Card & Gift Winner

Hi Everybody,

It's a beautiful day here and the sun is streaming in through my window. 

I have been up bright and early and the draw has already been done. 

So with out further ado the winner this week is ...

Diane Brown 

and is you could mail me your postal address please to

christina@card-making-magic.com

the gift will be on its way to you.

Please let me know when you get it safe and sound and I really hope you will enjoy playing with it.

Get your imagination working and there will be so many ways you can build the scenes

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie - Scenic Nativity

Hi Everybody,           

This lovely die set is far more useful than it appears and you have some fun creating your own scenes from it

For my card I cut it all in white card and then used my pens to add the scene and the shading and then decoupaged the layers onto my card inside the frame

I haven't made it particularly Christmassy to show you that it can be used all year round.

Scenic Nativity  is the video to accompany the card and it's not a long one but does have other ideas that you may like to try

Now if you would like this set then lave me a comment at the end of the post with your FULL NAME and one name will be drawn as the winner and announced in tomorrows blog post so be sure to come back and check

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Lilac Thank You !

Hi Everybody,

Sometimes it is nice to send a "Thank You" card in stead of just saying it. 

It gives the person something tangible as a keep sake and so you want to make it as pretty as you can.

This one is created with the

Layered Christmas Rose Stamp Set

and all I used was the small bud and the leaves to make the background

When you make the background to your card yourself you are always sure that the colours will go together.

Better than trying to match inks with papers that you already have. I have used Lilac card in the layers from Papermill Direct

The sentiment is a chipboard word that I had in my "Stash" and I embossed it in gold powder  before adding it to my card front.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

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

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