International Ambassadors Informal Blog Hop

Hi Everybody,

Here we are again with another International Ambassadors Blog Hop and we would like to say "Thank You" to all of you who take part in this.

We try to do this hop once a month and use a different theme each time to showcase some of the beautiful dies from Spellbinders

It is our way to show you the style that each of us has and hopefully you will enjoy what we come up with.

For this month we decided to use the dies by Seth Apter who is one of the licensed designers for Spellbinders

The die I chose to use is  Splatter Proof  and I have used Brusho Crystal Colours and sequins to get the look.

I added yellow, orange and red randomly on wet card and allowed the colours to spread on their own on a large piece of card.

I used part for my background and the other I cut with the Splatter Proof die. After adding the background panel I added the die cuts so that the colours would show up and dotted sequins around in blending tones

Please pop along to my talented friends and see what they have come up with this month for your delight, and please leave us a comment so that we know you have visited ... See you again next month for another IA Informal Blog Hop

Linda Lucas     Australia
Yvonne van de Grijp  Netherlands
Christine Emberson   UK

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

A-2 Matting Basics A Card Creator Etched Dies	A-2 Matting Basics B Card Creator Etched Dies	Shapeabilities Seth Apter Splatter Proof Etched Dies	Label Love
Shapeabilities Celebrations All You Etched Dies	Brusho Crystal Colours Set Of 8

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Todays Winner ...

Hi Everybody,

It's been pouring down here this morning when I went to my Slimming club and happy to say that I have lost 2 lbs this week ...That's the 2 lbs I put on last week !!!! Oh well ... swings and roundabouts

So we have now done the draw for yesterdays Friday Freebie and the name chosen at random is yur s

Elizabeth Harborne 

Please email me with your postal address to 

christina@card-making-magic.com

and 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 you have it.

I have some more good things coming up for the next week staring the week off with another International Ambassadors Blog Hop.
The Tuesday Tutorial will give you another idea for using some Spellbinders dies and next Fridays freebie is a really bright and flowery water coloured card.
On Thursday I have a new video for you with the Bokeh Effect using water colours and inks

Please join me for the coming week 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie 122

Hi everybody,

Todays card is in a  pretty shade of blue and was offered earlier this year and went unclaimed so here it is again for somebody to love it.

It has many layers and was featured in a video for Majestic Labels Eight

It is a really pretty card and I am sure that you would be delighted with it .

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

Then my "Film Crew" (aka Griff)  will choose a name at random  from the comments and the winner will be in tomorrows blog post.  Please come back to check if it is you as I have no way to chase you up about the card.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Brusho Flowers ...

Hi Everybody,

The video on YouTube today is once again using the Brusho Crystal Colours.

This one is simply called Brusho Flower and for this I have used a stamp and die set from Heartfelt Creations

This particular set has been around for quite some time but it is available on Amazon and the link is below the blog post

I have layered all the different sized petals together to create a really full flower and then added a little glitter ball from WOC to the centre.

It blends well with the diamante flourish from Want2Scrap  and the card is quite pretty. The addition of some Guipure lace  from Wild Orchid Crafts adds that extra touch and I used very little of it ... so a metre goes a long way

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

A-2 Matting Basics B Card Creator Etched Dies	A-2 Matting Basics A Card Creator Etched Dies	PICK & MIX	Brusho Crystal Colours Set Of 12
Guipure Lace Trim	FLAT BACK GLITTER BALLS	Frilly Flourish Swirl - Silver Rhinestones	Blessed Stamp Set
Heartfelt Creations Cut & Emboss Dies by Spellbinders-Sun Kissed Fleur	Heartfelt Creations Cling Rubber Stamp Set 5

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Water Colour Wednesday - Good Times

Hi Everybody,

A really simple card today using  Spectrum Noir AquaTints - Pretty Pastels

I have just done a soft wash of the pale blue in the background for the sky

I coloured the bike and butterflies with pink and that basically is all I did with Aqua Tints

I use some well watered down black for the ground and added in my sequins.

The stamp is from Clearly Besotted and is called Good Times 2 

Then I stamped and embossed the sentiment to complete the card.  I used craft foam behind the panel to add it to my card base which is an A2 top folded one.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

A-2 Matting Basics A Card Creator Etched Dies	A-2 Matting Basics B Card Creator Etched Dies	Good Times II	Spectrum Noir AquaTint Inks - Pretty Pastels
Celebrations Sweet Dreams Embellishments	PICK & MIX

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