Tuesday Tutorial - Two Way Street

Hi Everybody,

A pretty floral card is the order for today and this is using dies that I have used before so if you have them it's time to get them out again.

Matting Basics are always useful dies to have in your crafting collection and I use mine regularly

Spellbinders Supplies:

• S6-001 5x7 Matting Basics A
• S6-002 5x7 Matting Basics B .
• S4-710 Two Way Street
• S5-187 Labels Thirty Three
• PL-001 Platinum Die Cutting Machine

Other Supplies:

• Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts
• Ribbon from Mei Flower
• Glitter from Glitter Magic
• Lace and Dazzler from WOC
• Pink and Cream card from Papermill Direct

Instructions:

With die #7 from Matting Basics A cut two and create a cream base card

With die #7 from the B set cut one layer in pink

With die #6 from the A set cut another layer in cream

With die #6 from the B set cut another layer in pink

Cut one layer with the Two Way Street die

Stamp and heat emboss your sentiment onto some cream card and  with die #4 from Labels 33 cut two layers one from the cream sentiment card and the other in pink.

Cut the pink one in half as shown

Arrange around the cream sentiment layer so that a small border is created at the top and bottom

Layer the Two Way Street on to the pink layer with dots of glue 

Add both to the cream layer and wrap these with lace and ribbon 

Add some foam pads on the back 

Layer the next pink layer onto the base card and then add the previous step to the top

Use foam under the sentiment label and add centrally to the card

Glue a small bow in place along the bottom left of the sentiment

Arrange the flowers on to the card as you like and sprinkle them with glitter for a lovely effect.

These are the flowers I have used. Starting from the ;left they are ...

Gypsophila, Chrysanthemum, Carnation, Roses in three sizes 5/10/15 mm

 2 Tuscany Rose buds and a Tulip

Anemone and Cherry Blossom

I have two tutorials that maybe can help you with flower arranging 

Adding Flowers to Cards

Small Flower Corsage

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Pretty Butterflies

Hi Everybody,

This is one of the cards that I featured in the

 Hydrangea Video 

It was using the die that came free with Simply Cards and Papercrafts 160 a few weeks ago

There are lots of ways to use this pretty free gift and in the video I tried to give you some options.

I used coloured inks to create the background using the stamps and then I stamped extra butterflies onto a separate piece of card and fussy cut them out

They have been added to the card just gluing along the body line and raising the wings slightly

The pearl flourish from Want2Scrap has been used to make the butterfly trails from each one

I matted the panel onto some black card and then layered it to an embossed panel before adding to the base card

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Ruby Update ...

Hello Everyone,

S'me Ruby here and I am now fully recovered from my operation and back to mischief again

I have discovered that I am now big enough to climb onto the back of the chair and look through the window.

And then I have a lovely time watching the world and barking at everybody who passes my house.

It doesn't matter who is sat in the chair ... I will climb on top of them to see what is going on outside.

I am so pleased to be able to play with my best friend Dougal again

He is a Cockapoo and he is alomost the same age as me.

He has just been to the groomers and had his hair cut and I think he looks really handsome

We play together really well but we get a bit noisy and rough sometimes

Our mums take us in Witch Wood and we love it in there.

It is full of delicious smells and trees and bushes that we can run through.

When it has been raining it gets really muddy and Dougal and I love to run in it and we roll each other over.

So when I get back home I have to have bath and this is me after my bath

I am having a snooze on my mums knee in my lovely warm coat and I snore like a train!!

Lots of people have been asking my mum about this coat and so she has added a link for you to see them ....Ruff and Tumble Dog Coats

More next time ...

Bye for now xx

Card Winner and a Video

Hi Everybody,

The pretty card yesterday was one of several that I made using that technique and I did them all in different colours. Over the past months I have given them all away as Friday Freebies and I hope you have liked them if you where one of the winners.

So this one will find a new home with YOU

Pearl Hudson

would you email me please with your postal address to 

christina@card-making-magic.com

and the card will be on its way to you straight away.

Please let me know when it arrives with you.

New Craft Club ...

In many of the craft magazines there has been an advertisement for a new club from  Practical Publishing and they have asked me if I would do a video to show you what is in the first kit. 

The items will change every three months and they will be quality crafting goods that are better priced than buying them individually.

Here it is and all the information to join the club is in the video ... It is only open to UK residents at present.
 Here is Club Create 2017

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie 009 - Happy Birthday

Hi Everybody,

So here we are with another of those Ombre cards created with the waste left over from the Grate Effect die from Spellbinders

It is a really easy way to use up what would otherwise have been discarded and the effect is lovely

There is a tutorial on the Tuesday Tutorials page to show you how Using the Waste  can be put to good use.

Now if you would like to have this card then all you need to do is leave me a comment at the end of the post,

From those comments a name will be chosen at random and the winner announced in tomorrows blog post.

You will need to come back and check for yourself if it is yours as you will only have 72 hours in whcih to claim the card

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx