Winner

 Hi Everybody,

I hope you are all well on this lovely Saturday morning. 

Ruby and I have already been for our morning walk along the promenade and there wasn't a soul around just us

It was lovely and sunny and fresh and we really enjoyed it. 

There are many good walks nearby but this one is more or less at the end of my road. Just a five minute walk and we are there.

So now I have done the draw for yesterdays offering and the winner this week is ....

Kathryn Olsen

would you email me please your postal address to 
christina@card-making-magic,com
and the pack will be on its way to straight away.

Now if this was something that you really fancied winning then do not despair as I have several more of the same magazine and gift to give away.
Be sure to enter again and who knows you could win the next one.
To those who are still not doing it please be aware that you must add your
  FULL NAME
to be in with the chance.

Friday Freebie - Fabulous Foliage

 Hi Everybody,

This week I have a beautiful Stamp and Stencil set on offer this week that was created by 

Chloe Endean.

 There are two different stamp sets in this offer.

It comes with the Simply Cards & Papercraft  magazine and will make excellent cards for all occasions for you all year round

The magazine is full of lovely ideas for you to copy and I am sure that you will come up with many more for yourself once you start to play.

If this is something that you would like to have to boost your own collections then all you need to do is leave me a comment at the end of this post with your
FULL NAME.

Then you need to be sure to come back over the weekend and check that it is your name that is shown as the winner and then email me at
christina@card-making-magic.com

If you are not the winner this week then you will get another chance to win the same item as I have several of these to give away over the next few weeks 

So be sure to add your email address to subscribe to  my blog and be notified of each new blog post

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

New Way to "Follow"

 Hi Everybody,

I am adding this blog post to give you a new way to follow me.

I mentioned earlier in the week that Google are removing their button as an option to follow this Blog by email notifications and I have had to find a new way to offer this service to you, my regular readers, and any new subscribers in the future, that wish to read my pages when they are published.

I have decided to go with  Follow It and I have added the new green button in the left hand side bar 

To be Notified by Email of new posts

Please would you add your email address to this button to subscribe, and then you will always be notified of new pages. I know it is a pain to ask this of you when you are already subscribed, but if you have add my emails dropping into your inbox in the past then you will miss them in the future once these changes come into force.

I don't want to lose any of my followers and there is so much from the Card Making Magic Collections for the coming months and I don't want you to miss out.

 Plus there is always the Friday Freebie to come back for each week and the chance to win a fabulous prize.

Thank you in advance

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Alphabet Dies

Hi Everybody,

Todays card is created as a 5x7 base and I have added in the  Upper Case Alphabet Dies to the top.

I have added in the Overlays in gold glitter card to add extra dimension to the word, and they are designed to match perfectly the Alphabet 

The glitter card has been create with a double sided sticky sheet and the glitter burnished into the sticky part, and the word cut out. 

Tip the rest of the glitter back into your pot for the next time you need it. 

The word has then ben raised up onto some foam pads to give height and make them stand out a little more.

The flowers are cut from the Landmark Collection Ultimate Number & Overlays Set and I have done them in black and just intertwined them with the letters.

The card base is pink but the background paper I have had for years and I don't know where it is from

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

   

Desktop finds

 Hi Everybody,

I am sure that there are many of you out there that have the same faults as me and the biggest one is not using up my left over pieces. I cut up some paper to use with a die cut and then put the rest of it on one side. And then when I need something else I get another piece of card/paper instead of using the piece that was left earlier. I also have lots of left over die cuts that I didn't use at the time I cut them.

So I set my self the challenge of using up some of the bits that are sitting around my desk or in boxes just waiting to be used. 

For this card I have  used some paper and die cuts and some backing paper that I created by smooshing water colours in red and gold onto my card 

This one is a 6" square twisted easel card and I added some mulberry flowers to the front and bottom of the easel. 

I also found some gold twine that I wrapped several times around my hand and then glued it in place around the flower

I added it to both cards and it goes with the gold in the red card backing paper I made and then die cut.

I have also added in some pearls as extra decoration to the cards

I have listed some of the dies and items that I have used but most of the things on these cards have been sat on my desk for a few weeks, and had to be used up.

But even though I have all these pieces and ends of paper I do not waste anything as m step daughter teaches at a special needs school and she takes all my bit box for them to use in their projects.

Waste Not, Want Not 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx