Friday Freebie - Life is an Adventure

HI Everybody,

Today we have an A4 sized stamp set on offer and it is full of different modes of transport. 

This set will be really useful for any of the male cards you may have to make and there are stamped sentiments to go with it.

You will also get the magazine, Creative Stamping, that you can browse at your leisure and it is full of ideas and inspiration for you to try.

Do you think that this would come in handy in your collection? 

Then all you need to do is leave me a comment at the end of this post with your 

FULL NAME

You will need to come back and check over the weekend to see if it is your name listed as the winner 

Good Luck everybody.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Desktop Finds

 Hi Everybody,

Today I am being very lazy and I have searched my desktop for things I can find to make a card and this is what I have come up with.

The base card was already cut with the largest die from the Nested Circles Fancy Frames Collection and that has been cut into the card front.

I have backed it with a piece of paper that was created while I was playing with some water colours.

The top two layers are cut in pink card from the smaller circle dies in the set and added with foam pads underneath them.

The butterflies are all from the glued paper napkins and then I have cut the shapes out and bent the wings up a little.
You can pick up fancy napkins just about anywhere and they are not expensive

                

Each has been partly glued to the base to allow the wings to stand proud and the bodyline of each has diamanté along the centre.

The sentiment was made from gilding flakes onto a small piece of black card and added to the base with foam pads. 

So instead of using flowers to decorate my card I have used the butterflies instead and they look really pretty as they stand up on the card base.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Butterfly Floral

 Hi Everybody,

Todays card features the large butterfly from the Butterfly Trails Collection.

I have cut the bottom layer of this from one if the sheets I created with the Paper Napkins and the top layer is from plain white card..

The background is created with an embossing folder and then edged in diamante, and added to some text paper, from the Pretty Book Collection, to leave a small border

I have curled the wings to stand proud from the base and that gives a lovely fluttering effect to the card. 

The sentiment is also from the Butterfly Trails collection and that has been cut twice and stacked together.

The flowers are mulberry ones and I have added a smaller flower to each of the centres.

They have then been tucked them under the wings of the butterfly.

The finished card is slightly narrower then an A5 and I have kept the fold at the top.

The flowers have been dotted with glue and glitter and I quite like the finished result, but it will need a box to send it.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Carole Eaton - Winner

 Hi Everybody,

It's raining today with that very find drizzle that soaks you  ... so Ruby and I are not going out until it stops. I am a fair weather walker and very easily put of with a bit of rain or wind. So fingers crossed it will dry up later and then we can go out along the promenade or even the beach.

In the meantime I have done the draw for the  Tropical Frame die set.
There are eight pieces to this set as you can clearly see from the photo. It can be mixed with any other die set that you may have and although the flowers are not very big they are very pretty.

So I hope you will enjoy playing with it and will make some lovely cards.
So the name this week is

Carole Eaton

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

Please be sure to let me know that you have it safely.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie - Tropical Frame

 Hi Everybody,

Welcome to the Tropical Frame Give Away and this is n eight piece die set that you are sure to love.

It will give you the most adorable Tropical Flowers that you can add to any of your projects. 

Combine it with any Tropical stamps that you may have and it will make a lovely summer card for any family or friend that you have in mind

You will also get the magazine Die Cutting Essentials, that you cab browse for lots of ideas and inspiration

So if this is something that you think you would like in your stash then all you need to do is leave me a comment at the end of this post with your 

FULL NAME

From those comments one name will be chosen at random as the winner and announced in a blog post over the weekend so be sure to come back and see if it is your name that is shown and you will then have 72 hours to claim it.

I am happy to send the pack to you wherever you are ad it doesn't matter if you have won before you can still have a go for this offering.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Paisley Dreams - DL Card

Hi Everybody,

This collection is  lot of fun to work with and can be coloured any way that you prefer.

I have made cards in various styles and sizes using this, from A6 to Gatefold and all are easy to achieve.

This is the video that was shown with the launch but I am adding it here in case you missed that or would like a refresher on the card itself.

You can stamp any combination for the background or simply cut the Paisley out of the papers and use that for your background instead. 

I have added pearls to some of my cards but you can ad any embellishment that you prefer. Some ribbon would look particularly good with some of the styles.

Whatever you decide to do just enjoy the process and have fun while you make. I hope you enjoy the short video

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Paisley Dreams Collection - Split Front Card

 Hi Everybody,

This style of card I have created before and done a vidoe to show you how it is done. In this video I am using the Paisley Dreams Collection that was launched last week.

For this I have used two of the paper from the pack that will blend together and I coloured the images in with pencils.

You could use your favourite medium and take your time as you colour but I used pencils for the quickness so that the video is not too long.

The paper pack is really good quality and is abut 270 gsm so quite substantial for all your die cutting.

The pattern is one that has been around for many many years and it will suit any age group or gender or style of card.

So have a go and make some really lovely cards for any of your friends and family.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx  

                       

Hoop Frame Die Set

Hi Everybody,

Two cards today using the same dies and the same colour scheme of Orange, Cream and Kraft card with the odd bit of parchment thrown in to back the sentiments.

The card to the left is a DL size and the one on the right is a 5x7. Both have the folds at the top and stand in tent fold. Both have been lined on the inside to make them stronger.

The die I have used is the Hoop Frame Set from Katie Skiltons My Creative Life and is one that I fell in love with as soon as I saw it.

I have also stencilled the background on both cards with a different pattern and ink colour and some small stencil brushes from Craft Stash

The sentiments on each are from my own word die sets and I have cut them twice for depth and added them to parchment so that they stand out a little more.

But the cards look different just by altering the size and the way the colours are used and the sentiment, and  am happy with both of them.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

New Launch - Paisley Dreams

Hi Everybody,

Last Friday saw the launch of a brand new collection from Card Making Magic called Paisley Dreams and this is just one of the cards created from that bundle.

There are Many ways that you can use it and it gives you a fresh approach to designs for your cards.

Here I have added the papers and the stamped and coloured images to a stepper card.

You can use your favourite medium to colour the stamped images and the use the matching dies to cut them out.

For this card I have added the backing papers to the 6x6 card base.

Then I used two of the larger Paisley dies to cut out frames of the design to add under the large floral image

I coloured all the images for both cards with pencils.

The sentiment is also from the stamp set and I edged this with a black pen and then added it to the base with foam pads underneath to give height.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Gaynor Elder - Winner

Hi Everybody,

So today I can tell you who the new and first winner is for 2024 and thus isa really pretty gift that I hope you will like. The magazine is a good read and full of ideas and inspiration for you. I will also include one of the Pokey Tools that  I have made.

So the winner is 

Gaynor Elder
and if you could send me your postal address please to
christina@card-making-magic.com
then I will get it in the post to you straight away.

Please be sure to let me know that you have it safely

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx