Day Four ...

Hi Everybody,

Day four is now completed and I am back at the hotel tired and happy and many of the dies are now completely sold out.

I was pleased to be able to add my thanks to everybody at C&C as they have been so helpful and of course to Spellbinders for the opportunity to present their die sets.

But most of all I wanted to say "Thank you" to all of you who emailed in to the show or left me lovely comments on Facebook.

I also had many lovely emails to the website and you have all been so encouraging.

Tomorrow we head off back home and after I have unpacked and sorted out all my crafting stuff that went with me I hope to just relax with Griff for a few days.

I was happy that he was with me and able to share in the experience.  He has been a big help and has done a lot of die cutting for me over the week.

So it will be dinner for him at our favorite restaurant when we get home ...  and of course a great big thank you to him for all his help

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Day Three ...

i Everybody,

Thank you all for your amazing and humbling comments and many many thanks also for your support.

I have had a really good day today and everything went without a hitch.

I had all my demos well planned and several extra on hand .... just in case.

I watched back the shows from yesterday and my mistakes were not really noticeable and  I felt a little better after that.

So today was the time to put it behind me and move on.

Everybody at C&C has been so encouraging and supportive  and they all assure me that I am doing OK.

And of course the support and  encouragement I have had from all of you has been so wonderful and a real boost to my confidence.

There have been lots of the dies sold out and so I am really pleased about that too.

So tomorrow I am on with Leonie  and my last show is with Jackie .... and then home and back to normality

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Day Two ...

Hi Everybody,

And so endeth day two ...  and I am glad to get back to the hotel and have a lovely glass of red wine and put my feet up.

The 4pm show turned out to be a little stressful as right at the end they had a sell out and so the demo that had been prepared for  had to be scrapped.

Right at the last second the producer changed the format and wanted a completely different flower that I had not prepared for and it totally threw me of course.

I had no demo planed other than for the one discussed and that could not now be shown as it was sold out.

I tell you I panicked and had to change my plan completely .... but came up with the Sunflower die which I totally messed up.

That was the worst moment of all the shows this week and I was well stressed.  I hope it didn't show .... but apparently I came off air and said .... "That was hard work ..." with the live microphone still attached and EVERYBODY  ( and his wife...)  heard me.

So if you heard my comment ...... my apologies but I was well stressed at the very sudden and unexpected change

It was another steep learning curve ...  and one I will not repeat again.  But as it was said to me .... "Welcome to live TV ...."

At the 7pm show again withe Dawn I was able to go back and do the demo from scratch and show you the correct way to make the Sunflower and once it was done I felt so much better.

But as promised  in the shows I will be doing the tutorials for each of the flower sets and they will be added to the Card Making Magic website once they are done.

I will add the link to a blog post each time one is added but please just give me the time to settle down once I am back at home and they will be added as soon as I can after that.

Here is another sample that I made for the show and this is with the Dogwood  Rose die set.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Day One ...

Hi Everybody,

Well day one is well and truly over with and I am now back at the hotel ... pleasantly tired and weary.

What a day this has been with a very earl start.   I thought that there was only one 5.45 on a clock but today I found out how wrong I was.

This was the day I went for the screen test ... and that was the easy part.

But I am really happy with the way the day went.

This was the first show I did with Dean and he was very welcoming.

In fact everybody has been so friendly anf reassuring that I felt very much at home.

It was also nice to meet up with some of the people that I have watched for a few years doing there stuff on Create and Craft.

So now it is time to get some sleep because it starts all over again tomorrow

Not quite as hectic with three shows to do at 9, 4 and 7 pm but still a 7 am start.

Thank you for the emails that you sent in to the show and I hope you will join me again tomorrow

Several cards have been given away in the shows and if they are wonky I apologise .... it's my nerves.

This is one of the projects that I made for the show and this uses the Cherry Blossom flowers to decorate the top.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Anything but a Tree ...

Hi Everybody,

Here is a card from last weeks holiday show on Create and Craft that uses the 3-D Christmas Tree

This is one of the die sets that sold out very quickly.

But it has been used in a completely different way and creates a background that has nothing to do with Christmas.

I have  cut two of the trees and then cut them again down the middle and used each half to add the peach colored panel along each side if the card.

Then with the regular addition of flowers,  ribbons and pearls I have a card that keep me well and truly in my comfort zone.

The flowers are from  Wild Orchid Crafts  and are a selection of Carnations, Roses, Cherry Blossom, and some Rosebuds.  The  words are Sentiments One from  Spellbinders

The flowers have their petals sparkled with Glitter Magic  and the beautiful ribbon is from Mei Flower

Today I am all packed up and ready to head off to Create & Craft for the week.  You wouldn't believe the amount of stuff I have had to pack ..... wish I could put my craft room on wheels and take it with me ... would be whole lot easier.

I am looking forward to the experience and the first shows are  Create a Flower  with Dean Wilson at 8 am and 10 am on Monday ... keep your eye on the TV schedule for the rest of the times

Please give me your support and send in those emails and lets get that big cup overflowing again ... that was wonderful

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx