Card & Gift Winner

Hi Everybody,

I have been so busy today I have forgotten all about the draw for yesterdays gift and card.  Still better late than never and once again my apologies.  But I promise you it is a gift worth the wait as it will make some beautiful cards for you and not just for Christmas

So the name this week is ...

Linda Brock

and it you would be kind enough to send me your postal address to 

christina@card-making-magic.com

I will get the the gift sent off to you.

Some of you are not adding your FULL NAME and you won't be entered into the draw if it is not there with your comment, nor can I accept entries from "unknown" ... how am I going to notify you of your win if I don't know who you are.
So NO FULL NAME ... NO ENTRY

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie - Christmas Memories

Hi Everybody,

So as we fast approach summer what better time to remind you of ... Christmas !! and in the gift there is an A4 stamp set and a really cute little cracker die

The video to accompany this gift is 

Christmas Memories 

and there some lovely ideas to help you create.

Many crafters make cards for Christmas all year round so if this is you then here is a stamp set that will help you a lot.

If this is a stamp set that you would like then please leave me a comment at the end of the post with your FULL name added. Then you will need to come back tomorrow to see if it is your name that is listed as the winner.

I am happy to send the gift anywhere and you can still enter even if you have won before.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

New Log Burner ... at last !!

Hi Everybody,

This is the story of the log burner starting at the very beginning. This is what the old fire was like and it has been there for a good few years.

The gas fire itself stopped working about four years ago and because we have central heating we never did anything about it.

So much to my daughters disgust I hid the fire with some flowers and they are silk and have also been there for a long time. I showered them to keep the dust at bay but they had to go ... she said they are old fashioned !!

So the workmen came along and in between copoius cups of coffee they started altering things for a log burner and bit by bit things started to go wrong.

They needed to install a new flue liner and the old chimney started crumbling. It would have eventually crumbled itself to pieces and so it had to be repaired and they did an excellent job.

I wanted the wooden surround putting back and so that was removed carefully for me

This was the state of my lounge while all this work was going on and the dust and dirt got everywhere.

But eventually we got to the stage where things are going right and the job progressed well.

Bit by bit work was completed until eventually the opening was ready to install the fire on its black slate base and the down lights illuminating everything

Once the fire was there the wooden surround could be put back and then there was instruction for me on how the burner would work.

It's very easy to set and light and easier still to control the flames but oh it is so cozy.

And so I send a HUGE thank you to Harpers Stoves for supplying and fitting my beautiful Log Burner and Clearview for making the Vision 500 in Honey Glow Brown ... it is the best investment ever

And so last night Ruby and I toasted ourselves in front of the flickering flames where it was lovely and warm and wonderful.

All it needs now is decorating !!

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Childs Birthday Card & Matching Envelope

Hi Everybody,

Children always like to tell the world their age and have you noticed that you always add the odd bit whenever you ask  .... "I am five and a half ...."

Here is a lovely card suitable for boy for girl and created with the dies and stamps from Card Making Magic

For this card we have made an envelope again and the card fits very neatly inside it. 

I have used the Balloons Corner Dies

and added it to an A2 Card

The Numbers set gave me the age and if you have the Alphabet set you could even add their name and at present there is special offer on at Craft Stash to buy both plain and overlay dies together in both sets

The video will show you how I made this set ... just long enough for a cuppa 

You can decorate this as you please to suit boy or girl even more

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Card & Matching Envelope

Hi Everybody,

Every card needs a box or an envelope to send it and what could be better than one that matches the card.

I love to make cards with lots of flowers on them and they end up quite deep and so a box was the only way to give them.

But every so often I will make one that is not as bulky and for that I would need an envelope

Any of the Card and Box Die Sets can be used to create the box OR the envelope so that you can get lots of use from the die sets by Card Making Magic.

All my collection is available at Craft Stash and there is a lot to choose from ... and more to be added next month. Let the video show you how to make the envelope for your own cards

This is a bit of different colour scheme for me but one that would suit either gender for a birthday.

Dress it up more and make the box for all your female recipients and it would be just as good.

But whatever you do always enjoy your cardmaking 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx