Flowers, Ribbons and Pearls

January 04, 2016

Seasons Giving Blog Hop Winner

Hi Everybody,

Thank you all for your support through the blog hop and I really hope you enjoyed seeing all the other blogs on route. The draw was closed at midnight GMT last night and so if you tried to enter your name after that you will have been disappointed.

The winner has been chosen and an email sent to to notify them of the win and the winner is ...

Brain K ...

Could you please email me

christina@card-making-magic.com

your postal address and the prize will be on its way to you straight away.

Please let me know when it arrives with you and I really hope you will like it.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Organising Peerless Water Colours

Hi Everybody,

Water colouring is something that I have started to enjoy doing and I have some Peerless Water Colours that come in swatches

They came in a little organza bag from Jane Davenport and they are beautiful colours

But I don't want to have to go through all of them each and every time I want to paint and so they needed organising.

I bought an inexpensive plastic book that has pockets inside and I set about storing all my swatches in colour order. This doesn't have to be complicated but it will take you a little bit of time to do it ... but believe me it will be worth while once the job is done.

I thought it would be better to show you what I did rather than simply tell you and now I can reach for them whenever I want to paint.

I will be adding some videos with these particular paints and hopefully giving you some ideas on how to use them.

So if you have water colours then maybe it is time to get them out for a little practise together and we can create some really pretty cards

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

January 03, 2016

Sunny Yellow ...

Hi Everybody,

This is my style of card and I love making these ... full of flowers, ribbons and pearls, and I will be showing you more of this style this week.

The sentiment if from JustRite Stampers and is one on the sheet of many really useful wordings

The background is Spellbinders Grateful Lattice and it creates a really pretty backdrop that has been layered over the Daffodil Yellow card.

All the card I have used is from Papermill Direct and is one of their summer colours of 255 gsm card stock.

Clicking any of the underlined words will take you to the page to view the product featured.

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and are a lovely mixture of Roses, Carnations, Camellias, Apple Blossom and they have all been sparked with Glitter Magic

The organza ribbon is from Mei Flower and it has been tied in a double bow. Into the bow I have pushed one of my handmade HatPins and it matches the colour scheme

The flourish coming from the flowers and the edging pearls are from Want2Scrap anmd add the finishing touch to a lovely card.

Don't forget that the prize on offer in the Seasons Giving Blog Hop is still there until midnight tonight so if you haven't added your link now is the time to do it.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

January 02, 2016

Cute Bunny ...

Hi Everybody,

How cute is this image and it has been coloured with Gansai Tambi water colours.

I added the stripes to the shirt with a white gel pen and the background is created freehand with the paints.

The flower and the patches have been sparkled with the Wink Of Stella clear glitter pen.

The fence and the birds free hand drawn with a black fine liner to add a little more to my scene

I really enjoyed colouring this one and it took me ages to finish the card.

I added it all to a piece of white craft foam and then layered it onto the base which is a top folded card

This would be ideal for a childs birthday and I will be playing some more with these lovely water colours ... and doing some videos too.

Don't forget to add your name to the Seasons Giving Blog list if you would like to win some "Goodies"

More Tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

January 01, 2016

Seasons Giving Blog Hop year 4

This is the time of year when I would like to wish you all a really
Happy New Year

and to say a massive
Thank You
to every one of you for all the support that you have shown me throughout the past year.

You are the ones that make all the tutorials, videos and blog posts worth while.

I love to read the comments, that you make the time in your busy days, to leave for me and this is my way of saying a huge thanks to you

Last year I took part in a really huge Blog Hop that went around the world and introduced you to some really talented artists in many different areas.

This year we have joined forces again to show all our followers how much we care and to take you on a hop to delight your senses. Many of the people and companies taking part will be giving a little something back as a way to say thanks.

The list is long but a whole lot of fun and please leave them a comment as you visit, and if you would like to leave ME a comment here then please do so at the end of the post.

You can also become a regular follower by adding your name to "Join This Site" in the left hand column.

So my "Give Away" for this year to one lucky winner will be the following items....

2 pks Hobby Craft Rhinestones

2 pks Creative Expressions Pearl flourishes

1 pk Glitter

2 Humphreys Corner un-mounted Stamps
4 reels of ribbon

1 metre length of Guipure Lace

5 Decorative Hat pins

Just leave me a comment and add your name to the InLinkz box at the end of the post and one name will be chosen from the list and the winner announced in a blog post so please come back and check if it is your name that is shown

The draw will be open until midnight on the 3rd January and then one name will be chosen at random

The winner will be notified by email and the name announced in the blog post on Monday the 4th Jan 2016

It's time to go hopping and I hope you will enjoy the others ...

Lawn Fawn

Scrapbook Cards and Today Magazine
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Reverse Confetti

Technique Tuesday

CAS-ual Friday Stamps

Stamp Simply Ribbon Store

Inchie Arts