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

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

With Love ...

Hi Everybody,

I have used a pale teal color from   AnnaMarie Designs   for this card

It is another that uses the raised technique with the sentiment that I showed you in the video tutorial yesterday and also the embossed background but I have tilted it this time for a different look

On this card I have added all the pretty things I love to use and the addition of some beautiful Guipure Lace from  Wild Orchid Crafts  along the bottom

It is made with  5x7 Matting Basics A&B  and I have created an embossed panel with Grate Effect

Classic Hearts  and  Classic Scalloped Hearts  are the focal point and the top layer to the heart has been embossed

Around the heart I have added the matching pearl "Bling" from  Want2Scrap

Bitty Blossoms  with pearl centres  and some of the leaves from  Foliage  make up my floral display and the effect is very feminine

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Clean & Simple Card

Hi Everybody,

This pretty card is very simple for me ... and if you have been a regular follower then you will know how much I like to add the embellishments to my designs

But this one is using only Spellbinders dies to create every part of it and I really like the effect.

It is in a short vidoe for you to see the steps I took to make it and you are free to take those steps and utilise them as you wish.

I have used blue card in stripes spots and a birthday text from   AnnaMarie Designs  and the quality is a beautiful soft matt finish.

I particularly like the effect with the sentiment and this can be achieved with craft foam

But if you don't have any on hand then the same look can be done by cutting out the shape maybe four or five times and glueing them together

The dies I have used are ...

5x7 Matting basics A&B
Modern Stationery
Elegant Ovals
Pretty Petals A & B
Sentiments Three
Foliage

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Tuesday Tutorial - Embossing with Dies

Hi Everybody,

I like to add texture to my cards and the background piece is the one that makes the card pop if embossed

This technique can be done with dies ... large or small ... that you have in your collection and give you a really pretty look

For this card I am using just the inner part of   Grate Effect  

I have also used Classic Hearts   and the matching Scalloped Classic Hearts

My flowers are from Bitty Blossoms  and I have another tutorial on my website showing how to get the best from Spellbinders Blossoms

Create your base card in your chosen color and I like to make mine to the Hinged Card Style

My base card is white and I have chosen a patterned card for the next layer which is slightly smaller

I have cut another piece of white card that is the same size as the Grate Effect die and layered it up to pass through the Grand Calibur

You will need to check your machine for the correct sandwich to EMBOSS

The correct sandwich for embossing  with the GC is ...

Grey Base plate ... die template facing up

Cover it with the lightly spritzed  card 

Cover with the TAN embossing mat 

Cover with the Pink Embossing Plate

And once you have run it through this is the effect you will have in your card

It will be embossed and not cut and once trimmed to fit the front of your card will create a beautiful layer for you

From both sets of Hearts I have used the #6 (#1 is always the smallest) and cut one in white and the other from some patterned card

The white heart I have then embossed with a folder

From the Bitty Blossoms cut the flowers that you need to add to your design and glue a small pearl to the centre of each flower

And I have used some leaves from Spellbinders  Foliage  and tucked them under the blooms

This close up shows you the quilted effect that the embossing will give to your cards

I have used small pearls from Want2Scrap to accentuate each cross section

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx