Slimline & Altenew

Altenew Just Jasmine 

 Hi Everybody,

This beautiful set is from Altenew and I bought mine from Craft Stash. when they had the set on special offer. It consists of a stencil, dies and a stamp set to give you this lovely Just Jasmine Flower.

I added my design to a slimline card and used a pink mat to pick out the colour in the flowers, and the result is very pleasing. I am a big fan of Altenew and always ready for a bargain from them. 

Layering stencils are so good especially if you are not a fan of colouring yourself. They make things so much easier for you as all you need to do is add the steps from the guide that comes with them. 

Altenew Bitterroot Flower

This is another set from Altenew and this is the Bitterroot Flower, and in this set I have got the stencil and the dies.

I never tire of flowers as I think they are such a beautiful addition to any card and you can colour them any shade you wish as they are your flowers.

This is a 6x6 card but the effect is just as good.

Tomorrow I have another style of colouring to show you and I will show you some of the cards I have made

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx 

Slimline and DL Cards

 Hi Everybody,

As this was Slimline Collection was officially launched last Friday I thought I would show you some of the cards that I took with me to demonstrate the different styles that can be created from these die sets. 

I will go into more detail in a video this week to show you what I did. And I also said that your envelopes could be made out of coloured paper instead of card.

 

This will cut down on bulk and also postage at the same time and is still strong enough to go through the mail.

I decorated both my cards and envelope the same here and that would be far nicer for the recipient to get through their letter box than a bill..

I did the same with this one also and I think they look really special. 

Now I added a video featuring these new dies but I kinda jumped the gun a little because they were not officially for sale at the time.

But now they are and so just in case you didn't see it I am adding it again. 

So Friday was a bit of a bumper day  ... in one way or another ... with the launch of two collections.

The Slimline and the Snowflake sets of dies, stamps, folders and stencils. Quite a lot to keep you busy.

Here's the video, I hope you enjoy 

 

The difference in the two sets is the slimline is 3 1/2" and the DL is 4" and both are 8" long.
 A box or an envelope can be made for your card from either set, and the border strips can be intermixed as you like. 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Snowflake Easel Card

 Hi Everybody,

Todays card is using one of the the new Snowflake Collection Die Sets, from Card Making Magic, that is available at Craft Stash.

It was showcased last Friday on Facebook Live on the  Craft Stash page so I hope you managed to join us.

I have used the Snowflake Easel Die Set  to produce the standard Easel card and the effect is really very pretty., and it stands quite high for an easel card.

This is the original style and with a little tweaking here and there you can easily create the other style to produce a different look for your designs.

The Video will show you how to turn this Easel into a Gatefold and it is not hard to do.

But it does mean that you can get your monies worth from the die set and create cards for any occasion.

It would make a really lovely Winter Birthday card.

Change the colours and the sentiment and you are ready to go, and your recipient is sure to love the card that you have so lovingly made for them.

I hope you enjoy the video and if you have the die set that you will give this idea a try for yourself.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Winner

 Hi Everybody,

This is a peaceful Saturday morning  after the incident yesterday. I was due to be on Craft Stash Facebook Live at 12.30 and I set off good and early for what is usually an hour and a half journey. I filled up with fuel and dropped Ruby off at Vickie’s house to play with Dougal and left.

I got on the motorway and was on the very busy M6 when I heard the bang. I thought at first that I had hit something lying on the road but there was nothing to see and everybody else was whizzing past me. But I knew something was wrong as my car is usually so reliable.

I made my way over to the hard shoulder and got out and my front passenger tyre had blown out and was as flat as a pancake. Scary prospect at 70 mph. I stopped next to one of the SOS boxes and rang but hearing what was being said was nigh on impossible with all the traffic noise.

Any way long story cut short a young patrol woman came out to me and we sorted out help. But I was stranded on the motorway for two hours. I rang Nicola at Craft Stash to explain what had happened and she said not to worry just get it sorted and she would alter the show times.

I eventually got there and at 2.30 the show went “Live”  If you where waiting  for me at the expected time then my apologies at the delay but there was nothing I could do about it.

It was a relief to get back home, but the breakdown had had to fit the spare Space Saver tyre and with that your speed is restricted to 50 mph. So I felt as if I had crawled along the motorway. At one point a woman driver behind me flashed her lights and shooed me on with her hands. I won’t tell you what I did back.

Anyway all is well and the winner for today has been chosen at random and the name this week is 

Jackie Allibone

Please could you email me your postal address to

christina@cad-making-magic.com

and I will get it in the post to you just as soon as I can. I hope you enjoy the pack and be sure to let me know when it arrives with you.

More tomorrow…

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie - Tonic Festive Kit

 Hi Everybody,

This fabulous pack has a large sentiment die in it from Tonic and a 25 piece stamp set to go with it.  No reason not to make some of those Christmas Cards if you win this.

You will also get the magazine, Simply Cards & Papercraft, to browse for even more ideas and what's more I have several of these packs to give away over the next few weeks.

All you need to do is leave me a comment if you would like to win one of these,  with your FULL NAME and you will be included in the draw.

From those comments one name will be picked at random as the winner and shown in a blog post over the weekend

You will need to come back and check if it is your name listed and you will have 72 hours in which to claim your prize. The draw is open to every body regardless of where you live and it doesn't matter if you have won before. And if you don't win this week you may be lucky next time so keep trying

 .More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx