Beautiful Card Designs Made Easy

April 12, 2015

Made for me ...

Hi Everybody,

This beautiful card was made especially for my by Paula Di Giovanni and sent to me all the way from Florida

Paula and I have never met but she is an avid reader of my blog and often leaves me lovely comments

She has also been one of my Friday Freebies winners

Paulas'  card is much prettier in the hand than the picture shows and I will add it to my "Keepsake" with the other cards that I have had.

I have had lots of cards from you ladies out there and each one is treasured.  But please have faith in your own abilities because most of the cards I have had have all said more or less the same thing and that is the lack of confidence you have in yourselves.

Each card I have received is beautiful and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking the time to make and send them to me, and I am happy to show them to the world

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx




April 11, 2015

Card Winner ...

Hi Everybody,

Up bright and early this morning and lots to do.  Some of you will be going to Alexander Palace his weekend to the big craft show that is on and I so envy you .... wish I was going too.

I hope you all have a good time and manage to buy all the goodies that you want.  And even though the weather has turned a little cold again you will still be warm and dry as you browse around all those wonderful stalls.

So the draw fro yesterdays lovely pink card has been done and this one is coming to live with you ....

Margaret Wilson
I need you to email me ...
christina@card-making-magic.com
with your postal address and I will get the card in the post to you straight away.

I hope that you will like it and please let me know when it arrives with you

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

April 10, 2015

Friday Freebie 054

Hi Everybody,

Todays card is in a lovely shade of pink with a glittered panel on the front

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and are a mixture of roses Cherry Blossom Lilies and buds

Into the mix I have added some pearl sprays and there is a video tutorial to show you how I made them

Creating A Pearl Spray  features this very card and it can be yours if you leave me a comment

A name will be chosen at random and the winner announced in tomorrows blog post.

It doesn't matter where you live I am happy to send the card anywhere ... but you will need to come back and check if you are the winner

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

April 09, 2015

Printable Acetate ...

Hi Everybody,

This little card was created by using a digital image on printable Acetate and coloring with alcohol marker pens

The image is from  Polkadoodles  CD  Pretty Sweet and there are some lovely images on there either ready colored or for you to color your self

The printable Acetate is from  Crafters Companion   and the image is printed on to the rough side

I have colored mine with Spectrum Noir and then cut the shape out with Modern Stationery   from Spellbinders to create a frame around the flower

The   Sentiment  Five     has been cut and glued in place over the acetate

I have multi looped the ribbon around the card and the bows centre is from Wild Orchid Crafts 

The little tear drop pearls are from Want2Scrap  and come in two different sizes

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

April 08, 2015

Back to pink ...

Hi Everybody,

Todays card is back to pink with a lovely inspirational verse in the centre from   Lili of the Valley 

I have used the beautiful   Fleur de Elegance  from Spellbinders which will give you some large ovals to add to your designs.

I have used dies #2 and #3 and then topped them with my sentiment stamped onto #2 from Elegant Ovals

All these layers are added with foam tape and pearls used to accentuate the shapes

The ribbon is from Mei Flower  and is tied in a double bow and is the only embellishment that I have used for this card

The bows centre piece is from Wild Orchid Crafts

A very pretty card that could be for any occasion

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

April 07, 2015

Tuesday Tutorial - Majestic Labels Twenty-Five

Hi Everybody,

I like to buy the matching pieces to the die sets to make them go further and give me my monies worth. and this set is so pretty and can be used in lots of ways.

For this card we are going to create lots of layers and a frame for hold the centre piece. I have used white and purple Centura Pearl for my design  ... and there are two other video tutorials within this written one ... just click the links to view



Spellbinders Supplies:

5x7 Matting Basics A
Majestic Labels Twenty Five 
Labels Twenty Five
Labels Eleven

 Cut two pieces in white from 5x7 Matting Basics A  #7  (#1 is always the smallest die)

Create a Hinged card for the base  (Video Tutorial)

From the same die cut two more pieces one in white and the other in your chosen color

On the purple card I have carefully positioned  #6 from Majestic Labels Twenty Five and cut and embossed it.

The picture shows what you the result

Place this panel over the white one so that the edges marry up and with a pencil lightly trace around the #5 from Labels Twenty Five

Remove the purple panel and cut the white one with the #5 die taped in place aligning with your pencil lines



Once cut you should then have a solid white piece and the filigree pattern to go on the top to create your frame and it will look like the picture

Trim if needed, glue both pieces together and then add foam pads to the back of the frame.


From #6 Labels Twenty Five cut a colored layer

With the white panel from the step above place #5 from Majestic Labels Twenty Five and tape in place then cut and emboss

Layer these two together with foam pads and for mine I have used a double layer  (one on top of the other) ... to raise it above the framework

From #4 Majestic Labels Twenty Five cut one colored layer

From #4  #3 and #2 together cut the filigree pattern in white

Glue these two together and add foam pads to the back of them

Stamp and heat emboss the sentiment in silver and with  #4 Labels Eleven cut it out.

With the same die trace around the outside edge and carefully cut it out

This will create a  Faux Nestie  (Video Tutorial) that leaves a small border around the sentiment

Glue these two together and add foam pads to the back of them.


Build up the layers to your card and wrap ribbon around them before you add it to the base card leaving the sentiment last

The foam pads will create shadows and depth and so add interest to your design

I have added in a pretty Hat pin to my card and a white satin double bow

Designers Tip:

Lining the inside of the card to match the front will give a professional look  and it will stand better 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx








April 06, 2015

Neutral Colors ...

 Hi Everybody,

For this card I have used only black and cream to give me a really striking effect.

The card I have used is from Anna Griffin and it is such a wonderful quality

The sentiment is the free one from my magazine subscription but it was a couple of months ago and may not now be available

I have use Spellbinders Twisted Metal Tags and this is one on my  favorite tag dies

I have layered it onto Opulent Ovals #6  and added in two of the flourishes from Foliage Flourish to give a lovely swirly effect

The large flowers in the centre is one I made and added in the pearls.

The black pearl flourish around the sentiment and those in the corner of the card are  from Want2Scrap

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx




April 05, 2015

Coloring time ...

 Hi Everybody,

Sitting with my pens to color an image is something I haven't done for quite some time and it is nice to take the time out to get back to it .... if only for a short time

This image is from a  Lily of the Valley  paper stack that I have had for a long time ... in fact I think it was free with a magazine

I used Chameleon Pens and then went ahead and made the card.

The dotty card is from AnnaMarie Designs and I have lined the inside with the same card

The ribbon is from Mei Flower  and I have tied it into a single bow at the top of the card.

The flowers just tumble down from the bow and they are from Wild Orchid Crafts  and are a lovely mixture of Chrysanthemums, Gypsophillia, Tulips and Roses

The panels behind the flowers is another one that has been embossed with  Grate Effect   and then I rubbed a pale pink ink pad over it to accentuate the design

Altogether a really pretty card and a very pleasant hour or two for me to color it in.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

April 04, 2015

Blue Card Winner ...

Hi Everybody,

Sorry for the late post but we have visitors staying with us for the weekend and yesterday we had a lot to catch up with.

This morning in the beautiful sunshine we have had a wander around Lytham looking at many of the quaint shops there.  Of course we had to have a coffee break  before heading into Blackpool.

It is such a lovely day and it was good to take advantage of it.  And so I am late posting the winner of the blue card from yesterday.

But the draw has now been done and then name chosen is ...

Liz Turnbull
please email me 
christina@card-making-magic.com
with your postal address and I will get the card in the post to you straight away
I hope that you will like it and please let me know when it arrives with you.

So now it's time to freshen up and get back to my guests as we are off into town for something to eat and then later we are all going to the theatre for an entertaining evening at the Grand

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

April 03, 2015

Friday Freebie 053

Hi Everybody,

This pretty card is created with Sue Wilson  Spanish Collection dies and it  is layered with silver gilding flakes and pale blue

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts  and for me they are always a wonderful addition to my cards

The diamante and pearl centre to the bow is also from WOC  and it is added to some pale blue ribbon that I have in my "Stash"

If this is a card that you would like to own then all you have to do is join the list of followers and leave me a comment and in the morning  a name will be chosen  from the comments.

I am happy to send the card to you wherever you live so please add your name.  And it doesn't matter if you have won one in the past you can still try again

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx