Tuesday Tutorial - Hello Baby Girl ...

Hi Everybody,

Todays card is clean and simple and ready to welcome the new baby to the world. 

I have used Spellbinders dies to create my card and the lovely baby feet card is so special from LimeTree Crafts

The finished size is US A2 and it fits into a standard sized envelope for cheaper postage costs. 

Alter the wording and it would a really lovely baby shower card too

Spellbinders Supplies:

• S5-131 A2 Matting Basics A
• S5-132 A2 Matting Basics B
• S4-645 Scalloped Labels 46
• S4 564 Phrases two
• SES-001 Overlapping Circles Folder

Other Supplies:

• Card from Limetree Craft
• Ribbon from Mei Flower
• Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts
• Glitter from Glitter Magic
• Pearls from Want2Scrap
• Baby words from Clearly Besotted

Instructions:

With die #7 from Matting Basics A cut two pieces of white card and create a hinged card

With #7 from Matting Basics B cut one layer in pink

With #6 from the A set cut another layer in white and emboss with you favorite embossing folder

(Please remember that #1 is always the smallest)

With #2 from the Scalloped labels 46 cut as many shapes as you would like to ad to your card front but adding too many will spoil the look

Add foam pads to the back of these shapes and place them on the embossed panel randomly

Add some of them so that they lie off the panel

Trim around the shapes from the back and then wrap your ribbon around the layers

Add this to the pink panel and add all to the base card with foam tape underneath to give dimension

Add a small bow and glue small flowers to the centre

Sprinkle them with glitter

Cut the words from a darker shade of pink several times and glue them in layers to add to the card

Dot with pink pearls to finish

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Shabby Chic Inspiration ...

Hi Everybody,

The Shabby Chic cards that I add to the blog pages seem to be really popular

And so my "Film Crew" has put together a couple of videos showing all these cards in one group.

There are two short films and the second one will be added later.

Here is the first one 

Cards To Inspire You - Shabby Chic 

 I really like all the cards that are shown

 I will add the link permanently into the page 

Cards to Inspire You

in the side bar to your left

That way it will always be viewable and easy to find.

There are now eight of these types of video and I hope you enjoy the cards.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

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