Water Colour Wednesday - Marching Mice !!

Hi Everybody,

Todays card is using the Strike Up The Band stamp set Gansai Tambi Water Colours.  This little stamp set is so versatile and I featured it another Water Colour Wednesday a few weeks ago.

This time I have used the mice with a different sentiment and some of them are marching the wrong way to the main band. 

 You can have so much fun with this and arrange your band however you wish.  I think there could be another video here !!

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Strike Up The Band

Strike Up The Band Dies

InLinkz.com

Tuesday Tutorial - Oval Regalia and Ice Cream Colours

Hi Everybody,

For my card today I chose all the palest colours I had in my "Stash" and they all remind me of ice cream. I really like the way this one came together and it was very easy to do. I hope you like it and will think about this colour combo for your own cards. The links to all the products are at the bottom of the page

Spellbinders Supplies:

• Matting Basics A & B
• Oval Regalia
• Foliage
• Romantic Vines
• Horsehair embossing folder

Other Supplies:

• Flowers
• Ribbons
• Glitter
• Card
• Flourishes

Instructions:

With die #7 from Matting Basics A cut two panels in cream card and Create A Hinged Card

With #7 from Matting Basics B cut one more in cream  and two more in pale pink and turquoise

(Remember that die #1 is always the smallest)

Leave the pink panel complete as this is the under layer

With the cream and turquoise panels cut out Oval Regalia and then use your embossing folder to add texture to the negative piece from the turquoise layer

Cut a shape in cream with die #3 from Oval Regalia

Stamp and heat emboss a sentiment and layer it onto the pink card leaving a small border around the edge

Add foam pads around the negative turquoise panel and add it carefully to the top of the pink card Wrap with ribbon before adding these to the base card

Flat glue the oval die cut in cream to the space and add the smaller cream die cut on top  with foam pads. Add foam pads to the back of the layered sentiment and add to the oval

Choose pale pink, cream and turquoise flowers to compliment the card and add in foliage and flourishes as you like them

Dot the petals with glue and sprinkle with glitter then add pearls around the display

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx 

5x7 Matting Basics A	5x7 Matting Basics B	Nestabilities Oval Regalia Etched Dies	Embossing Folders Tammy Tutterow Designs Horsehair
Shapeabilities Foliage Etched Dies	WHITE/CREAM TRELLIS ROSES Model: MKX-09	Shapeabilities Victorian Garden Romantic Vines Etched Dies	Chameleon Glitter
Custard Cream Satin Ribbon 23m	BLING & SHINY THINGS	PICK & MIX

InLinkz.com

Peachy Rabbit ...

Hi Everybody,

Peach is a lovely colour to use for card making as it is soft and warm.

Here I have used it for a pretty floral card with a water coloured Bo Bunny rabbit as the focal point.

I have coloured her with Gansai Tambi paints and added in flowers that blend with my theme

It was relaxing it to do some water colouring and I quite like the card too.

I used a white Sakura gel pen to add polka dots to her dress, but they don't show up very well on the photograph

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts along with the bows centre piece. I have sparkled the petals with Glitter Magic  The organza ribbon is from Mei Flower

 I have had the stamp for a long time and if my memory serves me correctly it was free with a magazine many moons ago.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Card Winner ...

Hi Everybody,

The day is bright and beautiful here and hopefully it will stay this way for the Bank Holiday.  

If you have anything planned I hope you have a good time and the weather is kind to you also.

The draw has been done for yesterdays Friday Freebie and the name pulled from the hat this week is you ...

Christi 

Please email me 

christina@card-making-magic.com

with your postal address and the card will be winging its way to you

I hope that you will like it when it arrives and please let me know when you have received it 

I have some good things lined up for you for next week with a lovely card for the Tuesday Tutorial and a really pretty Wednesday Water Colour.

On Thursday there is a new Shabby Chic card on YouTube and I hope you will enjoy that one.

I am going to chill tomorrow ... in the sunshine !!

More next week  ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie 120

Hi Everybody,

A pretty card with parchment on the front is on offer today as the Friday Freebie.

It is a 5x7 card and has lovely dotty card under the parchment. Both are from AnnaMarie Designs

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

From those comments a name will be drawn and the winner announced in tomorrows blog post so please come back and check if it is you if you add your comment

It doesn't matter if you have won before and I am happy to send the card to you wherever you live.

The winners names are always there for you to see in the Winners Page

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx