Friday Fun Day.

   Welcome to all my new followers, hope you enjoy the journey.

Angela here again to show you what I've been up to this week.

Raised beds all finished and planted though I think some of the plants are a bit close together but we'll see.

I've been all on my own this week so most of my time has been spent doing housework and gardening, not very exciting but I have plans when all this is finished.

I wonder if you can see who is hiding here:

The top of this white lilac is suffering but can you see what's causing the problem?

And my friend is visiting every day at the moment for his early morning shower. Can you see who it is?

Hubby's away visiting schools. He was somewhere near Yarmouth at the start of the week and is now making his way back. 

The dogs are in kennels leaving me with some time hopefully to spend on my art work after the Spring cleaning!

Next week will be half term for schools so he'll be at home for a week. 

It's been nice and sunny here this week.

I took this photo when I went out to water the Bonsai.

I did go for a quick walk in the park on Tuesday to escape the housework for a while.

Of course I'm missing the dogs too so thought we'd have a look at a few dog funnies.

These are not my two but easily could be:

I'm sure all this fits with other dogs too or is it just Schnauzers that are naughty?

Have a great weekend everyone and

 thanks for stopping by.

And if you would like some more smiles you just need to pop over to see what our other friends have been doing this week at Annie's for
"This Week's Smiles" and you can also share your  smiles too.

Angela x

WOYWW - 833 - What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday.

     Welcome to all my new followers, hope you enjoy the journey.

Hi Workdesk friends. 
We are here for another Wednesday at the Workdesk and here is:
"What's on my Workdesk this Wednesday".

If you don't know what this is all about then please visit Sarah's Craft Shed and our host Sarah will explain.

So here is my desk for today!

Working on a new Masterboard today.

At the moment I have no idea what it will be used for when it's finished, just enjoying the process.

Beautiful ATCs on my desk too thanks to 'Spyder' Lyn and 'scrappystickyinkymess' Mary Anne. 

Many thanks to you both x

So that's me done for today.

 Thanks for stopping by and hope you will pop over and join in the visits around the other desks.

 I'm off now to see what everyone else is up to.

Have a great woyww 

and 
happy crafting,

Angela x

Masterboard Monday Collage Grids.

   Welcome to all my new followers, hope you enjoy the journey.

I am here today to show you a card made with one of these Masterboard Collage Grids:

And yes you will remember seeing these before here:

I have been busy over the weekend so little time for a new Masterboard which is why I like the grids so much. 

When you need a quick card just cut one of the grids out and you have a half made card.

The sentiment is 'Art by Marlene' the image by Kate Crane and the cord from my stash.

I would love to hear your comments.

Many thanks for stopping by and happy crafting,

Angela x

Friday Fun Day with Smiles.

   Welcome to all my new followers, hope you enjoy the journey.

Angela here again to show you what I've been up to this week.

Last weekend we went to a friend's for a barbeque but was enjoying it so much that I fogot to take any photos.

On Monday we went to get parts for my old girl.

She's looking a bit sad at the moment as she's at the body shop. There are a couple of bits, a sill and wing that need work doing on them but we decided to get new parts which should ensure no further rust for a while.

This might seem a bit serious and if you've never had a 'Classic Historical Car' you may wonder why we're bothering but she is 53 years old and we have had her for about 43 years so even with this work being done it's worth it and I hope to keep her until I can't manage to get in and out of it any more! So hopefully a few years to go yet. 

It's also the only car we've ever had that's worth more now than when we bought it.

 

Later in the week my friend from France came to see us and sent me a photo of the B and B she stayed at here in Lincoln.

If you like somewhere very modern you wont want this.

But this is just the sort of place I love.

It's not more than about a mile away from where we live and never even noticed it before.

And apparently the owners are lovely too.

Later in the year we're having a week away at Annecy in France and my friend sent us this too, it's called 'Jardins-secrets' and look like an interesting place to visit so we'll see.

We also went to Downtown for some shopping and of course I came home with a few things.

Daisy and Alfie have been for a hair cut ready for their week in the kennels while Des is away, as he starts his school visits next week.

And here they are enjoying the garden.

Our swans in the park have babies but can you see how many there are?

These are some of the Geece that live in the park but the Cob swan decided he didn't want them in the lake and so they moved out for a while, think they got fed up of being chased around.

 

These are just so gorgeous, in my garden.

Who couldn't love these gorgeous flowers.

I think that's enough for today

but here are a few funnies to make you smile.

Have a great weekend everyone and

 thanks for stopping by.

And if you would like some more smiles you just need to pop over to see what our other friends have been doing this week at Annie's for
"This Week's Smiles" and you can also share your  smiles too.

Angela x

WOYWW - 832 - What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday.

     Welcome to all my new followers, hope you enjoy the journey.

Hi Workdesk friends. 
We are here for another Wednesday at the Workdesk and here is:
"What's on my Workdesk this Wednesday".

If you don't know what this is all about then please visit Sarah's Craft Shed and our host Sarah will explain.

So here is my desk for today!

Hi all, new stuff from Art by Marlene on the left, love it.

In the centre here are my ATBMs (Artist Trading Book Marks) for our 16th Anniversary.

Thought I'd do these for a change and made lots when we thought we were having the Crop so if you would like to swap there are plenty to go on.

These were all made with a couple of my Masterboards.

On the right I'm playing with some Kate Crane stamps, just love them.

So that's me done for today.

 Thanks for stopping by and hope you will pop over and join in the visits around the other desks.

 I'm off now to see what everyone else is up to.

Have a great woyww 

and 
happy crafting,

Angela x

Masterboard Monday Use it or Lose it.

   Welcome to all my new followers, hope you enjoy the journey.

I am here today to show you a card made with this Masterboard:

Well! another one actually.

If you remember last week's Masterboard design then you will recognise the background to this card.

This is a small left over piece that I've cut up using a AALL and Create die.

The bird and the sentiment are by Kate Crane.

A feaw blobs of Stickles Glitter glue to finish it off and we're all done.

Hope you like it.

I would love to hear your comments.

Many thanks for stopping by and happy crafting,

Angela x