Valentine Heart

Hi Everybody,

For todays card I thought I would stay with the traditional colours for Valentines Day and I have used card from Papermill Direct  for the base and the heart.

I have used the Classic Hearts and Scalloped Classic Hearts from Spellbinders but I cannot link to them yet as SB website is down

I have turned this into a shaker card and filled it with sequins and it looks really effective. The sequins are a good sized bag from the £££ Shop so a really cheap buy.

They do them in other colours too and they just happened to fall into my basket at the same time !!

The ribbon and lace around the bottom keep it girly and the card is better in the hand than a photograph

The lace and the bows centre are from Wild Orchid Crafts

The little red hearts are die cut from a small Spellbinders die that is part of another set but it really came in handy for this card

New Page Added

Over in the right hand side bar I have added in a new page called "Pretty Things I Use " that lists all the suppliers that I use for my work. Just click the picture to go to the new page

 It will be there as a permanent page to the resources so that you can click  each of the links on that page and see what they have to offer.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Todays Winner is ...

Hi Everybody,

It's raining here again today and we are going out to eat later in the day to a little pub near by.  It has all the Slimming World things for me like grilled chicken and salad and jacket potatoes so I can have a good tuck in.

And if you are a SW member then you will know what I mean when I say it is all FREE.  I don't mean cost wise but the Syn value .... SW people will understand.  Then it's home again to settle down for some TV this evening

The draw has been done for the turquoise card from yesterday and the name drawn from the hat is

 Sylvia Zammit ...

can you email me please 

christina@card-making-magic.com

with your postal address and the card will be on it's way to you.

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When a winner is announced I have no way to contact you that the card is yours other than here on the blog so you need to come back and check and then email me in the next 48 hours if you wish to receive the card.

Since the New Year started I have offered these cards as freebies and they have had a good response ... BUT I do not understand why people add their name and then don't check the result.

Two names have been announced and the cards have not been claimed.

 I won't mention the names but both have been back on the blog since and still not checked the back pages that are here.

I am paying the postage so all you need to do is tell me where you are.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie 104

Hi Everybody,

A bright turquoise card is on offer this week complete with flower and a Hat pin pushed into the bow.

It is much better in the hand than the photo shows and it could be on its way to you if you leave me a comment at the bottom of the post.

This card was the subject of a Tuesday Tutorial way back last February and all the dies were listed then.

The inside is also decorated to match the front and it has a sentiment on the front that says "On Your Retirement"  but that can easily be changed if you wanted to use it for another occasion

If you add your name and comment then please come back to check if you are the winner. You will have 48 hours in which to claim it

The winner will be announced in tomorrows blog post.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

YouTube ...

Hi Everybody,

The other day I mentioned that I was going to start scheduling videos to YouTube on a regular basis and they would be added twice a month ... on the first and third Thursday each month.

This seems to have been misread by some people and they think that this is the First video I have done.

Oh NO! it is not the first ... there are 270 already on my YouTube channel  for you to view and I have them on my website at Card Making Magic  as well as on these pages in the Video Tutorials section in the title bar

I am simply adding them regularly so that you know each month when a new one will be added and by subscribing to YouTube you won't miss any.

They are free to watch and will eventually be on both website and blog. This is just a way of making myself more disciplined and regular with my work each month.

So today is the day that the video Caught In Crystal Technique goes  "Live" for February as it is the first Thursday in the month.  The next one will be due  on the 18 th and I am working on that one at the moment.

I really hope you will enjoy these videos ... and of course the ones that are already there and I thank you for all the support and the comments that you take the time to leave for me

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Water Colour Wednesday - Sealed with a Kiss

Hi Everybody,

Todays water colour is using an image from Make It Crafty

There are many images and background scenes for you to choose from.

This one is called Sealed with A Kiss  and it is so intricately drawn

I have coloured her with Gansai Tambi Water Colours  and I am quite pleased with the result though it did take me some time to complete

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts  and I have used some foiled teal card from Hunkydory for the background. The finished card is 6x6 and I have no idea where it is going.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx