Beautiful Card Designs Made Easy

August 25, 2016

Beautiful Tags

Hi Everybody,

In todays new video on  YouTube  I have created a Shabby Chic Tag from start to finish and the reasoning behind this is that shop bought tags are either too small or too flimsy and I need something a lot more sturdy,

The picture shows you the tags in three different colours but they are all made using the smae ingredients  with just the odd adjustment made here and there.  
The video is called  Shabby Chic Floral Tags and I hope you will enjoy it.
Please give it the "Thumbs Up" if you do and don't forget to leave me a comment ... Pretty Please !!
I have used the flowers, flower centres, wooden sprays, lace and metal embellishments that are all from Wild Orchid Crafts and they have a wonderful selection for you to choose from


They have all been sparkled with Glitter Magic and the pearls are from Want2Scrap

All the card that I have used in lovely pastel colours  is from Papermill Direct

They all look  really special but the pink one has to be my personal favorite and the finished size of each one is 3 1/2 x 7" so a good sized tag to add to the larger gift, or simply add it to a card front if you preferred

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx


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August 24, 2016

Water Colour Wednesday - Floral Card

Hi Everybody,

I have been plaing again with Ink Smooshing and this is the result for todays card.

It is a mixture of  Dusty Concord, twisted Citron and Broken China Distress Inks and the effect is quite vibrant once it is dry.

I flicked some ink splatters onto the card with some Silk Lustre from Spellbinders Celebrations Collection

I have used the floral stamp set from Sheen Douglass and it was available on Crafters Companion website

But I cannot find it any more to link too so I am afraid you would have to do your own search if you wanted to find it.

I  have stamped the sentiment onto some parchment and embossed it with white powder and then wrapped it around the water coloured panel

I add some silver glitter tape along the left side and rounded one of the bottom corners  before attaching it to my card base.

A few enamel dots added to the centre of the flowers completes the card for today.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

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August 23, 2016

Tuesday Tutorial - Floral Sapphire Card

Hi Everybody,

Did you manage to get the little Sapphire Machine when it was offered on C&C?
 It really is a useful machine and takes up no space at all on your worktop. And yet it has the ability to cut through card like butter with any small dies that you may have in your own collection.

It was offered for sale with Set B which is 13 dies that you can use as soon as you get the machine.
It is with this set that I have made this small but really pretty clean and simple card
If you didn't get one and the Sapphire is now sold out then there is an alternative with 
Spellbinders Prizm

Spellbinders Supplies:

Other Supplies:
With die #7 (from the main dies only) in Matting Basics A cut two pieces and create a hinged card
With die # 7 in Matting Baiscs B cut another panel to layer onto the base 
From the rectangles in the Sapphire B set use the largest and place it into the mat panel and cut 
There is no need to emboss this as we are going to do that in the next step
With your embossing folder add the card and run it through your larger machine
Add foam pads to the back of this panel especially around the aperture to support it.
Find some pretty paper that will sit inside the aperture and glue this direct to the base card so that it can be seen through the opening
The foam pads will keep the embossed panel raised away from this paper panel as you add it to the base card
Stamp the sentiment of your choice onto some white card and cut it out with the middle rectangle die from Set B and add a foam pad underneath this too
Position this into  the centre of the aperture

Decorate with Diamante around the opening and add a Diamante flourish to look as if it is running through the opening

Decorate further with flowers and glitter and the shiny centrepiece to the flower and that's it ... clean and simple, quick and easy !!

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx


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August 22, 2016

Spellbinders Tuscany Strip

Hi Everybody,

Todays card is using one of the newer dies from the Renaissance Collection and this one is called 

I have designed it in a pale buff colour with turquoise and the overall effect is rather nice. I have done it with a shadow effect and dotted each of the spirals with a diamante

The words are from the Wedding Collection by 
Becca Feeken

There are some really pretty and intricate dies around at the moment and I have always enjoyed working with large and fancy dies

This card is a 5x7 and there are several layers to it.

The flower is from Wild Orchid Crafts  and just one is my statement piece for this card.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx




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August 21, 2016

Apologies for Late Post ,...

Hi Everybody,

I am so sorry to be this late with the winner of the Friday Freebie card but it has been a really busy day here.  But at long last I have got round to it and a name has been chosen. So without further waffle here it is ...

Pat S Witney
the card is yours and if you could email me please
christina@card-making-magic.com 
it will in the post first thing tomorrow morning

I hope that you will like it when it gets to your home and please let me know when it arrives.

If you still want to take advantage of the offer from Craft Stash then you will find the link to the page explaining the offer ... Here  

But if you wanted to leave your email address for the free magazine and gift ofer then you can add it here at   http://www.craftstash.co.uk/pearl

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx
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