Ruby Update

Hello Everyone,

I have some really exciting news to tell all of you today and my mum is so proud of me.

 I have been going to doggy training and last Thursday I took my Bronze Test and I passed with no trouble at all.

 Here I am with my certificate and my lovely Rosette and I am learning to be obedient for my mum.

 I am going to do the Silver course in August and I will be sure to let you know how I do

I am nearly eleven months old now and I have changed quite a bit from when I was tiny. I now weigh 13.9kgs and I run around a lot. I still like barking though but I have to learn that I  don't need to bark at everything !!

This is me at nine weeks old and my coat is very creamy. On my back I had some black that took on the shape of a heart but as I grew that mingled in with the rest of my colours

But don't I look cute and you can see why my mum fell in love with me ... even if I do say so myself !

And in case you are wondering what I am my official Kennel Club registration is a

 English Show Cocker Spaniel 

This is me at six months old and look how my hair has grown.

I still haven't grown into my ears yet and I don't suppose I ever will. 

My mum says I am like Dumbo and should be able to fly with such big ears.

I hope you enjoyed my story today and my mum is so proud of both of us as she worked hard to train me too.

See you again soon ...

Bye for now  Ruby xx

Card Winner

Hi Everybody,

What a beautiful day it is here and for the weekend. Tomorrow we are going to Birmingham to see my daughter Graduate with a Masters Degree and I am so proud of her achievements. She has worked really hard and deserves all the good things that come her way.

Ruby and Dougal will be going to stay overnight with Aunty Sally and they will have a lovely time. Ruby will be back tomorrow as she has quite an achievement of her own to share with you all.

So the draw for yesterdays shabby chic card has been done and the name this week is you ...

Donna Okoniewski  

please can you email me with your postal address to

christina@card-making-magic.com

and I will get the card in the post to you straight away.

I am always disappointed when some one does not come forward to claim a card as I know so many others would have loved that pretty Owl Card.  But it will be offered again once the other shabby chic cards have all been given away

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie 026

Hi Everybody,

This really pretty Shabby Chic card is the one on offer this week and it is in lovely shades of lilac and lemon.

There is a mixture of flowers all sparkled up and they surround a picture frame.

I really love this card and it is much better in the hand.

So if you would like to win this one then all you need to do is leave me a comment at the end of the post.

I really must stress that you come back tomorrow to check is it is your name that is shown as you will need to email me with your details if it is.

Sadly the pretty Owl card form last week has not been claimed and so I will offer it again at a later date.

I am giving you 72 hours to claim it so I think that is more than fair.

After that time it will be too late and it will go to someone else at another time

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Die Cutting Essentials 26 (DCE26)

Hi Everybody,

This months Die Cutting essentials will be on sale tomorrow and with it is the gift named Happy Days.

It consists of three dies and nine stamps that can be mixed and matched in many ways to create various sentiments for you.

For this card I have used Tropical colours to create a bright and sunny card.

I have simply used the dies cuts and stacked them onto the front of my card with foam pads to give a layered look to the bloom

For this card I have  used water colours to change the flowers and cut the card even more and layered them in a more random way 

The Happy word is one of the dies in the pack so that has been cut several times and stacked together to give a more solid word

The video to show you more ideas and how I created another card is ...

Die Cutting Essentials 26 (DCE26)

and I hope you will sit and relax for a little while to view it.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Tuesday Tutorial - Spellbinders Milan Medallion

Hi Everybody,

A really quick and easy card today that you can achieve with any embossing folder in your collection.
I have used the Doily Art from Spellbinders but sadly it is no longer on their website though you can fine it if you search for it.

Spellbinders Supplies:

• S6-099 Milan Medallion
• S4-114 Standard Circles
• S4-115 Scalloped Circles
• SCF-003 Doily Art Embossing Folder
• PL-001 Platinum Die Cutting Machine

Other Supplies:

• Flower/Lace/ Leaves from Wild Orchid Crafts
• Glitter from Glitter Magic
• Sentiment from Lily of the Valley
• Card from Papermill Direct

Instructions:

With Matting Basics A cut two of the largest die in dark blue card and create the base

With Matting Basics B cut one layer in white from the largest die

Hand cut a piece of blue Mirror card to fir the white layer and leave a small border around the edge.

Emboss the mirror Card in the folder

With #2 from the Milan Medallion cut two layers in the dark blue card and stack together

Stamp and heat emboss the sentiment and cut out with the plain die

Cut a Scalloped circle and layer together

Glue together the Mirror Card and the white panel and wrap with the lace before adding to the base card

Dress with roses in two sizes and two shades of blue

Add the circle sentiment to the card front

Sparkle the flowers with glitter

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx