Butterfly Trails Collection

Hi Everybody,

Today card is a 5x7 with the fold at the side, which is not my usual style. But there is a reason for this change.

The front of the card has been decorated with the lovely papers from this collection and I specifically positioned the flowers.

The small butterflies have been cut from the pink paper in the pack and double layered onto white card for added strength.

The sentiment has been added to parchment for the same reason and added to the front of the card.

I have dotted it with sequins and added pearls to the body line of the butterflies.

But it is the inside where I have made the most of this card.

I have again used the papers from the pack to line the inside and from some plain white card I have used Picked Raspberry to ink the card.

I have used the large butterfly die to cut out the design and then I have added a little glue to the  centre edge of the wings.

 Positioning it on the middle of the card I have closed it up and pressed it till the glue was set  and then once you open it up the wings spread across the centre as a pop up.

It looks very effective. 

The centre of the butterfly is decorated once again with the flowers and it all folds flat to go into an ordinary envelope.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Ruby Update

 Hi Everybody,

Thank you so much for all your emails and concern over my beautiful Ruby. 

She is on medication to help her with the diagnosis of Cushing Disease and she seems to be responding to the treatment at the moment. 

The vet tells me it will take a while for her to completely respond but at least we are making progress in the right direction.

Here she is lying on her cool mat with Ella at her side but she is not taking any notice of the kitten and walks away when she has had enough.

She seems to like being left alone when she isn't feeling well and so that is what I do until she comes to me for a cuddle 

I hope she continues to get better as the weeks go by but it is incurable and so she will be on medication for the rest of her life now.

I will of course let you all know how she is progressing

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Winner

 Hi Everybody,

Here I am bright and early this week because later on this morning I am going out with Ruby for the day.

The weather is fine and dry and I hope it stays that way and we wont be back till afternoon.
So I thought it would be better to get this done early so that you are not all waiting for the name to show up as the winner.

The draw has been done at random and this week it is the turn of ...

Marie Quick
so would you please email me your postal address  to

christina@card-making-magic.com

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

I really hope you will enjoy the gift and please be sure to let me know that you have it safely.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie - Fabulous Foliage

Hi Everybody,

Here is another chance to win the Fabulous Foliage that comes with Die Cutting Essentials.

The magazine is full of hints and ideas for you to try, along with interesting articles for you to browse at your leisure.

The set consists of eight different dies for you to cut laves and flowers for your projects and it can be used at any time of the year to fill out your displays.

You will find lots of ideas on how to get the most from this die set in the pages of the magazine

So if this is something that you think you would like to have than all you need to do is leave me a comment at the end of this post with your full name. 

It must be your FULL NAME so that I can identify the correct winner and add it to a blog post over the weekend .

So if you do enter then be sure to come back and check to see if your name is listed as the winner.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Spiral Rose

 Hi Everybody,

It is no secret that I like to add flowers to my cards and this Spiral Rose  is one of the easiest ways to create them. At the moment it is half price on the Craft Stash website. 

You can make them as small or as large as you like by simply adding more spirals to the flower.

This top picture has used the spiral rose with the plain edges and the bottom one has used the scalloped edge die for a fancier look. 

Clicking the affiliate link in this post will take you to the special offer from Craft Stash that is half price at present from the 20 Sept 22

I also have a video on how to make these flowers for your self and they can be made from some of your patterned papers for unusual designs.  Spiral Rose Maker Die set 

These deals with Craft Stash won't be around for long so take a look at what there is and maybe you will see something that you would like.

And by using my affiliate links means I will get a small commission if you buy through them and it is at no extra cost to you. 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx