Water Color Wednesday - Wild Thing ...

Hi Everybody,

Todays card is using stamps from Clearly Besotted and this one  is called Wild Thing  has matching dies to it and hey are sold separately.

It has been colored with Gansai Tambi Water Colors flat onto the card front.

The tiger has been cut out with the dies and raised to sit in front of the other two animals and the back ground is hand drawn.

The sentiment is also from the stamp set

Sun and clouds are created with the Day Dream die set from Spellbinders

Cute little card that would be ideal for children ... and maybe a few adults as well

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Tuesday Tutorial - Labels 48 Decorative Elements

Hi Everybody,

Todays tutorial features a die set that we have used before when we created the

  Labels 48 - Photo Frame  but for today I have made it in to a simple floral card  with all the layers that can be used for any occasion

Spellbinders Supplies:

• S6-044 Labels 48 Decorative Elements
• Pl-001 Platinum Die Cutting Machine
• SCD-006 All You entombments die

Other Supplies:

• Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts
• Glitter from Glitter Magic
• Card from Papermill Direct

Instructions:

Cut die #4 twice from white card and with a bone folder score down on piece by about half an inch and crease

Glue the two together along this fold to create a base card

Cut all the other pieces of the die in alternating colors and layer them on to the base card with foam pads in between each layer.

Have a practise run with your flowers before you add in any glue and see how you like them.

When you are happy then you can glue them in place and add in any other embellishments that you may like.

More tomorrow...

Hugs xx

Don't Give Up ...

Hi Everybody,

Todays card is back to pink again ... and this one uses the Victorian Medallions Three cut in Kraft card

I have cut the shape twice and glued them together for a thicker panel.

On top of that I have layered Victorian Medallions One  cut twice in white.

Both panels have been added with foam tape underneath them for dimension

Lace  and ribbon have been wrapped around the layers.

With the pearl flourishes from Want2Scrap I have kept them attached to the carrier sheet and simply cut around it and tucked them in tot the floral display so that they are free

The flowers, lace  and acrylic flowers are all from Wild Orchid Crafts and I have added white Gesso and glitter to the petals.  I have tied a net bow and pushed it in to the flowers as a little extra.  Tiny pink pearls have been added to the net

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Christmas ???

Hi Everybody,

I know, I know ... I am either too early or far too late but I wanted to make this card while there was no pressure to make Christmas cards.  And I have to say I enjoyed the process. 

 I have stayed with the Shabby Chic look and used lots of different techniques on the card.

It is a 7" square which is a size I don't usually make. My preference would be 5x7. I have used a red base card and kept the fold at the top because it stands better that way with all the embellishments.

I created the leaves  from Spellbinders Romantic Vines  and the tree is the Holiday Tree from 2012

The silver charms are from my "Stash" and I thought they would blend will with the white and sage green

The flowers, white leaves, lace and the Angel head are all from Wild Orchid Crafts  and the Snowballs are from AnnaMarie Designs

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Card Winner Today ...

Hi Everybody,

So at present I am on holiday in Devon taking a short and well earned break. 

All the blog posts over the last few days have been scheduled so hopefully there have been no mishaps on them going out on time.

But the winner has still been drawn and the name this week is you ...

Gingernuts 

please email me 

christina@card-making-magic.com

with your postal address and as soon as I get home the cards will be posted to you

You have 72 hours in which to claim them and I hope that you will like them when they arrive with you

I have a request for you ... Everyone seems to be happy with the cards that have been shown lately using the older Spellbinders dies simply because you have some of them yourselves and the blog posts are encouraging you to get them out and use them again.

My request is that if you have older dies and would like me to do a video on them then would you please let me know and IF I have them too then I will be happy to oblige.

 One that has already been asked for is Asian Accents and Motifs and that is in the pipeline for the 19th April

Today we are going on Round Robin trip that takes a road, boat and train trip around the Devon coastline and back here to Torquay. The weather has been kind to us so far with no rain but it is cold.

 Yesterday I had to pop into a shop and buy myself a new sweater and some socks as I was so cold and the assistant let me put them on in the changing room before we left the shop .... Aaaaah much warmer!!!

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx