Tuesday tutorial - Persian Accents & Motifs

Hi Everybody,

Continuing with the older dies from Spellbinders this week I am featuring another requested set and this one is Persian Accents and Motifs.  

A really pretty group of dies for a lovely intricate look without too much effort on your part. 

Spellbinders Supplies:

• S6-001 5x7 Matting Basics A
• Persian Accents and Motifs (Retried)
• PL-001 Platinum Die Cutting and Embossing Machine

Other Supplies:

• Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts
• Glitter from Glitter Magic
• Pearls from Want2Scrap
• "That is All" Stamp from Sevenhills Crafts
• Card from Papermill Direct 
• Papers are Digital and on my PC

Instructions:

With die #7 from Matting Basic A cut two pieces of white card to Create A Hinged Card

With two blending pieces of paper add them as shown to your card base and stamp and heat emboss the sentiment of your choice to the bottom right of the card

With the border strip from Persian Accents cut one piece in white and two pieces also in white from the square die #5

With die #4 from the Motifs cut two pieces in Lilac card 

(Please remember that doe #1 is always the smallest)

Add the border strip to cover the join and trim as needed at the top and bottom.

Then layer up the Lilac pieces with foam tape ... off setting them as you add them to the card

Add the two white shapes in the same way and add small pearls to the end of each point

Curl the edges up slightly to look like petals

Add in your floral display to the top of this centrepiece and dot the petals of the flowers with glue that dries clear.

Sprinkle the flowers with glitter for a sparkly effect 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Cherish The Moment-Tonic Studios

Hi Everybody,

Todays card created with a beautiful Tonic die and this one is called Cherish the Moment  and it comes in four parts

It is featured in a video that is "Live" on YouTube   today so I hope you will pop over there and view it.

I have given you two variations with the same die but the larger one uses some beautiful flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts

The lace is also from WOC and I think it adds a really feminine touch to any card.  I added some trimmed lace as leaves with the flowers on the left

And rather than throw away the bit that I trimmed off the lace I added them into the top right and bottom left corners with a little diamante centre.

My blog posts for the rest of this week will all be scheduled because today I am flying off to Portugal with my youngest daughter and her Granddaughter the wonderful Isabella (My Great Granddaughter)

We thought it would be good fun for the three generations to have a girly week away before Isabella starts school in September.  A week with a four year old should be fun (????) and I will take some photos while we are away.

So I hope you enjoy the blog in my absence and I have lots more planned when I get back

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

5x7 Matting Basics A	5x7 Matting Basics B	Guipure Lace Trim	Wild Orchid Crafts
Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon	Chameleon Glitter	Cherish The Moment

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Birthday Blue ...

Hi Everybody,

This pretty blue card is created in the Shabby Chic Style and is full of flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts  I have added white Gesso to the petals to make them appear more shabby and then added the Dries Clear glue and sprinkled it with Glitter.

The card is 5x7 and the base is a 255 gsm White Hammered Card from the Papermill Direct

They are a UK company and as buying card is so heavy you will need to check for yourself if they ship to your part of the world.

The papers are digital ones that I have printed from my PC and I have had them for a long time and use them often. The sentiment is the same and I have added that with foam tape behind to raise it up.

The flourish is from Spellbinders and is the Foliage Flourish it makes a really pretty addition to any of your floral displays

The Honeycomb die is also one that I have had a long time ... and it is one of those that have been sat at the back of a drawer and not used ... so I had to dig it out and make it work again. But I cant remember where it is from 

The little polystyrene balls are from AnnaMarie Design   and if you have watched Anna Marie on Create and Craft then you will know the wonderful work she creates and you will be pleased to know that she has started her own YouTube channel to show you what she does.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

5x7 Matting Basics A	5x7 Matting Basics B	Spellbinders Architectural Accents	Mulberry Paper Chrysanthemums
Snowballs	Chameleon Glitter

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Todays Winner ...

Hi Everybody,

After an early start going to Slimming World weigh in for 8am ... and finding that I have gained half a pound !! it was in to town to buy some last minute goodies for my holiday.  I have had lots of good wishes for a safe journey home ...

 and I haven't gone yet. 

We fly out early Monday morning to Faro in sunny Portugal. So today I have bought my self some new clothes to take with me and some sandals as it is quite warm out there. 

 Griff is not coming with us, just a girly week away,  but he has done the draw for this weeks 

Friday Freebie card.

The name drawn from the hat is you 

Ruth M 

so if you could email me your postal address please to

christina@card-making-magic.com 

the card will be on it's way to you 

I hope you will like it when it arrives and please let me know when it does. 

If you could email me as soon as you can the card will be on its way to you on Monday. But is it is after that then I can't post it till I get back home.

I have lots of blog posts all scheduled for next week and tutorials on here and YouTube 

So this is my last "Live" post until I get home. 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie - 116

Hi Everybody,

Todays card is in deeper colours and I have added in a "Thank You" tag but you could change this to what ever you wanted

It has a lovely floral display from Wild Orchid Crafts  that have the sparkly treatment on the petals.

It is very textured and is much better in the hand than the photo.

So if this is a card that you would like to have then all you need to do is leave me a comment at the end of the post.

Have a look at the Winners Page  and tomorrow blog post to see if it is your name that is shown and follow the simple steps on that page to claim the card

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx