Card Winner

Hi Everybody,

Just a short post today as I will be on my way to the GNPE at Harogate and I hope to meet some of you there. Please come and say Hello if you see us ... It will be so nice to meet you

Well another card will be winging its way to the new owner and I cant believe it is card no 50 already

That's almost a full year of giving away cards and I really hope you have enjoyed them whatever it is you have used the card for. I know some of you have framed them and keep them in your craft rooms

So today's card winner is ...

Paula

Would you email me please

christina@card-making-magic.com

with your postal address and I will get the card in the post to you

I have been asked if this Friday Freebie is open to everyone around the world and the answer is YES!

I am happy to send you the card wherever you live and my cards have been sent to many places in the world in the last 50 weeks. So please add your name next time if you like the card and would be happy to win it. 

But don't forget to come back and look for your name and claim the card if it is your name that is shown

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie 050

Hi Everybody,

Todays card to be given away is in Teal just for a change !! And can you believe that this is week 50 of the Friday Freebies

This card has all the usual accoutrements on it that I like to add and it is another that looks better in the hand than the photograph shows.

For this card I have used  Spellbinders  Tapestry   and this a very intricate die. I have layered it up with black for a more dramatic look

It has flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and a neat little Hatpin pushed into the bow.

So if you would like to own this card then all you need to do is  become a follower and then leave me a comment  at the end of the post.

From those comments one will be selected by my "Film Crew" and this week I will have to do the draw this evening as tomorrow I am off to the GNPE craft fair in Harogate. Please come over and say "Hello" if you are there

The blog post for tomorrow will be scheduled to go out bright and early and the winner will be announced then.

Please can I ask that if you take the time to add your name that you also take the time to come back and check if it is you who has won.  I allow 48 hours for the card to be claimed and then it will go to some one else if you don't come forward.

If you are the winner then you will need to email me ....

christina@card-making-magic.com 

with your postal address 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Anna Griffin Papers

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Hi Everybody,

This little 5x7 card is created using papers from Anna Griffin along with the decoupage pieces needed for the flowers.

It is made in the Hinged card style that I love to use and the inside has also been lined with the same papers.

I have cut my base card from  Luscious Lime   from the Celebrations Collection

From Spellbinders Oval Bliss   I have used  #4 for the base layer and then used it again with  #3 to create a frame

I have placed the frame over a stamped and embossed sentiment  and added each layer with foam tape in between

I have used some pearl flourish from Want2Scrap around the inner edge of the frame so that it surrounds the words and added a small tear-drop pearl onto each of the scallops for a really pretty effect

The ribbon is simply wrapped around the layers with a double bow added to the top and the central flower over the knot is from Wild Orchid Crafts

The flowers are precut and all I needed to do was add them to the card and I decided to place mine so that they are partly onto the oval.

It may not be quite my style but it is pretty all the same.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Yellow again ...

HI Everybody,

This card is another that is predominantly yellow but it also has a splash of pink.

As long as the shades of the colors that you use are subtle then this is a color combination that works really well.

The background paper to this card is from Anna Griffin and it is so pretty.

The yellow card is from the Craft shows I went to the other week.

 I have used  the Heirloom Oval  and layered it with   Elegant Ovals  then topped it with Sentiment One

There is lace and ribbon around the bottom with a triple bow added.

The centre of the bow is Gray pearl and diamanté and into the centre I have added a yellow pearl Hatpin

The flowers and the silver corner piece are from Wild Orchid Crafts  and this is another card that I am happy with in these colors

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Tuesday Tutorial - Medallions Three

Hi Everybody,

Todays tutorial is using  the Victorian Collection   which is one of my favorite sets

This particular one is Medallions Three  and it has a separate outer die that you can use to create the base

It gives such a lacey feel to a card and is sure to please all your female recipients.

Just wrap some ribbon around it and add those flowers and there you have a beautiful card to grace any bodies mantleshelf

For this card I have created my base card in a pale blue and it is a 6" square.

Then for the next layer I have chosen a toning spotty paper and cut it slightly smaller

It is this layer that we will work on first.

From  Medallions Three take #2 and #3 together and cut two layers of the filigree pattern in white.

Cut one of them into quarters and fix foam pads to the back of each piece.

Leave the other piece to one side for now

Add one quarter to each corner of the blue layer

Wrap  ribbon that is wide enough to cover each of the gaps in the centre.

I supported my ribbon with foam pads in the gaps and you can just see them in the photograph

Secure the ribbon on the back and then add foam tape to give dimension.

On top of that layer add the second piece of filigree card that you cut so that it is centralised on your card.

The layers that you have created with the foam pads or tape will give interest to your card as it creates depth and shadow

Stamp and emboss your chosen sentiment.

I have used  #3  Labels One   to cut out the words and then mounted it onto #3  Luscious Labels One  and I have used foam pads between each layer

Then once you have added in your bow, with a dazzler over the knot and some really pretty flowers you will have a card that you can be proud of.

My final touch was to add a pearl flourish from  Want2Scrap  coming from behind the floral display

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts  apart from the large Gray one which was one of six on a bracelet that I bought form Primark for £1

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Another Birthday Card ...

Hi Everybody,

Todays card is maybe for a younger birthday ... though lots of people are young at heart and would love this cute little elephant.

It is from a new Spellbinders  Celebration Collection   which has dies as well as   Embossing Folders and Stamps 

This stamp set is called Your Day

The Spellbinders I have used are Classic Hearts and Classic Scalloped Hearts

A simple card with matted and layered panels cut into banner shapes and in different patterns, then wrapped with some Gingham ribbon

I have cut the elephant so that is sits outside the die cut and I have decoupaged up a second layer of the elephant alone

He has a Googly Eye added for fun and I colored the image with Spectrum Noir IG1 IG2 and PP1 in the ear ... and TB1 LV1 PP1 BT for the parcels.

Then I used all the colors and made a dotted background in the heart shape and lined the inside of my base card

How easy can that be and add it to your collection of ready to use cards if it is not needed right away

Don't forget to add your name to the Birthday Give Away   if you would like to win the goodies on offer ... but you will need to become a follower and leave me a comment too

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx 

Birthday Give Away ...

Hi Everybody,

I am sorry to be so late in the day announcing the winner of the "Birthday Give Away"  but I have been into town today spending all the Gift Cards I got from family members for my Birthday and I have bought lots of Goodies for ...  ME !!

But the draw has been done by random selection from InLinkz and the winner will have had her email by now asking her to claim the prize.

The winner is ...

 Jenny Hurley

I need you to email me please 

christina@card-making-magic.com

with your postal address  please  so that I can get the parcel sent out.  

The two ladies who have won the Friday Freebie  cards have also claimed them but I need  you to contact me by email please  ... Dorothy Cattanach  for your card

The reason  I ask you to email me is for your own safety.  Facebook is not private and I don't want your personal information adding on there.  I am not being awkward about it ...  and I am not responsible for any outcome if you do.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Card Winners

Hi Everybody,

You may have noticed that the title of todays post is Card Winners ... in the plural and that is because last weeks card was not claimed by the winner and so another name  has been drawn.

The first thing to deal with today is the Card winner of the  Friday Freebie 049  and the draw has been done to select a name.  I am so happy that so many of you wanted this particular card this week and it is much prettier in real life.

So the winner of the Friday Freebie 049  is  ....

049 Dorothy Cattanach

The draw was done again from last weeks list and the name pulled out  to win the card offered as Friday Freebie 048 is ...

048 Ros Hodgkins

both of you ladies need to email me 

christina@card-making-magic.com

your postal addresses and I will get the cards in the post to you straight away.

If the cards are not claimed within 48 hours then they will be re drawn another time

Yesterday ...

A really big THANK YOU to the ladies out there who took the time to make and send me a Birthday card.  

I really appreciate all the effort that you went too and I feel truly blessed that you  take the time to visit my pages, leave me comments, write me lovely emails and then also send me beuatiful cards.

They have taken pride of place on top of my TV cabinet and will stay there for a week.  The yellow card and the flowers were sent to me from Kim and they are gorgeous so thank you to Kim and Mick for your kindness.

I had a lovely day with my family and Isabella wanted to play "Shop" in my craft room. She wanted to sell me some of the cards I made for  ... (in her words) Two million thousand pounds !! Sort of expensive don't you think ??

Last night Griff took me out for dinner and we tried a new restaurant and it was very tasty and very posh.  So all in all I had a really good day and being 21 again had it's advantages 

Today is the last chance you have to enter for the  Birthday Give Away  so head on over and add your name and the draw for that prize will be done by InLinkz tomorrow

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie 049

Hi Everybody,

Todays card is back to pink so all you pink lovers out there can have the chance to win this on

I have used the Butterfly Background for this one in a lovely shade of pink  ... but sadly this is a die that has now been retired from Spellbinders and will be hard to get hold of

The card itself is simply A4 cut in half and then hinged at the top and the just layers added all with foam pads to give it depth

It has pearls surrounding the frame and a dazzler in the centre of the bow and I have added pearls hearts to each of the butterflies.

It has been lined inside and it is about 6x8"

So would you like to win this one ?? If you do all you have to do is leave me a comment at the bottom of the page.

A name will be drawn in the morning and the  winner announced in the days blog post.

I will post the card to your wherever you are but please pop back to check if you have won.  

So today is my Birthday and I am giving away some lovely goodies. The chance for you to win the  Birthday "Give Away"  is open until the 8th March

If you would like these items then join the group of followers, leave me a comment and add your name and email to the list.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friendship Card in Teal

Hi Everybody,

Have you added your name to the  Birthday Give Away  yet ?? If not ... why not??  You need to be quick as this will close in a few days and you will have missed the chance to win some really pretty Goodies. Just become a follower, leave me a comment and add your name and email to the list

Here is another of the Friendship cards that Vickie asked me to make.

She is delighted with them and I hope her friends will also be pleased when they get these cards from her for their birthdays.

This one is created in Teal and white and  comes complete with a matching box

I have used the  Grateful Lattice  and created a frame to sit on top of the patterned card.

I used foam tape to raise it up added pearl flourishes  from  Want2Scrap to sit behind the sentiment

The sentiment has been added to  Labels Eighteen  with a  Faux Nestie  cut to sit behind it

The flowers, the dove  and the buckle are from Wild Orchid Crafts   and they have been sparkled up with  Glitter Magic

The ribbon is from  Mei Flower  and to this I have added a beautiful Hatpin.

I buy my hatpins complete with end protectors from the  Sparkles Goup  and I use 3" silver ones and decorate them myself ... and I have a video that was done a few years ago now but  will show you what I do ... Decorating Hatpins

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friendship Card in Pink

Hi Everybody,

If you took part in the Sale over Sunday and Monday then ... Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, I am really glad that it went down so well. I hope that you got the dies that you wanted.  I offered them at a very fair price and I really hope you enjoy them as much as I did


This is a card my daughter asked me to make

She wanted four cards for her friends who have birthdays coming up in the next few weeks

This was her way of showing them how much she cares for them and appreciates their friendship

So I set too and made the cards complete with matching boxes and over the next few days she has given me her permission to show them to you.

They are all created in the  Hinged Style  which is truly my favorite way to make

They all have flowers, ribbons and pearls on them and they all have a Hatpin added too

They are all 5x7 cards and each one has a box

This is the first one in a pretty shade of pink and for this I have used 5x7 Detailed Scallops

I hand cut a smaller central patterned panel and on top of this I added Classic Scalloped Ovals

The sentiment has been written by PC onto Classic Ovals  and added with foam tape to raise it up

And here is a sneaky peak of the boxes that hold the other cards and I will show you the delights inside them

And please don't forget that there is a Birthday Give Away  open and if you would like to win the Goodies on offer then you need to become a follower and leave me a comment  and add your name to the list

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Tuesday Tutorial - Belly Band 1

Hi Everybody,

Have you bought one of the Belly Band dies from Spellbinders and now don't know what to do with it ??

Well hopefully this little tutorial will show you one way to use it.

I have done my card in pink and white

And on the small  Labels  I have stamped and embossed my sentiment and added it to the card

From #7 5x7 Matting Basics A cut two in white for the base and join these two pieces together as a Hinged Card Style

From #7 5x7 Matting Basics B cut one in pink  (#1 is always the smallest die)

Hand cut a piece of patterned card slightly smaller than the pink layer .. so that there is just a thin border around the edge

To this piece of card I have added #4 from Belly Band One

This will create an opening in the card for you and on each of the sides there will be a slot in the card

This is for you to thread some ribbon through and secure it on the back

Once you have glued the ribbon in place you need to add some glue  only to the areas that I have shaded ... don't stick the central part to the card as you need this open for the next step.

Layer this onto the pink layer and than all can be added to the base card

And you should now have the card looking like this with the channel still there for you to use

I have added some brown card to show you what I mean

So for the next part I have cut a solid base and a filigree panel from  Radiant Rectangles

If you don't have this particular die then use any of the rectangles that you have that will cut the solid piece too

Glue both of these pieces together

Once they are dry slot this card into the channel on the base card and decorate as you wish.

I added my card at a jaunty angle but you can add yours straight if you prefer.

It will be held in place by the Belly Band but you can add a little glue if you prefer.

Pretty card suitable for any occasion and leave off the flowers and ribbons for any male cards you make

The other ingredients for the card are Pearls from Want2Scrap
Ribbon from Mei Flower
Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts
Glitter from Glitter Magic

Reminder ...

And just in case you missed it here is a reminder of the tutorial that was on Spellbinders Blog last week...  Especially For You  ... so two for the price of one today

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Yellow and Gray ...

Hi Everybody,

A few days ago ...  while I was showing you cards in my Yellow mood  ... someone said that they would like to see a card in Yellow and Gray

And so I got to work and made three using that color scheme.

This is the first of those cards and I must say that everyone I have shown this card to really likes the look too

The base card had been created with 5x7 Matting Basics A and B and layered  in gray and yellow

The Silver layer  is  Mystical Embrace  and this is a die cut that will cover most of the front of your 5x7 card

To the top of that I have layered  Royal Circle   and used #2 and #3 (#1 being the smallest)

The organza ribbon has been double wrapped around the layers and then everything added with foam tape to give dimension

The pearl flourish is from  Want2Scrap  and adds a real touch of luxury to the sentiment. The sentiment itself was Free with a magazine and it is proving to be such a useful one.

My flowers are a mixture of Yellow and White Roses, Carnations and Chrysanthemums and I must admit I really do like this card ... and I hope you do too

The sentiment is a stamp that was free with my magazine subscription to Simply Cards and Papercrafts  and is such a useful phrase to have

For Sale:

I have added more dies for sale to the page and you need to click the photo under the FOR SALE banner in the side bar to your right

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

For Sale ...

Hi Everybody,

I have been clearing out my craft room and I have decided to sell some of the dies that I do not use and I am adding the photos of them on this page and they are from many different companies .... These dies are NOT give aways they are

   FOR SALE

If you are interested in any that you see then you will need to email me 

christina@card-making-magic.com

and the first one to contact me will be able to buy them.

Email me with your name and postal address and WHICH of the dies you are interested in

 I will invoice you through Pay Pal and once the payment has gone through I will post them out to you.

I have numbered the dies on offer to make it easier for you to see and  each one is £3.50 + P&P  and the postage will vary depending on how many you buy and where you live

If they are  scored through then they are sold  ...

1. Picket Fence
2. Wrought Iron Fence
3. Birdcage
4. Floral Panel
   
   
   
5. Rambling Rose
6. Double Delights
7. Reindeer
8. Summer Pasture

9. Mask

10. Large Flourish

11. Sleigh

12. Peacock Swirl

13. Border

14. Florentine Bells

15. Snowflakes

16. Sentiments 2014

17. Single Fuchsia

18. Calypso Flourish

19. Winter Florals

20. Christmas Trees

21. Over the Edge - Baroque

22. Cottage Scene

23. Christmas Sentiments

Birthday Give Away...

Hi Everybody,

This year so far has been quite hectic in one way or another and in all the activity several anniversaries are passing by un noticed

So I am bringing them to the forefront with a little "Give Away" to celebrate ...

Flowers Ribbons & Pearls was 3 on the 2nd February ..

Card Making Magic will be 6 on the 12th March

And I am 21 again on the 6th March ...and Thank you for the lovely cards that have been sent to me for my birthday

And this is what is on offer for this prize and it is all brand new

• 2 pks of Wild Orchid Flowers
• 3 pks of Want2Scrap "Bling"
• 2 sheets of Organza
• 2 stamps
• 1 pk Brads

So if you would like to be in with a chance of winning this gift then here's what you need to do ...

Become a follower and leave me a comment. Then add your name and email to the list at the bottom of the page ... and  don't forget to come back and check if you are the winner