Don't Like This .....

Hi Everybody,

Here is a card that I made using an Altenew stamp and I water coloured the flowers and I liked the look of them once they were done.

 I added them to a splattered background and I thought it would be different to add some black penned lines to the background, just to see what that would look like.

But once it was done I thought "What have I done "

I didn't like this look at all but I wasn't about to start over again and so out came the trusty scissors and I set about fussy cutting the image out.

It wasn't so much the flowers, but it was definitely the rest of the card that I didn't take too but once it was cut out I had to think of something else to add it to

The answer was a 6x6 plain white card with a slightly smaller Simply Dots embossed panel.

I raised the flowers up with foam tape and I liked this card much better. 

Now the moral to this story is that there is always something you can do to fix the mistakes that happen, especially of you don't like the end result.

And if this hadn't worked the whole lot would have gone in the bin so I was quite pleased with myself

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Winner

Hi Everybody,

The weather is gorgeous here today and this afternoon I am getting dressed up to go to a wedding. Ruby will be staying overnight with her doggy day care lady Sally along with Dougal, and so Sally will have her hands full especially with her own two dogs as well.  We will pick our dogs up tomorrow and bring them home.

So in the meantime the draw has been done and the name this week for that lovely Secret Garden Kit is

Margaret Wilkie

Please can you email me your postal address to
christina@card-making-magic.com
and I will get the pack in the post to your straight away.

Please let me know that you have it safely and I hope you will enjoy playing with it.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie - Secret Garden

Hi Everybody,

Today I have a really large kit to give away and this is the Secret Garden from Card Making Magic.

There are 108 pieces in this kit and there are many styles of card that you can create.

Add in any of your own embellishments to make it different and create it in any size that you prefer.

There are several large words in the kit that you can use any way you like to decorate your designs, either on the inside or the outside as I have done here. 

The card  on on the left is a DL card used sideways.

This card is an Easel Style and you will find many more ideas, from myself and the Design Team,  inside the pages of
 Papercraft Essentials magazine
that comes with the kit.

So if you would like this Secret Garden 108 piece kit then all you need to do is leave me a comment at the end of this post with your

  FULL NAME

Then be sure to come back and check over the weekend if it is your name that is shown as the winner.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

 

Altenew Cards

 Hi Everybody,

I have been enjoying playing with the water colours and so I thought I would combine these with the Altenew kits that I have collected over the past year.

This one was the one for February this year and it is Never Stop Dreaming. I love that the dies are so big and will cut out the image to cover the whole front of a card.

The water colours I have used are the Arteza 36 half pan set and I have used Arteza water colour card too.

he finished card is an A6 size and so will fit into a standard sized envelope. The splatters on the background are created with a fine brush and I have done them in black and then gold.

This card is created with this months kit and this is named Silk Art for May 22

I have water coloured and splattered the background but the flowers have been done using the layering stencil in the kit and ink blending.

Using the stencils is a really easy way to get the look without the fuss of colouring your self.

The Altenew Project Life kits are good value as you get the stamps, dies, embossing folder and the stencils. 

So you can play around and see what your favourite way to use them is and experiment in the process.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

 

Easy Water Coloured Flowers

Hi Everybody,

Over the past few days I have shown you some of the cards that I have made using the Layered Florals die and stamp set.

It was a set that was part of the original collection and many many people bought it. 

But like everything else as new things come onto the market the older stuff gets pushed to the back and often forgotten about.

 

So it was time to revisit the set and for this video I have shown you a really easy way to water colour the flowers ... even if you think you can't paint.

What could be easier then throwing a bit of paint around some card and seeing what you get ??? 

These are my offerings and I am not unhappy with any of them, though I must admit that this blue one is my favourite.

So I hope you enjoy the video and maybe you will be trying this easy technique for yourself.

Grab a cuppa and a biscuit or three and relax as you watch the video.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Perfect Rose Stencil

Hi Everybody,

Today I have brought out an older stencil to use as my background for this card. I have still used one of the Layered Florals and I have teamed it again with the Rose Flourish leaves.

The card is an A6 size and I have used blending brushes and Distress Inks to colour the stencil onto a separate panel and then added it to my card base.

The flowers and leaves have been added with with foam tape to give some height and the little balk hearts have been hand drawn with a fine liner pen. 

A quick and easy way to produce a card with a little character and you can add any sentiment that you need to this card.

I will definitely be making more use of the Layered Florals on my designs in the future.

And this is another using the same items but also the Simply Dots embossing folder as a Letterpress effect.

The large "Friend" is from one of the Altenew kits that I have and again I have used the black fine liner pen to outline the word.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx 

Layered Florals

Hi Everybody,

I promised my self to start using older dies and stamps that I have in my "stash"  and that is particularly the case with my own collections .

 So for these cards I have used the Layered Florals die and stamps that I brought out in the original Christina Collection that started this whole adventure

I have mixed the dies with an older embossing folder and some leaves from the Rose Flurries die set and turned them into this slimline card.

I water coloured the stamped images and used the matching dies to cut them out and then added them to my card with foam pads to give some depth.

For this one I used the A2 size and added these flowers to an embossed panel and then hand drew a border around the edge of the panel with a fine liner pen.

The leaves have been tucked in behind the flowers and the finished result is a very petty card

Altogether a good play time and I am really happy with all the cards I made. These are just two of them.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Winner

 Hi Everybody,

Late start today but still got lots done and bathed Ruby in the process. She is now a nice clean, shiny girl again and she smells lovely too. She doesn't mind being bathed and she loves going under the hairdryer while I blow the warm air over her. Then once I say "OK you can go now" she runs around like a crazy dog going up and down the stairs.

But the draw has now been done for yesterdays offering and the name this week is 

Sue Pollock

would you email me your postal address please to
christina@card-making-magic.com
and I will get the pack in the post to your straight away.

I hope you will enjoy playing with it and please be sure to let me know that you have it safely.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie - Beautiful Bouquets

Hi Everybody,

Todays offering is from Simply Cards & Papercraft and it is a lovely stamp set that will give you some lovely flowers.

Colour them with your favourite medium for a beautiful display and add one of the sentiments from the stamp set to complete the look.

There is also a plastic template with the set that you can use to create Mason Jars to add your flowers too. 

This template will create a card that will stand alone or can be added to the front of an ordinary card base. But inside the pages of the magazine you are sure to find lots of ideas on what to do with the complete set.

So if you would like this then all you need to do is leave me  comment with your FULL NAME

From those comments one name will be chosen and announced in a blog post over the weekend so be sure to come back and see if it is you

I am happy to send this to you wherever you live but you will need to add your full name to enter.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

 

 

Spiral Rose Maker

 Hi Everybody,   

Todays cards is using the Card Making Magic Spiral Rose Die Set and for this I have used some flower paper that is not too thick 

The background has been embossed in the Perfect Rose folder and I have added a gold frame to the top.

The fame has been cut several times in white and layered together with the gold layer on the top. This creates a lovely enhancement for the flowers.

Any sentiment could be added to this design and you could use a butterfly from any die set that you have in your own collections.

The card size is  5x7 and this is my favourite size to make as I can get lots onto the front or inside of my card and not feel restricted by space. 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx