Winner

 Hi Everybody, 

The weekend is here again and with it all the chores that I need to complete before I can chill. But once they are done and the house is clean and shiny again I can please myself for the rest of the time. Ruby will be walked later and this may be a good day to go to the beach. 

The draw for the fabulous Triangles set has been done and the name today is

Michelle Coffey

Would you email me please with your postal address to

christina@card-making-magic.com

and the pack will be on its way to you straight away.

Be sure to let me know that you have it safely and I hope you will enjoy playing with it. 

More tomorrow…

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie - Terrific Triangles

Hi Everybody,

Todays offering is the Terrific Triangles die set that comes complete with sentiments for all occasions.

And as a special treat you will also get the double sided paper pack, from Sentimentally Yours, that is printed onto quality paper and not the shiny stuff some magazines have.

It also has the Die Cutting Essentials magazine with it that is full of ideas that you may like to try. 

Would you like this to play with ?? Then all you need to do is leave me a comment at the end of the post with your FULL NAME to be in with the chance. from those comments one name will be chosen at random as the winner and added to a blog post over the weekend. so be sure to come back and check if it is you.

This is well worth entering for and it doesn't matter if you have won before, or where you live I am happy to send the pack to you.

More tomorrow  ...

Hugs xx

Die Storage Holder

 Hi Everybody,

This is not a card but a large cardboard holder that I have covered to store some of my floral dies in. 

I wanted to keep them all close to hand so that I can easily grab them to make flowers I may wish to add to my cards.

The woodgrain is from the Craft Show I went to last weekend and the flowers are from an old Altenew die set.

I have used the Glossy Accents on these as it brought the colour out in the inked card used for the flowers and the leaves.

In this I have pockets with magnetic sheets in them and on these I have stored the dies I like to use for flowers. 

They are from different companies that I have collected over the years, some are big and others are small, but all will be used to make a full floral display for any project that I am working on.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Spiky Flowers

 Hi Everybody,

These large and pretty flowers have been die cut from pink Vellum,  that was bought at a craft show, and I have had it for a long time, and I have shaped them with a ball tool to add curve to the petals.

On the end of each petal I added some glue and then sprinkled it with the fine glitter and allowed it to dry before layering them up.

I used two of each size petal to create a full flower and then used the silver mirror card to make the centre portion and the leaves

The butterfly is again one left over from another project and the card is some I got at last weeks craft show.

This one has the addition of some glitter card leaves but the flower has been cut and curled in the same way.

This landscape card is an A5 so you can judge for your self how large the flower is. 

It makes a real statement on the card and is not for the faint hearted. I love it.

The inside of this card has the same pink card as the front and the base card is black.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Roses everywhere ...

Hi Everybody,

The cards I am showing you today have all been cut with the Layered Christmas Rose die set from the original Christina Collection.

I have covered all the flowers and leaves with Glossy Accents to give them the appearance of enamel and they do look very pretty.

I have added in leaves, as fillers, from other die that I have and that makes the display look better. I have also dotted small pearls around the flower for effect.

They have been added to a mirror card heart that has been cut from the Landmark Collection, which is another older die set, and the result can look completely different depending on the colours you use

These roses have also been covered in Glossy Accents but while it was still wet I sprinkled in some fine glitter.

The background to this one is a vellum overlay that has ben embossed in a folder then added to some pale pink card.

It also has the addition of leaves from other sets and some of them are cut in silver.

Again small gemstones have been dotted around and all the sentiments are from a set of pre printed ones that I bought at the Craft Show last weekend.

This card is one I showed you a few days ago but it was a little too plain for me.

So I added in more leaves cut in glitter card and used another of the butterflies left over from another project to the centre of the card.

I added some ink to the wings before adding it in and the simple glued it to the card along the body line only. 

I am much happier with the look now that all these changes have ben made, but for me the middle card is the favourite as I love the vintage look of it.

I am pleased with all the cards and so if you have this die set in your collection then maybe it is time to get it out and play with it again.

And sadly it is not available any more. 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx