Craftathon ...

 Hi Everybody,

Get ready for an amazing 8-hour Charity Christmas Craft Marathon with Lou Collins! On Friday …

Join Lou and special guests as they bring you live demos all day long. Plus, there's a chance to win fantastic giveaways worth over £100 every hour, exclusively for our viewers!  

Lou will be crafting and hosting non-stop, while guest presenters jump in with fun and exciting demos. It's going to be an event you don't want to miss! 

As part of our commitment to supporting mental health, we will donate 10% of all profits to MIND, a remarkable mental health charity. Throughout the day, our guests and viewers will engage in conversations about the positive impact of crafting on mental well-being. Join us as we explore various ways in which we can empower ourselves and others through the art of crafting.

Just click the link to join in 

Craft Stash Craftathon

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Wax Seal Cards

 Hi Everybody,

I have been busy making cards and using the wax seals that I made yesterday.  I have lots of seals left over and so I can make lots more cards

I have lots of ideas to share with you and they will be in other videos yet to be added. But for now the first four are in a video that I made for you to see.

This first one uses the three flowers that I made and trimmed down. I added them to a really old stamp set that looks like distressed paint stripes.

I add these in before I used an older embossing folder for the  the panel and added it to a green mat.  

For this next one I have used the same embossing folder from Card Making Magic called Simply Dots.

The background paper is some that I have also had for ages and bought at a craft show years ago.

I used the Dragon wax seal stamp for this one and staggered them on the banner strips

I am really happy with all the cards I made and I hope you like them too. I also hope you enjoy the video and will be sure to join me on the next one.

   

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Wax Seals ....

 Hi Everybody,

These are some of my first attempts at creating wax seals and I am quite pleased with the results.

Some of them are good others are not but there is no waste with any of the waxes as they can simply be re-melted and used again.

I did make quite a few in the video and in the next one I will add them to my cards.

There are lots of things that you can do with the seals and I will try to show you how I varied the looks as I go along. I have some special cards that I want to share with you and so more videos will be along soon.

The stamps that I used are from Easy Craft Art and they have a vast choice of stamps, wax beads and kits that may appeal to you. They are offering you a 12% discount on your purchases if you add the code Christina 12 at the checkout.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Wax Seal Kit

Hi Everybody,

I am very blessed to be in the position of being offered product to use without any strings attached and who wouldn't say yes when offered things like this.

So a few weeks ago I was asked by Easy Craft Art if I would like to choose some items from their website to try.

I had a good browse around and there is a host of things for journaling and scrapbooking and I have never done either of those things.

So I selected the items shown as I have never done anything with real wax seals in the past.

Being new to this I have to do some learning to do for myself but as I progress I will be adding the seals to my cards and I will share them with you as I do.  And if you would like to try this too then Easy Craft Art are giving you a 12% discount on your order if you add Christina12 at the checkout

                  

If you are not into the real wax seal products then in my Card Making Magic Collections I do have a faux Wax Seal Die Set that will give you a really good look to your designs, and at present Craft Stash are giving you 10% off this die set.

Please join me in the next few videos where I add the wax seals to my cards and I try to be a little different as I do.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Ali Patchett - Winner

 Hi Everybody,

It's a strange kind of day here. It isn't cold and not raining at present, but it is very damp. Ruby and I may go walking later but we will see how it goes. Ruby will go out in any weather, but me ???? I am a fair weather walker only.

I have done the draw for the Daffodil stamps and embossing folder and the winner will not be disappointed with their win. I add in my email address for you to reply to so please use it, and not the contact form on the blog, or even leaving your personal details on the blog pages. 

I delete those emails for safety reasons and I do not store any details about you at all.

So the name today is

Ali Patchett

Please can you email your postal address to

christina@card-making-magic.com

and I will get the prize in the post to you straight away.
Please be sure to let me know that you have it safely.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx