Mixed up Saturday including Michele's Mag Review

Good Morning Ladies,

I hope that you are all well and are looking forward to the weekend, the weather is supposed to warm up which will make it even better.

Today we have Michele's Magazine review as always and a fantastic card that she made for a colleague, a few backgrounds that both Karen and I have made and a little bit of shopping!

First up is Michele's amazing 'Pop Out' card, the first photograph is the centre of the card, what a lovely surprise it would be opening up your card and having a fish pop out at you!  Such a clever concept.  The second photo shows the front of the card and the third card is the back.
The card was made with papers from Papercrafts Inspirations magazine, Michele got the inspiration for her card from one featured in the magazine.
It's such an amazing card Michele, perfectly put together as always, thank you so much for your inspiration. xxx

Michele's Magazine Review

Hi Ladies,

The latest edition of Diecutting Essentials is next to have an in-depth review.

The free gift is two Corner dies with separate outer cutting Dies. 

This is some examples shown on the packaging.

More inspiration to make cards for any occasion.

Cards for men-always very useful! 

A shaker card-perfect for a special occasion.


A great feature on Impossible cards-don’t they all look stunning? 

Although the Dies (free gift) look small, I think they’re very useful and you can make such different style cards using them. Versatile products are always great.

Happy Crafting.
Love Michele 

Thank you so much for a fantastic magazine review, there are some fantastic cards featured in this issue, I love love love that free die set!, it would be perfect for this weeks background challenge.XXX

Karen's Backgrounds

Shaving Foam technique with Ink Sprays Green & Sapphire Blue

Caught in Crystal Technique using Crystal Tints, Pixie Powders

& Foil Glitter

Sharpie Technique

Pixie Powders with Bubble Wrap

Pixie Powders on Black card

Distress Oxides

Karen has shared some of her collection of Backgrounds that she has made using different techniques and different mediums, it will be fun to see them all turned into cards over the coming week.

Thank you so much Karen for your inspiration, I can't wait to see how you use them. XXX

My Backgrounds

Caught in Crystal Background using Crystal Tints, Pixie Powders 

& Glitterbittz

Acetate with Alcohol inks mixed with Blending Solution

Caught in Crystal with Crystal Tints, Pixie Powders &

Glitterbitz

I had a fun Thurday evening and Friday afternoon getting messy and making some very different backgrounds,  I have to say that so far the 'Caught in Crystal' backgrounds are my favourite but you have to wait so long for them to dry and I am super impatient!  

The last background was made by placing a mask over a piece of card, I dusted all over the paper with Pixie Powder and then spritzed with water, hmmmm, I'm not sure about this last one, it's a bit 'abstract' for me, but we'll see, I will put it to one side and wait for the perfect opportunity to use it like Brenda did with seascape stained glass window card....

It couldn't have been more perfect if you had planned it Brenda, this is Pixie Powders at their very best!! xxx

Lynda's shopping

Lynda shared her 'Wish' shopping with us today, you got some amazing dies Lynda, they will be perfect with some of your amazing Backgrounds, I love the flowers die set too, try them with both Tissue and Crepe paper, the results are great.

last but not result is that huge collection of foam pads, they look a great size Lynda, I bet they were a bargain price too!!  Thank you so much for sharing XXX

Sue's Birthday Bargain

Last but not least we have Sue's Birthday Bargain, if you sign up for a Hobbycraft Loyalty card and register on their Blog, you get a £5 voucher on your Birthday, which is a great bonus!

They have recently had their own brand 'Intricut' dies on sale at half price, so Sue used her voucher on this die and I believe it cost her an extra £1 !! That's a great bargain!  

Thanks for sharing Sue XXX

Have a lovely day ladies,

Love and hugs to all of you,

Sandra

xxxxxx