More cards for Bob

 Hi Everybody,

Here are two more cards to add to the collection for Bobby

 and Carter and they have been water coloured by me for them

 to give to their friends at school through the year.

Both boys are well into football and so I need to come up with

 some that are football themed and they will be happy

 to give away.

These are more for their school friends which has boys

 and girls together.

The background to the top card is stencilled in pink and green 
and the oval layered onto a slightly larger green oval then added with foam pads underneath 

This card is also stencilled and because of the poinsettia it could double up as a Christmas card too.

I am sure they will like the cards that I make and it will save their mum a fortune in buying cards for them each week.

Bye for now ...

Hugs xx

Cards for children

 Hi Everybody,

Before Christmas I shared with you some cards that I had made for my Great Grandson Bobby

I promised him some birthday cards and now it is time to make some those cards for him to give to his friends throughout the year. 

This is the first batch I have made and these have been water coloured.

They are some rabbit images that I have had for years and I have water coloured them with my Arteza paints.

There are two male rabbits and one little girl rabbit and they have been added to different types of backgrounds, and cut out ovals from Nesting dies.

For this card I have stencilled the background and added some Washi Tape along the right hand side.

The little hearts have just been added with fine liner pen.

I have off set one oval on top of another lilac oval and added both with foam pads underneath

They have all had Happy Birthday sentiments stamped on them.

 I will give them to Bobby with an envelope then they will be ready for him to give to his friends.

I have many more to make yet for him and his brother Carter to use as they need.

I have coloured the two boy rabbits in different outfits and I have quite a few more of these images stamped out waiting to be coloured in.

I also have a lot of stamps that would be suitable for childrens cards and I will get busy with them also, and I will be sure to show them to you when they are done.

Bye for now ...

Hugs xx

Ita Tighe - Winner

Hi Everybody,

Well at least it is dry and fine here for now, if maybe a little cold and Ruby and I will be out later today.

We have had some good walks in the past few days and she loves going out in the fresh air.

I have done the draw earlier today and the name this week for the beautiful Altnew Die & Stamp set is 

Ita Tighe
would you email me your postal address please to
christina@card-making-magic.com
and I will get it posted to you straight away.

I hope you have fun with the set and be sure to let me know that you have it safely at the same email address.

Bye for now ...

Hugs xx 

Friday Freebie - Altenew

HI Everybody,

Todays offering is a real treat from Altenew and it creates a beautiful flower for the front of your design.

There is a 6 peice stamp set to go with it and that has sentiments as well as the flowers.

You will also get two layering stencils in the pack and they can help you to create lovely backgrounds for the flowers.

It comes with the Simply Cards & Papercraft magazine that is full of tips and ideas for you  to try for yourself 

Altogether a prize worth winning and it is from Altenew which makes it even more special.

So if you would like to have this in your collection then all you need to do is leave me a comment with your FULL NAME  

I have no way to identify you, or contact you especially if your comment comes through as Unknown or Anonymous. So if there is no full name your comment will not be added to the draw.

Please oblige if you want to win.

I am happy to send the pack to you and it doesn't matter if you have won before.

Bye for now ...

Hugs xx 

Inked Card

 Hi Everybody,

On Monday I showed you some papers that I had coloured myself for an original look to my cards, and I said I would show you what I  was doing with them. 

The first paper was shown with the actual blog post but the second paper was one I created using my home made texture paste and I did that vidoe over a year ago.

It is really easy to do using cheap talcum powder and if you add it to an air tight container it will last you for a long time, and it costs pennies. 

I make up what I think I will need and store the rest for another time, and I have come back to that six months later and it is still ok,

Here is the video for making your own paste ...

The photo shows the second paper I created and over the top of the paste 

I sprinkled some teal embossing powder and heated it.

The paste will bubble a little but it all adds to the texture and gives a lovely finish. 

I used circle nesting dies to cut out the frames and then I fussy cut one of the butterflies out of the paper.

I coloured it with alcohol markers and curled the wings round a pencil and then added it into one of the circle frames.

Small pearls have been added to the body line and I found a pearl flourish in my bit box and cut that to fit as a butterfly trail. I used some tiny bits that are left over form the flourish and used them as antennae on the butterfly itself. 

Hope you like 

Bye for now ...

Hugs xx