What's on the Desk Wednesday

This week's What's on the Desk card was a quickie!  Do you end up with a lot of bits and pieces lying around after a good crafting session?  Yes, I thought so!

Unfortunately not all the bits work well together all of the time. But this week I had a win!  I confess there was rather a lot to choose from....hahahahaha!

I have been working with a fair bit of the DSP from the Hand Penned pack.  It has a cottage garden feel and a watercolour look which makes it suitable for different types of project.  I also had (on the desk) a leftover Mint Macaron card base and a white label from the Picture This Die.  

I confess to digging around in a drawer for the wooden hearts - they haven't seen the light of day for a year or two, and I'm excited to have found the perfect project for them.  

'Just Because' is a perfect sentiment right now, don't you think?  What better reason than to reach out to someone during lockdown and all this craziness in the world.  The stamp is part of Lovely You item # 152525.  

Finally, several wraps of linen thread - of all the ribbon, in all the world, this is the one I couldn't live without!!

Happy Friday peeps!   Reach out to someone 'just because'.  I guarantee you'll make their day :)

Party Puffins Pack A Punch!

This week I've been playing with the Party Puffins stamp set.  Super cute, and lot's of options for some really fun cards in this set.  

This card was partly a What's on the Desk project because the only thing I added was the stamped Puffin and the card base.  

I had the scrap of DSP - it's retired now but I think it was called Birthday Memories.  I bet lots of you have still got some of that paper....wink wink!  Anyway, I layered it onto a piece of Night of Navy cardstock because I already had the die cut star and the stripped banner.  Then I stamped, coloured with markers and fussy cut the cutie pie puffin.  I'm calling him Errol.  He's popped up on dimensionals because that's how I like to do things.  The greeting is stamped in black - I use Memento or Basic Black from SU.  Add a couple of rhinestones for pizzazz and stick the whole lot onto a piece of Basic White cardstock (half a piece of A4, folded in half).

I've had a ball with this set this week, so check back tomorrow to see what's next!

Have a super weekend.

Karen