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January 04, 2016

Seasons Giving Blog Hop Winner

Hi Everybody,

Thank you all for your support through the blog hop and I really hope you enjoyed seeing all the other blogs on route.  The draw was closed at midnight  GMT last night and so if you tried to enter your name after that you will have been disappointed.

The winner has been chosen and an email sent to to notify them of the win and the winner is ...

Brain K ...
Could you please email me 
christina@card-making-magic.com
your postal address and the prize will be on its way to you straight away.

Please let me know when it arrives with you and I really hope you will like it.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx
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Organising Peerless Water Colours

Hi Everybody,

Water colouring is something that I have started to enjoy doing and I have some Peerless Water Colours that come in swatches

They came in a little organza bag from Jane Davenport  and they are beautiful colours

But I don't want to have to go through all of them each and every time I want to paint and so they needed organising.

I bought an inexpensive plastic book that has pockets inside and I set about storing all my swatches in colour order.  This doesn't have to be complicated but it will take you a little bit of time to do it ... but believe me it will be worth while once the job is done.

I thought it would be better to show you what I did rather than simply tell you and now I can reach for them whenever I want to paint.



I will be adding some videos with these particular paints and hopefully giving you some ideas on how to use them.

So if you have water colours then maybe it is time to get them out for a little practise together and we can create some really pretty cards

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx
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January 03, 2016

Sunny Yellow ...

Hi Everybody,

This is my style of card and I love making these ... full of flowers, ribbons and pearls, and I will be showing you more of this style this week.

The sentiment if from JustRite Stampers and is one on the sheet of many really useful wordings

The background is Spellbinders   Grateful Lattice  and it creates a really pretty backdrop that has been layered over the  Daffodil Yellow card.

All the card I have used is from   Papermill Direct  and is one of their summer colours of 255 gsm card stock.

Clicking any of  the underlined words will take you to the page to view the product featured.

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and are a lovely mixture of Roses, Carnations, Camellias, Apple Blossom and they have all been sparked with Glitter Magic

The organza ribbon is from Mei Flower and it has been tied in a double bow. Into the bow I have pushed one of my handmade HatPins and it matches the colour scheme

The  flourish coming from the flowers and the edging pearls are from Want2Scrap  anmd add the finishing touch to a lovely card.

Don't forget that the prize on offer in the Seasons Giving Blog Hop is still there until midnight tonight so if you haven't added your link now is the time to do it.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx








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January 02, 2016

Cute Bunny ...

Hi Everybody,

How cute is this image and it has been coloured with Gansai Tambi water colours.

I added the stripes to the shirt with a white gel pen and the background is created freehand with the paints.

The flower and the patches have been sparkled with the Wink Of Stella clear glitter pen.

The fence and  the birds free hand drawn with a black fine liner to add a little more to my scene

I really enjoyed colouring this one and it took me ages to finish the card.

I added it all to a piece of white craft foam and then layered it onto the base which is a top folded card

This would be ideal for a childs birthday and I will be playing some more with these lovely water colours ... and doing some videos too.

Don't forget to add your name to the  Seasons Giving Blog  list if you would like to win some "Goodies"

More Tomorrow ...

Hugs xx 



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January 01, 2016

Seasons Giving Blog Hop year 4

 This is the time of year when I would like to wish you all a really
  Happy New Year 
and to say a massive
Thank You
to every one of you for all the support that you have shown me throughout the past year. 

You are the ones that make all the tutorials, videos and blog posts worth while.

I love to read the comments, that you make the time in your busy days, to leave for me and this is my way of saying a huge thanks to you

 Last year I took part in a really huge Blog Hop that went around the world and introduced you to some really talented artists in many different areas.

This year we have joined forces again to show all our followers how much we care and to take you on a hop to delight your senses.  Many of the people and companies taking part will be giving a little something back as a way to say thanks.

The list is long but a whole lot of fun and please leave them a comment as you visit, and if you would like to leave ME a comment here then please do so at the end of the post. 

You can also become a regular follower by adding your name to "Join This Site"  in the left hand column.

So my "Give Away" for this year to one lucky winner will be the following items....

2 pks Hobby Craft Rhinestones
2 pks Creative Expressions Pearl flourishes
1 pk Glitter
2 Humphreys Corner  un-mounted Stamps
4 reels of ribbon
1 metre length of Guipure Lace
5 Decorative Hat pins

Just leave me a comment and add your name to the InLinkz box at the end of the post  and one name will be chosen from the list and the winner announced in a blog post so please come back and check if it is your name that is shown

The draw will be open until midnight on the 3rd January and then one name will be chosen at random

The winner will be notified by email and the name announced in the blog post on Monday the  4th Jan 2016

It's time to go hopping and I hope you will enjoy the others ...

Christina Griffiths   (You are here)

So just to recap ... the draw for the goodies is open until the 3rd January and then a name will be chosen at random. The winner will be announced in the blog post on Monday 4th January so please pop back to see if it is your name that has been chosen 

If you would like to win my prize then you will need to leave me a comment at the bottom of the post and please add your full name as there could be many people with the same first name.  

Please join the group of followers too and you can do that by adding your name where it says Join This Site to your left.  You can find me on Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram and Etsy as well as here on my blog and also my website Card Making Magic  

Enjoy the hop 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx
Brian K

1. Linda Sobry  55. Margaret Wilson  109. E. Sølvholm  
2. Donna Okoniewski  56. Victoria Daniel (USA)  110. lidya carolina  
3. Val Steele  57. Thelma Welch  111. Brian K  
4. Anne Owens  58. Elizabeth Turnbull  112. Helena  
5. Denise Bryant  59. Dana Marsolek  113. Melianti N  
6. Lyn Nash  60. Pat Batley  114. Mary Holshouser  
7. Kim Heggins  61. Lynda Clark  115. Amy Higgins  
8. Patricia Ward  62. Marilyn Virella  116. Sue Rolfe  
9. Carol Firth  63. Rene from OZ xo  117. Joy Berlando  
10. Anne McCahill  64. Carol Bloomberg  118. Joyce B.  
11. Marion Hinchcliffe  65. Maira Espinoza  119. Beverly Perdue  
12. Kerry Urbatch  66. Ava Gavloski  120. Pat Barger  
13. Kim Dibben  67. Marsha Drain  121. Lisa Lesshafft  
14. Maria Valente  68. Amy Wing  122. Varvara Artsiomova  
15. Gilly Hubbard  69. Jennifer Cottam  123. Pat Simmonds  
16. Lydia Jordan  70. maureen cook  124. shelly kurth  
17. Rowena Binks  71. Betty McAlister  125. Nandini Karmarkar  
18. Maria Muller  72. Lady Fair  126. Margaret Monk  
19. Wendy L  73. Michele  127. Sue Downey  
20. Ann Morris  74. Lee Murphy  128. Elizabeth Simpson  
21. Bejay Roles  75. Sherry Hay  129. D.Ann C  
22. Elaine Hood  76. Michele K. Henderson  130. Mavis Lynch  
23. Norah McPhee  77. Jenelle  131. NatQuebec  
24. Helen Scott  78. Stasia Sloma  132. Suzanne McEwen  
25. MaryJean Smith  79. Katie Ingram  133. Carrie Sheridan  
26. Marie  80. samantha wade  134. Tinalala  
27. Vibula Kathan  81. terrie rodrigue  135. Tracy  
28. Cathy Homan  82. Donna R  136. Jeanie L  
29. Bente Soerflaten  83. VikiB  137. Susan hatfield  
30. Colleen K. Bohn  84. María Alba Negrón  138. Kris B  
31. Guida Machado  85. Michele  139. Neva Cole  
32. Kazzie Ice (Karen Perkins)  86. Linda Batson  140. Lisa bzibziak  
33. Vanessa Yates  87. Danielle Wiegert  141. Cindy  
34. Luz Berenguer  88. Gail B  142. Carol Froehlich  
35. Donna Johnstone  89. Heather Mills  143. Roxanne  
36. Carol Patis  90. Kim Faucher  144. Anne Britton  
37. Amy Marshall  91. Jean Bullock  145. Agnes Thomson  
38. Graciellie Design  92. cheryl dove  146. GaynorElder  
39. Anna Luke  93. FeM  147. Jette  
40. Teresa Doyle  94. Clare Clubb  148. Heidi M . Turcios  
41. Carol Rossouw  95. Helen Thompson  149. Arianna Barbara  
42. BJ  96. Rita Edwards  150. Lorraine Purnell  
43. Conniecrafter  97. Judy Rennell  151. christi  
44. Ann Lauzon  98. Sabrina Radican  152. Diana Hancock  
45. Sally Hickling  99. Kristina Pavlovic  153. Carla Hundley  
46. Grete Lund  100. Lois Wyche  154. Jenny Strachan  
47. Nikki C  101. Anne F  155. Michelle S.  
48. marilyn cartledge  102. Elly Booij  156. Jan O  
49. Cindy Wilson  103. Janet T  157. Lynda Brock  
50. Winifred Kennedy  104. Hazel  158. VJBcards  
51. Asia King  105. Leanne S  159. Kathy Hughes  
52. Dani Little  106. Haze T  160. Brenda Newton  
53. Janet Gottschalk  107. Gwendolyn Giles  161. Rose Santuci-Sofranko  
54. Mary C  108. Ursula  

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