International Ambassadors Informal Blog Hop

 Hi Everybody,

Here we are with another Informal Blog Hop and for this month we chose the  beautiful new Art Deco dies that have been designed by Stacey Caron. This is the Astoria Collection and I have linked to all three sets for you to view the shapes

The card shows the Astoria Decorative Accents  for the base card.  I have used  the Decorative Elements to go with it for the centre panel. The plain Astoria  creates the label for the sentiment and the mats underneath from gold mirror card. The tassel under the flowers is also cut from gold.

I have had emails asking for some ideas for the Art Deco Collection  dies and so tomorrows Tuesday Tutorial will feature them. They are also the subject of Thursdays YouTube video tutorial so I hope you will come back to see both of them

My flowers are as always from Wild Orchid Crafts and I have kept them all white to compliment the card.  They have been sprinkled with glitter from Glitter Magic and the tiny pearls are from  Want2Scrap 

We started these hops as a way for you to get to know our indivdual styles and to say "Thank You" to all our loyal supporters. so now it's time to pop over and visit the other ambassadors and see what they have to show you.

Linda Lucas  Australia
Yvonne van de Grijp  Netherlands
Christine Emberson  UK
Christina Griffiths ... You are here

Click the links to go to the next one and have fun as you skim round the world.  Please leave us a comment to say that you have been and we will see you all again next month

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Lily & Rose from Craft Stash

Hi Everybody,

This pretty card is one that I made for Craft Stash and the die is from their Apple Blossom Collection. Click the link to see more cards from me with this pretty little dies set

I have been asked by Craft Stash to make two videos per month and this card is featured in one of them,  So far I have done five for them and once they have it all up and running I will add the link to their video section so that you can take a look at all the Design Teams work

In the meantime this card is using the  Lily and Rose  die and their are two flower dies in the pack. I have added the white flowers to an embossed a panel for more interest and you can use any that you already have in your "Stash"   The top flower has been water coloured and then glazed and added with foam pads

The video will show you what I did and some other ways that you can use this die and it is a useful one to keep on hand to create those floral toppers for your cards

The verse is from  Clarity Stamp   and it will need to be  mounted on an acrylic block to use

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Card Winner is ...

Hi Everybody,

Bit of a change with the weather today and although not too cold it is dull.   We really need some sunshine now to brighten up the days and some warmth here in the UK.  Still I hope you all have a good weekend wherever you are in the world.

The draw for the card was done this morning and a name has been chosen to win both of the yellow cards from yesterday.  The winner is ...

Sue MacFall 

please would you email me

christina@card-making-magic.com

and the cards will be on their way to to you straight away.

Could you let me know when they arrive with you and I hope you will like them  both

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie 109

Hi Everybody,

Two more cards on offer today still with the Brusho Theme from the last few weeks.

These two are using the yellow crystals and I have used both negative and positive pieces for the cards.

The effect is quite vibrant but the cards can be used for any occasion.

If you would like to win BOTH of these then all you need to do is leave me a comment at the bottom of the page.

The winner will be given in tomorrows blog post so please come back and check if it is you if you add your name.

I have used the Classic Heart and Scalloped Classic Heart from Spellbinders for these cards as they are designed to play nicely together

More tomorrow...

Hugs xx

Creating A Stencil from die cuts ...

Hi Every body,

Over on my  YouTube  channel today you will find the latest video from me and this one shows you how to use your die cuts as stencils with some embossing paste

The card to the right is the one I go on and complete in the video and add in the lovely Wild Orchid Crafts flowers around the oval shape

I love to make cards like these and I enjoy adding in all the finery to make it truly feminine with ribbons and pearls

I bought the embossing paste from the Craft show a few weeks ago but you can buy it in most craft shops or even on line if you don't have shops close by

It was not expensive and a little goes a long way.

I also made a second background but did not complete the full card so I thought I would show it to you here so that you can see how it looks.

I used Distress Inks to colour the paste and it is really bright and shiny

I have wrapped white ribbon around the layers and then added my water colored topper onto a  Scalloped Oval  from Spellbinders

I like both of these cards but they are for completely different generations.

I had fun making them and I hope you like the results.

Please join my YouTube channel to be sure you never miss a video from me and if you enjoyed the tutorial then please give it the thumbs up to let YT know that you like this type of video

Just a Reminder of  new links to click  ...

• New Cards to Inspire  (Part 6)  video added ... top left of the page. 
• A new tutorial added to the Tuesday Tutorial page each week  
• A tutorial is added to Spellbinders Blog  - latest one yesterday - Emojis Hello Card 
• New Resource Page for you to access all the pretty things I use on my cards
• New video tutorial added every Thursday  to YouTube

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx