Desk top finds

Hi Everybody,

As always when I have a clear out on my desk top I find items that are left over from other projects, and these  flowers are no exception.

You may remember them being made in a video sometime ago where I made the background pattern with inks  and stamps and then cut them out with a die. I had lots left over and these are some of the ways in which they have been used up.

The card to the right has had the heart colours mixed up and I put a big gluey fingerprint on one of them, so I got out a small paintbrush and brushed glue over the rest of the hearts and sprinkled it with glitter ...  problem solved

This card has had an extra panel added to the base and this I have embossed in a folder.  I cut this panel at an angle and added it to the base with some cardboard underneath to give it height.

The flowers have been added along the angled edge and the petals fluffed up a little 

Although the cards are the same 5x7 size and use up the same flowers  I have made them look different with the additions I have used.

Raid your desktop and see what you can find and put them together to make cards that you would otherwise not have had

Bye for Now ...

Hugs xx

Final Winner

 Hi Everybody,

Thank you so much for all the lovely comments this week on my decision to end the Friday Freebie and for your understanding on why I had to do this. It has been running for quite some time now and there have been some lovely gifts, many with extras in the pack ….. and some even made by my own fair hand.

I am not closing down the blog and I will still be doing blog posts as much as I can though they may not be everyday as in the past.
 I am thinking that maybe I will do blog posts from Monday to Friday with the weekends free

I will try also to add a video every week probably,  on a Wednesday, so I hope you will still continue to watch and leave me a comment.

 I want to do a mini series on making flowers using things like paper and card, felt, hessian and organza and of course foamiran. Would this be something you are interested in ?? If you are leave me a note in the comments.

Now onto the winner for the last Friday Freebie and the name this week as my final winner is someone who has posted on a very regular basis throughout the week and not just on Fridays, and left me some lovely comments

Ann Topp

So if you would email me your postal address please to 
christina@card-making-magic.com
I will get this posted off to you straight away. Be sure to let me know that you have it safely and there will be some extras in the pack too that I hope you will enjoy playing with 

Your Ideas

I want to do some videos on making flowers using items like felt, hessian, organza, foamiran as well as card and paper, and I would like to know if this would be of interest to you. Please let me know in the comments.

Also if you have any dies tucked away in your stash that you haven't used for a long time and maybe forgotten about then if I have the same, or similar dies, that could be another idea for a video.

Bye for now ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie - Floral Note

Hi Everybody,

Today sees the last of the Friday Freebie "Give Aways" and there will be no more after this. 

I have given away a lot of stuff over the years and many of you will have enjoyed the gifts that you have won.

This pack consists of a beautiful die set called

 Floral Note and it is from Crafters Companion.

It is a die that will give you the arched pattern for the top and bottom of your design and several sentiments that can be fitted in between to suit your occasion.

Plus there is also the chance for you to download some papers and toppers that will blend with the set and of course you will get the magazine that is Simply Cards & Papercraft.

So if this is something that you would like then all you need to do is leave me your comment with your FULL NAME at the ed of this post. 

Good luck if you enter and don't forget this is the last opportunity for any Friday Freebie  

Bye for now ...

Hugs xx

 

Playtime Cards

 Hi Everybody,

This little card is created with just an ink smooshed background that has been splattered with some gold and then layered onto gold mirror card

I have stamped the sentiment directly onto the base card, which is 5x7, and the patterned panel has been added with some foam underneath to give it some depth.

The base card is top folded and used in Landscape just to ring the changes in the way I usually lay out my designs.

 I have used a bow die set and I have cut this in gold mirror card.

I am sure that many of you already have a set very much the same as this one.

It doesn't need to be identical to create this look for your self so take a look through your own collections and see what you have.. 

You could even use real ribbon if you preferred and that would look just as good.

Bye for now ...

Hugs xx

 

Umbrellas'

Hi Everybody,

These cards are the ones that have had the circle die cut turned into an Umbrella and it makes for a very effective card.

The back grounds are also hand created using inks and so of course each one will be different from the other.

I have used the circular box die this and since my brane was at Craft Stash and they have closed their doors there is no point in me adding in any links. 

If you already have the die set then use it  and if not then use any circular die that you may have in your own collection to give you the same look.

It is a fun way to make your dies work and it also uses up any of the larger scraps of card that you may have left over.

The little flower is also from the same set, as are the leaves so I can get most of my elements for this design from the one die set.

You could try stamping an extra pattern onto the die cuts, or colouring it with your favourite medium to make it even more individual 

Bye for now ...

Hugs xx.