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I'm on a roll this week... managed to blog two days in a row! LOL  It is really hard to blog when your Mojo has done an Elvis and left the building without any forwarding address!  So after giving the scrap desk a really good clean and tidy in the hope it might encourage him to return.... I thought visiting lots of lovely desks might do the trick!

So here is the desk all tidied up and I now have a radio/mp3/cd player at the side so I can listen to chatter while crafting... and it seems Radio 2 is the least annoying of the airwaves... so when did that happen? A sign that I am now officially old? LOL

On the desk is a handmade envelope with some diecuts for rosettes that I sat and cut out for a lady I was talking to at the local ladies group.  It seems she is a card maker and mentioned trying to make rosettes and I told her I had a machine for that.... LOL

a card I made for her to show how the rosettes should look when finished.

So if you are wondering why I am showing you my desk, go to Julia's and check out all the details and you will be on your way to visiting lots of lovely desks full of wonderful inspiration.

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I am still mojo-less... I hope where ever he is, Mr Mojo is having one heck of a good time! LOL

I have resorted to making Christmas cards... nothing fancy or amazing but at least I will have a few made ready for posting.

and to keep up with the 'use the TH dies' challenge I made a few of these with the reindeer die!  It seems weird making Christmas cards in hot weather and sunshine!!

Don't forget to check out the linky list over at Julia's Stamping Ground where you will find loads of exciting desks to check out!

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It's that time of that week... the one where we all link up on Julia's blog and then have a darn good nosey at what is going on at all the other desks all over the world!  If you have never joined in before, then now is the time, you can always be assured of loads of interesting bits of information and inspiration.

This is my desk this morning, looking pretty neat and tidy with a range of garish brooches all laid out ofr inspection to find just the right one for the little box I have made... yes, that one, on the desk!  A cup of tea, my ATG and stand, my new glue gun and some paintbrushes I just cleaned.  Now, if you had seen the desk yesterday, it was a mess!  But, I am one of those folk that has to clean up between projects, especially if they involve paint.

This is the box... it all began with that bit of transparency... I saw a box done by a friend, Carole, and had to figure out how to use that idea because I liked it so much.  I ran the tranparency through my bug and embossed it, then added the pearls and backed it with Graphic 45 Steampunk Debutante papers.

This is the front of the box, with the folded down transparency piece.

One side, with a pocket watch and Tim Holtz wings.

The opposite side, with chipboard cogs that I have painted to make them appear like brass.

More cogs...

Cogs that I papered with music and printed word.

and with the lid removed... yes, I revisited an old idea... the exploding box.  Only the outside walls and lid are chipboard on this version because I wanted it to have some weight and be sturdy.  The cardstock exploding boxes I made years ago have not travelled well... LOL

The chipboard outer layer is decorated with cogs and wheels and a brass butterfly.  

The inner cardstock layer is decorated with paper images and butterflies.

The outside walls without the lid...

other outside wall

third outside wall

and final outside wall.

The centre of the inside I have decorated with cogs, pearl sticks, flowers, beads, a little light bulb and gems.

some wire springs and a bottle of glitter... think that is enough bling, don't you? LOL

I should mention that this is a birthday gift for my step-daughter-in-law-to-be... and her birthday is day after tomorrow... and she is in the UK.... oops!  Guess it will be a bit late?  Think she will believe that it is 'in the post'? LOL