Friday Freebie - Fabulous Foliage

Hi Everybody,

Here is another chance to win the Fabulous Foliage that comes with Die Cutting Essentials.

The magazine is full of hints and ideas for you to try, along with interesting articles for you to browse at your leisure.

The set consists of eight different dies for you to cut laves and flowers for your projects and it can be used at any time of the year to fill out your displays.

You will find lots of ideas on how to get the most from this die set in the pages of the magazine

So if this is something that you think you would like to have than all you need to do is leave me a comment at the end of this post with your full name. 

It must be your FULL NAME so that I can identify the correct winner and add it to a blog post over the weekend .

So if you do enter then be sure to come back and check to see if your name is listed as the winner.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Spiral Rose

 Hi Everybody,

It is no secret that I like to add flowers to my cards and this Spiral Rose  is one of the easiest ways to create them. At the moment it is half price on the Craft Stash website. 

You can make them as small or as large as you like by simply adding more spirals to the flower.

This top picture has used the spiral rose with the plain edges and the bottom one has used the scalloped edge die for a fancier look. 

Clicking the affiliate link in this post will take you to the special offer from Craft Stash that is half price at present from the 20 Sept 22

I also have a video on how to make these flowers for your self and they can be made from some of your patterned papers for unusual designs.  Spiral Rose Maker Die set 

These deals with Craft Stash won't be around for long so take a look at what there is and maybe you will see something that you would like.

And by using my affiliate links means I will get a small commission if you buy through them and it is at no extra cost to you. 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Layered Florals

Hi Everybody,

I am adding these two cards today because these dies and stamps are on special offer with Craft Stash at present.

They are the Layered Florals  Dies and the Layered Florals Stamps and both are currently half price.

I have had so much fun playing with these, with water colours and alcohol markers as well as coloured pencil.

 In fact whichever is your favourite medium to work with you are sure to get a good result.

These two cards have both been water coloured and  cut out using the matching dies.

I added them to the blog a long time ago, but they both remain two of my favourite cards. 

I am not a good artist but I do enjoy playing around with water colours and of course stamping out the images to be coloured makes it so much easier. 

Both of these cards have had the stamped image done in Versamark and then heat embossed in white powder. 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Bargains to be had ....

Hi Everybody,

There is a special deal going on at Craft Stash and many of my Card Making Magic Collections are going for half price. So now is the time to take a look and there just might be something that catches your eye.

Here are some of my favourite cards from some of these die sets that are going cheap ...

This is an Easel Card created from the slimline set and it has its own matching box with it. 

 This one is the Layered Florals and I have used this die set so much and it has matching stamps.

The sentiment is from an A5 stamp set

This is the Oval box and my video shows you how I made this for any gift you are giving.

Another special box was the Circular one   and this also has a video to go with it. 

 All my videos can be found on my YouTube Channel and all my collections are available at Craft Stash

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Ruby Update ...

Hi Everybody,

This has been a very stressful week for me and Ruby who has been very poorly for most of it. I took her to the vets as I was very worried when she was being sick, and they kept her in to run some tests.

 

Yesterday I got the results back from blood tests and her scan. The blood test shows that her thyroid is working correctly but the scan has shown that she has Cushing Disease

I had never heard of this complaint but I sure have done some research since. It is a condition where her body cannot regulate the amount of Cortisol it produces. 

Some of the symptoms are lethargy, vomiting, excessive panting, muscle weakness, extended belly, eye/ear/skin infections  and skin problems too.

Over the last few months she has had her fair share of them and been treated for them, and I added it to the blog post when she was having problems with her eye just a few months ago.

But it wasn't until this week that we have had a definite diagnosis. She has been really poorly, and sadly the disease is incurable. She is not in danger but she will be on medication for the rest of her life.

 I am hoping that the medication will give her some quality of life back again and give her the strength to run around and bark at everything again with her pal Dougal.  Please keep your fingers crossed for a good recovery for her and I will of course keep you posted as to her progress.

Thank you all so much for the personal messages that have come to me and for your comments on the blog.

Hugs xx