Sue Pollock - Winner

 Hi Everybody,

I hope you have all come through this storm unscathed. I have no structural damage done at all and so I feel very lucky. But I have seen peoples dustbins flying up the road and lots of plant pots that have been blown about. And apparently it is not finished yet so stay safe wherever you are. 

Thank you for the comments that have been added this week to the blog and also for taking part in the draw. And many thanks also for adding your full names. This makes it so much easier to trace the correct winner and send the prize to them. 

One of the things I add is that you please let me know when the pack arrives with you.
Over the Christmas break I had two people contact me about their prizes. 

One said she had just received hers from an October win and the other one said that she had NOT got hers at all. I asked the second person to be patient with the Christmas post and happily she emailed me again to say it arrived.
So all was well that ended well !!! 

If your prize does get lost I can do something about it  and though it may not be the same thing it will be something crafty that you can use.

For this week the name is 

Sue Pollock

please send your postal address to
christina@card-making-magic.com
and I will get it in the post to you straight away.
Please be sure to let me know when it arrives with you.

Bye for now ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie - Creative Camelias

Hi Everybody,

This beautiful die set is called Creative Camelias and it will help you to produce these flowers for your cards.

The magazine Die Cutting Essentials, will show you how to get the best from your die set and this is quite a large die too.

There is also the opportunity for you to download papers and toppers that will compliment your creations 

If this 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 to be in with the chance. You must add your FULL NAME

The reason for the name addition is because I have several readers who have the same first name, and also because many comments come through as anonymous and if there is no name added to the comment then I have no idea who it is. 

So please oblige and add your name and then the prize will go to the correct winner.

I will also be giving preference to those who have left comments on other posts through the week,  and the prize will not go to those who only leave a comment on a Friday.

I am only trying to be fair with the give aways

Bye for now ...

Hugs xx

 

Leaves and Flowers

Hi Everybody,

Todays card is using the same leaf dies as yesterday but this tine I have added in some flowers for a little more pzazz.

These die cuts can be varied a lot by simply changing the colour of the leaves and adding in some different flowers.

This one is in peach and blends with the leaves beautifully and the embossing folder is the very old Need A Rope from Spellbinders.

It has been added to some gold mirror card to leave just a small border around the edge and that goes well with the gold on the leaves.

Little pearls have been added to the card front as a finishing touch and I am really pleased with the end result.

I have only used items that I already have and nothing new has been bought to create this card.

The old book I used cost me pennies years ago and can be used in a multitude of ways and this is something I will do again in another style..

I am adding the link to the video again in case you missed it when it was  added yesterday

Distressed Leaves

Bye for now ...

Hugs 

Distressed Leaves

 Hi Everybody.

Once again I have turned to a really old die set and this one has been around for years. It is from Sizzix and the leaves are simply gorgeous.

You can colour them any way you wish to suit the season, and with any medium that you prefer. I have chosen to use Distress Oxides on mine but they would look just as good with alcohol inks, water colours or Brushos

Try them on water colour card, ordinary card or even Yupo paper to vary the look.

For these I have used a die from Amazon that is called a Fish Net die but it looks like Hessian/Burlap when cut from Kraft and I do like the result 

For the card to the left I have stencilled the background and then wrapped the panel with parchment. I heat embossed the sentiment onto the parchment and dotted the card with hole punched dots. 

The video will show you how I got this look for my cards and one of the things I used was some old book pages.

Distressed Leaves

Use your imagination to make these leaves work for your designs. as they are a lot of fun to work with.

I hope you enjoy the video.

Bye for now ...

Hugs xx

Happy Birthday Star Card

Hi Everybody,

Todays card is using a really old start stamp set that I have and it has been used a lot in the past.

I  have used three different shades of blue to stamp it out and I have cascaded them down the panel on the card front.

I have added some silver stars layered over the top to give extra detail, but they don't show up very well on the photo.

I have layered the panels in navy blue and white card and added them with foam tape to give varying heights

The sentiment has been stamped in black and heat embossed with clear powder, and the finished card is a 5x7 with the fold at the top.

I very lightly inked around the layers with one of the blue inks  but on the photo they just look dirty, so not a good idea at all and I won't be doing that again in a hurry. 

Oh well we live and learn !!

Bye for now ...

Hugs xx