Manic Monday Baby Journal.

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

I am here today to show you even more journal pages and it really is going to get manic if I don't get a move on:

Both journals today. 

Same make of papers but the designs are slightly different.

Also added some of the ephemera pieces and ribbons too. 

This is a great set and comes with almost everything you could need to make a baby journal. I've added some ribbon from my stash, card for the front covers and basic pages and I've used some dies and punches too but all the decorative papers are from the set.

On these pages I've included spaces for photos and pockets.

It's really coming together now but there are extra bits which will be added at the end.

I would love to hear your comments.

Many thanks for stopping by and supporting me too. 

By the time I see you here again it will be a New Year, hope it's a good one and this project in finished.

Hugs Angela xXx

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.

Well it has been Christmas which you all know and we were asked over to my friend's house for Christmas day which was lovely and just what we needed.

We have walked in the park as usual and found this which I think is so sweet.

This lady lived in the care home that faces the park.

I'm sure you will have worked out how old she was when she died.

This was in the park too due to the trees that had fallen during the winds recently.

My friend who lives in France sent me this, he's one big snow man.

And here is Alfred having a look at the Poinsettia, he is very nosy. 

I have tried to keep him away from it as they are not good if eaten but thank goodness he just seems to want to sniff at it.

Other than that I've spent most days working on the Baby journals and not much time to go so need to get my finger out.

Just a bit further on and hope you don't all get fed up of the teasers. I will show all when it's finished.

Hope your Christmas went well and Santa brought you something nice.

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 - 812 - 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!

Nothing new since Monday but guessing you're all busy with other stuff today.......

so I've sent Alfie and Daisy to wish you Merry Christmas xXx

So that's me done for today.

 Thanks for stopping by.

 I'm off now to see what everyone else is up to though it may take longer today as I may be slightly occupied.

Have a great woyww Christmas

and 
happy crafting if you get the chance!

Angela x

Manic Monday Baby Journals.

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

I am here again to show you a bit more of my progress with the baby journals:

This was last week.

And this week I've started the pages.

Got out lots of old punches that I've not used for ages to decorate the top of the pockets.

Wonder if you can remember these scissors with the fancy shaped blades, they hardly ever see the light of day anymore but here they are for a bit of fancy cutting.

If the teddy on the left looks shiny it's because I glazed it, looks better in real life.

I'm working on a mini book at the moment which will fit inside the journal.

It has several pockets to hold photographs and journalling notes.

I love these papers by Trimcraft.

It's fun to find ways to match the different patterns together.

To finish this I have added a binding on the edge which folds to the back

as can be seen here and it's used to attach this to the front page of the journal seen here:

One for the girls

and one for the boys.

These are the basic pages and I will be adding a few extra bits when all the pages are finished.

I've done this with both the journals, one for a boy and one for a girl.

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 had to show you these.

the photographs were sent to me by a friend who lives in France when she visited a museum in Lyon.

They are so well made.

And this beauty she found in a gift shop, love it.

I'm still busy working on the Baby journals.

And something here to make you smile.

Just look at that face, absolute comfort!

It may not be obvious but he has rearranged the cushions too, one of which he is perched on.

Does this house really belong to me anymore or is it just the dog's home?

Wednesday went to pick up the Christmas cake and visit a few friends who live near Stamford.

Not a brilliant photo but this was Bourne town centre all lit up for Christmas.

And photographed this as we were waiting for the lights to change.

Very pretty.

And a few Christmas dog funnies too.

So cute.

Schnauzers having fun!

And wishing you all a Merry Christmas.

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 - 811 - 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!

Still working on the Baby Journals.

Covers finished this week. 

These are the papers I'm using by Trimcraft to make the pages.

They are quite old but some still available, great value and love the designs.

Sorry it's not very exciting yet but should get some inner pages completed by next week.

If you need to know how the covers were done the details are on my Monday post here:

So that's me done for today.

Just realised that next Wednesday will be Christmas day so guessing there wont be much crafting going on and hope you all have a great day.

 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 Baby Journal.

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

Still Manic here but got a bit further with the baby journals.

I'm working on both journal covers today to join the front, centre and back pieces.

The white pieces are strips of Tyvek.

I use up Tyvek envelopes for this that come through the post though you can buy it in pieces too but "waste not want not" as they say and better than binning it.

Tyvek is very strong if you're not familiar with it but easy to cut. It will not stretch or go out of shape so ideal for spines on books.

I've cut the strips to fit and covered it with score-tape either side of the fold line.

Attach to one side and then ensure the cover pieces are pushed well together and then stick that side too. Press the tape down well to ensure it's secure.

Important tip - don't touch the tape with you fingers as this can prevent it sticking firmly.

Next cut some strips of matching coloured card.

Cover with score tape and attach to the Tyvek.

This will cover the Tyvek so that it can't be seen.

Nice and neat?

Attaching the pages next.

Cut to size allowing half an inch extra to make the fold and add the Score-tape.

I attached the first page 1/2" in from the fold line to allow room for a mini book to be added.

Fold the page towards the left ready to attach the next page pushing each one up to the one in front of it and continue till all pages are attached.

And we're all ready for the next stage.

It's really startting to come to life now.

I would love to hear your comments.

Many thanks for stopping by and happy crafting,

Angela xXx