WOYWW 267 # What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday.

A big welcome to all my new followers, hope you enjoy the journey.

 

Hi Workdesk friends.

Angela here to show you "what's on my work desk this Wednesday"(WOYWW) and if you visit Julia you will have access to desks throughout the world, so hope you will hop over to the Stamping Ground and all will be revealed.

And here is my desk offering for this week.

 

Those of you who visited me last week will remember this.

 

 

I have had several people asking about the  turquoise tool on my desk so I thought it might be an idea to tell you about it.

 

I know it looks like a pedicure implement but this is not one of those however I am guessing the idea may well have originated there.

This is a multi-distressing tool by Prima and is so useful.

It's easy to grip and has several parts to it.

 

This is the packaging.

 

It has two rasps, fine and rough.

 

Metal brush inside the handle.

 

Edge scraper along one edge.

 

Bone folder along the opposite edge.

 

File.

 

And a Rub-On accessory tip.

 
 So that's it and you can see the textured sections on the handle which makes it easy to grip.

 

What I love about it most is that everything is in one place and easy to hold.

 

I hope that you are not disappointed at not seeing any crafting today.

I actually posted the finished card (shown on my desk last week),on Monday if you want to see it.

 

Back soon.

 

 Happy Crafting,

Angela x

 

Masterboard Monday.

A big welcome to all my new followers, hope you enjoy the journey.

Hi my dear  Blog Buddies,  here to show you our most recent Masterboard swap.
This is the one that my friend Gloria sent me and I am hoping you will enjoy seeing what I have made with it.

 Decided that I would like to try and include the Cabinet Card die by Tim Holtz for this piece and started by cutting out four sections in the Masterboard, four border sections in lovely shiny mirri card and backings in textured card stock.

The stamps Gloria used are mostly by Paper Artsy, lovely quirky designs. Gloria and I have been swapping for some time and she knows me well.

I embossed the border sections using a Couture Creations Embossing Folder, 'Replacements'.

 

I also embossed the backs

 

and then added more stamped images.

 

 

A few brads to enhance the embossing on the borders.

And it's nearly finished!

 

Finally I rubbed over the borders with gilding wax, added some shiny Stickles glue (this is the law according to my mother Lol!: "cards have to shine, it's the law"), ribbon and a few embellishments and charms.

 

And here is the completed accordion card.

 

 I added some gilding wax to the back as I felt the embossing just needed a little extra to help the cogs stand out better.

 

I had this idea when taking the photographs, it could be used to place round a plant pot maybe.

 

Well that's it for today.

 

I really would love to know what you think of this project.

 

Because I have added sparkle to this project I am going to enter it in the Left of Centre weekly challenge:

Challenge #36 Add Sparkle with Aurora Wings

 

Back soon,

Happy crafting,

Angela x

 

WOYWW 266 # What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday.

A big welcome to all my new followers, hope you enjoy the journey.

 

Hi Workdesk friends.

Angela here to show you "what's on my work desk this Wednesday"(WOYWW) and if you visit Julia you will have access to desks throughout the world, so hope you will hop over to the Stamping Ground and all will be revealed.

 

 

And here is my desk offering for this week.

 

I am working on another of our Masterboard swaps, this one was made by my friend Gloria and I am finishing it using the Tim Holtz Cabinet Card dies.

I will be posting the whole project on Masterboard Monday next week so if you are interested please pop over.

 

You can just about see part of it towards the back of the desk, showing a Paper Artsy stamp image.

And these are the back sections which I have embossed.

 

 

 

Well that's a nice quick post and hope you will pop over to Julia and take a look at the other deskers offerings.

If there is anything on the desk you want to know about, just ask.

 

Happy Crafting,

 

Angela x

 

Masterboard Monday.

 A big welcome to all my new followers, hope you enjoy the journey.

Hi Bloggie Friends,   Angela here to let you know that for all those people who have registered interest in the draw for my giveaway,
I have started making the journal.
The Masterboard is similar to the original, the stamps used are by Tim Holtz, either his own design or chosen by him.
I stamped and embossed onto the paper before too much ink was added which is why some areas appear white. 

 

To prepare the masterboard for construction first I divided the A3 sheet into three sections vertically.

 

Then cut the paper in half horizontally.

 

Take the cardboard tubes and flatten them.

Press the fold with a bone folder until it's nice and flat.

 

Open the paper and lay the tube over it.

Stick down one side of the patterned paper and then the narrow edge.

Bring the other side over and glue into place.

 

 

 

I have cut away a little of the flap so that it will go easily into the tube.

 

The photo below shows how it should look.

 

Each of the tubes are completed in the same way.

I will be back later in the week to show you the next stage in making..

 

Happy crafting,

 

Angela x

Compendium of Curiosities, Vol. 3 Challenge 5.

A big welcome to all my new followers, hope you enjoy the journey.

Hi Blog Friends, this time it is Challenge #5 over at Linda Ledbetter's CC3C Challenge.

All the odd-numbered challenges are sponsored by the wonderful online shop, INSPIRATION EMPORIUM! Joy and the IE gang will award an incredibly generous FIFTY DOLLAR gift certificate to one lucky, randomly selected participant.

As if that is not enough, another lucky person will be chosen by the Curiosity Crew and that person will win a bumper bundle of Tim's products, kindly given by Tim and Mario.

We will be using the Distress Watercolouring Technique found on page 39 of A Compendium of Curiosities, Vol. #3.
I am unable to explain the technique as you must have the Tim Holtz book Compendium of Curiosities Volume III to join in but other stages in the project I can explain.

And here is what I made:
 

Love the sewing machine stamp.

 

Cut up strips of 'Timmy' papers and then tape them together as shown below.

 This is the sewing machine before the colouring is done, instructions are on page 39 to complete the technique.

 

Using the Tim Holtz die cut out a section to create a window.

 

With mirri card emboss using a Tim Holtz embossing folder.

Cut out the tailors dummy from the Sewing Room set and emboss.

 

Mat and layer these sections together and add brads in the corners before finishing.

 

The ruler was stamped onto ribbon using Versafine ink. 

 

And here is the finished card once again.

 

 

Hope you like my efforts and leave a little comment, many thanks in advance.   

                 Happy crafting,

                     Angela x

 

 

WOYWW 265 # What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday.

 Well  Bloggers  hope you have had a look at the page above, I know that some of you have left a comment and entered the draw for my giveaway.
I am very grateful to all my friends here and especially Julia for organising this trip round the worlds desks.
This little band of crafters have probably given me more encouragement in my first year than anyone else, except for my dear friend Anne of course (Redanne).

Anyway time to look at what's happening on my desk today.
I have been using some Tim Holtz stamps and the water colouring technique, I will be posting the instructions for making tomorrow if our Internet connection is still working, apparently they are relaying the cable so I am being as quick as I can.

 

 

 

 So that's, "what's on my work desk this Wednesday"(WOYWW) and if you visit Julia you will have access to desks throughout the world, so hope you will hop over to the Stamping Ground and all will be revealed.

 

Hope you enjoyed that.

Happy crafting,

Angela x