Card Winner ...

Hi Everybody,

What a beautiful day and off to play with Isabella again this afternoon.  My eldest Granddaughter has been staying with me for the last two weeks and tomorrow she is heading off back to Australia to work for another two years.

It has been lovely to see her again and so last night as a farewell dinner we all went out to our favorite restaurant and had a family meal. Griff took some photos and I thought I would share one with you.

So here we are in all our glory me holding my Great Grandson with my two daughters either side of me and my Great Granddaughter is at the front.

 Then my two Grand daughters are each side of them and my Grandson is on the right of the picture

Now on to the draw for yesterdays card and the name this week is yours 

Marjorie Bates

would you email me please with your postal address to

christina@card-making-magic.com

and the card will be on its way to you straight away.

Have a good weekend

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie 130

Hi Everybody,

For those of you who like blue here is a card in a really pretty pale shade with a striking striped ribbon along the side.

The flourishes and the butterfly on the card are glittered and so are the flowers.

The card is a 6" Square card and the inside is decorated to match the front

Would you like to own this card?

Then all you need to do is leave me a comment at the end of this post and from those comments a name will be drawn and announced in tomorrows blog post.

You will need to come back and check if it is your name and then email me with your postal address to claim the card.  You have 72 hours in which to claim it and then it will go to someone else ..
Good Luck

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Magazine Freebies Sneaky Peek ...

Up In The Air A4 Stamp Set

Hi Everybody,

Today I have two new videos on  YouTube   which feature the  gifts that will be attached to magazines that will  be on sale on the 11th August.  

They are:

 Simply Cards and Papercrafts - Humming Bird Stamps and Folder 

Creative Stamping - Up In The Air A4 Stamp Set

You will be able to get your copy from supermarkets, craft shops and newsagents as well as WHSmith and direct from Moremags.co.uk

If you wanted to subscribe to any of the magazines that Moremags  produce then you can do that via the link 

In the videos I have tried to show you ways to use the dies, stamps or embossing folders that can help you to make beautiful cards. 

And of course inside the magazines there will be other examples of  how to use the fabulous free gift.

I will be adding these Magazine Freebie Videos each week so please subscribe to my YouTube Channel and then you wont miss any of them and don't forget to leave me a comment 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Water Colour Wednesday - Man and his dog !!

Hi Everybody,

After the comments on the video Birthday Bears when I added clothes to the stamped images I thought it would be fun to change this one as well.

So I painted the man to enhance his rugged looks and then added a flowery shirt to him along with his jeans.

I thought that the whole look was totally incongruous for a  man who looks like this

Would he really wear such a shirt and take his rather large bloodhound for a walk with a pink lead ???

I loved the look once it was done and it was fun to create and I know just the person to send this too.

He will laugh his socks off when he sees this

I used water colours to get the look and it didn't really take me that long to do it

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Tuesday Tutorial - Old Meets New

Hi Everybody,

Having a collection of dies is no good unless you put them to good use and just because you buy new dies doesn't mean that you need to discard the older ones. So for todays card I am using the new Labels 56 and combining it with one of my old time favorites Label 8 Decorative Elements

Spellbinders Supplies:

• S6-001 5x7 Matting Basic A
• S6-002 5x7 Matting Basic B
• S5-148 Labels 8 Deco Elements
• S4-647 Labels 56 Deco Elements
• SES-001 Overlapping Circles EF

Other Supplies:

• Flowers, Leaves and centres from Wild Orchid Crafts
• Glitter from Glitter Magic
• Ribbon from Mei Flower
• Card from Papermill Direct

Instructions:

With die #7 from Matting Basic A cut two white layers to create a hinged card

With #7 from Matting Basic B cut one in pink

With #6 from Matting Basic A cut another white panel and emboss it with your folder.

The folder will not be big enough to take all the card so emboss one side and then turn the card around and emboss the portion that is not done.

 It may leave a join mark but we are able to cover that with ribbon 

(Remember that die #1 is always the smallest)

With #4 from Labels 8 Deco Elements cut one in pink and add foam pads to the back of this

With dies #2 and 3 cut these layer with the larger one in pink

Add a sentiment to the smaller panel  in black ink and heat emboss with clear powder

With #3 cut this panel in white and add foam pads to the back of each one

Layer the Labels 8 Deco panel to the white embossed layer and then add both to the pink layer and wrap with ribbon.

Add all these layers to the base card and layer on the rest of the panels to assemble the card

The flowers I have added are a mirror image of each other at the top and bottom of the centre panel.

And if you struggle with your floral displays then here is a video that may help you with your arrangement ...  Adding Flowers To Cards 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

5x7 Matting Basics A	5x7 Matting Basics B	Nestabilities Stacey Caron Renaissance Jubilee Label 56 Decorative Element Etched Dies	Nestabilities Stacey Caron Renaissance Jubilee Label 56 Etched Dies
Nestabilities Decorative Labels Eight Etched Dies	Em-bossing Fold'ers Overlapping Circles 4.25 x 5.5 in Single Sided	Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon	Wild Orchid Crafts
GREEN MULBERRY LEAVES	FLAT BACK PEARLS Model: GST-279	Chameleon Glitter	PICK & MIX

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