New month, same advice.

That advice is of course to stay at home. The rate is going down, but we are not out of the woods yet, and a second wave would be devastating. You may think it's not that bad, you may not know of anyone who has had it, and you may not know of anyone who has died of it. But think how you would feel if you did, just because we became complacent.

Anyway, onto the crafting. Heres the update on the stitch.

I've also made a grand total of 40 cards this week, finishing my target of 100.

I decided to try a more masculine card. I embossed black card and used silver wax on it. Then I cut out a porthole from greyboard, using oxide sprays on it and adding a photo to the back. Then I added some gold gears.

This was a mixed media thinlit die, embossing folder, and crochet die to hide the join.

This was one I've used before, but utilising the drop part of it by adding gold drops.

This was woodgrain cardstock, a dirty cut frame, tonic banner with blue crayon edging, then floral arrangement from the tim Holtz funky foliage set. I've done a few of these in different colours, as I have with the mixed media thinlit one above.

I've used a fair amount of my stash for these, which I am happy about. I've still got loads to be getting on with though, which I need to keep reminding myself of when I see new goodies online. I didn't save anything last month as I bought a new phone, but I'm still on track to hit 20% savings as I saved more in January and February.

Until next time

Ems

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