My video sharing how I stamped the Varied Vases cards from Fridays blog post

YouTube Video

Good Morning Ladies,

I know you have already seen the pictures of these cards but as I had such a fun time stamping them I decided to do a video on Friday afternoon.  It's nothing too serious, just me getting over excited about this fab stamp set and the Stampin'Up! 'Stamparatus' stamp tool.  

I have had the stamp tool for a couple of months but as I already had a Tim Holtz stamp tool I hadn't really used the SU, apart from an initial quick play.  

The Varied Vases stamp set is a multilayer stamp that I find challenging, I'm not sure if its just me being a bit useless or the fact that I struggle to stand and stamp and lining one stamp perfectly on top of each other requires a steady hand and standing still long enough to do that is not one of my strengths.

So this stamp tool has two separate plates rather than the one plate that all others have, each plate is double sided so I was able to design my whole card and have every stamp on the plates, this makes multilayer stamping so easy, batch card making is simple, I just love the versatility of it, I was pleasantly surprised, infact I had never achieved a perfect multi layer stamp that matched so accurately time and time again.  I feel I have come a long way since the old 'Faux Misti' !!!

Of course I don't expect you all to buy one, I would love you to spend a few minutes watching my video, there's no hard sell, just fun xx

I have an appointment with that horrible doctor today at the hospital in Banbury, I feel sick just thinking about it, he was so rude and arrogant.  It will be interesting to see what he has to say about my MRI scan results though.  I believe it was to determine whether the pain and problems are being caused by my back or my hip, I am going to ask about my knee though as that is getting worse by the week. Having said that he wasn't the kind of person you could ask questions, I will try though.  Why we end up feeling so intimidated by these arrogant surgeons is beyond me!

Oh yes, I almost forgot...the patio furniture arrived, such a lovely chap that delivered it, he was telling me how the company he works for had had a take-over, he was glad he still had his job but was struggling because he had gone from being paid weekly to monthly, added to that the company that gone bust hadn't paid his last weeks wage, he told me he had made one pack of noodles do three meals, filling them out with tin tomatoes etc, OMG I felt terrible, I told him that I had plenty of meals in the freezer that he was welcome to, to tide him over until Wednesday when he got paid, he refused and said he would be fine, do you think he was being genuine, maybe he wanted money although he never asked for it.  It's my own fault, I shouldn't engage the delivery men in conversation I guess, I just like to be polite, I know what a difference it makes if somebody takes the time to speak to you.

Well I must get ready, I have an early start as Paul is going into work for an hour before we go to hospital, so Sophie and I are going to have a Mummy/daughter date as she has free periods until 11am and it makes sense for me to be in Carterton rather that Paul coming all the way back here.

I hope you all have a lovely day, thanks in advance for watching my video!

Love and hugs to all,

Sandra

xxxxxx