RYWF and

...a lovely day to play.

Well it was back to work this week and I have to be honest...there hasn't been much to rock my world during Monday to Friday. I have tried Virginia, I've really tried to find some high points to the week.

 Each week the lovely Virginia encourages us to take a look back at the previous 7 days and find the positives. I've really had to dig deep but I've found a few...

Monday dawned and it was certainly a case of 'back to work blues' but it was so nice to have colleagues that I don't work very closely with, asking how I was getting on with all the 'to-ing & fro-ing'.

We have had quite a few thunder storms in our neck of the woods this week - I love storms, but not when I'm having to travel backwards and forwards to work. Tuesday we had the thunder during the daytime (previously it had only been of a night) and boy did it rain...if only I hadn't been going to work it would have been marvellous as it was that very fine rain and it actually felt warm - unfortunately I got a bit soggy...not the most comfortable of ways to spend the day at work LOL

Thursday I managed to get some more super storage boxes from "The Works" - they are currently reduced but I had a 10% voucher so got even more off of the price - I now have 9 boxes that I intend to use to tidy away a lot of my craft stuff.

Today has to have been the best day of the week. A Paperartsy demo was arranged at Sugar & Spice over at Barleylands and late last night Marion was able to blog that the fabulous Leandra would be demoing during the morning - even though it was her birthday...

Leandra showed us some wonderful techniques with a whole host of goodies and we sang "Happy Birthday" at regular intervals throughout the morning LOL
Weasel (Suzie) came along too and we were both a little naughty with the items that just seemed to hop into our baskets...

...this is just a sample (I've checked the cupboard and the freezer and I think I've got enough beans on toast to last me until the end of the month - gosh, is it really only the 3rd???)

After a great bit of demo watching and retail therapy - Suzie and I had some lunch and sat and drooled over our new goodies. We also checked the colour charts and decided that there were a couple more colours that we just HAD to have...so back we went.

Leandra had departed to continue her birthday celebrations with her family and Marion & Nina were doing some 'make & take' sessions - we had a fabulous play...

...these are my two completed pieces. On the left is a sample of some stamping and colouring over a crackle background - the translucent paints are super to paint/colour with. On the right I had a play with some Grunge Paste through a script stencil and then I coloured the board before sanding back to reveal the words. I had stamped the sprigs in black down the other side of the card and then decided to use some of the Treasure Wax to add a bit of shine - lovely effect but it dulled the stamped images a bit...so I re-stamped and was really pleased with the finish as the first stamping acts as a gilded shadow behind the fresh stamping.

So, today really has 'rocked my world' - I had a wonderful time watching/learning/playing - and a pleasant lunch with a friend. What more can one ask for on a lovely Summer day..........................