Card Winner

Hi Everybody,

What a beautiful day it is here and for the weekend. Tomorrow we are going to Birmingham to see my daughter Graduate with a Masters Degree and I am so proud of her achievements. She has worked really hard and deserves all the good things that come her way.

Ruby and Dougal will be going to stay overnight with Aunty Sally and they will have a lovely time. Ruby will be back tomorrow as she has quite an achievement of her own to share with you all.

So the draw for yesterdays shabby chic card has been done and the name this week is you ...

Donna Okoniewski  

please can you email me with your postal address to

christina@card-making-magic.com

and I will get the card in the post to you straight away.

I am always disappointed when some one does not come forward to claim a card as I know so many others would have loved that pretty Owl Card.  But it will be offered again once the other shabby chic cards have all been given away

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie 026

Hi Everybody,

This really pretty Shabby Chic card is the one on offer this week and it is in lovely shades of lilac and lemon.

There is a mixture of flowers all sparkled up and they surround a picture frame.

I really love this card and it is much better in the hand.

So if you would like to win this one then all you need to do is leave me a comment at the end of the post.

I really must stress that you come back tomorrow to check is it is your name that is shown as you will need to email me with your details if it is.

Sadly the pretty Owl card form last week has not been claimed and so I will offer it again at a later date.

I am giving you 72 hours to claim it so I think that is more than fair.

After that time it will be too late and it will go to someone else at another time

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Die Cutting Essentials 26 (DCE26)

Hi Everybody,

This months Die Cutting essentials will be on sale tomorrow and with it is the gift named Happy Days.

It consists of three dies and nine stamps that can be mixed and matched in many ways to create various sentiments for you.

For this card I have used Tropical colours to create a bright and sunny card.

I have simply used the dies cuts and stacked them onto the front of my card with foam pads to give a layered look to the bloom

For this card I have  used water colours to change the flowers and cut the card even more and layered them in a more random way 

The Happy word is one of the dies in the pack so that has been cut several times and stacked together to give a more solid word

The video to show you more ideas and how I created another card is ...

Die Cutting Essentials 26 (DCE26)

and I hope you will sit and relax for a little while to view it.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Tuesday Tutorial - Spellbinders Milan Medallion

Hi Everybody,

A really quick and easy card today that you can achieve with any embossing folder in your collection.
I have used the Doily Art from Spellbinders but sadly it is no longer on their website though you can fine it if you search for it.

Spellbinders Supplies:

• S6-099 Milan Medallion
• S4-114 Standard Circles
• S4-115 Scalloped Circles
• SCF-003 Doily Art Embossing Folder
• PL-001 Platinum Die Cutting Machine

Other Supplies:

• Flower/Lace/ Leaves from Wild Orchid Crafts
• Glitter from Glitter Magic
• Sentiment from Lily of the Valley
• Card from Papermill Direct

Instructions:

With Matting Basics A cut two of the largest die in dark blue card and create the base

With Matting Basics B cut one layer in white from the largest die

Hand cut a piece of blue Mirror card to fir the white layer and leave a small border around the edge.

Emboss the mirror Card in the folder

With #2 from the Milan Medallion cut two layers in the dark blue card and stack together

Stamp and heat emboss the sentiment and cut out with the plain die

Cut a Scalloped circle and layer together

Glue together the Mirror Card and the white panel and wrap with the lace before adding to the base card

Dress with roses in two sizes and two shades of blue

Add the circle sentiment to the card front

Sparkle the flowers with glitter

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Oh! Hello ...

Hi Everybody,

This fun card was made a while ago and uses one of the magazine freebies from 2016.

I took my inspiration for this design from my friend Christine Smith over at Crafti Potential as she has some of the most fabulous fun cards that are easy to make

I made it into a shaker card and added sequins and glitter to the jar and it made a novel birthday card to send to male or female and any age group

The Hello has had Glossy Accents added to give it that shine to the two tone look

It is a 5x7 card but the jar would fit onto a smaller design if you preferred

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Card Winner ...

Hi Everybody,

It's weekend again and they come round so fast and are gone in a flash. Can you believe we are already at July.  So with out any more preamble here is the name of the winner of the Shabby Chic card from yesterday. It seems that many of you liked the owl that I added,

The name drawn at random today is you ...

Elaine

would you email me please your postal address to

christina@card-making-magic.com

and the card will be on its way to you.

There is so much going on with this card and I hope you will like it when it arrives

More tomorrow...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie 25 - Shabby Chic

Hi Everybody,

Pretty in Blue for this card teamed with coffee flowers. I have also added metal to this one in the shape of leave and the owl

There is lace along the bottom and sparkle to the flowers and I will leave it to you to discover what else is on there if you are the winner

It is a 5x7  card and the inside is lined on this one and I don't think you will be disappointed with it if you should be the winner

If you would like to have this card then just leave me a comment at the end of the post ... but don't forget to come back and check for your name tomorrow

And if you wanted to become a follower than add your name to the  "Lovely Followers"  box on the right sidebar or follow me on  Bloglovin in the right hand sidebar

Please come back and check regularly as there is always something going on

More tomorrow  ...

Hugs xx

Papercraft Essentials 148 - Sunflower Dreams

Hi Everybody,

Papercraft Essentials 148 will be in the shops tomorrow and with it there is this lovely gift named Sunflower Dreams

I decided not to make my flowers yellow but to try something different to show you how versatile this stamp is

For this card I have gone for a Distress ink background and turquoise flowers and I quite like the effect. The video is here for you to view ... PE148 Sunflower Dreams

As well as the stamps and the embossing folder you can also download some papers  to save you time

I printed them off onto a 160 gsm paper as this is not flimsy and will give you a good look.

For this card I used only the papers and the labels from the paper stack.

On the revers of the packaging there is a seed packet template so that you can cut out any that you need to add a gift card or money too ... or even a packet of seeds.

Have fun as you play with this useful gift from

 Papercraft Essentials 148

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Tuesday Tutorial - Combining Spellbinders

Hi Everybody,

For todays card I am going back to some of the older dies that you may have in your collection and I am combining several sets to produce my design.  I have used a pretty lilac and white colour scheme and added in the flowers.

Spellbinders Supplies:

• S6-001 5x7 Matting Basics A
• S6-002 5x7 Matting Basics B
• S6-012 5x7 Mystical Embrace
• S4-647 Labels 56 Deco Elements
• S4-646 Labels 56
• S4-328 Foliage
• SEL-009 Chicken Wire EF
• S1-026 Flying Bugs
• PL-001 Platinum Die Cutting Machine

Other Supplies:

• Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts
• Glitter from Glitter Magic
• Card from Papermill Direct

Instructions:

With die #7 from Matting Basics A cut two pieces in white card to create the base

With die #7 from Matting Basic B cut a layer in lilac and emboss this layer with a 5x7 folder

With the largest die in Mystical Embrace cut a layer in white

With die #3 from the Deco Elements cut one in white

And with die #4 from the [plain label;s cut one more in white and emboss the top layer

Stamp and emboss a sentiment

Cut tow butterflies from Flying Bugs

Cut several large leaves from Foliage

Select the flowers to match your colour scheme. 

I have used from the left ...

Roses in two sizes, Rosebuds, Cherry Blossom and Lily

Add the layers to the card with foam pads between the layers

Arrange the flowers and sprinkle with glitter

Add pearls as preferred

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx  

Floral Display ...

Hi Everybody,

I get very many lovely comments about my flowers and the arrangement that I do and where I get them from.

As always I use Wild Orchid Crafts  as they have such a wonderful selection and at very good prices.

Then every so often I add some to my Etsy shop and these are some of the last lot I added.

I made six in assorted colours rent pearls or diamante added and of course they all had a Hat Pin in the mix.


All six went in one day to the same person

The panel with the flowers attached is embossed and the other piece is if the buyer wanted to add a sentiment of their own to add to a card and so this one is plain to allow for stamping or writing.

 More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Ruby Update ...

Hello Everyone,

I thought I would tell you the rest of my holiday adventures in Wales with my family and
my best friend Dougal.

This is me on the left sat on my mums knee with my dad sat on the right. And Dougal is sat on his mums knee.

We had been to visit a slate quarry  and museum and they all enjoyed it very much but Dougal and I just wanted to run around

The next day we had our first taste of ice cream and it was lovely especially as the day was warm.

I really enjoyed getting all the ice cream out and then my mum let me have the cornet too.

Once I had eaten mine I thought I would see if Dougal had any left and help him to finish his

But he had eaten all of his up too and we both had ice cream around our faces

This is one of the places that we visited and it is called Swallow Falls

I had to be kept on my lead as you know I love swimming but it would have too dangerous for a little dog like me.

So instead we where taken to a river side and there we could paddle and swim for ages

Later after we had been dried off we snuggled down in our jackets and fell asleep all curled up together 

Dreaming of another day on our holidays and the fun we can have playing ... and barking !!

Bye for now

Love Ruby xx

Card Winner ...

Hi Everybody,

Hope you are all looking forward to your weekend.  I have some filming to do today ... got to keep those videos up to date ...  and then tomorrow I am F.R.E.E.
 Griff and I will be going out for Sunday Lunch somewhere and I always look forward to that...especially if Roast Beef is on the menu

Watch it rain tomorrow, but I don't suppose Ruby will mind, as Vickie and I usually do a Sunday morning walk with Ruby and Dougal, either on the beach or in the woods.

  She has a story for you tomorrow telling you more about her holiday.

So the winner of the Shabby Chic card from yesterday has been chosen at random and the name this week is you ...

Gloria Lamb

would you email me please

christina@card-making-magic.com

with your postal address and the card will be on its way to you.

You have 72 hours in which to claim the card 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie 24 - Shabby Chic

Hi Everybody,

Todays card is pink and green with lots of lace and sparkle added and the finished size is 5x7.

I have  used lots of Spellbinders to create this card and the background is Letterpressed with Distress Inks

There is a little verse that has been stamped and embossed and then coloured and surrounded with beautiful flowers

I still have many more shabby chic cards to give away over the next few weeks but if you would like this one then you need to leave me a comment at the end of the post

You will need to come back tomorrow to check if you have won and then you will have 72 hours in which to claim the card

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Die Cutting Essentials Special Edition 5

Hi Everybody,

Another video for you this week and this one is to show you some of the things I made with 

Die Cutting Essentials Special Edition 5

This is on sale now in selected supermarkets and craft stores and WHSmiths, and the theme for this kit is an English Country Garden

There are also dies, stamps and an embossing folder, as well as free papers that can create a complete scene for you if you wish

This pretty card is created using some of the free papers that are in the kit and I fell in love with this floral one

There are more ideas for you to see in the video and I am sure that you can come up with many many more once you start to play with your Special Edition Kit 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Creative Stamping 45 - Sprinkled with Love

Hi Everybody,

This months Creative Stamping 45 has a fantastic A4 stamp set called Sprinkled with Love and this is perfect for all you Bake Off fans and the new series 

The featured designer this month is Apple Blossom Designs and one of their stamps would be ideal if you like to bake gifts to give or to sell.

It says "From the Kitchen Of ... " so what could be better than to advertise your own culinary skills on the products that you have made ... Perfect !!

This A4 size is such good value and the stamps are quality material that will last you a long time if you take care of them 

There is so much on this set and I had a lot of fun stamping and colouring and making the cards.

I did a lot of ink blending on my creations and I was happy with the results of all of them.

The video will show you how I created a really easy background that any body can do and it is so imperfect that there is nothing to worry about trying the technique for your self.

Here is the video ...

Creative Stamping 45 - Sprinkled with Love 

As always I hope you enjoy it and thank you for your lovely comments both here and on YouTube

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx