Mixed Up Saturday including Magazine Review

 

Good Saturday Morning Ladies,

How many of you are putting up your Christmas Decorations this weekend?  We are, Paul is going in the loft today, the girls are so excited, bless them, they decorate their own bedrooms, I think Sophie jas so many lights last year her room could be seen from Mars!   I have ordered a few gifts for family, ready for my sister to take with her next weekend. One of the gifts I ordered contained Alcohol, when the Man came to the door he asked me for ID to prove I was over 21 !!! I asked him if he needed to borrow my glasses, he smiled but I don't think he understood what I was getting at !! 😍😂

Now if that statement above was reality we would all look like Supermodels!! 🤣😂🤪

Creative Stamping issue 103 review

My December issue 103 arrived this week, it has some lovely stamps in the Free gift, although I'm not sure that I quite get having a Butterfly mixed with Snowflakes! Is it just me, Butterflies are usually Spring/Summer, I haven't seen one Butterfly in the garden this past few months, but then I guess you don't see Penguins Skiing or eating Icecream but they make fun stamped images 🤣😂! There are some lovely techniques and ideas in this issue too.  

This first feature highlights the free paper downloads that come with this Issue (I always forget them).  I really like that Herringbone technique,  it looks so effective,  the paper weaving technique is goid too, actually both great 'Bit Box ' ideas. The last card is pretty too, using stamped flowers, stamp 4 times and bulld up either side of that sentiment banner. 

Some lovely ideas here featuring the Free stamps, using techniques from Emboss Resist with ink smooshing to using a Stamping Platform to create a circular pattern, sone tone on tone Stamping and Masking.  It's  a great mojo boosting idea to revisit some of these techniques. 

This feature is based on using small ink pads to create beautiful, bright and vibrant backgrounds,  I only have a few 'mini stamps' so I don't have the lovely range of colours that she has used but I'm sure we can improvise, the effects are amazing!

All of the Butterflies in collection are used in this article, there are some lovely card ideas that we could use with Butterfly stamps that we already have. 

Stamping over the edge of the card looks so effective there are some great ideas here. I have enlarged the technique she used in case you wanted to have a go.

Butterflies always look lovely on vellum  these cards are no exception,  some lovely inspiration here.

These cards all feature the Snowflake chain stamp, I think adding tiny sparkles into the centres of the snowflakes would look so sweet.

 Lastly we have cards with LOTS of Sparkle, when you think you have added enough glitter...Add more!!!! 🤣

There are some lovely ideas in this magazine, I think that maybe it should have been an October issue with so many Christmas ideas, there won't be many people starting their Christmas cards on 2nd week of December!  Some good inspiration though. 

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That's all for today my lovelies, I am just organising the photos for tomorrow's Blog,  seems a little sad that it's the last Challenge card blog, end of a Era, I would like to thank you all for supporting the challenge over the last few years, I have thoroughly enjoyed encouraging you all to make cards using different techniques and styles ❤ XXX 

I hope that you all have a fun festive weekend, 

Love and warm hugs 

Sandra                                   

xxxxxx