Birthday Girl ...

Hi Everybody,

A really pretty card created with Victorian Medallions Two  from Spellbinders Victorian Collection

I have used the smaller A2 Matting Basics A and B to make the base card and layers and kept the fold at the top

The finished card size is 4 1/4 x 5 1/2" but these dies layer up in exactly the same way as the other Matting dies and I have a video to explain how the two sets work together .... Matting Basics 

The card is from AnnaMarie Designs  and I have used both the Dotty and Striped card and placed them together

The ribbon is from Mei Flower and the beautiful  flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts

I have curved them around the sentiment which has been stamped onto Labels Twenty

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

FF Card Winner ...

Hi Everybody,

As you know,  if you are a regular visitor to my blog, that each week I add a Tuesday Tutorial and I add them all to one page for your convenience.  There is a permanent link in the side bar to that page.

Not only do I add the links to the Tuesday Tutorials  but I also add the link to the other tutorial that I do each month for the Spellbinders Blog.  So that means that every month I am adding five new ways in which to use your beautiful Spellbinders.

Please take the time to check them out as I cover different dies in each tutorial and if there is anything you would particularly like to see then let me  know and if I have the die I will be happy to show you There are now approaching thirty step by step tutorials for you to see.

So now lets get on to the winner of these weeks Friday Freebie card and the pretty card in cream and white is going to ....

Joan Simpson ...

please send me your postal address to 

christina@card-making-magic.com

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

Let me know when it arrives with you and I hope that you will like it.

And now .... I am off to the Bolton Arena Craft Show to buy some goodies 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie 061

Hi Everybody,

This card is a vision in white with flowers, ribbons and pearls.

The background sparkles as do the flowers and into the floral display I have added in a Hatpin that can be removed

It is a large card at just over 7" square and the inside is lined too.

Would you like to win this one ??

Then all you need to do is leave me a comment at the end of the post ... and join the group of followers please.  Then tell your friends about the blog and get them to join in the fun too.

In the morning the winner will be announced in the blog post so please come back and check if it's you.  You will have 48 hours in which to claim the card and I am more than happy to post it anywhere  you are.

I do not mean to upset anybody so I respectfully ask that if you are not going to check the winners then please don't add your name,  as you take the chance away from some one who does want the card,

And last weeks card has not been claimed and that isn't fair to everybody else. I make the cards and I am happy to pay the postage ... all you need to do is claim it and tell me where you are ... please !!

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Fussy Cutting ...

Hi Everybody,

Todays card is another from play day on Sunday while Griff watched F1 on TV

I have added this one because with yesterdays card I mentioned that I have Fussy Cut the flowers and I have been asked to explain what I mean

Fussy cutting is just cutting around your image but not following closely the exact edge

If you can see in this photo that although the rose and leaves are cut out from the rest of the paper I have still got a white edge around it all

It just makes cutting out a little easier  because cutting out is on a par with stamping and is something I am not very keen on

So this card is created with the hinge at the top and is 5x7"  I have layered it up with yellow and white

The sentiment has been stamped and heat embossed and the embossing folder from   Crafters Companion  fitted around it

The image is colored with Spectrum Noir and then raised on foam pads to add it to the card front.

Colors Used:
Leaves:   DG2 DG4 CG1
Flower:   CT1 CT3 CT4
Shadow:  IG1

 And that is all there is to this card 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Stamping for fun ...

Hi Everybody,

Sunday was Formula One day and so while Griff was watching that I was up in the craftroom playing with stamps.

I don't profess to be a stamper and I am not very good at it.

But this was the effort I produced with some Sheena Douglass stamps I have had for quite some time and have never used ... shame on me !!

They are from some of her Little Bit Sketchy Collections  and they are quite big

The sentiment was stamped and heat embossed first and the background added after. I stamped the big flowers and colored them with Distress Inks and inked the edges

Then I fussy cut them out and  added glaze to the top to make them shine and once dry I have layered them up.

Ribbon was wrapped around the top and the whole panel was matted onto some deep rose pink card.  The base card is matted and layered with some patterned paper onto more of the rose card.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx