Water Colour Wednesday-Tantrum !!

Hi Everybody,

This little girl having a tantrum always reminds me of my Grand Daughter.

I love the way she kicks the parcel in temper and the look on her face is priceless.

It would suit so many stroppy kids that you will always be able to find a use for this image with a different caption underneath 

It is from Lily of the Valley and I have had it a ling long time and I have coloured it many times in other mediums, but this one is done with water colours.

I kept the colours soft with just a hint of shadow around the character

The finished card is only A2 so it will fit into a standard sized envelope and there is no depth to it either

Apart from the time taken to colour it, it is ready quickly and one I am sure you will enjoy playing with

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Tuesday Tutorial - Botanical Medallion

Hi Everybody,

This die is part of the large 6" square set called Botanical Medallion but I have used just die #2 to get my card. We sometimes forget that the smaller dies can be used individually and still create a really good focal point.

Spellbinders Supplies:

• S6-025 6x6 Matting Basics A
• S6-026 6x6 Matting Basics B
• S6-090 Botanical Medallion
• Garden Lattice A4 folder (Retired)

Other Supplies:

• Cream / Pink / Black card from Papermill Direct
• Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts
• Pearl Strings also from WOC
• Glitter from Glitter Magic
• Victorian Velvet Distress Ink 

Instructions:

With die #8 from Matting Basics A cut two panels in cream and create the base card.

With die #8 from Matting Basics B cut another panel in pink

(Die #1 is always the smallest)

Add texture to the pink layer by embossing in any folder that you have.

With die #2 from Botanical Medallion cut it four times in cream and ink through the die with pink ink before removing the card from the die

Add small pieces of foam pads to the floral part of each piece

Add these evenly spaced to the embossed layer and wrap the middle with pink ribbon.

Use foam tape to add this to the base card with the fold at the top

Stamp with Versamark and heat emboss in white a sentiment of your choice

Cut to size and trim one end into a banner shape

Glue the bow in place and add the flowers twined with pearl string to the centre

Tuck the sentiment into the flowers and sprinkle them with glitter

A card for any occasion just alter the sentiment and the colours.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Cassandras Garden from Tonic

Hi Everybody,

This pretty card is created with the Tonic Studios die set called Cassandras Garden  and it is one of the Flip Flop Easel Frame collection

It produces a really good size die cut for the front of your cards and the six dies in the set can be used in various ways as the title would suggest

Here I have teamed it with pink and white and used some beautiful Guipure Lace from Wild Orchid Crafts lace along the bottom

The sentiment is also from Tonic and is the Best Wishes  which fits the front panel perfectly

 I have cut in silver glitter card which is available in assorted packs of ten sheets from Craft Stash

The die does all the work for you and the card is really quick and easy to put together.

Have a play and use it in some of the other ways it is intended for.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Ruby Update ...

Hello Everyone,

S'me Ruby again today and I am now four months old and growing all the time

Here I am with my lead on ready to go for a walk

I love to go for walks especially on the beach but when I get home again my mum has to wash me when  my feet get really dirty ... coz I like to dig.

This is the bowl that I am still big enough to fit into and this is good to practise digging in and it makes a lovely sound too

When I get out of the water I like to have a good shake and get everybody else wet too and my mum has a big fluffy towel that she wraps me in to get me dry and cosy again

But if I hang onto one corner of the towel while my mum tries to dry me I get all tangled up in it and it is so much fun trying to get out again.

I can roll around and make my mum and dad laugh as I growl at the towel

I like to go shopping too and I always make sure that my mum has all the shopping bags she needs

I get inside and count them for her and 

"Yes Mum there are three in here .... "

Then I drag them all over the hall so that she has to collect them all up again.

I love being a puppy and I have so much fun 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Card Winner and more shares ...

Hi Everybody,

It's that time of the week again to announce the Friday Freebie winner and the draw has been done good and early-ish this week. The name pulled from the hat is yours ...

Margaret Rogers

and if you could let me have your postal address to 

christina@card-making-magic.com

I can get the card in the post to you straight away.

I hope you will like it and please let me know that you have got it safely.

Interview 

Sometime ago I was asked by a young lady if she could do an interview with me for a blog post. She asked me questions of how I started crafting and for photos to go with the blog post and  I was happy to oblige.

Well that blog post has now gone live and it is in Slovak as well as English. I am adding the link in case you wanted to take a look.

You will need to scroll through the article to read it in  English.  Scrapper SK Scrapbooking  & Cardmaking   and  I would like to say Thank you to Jarka for asking me to be part of this post.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx