Mixed Up Saturday, Featuring a Tutorial from Karen

Mixed Up Saturday

Before we start, take time to Remember those that gave their lives

so that we could live ours.

We Will Remember Them

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Good Morning Ladies, 

Here we are at Saturday once again and OMG do I have a fantastic blog post for you today, it features just about everything from Hobbies to Shopping, amazing acheivement, oh and a little bit of craft !!

So here we go.......

Karen's Tutorial

This is the card that Karen has kindly done the Tutorial on.

I dotted a piece of card with artist masking fluid - very cheap from Hobbycraft using a paintbrush Allow to dry thoroughly.

I spritzed with water and then added Pixie Powders I chose dark colours to show up when photographed and spritzed again All to dry.

When dry gently scrape away the masking fluid I used the side, not the point, of a pokey tool

I turned it into this card - similar to last weeks with a different Merry Christmas die set and no mats I embossed the front half of a card blank.

Thank you so much Karen for taking the time to explain how you achieved that amazing 

background, I can't wait to have a go! 

XXX

Val's Shop Display

Val, you are absolutely blooming amazing, how you acheive all of those cards just

blows my mind, you must be in your craft room 24/7, the thing that amazes me is that you

never complain, we never hear you say 'I'm sick of making cards'.

I bet the rack behind are all yours too! 

Thank you so much for sharing your achievement with us Val,

you are an inspiration to us all.

XXX

Lilians Puzzle

Lilian what an absolutely stunning puzzle, I absolutely love doing Jigsaw puzzles,

we have a tradition of getting a new jigsaw every Christmas, I usually go for anything

over 1000 pieces, this looks like way more than that, its a truly stunning picture too,

so much detail, how long did it take you?  There is so much Blue,

 all the same shade too!

Actually I think this is just the sort of distraction I could do with right now!

It would break my heart to mess that up!

Thank you so much for sharing it with us Lilian.

XXX

Shopping

Margaret

Margaret has treated herself to the Stampin' Up!  Seasonal Bells stamp set

and matching punch, some Cherry Cobbler card and pretty ribbon too.

Margaret that stamp set has been in and out of my basket a hundred times,

I absolutely love it, especially the sentiments, they are in such lovely font,

the banner and flourishes are stunning too!  

I first thought 'its another Christmas set, will I use it enough?'

But the Bells can be used for both Wedding and Anniversary cards too,

I have seen some stunning cards on Pinterest for this set too.

I cannot wait to see your cards, Margaret, now you really do need to come for 

a craft afternoon, schedule me in ASAP !! lol 

Thank you for sharing your shopping.

XXX

Maria

Maria has shared a photo of the lovely goodies that she bought at the NEC

last Friday, you got some absolutely lovely stamps and dies Maria, I too love the 

new 'Julia' die from Sue Wilsons new release, its such a pretty circle die, 

there are some beautiful stamp sets to match it too.

The Cardio stamps are the ones that you used on your Silhouette card,

 such lovely images 

that are perfect size for creating a scene or a view through a window card.

I see you got one of those Precious Marieke Christmas frame dies too, 

they are so pretty

and are actually a really good price.  Some Die Storage and other essentials too,

 you bought more 

than I did, but to be fair I think that I did more talking than shopping!

Thank you for sharing your shopping my lovely, now get crafting! lol

XXX

Sue

WoW, Sue, I honestly didn't think that you had got that much, your 'magic bag' certainly

hides all of your shopping well! I will say that Sue got some amazing bargains with her

shopping haul, those two boxes in the middle photos, both contain card, card blanks, envelopes

and 8 dies (in each) and they were £2, yes £2 per box!! I am kind of kicking myself for not

picking one up, it certainly had to be the bargain of the day!

You got some great dies as well Sue, I love that Christmas tree, that Grass die will be so

useful too, imagine in cut in green with tiny die cut flowers dotted among the stems!

I know how you love your Snowmen so seeing another Cutie doesn't surprise me at all,

Sue's Snowglobe die is currently living at my house and it out on my craft desk as I type,

I absolutely love it and Sue you will be relieved to know that I ordered myself one tonight too!

That Wood effect paper pad that you bought is fantastic, as are the other papers and lots of

glitter card too, oh and some of Pink Frogs amazing 'Red Velvet' Card!

I can't wait to see your Christmas cards, so tell the family the Dining Table is out of bounds

and get all your craft stash laid out, otherwise you will never get around to it!

Thank you for sharing your shopping my Lovely.

XXX

Pat

This is the little Key Holder that Pat bought at Yarnton Craft Fair,

It is a lovely Pat, very useful too.

Although you must be careful if you have a 'keyless start'

On your car, as theives now place a transmitter by your window

and a receiver by your car and it will open,  they are advising that

You keep car keys in a metal box!

Thanks for sharing Pat

XXX

See, I told you it was going to be an amazing blog post,

Thank you to all of you that contributed, there would be no blog if it weren't

for all of you lovely ladies, so again a HUGE heartfelt

Love and Hugs 

Sandra

xxxxxxx