Anne Owens - Winner

 Hi Everybody,

It was  a lovely day here yesterday for me and Ruby and we went on to the beach in the morning for a good long walk. She loved it on the sand and ran around sniffing at everything she could

It was very busy down there with lots of dog walkers taking advantage of the fine weather. 
And I even managed to get my washing done when we got home again,  and out on the line as well so a double bonus.

But today I am off to Jewellery workshop in Clitheroe with my eldest daughter, and we are going to make some stacking rings.

But in the meantime the draw has been done for the fantastic Carol Singers from Tonic.
This is going to give the winner so much pleasure and it is so well worth winning.

The name today is ...

Anne Owens

so would you please email me with your postal address to
christina@card-making-magic.com

and I will get it in the post to you as soon as I can.

You will also find a Pokey Tool tucked inside the pack as well and this is my extra gift to you.
I hope you enjoy all the items and that you will make good use of the pokey tool.

Please be sure to let me know that you have it safely

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie - Tonic Carol Singers

Hi Everybody,

Todays offering is a really old die from Tonic but it is timeless and will give you endless fun creating the Carol Singer characters for you designs.

You could dress them u so that they are not for Christmas. Maybe they could sing Happy Birthday to someone on their special day.

Get your imagination working and the opportunities are all there. It also has stamps and an embossing folder, as well as the dies, and they are all featured in the pages of this magazine.

So if this is something that you would like to have then leave ne a comment  at the end of this post with your FULL NAME

 From those comments one will be chosen as the winner and the name added in a blog post over the weekend, so be sure to come back and check if it is your name that is shown .

There is s much in the pack that you are sure to be delighted with your win.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Mixed Media

Hi Everybody,

This pretty card is created with an ink smooshed background and then a text stamp added over the top.

 There is also a white goache splattered layer over the base.

 I added a thin line of texture paste around the edge too and then sprinkled that while it was wet with some glitter and allowed it all to dry.

The flowers and leaves are created from some 300 gsm white card that has been coloured with Distress Oxide Inks and a blending brush.

A Pearl embellishment was added to the centre

Each layer of the petals has been adhered together with foam to give height and each layer of petals has been bent up for effect.

The sentiment has been cut from pre printed words that have I already had in my stash, and they have been glued onto some white card as a backing and then layered onto the card front with foam pads.

The finished card is an A6 size and it more impressive in the hand than in the picture but I hope you like it anyway.

More tomorrow…

Hugs xx

Handmade Pokey Tools

 Hi Everybody,

I have been giving away one of these handmade Pokey Tools each week for a few weeks now and I have been asked to show how I made them.

So always happy to oblige I have done just that and I am adding it here for you to view. 

I used these really cheap Turkey Lacers from Amazon for the base and I have literally hundreds of beads in my craft room, from when I used to make the hatpins that I added to my cards.

There are other ways to use up beads, old zips and wire and here are just a few ideas that you may like to try, most of them are videos.

 Creating a Pearl Spray       Adding a pearl spray to your card             Creating A Pearl Flower
Creating Zipper Rose               Decorating Hatpins                                  Working with beads

And here is the video to show the Pokey Tools and who knows you may be lucky enough to get one of these in with the Friday Freebie. 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Old dies and stamps

Hi Everybody,

Todays cards are created with a really old stamp set that has a matching die and it is from Heartfelt Creations.

I stamped and cut out lots of flowers for use in the future, but I don't know if the set is still available as I have had it for years.

I coloured them all with the Alcohol Markers from Craft Stash and I am quite pleased with the results.

I roughened up the edges of the knitted card and then added some lace underneath and along the bottom of the card.

The background for both is from Anna Marie's Knitted card and both are Dl just in different orientations.

I got the card at a bargain price at the craft show, but on the website it is the original on.

There are 36 sheets of good quality cards  in different colours for you to use in the pack.

I have since ordered some of their Damask patterned card and that should be here any day now.

I am glad that I rediscovered the stamps and dies as the flowers they make are lovely and the die cuts them all out in one go.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx