Commissioned Card

Hi Everybody,

This is a card I was asked to create for a Birthday earlier in March . The brief was flowers, ribbons and pearls in red complete with matching box.

Swap out the pearls for Diamante and there is the finished request.

I am happy to say that both the buyer and the  recipient loved it and that of course makes me happy too. 

I lined the inside of the card to match and wrapped it all in red tissue paper before placing it in the box.

This is the type of card I enjoy making in any colour really but I have to admit to being a pink girl with lots of flowers and "Bling"

For this card I used my A5 complete card and box die set along with the Rectangles Perfect Panels
The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and are a mixture of mulberry flowers and leaves

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx 

Metallic Paint

Hi Everybody,

Todays card is created with some of the Arteza Metallic  Acrylic Paint 

I smooshed it onto the background of water colour card with some acetate, and it dried really nicely with a lovely sheen to it.

I did some extra and cut my flower from it and then edged the petals with a gold pen. 

I used some different leaf dies to get my selection and added them all under the flower

The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn and I have cut that and the leaves from the same inked water coloured card 

It has all been added to an embossed panel onto an A2 sized card and can be used for any occasion you need.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

 

Winner

 Hi Everybody,

I hope you are all well and staying safe. Vickie took Ruby and me out in her car for a walk in Witch Wood late yesterday afternoon and as we went past the pubs with beer gardens they were all full. The lock down lifted in the area and so many people took advantage of the good weather to go and meet with friends. 

There seemed very little social distancing though and not many wearing masks so I think another wave will be inevitable later in the year. People are so fickle when it comes to Covid as many believe it won’t happen to them. And I really hope it doesn’t and that the whole world can get back to some kind of normality. Personally I think the world has changed forever and things will never be the same for any of us as Covid -19, or some other strain of Corona Virus, will be with us for a long time.

And on that pessimistic note I will move onto the winner of yesterday’s offering and the name this week is

Sherry Hay

So if you could email me your postal address please to

christina@card-making-magic.com

I will get the pack in the post to you as soon as I can . I hope you enjoy playing with the snowman on those hot days in Florida and how I would love to hand deliver the pack to you. Have fun 

More tomorrow...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie - Build a Snowman

Hi Everybody,

This cute set consists of dies, stamps and an embossing folder and the title says it all. With this you can build a complete snowman from start to finish.

You can have him/her facing any way you wish with enough stamps to make him any size you would like to fit your cards.

There are numerous facial expressions, arms, noses and hats to fit both sizes and there is even a par of sunglasses that you can add to  our design.

I am sure you can have a lot of fun with this set and the dies will enable you to add him in a complete scene to a snow globe. So altogether a really good set to have for your Christmas makes this year.

Now if this is a set that you would like to play with then all you need to do is leave me a comment at the end of this post with your FULL NAME. And then be sure to come back and check if it is your name that is listed as the winner

I am happy to post this to you and it doesn't matter if you have won before you can still enter.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Whimsical Herringbone

Hi Everybody,

Todays card is another one suing the Whimsical Herringbone stamp set from Altenew. For this one I have used shades of pink orange and purple and the effect is amazing.

It has been dotted with some matching sequins

I can't tell you how much I love this stamp and how useful it is going to be creating those backgrounds with a real difference.

For this one I have used green, blue and purple and then cut the piece out with a heart shape die. This has been added to the card with foam pads.

Three tiny hearts have been cut in bright gold and added to the front and the sentiment is from Lawn Fawn.

Use any embossing folder that you have to create the panel for the front and then add the heart to the centre.

Don't waste those precious scrap either. Make use on another card of the tiny bits that are left over.

Here I have cut this piece down to fit an A2 and added another embossed panel to the front.

I have added the stamped strip with foam tape and then cut a thin strip from some left over glitter card to glue along the side.

The word HI has been cut four times in white and once in the glitter card and then stacked together for dimension.

The flowers are from the Ultimate numbers and overlays set and I have added them also with foam pads. The word Hi has ben added to the top and then once again I have added sequins.