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okay Yulia, you busted me last time,

 my desk was clean despite of the AJ page because it was in fact staged 😉😳

what does my desk look like in all his glory then??

well, something more like this

I've just finished creating this indexcard for my 365somethings

At the left you can spot some more finished indexcards which I still need to put up on the blog

and there are some that are started and need to be finished

Happy 10th anniversary 

and on to many more years of desksharing

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Today I testdrove the alphabet and numbers stencil

together with my new watersoluble oil pastels

and I love them both💓💓💓

I love the boldness of the letters and numbers 

and the soft vibrant colors of the oilpastels

3 more stencils to test...

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Remember these new stencils on my desk on Wednesday?

Of course I needed to give them a test drive:

Now I see the picture I see I a mistake, 

I wrote "sweet home sweet", 

instead of "home sweet home"😂

also true of course 😉

And one te remember from time to time:

" a little progress each day adds up to big results."

That is already 2 tested and approved.

Tomorrow on to the next.

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Who says that art supplies need to be expensive??

Below is a snapshot of some art supplies I bought at Action,

 a shop comparable to the dollarstore for my American friends.

I only paid something like €5 for 6 bottles of inkspray and 8 paintmarkers 😁

One of the major advantage of cheap supplies 

is the sense of freedom they give,

I am not afraid to use them

or experiment with them

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It's been over a year since I last shared my desk,

but a couple of weeks ago I saw a FBpost from Sarah from Sarah's Craft Shed

about decreasing blogviews 

and I was reminded of this lovely supporting community

so I ought it was time to join in again,

that is if you have me back of course?

Below a snapshot I just made from my desk

and here are some detail pictures

 

top left are some watersoluble oil pastels from Talens,

at the right a box filled with my indexcards for the 365somethings2018 challenge,

 yes, I am still doing the 365somethings2018,

I am currently at no.199.

I am determined to finish this challenge, rather then abondan it,

don't know in which year it will be finished though 😏

because lately crafting has been on a low fire.

I am trying to find my mojo back in different ways:

by investing in new supplies, 

joining back with this bloghop,

creating new stencils with my Silhouette (bottom picture)

thx for stopping by.

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Yesterday

is but today's memory

and tomorrow

is today's dream.

A while ago I bought this book about the meaning of dreams,

not only because I am interested in the subject,

but also because I liked the images in it.

After reading the book I went through it again,

cut out the images that spoke to me and

added them to my collage stash.

A few of them I used as a starting point for my next 365 somethings:  

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stamping galore...

handcarved stamps and some old school coloring fun.

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We can do no great things,
only small things
with GREAT love.
Mother Teresa.

Finally crossed the half way mark of the 365 challenge,

although be it with babysteps,

I will get there in time.

Wonder where my inspiration came for this series? 😉

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For this series I attached several index cards together 

and 

started with some random mark making,

detached them,

added some final touches

which make them all unique

(although they started out out of the same piece)

I love them all

they are bold and expressive

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INSPIRATION,

a funny little thing

sometimes my head spins with ideas and inspiration,

other days not so much.

What to do on such days?

well, browsing the internet sometimes work,

but be carefull,

because before you know it the whole day has passed with "just" looking at what others have created and you didn't do a thing.

That said, for the next cards I browsed pattern images in google

and the ones that spoke to me I put down in my way on paper.

why stick to only black&white?

so much more fun to be made with the colors of the rainbow:

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1 stamp...4 prints

techniques clockwise:

different stampinks

stamp colored with Marabu artcrayons and spritzed with some water

acrylic paint applied with a brayer

black acrylic paint on booktext

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The next 7 indexcards in the 365 series.

yes, this time I did manage to create a series of 7.

Why weren't these posted earlier then?

Well, my weird brain and his logic, that's why.

I found that I first needed to create 4 more cards in the butterfly series,  

post them and then and only then I could post these. 

Sounds perfectly sain, right? 

no??!?

These were made during printinktober,

gosh, that is 3 months ago 😲

I grabbed my handcarving tools and carved away.

Can you believe that the first 2 cards are in fact made with exactly the same stamp???