Beautiful Card Designs Made Easy

May 08, 2019

Birthday Wishes

Hi Everybody,

This was a card I made some time ago with a subscription gift from Card Making Magic  and I used a peach and green colour scheme.

The finished card is A2 size but it is too deep to go into an envelope.

I stencilled the background and there is a lot of glitter on the flowers.

The word and the stamps are from a set by W+9 and they can be mixed and matched together as the mood takes you.

Word dies are always useful and I use them quite a lot because my handwriting is terrible.

I can't write neatly to save my life,  and the more I write,  the faster I write and the scruffier it gets ... so it's sentiment dies and stamps for me if I want a neat finish.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

May 07, 2019

Gold & Cream Wedding Card

Hi Everybody,

This lovely gold and cream card has been made using the Love & Marriage Collection 

I used the Flourish Embossing Folder to make a Letterpress background with gold embossing powder

It has been made to the 5x7 Card Size and it will fit into the box that can be made from the Card & Box Die set

The lovely satin ribbon is from Deco Fun Bowmaker  .... I have linked this bow maker to Amazon and it comes with some free ribbon for you to play with.

Line the inside of the card to match the front and decorate the box too and line that with some gold tissue paper and you will have a really pretty set to give to your recipients on their special day.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

May 04, 2019

Card & Gift Winner

Hi Everybody,

What a beautiful day it is here and hopefully it will stay this way for the bank holiday. I have been up early getting my house clean and tidy  and now I am doing the draw for yesterdays Classic Christmas Scenes prize from yesterday.  Last Weeks  prize has not been claimed and so that will be back on offer at a later date.

So the winner this week is ...

Sue Cockerham 
would you email me please your postal address to
christina@card-making-magic.com
and the prize will be on its way to you straight away

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

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

May 03, 2019

Friday Freebie - Classic Christmas Scenes

Hi Everybody,

With this beautiful set there is the added bonus of a die set from John Next Door and all the little scenes will fit inside the circle die

The video will show you how I made the card and give you some ideas for others you may like to try.

Classic Christmas Scenes  is the gift on offer this week. I am trying the give away in a different format to make things as fair as I can and I am using InLinkz to keep track of things.

All you need to do is to leave me a comment at the end of this post.
You don't need to have a blog, or be in the UK to be in with a chance of winning it.
 And it doesn't matter if you have won before.
 BUT you will need to leave your FULL NAME  and only add your comment once.
Duplicates will be removed

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

May 02, 2019

Ribbon Threader

Hi Everybody,

The new Ribbon Threaders have been a very popular addition to the Card Making Magic Collection and they can be used in a lot of different ways.

For this card I created a top folded A2 size and another panel just slightly smaller. 

I embossed this panel in the Flourish Folder and then I used a soft rollered Brayer to add two different shades of ink to the top and bottom

I cut one of the designs in the ribbon threader twice from white card and stacked them together and wove some lilac ribbon through the centre and tied it into a bow.

I placed this across the join in the ink colours with foam pads positioned under the ribbon so as not to show from the front.  You can add any sentiment you have in your own collection to suit the occasion for which you have made the card.

For this layered card I have used another of the dies and cut it three times and then spaced it evenly across the grey panel.

I dotted it with gemstones and added the sentiment at the bottom, layered onto parchment that has been wrapped around the layers. 

So there you have two very simple cards that are quite effective, using the border dies in different ways

One for the boys and one for the girls and I am pleased with the results of both of them

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx