Fridays Winner !!

Hi Everybody,

Could somebody tell me please where Saturday has gone???? Because it seems to have just passed me by in a blur.  I have been really busy all day and before I knew it, it was tea time. So my apologies at posting so late with the winner of the Shabby Chic card from Friday.  But a name has now been chosen at random and the winner is you ...

Mavis L 

Would you email me please at

christina@card-making-magic.com

with your postal address and the card will be on its way to you.

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

More tomorrow...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie 29 - Shabby Chic

Hi Everybody,

Here is another of the  Shabby Chic cards and this one is pretty in pink and gray with lace along the bottom.

I still have several more to find new homes for yet and so I will keep adding them until they are gone.

I have the Owl card from a few weeks ago that was won  but not claimed and so that will also be offered again soon

But if this is one that you would like to have then you know what to do ... Just leave me a comment at the end of the post and then be sure to come back and check if it is your name that is shown as the winner tomorrow.

I am happy to send these cards anywhere that you are and I hope that you are enjoying this style of card.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

New Pretty Quick Dies ...

Hi Everybody,

I have been really busy this week with some of the newest dies from Craft Stash. These are part of their Pretty Quick range and these will be on sale TOMORROW on the Craft Stash website.

But these videos will give you a preview of what there is and some ideas of what you can do with them.  I am showing you one card from each collection.

The first one is this Pretty Quick Stained Glass Robin   and in the video I have given you several ideas that you may like to try.

This one is my favorite and I simply used the die cut, done in gold card, as it is and added it to some white card with a Distress Ink effect added

I then coloured behind the Robin with alcohol markers and then added another gold die cut over the top.

For the video  Pretty Quick Stained Glass Wise Men   I used the die cut as a stencil to create a soft pastel card.

But the card shown here is how to keep them simple and easy to make .. no techniques just gold die cuts and white card for an elegant look to your Christmas card

This was the one I created from making a stamp with the die
with the Pretty Quick Stained Glass Candle

This is a soft water colour and I really liked this one once it was done.

I shall keep this one to send to someone over the Christmas period

And last but not least for this card I  used the
 Pretty Quick Stained Glass Angel  to create this card with a stencilled background

So there you have four videos to view and the dies will be on sale tomorrow .. Friday ... with Craft Stash

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Papercraft Essentials 149 - Cottage Garden

Hi Everybody,

This months Papercraft Essentials magazine will be on sale tomorrow and with it there is a really pretty die and stamp set.

With the gift I have tried to show you some ideas that you may like to try and all are relatively easy to re create.

Having a floral background and adding a sentiment is one of the easiest ways to make a quick card and it is something I like to do with any of the floral stamps in my collection

Keep them altogether and then whenever you need to make a quick card you will have a ready made background all done and waiting

This is the video link that you may like to click to see some of the ideas I have had with this gift 
    Papercraft Essentials 149 Cottage Garden 

And if you have more time then maybe you would like to try this idea with some buttons.

I bought them from the £££ shop and I added them to a heart shape with a hot glue and then onto a Scalloped heart with foam pads

Then everything was added to a Distress Oxide panel and the floral stamp from the collection used to add more detail to the background

I really liked this card as it is different from my usual style. 

But I do like to mix thinks up a little every so often then I don't get bored

Hope you like and enjoy the video

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Tuesday Tutorial - Hemstitch Rectangles and Lace

Hi Everybody,

Todays card is a combination of more of the designs by Becca Feeken and I just love her Venice Lace collection. It is so delicate and intricate and simply my cup of tea.  So here I have used several of her dies and the card is quite pretty just as it is

Spellbinders Supplies:

• S4-653 Jubilee Tags
• S4-791 Isadora Trinkets
• S4-789 Francesca Label
• S5-308 Hemstitch Rectangles
• PL-001 Platinum Die Cutting Machine

Other Supplies:

• Glue
• Foam Pads and foam sheet
• White card from Papermill Direct

Instructions:

From the outside die of Hemstitched rectangles cut two pieces in white to create the base card

Cut another one in pink for a layer

With the two dies together cut one piece in white to leave the beautiful detail around the edge

From the largest label die cut a piece of designer paper

From the largest die from Isadora Trinkets cut two pieces in white

Add the hemstitched layer to the pink one and add all to the base card

With some foam sheet under the label add  this to the centre of the card front

With small pieces of foam pads under the filigree panels add them to the top of the designer label

Stamp the sentiment of your choice in black and heat emboss with clear powder.

Cut this out with the tag from the Jubilee collection

With foam tape under the tag add this top the centre of the card 

Pretty card ofr any occasion and really quick to make 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx