Today's Winner ...

Hi Everybody,

Another beautiful day here and I have lots of things to do over the weekend.

 One of the things I want to do is film my kitchen now that it is completely finished. 

I had new window blinds fitted yesterday and so now it is ready to show you. 

I love it and it is completely different to how it used to be. Well and truly up to date 

The draw for yesterdays card and gift has been done and the name this week is ...

Luz Berenguer

would you email me please with your postal address to 

christina@card-making-magic.com

and the gift will be on its way to you straight away.

I hope you will enjoy playing with the set and please let me know when it arrives safely with you.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie - Woodland Friends

Hi Everybody,

Today's card & gift is a pretty circular die that can build a lovely scene for you to add to your cards

The video will how you some of my ideas and it is called Woodland Friends

The outer edge to the die set can be used on its own as an addition to other cards you may make and gives you the beautiful scalloped edge

So would you like to own this gift??

Then all you need to do is leave me a comment at the end of the post and one name will be chosen at random as the winner.  It will be in tomorrows blog post so be sure to come back and see if it is you ... but please leave your FULL name if you enter

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Papercraft Essentials 162 - Ring Of Roses

Hi Everybody,

This months Papercraft Essentials is giving away for free a lovely die and stamp combination.

And the opportunity to download some backing papers, inserts, toppers and sentiments to complete your cards

I enjoyed playing with it and it makes some lovely feminine designs for all occasions.

For this card I used just the stamps to create the background and then coloured the flowers with Copics

There are so many variations you can use with this set and you are sure to enjoy playing with it too.

It will be in the supermarkets and shops tomorrow the 12th July 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Making Boxes ..

Hi Everybody,

I have had an email from a lady who has bought the Complete Card & Box Die Set and is disappointed that the box will not go through her smaller die cutting machine

By virtue of the size of the finished BOX you will need an A4 cutting platform to use them.

The box may be a 5x7 but it has one inch sides to be able to make into a box, and the tuck in fold at the top, and so the die is almost 7½ x 10 ½ and is never going to fit through a 6" gap.

The 6" box in 8x8¾ and again will not fit through  the smaller machines.

But there is a way around this and I have done a video to show you how to overcome this minor problem without going to the expense of buying a larger machine.

 Every other die and folder CAN be used with the 6" platform

I hope it goes some way to answering any questions you may have and will not stop you from buying any of the other beautiful dies in either of these collections

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Clean and Simple

Hi Everybody,

This little card is created very simply in shades of grey and peach.

I did the ink smooshing technique on some water coloured card with Distress Oxide Inks and then cut both layers of the butterfly from it

I have die cut the words in black three times and stacked them for depth and used a black mat to tie the layers all together

The stripes are made with a stencil and some grey ink very lightly for the background and tiny hearts added in the same grey

The butterfly is from the Layered Butterflies die set from Card Making Magic.

The flourish along the body line and for the trail is from Want2Scrap  

Very easy and very simply but really pretty in the hand and would be suitable for a male card too. Swap out the sentiment to match the occasion 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx