Ethne Gloss - Winner

 Hi Everybody,

I hope you are enjoying this lovely weather at long last … we have waited so patiently for it and now the sunshine is here.  It makes such a difference when the sun is out and everything feels much more pleasant. Let’s hope it last a good while now that it is finally shining for us.

I have done the draw for the gift on offer on Friday and the name today is

Ethne Gloss

Would you email your postal address please to

christina@card-making-magic.com

and I will get it in the post to you straight away. I hope you enjoy it and please be sure to let me know that you have it safely 

More tomorrow…

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie - Glass House & Nativity Scene

Hi Everybody,

Today offering is from Olga Direktorenko and is part of her paper Discovery Range. 

It features a large glass house die that can be filled with flowers or birds but  this set it comes with the Nativity Scene.

The large glass house is 14.6 x 20.8cms so you can see how impressive this die set is.

That Nativity set can also be used alone to build up a beautiful creation for any of your Christmas projects.

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

Be sure to come back and check if your name is shown as the winner in a blog post over the weekend as I have no way to contact you should you win. 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Day Four Video

Hi Everybody,

I hope you have been popping over to YouTube and enjoying the videos  that I have added all this week.

They started with creating your own really pretty backgrounds and then using them in various ways to make your cards.

Far more satisfying than buying papers or card especially when there are shades and colours in that pack that you will never use.

This makes far more sense and it uses any of the inks that you have too, as well as embossing powders that can sit there for years.

So here is another idea that you may like to try.

Woven Panel Cards

This is weaving the paper that has been cut into strips. 

I used some strip dies that I have and I got mine from Amazon for a really good price point. 

I have added the link at the bottom in case you wanted to look at them.

You could use your trimmer if you preferred or simply a ruler and craft knife.

The mirror card and parchment are also from Amazon and is excellent quality. 

The video is not long as I try to keep them as short as I can but you will need to click the link to open a new window in YouTube to watch it.

Please leave me a comment here and on YT and subscribe and "Like" the video as that will help my channel to grow.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Day Three Video

Hi Everybody,

Todays cards are using another of the papers to make some lovely flowers that can be added to your designs and this colour way is Chipped Sapphire and Worn Lipstick.

I have tried to come up with an unusual way to add them to this card and created a channel to suspend them across the  centre.

I have used a heavy weight acetate for the back if this panel and that will add stability to the front. 

So this video is titled

Distress Flower Cards
and it will show you three ways in which I have used them on my designs.

Again I have used the same silver Mirror card and parchment for the butterfly.

The vertical sentiment is from an old Card Making Magic set and just makes a change from using horizontal ones.

I am adding the links at the bottom simply to show you what I have used and f you have them too then that is fine.

But if you don't then simply substitute what I have  used for something that you do have and have fun creating your own unique backgrounds.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Day Two Video

Hi Everybody,

Today I am using another of the papers created yesterday and this is the Seedless Preserves and Chipped Sapphire.

It has been teamed with the same silver card and butterfly as the others but for this I have added it to some heavy weight Acetate.

I have also used parchment behind the sentiment and butterfly wings as well as for  for the leaves.

The weight of Parchment and Acetate is not all the same so choose carefully when you buy. and make sure that they will die cut too.

This card is done with Worn Lipstick and Blue print sketch and gives you another look for the card. 

This has not been added to acetate first and it is done with gold mirror card.

The sentiment has a dropped shadow of gold under the white words.

The video is called the 

Torn Edge Card 

and is produced by tearing the paper towards your self to get the white edges which can be inked or not  ... as suits you. 

Clicking the link opens a new window for you to view the video on YouTube as this is the wat YT now want it to be. 

So please watch it all and if you would  "like and subscribe"  to my channel that would be wonderful

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx