The pens ....

Hi Everybody,

I am so pleased that you like the latest Give Away ... I told you it was a good prize  and if you haven't entered yet then here is the link to the page where you can add your name for the chance to win the  ...   Spectrum Noir Pens

Over the next few days I am going to add photos of images that have been coloured by me with my Spectrum Noirs.    And hopefully you will like the cards and want to win them even more.

They are such a versatile pen and well within most peoples budgets.  Please,  please don't be afraid to colour ... practise and the more you do the better you will become.

I know I have said it before but it is worth repeating here .... you do  not  need all of the 168 pens ... start with some of the six pens sets and you will have more than enough to get the results that you want.

My advice for a starter set would be the Pale Hues ... to colour skin ... both dark and light skin.

Essentials ... as this has black and the blender pen.

And then choose two of your favorite colours, and depending on what it is you like to colour.

My choices were blue and pink when I started ... why ... well because most people wear jeans these days both male and female.... and pink .... well just because I love pink... and what I like to colour the most are characters.

So this image is Blanche and she is from Saturated Canary  where you will find some fabulous characters to colour.

I will be away Friday and Saturday so my posts will go out scheduled ... hopefully/  But I will be back on Sunday with some Goodies bought from the GNPE show in Harogate.

Please look out for us and say "Hello" Look for my "Film Crew" who  will be wearing his Card Making Magic baseball  hat and probably carrying a large bag.

Hugs xx

Look at this ...

Hi Everybody,

I just have to share this with you as it was delivered, very sneakily I might add,  to my craft room yesterday morning and left on my desk.

It is handmade by my "Film Crew" to celebrate the websites 4th birthday.

He has used bits and pieces from cards that have been sent to me for my own birthday and Mothers Day and recycled this for me.

He was so pleased with it and I think it is wonderful.

The white border across the top of the card is ..... kitchen roll and he pinched the bows off his birthday card to me last week.

You have to give him 10 out of 10 for his efforts ... and he even added an "A" frame to the back so it would stand.

Awwww Bless him ......  So we went out out to have a meal for the birthday celebration  ... .and would you believe I left my money and cards at home by mistake  ....  Oooops!  so Griff had to pay.

Still I am taking him to a craft show this weekend ...  what more could he want ????

Hugs xx

Card Making Magic is 4 today.....

Hi Everybody,

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Card  Making Magic has been my baby for quite some time now and the 12th of March means it is four years old today.

There have been many exciting things happen for me since I started this adventure and  this year has been brilliant .... and it's only March..

One of them was being made an Accredited Instructor for the Spectrum Noir Pens.

I am so happy ...  because to help me celebrate Spectrum Noir  have offered me the most fantastic prize to "Give Away"  to one lucky winner....

 This is the WHOLE collection of the six pens sets ....

 What an awesome Give Away and it will run for one week until the 19th.

The draw will as always  be done by random selection by  InLinkz and the  winner will get  all  72 pens.  That is all the colours in the collections.   And the prize is not shared it is all yours. 

So to be in with a chance of winning you will need to be a follower ... if you aren't already   (or have bought from "My Shop")    and leave me a comment.

Click the blue box and add your name and email to the list, but only once please as duplicate entries will be removed.   If you don't have a Blog then leave the URL Box BLANK...... 

Good luck to everyone and I know LOTS of you will want this amazing prize.

Hugs xx

Gilding Flakes

Hi Everybody,

First I would like to thank all of you who popped over to the website and clicked the Pink Ribbon logo for Breast cancer ... I am sure that a lot of women will be very glad  of your support.

 And I would  like to share with you a  short video that  I have added  on using     Gilding Flakes.

 I have had several emails telling me that you had  bought some  too and then didn't know what to do with them.

So this is just one way to use them and I will be adding in more videos on other ways to get the best from this product.

These are many colours in small pots and the effect is real luxury on your cards.

I used Flakes on a card a while ago and the video for that is Mosiac Card Tutorial

This is the effect using silver flakes and the video shows you how to get the birdcage look for your self.

This weekend sees me off to the GNPE show in Harogate and I am really looking forward to it.

We are going down on the Friday and staying at the Holiday Inn.

So if you happen to be staying in the same place please let me know ... it would be lovely to meet up on Friday.

The show is Saturday and then  home .... full of goodies I hope.

 Got my list all ready written and clutched in my hot little hand... along with all my pennies.

NEWS FLASH !!!!

Card Making Magic is four years old tomorrow .... and there is going to be a fantastic
 Birthday  "Give Away" for you.

Please pop back in the morning and see what the prize is and then enter your name in the blue box.  Leave your name and email address and leave me a comment too.....

If you don't have a blog leave the URL box BLANK and it doesn't matter where in the world you live you can still enter for the chance to win.

No duplicate entries please as they will be removed ... and the red cross at the side of your entry just means that you can delete it if you wish ... so if you accidently add your name twice then please remove one of them.

Hugs xx

Going, going ...

Hi Everybody,

Over the year I try out many products, techniques, materials and styles of cardmaking for Card Making Magic and as  result I end up with lots and lots of cards.... and I mean lots of cards.

I am sent some of the products by companies for me to try out,  and to see what I think of them,  and then to tell you about it if the product is a good one.

And I may need to make 6/10/12 cards from that one thing to give a valued opinion ... so you can see why I end up with so many.

I use many of my cards to send out to relatives and friends over the year and then at Christmas time I make decorated boxes,  and fill them with cards.

Each of our four girls is given one,  and then they have cards to send to their own friends through the next year.

Now yesterday was a dull and wet sort of a day and so I had a grand clear out of my craft room and sorted out all the cards.

 There are almost 200 hundred cards here.

60 of them in boxes, and the rest, complete with envelopes are in cellophane packets and they are all  going ... going ... gone to a local charity that I support.

They then sell them to raise money for their own charity which is
 Donnas' Dream House  in Blackpool
 and this gives a holiday to a sick child and their family.    

And Card Making Magic is proud to be a sponsor of this wonderful house and the work they do. 

Hugs xx