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.

It was the end of June so it was also time for the Craft Club again.

We're just setting up here.....

and these are the cards I made. There is information about these on my Monday post if you are interested.

The weather has been a bit cooler so we were able to take the dogs for a walk which was nice.

And of course it was rest time when we got back.

Do you think Alfie is comfy there?

Daisy too.

This is the large filter box which cleans the water that is pumped into it from the pond and back in again. When we were cleaning the sponges we saw this guy....

then I realised he had a friend. 

They both hopped out when the sponges were removed for cleaning but by the time the job was finished they were back in there again. 

They may be small but they can certainly jump.

They obviously like it here.

I picked some carrots on Wednesday and I thought you'd like these two.

Hubby says they just needs a face.

They both made me smile.

The rest of this week has been reasonably quiet, just taken Daisy to the vet for her annual check up, all's well.

Apart from that I'm still sorting some stuff out in the cabin.

Have a great weekend everyone and

 thanks for stopping by.

Leave me a comment and I'll pop over to see what you've been up to this week too.

Angela x

WOYWW - 891 - 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!

I'm still trying to sort the cabin despite the weather and took loads to the Craft club on Saturday, pleased to say that I came home with empty boxes.

However, I'm working on a new journal page.

But that's as far as I got as I had to get ready for the Craft Club where we made some Twist and Pop Up cards and I've not got back to the journal page yet.

This was the front of one of the cards.

And the inside.

I have lots more but I thought this was enough for today.

I will probably put a few more in my friday post but the Monday post has more details about this card.

So that's me done for today and yes I am getting a bit obsessed with the sea right now.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you will pop over and visit the other desks.

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

Have a great woyww 

and 
happy crafting,

Angela x

Make it on Monday.

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

I am here today to show you a card made this weekend at the Craft Club:

This week it's a Twist and Pop Up Card using Clarity papers.

The front was made with a variety of stamps and dies.

I used a couple of the Clarity papers to die cut the sea effect and then gradually layered it up.

The stamps are by Altenew and I can't wait to play with the other things in the set.

The gorgeous circling fish in the background just bring it to life.

I finished it with Jelly Fish stickers.

This style of card stands up really well.

And opens like this...

Altenew stamps again and coloured fish stickers.

Finished with a little Stickles Glitter glue which always makes the details stand out.

When ever I make something like this I end up with pieces of card and paper that I just can't throw away but we have to do something with them Right!

So I've cut these into strips and arranged them diagonally on a sheet of A4 card but you will have to wait to see how I use that because I'm not sure myself yet.

If you the Twist and Pop Up card there are lots of ideas on Pinterest.

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.

I've spent as much time as I could in the cabin this week to continue my sorting but the afternoons have been too hot so been doing some crafting in the house too.

The table look stidy here but not today!

There's still lots to do.

However it's been pond jobs this week too.

Hubby cleaning the filters.

If you keep Koi you have to keep the water in good condition.

We have two filters and this is the older one which is biological and open at the top which is why we often find visitors in there the other is a pressureised filter all closed easy to keep clean.

This is our usual visitor and very welcome as he eats some things that find there way into the filter.

I'm not sure weather this guy might be risking things a bit as frogs will eat snails and slugs.

This little guy is on guard under the filter box.

He's so cute.

Another visitor to the garden.

And finially my beautiful Hydrangers, so pretty.

Have a great weekend everyone and a cool one hopefully.

 Thanks for stopping by.

Leave me a comment and I'll pop over to see what you've been up to this week too.

Angela x

WOYWW -890 - 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!

Actually this was last week just to remind you and this is the finished journal page.

As usual all the details are available on the Monday post here:

Back to the cabin sorting next!

So that's me done here for today.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you will pop over and visit the other desks.

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

Have a great woyww 

and 
happy crafting,

Angela x

Make it on Monday.

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

I am here today to show you a new journal page:

I love steampunk and it seems to be getting a revival amongst crafters at the moment though it never went away here.

This project ended up as a variety of techniques.

I've used Stamperia papers today to create the images but the idea came from this die cut cog:

I cannot remember when I made it and it turned up when I started clearing out my cabin.

It was die cut then covered in kitchen foil, embossed and painted with orange, black, purple and  Magenta pink.

I've used the seedless preserve by Tim Holtz to apply a small amount of colour to the images I've used to make them work with the background colours.

So here goes for the background:

Started with some yellow Distress Oxides.

then oranges, pinks and lilac.

Gradually building the colours up.

Stencil next to add some grungy marks.

Always love this part though I generally make a mess here with small white splatters.

Remove the low tack tape:

Stamping next to add more detail to the background using black ink. 

I've left the centre slightly lighter in colour to highlight the rest of the design.

Next added some images and a sentiment from the Stamperia set. A little bit of shading and highlights, finished with some Glitter Glue and it's complete.

I so love it and hope you do too.

Many thanks for stopping by and happy crafting,

Angela x

I would like to enter this project in the following challenges:

Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenge#127

Try it On Tuesday - Flying High