Ruby Update

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Hello Everyone,

Thank you all for your well wishes on my recent operation and here I am feeling a little sorry for myself once I came home.

But my mum has been pampering me and that is lovely and she made this BabyGro to fit me so that I can't bite at my wound.

She cut the legs shorter at the back of a baby's sleep suit so that I can still do what I need to do but it covers my tummy and keeps it clean .... clever eh??

I am not allowed to run around or jump so my mum is carrying me up and down stairs at present as I want to be with her all the time.

I am not allowed to go to my doggy day care just yet or play with my best friend Dougal until I am a little stronger.

But Vickie came to visit me and I was soooo pleased to see her. I kissed her all over her face and ears and made her laugh.

By the end of the week I was feeling much better

Here I am relaxing with my mums favorite magazine but I have to admit though that I am getting a little bored now and need to go out and play.

I especially want to see Dougal as I have really missed him and we have such fun together.

I will be back to  my old self again soon and then I will share more of my adventures with you

Bye for now xx

Card Winners ...

Hi Everybody,

It's wet and windy here today and I have filming to do later this afternoon. But at least I am earlier with the draw for the winners of yesterday's cards.

The names this week are ...

Jeanne Thomas

Kaye Charles

So if you could email me please with your postal address to

christina@card-making-magic.com

They will be on the way to you both

Please let me know that you have them safely

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie 007/17

Hi Everybody,

Here I am with two cards for this weeks FF and for these I have used Designer Paper from AnnaMarie Designs 

Over the top of that I have die cut the pretty panel called Floral Trellis from Spellbinders

My flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and are a mixture of  Tulips, Carnations, Roses, Cherry Blossoms, Chrysanthemums

and Tuscany Rosebuds 

All have been sparkled with fine glitter

So would you like to have one of these cards?

 Then all you need to do is leave me a comment at the end of the post and from those comments two names will be chosen 

In tomorrows blog post the names will be announced

Then you have 72 hours in which to claim your card.

 I am happy to send the card to you wherever you live even if you have won one before

But I cannot chase you up so it is up to you to come back and check if it is your name shown

Plus I don't know which one you will get ... it's pot luck !!

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Floral Frames Collection

Hi Everybody,

Today I want to tell you about some brand new dies that are being added to the Craft Stash website. 

They are a lovely collection called  Floral Frames  and there are 12 different dies and wraps that  match each other. plus a set of stamps to enhance your projects even more

I have used the All Occasions and the Dahlia dies and wraps and created the projects shown in the picture above

There are four videos in total and each one will cover something different so that together you can create a gift for some one special.

One will show you how to create a pretty wrapped candle and another will take you through making the box to put it in 

Then you will have the choice of either a layered round card or a beautiful floral square card to go with your gift

I hope you enjoy the videos and that you will give them a try.

 Each of the coloured and underlined words is a link to either the product or the videos and it will open another window for you

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Water Colour Wednesday - Canary Love

Hi Everybody,

This beautiful image is from Saturated Canary and it is called Canary Love 

I have had this Digital Image for a long time and so you may have to search for it if it is one that you would like

The original image has a canary alongside the girl but to fit it into the frame I had to cut it off.

Nevertheless I don't think it spoils this card at all  and I was quite pleased with the end result.

I have used a mixture of Gansai Tambi water colours and Spectrum Noir pencils to get the look I wanted

I fussy cut around the image and raised it up on the grey background with foam pads and then added the frame also with foam.

I get my rolls of foam and foam pads from the £££ shops and I use it by the ton and never have any trouble getting hold of it

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and they are a mixture of Tulips, Gypsophila and Roses in two different sizes 10mm and 15mm

Some of you have written to me about the flowers and wanting to know what I have used so I will try and include them in the list each time I use them.

But if you don't know what to order ... because of the vast choice of designs when you go to WOC website ... then why not try the starter packs that have been put together by Paul especially for you to try.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx