Ella's Birthday

 HI Everybody,   

Today is the second birthday of this beautiful creature that is sat on my desk while I work.

This is Ella and she has appeared in some of my videos in the past.

She is a very small Tortoiseshell and at two years old she is not likely to grow any bigger. 

Although she is beautiful she is not very accepting of strangers and if any one visits me she makes a dash for the upstairs.

She loves to sit in the wardrobe and heads for that space whenever the door is open. And if she is missing then  that is always the first place to look for her.

She has free access to my back garden and it has high walls, but she has never made any attempt to get out and explore the world. So I don't worry about her going into the garden as I know she is safe.

Ruby tolerates her and they get along quite well unless Ella wants to get close and then Ruby will growl at her and chase her off. But they do sit on the settee togehter, even if there is a big space between them.

They both sleep on my bed at night, in their own areas and that is fine as they don't bother each other.

I tried to get Ella used to wearing a harness so that I could take her out with us but all she does is collapse onto her side when I put it on and she will not move. It's quite funny really and as soon as I take it off she is fine again.

Oh well it was worth a try !!!!

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Bejay Roles - Winner

 Hi Everybody,

It has been a lovely weekend so far and I have got a lot done. I had a lot of help though from daughters and their husbands who came to help me clear out the garage on Saturday. It was full of stuff that is no longer used and it needed to go. So now it is clear and tidy again with lots of room in there for me to move about in, and I may just start my painting again in the warmer weather. 

I also took Ruby to the park yesterday for her favourite pastime ... a good sniff about ... and she had a good time playing with some of her pals that where also in the park.

But now the draw has been done for the second of the Spellbinders die and stamp sets and the winner today is 

Bejay Roles

so could you let me have your postal address please to

christina@card-making-magic.com

and I will get it in the post to your straight away.

Please be sure to let me know that you have it safely and I hope you will enjoy playing with it. 
I will also include a handmade Pokey Tool for you to use and I hope you will make good use of it.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Spellbinders Die & Stamp Set 2

HI Everybody, 

Todays offering is another die and stamp set from Spellbinders. The sets that are being offered are very old as I have had them in my collection for years.

But the chance to win one is now open to you and all you need to do is leave me your comment with your 

FULL NAME

at the end of this post. 

There are different designs each week and one of them may just be what you are looking for. 

So why not give it a try and you may be the lucky winner and be sure to come back and see if it is your name that is listed as the winner over the weekend. 

The one offered this week is a beautiful feather that could be used to create the whole background

The sentiment can be added to the top or used separately as suits you.

Please leave your full name as it easier to identify the correct winner if you do, and you will have 72 hours in which to claim it.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

 

CD Paper

Hi Everybody,

The papers for the card shown today are from a CD that I had years  ago when that style of crafting was popular., and now I no longer use it

I prefer to make my own backing papers from ideas that have been around for a long time, and most of them are using inks or paints

They are unique and different every time I make them plus it makes me use items that I have had for a long time and will forget about if I don't get them out regularly.

I am sure you are the same and have lots of things at the back of a cupboard that you have forgotten that you have.

Its like Christmas when you find them all again.

This paper was printed off so long ago that I don't remember which CD it was from., or even what I have done with it. It probably went to the Charity Shop

But there where some very pretty paper on it and I did use it quite a lot back then.

The flowers on this card are Mulberry ones and I have added a dot of white paint around the edges of them.

The card is a 5x7 with the fold at the top and this is my preferred size and orientation for card making.

What is your favourite size ???

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

 

Parchment Pocket Card

Hi Everybody,   

Todays card is a shaker card that is created from a parchment pocket .

 I have shown this idea in a video before and I have added it in below in  case you missed it.

The shaker pocket has been filled with green sequins and enough room left for them to shake around.

The purple background has been done with ink smooshing and then dies used to cut out the frame, the flowers and the sentiment.

The white base panel has been embossed and the aperture removed using square dies.

The same nesting dies have been used to produce the frame

The leaves, sprigs and flowers have been added with a mixture of glue and foam pads.

I have used Glossy Accents to pick out the flower centres.

The berries on the sprigs have been coloured red and then covered in the Glossy Accents also  and then I have left them to dry thoroughly

The finished card is a 5x7 with the fold at the top and the sentiment is added to the bottom of the card.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx