Creative Cuts

Hi Everybody,

Today I am using dies from Creative Cuts by Made to Surprise and teaming it with the Butterfly Trails Die and Stamp set from Card Making Magic.

Sam has some wonderful videos on her Blog to show you how she has used these fabulous Creative Cuts die sets,  but for mine I have used the Square set in a different way.

I have made mine into a central panel from white card and backed it onto some blue. 

Then as the squares are tucked under, the bottom colour will show through. These dies are slim enough to go through any of the smaller die cutting machines 

I added some splatters to this card panel and then stamped, die cut and coloured my butterflies to coordinate with the rest of the design. I added them with foam pads to give height

A very quick and easy card to make but with quite an impact using the Creative Cuts panel.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

 

Winner

Hi Everybody,

I hope you are enjoying the Jubilee weekend. I watched the Party at the Palace last night and what a fantastic show that was. The artists, the settings, the light show and the atmosphere. But the Queen herself stole the show having tea with Paddington Bear.

He is well known for having his marmalade sandwiches in his hat ... but I bet you didn't know that the Queen keeps hers in her handbag ... for later. What a star she is 

Now for the winner of that fabulous Birdcage Collection that is on offer this week. 
The draw has ben done and the name is ....

Jacqueline Koendering

Please can you email me your postal address to
christina@card-making-magic.com
and I will get the pack in the post to you straight away.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie - Special Set

Hi Everybody,

I hope you are enjoying this long Bank Holiday here in the UK and that the weather is being kind to you.

Have you got something planned or are you just chilling and taking advantage of the time off work.

I have a really special offering this week to celebrate the Queens anniversary. I can remember the actual coronation in 1953 too so that shows how old I am ...

So for today I have the set from the Birdcage Collections which is Dies, stamps and the Birdcage. 

It is a lovely large set and the birdcage can be decorated with the birds that are in the dies or flowers, stamped or paper ones as you like. The Birdcage makes a beautiful shaped wedding card when dressed with flowers.

If you would like this complete collection then all you have to do is leave me a comment at then end of the post with your FULL NAME 

From those comments one will be drawn as the winner and announced in a blog post over the weekend so be sure to come back and see if your name is listed as the winner.

I am happy to send this wherever you live, even if you have won before.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Little Pink Cards

Hi Everybody,

Both of todays cards are created in my favourite colour which is pink and both cards are A6 in size.

They are both using flower stamps that are from  a really old stamp set from the original Christina Collection.

This one has a background of stripes from an Altenew kit and the silver die cut is from another really old Spellbinders die that is no longer available. 

The For You sentiment that I have used on both cards is another I have had for years and I don't remember where that is from.

The background to this card is embossed in an old Spellbinders folder and the leaves are a mix from several sets and used as fillers for the flowers.

I am trying to use things that I have had for a long time and make them work for me again as I make my cards.

To keep buying new stuff instead of using what we already have is such an expense and one I can't keep up with.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

 

Don't Like This .....

Hi Everybody,

Here is a card that I made using an Altenew stamp and I water coloured the flowers and I liked the look of them once they were done.

 I added them to a splattered background and I thought it would be different to add some black penned lines to the background, just to see what that would look like.

But once it was done I thought "What have I done "

I didn't like this look at all but I wasn't about to start over again and so out came the trusty scissors and I set about fussy cutting the image out.

It wasn't so much the flowers, but it was definitely the rest of the card that I didn't take too but once it was cut out I had to think of something else to add it to

The answer was a 6x6 plain white card with a slightly smaller Simply Dots embossed panel.

I raised the flowers up with foam tape and I liked this card much better. 

Now the moral to this story is that there is always something you can do to fix the mistakes that happen, especially of you don't like the end result.

And if this hadn't worked the whole lot would have gone in the bin so I was quite pleased with myself

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx