Tuesday Tutorial - Swirling Grace

Hi Everybody,

This beautiful die is from the designs by Becca Feeken and is available with Spellbinders.

 It is part of a collection that Becca created to cover the wedding themes and they are all beautiful graceful swirling  dies. 

Spellbinders Supplies:

• S6-001 5x7 Matting Basics A 
• S6-077 Swirling Grace
• SEL-008 Medallion EF
• S4-512 Border Sentiments
• PL-001 Platinum machine

Other Supplies:

• Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts
• Glitter from Glitter Magic
• Card from Papermill Direct
• A4 embossing folder
• Hatpin made by me !!

Instructions:

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

Please remember that with Spellbinders die #1 is always the smallest

Hand cut another layer in turquoise slightly smaller than the base

Hand cut another layer in parchment that is the same size as the turquoise one and emboss this layer

Cut one panel in turquoise using the outer frame of Swirling Grace

Then with the two dies together cut another panel in cream and glue these two together.

Add foam pads to the back of the turquoise card

With the other two parts to the die set cut one of each and I decided to use the cream card for both of these.

With the border sentiment cut your chosen word four times and glue them together for extra strength

Assemble the card and add in some flowers along the bottom.

I used a decorative hatpin in the display and sparkled my flowers with glitter.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

5x7 Matting Basics A	Wild Orchid Crafts	Chameleon Glitter	PICK & MIX
Embossing Folders Donna Salazar Designs Medallion	Shapeabilities Heart & Home Bordered Sentiments Etched Dies	Nestabilities Amazing Paper Grace Becca Feeken Swirling Grace Etched Dies

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Apple Blossom - Embroidery Collection

Hi Everybody,

Craft Stash have another new collection going in to their online shop tomorrow and here is a sneaky peek of what is on offer.

This is going to be an exciting week as I will be adding not one but 

six new videos 

and they will showcase even more new products for you to view

There are some really cute stamps in this Embroidery Collection  as well as sentiments and little fillers for you to use on your own designs

The die that matches this set is an embroidery hoop and you can use that as you like ...just let your imagination do the work

So here is the first video on YouTube showcasing the  

Apple Blossom Embroidery Collection  

and you will find some cool ideas that you may like to try.

I have had fun playing with these stamps and I am sure that you will too.

They are available to purchase from tomorrow at Craft Stash

And while you are there have a look around for some of the other goodies that they have in their shop.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

  

Colouring with Spectrum Noir

Hi Everybody,

I had a whole load of fun colouring these umbrellas and adding the extra decoration to them with a white pen.

The stamp is part of an A4 collection called Summer In The Garden.

Some of you may have this already as it was a free gift with a magazine some time ago.

So to make this card I used Spectrum Noir for the colours and masked off the umbrella in stages

Masking makes them overlap so that each one looks to be sitting behind another.

With hindsight though the sentiment would have been better stamped in Black to make it show up more but I think the finished effect is good fun

From the same stamp  I coloured in the brollies in Gray keeping just one of them brightly coloured and added the raindrops from the same set over the top

The Die and sentiment are from a set by Avery Elle and I just  thought that they fitted this scene perfectly.

So two interpretations of the same stamp and a whole lot of enjoyment in the process

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Two More Winners ...

Hi Everybody,

It's a bit cloudy here today and I am going to go shopping later. 

Do you remember me telling you that my Grandson has bought his own restaurant? 

Well at the moment it is being torn apart from top to bottom and Griff is doing a lot in there with the building work. It looks like a disaster area at present.

Last weekend they put a new false ceiling in from back to front and it looks a whole lot better for it

Once things start to go back in it will move pretty quickly and I cannot wait to have a delicious meal in there with the rest of my family. I will keep you posted as to the progress. 

Me ... well I go there in my capacity as chief nosey parker !! Just to see what has been done

Anyway on to todays winners and of course the draw has been done. 

The two names chosen this week are 

Joyce MacPherson  and   Karen Dakyns

and if you could both email me please to

christina@card-making-magic.com

then I will get the cards in the post straight away.

Please let me know when they arrive with you and I hope that you will like them 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie 137

Hi Everybody,

Two more bright and cheerful cards on offer today to two lucky winners.

I don't know which one you will receive but they are both really pretty so I don't think you will be disappointed which ever one it is.

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and compliment the colour scheme on each card

They are both in Landscape and the finished size is US A2

I have added a Decorative Hatpin in the floral display and that was made by my own fair hand

So here is your chance to win one of  these cards by simply leaving me a comment at the end of the post.

A name will be drawn from the hat and announced in tomorrows blog post  so be sure to come back and check if it is you. 

 I am happy to send the card anywhere that you live at my expense

Last week I incorrectly said that they were Brusho Crystals but they are not ... they are in fact Distress Inks Backgrounds  and if you click the link the video will show you how it was done.
 I am now in the corner with the dunces hat on !!!

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx