Tuesday Tutorial - Cascading Circles

Hi Everybody,

Todays card is one way to use up all those pretty paper bits that you have left over in your "Bit Box" 

As long as they are large enough to cover the holes then you are fine and this is the easiest card you are ever going to make.

 Quick, simple and effective for any gender or age group.

Spellbinders Supplies:

• S5-243 Cascading Circles
• S6-001 5x7 Matting Basics A
• S6-002 5x7 Matting Basics B
• PL-001 Platinum Die Cutting Machine

Other Supplies:

• Foam pads
• Glue 
• Paper scraps
• Embossing Folder

Instructions:

Create the base card by cutting two white panels from die #7 Matting Basics A

Create another layer in white from die =7 Matting Basics B and emboss this layer.

Add these two together with foam in between the layers

With the Cascading Circles cut this two or three times in white and stack together for strength

Cover the different holes with the pattern and colours you want from your scraps and cut as many as you need to have a different colour and size throughout the card

I added my stacked Cascading Circles to some self adhesive paper and then added the circles in the colours I wanted with foam pads. The foam keeps the whole shape raised from the card base

Stamp "Happy" on to one of the largest white circles and "Birthday" onto another piece of white card and cut into a strip with fish tails at one end 

Add this strip just below the "Happy" with foam underneath

Alter the colours for a more masculine look 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Little Miss Isabella ...

Hi Everybody,

Now here is someone that you haven't seen for a little while ... the beautiful Isabella doing a little bit of crafting with me over the weekend

Isabella is my Great Grand-daughter and she is now five years old.

She has her own Sapphire machine and some small dies and she knows how to work it by herself

Here she is concentrating real hard mastering the pokey tool. She made a little birthday card for one of her friends at school

We had a lovely time and she is full of questions and she doesn't have time to get bored.

A great day was had by all and we are looking forward to the next time she comes to stay

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Pretty Quick Dies ...

Hi Everybody,

Craft Stash have a range of dies called Pretty Quick and these dies will make really impressive cards for you.

And so it is my pleasure to share with you two videos made by other members of the Craft Stash Design Team and I hope that you will enjoy both.

One is from the talented Christine Smith from  Crafti Potential and she is showing you step by step how she created the   Peacock Spinner Card 

And the second one is from  Lisa Plummer the Crafting Diva who shows you her beautiful Sunset Seascape Card

More from me tomorrow ..

Hugs xx

Shabby Chic Winner ...

Hi Everybody,

Sorry for the late post today but I had lots of things to do this morning.  But now that I am finished I can get the draw done and announce the winner of yesterdays round Shabby Chic Card.

But before I do can I just say that if you enter for the draw then YOU must come back and check to see if your name is listed in Saturdays post.  And if you miss that then the winners names are all listed in the  Winners Page  which is there permanently in the sidebar to the left of this page

I have no way to chase you up to tell you that you have won and if you do not claim it in the 72 hours .... that's three days ... then you will lose it.. So please don't ask me two weeks later about the card that you won as it will not be available.

I am happy to make the cards and offer them as a gift to you.. I don't mind where you live I  will post it at my expense. I don't mind if you have won one before and you don't need to have a blog either.

I am sorry to keep repeating this but if you enter and don't claim the card then you are taking that card from some one else who would really like to have it and that's not fair to them

On to todays winner of the pretty circular card and the name chosen is yours ...

Maureen Killen

please can you send me 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 20 - Shabby Chic

Hi Everybody,

Todays Shabby Chic card is a circular one in shades of lilac and cream. This one is dotted in gold glitter and the sentiment says "Thinking of You"

Over the years that I have been giving away my cards many of you have told me that you are adding them to box frames to keep and that is such a compliment to me.

This one is well worth keeping as are all the Shabby Chic ones I am offering over the neext few weeks . I really love every one of them

So if this is one that you would like then all you have to do is leave me a comment at the end of the blog post and then come back in the morning  to see if you have won it.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx