...

  I picked up a really cheap paper-punch from a pound shop a while back (can't all have the Martha's). It only works on thin paper but I do love the lace effect it gives to paper-edges...

The flowers are just rolled strips of sticky-back canvas, pre-coloured with distress inks. I am glad I went for some distressed torn paper, the twine and random machine stitching around the edges as it does stop the whole thing being too sweet! Can't have that now....can I?

I am going to enter it into a few challenges seeing it is the month of love...

Time to sign off from nocturnal blogging. Enjoy the weekend and see you around...

Sarah x
P.S. Well done to Cindy at The Crafty Frugalista - she won the stash from last week!

44 comments:

HarmonySweetpea said...

You card is gorgeous... and its the perfect style for a romantic February!

Sarpreet said...

you have a bigger desk than mine, gorgeous card, great workspace, Happy WOYWW - thank you for sharing.

SusanLotus said...

Gorgeous card!

Jennie -The Artistic Stamper said...

Gorgeous card! love the pinks!
Happy Woywwing!
Jennie #5

Shaz in Oz.CalligraphyCards said...

Wow! I love the way you stamped your sentiments on fringed material.. never thought of that or done it Is it easy? does it smudge?.. love learning new things thanks so much for the peek,
Shaz in Oz.x

Terry said...

I love your cards! And your space looks inviting and busy.

Terry #16

Jeanette said...

Oh, this is just lovely. I love your work and your post is so enjoyable to read. I'm so glad that you found Soartful challenges. Please grace us with your beautiful creations again.

Helen said...

How gorgeous!!

Cardarian said...

Huh what a lovely card and those flowers- much nicer then mine! Enjoyed the snoop sooo much - your desk is just full of things I would want! Ha, ha....
Have a lovely day!
Hugs,
Cardarian

Sue said...

Hi Sasa
very creative desk, gorgeous card, fab flowers,have great day, happy WOYWW. sue.x(36)

Julia Dunnit said...

Well these are perfect for a class huh - texture and technique laden with a fab outcome. Lovely. In or out of character, you do this shabby vintage chic thing beautifully!

Maggie's Crafts said...

Great card and love your desk.

Thank you for sharing. Have a great Woyww!

Maggie
x

Unknown said...

this is just lush, its a fab creation hun

thanks for the snoop

hugs
Judie 58

Glenda said...

I love your space, thanks so much for sharing!

Shaz in Oz.CalligraphyCards said...

Thanks for popping over Sarah and for the tips on printing on linen and will hunt out those ranger videos too, thanks heaps!
Shaz in Oz.xx

Chelle said...

Gorgeous cards..89

Neil said...

Beautiful card! Thanks for pointing out that I had a silly moment and managed to post the wrong link! Have a great day and thanks for making the effort to visit me anyway!

oneoff said...

Pretties! I love the rolled canvas for the flowers.

Bernie x

karen said...

Wow! Another absolutely gorgeous card from you! It is very frilly and feminie but yet has a real shabby chic edge to it! Oh my, this card is giving me the vapors, Mr Darcy please catch me if I swoon :)
xoxo Karen (#69)

minnie_mac said...

Great desk and gorgeous card.

Marilyn

Annie said...

Gorgeous card and really effective flowers too.
A x

Kathryn said...

gorgeous shabby chic card, there is so much on it, I was looking for ages, thnaks for sharing! K x#90

Elizabeth said...

Hello Sarah, You've clearly been afflicted with the same itis as Julia - it's the Valentine affect and it's contagious I'm afraid. Your card is a beauty and love those flowers. BTW, you'll recover completely on 15th. Elizabeth x #96

Andria said...

Gorgeous card, wish i could do shabby chic as well as that. Your workspace is very Creative rather than chaotic.
Andria = 42.

shazsilverwolf said...

Love the card- pure vintage. Happy WOYWW, tfs.

Scrapcollectr said...

Okay, I came here excited about winning last week's stash but your card stopped me in my tracks, maybe even stopped my heart! *smile* I think I'm especially vulnerable to girly projects cuz I'm surrounded by men in my house! Anyway....sooo lovely.... Thanks for the eye candy and blog candy!
#26

Neet said...

What a beautiful card - I would love to be able to do one of your workshops. Fab - U - Lous! #17

Anonymous said...

Absolutely beautiful card Sarah. I like pastels on you!

Hugs
Brenda 91

Morti said...

Eek! You had to mention the C word already! LOL. Lovely work as always hun

Nancy said...

This is absolutely beautiful!!

Thank you for joining us at the Simon Says Stamp & Show Challenge!

Nicky said...

Love your card really stunning - had to laugh at your bit about Christmas Cards as I have already started on my you can see some on top of my desk this week - thanks for sharing ~ Nicky 12

okienurse said...

What a busy desk! Love the card! Christmas is a year round thing here. I only put up the tree on the actual holiday. Thanks for sharing.
Vickie

Robin said...

Hi Sasa! Your card is gorgeous. I've looked through some of your older posts and see that all of your creations are just gorgeous!

Hugs,
Robin

Kezzy said...

Wow I love the card it's brilliant, I seem to be wowing alot this week as everyone is making fab projects. Another wow for all the crafty goodness on your desk I've spent ages looking closely. I love the atc to the right it's beautiful.

katemade designs said...

beautiful card love the rosettes

Linda Coughlin, the funkie junkie said...

Oooh-la-la! Do I ever LOVE this! This is so to my taste and style and I'm absolutely drooling over it. The colors, the textures, the patterns - everything came together perfectly. I really love the say you stamped on the fabric and your fabric flowers! Wonderful work on the LOVE challenge. So happy you joined in the fun with us this week at Simon Says Stamp and Show!

voodoo vixen said...

Oh my, lovely vintage chic project there, the greens just make the pinks look so much better and I love the journalling on the strips. Annette #4

Starla said...

What a lovely vintage card! I so admire those of you who can do lovely vintage...masculine vintage I can handle...those pinks throw my mojo into a panic when I try to use them!
Star 125

Ohhh Snap said...

Beautiful card! TFS :D

Marjo said...

Gorgeous! Love the beautiful flowers. Thanks for the peek and sharing, Marjo Lucky #1 Happy WOYWW

Franka Benjaminsen said...

What a lovely style. I really love the colours and the fabric you used.I feel sorry that I can't do this workshop with you.
Ga zo door!
Love Franka

Pam said...

These are beautiful! I love vintage girlyitis!

Anonymous said...

Yep, it's very girly but I do love it, which is odd... I'm not the 'girly type. I guess the colours speak to me, that pink is beautiful, and the stitching is awesome. I LOVE random stitching!!!

Ozstuff said...

Exquisite artwork. Perfection!