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.

Fun in the park, re-hiding some Art Ninja rocks.

 

The cormorant was drying his wings after a bit of fishing.

 

The weather has been so warm here that it seemed like a good time to go to the coast before the children break up for the summer.

 

Humber bridge.

 

Nearly there now.

 

 

I love the East coast, the towns have still maintained their traditional character.

 Bridlington is well known for it's fishing, mostly Shellfish.

 

The baskets can be seen around the arbour.

 Too hot for dogs so Maisie and Stan are wearing their cooler coats.

 

 Sweet little train taking people along the front.

I so love these houses that overlook the sea they have great character.

 

Donkeys are still popular here on the East coast.

 

 Seagulls naturally.

 

 

Happen to notice this on one of the posts, interesting I'm sure you'll agree.

 

 And of course the Fairground.

 

This was actually Friday last week and it was very pleasant and not too busy but in a couple of weeks you will not be able to move for people when the children are on holiday.

Lets hope the weather stays nice for 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 # 475 - What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday.

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

Hi Workdesk friends. 
Here we are for another Wednesday at the Workdesk. 
I am here again to show you:
"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 working on a little job which might make you smile!

These are painted pebbles.

This photograph was actually taken on Monday and on Tuesday they looked like this.....

 

As you can see they are M&Ms though you wouldn't want to eat them.

Sorry they look a bit sad Lol!

 

They started off like this

 

 

then this

 

and finally as the finished pieces.
More pebble painting to follow soon.

Oh and this arrived yesterday too!

So excited and can't wait to play.

 

And as promised the pocket journal is now finished.

If you would like to see more including instructions for making it's 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.

Have a great woyww 

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 pocket journal made with this Masterboard:
I have to warn you though this is photo heavy but if you like mini books and journals you should enjoy this.

 

 

I began with three empty kitchen roll tubes which I cut in half and then flattened.

 

 

 

From there I attached the mop up clothes to the tubes and after letting them dry, I started decorating them using stencils with an embossing pen anf white embossing powder.

The stencil above is by Andy Skinner.

 

 

These two stencils are by Clarity.

 

 

The next one is by artistcellar.

 

Stamping next.
 

 

And some nice splatters.

  

Some more recycling next using the cards from the Tim Holtz stencil packets.

 



Trim to size and fold.

These will hold the bindings.

I used my Bind it All to join all the pages together.

 

 

I just love this little machine and it's so easy to use.

 

 

I've used a Tim Holtz die to cut the fencing at the bottom and then attached to the pockets.

 

The bird die is by Spellbinders and the small butterflies are Impression Obsession.

I felt that because of the amount of colour and detail on the pages it needed something plain on the main images so I've used white birds and butterflies and yellow flowers which really pop out rather than being lost amongst the busy pages.

 

Tags next.

Yet more mop up cloth.

 

Spread on the glue thinly and attach.

 

I used these stamps for the sentiments on the tags.

 

 

Recycling Again!

 

 

When the paper is attached take a fine nail file and rub the edge of the tag to smooth it and remove any excess paper.

 

 

It also works really well over the metal as it cleans away the paper there too.

 

 

The stamp below was by Dovecraft.

To complete the design I've added ribbon and string on the binding wire, clear gems and a butterfly that I found in my stash on the front cover.

 

And here are a few of the finished pages.

If you got to here, well done.

I have tried to show you the process as I know lots of my followers wanted to see this so thanks for staying to the end.

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:

Frilly and Funky challenges: 'B' Happy with Birds, Bees and Butterflies.
That's Crafty challenges: Close to Nature Challenge.
Try it On Tuesday: Things with Wings challenge.
Mini Album Makers Challenge: July Challenge.
Country View Challenges: July 2018 - In the Garden.