Mixed Up Saturday

 

Good Saturday Morning Ladies, 

I hope that you are all relaxed and enjoying the weekend, it's forecast to be cloudy here but no rain which is a huge bonus, especially as the torrential downpours of last 2 weeks have the garden looking like a wild wilderness with knee high weeds!  That Sticky weed or Kleavers grows so rapidly, why can't plants you want grow like that!! 

Lilian's Summer House

Wow Lilian your Summer House is lovely,  there are lots of big windows to let the sunshine in, will you craft in it during the warmer months? Or keep it for relaxing and sitting with your feet up and a good book.

Bertie Bunny  looks very much like Peter Rabbit to me, he is just adorable,  I have never tried Needle Felting, I have seen some incredible needle felted pieces though, something fun to try but mind your fingers!  Have you seen the Needle Felted wall art, they use lots of different materials to create beautiful scenes.  I can't wait to see Bertie finished Lilian,  thank you so much for sharing your liveky Easter gift and Summerhouse XXX

Sonia 

Sonia has a very special Baby Card to make & Baby shower card, so these new stamps from My Favourite Things will be perfect.  There are some unusual ones on there perfect for both occasions.  Thank you for sharing your shopping with us XXX 

Maria

Maria has treated herself to some lovely new dies, I love that Geometrical shaped one, something different for a change,  the distressed circles are lovely for mixed media projects too, I have those shaped labels, I don't think I've ever used them, I think I got them from Wish, but it was a long time ago, Danielle and I did a big joint order, so its atleast two years if not 3!  I can't wait to see you use these Maria , thank you for sharing them with us XXX

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Sue has done us a Magazine Review,  its frustrating that the free gifts are designs by Sheena Douglass because they are quite nice and great for cards for men, I guess we just have to get over it.

Simply cards & Papercraft issue 244 

There is a great collection of free stamps, dies, 2 x lovely quality vellum sheets and also matching downloadable papers. Everything is based around lightbulbs with matching sentiments. 

Nicky Gilburt has made some great cards using the freebies. They include several perfect for the men. She also shares how to make light up cards so something a bit different. 

The Tried & Tested this month is for Heat and mould stamping foam. There are clear instructions on how to heat the foam then push it onto your chosen object, just about anything can be used really, embossing folders, stamps, dies, stones, wood, shells,  household items….you then brayer ink over the foam and make your print which will have a distressed feel rather than being a very sharp clear print. I’m looking forward to having a play. 

The In-depth guide to this month is colouring by Mel Jess. I think most of us would like to improve our colouring so a good article. The stamps she uses are very pretty and make beautiful cards. 

Several gifts and keepsakes designed by Sarah Jackman Read using the freebies. I love the idea of having some lightbulb earrings made with shrink plastic. 

Lots of lovely cards for the ladies which can also be given to your men with just a few tweeks of colour. I love the light bulb shaker card which you can the instructions on the How To: I also love pool the pretty “Sending birthday wishes” heart shaped lightbulbs one. 

The regular “Try something new this month“ is all about Die-cut frames and shows us how to use your floral die’s to make a frame Sharon-Elaine Jones has designed some beautiful cards and it is a technique that I will try. 

 

I hope this review is helpful to you all. Please ask if you want any more information. 

Take care 

Sue xx

Thank you so much Sue for a fantastic magazine review, I am really tempted to buy this one as I really like the light bulb elements. I bought some of that Stamping Foam from Temu so I might have a play with some of the ideas on that feature. 

Ladies I hope that you all have a lovely weekend, 

Love & hugs to all of you, 

Sandra                                                                    xxxxxx