Alex crafts (WOYWW)

Firstly, a thank you for all your kind wishes for my work event last week...it went very well which was a huge relief I can tell you!  So onto this weeks news... Well, Bank holiday Monday wasn't up to much was it - the weather was much nicer yesterday when I was stuck at work and Alex was back in school - typical!  We spent most of Monday inside playing knights and castles, crafting or at an indoor playarea where Alex could work of some steam!  Yesterday morning before school Alex made his Grandma (my mum) a birthday card using a cuttlebug embossing folder (he loves turning the handle), my promarkers, and some stamps. 

This is the card he made...don't you love the way kids draw the sky as a blue line at the top of the picture!

This is the state he left my desk in when he went to school yesterday morning, so I am showing you this for a change as part of WOYWW.  The open drawer at the back contains my promarker pens, of which the ones he used are scattered across the desk.  The stamps you can see are a Hero Arts set, and towards the back there is a tapestry stamp.  The punch is there because he loves punching, although in the end he didn't use the leaves he punched.  You can also see the cuttlebug plates and embossing folder, my phone and a lovely fresh mug of tea...this photo was taken after I got back from dropping him off at school.  I then had to tidy everything away so that I could work on my desk for the rest of the day! It is looking depressingly empty at the moment which is why I am showing this picture.

This is the birthday card that I made for my mother, which used two shades of Adirondack ink (butterscotch and sunshine yellow) brayered across the masked background to create a gradient, and two of my favourite stamps, poppies and birds from Lavinia stamps.  I am entering this card into Less is More 'yellow' (I know I said that yellow wasn't my favourite colour, but I was a bit embarassed by my last attempted entry!), Simon Says Stamp and Show 'favourite stamp' (probably the one I have used most is the bird one), Kaboodle Doodles 'Honoring Mothers' (This is my mother's birthday card, with her name stamped on it using JustRite stamps), Tuesday Throwdown 'Motherly love'.

I have also made a scrapbook layout following this weeks sketch from Creative Scrapper. The layout features the very first time that my entire family (with the exception of Gran), came to visit us in Sheffield, so it was a very special occassion.  The patterned papers used are scraps from K&Co and BasicGrey papers, with prima flowers and leaves.  I am also entering this into Lasting Memories 'metal' (the little plaque 'live...love...laugh' is made of metal), CCCB 'photo booth' (this uses 5 photos), Pixie Dust 'flowers', Crazy4Challenges 'gardening or outdoors' (most of these photos are outdoors, with some in my garden!). Well that is all from me for now.  Have a great week everyone.
Love,
Caro
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