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Well what a surprise to day ... the sun is shining and it really is very pleasant, after all that rain yesterday. Ruby and I will be going out later for a little walk, though it will be too muddy in the woods. We will stay on the promenade this time where it will be clean and dry.
I have done the draw for the quirky Shine Bright Stamp and Die Set from Sheena Douglass and the winner today is
Tina Zapusek
would you email me your postal address please to christina@card-making-magic.com and I will get it in the post to you straight away.
I would be pleased if you could let me know that you have it safely and I rally hope that you will enjoy playing and designing with it.
Today sees the opportunity for you to own this fabulous stamp and die set called Shine Bright from Sheena Douglas
It is an A4 stamp set with lots of light bulb images for you to adapt to suit your designs as well as sentiments for many occasions that will fit also.
The four piece die set will also cut out the bulb images so that you can add them separately to your cards.
The magazine is Simply Cards & Papercraft and is guaranteed to be a good read with our morning coffee .... or afternoon tea !!
Now if this is something that you would like then all you need to do is leave me a comment at the end of this post with your FULL NAME
Be sure to come back and see if you are the winner on Sunday as I have no way of contacting you if you don't.
Today sees the launch of a brand new pack called Butterfly Blossoms and it has beautiful filigree butterflies in there for you to add to your cards.
There are also some solid shaped butterflies, in colours and just white, that can be turned into easel cards, shaker cards or simply used as the shape to the card itself.
It is designed to help those that are new to card making as well as the more seasoned one of us that likes to make a quick but beautiful card
There is so much you can do with this pack and the papers are really pretty.
Some of them are foiled and there are many many sentiments for you to add.
For this card I have added the filigree butterfly to the top of a shaped plain one that has been covered in the paper.
Each portion of the pack can be bought individually
Here I have tried to give you some ideas on how to use the pack but I am sure that you will come up with many more as you start to play
For this card I have added the plain shape to a card front and then topped it with silver one from the paper pack and a sentiment.
Alter the size of the card too and create DL or Slimline cards as well as the larger sizes.
The world is your oyster ... so they say.
And you don't have to use the whole shape. Trim it down to fit your design and see what a difference that makes.
For this DL card I have used the papers from the pack and added the filigree shape to a plain one. I have allowed the wings to be free to give some movement to them
Have fun and you will be amazed at just how many cards you can create from this collection
I have been playing again and this time I have been creating a rainbow look with my wax seals.
I bought some more beads from Amazon in Matt colours and they came the day after I ordered them at a really good price too.
I also got some more spoons so that I could melt things a little quicker
I have included the links to the items that I got from Amazon in the list below.
The stamps I have had for donkeys years and although I have searched online for them I cannot find them and so they may no longer be available.
But you can always make ink blobs yourself or use any stamp that you like to create the look.
I have another idea that I will share with you later this week again using the wax seals and I will use the new spoons that I bought as they have a lot deeper pan to them ... which I will need for my next attempt with them.
Did you manage to join the Craft Stash Craftathon Friday?? We had a great day and some winners on each hour. The demos created some beautiful projects and as soon as we have the figure I will let you know just how much money we raised for MHUK.
On the blog the draw has been done for the gorgeous Butterfly Florals stamp and die set. The name today is Betty McAlister and so if you could email me your postal address please to christina@card-making-magic.com I will get it in the post to you straight away.
I hope you will enjoy playing with it and please be sure to let me know that you have received it safely.
It is the turn of the butterflies this week and this pack has a lovely stamp and die, from Pink Fresh Studios, to add the butterfly to your cards.
There is also another stamp set in the pack that has text and florals as well as sentiments and the lovely squiggly butterfly trail to complete the look.
You will find lots of inspiration inside the pages of the Simply Cards & Papercraft magazine.
I personally love adding text to my backgrounds as I think it makes them look so special. But I am sure that you will come up with lots of ideas if you should win this offering.
All you need to do is leave me a comment at the end of this post and then be sure to come back and see if your name is shown as the winner. Your comment must include your FULL NAME or it will not be entered into the draw.
And don't forget to join in with the Live Craftathon that Lou is hosting all day today.
Get ready for an amazing 8-hour Charity Christmas Craft Marathon with Lou Collins! On Friday …
Join Lou and special guests as they bring you live demos all day long. Plus, there's a chance to win fantastic giveaways worth over £100 every hour, exclusively for our viewers!
Lou will be crafting and hosting non-stop, while guest presenters jump in with fun and exciting demos. It's going to be an event you don't want to miss!
As part of our commitment to supporting mental health, we will donate 10% of all profits to MIND, a remarkable mental health charity. Throughout the day, our guests and viewers will engage in conversations about the positive impact of crafting on mental well-being. Join us as we explore various ways in which we can empower ourselves and others through the art of crafting.
I have been busy making cards and using the wax seals that I made yesterday. I have lots of seals left over and so I can make lots more cards
I have lots of ideas to share with you and they will be in other videos yet to be added. But for now the first four are in a video that I made for you to see.
This first one uses the three flowers that I made and trimmed down. I added them to a really old stamp set that looks like distressed paint stripes.
I add these in before I used an older embossing folder for the the panel and added it to a green mat.
For this next one I have used the same embossing folder from Card Making Magic called Simply Dots.
The background paper is some that I have also had for ages and bought at a craft show years ago.
I used the Dragon wax seal stamp for this one and staggered them on the banner strips
I am really happy with all the cards I made and I hope you like them too. I also hope you enjoy the video and will be sure to join me on the next one.
These are some of my first attempts at creating wax seals and I am quite pleased with the results.
Some of them are good others are not but there is no waste with any of the waxes as they can simply be re-melted and used again.
I did make quite a few in the video and in the next one I will add them to my cards.
There are lots of things that you can do with the seals and I will try to show you how I varied the looks as I go along. I have some special cards that I want to share with you and so more videos will be along soon.
The stamps that I used are from Easy Craft Art and they have a vast choice of stamps, wax beads and kits that may appeal to you. They are offering you a 12% discount on your purchases if you add the code Christina 12 at the checkout.
I am very blessed to be in the position of being offered product to use without any strings attached and who wouldn't say yes when offered things like this.
So a few weeks ago I was asked by Easy Craft Art if I would like to choose some items from their website to try.
I had a good browse around and there is a host of things for journaling and scrapbooking and I have never done either of those things.
So I selected the items shown as I have never done anything with real wax seals in the past.
Being new to this I have to do some learning to do for myself but as I progress I will be adding the seals to my cards and I will share them with you as I do. And if you would like to try this too then Easy Craft Art are giving you a 12% discount on your order if you add Christina12at the checkout
If you are not into the real wax seal products then in my Card Making Magic Collections I do have a faux Wax Seal Die Set that will give you a really good look to your designs, and at present Craft Stash are giving you 10% off this die set.
Please join me in the next few videos where I add the wax seals to my cards and I try to be a little different as I do.
It's a strange kind of day here. It isn't cold and not raining at present, but it is very damp. Ruby and I may go walking later but we will see how it goes. Ruby will go out in any weather, but me ???? I am a fair weather walker only.
I have done the draw for the Daffodil stamps and embossing folder and the winner will not be disappointed with their win. I add in my email address for you to reply to so please use it, and not the contact form on the blog, or even leaving your personal details on the blog pages.
I delete those emails for safety reasons and I do not store any details about you at all.
So the name today is
Ali Patchett
Please can you email your postal address to
christina@card-making-magic.com
and I will get the prize in the post to you straight away. Please be sure to let me know that you have it safely.
Another floral stamp set on offer this week and this one is gorgeous Daffodils to add to your designs.
This consists of an embossing folder and an A4 stamp set full of lovely images for you to stamp onto your cards. And very useful sentiment strips too.
Included in the pack are some pretty A4 papers to complete the look and they can be cut up and used for all your makes.
The magazine is a really good read and ever ready to offer you ideas that you may like to try for yourself.
So if this is something that you think you would like then all you need to do is leave me a comment at the end of the post with your FULL NAME, and then be sure to come back and see if you are the winner.
Todays card is a DL size and once again I have used the Altenew Flowers Kits that I have.
This also has a matching die to cut it out and again I have added it to an older Card Making Magic embossing folder.
This folder is one of my favourites and the effect is very subtle. It is the Simply Dots folder.
I made the colour scheme yellow as this is not a colour I use often but I do like the effect with these tulips.
I used the stencil in the kit, before embossing it, to add some flourishes to the background under the flowers. The pearls along the side are just a little extra decoration.
Another pretty card that would sit any occasion and is reasonably quick to make.
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