YouTube Blog Hop Winners

 Hi Everybody,

So here without further ado is the list of the Blog Hop winners that we put together before Christmas.

I am sorry for the delay but they have only just been announced. Below is the list and can my winner please send your email address to 

christina@card-making-magic.com

and your voucher will be sent to your inbox straight away by Craft Stash 

Winners names are ...

Mixed Up Craft - Maureen Christie @maureenchristie4003

Gemma Leigh Crafts - Lynn Spinks @TheSpinky13

Lou Collins - Karen Reeves @karenreeves3958

Helen Griffin - Nancy Lynn @NancyLynn

Christina Griffiths - Sparky Lady @sparkylady1162

Made to Surprise - Sharon Slatter @Hauntedplacesinvest

Craft Stash - Krafty Wytch @Kraftywytch7175

Crafty Heaven - Susan Menzies @susanmenzies4311

Sheena - Glenda Wagstaff @glendawagstaff7114

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Easel Card

Hi Everybody,

Todays card is a round easel card and to this I have added some of the foamiran flowers created a before Christmas.

The dies that have been used to make the card and some Nesting Alternate Stitched dies that are going to be launched on Create and Craft this coming Friday with Ruth Mackie McCarten.

I hope you will be able to join her as she shows you some of the ways in which all these dies can be used, and they will form some of the basics core dies that you may need in your collections

As for the flowers that have been made from Foamiran, well I think they look really good and I will be adding many more as we go along, and they are quite easy to make.

The centres of these flowers have been inked with lilac stamens pushed into them. You could add anything you liked to the centre of the flowers, gemstones, pearls, another small flower, buttons or you could simply leave them open as you wish. Make them as personal as you like to add to your own projects.

And here is little snippet of news ... there is something really new and exciting on the way from Craft Stash that is sure to benefit you all.
Stay tuned as more details are made available and I will be sure to keep you all up to date.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Altenew Craft a Flower

Hi Everybody,

For my first card of the year I have used the Altenew Craft A Flower layering die set called Sulfer Cosmos, that produces two different flowers, and I really love this set.

The dies are easy to layer as they have symbols on them not that makes it easy to follow the diagram. 

I have used pink card for my flowers and inked the centre of the petals with a darker pink ink.

With fine liner pen I drew in the feint black lines and under some of the petals I have added small foam pads to give some dimension.

Then every flowers has been covered with Accent Glaze from Made To Surprise and sprinkled with glitter.  This gives them a lovely shine .

I have used other die cuts that are on my desk, left over from other projects, to add more interest to the card. 

I will be using this flower over and over again in the future as I love the effect that it gives

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Winner

 Hi Everybody,

Happy New Year ….

I hope this is a good one for you and that things go the way you want them too. 
I know that for some of you it will not be better for a long time especially if you have suffered really hard times in the past few months. But my thoughts and prayers are with you for a better future.

I have been quiet this week but hopefully now that 2023 has begun I will get back into the stride of things and start my blog posts regularly again.

The draw has been done and the first winner for the New Year is ....

Sharon Brand
so would you please send me your postal address to 
christina@card-making-magic.com
and I will get the pack in the post to you just as soon as I can.

I would be happy if you could let me know that you have it safely and I hope you will enjoy playing with it. 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx 

Friday Freebie - Perfect Poinsettia

Hi Everybody,

Another chance to win one of the Perfect Poinsettia die and stamps sets from Card Making Magic.

This comes with Die Cutting Essentials which is full of ideas and an extra magazine that covers lots of different projects that you may like to try.

All you need to do is leave me a comment at the end of this post with your FULL NAME to be in with the chance of winning.

Then be sure to come back over the weekend to see if it is your name that is shown in the blog post. 

I am happy to send the pack to you wherever you are and it doesn't matter if you have won before.
 Give it a try you may be the lucky one this week.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx