Card Winner today ...

Hi Everybody,

Yesterday when I said it was a nice day and spring was on the way I spoke too soon because today it is throwing it down and blowing a gale.  Still I am tucked up at home nice and warm and going to settle down with the latest Slimming World magazine bought this morning at SW Club.

I have lost another pound this week and after the club I went to buy myself the next size down for trousers as the ones I was wearing have become so baggy they look awful. I am so pleased with myself.

I know that some of you have been encouraged by my little stories to go and join your local own local Slimming World groups and I really wish you all the very best with your own journey. It is an excellent way to eat and you WILL lose weight if you follow the plan (and it is not hard to do) ...guaranteed. Thank you for writing to tell me of your weight losses, I am really happy for you.

The draw has been done for the winner and the name this week is ...

Yvonne Nicholson

please email me with your postal address to 

christina@card-making-magic.com

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

I hope you will like them and please let me know when they arrive with you.

No post tomorrow but I hope you all have a really good Easter.

Two new videos next week on YouTube and a lovely Tuesday Tutorial and Water Colour Wednesday

Hugs xx

Friday freebie 111 - Two Orange Roses .

Hi Everybody,

These two cards are on offer today and each one has a different verse. The back ground and roses are coloured with Brush Crystal colours but are not finished on the insides so you can use them however you wish

They are about an A2 size so will fit into a standard envelope. They are created in the same way that the blue pair from last week and the video tutorial is Brusho Crystals Background  

If you would like to win these two than all you need to do is leave me a comment at the end of the post and from those comments a name will be drawn and announced in tomorrows blog post.

I urge you to come back and check if you are the winner as you will have 48 hours in which to claim them.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Distress Ink Stripes

Hi Everybody,

The featured card is the one that is going "Live" on the YouTube today so I hope you will pop across and take a look.

It is titled Ink Stripes and shows you how to get this pretty look for your self with Distress Inks and some masking tape

I have used the Classic Bracket edgeabilities die to create the heart pattern in the card but sadly this die is now retired See what you have in your collection to recreate the effect.

It needs to be a die that keeps the pattern in the card and not cut it out completely.

It is a very simple and easy card to make and I am sure that you will make it your own with the embellishments that you add to it.

I stamped and heat embossed  my sentiment onto parchment and wrapped it around the panel then added in some enamel dots .

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Water Colour Wednesday - Birthday Bears

Hi Everybody,

Today I have a few water colour cards to show you using the Birthday Bears from My Favorite Things

For the first two I have used the stamp as it is to create a one layer card.

The grass was hand drawn in the first card

The sentiment stamp for the first one is  That is All   from WPLUS9

The second one has used the words from "Blessed" by Mama Elephant and there are many ways to create the verse or saying that you want

The reason I am showing you these first two is because apart from colouring them I have done nothing else to them

But for the third card I have used the Birthday Bears matching die set to cut them out and add them to the front of my card.

I have also added clothes to them with a fine liner pen and then coloured them in

Just a fun effect that is easy to do and can help you to get even more from your stamps

You can see how different the Bear with the parcels looks once I added in a pretty top for Mama Bear

I bought all my stamps and the die from Sevenhills Crafts  for excellent service and a good price

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Tuesday Tutorial - Decorative Labels Eight

Hi Everybody,

Todays tutorial is a really quick and easy card to make and uses one matting basics and one Decorative labels to complete the look.  The thing that makes the card look interesting is the layers, and the height to each of those layers gives depth to the card.

Spellbinders Supplies:

• S5-148 Decorative Labels Eight
• S5-132 A2 Matting Basics B 
• PL-001 Platinum Die cutting machine

Other Supplies:

• Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts
• Ribbon from Mei Flower
• Glitter from Glitter Magic
• Pink Polka Dot card from AnnaMarie Designs
• Diamante from Want2Scrap
• Foam tape 1mm depth

Instructions:

With #8 from Matting basics B cut two panels in white and create a hinged card

With #3 and #4 dies from Decorative Labels Eight cut one of each in white

(Die #1 is always the smallest)

Hand cut another layer for each of the fancy ones in the color of your choice

I have used pink Polka Dot card

Add foam tape to the back of each of these layers and wrap them with ribbon before adding them to the base card

I stamped my sentiment  in silver onto some yellow parchment and added the glue so that it will be hidden by the ribbon

Adding in the foam tape raises each of the layers up and gives depth to the design, so if you haven't tried adding in foam tape/pads or sheets then give it a try and see what a vast difference it makes.

I buy mine from the £££ shop and get three rolls for my £1

I added in a mix of pink and yellow flowers and doted them with glue and sprinkled with glitter 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx