Winner

Hi Everybody,

It is a beautiful day here and Ruby and I have had a walk to the beach already. We went early as it is supposed to be hotter later and not good to take a dog out in the heat. But it was lovely down there and still cool this morning. We will go out again later this afternoon when it cools down again.

In the meantime the draw has been done and the name this week is 

Stacey Kowbel 

please can yo email me your postal address to
christina@card-making-magic.com
and I will get it sent off to you straight away.

Please let me know that you have it safely and I hope you enjoy playing with it.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie - Peach Perfection

 Hi Everybody,

This matching die and stamp set is called Peach Perfection and it is a nine piece stamp set and two dies that will make really lovely fruity cards for you.

Colour the stamped images in your favourite medium and there is the opportunity for you to down loads some bright and colourful papers to go with the set.

There will be lots of ideas and inspiration inside the pages of Simply Cards & Papercraft for you to try out using this set as well as other projects you may like to try.

If you would like this set to join your collection then all you need to do is leave me a comment t the end of this post with your FULLNAME and one name will be chosen as the winner.

You will need to come back over the weekend to see if it is your name that is shown and it doesn't matter if you have won before you are still welcome to enter.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Butterfly Gatefold Card

 Hi Everybody,

This very pretty card is created with the 5x7 Butterfly Trails die set and shows you yet another way that you can create the gatefold design for your cards.

I have combined mine with some lovely paper from the Daisy Mae paper pack and I am very happy with the finished look.

The "Bling" that I have added to the bodyline is some that I have had for years and it is in my stash just waiting to be used.

These butterflies are the perfect opportunity 

Gatefold cards always look more complicated than they are and so I hope this doesn't put you off if you are new to card making, 

The video will show you what to do to make this style of gatefold and there is another way in another video that is in my YouTube Playlist for Butterfly Trails 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Lovely in Lace

Hi Everybody,

Today I am sharing a card created from a collection that was released six months ago and is the
Lovely In Lace Collection

I also did a video for Craft Stash using this die set and so I am including that here also

It is a lovely collection that allows you to thread ribbon through the die sets for an added touch to your designs.

There are four sets in the collection for you to choose from and I hope you enjoy the video

This card uses one of the flowers dies and it is really pretty, but there are lots of other things that can be done with these dies.

Once you start to play and the old imagination gets to work I am sure that you will come up with lots for your self. 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Charity Shop Cards

H Everybody,

I have been making cards to refill my Charity box and once it is full it will go to the RSPCA which is near where I live. 

I send them all my cards so that they can sell them to raise money and they are always very happy to receive them.

I made twelve altogether and these are some of them.

They have different techniques on them and I have also used up some of my left over die cuts to fill them up. 

For this card I have used an ink smooshed background and both die cuts are rom Tonic

The sentiment on this card is from my own range and the flowers are cut from what was a free gift with a magazine.

On this inked background I have added some script with a Spellbinders stamp that I have had for years. 

This is always a good way to use up scraps and it benefits the charity shop at the same time ....

 win win !!

And I always feel better once I have taken them to the shop.

For this card I have used the left over piece of script background from the previous card and added this at an angle.

The flowers are from a really old Altenew stamp set that I have also had for years and they look really delicate on this card.

Another thing I have decided to challenge myself to, and that is to use up older stamps, dies, stencils and embossing folders that have been forgotten for  long time.

Apart from bringing out new collections in my own range, I am not going to buy any new goodies for the rest of the year, though I must admit to having the weakness of subscribing to the Altenew Craft Your Life kit each month.

So all these cards will be added to cellophane bags, along with envelopes, and taken to my local charity shop and I now have over 100 in my box ready to go.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx