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 at the Craft club on Saturday:

One of our members cut these stencils to shape and then we positioned several one inch die cuts. We used a C5 card blank.

When you're sure about the positioning of the pieces they are attached to the card blank.Trim off the waste oieces at the side. 

Add whatever embelishments you fancy.

And a sentiment and it's done.

In case you wondered I've cut these one inch square with a punch.....now that's something I've not used for a while. The images are by aall and Create and the paper by Dreamees.

I think this could be very useful for left-over pieces of card and could easily be suited to all kind of celebration depending on what papers are added.

I would love to hear your comments.

Many thanks for stopping by and happy crafting,

Angela x

WOYWW - 816 - 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!

though still not much going on as I'm still full of cold and not feeling much like doing anything. 

It's been a stinker!

But yesterday I felt a bit better and enough to plan my next move.

I am determined that this will be a year of "Use it or Lose it".

It's my birthday on the 25th of January which seems like a good time to make plans for the new year.

I've had these ephemera for ages and hardly used any so they are the first on the list for "Use it or Lose it".

I have a plan! that is when I feel in the mood to craft.

So that's me done for today.

Fingers crossed that something may have taken place here by next week.

 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 Left-Overs

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

I am here today to show you two cards made with this piece of left-over Masterboard:

You may remember seeing this before here: and here:

As this started off as an A3 Masterboard there was plenty to play with so I've used a part of the Masterboard to make some small cards and these are a couple of examples.

The Giraffe on the right comes from a Kate Crane collection.

I layered them on black card before attaching them to the card blank.

You may be able to see that I've added a few white dots in places for a little extra detail, I love them as they pop out lovely.

The blob die is by Sizzix and the background was done with stamps and stencils by Aall and Create and the stitches are stamps by Studio Light.

The sentiment was something I'd had in my stash for ages and not sure where they came from but it works perfect on the blob.

I would love to hear your comments.

Many thanks for stopping by 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 two more Thrinchies made with this Masterboard:

 

These are Home and Floral. 

The last ones actually!

 

No. 30

No. 31

Hope you like them.

 I added the white splatters later for better or worse but what do you think?

I would love to hear your comments.

Many thanks for stopping by 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 my next two Thrinchies made with this Masterboard:

No. 28 and 29

Garden and Animals

No. 28 Garden

 

No. 29 Animals

Not much more to go before I've finished this, then I'll get on with the Christmas cards hopefully.

I would love to hear your comments.

Many thanks for stopping by 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 the next two Thrinchie pages using this Masterboard for the background:

Made these with AALL and Create stencils and Oxide inks.

  

And so to the pages. Clocks and Numbers

 

No. 26

It's a bit sad really as there aren't many more to go and I've so enjoyed making these.

 

No. 27

It was fun creasing these ticket styled stamped images and attaching them loosely to give a little extra depth to the page. They look as though they are floating.

I would love to hear your comments.

Many thanks for stopping by 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 another two pages for my accordion book made with this Masterboard:

 

Using AALL and Create stencils.

 

These two pages are so different.

No. 24 and 25 - Daisy and Quirky

N0. 24

No. 25

These two are certainly a Quirky pair for sure.

 

How good would either of these look on a card.

But what do you think?

I would love to hear your comments.

Many thanks for stopping by 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 my next two pages for my accordion book made with these Masterboards:

These are No. 22 and 23 Bouquet and Alphabets.

No. 22
Wherever you have flowers you have to have bugs!

No. 23

Couldn't resist playing around with these tiny tags.

 

Hope you like them.

I would love to hear your comments.

Many thanks for stopping by 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 the next two pages for my Tracy style accordion book made with this Masterboard:

Still using these two for the background which were made with AALL and Create stencils and Oxide inks.

Now I know Tracy has finished the challenge and I was late getting started but I will complete this little journal of ideas and still a few pages to go. 

These are No. 20 and 21.

No. 20 - Containers

No. 21 - Trees and leaves.

More to follow soon. 

I would love to hear your comments and

many thanks for stopping by. 

Happy crafting,

Angela x

Masterboard Monday.

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

 The Queen is taking her final trip today.

And I am here to show you my next pair of Thrinchies made with this Masterboard:

If you've been following this I make no apologies these two A3 sheets keep giving!

And here they are.

No. 14 Heartfelt.

No. 15 Squares.

AAll and Create stamps were used obviously! and most by Tracy Evans.

Hope you like them and wishing you a great week.

I would love to hear your comments.

Many thanks for stopping by and happy crafting,

Angela xXx

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:

This is a bit different today as I've done this with just one colour of Oxide ink.

I started by using the stencil with Vaseline. 

When you apply this product through the stencil it behaves like a resist. Apply it thinly and rub gently with a soft cloth to smooth away the excess before removing the stencil. Leave it for a while as it will be absorbed into the card or paper and then you can start to add the ink.

This shows the early stage of building up the colour over the Vaseline. If you are not familiar with this product it is a Petroleum Jelly normally used for dry skin, minor burns and sore lips. I think it's been on the market for a million years Lol! well a long time definitely.

I continued to add more detail with the stencil and some stamping too.

You can see the white areas where the vaseline has resited the ink.

When I felt happy with this I also splattered some water over it and blotted it with another piece of card which I kept to use later.

Even this piece with the tiny splatters will be useful.

This grey ink is quite pale but works well as a background.

To make the card, I've cut a piece of the Masterboard to fit a card blank 5" x 7" with purple and black card for layering.

I stamped the circle part again on the splattered card and cut it out then added the lilac and green colours. I attached this over the original stamped image and added the shading around it. The little bird was also stamped and fussy cut then added.

All the stamps here are by AALL and Create and I've added some shiny cord and Stickles Glitter glue to complete the design.

I have fussy cut a small piece for the inside too and the sentiment is by Woodware.

So that's about it for today, hope you like it.

I would love to hear your comments.

Many thanks for stopping by 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:

I hadn't really planned to do anything else with this but there's still some left and every little piece can make great cards.

So today I'm showing you how to make a card with those left-over pieces.

All the stamps and dies I've used here are by AALL and Create.

This is one of my favourite ways to make a card when ever I need something quick or I'm stuck for an idea so always have a few masterboards made in advance.

To make this card first cut the masterboard to the size you need for your chosen card then into three pieces, (three always works better than two but any odd number is good) layer them with coloured card and you're ready to mount them however you wish.

I distressed the edges of my three pieces before layering them but you can prep them anyway you wish.

So don't forget to use those left-over pieces.

I would love to hear your comments and

many thanks for stopping by. 

Happy crafting.

Angela x

Addendum: Even numbers create symmetry while odd numbers create interest. An odd number of details is more effective at capturing your gaze. Odd numbers force your eyes to move around the grouping as there is a sense of disorder whereas even numbers give order and comfort. That forced movement is the heart of visual interest.

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:

Now I know if you've been around you will have seen this before but Masterboards just keep on giving!

The card blank was stamped in the same way, I like to do several at the same time so I have them ready.

This was a quick make and I'm sure we've all been in that position needing to make a card quickly and that's how this one came about.

When you make Masterboards there's always something left-over waiting to be used and with a little cord, sentiment stamp and some die cutting then finishing with the matching butterfly and it's complete.

I finished this card off by using one of the smaller pieces inside. Never throw anything away as they are great for envelopes too.

So that's it for today.

I would love to hear your comments.

Many thanks for stopping by and happy crafting,

Angela x