Friday Freebie 092

Hi Everybody,

Todays card is back to my favorite colour Pink and for this one I have turned to Spellbinders Lace and Frills Texture plate

I have Letterpressed  the pink ink onto the card and the link is to a tutorial to show you what I did.

The video uses an embossing folder but the principal is exactly the same

If you would like to have this card winging its way to you then all you need to do is leave me a comment. From those comments a name will be drawn and the winner announced in a Blog post.

But that won't be until Monday as I am away this weekend. I will be at Birmingham NEC  and this time I will be demonstrating for Spellbinders.

Now I have never done this sort of thing before so it is all going to be a bit of an adventure

Christine Emberson and I are the two UK Ambassadors and we will be on the Aceville Publications stand. I will be there on Saturday 7th November,  so I hope you will pop along and say "Hello"

Please come back and check the blog though to see if it is your name that is announced as you only have 48 hours in which to claim the card once the name has gone live.

You will need to email me ... christina@card-making-magic.com ... with your postal address and not here on the blog as there is no email address attached to the blog

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friends ...

Hi Everybody,

This little A2 sized card has been stamped with the Vintage Flowers stamp set from Altenew and I got mine from Make the Day Special 

It has a  matching die set  for you to cut the flowers, leaves and branch out perfectly for you each time.

But for this card I stamped directly to card.

Once I had the flowers in place I stamped my sentiment, in black ink,  over the top of them,  and then heat embossed it in clear powder.

The stamped words are  Grand Sentiments by My Favorite Things also from MTDS

I inked around the edges of the card with Salty Ocean Distress Inks fading it in towards the centre for a Vignette look

The white satin ribbon is from Mei Flower  ribbon and a little acrylic flower from Wild Orchid Crafts to the bow are all I have added.

I know this is not my usual style but it does you good every so often to play with other ideas and keep your mind active and fresh.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Cards for the Neighbours !!

Hi Everybody,

I had a little play the other day when it was cold wet and windy and these cards are what I came up with

I made six Christmas cards all the same and used my Brusho Crystal Colours to get the background

The  Sleigh and Reindeer stamp was free with Simply Cards and Papercrafts and everything else was in my "Stash" already.

They all have ribbon and Bakers Twine on them and I have added in two gold bells to each bow.

I think they turned out quite pretty and the neighbours don't visit my blog so they won't see them until they get them !!

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Tuesday Tutorial - Photo frame with Labels 48

Hi Everybody,

Today I am showing you something a little different and travelling along the home decor route to produce this petty picture frame using Spellbinders Labels 48.  

All the steps are shown for you to make your own and the result can be for any occasion that you wish

Spellbinders Supplies:

• S6-044 Labels 48 Decorative Elements
• S4-565 Labels 48
• GC-200 Grand Calibur

Other Supplies:

• Wild Orchid Crafts flowers
• Want2Scrap pearls
• Rose patterned ribbon
• Thin Acetate

Instructions:

With Decorative Elements Labels 48 and dies #3 and #4 cut four  pieces from silver card and marry two of them together and glue in place. this will give extra strength to the back of your picture frame

Take the glued piece and  use the top scrolls on the die cut as a guide and line them up on a scoreboard and score down by about one inch. 

Then carefully bend these ... but don't fold them over. 

Set the third piece to one side for now

Take the fourth piece and with die #4 from Labels Forty Eight cut out the aperture

 With some thin Acetate and the largest die #5 from Labels Forty Eight cut one shape 

Choose the photo that you wish to use and make sure that it fits inside the die #5 and cut this out too

Add the Acetate to the frame with the aperture and glue the photo to the third solid  panel.

Then neatly add some glue and place the acetate frame over the photo and press together making sure that all the scrolls are lined up to.
 So now you have two double layered panels ... one with the photo and acetate  and the other is solid

Add glue to the bent over area only and marry the top edges neatly together, making sure that you have the frame and photo the correct way up.
 This will create the "A" frame with the die cut layers and allow your picture frame to stand.

I threaded ribbon around my frame ... but only the front part, otherwise you will fasten it all together and it wont open and stand.
I added in the flowers and some pearls

Make your frame from different colours to suit the occasion ... and this would make a really pretty photo frame for baby or wedding photos.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx 

Thank You Card ...

Hi Everybody,

This is another card that has been created with digital papers from the Floriography CD 

There are some really pretty papers on this double CD and you are sure to find something that catches your eye.

The base card is created with Kraft Card  that I buy from AnnaMarie Designs and it is a really inexpensive one to use

The "Thank You" sentiment from  Spellbinders Phrase Two  has been cut with Kraft Card and inked through the die before removing it to accentuate the word

Along the bottom edge I have added in some lace and ribbon and then tied more lace into a bow with a little pearl and Diamanté centre from Wild Orchid crafts

The finished card size is 5x7" and this is the size that I like to work with the most.

It is created in the  Hinged Card  style and I have added the other pieces onto the card with foam pads to give dimension

Another card that is prettier in real life than the photo shows.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Card Winner ...

Hi Everybody,

Another week gone by so quickly and it has been a really busy week for me. I hope you have all had a good week and managed to get done all the things you wanted to do

The winner has been drawn from the hat for the oval peach card and the name this week is you ...

Tami Grant

can you email me please with your postal address to 

christina@card-making-magic.com

please do not leave your personal details here in the comments .. email me and then you know  they are private. 

The card will be on it's way to you straight away

You have 48 hours in which to claim the card and please let me know when it arrives with you.

I hope you will like it.

There will be no post from me on Sunday as I am going to have that day off completely to simply do as I please so I will be back bright and early Monday morning with another new card to start the week .

There is a really pretty Tuesday Tutorial this coming week and I hope you will try it for yourself

More on Monday ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie 091

Hi Everybody,

Another pretty peach card is on offer this week and it is is a free standing oval shape.

The dies I have used for this card are Heirloom Oval from Spellbinders

This is a shape that can be used in many different ways and I have added in Butterflies from Les Papillions two  set

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and they have been sparkled with Glitter Magic and the lovely pearl flourish is from Want2Scrap and is the Finesse Swirls

If this is a card that you would like to own then all you need to do is leave me a comment. From those comments a name will be drawn in the morning and the winner announced in that days Blog post.

Please come back and check if it is your name as you will only have 48 hours in which to claim it.

You will need to email me ...   christina@card-making-magic.com  ... with your postal address, and NOT here on the blog.

That is the way to contact me for anything you may wish to know as any comments on the Blog are all "No Follow" which simply means that I cannot email you back if you ask me a question.

Plus I moderate each comment so that no personal information from you is added to the pages ...  to keep you safe.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Floriography CD

Hi Everybody,

I am often asked where I get the pretty papers that I use on my  cards and many of them are digital papers that I simply print off from my PC whenever I need them.

The papers on this card are from the  Floriography Twin CD  available from My Craft Studio.

It is a CD that I have had for a few years now so although it is still around it may not be for much longer.

There are some lovely backing papers on the disc as well as lots of other items ... such as envelopes, stationery boxes, matting and layering panels etc. etc.

The black and gold papers here are from the elements section and this has given me an A5 panel, the topper, some ribbon borders, and a sentiment.

The A5 will give you a complete backing sheet for a 5x7" card  and I have used the 160 GSM smooth white paper for Text and Graphics from Staples

I used gold card to may and layer and gold card for the sentiment which is a die from Spellbinders and is Phrase set Two 

It has several interesting and useful phrases on both of the sets and they are some that I will use time and time again.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Dreamer ...

Hi Everybody,

The sentiment on this card has been stamped onto parchment and embossed in white ... and then curved around the panel to raise it from the base

The verse is from Sheena Douglass and is one of several on her  Little Bit Sketchy  range

The background has been done in Purple, Emerald Green and Ultra marine Brusho Crystal Colours.

These Crystals are so much fun to play with and no two panels will ever be the same.

Over the top of the background I have stamped with Versamark and heat embossed the butterflies with white powder

I have added in some of my baked Ikea dots and layered the coloured panel with lilac card onto a white base.

The finished effect is very vibrant and I am quite pleased with the way this card has turned out.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Tuesday Tutorial - Contemporary Diamonds

Hi Everybody,

This is a card that is a little different and it uses the Contemporary Diamonds from Spellbinders.
There are three other shapes in this new style ... one is squares and the other is circles 

 I chose the Diamonds as it is a lovely shape.

So follow the steps and make this design for yourself with the pretty card colours that you have in your own "Stash" 

Spellbinders Supplies:

• S5-131 A2 Matting Basics A
• S5-132 A2 Matting Basics B 
• A2 Modern Stationery
• S4-499 Contemporary Diamonds
• S4-563 Phrases One
• GC-200 Grand Calibur Die Cutting and Embossing Machine

Other Supplies:

• AnnaMarie Designs striped card

Instructions:

With die #9 from  A2 Matting Basics A cut two pieces in blue and  hinge together  to form your base card

I have placed mine at the top of the card to use in Landscape

With die #9 from A2 Matting Basics B cut one layer in white and emboss to add texture to the card

(Please remember that die number one #1 is always the smallest)

With #7 from A2 Modern Stationery cut one layer in a patterned card

With the Contemporary Diamonds cut the shape four times from card of blending colours. 

I chose white, lilac, turquoise and pink for mine

Decide where on the card you would like the shape to go and paper piece the other colours into the frame

I paper piece from the back and then tape them in place so that they can't fall out again but make sure you get them the correct way with all the "right" sides facing down

I have added foam pads to the back of mine to keep the paper pieces in place and to raise the shape up from my card

Cut the word of your choice in black card and black craft foam and glue the two together.

Assemble the card by adding all the layers together with foam tape between for dimension.

Add to the base card and trim the edges of the Diamond shape that my overhang neatly
Add in some enamel dots, or gemstones if you prefer,  as the finishing touch and there you have a card for any occasion if you swap out the sentiment

Keep the other pieces that you cut to make another card with different combinations of paper piecing

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx