Cathy Cates - Winner

Hi Everybody,

What a wet and miserable day it is here today and the wind is howling too. So no walk for Ruby today.

I went to St Annes with her the other day and it was icy on the roads. We walked along the promenade and it was lovely ... until I slipped on an ice patch and went down with such a bang.

It was very embarrassing and a lady on the beach came running up the steps from the sand to help me get up. I grazed my knees and hands but that was all really so I was very lucky. Ruby didn't bat an eyelid she just stood and looked at me as if to say "What you doin' down there mum"

Anyway on to the draw which has now been done and the name  this week is

Cathy Cates

would you email me please with your postal address to
christina@card-making-magic.com
and the pack will be in the post to you straight away.

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

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie - Life is an Adventure

HI Everybody,

Today we have an A4 sized stamp set on offer and it is full of different modes of transport. 

This set will be really useful for any of the male cards you may have to make and there are stamped sentiments to go with it.

You will also get the magazine, Creative Stamping, that you can browse at your leisure and it is full of ideas and inspiration for you to try.

Do you think that this would come in handy in your collection? 

Then all you need to do is leave me a comment at the end of this post with your 

FULL NAME

You will need to come back and check over the weekend to see if it is your name listed as the winner 

Good Luck everybody.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Desktop Finds

 Hi Everybody,

Today I am being very lazy and I have searched my desktop for things I can find to make a card and this is what I have come up with.

The base card was already cut with the largest die from the Nested Circles Fancy Frames Collection and that has been cut into the card front.

I have backed it with a piece of paper that was created while I was playing with some water colours.

The top two layers are cut in pink card from the smaller circle dies in the set and added with foam pads underneath them.

The butterflies are all from the glued paper napkins and then I have cut the shapes out and bent the wings up a little.
You can pick up fancy napkins just about anywhere and they are not expensive

                

Each has been partly glued to the base to allow the wings to stand proud and the bodyline of each has diamanté along the centre.

The sentiment was made from gilding flakes onto a small piece of black card and added to the base with foam pads. 

So instead of using flowers to decorate my card I have used the butterflies instead and they look really pretty as they stand up on the card base.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Butterfly Floral

 Hi Everybody,

Todays card features the large butterfly from the Butterfly Trails Collection.

I have cut the bottom layer of this from one if the sheets I created with the Paper Napkins and the top layer is from plain white card..

The background is created with an embossing folder and then edged in diamante, and added to some text paper, from the Pretty Book Collection, to leave a small border

I have curled the wings to stand proud from the base and that gives a lovely fluttering effect to the card. 

The sentiment is also from the Butterfly Trails collection and that has been cut twice and stacked together.

The flowers are mulberry ones and I have added a smaller flower to each of the centres.

They have then been tucked them under the wings of the butterfly.

The finished card is slightly narrower then an A5 and I have kept the fold at the top.

The flowers have been dotted with glue and glitter and I quite like the finished result, but it will need a box to send it.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Carole Eaton - Winner

 Hi Everybody,

It's raining today with that very find drizzle that soaks you  ... so Ruby and I are not going out until it stops. I am a fair weather walker and very easily put of with a bit of rain or wind. So fingers crossed it will dry up later and then we can go out along the promenade or even the beach.

In the meantime I have done the draw for the  Tropical Frame die set.
There are eight pieces to this set as you can clearly see from the photo. It can be mixed with any other die set that you may have and although the flowers are not very big they are very pretty.

So I hope you will enjoy playing with it and will make some lovely cards.
So the name this week is

Carole Eaton

and if you would send your postal address lease to
christina@card-making-magic.com
I will get the pack in the post to you straight away.

Please be sure to let me know that you have it safely.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx