Mixed Up Saturday

 

Good Saturday Morning Ladies, 

Ladies please join me in wishing our lovely Lynda very Happy Birthday,  I hope you have a lovely day Lynda xxx

How are you all my lovely friends??  What are you all up to this weekend ?? Its back to staying safe and being careful again as Covid is certainly making its mark once again, I'm guessing that Glastonbury and Jubilee celebrations will have contributed to the numbers shooting up, its currently 1 in 30 people that have it,  I have said all along that the Boosters lose their effectiveness which is another huge factor.  I know that hospital numbers are on the increase too as people have less immunity, it's so hard though, after being locked up for so long we all just want to mix with friends and family and enjoy ourselves.   

We are having a quiet weekend,  I sm considering going to Stamperama at Newbury but not sure yet. Other than that we are relaxing.

Now a tale of my near death experience!!! 

Paul and I had an early night Thursday because we were both exhausted after our mad housewok marathon and visit, we both read etc to wind down, but I was having a job keeping my eyes open, so I snuggled up to Paul and Miraculously I must have fallen asleep straight away (it was about 11 11.30 by then).   All of a sudden I felt something touch my shoulder, baring in mind i was in a deep sleep, as was Paul, I turned suddenly in shock/ surprised to see what had touched (half expecting it to be Milo) this happened in seconds....as I turned my head all I saw was a figure completely in black with just head illuminated by the glow of a phone!!! My heart went from a very relaxed beat to a full on AF mega melt down, so intense that I couldn't speak as I couldn't get my breath, I honestly felt like 'this was it'!! My chestv physically hurt at that point,  Paul woke up and put his lamp on to find Lucy stood by me she said that she had called me twice but I hadn't heard, it was 1.15 am, she had come down to tell that Becca had been violently sick and had upset tummy, she didn't know how to get sick out of the bath!!! 🙄 I tried to calmly say 'have you seriously nearly given me a full on heart attack just to ask how to get vomit out of bath!!  I think that Becca must have wanted reassurance, I do remember muttering that at 28 I was married with two kids!!! I must have fallen back to sleep, which surprises me, although my body had just completed a full marathon as far as my heart was concerned!! I did check in with Becca first thing,  she was still being sick after eating just a little piece of toast so I'm guessing she has picked up a tummy bug of some sort bless her.  But my goodness me, that was as far as I would ever want to push my heart!!         We did laugh about it in the morning, if only to make Lucy not feel bad about the whole situation! Bloody kids will be the death of me I tell ya !! 🤣😂

Sonia's Bargain Shopping 

Sonia ordered some absolutely gorgeous dies from the Sale over on 'Chloe’s Creative Crafts' website.

I love all three die sets Sonia,  that starry background could be used all year round, the Reindeer Couple are just so lovely and you get stamps and dies in that set. The circle card creator die is so intricate and will be perfect for batch making cards.  You got great bargains there my lovely,  thanks so much for sharing your shopping with us XXX

Diecutting Essentials 

Issue 91

This issue of Diecutting Essentials has an amazing Free Gift, a set of 5 Wildflower dies, they are similar to the Tim Holtz Wildflower dies in style. 

This first feature shares some amazing inspiration for the free dies, some beautiful cards, perfect for this weeks challenge too.

A technique showcase on this page, using your Dies to create 'Over the Edge' designs.  Its another way to get more out of your dies. I love the cards shared for this technique.  I have zoomed in on the 'How To' for you. 

Jessica shows you some great ideas for using up the leftover bits from your Diecutting, there are some lovely ideas.

Stretch your stash feature:  

Thid feature shows how you can get twice as much from your card stash by thinking about how you place your dies on the card before die cutting so that you can use both the 'positive' (die cut) and the 'negative ' (what would be waste) to create cards   i love tge patchwork effect. 

 

Some more amazing ideas for using with your free dies, some lovely gift ideas. 

See Through cards are the topic of this feature,  personally I'm not sure about them, I like the butterfly one but some of the others look a little busy. 

There are some fun ideas for using your Star dies in this feature, some really fun designs.

There are free downloadable papers with this issue and they have been combined with the free dies to create some absolutely stunning cards.

Thats it for this Issue, I really do think this one is worth buying for both the free gift and some great techniques.

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Ladies I hope that you all have a lovely weekend, 

Love and hugs to all of you, 

Sandra

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