Mixed Up Saturday featuring Michele's Magazine Review

 

🎈💛💚💜Happy Birthday Sue💜💚💛🎈

Good Saturday Morning Ladies,

First up today Ladies please join me in wishing Our Lovely Sue a Very Happy Birthday, I hope that you have as fun a day as possible, I hope that you get to see your lovely children and grands'! I cannot wait until we can celebrate your birthday with a nice mean out together (not that that always goes to plan!) XXX

Our hedges are looking very neat and tidy after the visit from the 'Tree Man', he didn't get around to 'Pollarding' the Willow or removing the branch overhanging the greenhouse as he had other work elsewhere!  Paul and I were both very surprised at the extra light created from losing about 3ft from the top of the Leylandii hedge, they trimmed two big fir trees too that are way too big for being so close to the house. Now that is done we can get on and weed the worst of that overgrown wild border, its a mass of the hedge roots and years of neglect so it's not going to be a quick job, we have bought a load of wildflower seeds to scatter in amongst the shrubs already in there.  Not that I will be able to participate, as I am writing this I am on a 1 hour up/1 hour laid with leg up rotation, it's very frustrating but that's all I can manage right now!  Fingers crossed for it being a better day today!

First up today is the second part of Sophie's University Module that I shared last week, I have posted the 'Brief' that she was given to work to below, the main 'prop' this time was the car (that Sophie has drawn/designed herself) pictured below.....

Janet

Wow Janet your tote bag is just beautiful, I absolutely love the fabric that you have used and the pattern is lovely too, you are really inspiring me to want to have a go at quilting/patchwork or any sewing really.  It is something that Sue and I keep saying that we want to start but apart from a mask making session we haven't done anything else, watch this space......

Janet's Description:

"My tote bag is made once again using  JUNE TAILOR 'QUILT AS YOU GO' TOTE BAG."

Thank you so much Janet for sharing your Tote bag with us, I love seeing your sewing projects XXX

Michele's Magazine Review 

Hi Ladies 

Simply cards & Papercraft magazine has a great freebie this month-Little Birdies stamps & coordinating dies.

Oops-sideways view of what’s inside the magazine!

First of 3 features using the free gift.

Next feature-some different ideas here.

More inspiration.

Great project-pity the description doesn’t match the photos!!

All things circular. Great ideas here.

See through Diecut cards-don’t they look great?!

Calligraphy is something I’d love to try...maybe when I retire??

I’m sure we’ve all got a stash of wrapping paper to use up?!

Framed focal images.

Instructions on how to create a frame stamped image.

What an amazing craft room!!!!

Six ideas using one die-I just wish they’d show you the die they’re featuring.

More ideas.

Last one on this feature.

That’s all for this week so
Happy Crafting.

Love Michele

Fantastic review Michele with some great features,   like you Michele I would love to be able to do Calligraphy but it looks way too complicated.  I would love to try most of the other techniques,  the sample cards are amazing.  

Thank you so nuch for making time to write the review my lovely XXX 

I hope that you all have a lovely long weekend,  

Love and huge hugs to all of you,

Sandra

xxxxxx