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.

It's been so warm here that it's difficult to do much.

I have spent some time in the garden sitting in the shade obviously and my friends Alfie and Daisy have been here this week to keep me company.

You may remember this photograph from last week well this week....

Daisy decided she needed somewhere cooler to stretch her legs out and I found her here....

She just makes me smile all the time.

Who teaches them these things Lol!

Alfie has been picking apples.

He is not supposed to do this and the apples are still quite small but he's decided he likes them.

When tidying up a few branches I found this rose bush tucked away.

 

And the  pond is looking good too.

I did have a day out with friends (ladies I used to work with actually) but I don't have any photos but all we did was eat scones, drink and chat so you haven't missed much. 

And that's about it really.

Off to the Craft club Saturday after we've been for our Shingles jab.

We have enough funny dogs today but I'll finish with a few more:

 

This could be us!

This could be my two.

This has to be Daisy, she can never make her mind up!

And this is why I love them.

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 - 786 - 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!

New dies and a mould.

But don't worry I've done some more testing with the colour shift paint and the card you saw here last week.

I know you wanted to see the finished card and it's here.

All the detail can be found on the Monday blog post:

and the colour shift paints are here......

I have repositioned the samples so that the light hits them differently as it's that which causes the colours to shift.

The eight on the right are solid watercolours but try as I did I can't get good covereage whereas with the paints on the left are Lisa Horton Interference reinkers and the coverage is brilliant.

I have turned the samples round here which makes the watercolours look slightly better but the colour shifting effect is definitely better on the Lisa Horton reinkers which you can also get as ink pads too.

Since trying these I have some powders too so we'll see how they do then all I have to do is de cide how to use 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.

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

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

Yes still working with this and just hope it's not boring you. 

It's good to push these papers as far as you can and see what can be done with them but I promise not to keep this going for much longer.

However if you want to see more about the Masterboard you can find it here:

Anyway here goes! with a new card.

I love it but there was a lot of work went into it.

Kate Crane fish again (because I love them!), some net fabric that I picked up on my travels and a new stamp, Trext(ures) by Lou collins called 'Caves' and finished with Stickles Glitter Glue and Memory Box 'Fairy Drops'.

The fish were coloured using Tim Holtz Distress pencils and the background card was stamped with part of a Tim Holtz stamp set called 'Urban Tapestry' to give the effect of sand. The shells and plants are Memory box die cuts.

The sentiment is by Spellbinders and that's it really.

I would love to hear your comments.

Many thanks for stopping by and happy crafting,

Angela x

I would like to enter this in the challenge over at:

 Country View Crafts facebook page.

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.

Hubby's been away this week so I've been doing a bit of sorting the wardrobes. It amazes me how much stuff we collect.

Shoes were the first job to sort .......

I think I am a shoe collector and some of these have been here for years from when I was working so they need to be sorted.

It would appear that I am also a collector of empty boxes too which is crazy!

Got all the coats out too, more work clothes I think it's time they found a new home too!

Anyway I think that's enough of that!

This is Alfie sitting by the front door. 

I have been training him to do this when people come to the door and when he's quiet he gets a biscuit. Now he thinks if he sits there he should get one whether anyone comes or not and this is his "I want a biscuit" expression.....bless him.

 

I don't know why but this is Daisy's favourite position, legs stretched out.

Except when she's in this position Lol!

Dogs are good at getting comfy.

Not much going on in the garden this week but plenty of Magpies.

So that's it for today except for a few dog funnies.

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 - 785 -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!

Been busy with other stuff this week so not much crafting done and the desk is not much different from last week but I'm here anyway.

I've been using this new stamp by Lou Collins, adding it to one of my Kate Crane stamps.

Hopefully you'll get to see the finished card next week.

I am still working on the colour shift paints and will tell you how I've gone on with those next week.

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.

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

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

You may remember seeing this before here and here, just keep the original, scan it and there's plenty to play with.

This week I've taken a stamp set by Ciao Bells Coral Reef.

I started by stamping on a piece of the Masterboard and two different coloured cards which I then heat embossed. 

You can see here that I have fussy cut the images from the coloured card before attaching them to the Masterboard and adding Glossy Accents and Stickles Glitter Glue.

 

All the images here are from the Ciao Bella set.

I would love to hear your comments.

Many thanks for stopping by and happy crafting,

Angela x

Friday Fun Day but not the best week.

    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's not been the best week for me as they cremated my mother on Wednesday morning and though I know it was time for her to leave us it doesn't make it any easier but this little fellow has been visiting us every day recently and it sits on the fence looking through the conservatory window.

That has to be smile worthy.

My mother will now reside in Sherwood Forest Crematorium which I know she would love as it's not far from Rufford Park where we used to take my parents quite often.

It looks like a very peaceful place.

It's not been too sunny this week but our garden

is looking nice and green.

Hubby has been sending me these photos 

He's sending me these to prove that he is eating healthy while he's away.

 

I've been sorting some drawers and wardrobes as it's not just stash that builds up here and now have a couple of bags for the charity.

Think that's it really for this week so will finish with a few smiles.

I'm not sure who enjoys this most.

It's very relaxing.

Dogs just seem to sense when we're feeling sad.

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