Mixed Up Saturday

 

Good Saturday Morning Ladies, 

I hope that you are all relaxed and ready for the weekend?  

Nothing toi exciting happening here, food shopping this morning and then we have to finish the spare room this weekend as my sister Emily is coming next Saturday for one night, so that we can go wedding dress shopping!  👰  I feel so honoured that she wants me to go with her and help her choose the most important dress of her life, it's bittersweet though as she doesn't have Mum with her, I will do my best to fill those shoes!  

Karen has VERY kindly written a tutorial for using Perfect Layers, matting and layering tool. 

Perfect Layers Tutorial 

Perfect Layers Rulers

These can be used to create borders for mats on straight edged toppers

There are 10 widths 1/16” 1/8” 3/16” 1/4” 3/8” 5/16” 1/2” 5/8” 3/4” and 1”

I could use a slightly bigger die to create a mat but I am hopeless at lining up and adhering a topper to a prepared mat

No need to position straight

See the ridges which will butt up against card

Line up desired edge on topper This instance 1/16” I am right handed and so I line up the ruler with correct reading on right hand side.

Card can also be gutted if a rough shape is cut first and the a smaller piece than the topper is cut away

Left handed crafters the number is readable on left edge

Not that the other number will read backwards

To prevent card moving I tape down with low tack tape

Don’t let ruler hang over edge of cutting mat - I have knocked the ruler with my stomach 🤣

I prefer to stand so that I am looking over it.

The finished card. 

Obscure shapes can be matted This example is 1/16” 1/4” and 1/2”

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Thank you so much Karen, I have these but hadn't got a clue where yo start, your step by step guide is so easy to follow, so I am definitely going to be having a go.  Especially for sentiments as I never have the right size die etc and end up trying to cut the sentiment piece down to the right size, more often than not I fail and have to start again.  

I really appreciate you taking time to write the tutorial and taking the step by step photos.  XXX

Karen's Shopping 

My shopping from Countryview Crafts

It was OK and only £5 which if you spent £20+ you got back

I’d forgotten she’d stopped stocking Aall and Create but was selling what she had at half price! 

Love your shopping,  £5 is a great price for craft event, even better when you get it back if you buy things.  The snowman stamp is so adorable, great that you get sentiments too.  The Woodware background stamps look really useful too.  That Aall&Create stamp iz stunning,  I can't wait to see what it stamps out like.  It looks like you could create a complete DL size card front with just one stamp, have you got an idea in mind using them? 

OMG,  Karen I absolutely love this Aall&Create Die set, the two frames lovely and those number dies are so detailed they look like they are stamped, they are definitely going to the top of my wish list.  You could use these on so many ways from cards to Art journals and anything in between. 

Thank you so very much for sharing your shopping with us. XXX 

Lilian's Shopping 

Lilian completed her collection of Tim Holtz Distress watercolour pencils with these 3 new sets that have just been released.   Lilian got hers from 'That's Crafty' as they do a great deal on if you buy all three sets and you get free delivery!  

 I absolutely love these pencils, they are really highly pigmened and they blend perfectly,  making watercolouring so much easier, the other huge bonus is that they match perfectly with all of your other Distress products.  I will definitely be getting these when I can afford them.  

Thank you so much for sharing your shopping with us XXX 

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That's all for today my lovelies,  I would like to thank Karen again for kicking of our Saturday Tutorial / Product reviews feature.  XXX

Have a wonderful weekend my lovely friends,

Love and hugs,

Sandra

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