Mixed Crafts Saturday Featuring Michele's magazine Review

Good Morning Ladies,

I hope that you are all enjoying the weekend, a relaxed one for us, Paul and I both need it!

Thursday night started well, but at about 2.30am (around the time that I am almost relaxed enough to try and get to sleep) Bella (who never really comes into our room), was being really fussy down by my side of the bed, I have a pile of craft magazines and could hear her moving them, trying to get under or behind our bed.  I put the torch on my phone on and had a look at what she was doing, Milo was fussing too, so we ended up thinking they were just chasing each other.  That was until just after Paul left at 6.30am, I was just finishing my cup of tea, I reached over to put my cup back on my bedside table when I heard an odd noise, at which point I froze, it was a scratching kind of noise coming from under our bed, the cats were nowhere to be seen either, I started to replay Bella's actions from the early hours and come to the conclusion that she had bought a 'gift' in for Lucy, dropped it at the bottom of the stairs and it had run into our bedroom, that's when the panic set in. I got up, dressed (after shaking everything twice), took my pillow, phone and laptop and headed for the lounge, after making a distress call to Paul, who instructed me to go to the garage and get a trap (humane of course) put peanut butter in it and put it on the floor down by my side of the bed, which I did then came out and closed the door!  The time is currently 10.05pm and the mouse/shrew is still at large!! 

How am I going to sleep tonight?? Paul says 'it will be fine'' as always, I think that tonight is going to be a very long night!!!

Now, as we have just about exhausted our 'Mixed Crafts' I have been wanting to start a new feature on a Saturday but so far nothing has really come to mind, So I will be playing with different ideas over the coming weeks, let me know what you think. 

I would welcome any ideas that you might have too.

This week I thought I would share some of the amazing 'Pop Up Boxes' that some of you have shared over the years.....

 Michele 

 Brenda

Lynda

Karen

Sue

Aren't they all amazing, I think I have the names of the individual boxes right, let me know below if I am wrong.
One thing I noticed is that they don't age at all, they are all amazing!

Michele's Magazine Review

Hi Ladies,

Cardmaking & Papercraft has a great free gift this month-a bumper Stamp & Diecutting Set.

Here’s a sneak peek inside the magazine.

This feature below shows some ideas using the free gift,

Just look at these amazing cards-don’t they look stunning?!

The next 2 photos show some great ideas using twine.

Great article on Layered Embossed backgrounds

That’s all for this week,
Happy Crafting

Love Michele


WOW! Michele,  a great, in depth review this, I actually have this magazine and there are some amazing projects inside.
Those 'Star' cards look incredible and impossible, the feature inside the magazine breaks the card down into steps making it easy to follow, I am definitely going to have a go.
There is also a fantastic Advent project inside too that I love.
Thank you so much Michele for creating these reviews for us each week. XXX 

Item's For Sale

Michele has the following items for sale...…..

First photo-prices
Delicate daisies £6:00 each or both sets for £10:00
Caribbean island border £4:00
Refined Rectangular Frame £4:00
Cape Daisy £4:00
Spellbinders Grate effect £6:00
Spellbinders Romantic Rose £6:00
Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles £6:00
Die Sire tea party £4:00
Die Sire Victoriana £2:00

Spellbinders holiday snowflake view £6:00
Die Sire beautiful baubles £3:00
Just rite stamps £1:50
Spellbinders snowflakes pendants £2:00
Cottage Cutz Wreath £4:00
Memory Box bauble £1:50

Cuttlebug Embossing Folders £1:50 each
Spellbinders Embossing Folder £2:00
Nellie Snellon scalloped rectangles £2:00
Just rite stamps £6:00 each or both for £10
Marianne poinsettias £2:00
Marianne corner die £1:00
Memory Box die £1:00
Marianne Flower Dies £1:00
Marianne mini flower dies £1:00
Silver flower die £1:00
Purple swirly die £1:00

Leave a message for Michele if you are interested in any of the above x

Feel free to send me anything you would like to sell, I will add it next Saturday. 

I hope that you all have a lovely weekend, 

Love and hugs to all,

Sandra

xxxxxxx