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.

Some members of this family are having a nice time!

He's obviously decided it's time for a nap.

This was Monday when we went shopping. 

There was a fire alarm and we all had to stand outside for a while but thank goodness it was a false alarm.

We went to visit mum mum as usual.

Not bad for 95.

From the eldest to the youngest.

How sweet is he!

And a proud sister too.

My friend sent me this photograph. These are artist designed Easter eggs.

And of course we can't finish without some dog funnies.

It has to be done.

If only!

Daisy always starts this off. She is obsessed with digging.

It's Bees at the moment they are trying to eat as we have ground bees.

Obviously!

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

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.

Last Saturday was Craft and Chat day again, love it.

Always a happy day crafting with friends.

This card took me nearly all day to complete! but it does look good when finished. 

I used a stencil to draw the flip flops and then cut them out by hand (fussy cut if you like).

That beautiful orchid just gets better every day. The latest flower has some green in it too, might just use this colour palette for some art work soon.

Out in the greenhouse too, getting some plants ready for the raised beds.

And look at this beauty!

As it's Good Friday today I thought you might like this:

I'm sure you know what this is, they have become very popular around where we live.

Someone spends ages making these and they always make me smile when I see them.

Yes it's on the top of a post box.

A few funnies to finish off.......

Have a great Easter 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

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 my newest journal page:

 

As it's nearly Easter I thought bunnies so sketched one here to get me started.

It's amazing what appears when you put pencil to paper though he's not at all what I had in my head when I started!

 

So where next? back to the unused Washi tape to add some detail.

 

And from there I added several colours of Oxide inks with a blending tool and outlined the rabbit again.

 

 

Next covered the background with white paint, left it to dry and then stamped over the painted area and added some shading.

Then for the fun as I used a Tim Holtz die set which had been sitting unused for far too long.

 

 

I die-cut several of the Bunnies and then cut them in half, applied matching Oxide colours around the edge of each piece and then attached them around the page. 

 

One more sentiment and a few highlights and we're done.
I would love to hear your comments.

Many thanks for stopping by and happy crafting,

Angela x

Back to the craft Barn for Easter Blessings.

Welcome to all my new followers, hope you enjoy the journey.
Hi everyone just here to let you know this is another project for the Craft Barn and it's live now.

I've been working with  Paper Artsy stamps and here is a peek of how I used them. If you would like to see how I made this card then pop over to The Craft Barn for full details.

I would love to hear what you think about my project and any comments will be gratefully received.

 

Wishing you all a happy Easter and look forward to seeing you at The Craft Barn.

 

Happy crafting,

 

Angela xXx

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge 185 # Spring into Spring.

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

Hi! back again to tell you that it's time for another challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers.

Peggy is hosting our challenge today and the theme is Spring into Spring.
With the Spring Equinox having just occurred here in the UK earlier this month we are hopefully springing back into life with new births and buds and flowers appearing on the trees so we would love to see your Spring themed projects. This can include New Birth as well as flora and fauna.

As usual you can enter anything that suits the theme, cards; scrap layout; mixed media piece; home décor; just as long as it has a Spring theme.

And please remember our 15 total challenge rule!

Here is my project, hope you like it.

 

 

 

I have had these lovely papers for some time and this seemed like a good time to use them.

I enhanced the lovely image card with Stickles Glitter Glue and 3D glaze. The little bunny at the bottom right is from Paper Chase.

 

Hope you like my card and if you would like to join in the challenge just

pop over to see what the rest of the DT have been up to and show us your gorgeous projects.

I look forward to seeing what you come up with.
Happy crafty card making.

Angela xXx

 

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

Come and Get it: Spring Time.
Dragons Lair Designs Challenges: Anything goes with option of Spring Flowers.
Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenges: 183 - Springtime.
Stamping Sensations March: Close to Nature.

 

Happy Easter to all my Followers.

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

As it's Easter I am spoiling you with an extra card this weekend which I made with my Monday Masterboard.... leftovers actually.
Hope you like it.

 

Hope you all have a great Easter.

 

Big hugs, Angela x

 

 

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

Blessing's Ink: Amusing Challenge - Easter.
The Artistic Stamper Creative Challenge-March- Springtime.
Stamps: Hobby Art-March Hares. Sentiment by Tim Holtz.
The Crafter's Café Challenge#145-Easter.
Crafty Enjoyments: Challenge#5 Easter or Spring.
Lets Craft and Create Challenge # 111-Easter.
Petal Lu Challenge: Anything Goes.



 

Masterboard Monday

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

As promised I am here again to show you what I made with the Masterboard that my friend Gloria sent me for last month's swap.
I realise that Easter is over so hope you will forgive me for not posting this sooner.

This is what she sent me:

You may remember it....

And this is what I made....

Front

Back

Made with the die I got from Inspiration Emporium.

I embossed the lid and the jar with embossing folders and then 

rubbed over the spotty embossing on the jar with black Distress Ink.

The eggs are from Tim's stamp set Nature Walk which I stamped onto the Masterboard, cut them out and glossed over to give a more rounded feel.

Not sure it works but I arranged them in such a way that they would look as though they were inside the jar.

 

I finished this off by joining the back and front with ribbon and although you can't see it there is a tube in the centre which holds small Easter eggs.

Hope you enjoyed looking and I would love it if you could leave me a little comment.

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy crafting, 

Angela x

 

 

I am going to enter this in the challenge over at:

Art With Heart which is Eileen's own challenge.