Card Winner Today ...

Hi Everybody,

Another bright and early start to the weekend and this afternoon we are going up to the Lake District to walk the dogs.

That will take all day as it is over an hour and a half drive away  from here and then maybe on the way back we can stop and get a lovely meal in a country pub, One that is dog friendly of course.

I cant believe just how much our lives have changed since we got Ruby. Prior to her I had a lovely tidy house and could just get in the car and go wherever we wanted

Now I have doggy toys and blankets scattered around and no matter how much I tidy them away ... Ruby gets them out to play with again.

And we have to plan days out to take the things that she will need. Water, a bowl to put it in, blankets and her doggy coat in case she goes swimming ... again !! Harness, lead and the list goes on but she is so well worth it for the fun she brings to us

And she is a thief who loves to steal socks. She doesn't do them any harm she just likes to lie on them. She steals them from the laundry basket, the drawer, the minute you take them off your feet she is waiting to pounce and she is off like greased lightning

Any way the draw has been done for the lilac card from yesterday and the winner today is you ...

Rannah Romps

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.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie 015 - Especially for You

Hi Everybody,

This really lovely card is in shades of lilac and white and is lined inside too.

It has a selection of flowers along the side and I have added in a matching hat pin to the display.

The flowers are sparkled and diamante has been added to the centre and also to the double organza bow.

This is on offer today and so if you would like to own this card then all you need to do is leave me a comment at the end of the post.

From those comments a name will be chosen and the winner announced in tomorrows blog post.

I am happy to send the card wherever you live and you don't need to ahve your own blog. Nor does it matter if you have won a card before you can still enter.

Good luck everyone 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

This Months Magazines ...

Hi Everybody,

It's time for this months magazine freebies and once more there are some real quality gifts for you to choose from.  I have added two links for you .. one to buy the magazine direct from Moremags and the other to the video for you to view some of my ideas.

The first one is  Simply Cards and Papercraft 162   and this link will take you straight to the page if this is the magazine that  you want

Shown is one of the cards ideas that is in this magazines video and the link to that is ...

Simply Cards & Papercraft 162 - Build a Bouquet

There are so many ideas for this gift and you will find lots more within the pages themselves

So grab a cuppa as you settle down to relax and brows through your latest copy.

This months  Creative Stamping 42 features a large A4 stamp set called Enchantment with fabulous images for all age groups and genders.

The video to make this card is

Creative Stamping 42 - Enchantment Collection

with more ideas that you may like to try

You can have so much fun with this set of stamps creating cards especially those hard to make ones for the men in your life.

And last but not least is this months
  Die Cutting Essentials 23 - Freshwater Friends
with a fabulous 11 piece die set

You can also download some scenes to help you build the cards and the video will show you another way to create a background DCE23 Freshwater Friends

In all the mags there are step by step instructions on how to make various cards and even more on how to use your free gift and as an added bonus I am featured in two of them

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Water Colour Wednesday - Bird Crazy

Hi Everybody,

I sat and water coloured this fun card in a moment of peace and I really enjoyed the process.

I used a number of techniques to get the background and I like the end result

First I ink smooshed three shades of Distress Inks onto some water colour card and spritzed it with water to lift some of the colour.

I then inked through a stencil with a darker shade to get the circles pattern onto the card on the left side


I added Tonic Studios Embellishment Mousse in silver through a different patterned stencil on the right side and allowed that to dry.

I cut this out with a stitched edge die and added it to a top folded white base card

The bird, which is from the Tim Holtz Bird Crazy Collection,  was water coloured with Gansai Tambi and I hand drew the pattern onto the bird.  I added Glossy Accents to the eyes and then mounted him onto some foam pads.

The sentiment was heat embossed onto some parchment and then added to another circle in white. And finally I dotted some sequins around the card ... Cute or what ????

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Bird Crazy	Water Colour Card	Gansai Tambi Water Colours	Tonic Studios - Embellishment Mousse
Puerto Rico Stencil	Stitched and Pierced Rectangles

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Tuesday Tutorial - Ornamental Doily

Hi Everybody,

Doilies are always lovely when added to your cards and this beautiful die from Spellbinders will create the perfect one for you every time.  I have simply used white card and added it to some dramatic background paper and I am really pleased with the effect

 Spellbinders Supplies:

• S5-284 Ornamental Doily
• PL-001 Platinum Die Cutting Machine

Other Supplies:

• Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts
• Ribbon from Mei Flower
• Glitter from Glitter Magic
• Card from Papermill Direct
• Pink Dotty card from AnnaMarie Designs

Instructions:

With white card create a 15 cms base card and keep the fold at the top

With Pink Dotty card create a amt that is slightly smaller 

With plain pink card create a mat that is slightly smaller

With some dramatic card create another mat that is slightly smaller 

With both parts to the Ornamental Doily cut them in white card.

Stamp a sentiment onto the smaller piece and heat emboss in clear powder

Flat glue the Dotty card to the base and the dramatic card to the pink layer then wrap with ribbon.

Add foam pads to the back before adding these layers to the base layers

With foam pads under the Doily add this over the top of the ribbon

With foam pads under the sentiment layer add this to the Doily

The flowers I have used are from left to right:

Top row ... Roses in 10mm 15mm 20mm and two different colours

Chrysanthemum, Cosmos Daisy

Bottom row ... Rosebuds, Gypsophilia, Tulips 

Add to the right hand side of the card and dot with glue.

Sprinkle with Glitter for a sparkly effect 

Add the bow to the left of the Doily and add one small rose to the centre

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Nestabilities Ornamental Doily Etched Dies	Cosmic Shimmer Dries Clear Glue	Platinum Die Cutting and Embossing Machine	PICK & MIX
Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon	Chameleon Glitter	Wild Orchid Crafts	36 Sheets A4 - Dottie Card - SET 1 & 2 & 3 - Anna Marie Designs

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