Water Colour Wednesday - Chubby Chums

Hi Everybody,

How cute is this card? I love it and had so much fun creating it.  I have used a stamp from Paper Smooches that is called Chubby Chums and with masking paper I have stacked them all together on water colour card.

 There is a set of dies that match this stamp set and if these products are sold out when you get there then add your name to the list to be notified when they are back in stock

I  have used Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Markers and they are so easy to work with. The background is done with Distress Inks and I have used a white Sharpie pen to do the snowflakes over the it.

The Googly eyes just add to the expressions on their faces as they sing their Christmas carol to you.

Under the characters I have added some snow with Snowtex. It dries really hard and looks just like .. Snow !!

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Tuesday Tutorial . Jubilee Tags

Hi Everybody,

Tags are always useful to have on hand as they can personalise your designs and make them stand out. Today I am using the Jubilee Tags from Spellbinders and we are going to make them look really pretty on a small card.

Spellbinders Supplies:

• S5-131 A2 Matting Basics A
• S5-132  A2 Matting Basics B
• S4-653 Jubilee Tags
• SES-006 Circles and Diamonds EF
• PL-001 Platinum Die Cutting machine

Other Supplies:

• Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts
• Glitter from Glitter Magic
• Card from Papermill Direct

Instructions:

With die #7 from Matting Basics A cut two and Create a hinged card

With #7 from Matting Basics b cut another in some patterned card and emboss

(Please remember that die #1 is always the smallest)

There are three tag designs in this set so choose the one you prefer and cut it twice from the largest piece

Stamp and emboss a sentiment that will fit onto the smaller die and cut this label piece separately

Then add the two dies together to create the frame and cut twice more

Add the smaller piece to the  basic tag with foam pads in between.

Glue the two frames together for extra strength

 When ever you are adding things in threes it is easier to add the two outside pieces first and then centralise the middle one.. That way you will get an even distribution of the shapes

Ring the change by swapping out the sentiment ... or the flowers ... or the colour ...or the tag shapes ... or rounding the corners.

But whatever you do have fun with your crafting 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

October Magazine Freebies ...

Hi Everybody,

It's that time of the month again when the magazine freebies will be on the shelves for October.

 I have been very busy over the weekend putting together some really good ideas for the lovely gifts that will come with the mags.

There are stamps and dies as well as embossing folders and all will help you with your seasonal cards and the links direct to the magazines are there for you

The first one is from 

Simply Card and Papercrafts 155 

and this will be in the shops and supermarkets on the 6th October.

The gift is called "Santa Claus is coming to Town" and I have done a video to go with it to show you some of the ideas that I have come up with 

You can view it now  on YouTube and here is the link for you .... Santa Claus is coming to Town

Another one that will be on sale on the 6th  is

Creative Stamping 35 

This has  an A4 stamp set  which is full of all the things to make that perfect card

On the video I have given you some traditional ideas in traditional colours but you can experiment and try all different schemes to suit your needs

This little card pictured on the left is the fun technique that I have shared with you in  the video Traditional Christmas

I hope you will enjoy the videos as much as I enjoyed playing with these fabulous gifts that are FREE ...

And if you like the look of the Misti for your own stamping then you will find that at Craft Stash  

 It sells out very quickly so leave them your email and they will let you know when it is back in stock

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Musical Christmas ...

Hi Everybody,

October is here and before we know it Christmas will be here too. People will be starting in earnest on their cards and Craft Stash are in the mood for the season already.

They have brought us a whole new set of dies and stamps and the theme is a
  Musical Christmas
And to help you with some ideas I have got my "Film Crew" working really hard to produce these three videos that you may like to view.

 They first video is using the dies for the  Carol Singers & Lamppost  that you can add individually or in groups and then dress the card any way you want

I have used Distress Inks to create the backgrounds on both cards and all can be bought individually from the Craft Stash website

The next two die and stamp sets are the Musical Border and Musical Instruments

On my card I have turned the instruments into stamps using  Craft Foam to make the background and the video will show you how

And this set is not just for Christmas, I have turned mine in to a Birthday card for a musical friend

And then last but not least in this collection are the embossing folders which I love to use to add texture and depth to any of my cards

The video Musical Christmas Embossing Folders will show you how I created this card and nothing could be easier.

So three videos for you today and I hope you will enjoy them all

And here is the link to all the Apple Blossom dies and stamps in the  Musical Christmas Collection 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Card Winners ...

Hi Everybody,

Such a late post from me today and the reason is ... I went to see my daughters new puppy and I fell in love. He is an eight week old cream Cockerpoo and his name is Dougal and he is adorable. I got lots of puppy kisses and we played for ages until he fell asleep.  I can't wait until Isabella comes to see him she will adore him

So todays draw has eventually been done and the winners this week of the last two Distress Ink cards are you two ....

Jan and Cathie Weary

so as always ladies can you send me your postal addresses to 

christina@card-making-magic.com

and the cards will be on their way to both of you straight away

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

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx