Friday Freebie - Butterflies & Buddleia

Hi Everybody,

Today I have a beautiful Embossing Folder, stamps and die set to offer you and with this you can make some lovely cards.

You will also get the magazine which is full of inspiration that you can copy for your self.

There is no card or video this week but don't let that stop you from trying to win this prize.

All you need to do to be in with a chance is leave me a comment at the end of this post with your FULL NAME and then be sure to come back over the weekend to see if it is your name that is listed as the winner

You don't need to have your own blog and I am happy to send this wherever you live, and it doesn't matter if you have won in the past ...  so what are you waiting for ???

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Hot Foiling

HI Everybody,

So yesterday I got out my Minc Machine and played with some Hot Foils that I have in my stash and these are two of the card I came up with.

I made loads of backgrounds that can be used in the future from all different colours of foil and I enjoyed the playtime with them.

This first one was foiled on Kraft Card and I used an embossing folder to get this look

 This second one I created with transfer gel and a stencil on white card and both have used Gold foil.

I like the look of both of them. The flowers where some I stamped and die cut a long time ago they fell out of an envelope packet while I as tidying up

So I thought I would use them up to create my cards.

Both of the sentiments are from Spellbinders and again some I have had for quite some time, so I don't even know if they are still available.

These cards will go into my Charity shop donations and as soon as the shop re-opens I will take these, and 210 others, to them to sell.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Extended Oval Box

Hi Everybody,

When the Oval Box Die Set was brought out it was very popular and sold out very quickly when it was on Hochanda.

But the sides to this box, although plenty deep enough to hold small gifts, where shallow.

Well now it's back and with it comes the opportunity for you to make it deeper, up to 5.5",  with the
 Oval Additions set

This new die set will only work for you if you already have the Complete Oval Box Die Set

That original set created the top and base of the box for you as well as the shallower sides.

With the Oval Box there was flowers and leaves and flourishes for you to decorate the outside, and add your sentiment.

But with the additions set there is also a bow and some border dies as well as even more flowers and leaves.

The dies that will make a complete card with lots of layers and of course the Trellis too are also in the Complete Oval Card & Box Die Set

If you don't already have the Original Set then you can purchase both sets together at an amazing price and then you can make your boxes to the depth that you require

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Alphabet & Ultimate Relations

Hi Everybody,

Sorry for my absence but as I explained the noise from having the new roof fitted makes it impossible to think in my craft room and I have no chance of videoing until it is done. Which should be by the end of this week ... fingers crossed.

So in the meantime I will add pictures of cards that I have made using some of the new products that were on Hochanda last week.

For this first card I have coloured in the door mouse in the teapot and created a striped background for him with Blueprint Sketch.

I added the little white dots with  gel pen and the sentiment is from the Ultimate Relations Die Set

It is fun to see what sentiments you can create from the words in the set and there are many in there.

This card has had the Dove on the branch coloured in and then clear glitter pen over the top.

The word JOY  is from the Lower Case Alphabet

and I have cut that from pink card and craft foam and layered them together

Now this card could be used in two ways ... to send a Christmas Greeting OR as someones first name

This card has combined both sets to make the word Sister.

I took sister from the Ultimate Relations Set and trimmed of the first S

Then I cut the Capital "S" and its overlay from the Upper Case set and added in front of the remaining "ister"

This idea would work really well for other words too, such as appy, irthday, erry, hristmas, aster and I am sure that you can fill in the missing letters.

As soon as the noise is ended I will do a video on this idea to show you how I make the cards.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Winner

Hi Everybody,

It's blowing a gale here today and I just happen to be having a  new roof fitted on my house ... so a gale force wind is not what I need right now. 

It has been really noisy and it has been impossible to work in the craft room. 

Where they have nailed the new batons onto the roof, I have little chips in all the plaster to the ceiling because of course my craft room is up in the attic space.

 So at present I am giving it all a wide berth until they are finished.

But I have done the draw for yesterdays Chloe gift and the name today is ...

Val Wallis

would you email me please with your postal address to 

christina@card-making-magic.com

and the prize will be on its way to you straight away.

I would appreciate it if you could also let me know that you have it safely and I hope you enjoy playing with the beautiful dies

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx