Betty McAlister - Winner

 Hi Everybody,

Did you manage to join the Craft Stash Craftathon Friday?? We had a great day and some winners on each hour. The demos created some beautiful projects and as soon as we have the figure I will let you know just how much money we raised for MHUK.

On the blog the draw has been done for the gorgeous Butterfly Florals stamp and die set.
The name today is 
Betty McAlister
and so if you could email me your postal address please to
christina@card-making-magic.com
I will get it in the post to you straight away.

I hope you will enjoy playing with it and please be sure to let me know that you have received it safely.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie - Butterfly Florals

 Hi Everybody,

It is the turn of the butterflies this week and this pack has a lovely stamp and die, from Pink Fresh Studios, to add the butterfly to your cards.

There is also another stamp set in the pack that has text and florals as well as sentiments and the lovely squiggly butterfly trail to complete the look.

You will find lots of inspiration inside the pages of the Simply Cards & Papercraft magazine.

I personally love adding text to my backgrounds as I think it makes them look so special. But I am sure that you will come up with lots of ideas if you should win this offering.

All you need to do is leave me a comment at the end of this post and then be sure to come back and see if your name is shown as the winner. Your comment must include your FULL NAME or it will not be entered into the draw.

And don't forget to join in with the Live Craftathon that Lou is hosting  all day today.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

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