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.

Walks in the park.

 

This guy is obviously waiting for his lunch to pass by.

 

And these guys are doing some tree trimming.

 

There are some very tall trees here.

 

In my own garden........

 

I love this little plant as it flowers right now when most other flowers are still sleeping.

The Hellebore is so pretty.

 

 

Wednesday went to see mum, she's just getting over another chest infection but must better than last week.
 

 

I think we can say these two have settled in to life here.

Considering Alfie is only four months old and Daisy is ten months I think we can see who is going to be the biggest even now but don't worry Daisy can still get the better of him when she chooses too.

 

 

I agree, time to go and make tea next.

 

This might give a bit more idea of how the size of schnauzers differ.

This is a Mini and a Giant.

And finally their favourite thing, a good howl and dinner of course.

 

I have to go to the bank again today but I'll see you all later.

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 - 716 - 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 the 
Stamping Ground, our host Julia will explain.

So here is my desk for today!

 

 

 

I'm sorry the desk looks a bit boring today as I'm between projects again. 

 

 

I am working on a Fancy Fold card and going to use these fun stamps from Studio Light.

Probably be using some of these papers too by Craft Box who are sadly no longer trading.

The exploding boxes might have exploded actually but it's difficult to tell as you cannot see the boxes right now. Some of the stash I have finished with, some is in use now or waiting for the next project to start.

 

However, I do have this completed.

It's not even the end of the month and I have my journal page to show you.

This was put together with stamping and bits of left over Masterboard.

 

This was a very old wood mounted stamp that I have had for years but how nice is that?

If you want to see more about this it was Monday's project and can be seen here.

 

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 but might be a bit late getting round everyone as we have to go for another meeting today for my mother's next care package.

Have a great woyww 

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 try and use up some leftover Masterboard and more of those pretty things that sit around just waiting and forgotten:

 And this week it's a journal page.

 

Oxide ink, brayer and some very old heart stamps which have been sitting around for years unused.

 

I started by applying the ink with the brayer horizontally and veryically on the page. Following that I sprayed the brayer with water and rolled it straight down the page which shows just how much ink is left on the brayer so waste not want not!

After that I used the old stamps to add some interest to the page still using the same colour of ink. 

And stamped and embossed them on white card too.

I don't know why I haven't used this stamp before as it's lovely.

Next I fussy cut these ready for use later. 

I had some pieces of embossed and diecut paper from an earlier project which I ripped into pieces and attached it to the page adding shadow to the hearts for depth with a soft pencil and some whiter splatters.

 

 

Next added some of the fussy cut hearts, more shadow and splatters.

 

I have hundreds of these sentiment labels so that's another left-over off the list.

The metal LOVE embellishment had also been sitting around for some time so added that too.

 

 

So that's it really for today, hope you like it. Just have to think what might be the next page!

Happy creative week to you all.

I would love to hear your comments.

Many thanks for stopping by and happy crafting,

Angela x

 

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

 

Dragonfly Dreams February Challenge - Love.

Art Journal Journey 'Seeing Red'

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 a crazy week with banking, meetings and going out with the girls too.

Pretty boring here though:

                       But it has to be done!

A little shopping to follow:

 

I have an early meeting today so might be a bit late getting round to see everyone but I will get to you all when I can.

The crocus are looking so pretty.

And a new plant too:

 

I had never seen one of these before.

The dogs are getting on well.

 

Now what do you suppose he is up to?

Cheeky boy!

 

 

Looking guilty?

But very sweet.

Pretty flowers here too.

And Schnauzer funnies.

 

This lady obviously agrees.

 

Just a bit on the large side this next one.

But just as cute. This one looks  a bit like a man in a suit.

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 - 715 - 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 the 
Stamping Ground, our host Julia will explain.

So here is my desk for today!

 

 

Just kidding! that was earlier in the week but it looks tidy for once.

 

I'm working with some new stamps and some very old patterned papers as part of my 'Use It or Lose It' project.

 

This is a Colour Catcher that I put in the washer with a red blanket and it came out like this. I could hardly throw it away right! but it's another one for the Use it or lose it box.

 

Heart stamps waiting to be put away.

 

You have to love these beauties by Studio Light.

And some old patterned papers by Craft Box and that's my desk for today. 

However a little something extra....

 

 

This was my Monday Masterboard project. Details can be found here if you are interested. Of course, if you haven't made your Valentine card it's a bit late now Lol!

A little something for the inside too.

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:

I have used lots of red Tim Holtz Oxides for this Masterboard. As it's February and nearly Valentine's Day these colours seemed like the right ones to choose right!

 

 

This masterboard couldn't be simpler. 

Just take your favourite inks and a brayer. Roll the brayer over the ink pad and then onto the card horizontally and vertically. I repeated this and then sprayed water onto the left over ink on the brayer which gives a more splattered effect and more interesting texture.

 

Next some stencilling for added detail.

 

Just keep applying the brayer and stencilling until you're happy with the finish.

I don't want too much detail on this piece as I may add more effects after cutting up sections for the next stage but went ahead and added one more stencil pattern.

 

I have kept the colours similar so as not to overdo the detail as I may add to it later.

 

 

And now it's time to play.

 

I've started by cutting up part of the Masterboard but don't worry I'm not going to finish all this today.

 

 

Just in case you're interested I have cut the tag book using this die set.

 

 

 

You may remember me using this set before if not you can see it here:
 

For this first card I have used the Tim Holtz Kraft-Core to layer the Masterboard.

 

I have had this for some time and no idea why it has taken me so long to use it!
 

As if that's not bad enough this is another Tim product which has been sitting waiting but it's out of the packet now.

 

And so to the first finished project, a card today.

I've used the Masterboard and the Kraft card to die cut and layer up the heart and the background. The arrow was brown kraft card and I rubbed gold gilding wax onto the feather and arrow. Finished it with the Valentine sentiment.

 

 

I completed the inside with a sentiment and some small hearts.

 

Hope you like it.

 

I would love to hear your comments.

Many thanks for stopping by and happy Valentine's Day,

Angela x

 

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

 

Allsorts challenge Week 715 - A/G with option All about Hearts  winners 24th Feb.

 

Dragonfly Dreams: February Challenge - Love finishes 3rd March