woyww -805- What's On Your Workdesk Wednesdasy.

     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.

Tomorrow is the day that I'm taking the class for my friends so most of my time has been taken up with that but I did make a post on Monday as some friends had asked how the fold card was made that I showed you last week and if you're one of them the instructions are here:

Cascading Pleat Card.

And here is my desk for today!

So that's me done for today.

Busy now stamping some card to make my own C. Cards.

Stamping Poinsettias on this smooshed card and you'll get to see more soon.

 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

Manic Monday.

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

Christmas will be here before we know it so C. cards are now my priority.

Fold cards have been something I've really got into this year and I posted this card here last week and some of my friends have been asking how it's made so today I have the instructions for you.

This is called a Cascading Pleat Card.

It can be made with either two A4 sheets of card or one 12"x12" sheet.

For mine I've used A4 and you need to start by cutting along the length at 5 1/2" then put the small piece on one side for later.

The next stage is to score along the length starting on the left at 1 3/4", 3 1/2", 5 1/4" and 7".

Measure to 11" this end piece should measure 4" from the last score line.

Cut off the small strip at the end, don't throw this away as you will use it soon.

Take the small strip and fold it into three, this will be used to measure the Cascading pleats.

Place the strip on the second score line from the right and mark ready to cut.

Place the strip on the last (fourth) score line as shown here and mark it.

When all the marks are ready start the cutting from the short end straight to the first score line from the left then upwards on the diagonal to the second score line, straight to the third score line and then diagonal to the fourth one.

It will look like the card above.

You are then ready to cut the pages to fit each of the folds. 

They will be 4" wide but it's best to measure the height as they can differ slightly.

Cut both of these and then decorate as you wish before attaching them to the card folds.

I have layered the decorative papers with a second layer but try not to use anything too thick or it may not close flat.

Finished mine with Stickles Glitter glue and a peal off sticker.

Hope you enjoyed watching me make these.

If you were wondering these papers are by Crafter's Companion.

Happy creative week 

and

many thanks for stopping by.

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.

Hope you've had a good Halloween week.

These were just down the road from where we live and I thought you might like them, very artistically done.

Our park is full of various mushrooms at the moment which has given me more ideas for my next felting project.

This was a massive group.

Last Saturday was the Craft Club again.

We were making this style of card.

Seemed like a good chance to make some more Christmas cards.

Went to see my friend Jan yesterday and we played with some new dies .....

I'll show you our efforts soon.

I can't leave you without some Halloween pics.

Had to be Schnauzers.

So cute.

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 -804- 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!

Now this should make you smile cos it's a mess!

Been busy prepping some cards for my friends. 

They are not card makers but like to make a few C. cards and I don't mind getting something ready that they can manage to complete in a few hours.

Your words about my felting last week were so kind. My interest in so many techniques comes from my years of teaching textiles and art but from being a little girl I loved making things it's just how I am.

However this can be a problem as I flit from one thing to another and have far too much stuff but I am working to try and use it up.  

So another mushroom this time felted onto fabric following the class with Sophie Wheatley.

Hope you like it.

Now I'm back into it again there's sure to be be more to follow so watch this space.

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

What no Masterboard?

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

I am here today to show you a card made at the Craft and Chat club on Saturday so no Masterboard today:

Like many of you we're working on Christmas card ideas and I've made these using up some Christmas papers by Crafter's Companion.

Hope you like them......

This style is called a Cascading Pleat Card.

Just wanted to show it to you in different positions.

It's pleated on one side and the spare pieces of card are used to make the pages for the front and centre.

These were so much fun to make and I finished them with Stickles Glitter glue, sentiment and some small gems.

I have decided to add white card to the back of this to add your message as it seemed a shame to attach it insde the card and spoil the effect but you could position it inside so it isn't visible when the card is closed.

This is not a large card though you could easily make it taller if you cut it from a 12"x12" piece of card but it can be easily made from an A4 too.

The original cards when finished measure measured 

4" x 5 1/2"  so easily fit into a C6 envelope.

Hope you like it.

I would love to hear your comments and if you need anymore details just ask.

Many thanks for stopping by and happy crafting,

Angela x

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 and them too.

What do you suppose is going on here.

Do you think Alfie is taking any notice of her?

I think Daisy wanted the spot by the cushion and Alfie wouldn't move.

There seems to be something going on here all the time.

I would love to know what they are saying to each other.

We have had some nice weather this week so more gardening.

And here we are out in the garden.

Look at that face. She's so cheeky!

The fuchsias are still flowering but don't know for how much longer.

Hubby decided to clean out one of the filter this week and this is what we found when he lifted the lid off.

I managed to put it in a bucket until we'd finished and then put it back again and it's still there though it's so fat that I can't think how it got in there.

Pleased hubby does this job and not me but I did buy him those long gloves, very useful.

Back in the park this week......

If you've been around here recently you will know why I've been photographing fungi in the park.

These Fly Agaric usually pop up in the park around the silver birch trees.

We have quite a collection at the moment.

And here's what I've made.

It's a baby Fly Agaric which has joined my earlier project Mr hare.

And to finish......

Could easily be my two.

And when you do get back this happens....

That's dogs for you, they know just how to make you feel guiulty!

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