To My Friend ...

Hi Everybody,

Staying with the Shabby Chic theme for  this card and I have to say I really love this card in the soft and gentle pale pink and green.  It is a 6" square top folded base and I have covered this with some pretty flowery paper that has had the edges distressed.

I have used  Medallions Three   for the pink layer  and added more floral paper to the centre.

The flowers, Cameo and frame are from Wild Orchid Crafts  and they have some beautiful new items in this month that are perfect for this type of look.

The leaves are from Foliage and then I have tucked in some Romantic Vine to the display.  This is a really useful little die to have to help dress out any of your floral arrangements and is one I use quite regularly

To the side of the flowers I have dotted here and there some pink pearls and the petals have a dusting of glitter to make them sparkle.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx 

Detailed Scallops on YouTube

Hi Everybody,

The latest Video Tutorial on YouTube is using the Detailed Scallops and making a really pretty floral card that is sure to delight your recipients

The white base card is Hammered white from Papermill Direct  and is usually the one I reach for to create most of my base cards

The Dotty and Striped card are from AnnaMarie Designs  and it is such good quality it is a pleasure to use

My flowers, the Dove and the Angel are all from Wild Orchid Crafts and I have used a mixture of Daisies, Roses, Tulips, Rosebuds and Gypsophilia.

The Detailed Scallops has been used to create the back panel and it fits perfectly on the 5x7 card base

The oval for the sentiment is the Classic Oval  and I have used the Scalloped oval to mat underneath it.

Border dies have been used to add the shape in the top portion of the oval but the Curved one I have ised is now retired so you can use any that you have in your own collection

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

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Todays Winner ...

Hi Everybody,

I hope you are having a good day so far and making the most of the weekend. The weather is playing nicely this morning and I am off to my Slimming World club shortly to be weighed ... But after being in Devon for a few days and enjoying a cream tea I am not very hopeful of any weight loss this week.

Two new tutorials are ready for you to view and one of them is with a  Canvas Tote Bag  that I have added to Spellbinders Blog.  It spices up an inexpensive bag and makes it something special ... perfect for taking to the Craft shows when you have lots of goodies to buy !!

The other post will be added tomorrow and is the  Detailed Scallops - Floral card. It has been on YouTube for a few days now but this it the first opportunity I have had to add it to a blog post. 

As usual it lists all the supplies I have used to make the card  and that list is permanently available in the Pretty Things page with the link in the side bar to the right.

But for now lets move on to todays winner of the black and white cards.  The name has been pulled at random from the hat and this weeks winner of both cards is 

Anne McCahill

I need you to send me your postal address to 

christina@card-making-magic.com

and the cards will be in the post to you straight away.

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

Please let me know when you have them  

The list of winners is another page that is always available with the link in the side bar to the left.... Winners Page  and the new name is added every week so that you can always check if it is you.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie 114

Hi Everybody,

Two more black and white cards on offer this week and both created as per the video Black and White Cards

One is for a birthday and the other is just a general greeting but both are floral so you can adapt them to anything you wanted

They are on offer to one winner and so if you would like to win these then leave me a comment at the end of the post

From those comments a name will be drawn and announced in tomorrows blog post.

The winner will also be added to the Winners Page and the link is always in the side bar to your left so that you can always check if it is you.

You will have 72 hours in which to claim the cards by sending me your postal address by email to ... christina@card-making-magic.com

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

International Ambassadors Informal Blog Hop

Hi Everybody,

Time for another informal blog hop with some of the International Ambassadors and another chance for you to see each of us as you go around the world.  We decided for our theme this month to us some of the beautiful Boxes  that have been released by Spellbinders in the past few months

For mine I chose to use the Steel Rule SR-48 Keeping Tabs to make this simple little box, and give you some idea of how you can dress it up. You will need a die cutting machine that will take the deeper format but with these dies you can cut several layers in one pass. 

Ideal if you are making lots of them as Wedding Favor Boxes

I have used the Platinum Die Cutting Machine and some patterned card to show you how it looks once cut and all you need to do is fill it with goodies and then curl it up into the closures.

I had some fun turning one of them into a Rabbit with big googly eyes and stand up ears..

The other has flowers that blend with the scheme and it would be lovely to hold that special gift.

I hope you will take the time to visit my talented friends and see what delights  they have to show you this month.

Linda Lucas  Australia
Yvonne van de Grijp  Netherlands
Christine Emberson  UK

We would be so happy if you would please leave us your comments to let us know that you have visited and I hope you will enjoy your trip.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx