Beautiful Bow Card & Box

Hi Everybody,

Here I am again today with another lovely project using the A2 die set and this one features the bows.

I have used coloured pens to add the shading to them and the lazy part to the set is on top.

The addition of the embossing at the bottom of the card just make it a little more interesting

These new dies will be with Craft Stash from today the 3rd January and there are some lovely ones for you to choose from

The video will show you how I made two cards and the boxes to go with them in two different styles

Don't let the colouring put you off just dive in and give it a try .... or use coloured card instead.

But the finished cards can be as simple or as fussy as you like and you know me I like fussy 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Lots of Hearts

Hi Everybody,

One of the dies that I wanted in my new Border Collection was one with lots of hearts that could be paper pieced or simply added to the card. 

Especially with Valentines Day now on the horizon as the next celebration.
These are available now on the Craft Stash website

This pretty card was so easy and quick to make and I used some bright pink glitter card and paper pieced the hearts with some really shiny silver mirror card

The background is from my Happy Birthday folder  and I just ran a pink ink pad lightly over the top 

There are lots of fun elements in the coming collections and so I hope you will take a look when the next part launches on the 3rd January with Craft Stash

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

A2 Collection ...

Hi Everybody,

I would like to wish you all a really Happy New Year.
 May you find peace and love in all that you do.

The New Year is starting off with a big bang for me as I have a new size of die set added to my range.  This is a size I have been asked for regularly especially by my US friends and readers.

And so here is the A2 Card & Box Die Set

For the cards shown in the video I have only used the dies that are actually in the A2 set.

And new to this is the addition of the Trellis die to give you everything you need to make a beautiful card and matching box.

But there are a whole host of new dies that can be used with EVERY die in the whole collection whatever the size A2 ... 5x7 ... 6x6

Everything has been carefully thought out so that you can use them with whichever set you like 

So I hope you will enjoy the video and any of the dies that you decide to use. 

And don't forget the brand new Letters and Numbers that came out just before Christmas

Then add them with the flowers, ribbons and pearls from the Decorative Collection 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Card & Gift Winner

Hi Everybody,

I am very late today and that is because I didn't sleep well until about 5 am and then I fell asleep untill 10.15 ... both Ruby and I cuddled up and lazing the day away.  But we couldn't stay there all day there are things to be done and doing the draw for this weeks Man Of The Moment Stamp and Die set is one of them.

With everybody being busy over the Christmas holidays the prizes on offer in previous weeks have not been claimed and so to be fair I am adding the names of those winners here also. 

So please check carefully which gift was yours.

On the 14th December
this set 

Serene Beauty 

was won by

 June Horrocks

and has not been claimed

On the 21st December
 this set 

Underwater Friends

was won by 

Nicola Parfitt

and has not been claimed

And now 28th December
this set

Man Of The Moment 

has been won by

Christi Neal 

I would appreciate it if each one of you could email me your postal address please to
christina@card-making-magic.com
so that I can send the prizes to you.

I can do no more and if they are not claimed this week than they will be added again at a later date

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie - Man of the Moment

Hello Everybody,

This stamp and die set is perfect for any of the men in your family that you will make a card for.

And in the video I show you some of my ideas that you may like to try

Man of the Moment

There are many ways in which you can use this set once you get the old brain working and you can have some fun in the process too.

Maybe children would like to help you with this to make their own cards for Grandparents or Great-grandparents

If this is a set that you would like to have then all you need to do is leave me a comment at the end of the post with your FULL NAME and then pop back tomorrow to see if you have won.

One name will be chosen at random and announced in tomorrows blog post and that is why I need your full name to avoid any confusion over who has won.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx