Mixed Up Saturday featuring Michele's Mag Review

Michele's Magazine Review

Magazine time again!!!

Simply Cards & Papercraft magazine this month comes with a great Die + stamp set plus some lovely quality papers. Some good articles & YouTube videos using this set.

Making Cards magazine-really useful set of sentiment stamps plus papers. Some of the papers are images of books & owls which I love. I'll definitely be using them soon.

I don't usually buy this magazine but the free gifts appealed-it's a mini Christmas card kit.

Quick Cards Made Easy with stamps, embossing folder & a stencil. Although the free gift looks good, I'm not certain I'll use it.

That's all folks until

Love Michele X

Thanks Michele for another fantastic review, I have always liked the Making Cards Magazine as it was one of the few that had papers that you could actually use, they were good quality, they used to be designed by Nancy Watt a few years ago, before she was so involved with Tattered Lace.

The Simply Card and Paper craft magazine looks good too, I love that Stag Head Die and the matching stamps. There is also some American Crafts papers in there too, now they will be good quality and very usable. The other selling point is the Expert Advice from then lovely Sue Wilson!

Do any of you have these magazines already? I'd love to see what you made with your freebies!

XXX

Janet

These two gorgeous baubles are Janet's latest creations with lace, Janet they are absolutely stunning, they are the most luxurious baubles, I could see these adorning one of those 'Twiggy Tree' table centres at a Winter Wedding, maybe that's how you could display them at the "Big Coffee Morning ' on 29th September, I bet they sell out super fast.

Thank you so much for sharing and inspiring us all.

XXX

Karen

Today's figures were down on previous years Today was just over 600 where it has been approx 1400 Whether that was the weather or the new route I don't know But it was a good day One of our team did the 10k run and the rest of us did 5k Our team ranged from 92 (she guarded our bags) to 16 months Oscar was pushed around the 5k route Please thank the ladies for their support

Here are a couple of photos

Some of the team.Tracy, I'm standing directly behind Charlotte and Oscar.

Our T shirts with Team Gary on the backs.

Oscar with his medal

One of our well used T shirt backs

Lots of love
Karen

Thank you so much Karen for sharing your day with us, you all did amazingly well !! It is so lovely to see a photo of Gary too.

XXX

Brenda

Brenda was inspired by the lovely John Lockwood to buy some of his latest goodies, 

So she ordered this fantastic little haul from 'Ang Duck' (The Ducksdoodahs) . 

I absolutely love that beautiful frame Brenda, the verse is lovely and very true! 

I have included a separate photos of the products that Brenda bought, I am looking forward to seeing them on sale tomorrow at Ally Pally, well that's if anyone will be selling them of course, does anyone know if John is going tomorrow? I hope so, it won't be the same without him there.

Thanks Brenda for sharing your shopping with us.

XXX

Val

Val went to a craft club with Wendy on Thursday and they made Floating Teacups,

I love yours Val, nice to see one with beads rather than flowers.

Val did say this would be a one off as it was quite fiddly!  I would have been picking glue off my hands for weeks! 

Thanks so much Val for showing us your Floating Teacup, it's fantastic!

XXX

Another jam packed Saturday ladies, thank you all for sharing your photos, it's lovely to see a snapshot of each others lives, most of us talk to each other through the blog more than we do with actual family so it's lovely to see photos to put a face to a name, like last week with Tracy's photos, now when she has talking I can actually picture her speaking! 

Thank you all for sending in your photos, I am so very grateful to all of you! 

XXX

I trust that there will be no wild parties while we are away today, I think Janet us planning on giving the place a deep clean! I'm sure there will be a table to sit at somewhere though, so please pop in if you are peeping through the window, you will love this crazy blog family! 

Have a lovely day ladies, I wish we were all able to meet up at Ally Pally!

We will take lots of photos, 

Love and hugs to all,

Sandra 

xxxxxxx