Arteza Water Colours

Hi Everybody,

A little while ago I was asked if I would like to try some new products from Arteza and of course I readily accepted.

I have heard only good things about the quality of these pencils that made me want to try them for myself.

So as soon as the box arrived I wanted to share it with you and start using them straight away.

The pretty rose card is the one made in the video using the water colour pencils and they are lovely to work with.

I will be using the real Brush Pens in another video coming soon and the links at the bottom of the page will take you to Artezas website 

Happy colouring 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Card & Gift Winner

Hi Everybody,

I am trying to be earlier this week announcing the winner of the “Give Away”  from yesterday but somehow time still manages to slip away from me to quickly.  However it has now been done and the name this week is ...

Peggy McClelland

 Would you email me your postal address please to ...

christina@card-making-magic.com

 and they will be on their way to you straight away

You have 72 hours in which to claim the prize and would you please let me know when it arrives with you.  And I hope you enjoy playing with the gift.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie - Father Christmas

Hi Everybody,

This fabulous gift is created by  Raymond Briggs and the Father Christmas is so cute pulling on his boots

There are several sentiments to go with the stamps too and they will make the most delightful cards for the you

I know it's still early in the year but some of you have made a start with your cards already and this stamp set is sure to help

So if you would like this stamp set to fill your stash then all you need to do is leave me a comment with your FULL NAME. 

Then one name will be drawn from those comments and notified in tomorrows blog post so you will need to come back and check if it is you. 

The draw is open to everyone and I am happy to send the prize to you wherever you are at my expense. You don't need your own blog to enter and it doesn't matter if you have won before. you can still try again

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Peach Floral Wedding card

Hi Everybody,

This lovely peach wedding card has been decorated with ribbon with Mr & Mrs embroidered on in silver

It was  sent to me by Deco Fun Bow Maker which is an easy system to help you create stunning bows for all your projects

This link will take you to their Facebook page where you can see some of the lovely bows

Deco Fun Bow maker

The finished card is 5x7 and the background layer has been letter pressed through the folder with Versamark  and Silver Embossing Powder

I have cut the large oval from silver card and embossed it also in the folder then added it to the card with foam tape.

The flowers have been glued along the edges and sparkled with glitter.

The beads have been hot glued into the corner of the frame and then crossed with fine hot glue strands to represent a spiders web. 

That has also been sprinkled with glitter and the effect is quite unusual

The linked video is a very similar card with the same technique applied


More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Die Cutting Essentials 51 Pop Up Box Die Set

Hi Everybody,

These little die cut boxes are very popular at present and with this die set they are also easy to make.

They can be for male or female and can be adapted to suit many occasions.

All the featured tools are in the set, and I have cut mine twice ... once from silver card and a second time in a colour.

Then if you trim them down so that just the handles are used on each silver portion they can mimic proper tools.

The magazine Die Cutting Essentials 51 will be on sale on the 25th April in selected supermarkets so keep a look out for it if this is a die set you would like 

 It's perfect for your male cards and I have one set to give away as a Friday Freebies later in the year

In the video I used the dies in the pop up box in a different way to create an aperture card.

The tiny flowers and leaves have been used to add decoration to what turned out to be a pretty card

I added a little bit of shading to flowers, leaves and butterflies but it's nothing fancy so don't be afraid to have a try ... you will see that it does make quite a difference to your die cuts.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx