Butterfly Cards

 Hi Everybody,

Todays card is using the Butterflies & Lace Collection and this one is the A6 Butterfly Die Set.

These dies can cut the butterfly out of the card or leave it in for another look and there are five different sized butterflies for you to use.

This whole set will mix and match with each other as well as any other dies in any of my previous collections.

The card shown here is a 6x6 square but these butterflies will fit on any size you make.

Both cards shown here are featured in the video and the one to the left is a DL

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Here is the video ...

               

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Napkin Cards ...

Hi Everybody,

This is a technique that is not new and there are many video tutorials on YouTube that can show you. I have done no stamping, stencilling or colouring for any of these cards.

It is simply using a floral Napkin to produce the cards and I am very happy with the results. Is this something you have tried??

I will be doing it again but when I went to get another napkin, so that I could film the process,  I was saddened to find that this had been the last one.

The ones I have used are from Ikea but I will be going to the shops to look for other patterns that can be also be used for this idea.

So what did I do ?? Well I am going to cover this in a video of my own, so I won't be too explicit here but I will show you three of the cards that I got from one napkin.

The top card is a 5x7 and I have backed it onto some dark green card and then embossed the top white layer.

The card to the left is a long DL card and the background has also been embossed in my Flourish Folder and added to another coloured panel leaving a small border

The sentiment is from a pack of strip sentiments and the flowers have been fussy cut out and added to the panel with foam pads behind them

Nothing else has been added, as the flowers offer enough decoration on their own but the embossed background to all the cards just stops it from being too flat.

This card is an A6 and I have added my raised flowers to a silver foiled back panel and it looks very rich.

From this one Napkin I managed to get six cards and the occasions are mixed so they can cover anything really.

But this was a quick and easy way to get some lovely cards and, apart from a bit of gluing and fussy cutting it, took very little effort on my part.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

 

Butterflies & Lace

Hi Everybody,

This card features items from the new Butterflies & Lace Collection.

I have used the stencil to colour in the butterflies that have been created with the embossing folder. 

 I used two shades of pink to add the details and then splattered the background with the ink that was left on my mat.

The Butterfly is cut from some pink card and I have added a pearl flourish along the body line and continuing as the trail.

I have used some cream coloured card for my base just to be a little different this time and the finished size is A6 whcih means it will fit into a standard sized envelope.

Change the colours and this is a card that could be used for any male members of your family.

The sentiments are strips that are from a set that I bought at the craft show a few months ago.

I will be doing a video using this set of dies as you can either cut the Butterfly from the card or leave it in as another way to enhance your design.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Kim Cranson - Winner

 Hi Everybody,

Another beautiful day here in the North West and I have the doors open to my patio sot hat my Ruby and Ella can come and go as they please. My back garden has a high wall around it so neither of them an get tout and I know that  they are safe. 

I have been up early too and so the draw for the gorgeous Lavender Kit has been done and the winner this week is ...

Kim Cranson

would you please email me with your postal address to
christina@card-making-magic.com
and I will get the pack in the post to you straight away.
Please let me know that you have it safely and I hope you enjoy playing with this really pretty kit.

I ask you to email me, rather than add your details here, so that they remain private and seen only by myself and not the world. Once the parcel has been sent to you, your details are then removed from my computer and nothing is stored electronically.
So even if you have won before I will still need your postal address to send your prize.

I also need your full name ... not nicknames or initials, especially if you are signing in as Anonymous ... and that way I can be sure that the correct winner is named.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie - Lovely Lavender

Hi Everybody,

This is the second time this kit has been offered and last time it was not claimed, so someone's loss is somebody else's gain.

It is a bumper pack of magazine, foiled toppers, patterned, papers, some twin to add to the decoration and you even get the foam pads to give your creation some definition. 

All you need to do add is some glue and card bases and you are ready to go. And I am sure that the cards that you make will delight you once you are done.

Please leave me a comment at the end of the post with your FULL NAME and be sure to come back and see if you are the winner. 

The offer is open until Sunday and then I will add the winners name to a blog post but I have no way to chase you up if you don't come back and check for yourself.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx