Mixed Up Saturday

 

Good Saturday Morning Ladies, 

I hope that you all had a great day yesterday,  I kept thinking it was Saturday,  I started writing todays blog post thinking it was Sunday, the good thing that came out of it was that that I made a start on Sundays post, so less work for today, which is a good because my brain is struggling from the early start to our day, alarm went off at 5am ready to leave for 6 am to drive to Heathrow!  

Karen's Spiderman Cake

Karen was asked to make a Spiderman themed cake for Charlie's birthday.   Karen it turned out so well, those cobweb lines are so neat, mine would have been all over the place.  To think you were feeling so unwell when you made this makes it even more amazing,  I would have seen the look on Charlie's face when he saw it.   Thank you so much for sharing it with us. XXX

I thought you might like to see a few photos of her trip to Bali, the scenery looks breathtaking,  I would love to go but Becca said its very hilly and uneven everywhere.  

Becca's Bali Trip

This was day 1, they got up at 2 am to climb a volcano to watch the sun rise. By the way how much does Becca's Adam ( left) look like his twin Ross, I mean I know they are twins but I would 100% never to tell them apart! 

Views from one of the many temples,  they provide sarongs for modesty.  She said the atmosphere was incredible and the views were breathtaking. 

Bathing in the Holy waters in one of the Temples

The beaches were ao beautiful, so is my girl ! 52

More beautiful scenery,  Becca said that she was just blown away by how beautiful the whole area was, she did say that there was a lot of litter everywhere though. 

Swimming with turtles at Turtle point,  this one Becca's favourite day.

This was the best way to get around apparently!  

This was the view from one ofthe villas they stayed at. 

Swimming at a stunning waterfall.  

Becca said that this has been the most incredible holiday, definitely tops any others she has had. ❤

Creative Stamping Magazine 

Issue 120

This months issue features a stamp set featuring Frida Khalo.

Lou Withers shares some Mixed Media projects made using the free stamps.

Some pretty cards all made using the traditional elements of the stamp set. Its butterfly card is clever as they have masked off the butterfly before stamping and used it to create two lovely cards.

This feature is all about the combination of Brushos and the emboss resist technique.  I am definitely going to be playing with this technique. 

Some lovely cards here, made using the mostly solid stamps in the set, using Tone on Tone embossing,  not something that I have thought of doing,  I don't have many coloured embossing powders either.

Rachel is sharing the versatility of a stamp set by sharing different ways of using the individual stamps.

Finally Glenda shows you that you don't have to create complex designs to appreciate a stamp set, her cards are simple by design but create quite an impact. 

Ladies I am always totally honest with you and so I have to say that this issue was not for me, I am clearly not Stylish enough to appreciate the artwork.  I just don't find the images appealing, I wouldn't use them at all, luckily as I subscribe to this magazine I get it quite early so I was able to se it straight away on Facebook and didn't end up out of pocket.  You ladies might live these images, which is why I did the review for you. I do like some of the techniques though,  I am definitely going ro try Brushos technique. 

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Shopping 

Sonia bought a couple of stencils from Clarity, I love the designs and can't and can't wait to see what you create with them.  Thank you so much for sharing your shopping with us XXX

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Ladies I hope you all have an enjoyable Saturday,

Love and hugs to all of you,

Sandra 

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