Morning and welcome to WOYWW

Morning all,

I am still trying (somewhat desperately) to keep up with my plan to use as many snippets as possible and what better way than to use them to make ATC's?

My ATC using no less than five snippets - YAY!

Materials used:

• ATC blank
• Snippet of linen effect black self adhesive paper adhered to my ATC blank
• Snippet of 300gsm watercolour paper which had been smooshed with brush's, water and silver pearl acrylic ink
• JOFY  (JOFY09) circles image stamped using Ranger Archival jet black ink
• JOFY (JOFY09) stylised bud image stamped on to a snippet of white card  using Ranger Archival jet black ink before colouring using Sharpies (new stash my hubby bought me earlier this week, having spotted the offer in Tesco's), including the background
• Paper Artsy Fresco glaze applied to image panel and left overnight to dry
• Fiskars "SMILE" sentiment stamped using Ranger Archival jet black ink on to another snippet of white card, coloured with sharpie pens and fussy cut out before running through my Xyron sticker maker to apply dry adhesive to the entire surface

I'll be entering this make for the following challenges:-

1. Take a word - August 14th challenge - CIRCLES
2. Craft Your Passion - challenge No. 325 - ANYTHING GOES
3. Crafty Boots - 15th August challenge - ANYTHING BUT A CARD
4. Through The Craft Room Door - August 16th challenge - ANYTHING GOES

Yesterday my car was in for service, I dropped it off at the garage and my hubby picked me up .. we nipped across to Hobbycraft. Well, actually, I nipped in to Hobbycraft and he nipped in to Maplins, frankly, I think he would rather stick pins in his eyes than accompany me CRAFT SHOPPING! I went in for a small box canvas and came out with some card blanks too, as Hobbycraft had them on Buy One Get One ½ off - which made them very reasonable. I decided to make some 10cm square cards this Christmas .... they always look so cute when I receive them!

My card

The front and back of my card and the front of my envelope

The back of my card and the inside

Materials used:

• 10 x 10cm white, 250gsm, card blank and matching sized envelope
• Two pieces of red card cut to 9cm square
• Two pieces of white card cut to 8½cm square
• The Design Company Santa image stamped using Memento tuxedo black ink
• My Favourite Things sentiment stamped using Ranger Archival jet black ink
• Alcohol markers to colour
• Stardust stickles and Wink of Stella glitter brush pens to twinklify Santa's beard, shoes, gloves and the stars as well as ground him!

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. Craftbubble2½ (membership required - July/August challenge - PEOPLE CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS
2. Christmas Card Challenge - challenge No. 36 - ANYTHING (Christmas) GOES with an OPTIONAL twist of brown
3. Crafty Hazelnuts challenge Extra - August challenge - ALWAYS ANYTHING (Christmas) GOES
4. Merry Mondays - Lori's Christmas in summer Link Up - ANYTHING (Christmas) GOES
5. ABC Christmas challenge - August 17th challenge - "Q" IS FOR QUICK LAYOUT

And now for a sneaky peek at the mess which is my work space .. someone once told my husband that a cluttered desk is a sign of genius ... something I've PLAINLY taken to heart!

CLUTTERED? YES ........ GENIUS? I don't THINK so!

And a view of some of my tools/materials too

I'll be entering this desk over at WOYWW #376, where I'm entry No. 14