Mixed Up Saturday

Good Morning Ladies,

I was so confused with Paul being home yesterday, I was getting the cards uploaded for our usual Sunday post!  Totally missing out Mixed Craft Saturday! It wasn't until Paul said something about it being nice that we still had the whole weekend ahead of us that I realised, oops!!

Now this has to be the CUTEST opening photograph that we have ever had!  The cute couple are Karen's creations.

 Karen

Meet Georgina the Hippopotamus and George the Oppopitamus!, I think that George the Oppopitamus is the cutest, I just love his quirky face!

Karen has also made some fantastic Man cards, card genius idea, I will add Karen's description below.

"Here’s the cards I have made using the freebies from Papercraft Essentials It’s a bit of poetic licence in that it’s the chemical symbol for alcohol It doesn’t have the tannins etc I was inspired by Ali Reeve from years ago She did stamps for chocolate and coffee I think"

Thank you so much Karen for sharing your adorable animals with us and Inspiring us with those fantastic Man cards.

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 Lynda

Lynda bought a couple of bargain dies from 'Wish' (a similar shop to Ali Express), both dies are really pretty, those shoes are gorgeous.  I love that pretty border die too and it looks like they cut perfectly, it seems that buying dies from these cheaper places works a lot better than buying stamps, stamps do seem to be a very poor quality as they are often made from just silicone, which doesn't carry the ink well enough to give a good image.  I am not saying that all cheap stamps are like that but more often than not, free magazine stamps used to be like it too, but companies have now stepped up and often want their stamps featured as freebies and why not, it's a great way to get their products out to a huge audience.

Thank you Lynda for sharing your fantastic bargain dies with us, I bet Michele has them in her basket already!!

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 Margaret

Just look at this stunning cross stitch that Margaret has made for friends, there is so much beautiful detail, zoom in and look at the detail around the number 50, it looks as though the numbers are sat on top of the pattern, the stitched frame around piece is so pretty and so very delicate, I am in awe Margaret. I think this piece is absolutely gorgeous.  

Thank you so much for sharing your work with all of us.

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 Michele

Hi Ladies,

You know me & bargains....well, looks what Postie just brought me.

The stamping magazine was to use to make cards for my Brother & Sister in Law as they’re always off travelling in their camper van.

The Happy Birthday Die was £3:00-I added this to the order (craftstash) to save paying P+P

The boxed set was reduced to £6:49. Inside you get a daffodil Die, a stencil, stamps & lots of pre-printed papers plus the magazine.I know it’s a spring themed one but the contents will keep....!! In fact I’ll probably put them away & forget all about them.

The Hunkydory Kit was just £2;99 postage as a Club member.

That’s all for now.

Michele

Michele, thank you so much for sharing your amazing bargains with us, I think I am going to have to give you my shopping list in future.
In fact maybe you should become our Blog Personal Crafty shopper!

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That's it for this week's 'Mixed Up Saturday', thank you to all of you that took part. xxx

Val

Congratulations Val on meeting your Target at your Slimming club, that's a huge achievement, just in time for Bikini season!! I hope you got to go out for your celebratory meal afterwards.

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Day one of the Air Tattoo went well, we did have to go out and the traffic was crazy, we also had these flash storms, the rain was running like rivers down the roads, you could almost see the flowers and grass springing back into life as they got their much needed drink.

I did feel a little sorry for the Air Show goers though as the rain was torrential for some time and they had paid a lot of money for their tickets. I think that the weather is set to be fine for the rest of the weekend though and we aren't planning on leaving the house either, it's quite a nice feeling as it rarely happens.

I hope that you all have a lovely weekend,

Love and hugs

Sandra

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