Todays Winner ...

Hi Everybody,

It's a beautiful day here today. Later on it will be playtime with Isabella, my Great Grand-daughter, and as it is so nice we will probably be outside in her playhouse.  I hope the weather is good where you are.

At the moment I have my eldest Grand-daughter, Ashleigh staying with me as she is here for a two week holiday from Australia and it is lovely to see here again for the first time in eleven months.

 Myself and my two daughters with my two granddaughters are all going out on Monday evening for a good old girly catch up over a pleasant meal and I am looking forward to that very much. 

The draw has been done from all the comments that have been left for me and a name has been chosen for some one to win the the card and die set from yesterday. The winner this week is you ...

Rita Edwards

would you email me with your postal addreressplease to

christina@card-making-magic.com

and they will be on their way to you straight  away

I hope you like the card and will enjoy the die set and please let me know when they arrive with you.

Day off tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie - Card & Die 4

Hi Everybody,

So here are with another card and die offer that you can win

This card is a shaped design and there are lots of flowers along the edge

The die that is with it is called Day Dreams  and is a really useful little die to add to your collection

There is only one more week to go now of the card and die offer that has been running through July so you need to add your comment below if this is a combination that you would like to have

Don't forget to come back tomorrow and see if you have won

More tomorrow...

Hugs xx

Birthday Bears - My Favorite Things

Hi Everybody,

This delightful family of bears are from the stamp set from My Favorite Things called Birthday Bears.

It has a matching die set and I bought both of mine from Sevenhills Crafts

The cards are featured in my YouTube video
Birthday Bears 

It doesn't have to be just for birthdays and you can arrange your bears anyway you wish on your card.

But I thought it was fun to dress them up ready for the party.

All you need is a black fine liner pen that is suitable for water colours and draw in the outline of the clothes

Then colour in the area with your paints and leave to dry. Then you can add in spots, stripes, nappies on the baby bears, glasses, bows in fact anything that you want. You just need the confidence to add those marks in the first place.

Practise on spare card before and make sure that you are happy with the look before you add them to your card

Have fun !!

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

A-2 Matting Basics B Card Creator Etched Dies	A-2 Matting Basics A Card Creator Etched Dies	MFT Birthday Bears	Birthday Bears die set
Kuretake MC2036V Gansai Tambi 36 Color Set	36 Sheets A4 - Striped Card - SET 1 & 2 & 3 - Anna Marie Designs	36 Sheets A4 - Dottie Card - SET 1 & 2 & 3 - Anna Marie Designs	Misti Stamping Tool

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Water Colour Wednesday - Happy !!

Hi Everybody,

These water colour words have been stamped from the designs by Tammy Tutterow for Spellbinders

This one is called Big Dose of Happy and it is quite a large stamp.

All I have done is water coloured the words and then added Glossy Accents to them to make them shine but it doesn't show up very well in the photograph.

I wrapped the layers with lace and ribbon and added in the flowers to the bow.

The background is a trimmed Naples Medallion and on top of that I have added the Labels 56 both from the new Renaissance Collection by Spellbinders

All the links are added below for you to see the products

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Stamps Tammy Tutterow Designs Big Dose of Happy	Shapeabilities Stacey Caron Renaissance Jubilee Naples Medallion Etched Dies	Nestabilities Stacey Caron Renaissance Jubilee Label 56 Etched Dies	Flat Backed Pearls
Embossing Folders Donna Salazar Designs Chicken Wire	Mulberry Paper Flowers	PICK & MIX	Guipure Lace Trim
Kuretake MC2036V Gansai Tambi 36 Color Set	Ranger Glossy Accents

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Tuesday Tutorial - Naples Medallion

Hi Everybody,

For this tutorial I am using the Naples Medallion and this is a large die set. 

You can make your base cards in this shape or just add it to a card but for this one I am taking my scissors to the shape and cutting it up.

The pictured card is 8x6"  because it is a baby card that will be signed by lots of workmates for their colleague 

Spellbinders Used:

• S6-096 Naples Medallion
• S4-125 Classic Scalloped Circles
• S4-116 Classic Circles

Other Supplies:

• A4 Embossing Folder
• Flowers/leaves/glitter balls/bows centre from Wild Orchid Crafts
• Ribbon from Mei Flower
• Glitter from Glitter Magic
• Circle Sentiment from Lili of the Valley
• Pink/white card from Papermill Direct

Instructions:

Take one sheet of A4 card and fold in half along the short side, and keep the fold at the top to create the base card. 

With the pink card hand cut a panel that is slightly smaller then the base and leaves a small border around the edge

 Emboss this layer with any folder that you have

With the Naples Medallion cut the largest one in white and lay it onto some pink card and faux Nestie cut the pink layer that will sit underneath.  Cut this circle in half

Off set the two halves and add to your base card with foam pads to give some depth

Wrap the panel with ribbon to hide the join. I have used double ribbon for mine with white at the bottom and pink on top

Secure on the back and then add this panel to the base card

I decided to cut this chain circle from the Naples Medallion set and cut this in half and add to the cetnre circles. You can see this in the main photo  

I stamped a sentiment and used the Classic Circles to cut it out and then layered it onto the Scalloped Circle.

 I cut two of the smallest dies from the Naples Medallion and cut them both in half.

With some foam pads I added all four pieces to the back of my sentiment and added it to my card 

I dressed it with glittered flowers and added glitter balls to the centres

Notice the little pink butterfly nestled in with the flowers !!

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Shapeabilities Stacey Caron Renaissance Jubilee Naples Medallion Etched Dies	Nestabilities Classic Scalloped Circles SM Etched Dies	Nestabilities Standard Circles LG Etched Dies	Mulberry Paper Flowers
GREEN MULBERRY LEAVES	FLAT BACK GLITTER BALLS	FLAT BACK PEARLS IN A DIAMOND CIRCLE Model: MKX-657	Chameleon Glitter
PICK & MIX

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