Making Your Own Envelopes

Hi Everybody,

With all the cards that I have made recently I needed envelopes to put them in and buying them was an option.

But I needed lots of different sizes and it would have been an expensive shop around to get them all.

So I decided to make my own and this little gadget from Creative Craft Products at Craft Stash made life so much more simple.

This is the envelope and box maker and with this I used lots of  the pretty 12x12 papers I have in my cupboards. 

This little video will show you just how easy it is to use this inexpensive tool, and then you too can make your own envelopes of lots of different sizes, and use up any of the papers that you may have lying around.
 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Birthday Pink

Hi Everybody,

This pretty card was created with the Perfect Panels and Lovely Layers Circular die set, and the stamp set from the sentiment.

The flowers are made from the Filigree Flowers and I have used Distress Oxides to edge the flowers with colour.

The leaves have also been inked in different shades of green and I added in a Dragon Fly cut in gold, which makes a change from the butterflies I usually add in to my designs.

For the card I have used a 5x7 top folded base and the pink layer has been embossed in a folder and then ink swiped over the top with a white ink pad.

This again is another attempt at re visiting all my collections and using a really old die set

Some of these dies are no longer available but as I already have them I need to use them more whenever I come to make a card.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx 

Ella's Birthday

 HI Everybody,   

Today is the second birthday of this beautiful creature that is sat on my desk while I work.

This is Ella and she has appeared in some of my videos in the past.

She is a very small Tortoiseshell and at two years old she is not likely to grow any bigger. 

Although she is beautiful she is not very accepting of strangers and if any one visits me she makes a dash for the upstairs.

She loves to sit in the wardrobe and heads for that space whenever the door is open. And if she is missing then  that is always the first place to look for her.

She has free access to my back garden and it has high walls, but she has never made any attempt to get out and explore the world. So I don't worry about her going into the garden as I know she is safe.

Ruby tolerates her and they get along quite well unless Ella wants to get close and then Ruby will growl at her and chase her off. But they do sit on the settee togehter, even if there is a big space between them.

They both sleep on my bed at night, in their own areas and that is fine as they don't bother each other.

I tried to get Ella used to wearing a harness so that I could take her out with us but all she does is collapse onto her side when I put it on and she will not move. It's quite funny really and as soon as I take it off she is fine again.

Oh well it was worth a try !!!!

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Bejay Roles - Winner

 Hi Everybody,

It has been a lovely weekend so far and I have got a lot done. I had a lot of help though from daughters and their husbands who came to help me clear out the garage on Saturday. It was full of stuff that is no longer used and it needed to go. So now it is clear and tidy again with lots of room in there for me to move about in, and I may just start my painting again in the warmer weather. 

I also took Ruby to the park yesterday for her favourite pastime ... a good sniff about ... and she had a good time playing with some of her pals that where also in the park.

But now the draw has been done for the second of the Spellbinders die and stamp sets and the winner today is 

Bejay Roles

so could you let me have your postal address please to

christina@card-making-magic.com

and I will get it in the post to your straight away.

Please be sure to let me know that you have it safely and I hope you will enjoy playing with it. 
I will also include a handmade Pokey Tool for you to use and I hope you will make good use of it.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Spellbinders Die & Stamp Set 2

HI Everybody, 

Todays offering is another die and stamp set from Spellbinders. The sets that are being offered are very old as I have had them in my collection for years.

But the chance to win one is now open to you and all you need to do is leave me your comment with your 

FULL NAME

at the end of this post. 

There are different designs each week and one of them may just be what you are looking for. 

So why not give it a try and you may be the lucky winner and be sure to come back and see if it is your name that is listed as the winner over the weekend. 

The one offered this week is a beautiful feather that could be used to create the whole background

The sentiment can be added to the top or used separately as suits you.

Please leave your full name as it easier to identify the correct winner if you do, and you will have 72 hours in which to claim it.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx