Card and Gift Winner ....

Hi Everybody,

I had a lovely day yesterday at the NEC in Birmingham and caught up with a lot of lovely people for a chat.

I didn't spend too much but I did buy myself a brand new set of paint bushes for water colouring and they just happen to have handles that are  ....  pink !!

Thanks if you are a blog follower and made yourself known it was really special to meet all of you

And thank you also for all the good wishes I received for my new collection.

The draw for the card and gift has been done and the name this week is YOU

Dorothy Ward

Please email me with your postal address and the package will be on its way to you.

Please let me know that you have it safely and I hope you enjoy playing with die.

Last weeks card and gift have not been claimed and so will be offered again later.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie - Finest Vintage Card & Gift

Hi Everybody,

This was very popular when it was on sale and the video has had over 3,000 views so far.

Finest Vintage will show you some of my ideas and the gift with one of those cards is on offer as this weeks freebie.

If you fancy making some wine bottle cards for the wine lovers in your family than this is the set for you

All you need to do is leave me a comment and then come back to see if your name was chosen from those comments as the winner.

You have 72 hours and I cannot chase you up to claim it. If it is not claimed I will offer it again tagged on at the end of this run of gifts and cards.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Beautiful Gold and White Card & Box

Hi Everybody,

This beautiful gold and white card is created with the Complete Card and Box die Set and it has such a lot of depth to the front of it.  The inside is also lined to match

The only way to send this is in a box and if it was to go through the post then leave the flowers off the box. and wrap in pretty paper

The video is Gold and White Card and Box and will show you how I made this lovely combination.

It looks much better in the hand and it could be for any occasion.

It would make a beautiful Wedding Card or Golden Wedding Anniversary.

Or change the colours for any anniversary to suit your recipient.

It is not difficult to make and you will be so proud of it once it is finished.

Everything I have used is in the Complete Card & Box set and I added in the Trellis work too.

The stamps will give more life to the flowers and I embossed them in gold powder 

I hope you enjoy the video 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Creative Stamping 50 Winter Warmers

Hi Everybody,

Every month this magazine brings you a fabulous A4 stamp set and this month it is Winter Warmers.

Full of wonderful characters for you to bring to life as you like and colour in your choice of medium

I used Spectrum Noir Pencils for mine and I was happy with the result as it is an easy way to colour

They are not just for Christmas either. This one would make a really good "Welcome to Your New Home" card

Add in a suitable sentiment and it could be for any occasion

The video Creative Stamping 50 Winter Warmers  will give you some more ideas that you may like to try

I hope you enjoy playing with this stamp set and if you wanted to subscribe to be sure of never missing your copy then pop over to Moremags.com

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Tuesday Tutorial - Kitty Cats Dies

Hi Everybody,

A super quick card to day using the Kitty Cat dies from Spellbinders. Purrfect for those friends who are cat people and have a birthday coming up. Easy to make in no time at all.

Spellbinders Supplies:

• A2 Matting Basics A
• A2 Matting Basics B
• Grid Embossing Folder
• Kitty Cats Dies
• Classic Circles
• Platinum Die Cutting Machine

Other Supplies:

• Black/White card from Papermill Direct
• Pearls dots from Want2Scrap
• Distress Inks from Craft Stash
• Foam Sheets from Craft Stash

Instructions:

With the largest die from Matting Basics A cut the base card by folding an A4 piece in half and placing the die just off the edge of the fold

With the largest die from Matting Basics B cut another piece in white.

Cut a circle that fits the front of the card,  into some scrap card,  and use as a mask to ink in the blue background

Emboss this panel in your folder added texture to the car front 

Cut the cats from black card. 

I cut each one twice and stacked them up for strength

Add a piece of foam pad to the back of each

Stamp a little sentiment onto the thin banner die from either set and arrange on the card with foam pads underneath

Sit two of the cats onto the banner and place the other underneath.

With my Dymo I added "Purrfect" to my stamped   "Aged To"

Dress with pearls

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx