This weeks Winner ...

Hi Everybody,

A rainy start here in the North West but hope fully it will brighten up later.  This is a short post today and both tomorrow and Mondays post are scheduled because once this post is done I am off to pack to go to Silverstone.

Tomorrow is the Formula One British Grand Prix  and there are two little seats with our names on them.  Griff is an avid F1 fan and I am going along just to keep him company you understand.  

We made a deal a long time ago that he supports me with cards and Harry Potter Films  and I support him with F1 and I have to go any Mission Impossible or James Bond films too

. Not a bad deal eh??

So on to todays winner and the name drawn this week is ...

Ramona Burns ...

Please email me 

christina@card-making-magic.com

with your postal address and the card will be on it's way to you

You have 48 hours to claim the card and then it is gone to someone else.

Have a good weekend wherever you are 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie - 067

Hi Everybody,

Todays Friday Freebie is in a lovely shade of peach and it has self adhesive pearls from  Want2Scrap  on all the cross sections of the top panel.

The bottom detailed part is cut from the peach card and the bit that is left over has created the top panel.

Can you see where it would fit?

I have used the Petite Monarch  which is such a pretty die from Spellbinders

Both panels have been embossed using a different pattern and the peach one is raised with foam tape

The sentiment is from my "Stash"  and the pretty flowers is from Samaflora and is created from a pearly card.

Now if this is a card that you would like to win then join the group of followers and leave me a comment.

From those comments a name will be drawn in the morning and the winner announced in the blog post.

Please do not add your name if you are going to be unable to check the  Saturday Blog post as you only have 48 hours in which to claim the card. 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs x

Celebrate Background ...

Hi Everybody,

Todays cards are created with the stamps from Spellbinders Celebrations Collection

These are from the "Your Day"  stamp set and I have chosen to use the Elephant and her parcels for one card and the tortoise for the other

I have used one of the text stamps stamp, set at an angle,  to create the background and then stamped and heat embossed the animals onto other smaller pieces of card.

They have been colored with Spectrum Noir pens and then the text and the animal panels mounted onto black card.

The background layers have been laid flat to the card base but the animal panels are raised with foam tape.

The little splashes of color are enamel dots from Want2Scrap  and they come in other colors. And finally the addition of Googly Eyes make the characters a little special

A stray away from flowers, ribbons and pearls ... but a novel card all the same.

I like to try different things from time to time to keep the crafters block away.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Blue Roses ... Labels Forty

Hi Everybody,

This lovely blue card is in several different patterns but they all work nicely together.

Don't be afraid to mix stripes and ginghams with spots and florals because as long as the tones ore the same the patterns will work.

Both of these are from Lime Tree Craft and I bought them at the craft shows I go to. The card is a smooth, matt, top quality feel and it smells nice too

For this card I have created a 5x7 hinged card  and then layered it with gingham

The detailed panels are from Spellbinders Labels Forty and is the Classic Collection

I have added flowers from  Wild Orchid Crafts  threaded  blue ribbon through the white lace which is also from WOC

Altogether a pleasing little card suitable for any occasion.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Tuesday Tutorial - Victorian Arch

Hi Everybody,

Todays tutorial use the Victorian Arch from Spellbinders and this is quite a large die and can be used in lots of different ways.

For my card I have created the design in turquoise and white and added in some really pretty flowers.

Spellbinders Supplies:

• S4-544 Victorian Arch
• S4-444 Royal Circle
• S6-025 6x6 Matting Basics A
• S6-026 6x6 Matting Basics B
• GC-220 Grand Calibur
• SCI-003 Cool Caribbean 

Other Supplies:

• Wild Orchid Crafts  -  Flowers
• Mei Flower  -  Ribbon
• Want2Scrap -   Chipboard word
• Clear embossing powder

Instructions:

 Cut two pieces of white card to create the base  with #8 die from  6x6 Matting Basics A and two layers in the color of your choice from #8 from 6x6 Matting Basics B  One of these will be to line the inside      (Please remember that #1 is always the smallest die)

 Cut another layer of white card from the #7 die from Matting Basics A and this is the layer we are using first

With the centre part of the Victorian Arch add it to this white layer and keep it close to the edge ... tape it in place so it won't move and run it through the Grand Calibur 

Flip the die over and tape in place again to line it up with the first cut circle and then add foam pads to the back where they cannot be seen from the front

Attach this piece to the colored layer leaving a small border around the edges and then cover the join with some ribbon

From the Royal Circle #2 cut one shape and add foam pads to the back of this (You can use any circle die that you have )

With the chipboard word I have colored it with a deep turquoise ink pad and then covered it with clear embossing powder and heated it ... then repeated the process to deepen the color

Add in the flowers and a bow into the position you want them and add a sparkler to cover the bows knot.  Line the inside of the card with the second piece of colored card for a really pretty finish. 

 More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx