WOYWW - 680 - 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!

If you're wondering what all this is?

Oh dear I was such a naughty girl on Sunday. 

Went to the Doncaster Dome Craft Show and had a great time! 

I had intended buying some Gel paste and black ink, that was about it and came back with all this stuff.

It's the first show I've been to since before Covid started but think I've made up for it.

Kate Crane didn't help either with her great demo. Such a lovely lady.

I'm showing you these two but they are not from the show but from Amazon. They are about 3" wide and looking forward to using these brushes to build up the colour on my Masterboards.

At this side Rice paper, stencils and some new Stickles.

There are stamps and dies here, a new Tim Holtz Ink Blower and Found Relative cards. The rest is my usual clutter!

I do have some photographs from the show (but too much for today's post), so I'll post them here on Friday if you're interested.

But I'll leave you with this one for now of Kate Crane.

So that's me done for today I need to get making something with these new toys!

 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 that is as soon as I've walked the dogs.

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 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.

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 another gardening week so nothing really very exciting unless you love plants.

Everything in the garden is doing well even those plants which appear as if by magic!

We appear to have lots of Fox Gloves this year which have wondered in.

They seem to get everywhere.

The bees love them too.

The strawberry plants seem slow this year but are coming on.

The fruit is doing well but not sure how long it will be before the birds and squirrels start eating them.

Apples

Pears

And Damsons.

You can't see what's in here but there are bees in there which we only found when weeding the ground, they were not happy I can tell you!

I used the panoramic mode on my camera to take this next photograph.

You can just see the yellow bushes where the bees are.

Just a bit of trimming took place as these were trying to work their way into the conservatory!

A few plants from last year which are doing well. Kept them in the greenhouse through the winter.

The new houses at the back are growing now.

This is a job that needs sorting at the back of the cabin.

This is a view of the garden from the other direction looking towards the house though it's difficult to see it from here.

Not sure you can see the true colour of these but they are very pretty.

So that's about it for today.

Of course a few dog funnies to finish.

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 - 679 - 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!

It looks a bit quiet because I'm working on a card for a Guest designer spot.

And that's what you can see on the table but no where near finished.

These are a small selection of the ATCs I sent out.

And this is the lovely one that I got from Julia.

I so love this from Susan Renshaw. Nice stamp too which will go in my collection.

And this is the inside, lovely sentiment.

Hope mine has arrived with you Susan x

These are journaling cards that are waiting to be used. 

I got these two Pressure tools from Amazon as they are useful for the stamping platform if you have a large stamp that need lots of pressure. Though of course I only need one here so will probably put one of them in my club bag.

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:

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

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.

The most exciting thing this week was the Craft Club again.

I always look forward to this.

We made these cards that one of the ladies showed us.

Anyone that has an idea can take the class so there's always something new to learn.

The one above is the card I made and the images are Indigoblu which I stamped and coloured.

Thought you might like to see a few more made by the other ladies too.

This lookes a bit complicated but is actually surprisingly simple to make once you know how it's done.

And they look so effective too.

Obviously this is our first go at these and I'm sure I'll be playing with this technique again soon.

And next... there are always jobs to be done at home.

More filter cleaner, it's just that time of the year.

Keeping the weeds off th strawberries is essential gardening.

The fruit is coming along nicely now.

Looks like we'll have a good crop of apples if the birds and squirrels don't get them first.

And the next ones are pears.

We had loads last year until the squirrels decided they liked them too.

We've also got a few plums coming along this year, well damsons actually.

I must go now but not without some dog funnies.

Have a great Jubilee weekend if you're celebrating 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