Friday Freebie - Wild Meadows

Hi Everybody,

I am back with a fabulous offering today and that is the Wild Meadows set complete with the

Simply Cards & Papercraft magazine.

This consists of eight stamps and two lovely stencils for you to create some really special cards for all occasions. 

You can also download some papers and toppers  to compliment your designs.

The magazine is full of information and tips on how to get the best from the set as well as other ideas that you may like to try. 

So if this is something that you would like then all you need to do is leave me a comment with your 

FULL NAME

I need your full name to identify the correct winner so if it is not there then you will not enter into the draw, especially if your comment shows up as anonymous.

You will need to come back and check over the weekend to see if you are shown as the winner

.Bye for now ...

Hugs xx

Doris Shawcross -Winner

 Hi Everybody,

Well are you ready for Christmas ???  The weather is certainly not enticing me to go out and do shopping so hopefully I will have everything in that I will need. I am never ready for it and always glad when it is done with and I cam get back to normal. 

I will nto be doing any more blogs posts now until my Friday Freebie so I would like to wish everybody a Merry Christmas and a truly Happy New Year xxx

The winner of this weeks prize is

Doris Shawcross 

so would you please send me your postal address to
christina@card-making-magic.com
and I will get it in the post to you straight away.

I hope you get lots of good use from it and enjoy what you do.

Much love everybody

Bye for Now 

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie - Winter Wishes

Hi Everybody,

This beautiful  eight piece die set is in offer this week and will create some really pretty cards with a winter theme,  and not just for Christmas 

 

For cordmakers Christmas is an all year round time and so this will come in handy whenever you make your cards.

If this Winter Wishes from Memory Box is something that you would like to have then all you need to do is leave me a comment at the end of this post with your FULL NAME

Then be sure to come back over the weekend to see if your name is listed as the winner. You will have 72 hours in which to claim the gift.

You will also get the magazine that comes with it and this one is Die Cutting Essentials. The pages are full of information and tips that you may like to try as well as ideas on using the die set.

Good Luck  

Bye for now ...

Foamiran Flowers

 Hi Everybody,

During the clean up of the craft room I came across a lot of foamiran in  many colours that I have not used up.

And so I thought I would make some flowers for my playtime cards and incorporate them with the other bits and pieces I have found on my desktop.

These two cards are the results of my find and for these I have used a very pale pink foam to die cut the flowers.

I have then inked over the edges of each petal with Worn Lipstick and used my heat tool to curl them into shape.

The leaves are also cut from foamiran and  inked with dark green. I have used any dies that I came across first in my stash. 

For the top card I have added an oval die cut to the panel that cut out a lovely bird and that has been added to an inked background panel. 

The flowers and leaves have been arranged around the oval and the panel then dotted with pearls.

I lightly rubbed gilding wax over the flowers and the bird

For this next card I have used an aperture flourish die and that has also been added to an inked panel

The flowers are arranged at the top right of the card with the leaves trailing down the card.

The sentiment is from an old CMM set and I have dotted this panel with diamante. 

I am quite pleased with both cards.

Bye For Now ...

More playtime cards

 Hi Everybody,

Here are some more cards created using up the scraps and left over bits and pieces that I have lying around my craft room.

You may recognise some of the papers as they were hand made on videos to highlight  a particular technique.

I keep all the bits that are left as even some of the small pieces can be die cut into some kind of shape that can be added to a card.

I will do another video using some of the those little shapes so that you can see how I have put them to good use.

These have also been added to an embossed panel and then decorated with mirror or pearl card for the strips around the coloured shapes.

Once again I have used the Nuvo Drops, but I must admit I am not a fan.

 I prefer the flat backed self adhesive pearls that can be added, or sequins.

But I am determined to use up the items that I  already have and not buy anything new.

Bye for now ...