Magazine Freebies

One of the things which makes me choose a magazine are the free craft items they give away.  At times I have had some lovely stamps, including Somebunny to Love stamps, sometimes it has been toppers, other times it been CD-Roms and plenty of other freebies including bow makers and all sorts.  I am going to attach images of a number of cards made using freebies from off different card making magazines.

 Everything on this card is a magazine freebie (apart from the glue used sticking it all together)  I can't remember what magazine they have come from.  It is a plain yellow card blank and I have put on top of it two scrap pieces of backing papers plus a small piece of yellow corrugated card.  The flower embellishments have been added to the corrugated card and a peel off saying birthday added to the side.  All of this came from one freebie kit which is why it all co-ordinates.

This is another card made completely from freebies.  It is from the same magazine as above.  I haven't photographed it very well but will talk about how I made it.  It is a pink base card which co-ordinates with the backing paper and the embellishment.  I have torn the backing paper give it  rough edge.  I have stuck on a cardboard embellishment and a sentiment at the bottom.  All items came from the same kit and so all colour co-ordinate.

Only the topper image in the middle of this card were a freebie.  I really liked the colours in the toppers and decided that as they were all quite bright colours I would use plain card to complement the colours in the image.  I have used mats and layers of yellow, red and lime green card (all of which came from The Paper Mill Store) to pick out the colours in the topper.  I have then placed a simple peel off as a sentiment.  The peel off is from the Dawn Bibby range.  It is from looking at this card that you can see I have a natural wonk.  I try really hard to get everything on the card all level, but this just doesn't work and things usually end up crooked.  I think this is why I like to place things quite haphazardly on the card (to hide my natural wonk).  To be honest I try to blame my astigmatism but my family don't believe me.

Another card made completely from freebies.  They all came in a set and so all co-ordinate and match.  I have used a small square of backing paper in the centre of the card to which I have added flower shaped sequins.  To this I have added butterfly and flower embellishment plus a sentiment.  This card was made in the first year I started to make cards as when I look at it there isn't much skill in technique or design.  But at the time I made the card I felt so chuffed with it and thought it was really good.  The cards I have made in more recent years have far more skill to them and make these cards all look amateurish.

You can always make cards with freebies from magazines and using scraps of materials lying around your craft area.  I think the above go to show that you don't have to be amazingly arty or creative to be able to make something out what you get with the different craft magazines available.