Cut Glass Frame

Hi Everybody,

Today I am sharing a large picture frame that I have embellished and it now sits in my craft room. I made this some time ago. 

The  side edges of the frame have been covered in tiny mirror tiles and the front has glass pieces glued to the front.

The little heart  is a mirror tile and  that and the gemstone are glued to the glass on the outside of the picture, and it sits in quite a deep frame.

For the inside of the picture I have used gold mirror card to create the base to the butterfly and the leaves and they are sitting on top of white leaves and purple ones cut with the same die.

The detailed layer of the butterfly is done in blue and lilac Distress Inked handmade paper with the butterfly image stamped in gold

The background is Distress Oxide inks that have been brushed on and then splattered with gold.

I have trimmed this into a smaller panel and mounted it onto some more white card to leave another border around the design.

I really am quite pleased with this piece.

What do you think ??  

Bye for now ...

Hugs xx

Using scraps

 Hi Everybody,

This little A6 card has been created using some handmade paper design and a small circle die.

I stamped, inked, and splattered the paper with gold then cut it into circles using several of the small dies to give me different sizes.

I drew a double black wavy line, with a fine liner pen, around each of the circles to make them stand out a little more.

They have then been added to another slightly smaller panel that has gold gilding wax around the edges, and has also been embossed in a folder for more texture.

I raised the circles up with foam pads  on the panel and then added it to my base card.

Quick easy and oh so simple and yet uses up your scraps and is a lovely card for any occasion.

The sentiment is one I have had in my stash for a while and it came in very handy for this card. 

Bye for now ...

Hugs xx

Connie Griffin - Winner

 Hi Everybody,

It is so nice when the sun shines and the weather has been really kind just lately.
Ruby (Cocker Spaniel) and I have had some good walks in the woods or on the beach and often with Dougal (Cockerpoo).
They love being together and they chase and play a lot. 

The draw for the Chloe's die set has been done and the name today is

Connie Griffin
would you please send me your postal address to 

christina@card-making-magic.com
and I will get it in the post for you.

Be sure to let me know when you get it and I hope you get a lot of use out of it in the future.

Bye for now ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie - Festive Florals

 Hi Everybody,

This beautiful stamp and die set will create flowers for your cards all year round if you make them in different colours, even if it is called Festive Florals

Add them to cards, boxes, picture frames or any other project you are making and they will look fabulous. 

It is from the range designed by Chloe Endean and there are some sentiment included in the A4 stamp set.

The magazine is full of ideas and inspiration that you may like to try for yourself  so it will be time for a cuppa and a biscuit or three once the gift arrives.

Would you like to have this in your crafting stash ???? 
Then all you need to do is leave me a comment at the end of the post with your FULL NAME

It has to be your full name in case there are two, or more, people with the same first name.

You will also need to come back and check if your name is shown as the winner over the weekend.
I will get it posted to you straight away if you are the winner and it doesn't matter where you live.

Bye for now ...

Hugs xx

Making use of your Nesting Dies

 Hi Everybody,

Nesting dies are such a useful addition to anybody's crafting collection as they and do so much, and many die sets have a lot of dies in them.

 You can create mats of different dimensions to fit the front of your design and lots of frames of lots to ad to your stamped images.

I have used a really old Pennant die set from Spellbinders simply because it is an unusual shape and will illustrate my point perfectly.

So from this set I have chosen the dies that will create the basic pennant and there are four that I need.

Making more of Nesties

Will show you how these four dies will make twelve pieces that I can add to my cards in different ways by increasing or decreasing the size of the die cut.

I have made four cards but each one uses the pennants with subtle changes and you can do this with ANY nesting dies that you may have.

I have used squares, ovals and circles as well as odd shapes in the past and they have all turned out really well.

Here is another video using the same technique and this video is eleven years old.

Faux Nesties

I hope you will enjoy both videos and will also give this a try for your self. It will help you to give a completely different look to your cads,

Bye for now  ...

Hugs xx