Winner

Hi Everybody,

I hope you are all well and looking forward to this bank holiday weekend. Ruby and I are hoping for some good weather and then we can go out walking along the beach. It is good to be able to get out and about with her again. I am not as I was before but I am grateful for small mercies that at least I am mobile.

Sadly the winner of last weeks offering has not come forward to claim the prize and so that has now been withdrawn and will be offered again later on. 

The draw for this weeks gift from yesterday has now been done and the name this week is 

Vicki L. Phillips

Would you email me your postal address please to

christina@card-making-magic.com

and I will get it in the post to you straight away. I would be happy if you could let me know that you have it safely and I hope you enjoy playing with it when you do.

More tomorrow...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie - Life is Sweet

 Hi Everybody,

This pretty set was one I really enjoyed playing with when I demonstrated the design to you. in the video

Life is Sweet 

In the pack there are lots of small stamps that can create a lovely background for you and to be sure that none of them got lost I have put them into a little plastic bag inside the main envelope.

There is also a corner die in the offer as well as the magazine for you to read.

The video will show you lots of ways in which I have used the stamp and die set for many different occasions too.

So if you would like this set to join your collection then all you need to do is leave me a comment at the end of the post with your FULL NAME and be sure to come back and see if you have won over the weekend

It really is a lovely set and one well worth winning

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Commissioned Art Work

Hi Everybody,

I haven't shown any of my paintings with Acrylic Pouring  for a while, but this is the latest one I have done.

This one is a very big canvas, about 3 foot  square.

I was asked by my neighbour to create a picture in red, black, white with silver leaf  to match the décor in their lounge and that is white I have done.

The pieces in it that look like a brighter white are actually silver leaf and it looks wonderful in the sunshine.

The place where it will be hung is all ready and waiting for it and once I have finished the edges neatly I will take it to my neighbour.

They liked the one that I did shown here on the left.

That one was for my daughter last year and  she wanted Lilac, white and Green with gold leaf and that is what I did for her. 

It has taken me some time to do the new painting though, because of the problems I have had with knees and then my operation.

But I have promised that it will be ready for them by the weekend.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Half Teardrop Card

Hi Everybody,

Todays card is using the Half Teardrop Die Set to show you another way to use this set, and this is a Gatefold card

On the way is the Vase that I am creating from the same set  and at present I am waiting for the Plaster Of Paris to set.

But this card is so easy to make and I have layered several of the die cuts to add interest to the design

I have decorated the inside of the card with the Trellis to compliment the front and added a stamped greeting in there too.

The flowers are from the same set and I again have layered them up and scattered the ;eaves underneath each one.

It is created with two shades of pink and a pale lemon that go really well with the white

The Belly Band holds everything closed and is created from the long border die in the set.

The flowers can be spiked up after they have been layered and you could always add more decoration to the card with adhesive pearls if you wished.

I have added one flower to the Belly Band and the other three to the bottom of the card.

That way the Belly Band can be slid off to the top of the card so reveal the inside.

 

Change the colour scheme to suit your recipient and dress it even more for a wedding card

And you could always add in a card stand and a box to make it even more special.

When you discover the delights of die cutting the world is your oyster so they say 

More tomorrow …

Hugs xx

Winner

 Hi Everybody,

Sorry for my lateness with the winner but it’s just been a busy weekend.
 At long last I am here with the name of the winner for the beautiful Dragonfly Stamp and die set that was on offer last Friday.

The winner this week is ...

Thelma Welch

so if you could email me your postal address please to 
christina@card-making-magic.com
I will get it into the post for you as soon as I can and I hope you will enjoy playing with your win once you get it.

Please let me know when it arrives with you.

Now you may have noticed that I have removed the button form the left side bar that says
 "Follow by Email"
and that is because this service has been removed by Google as from this year. 
You can still follow me on Facebook but the notifications of new pages that are added will cease to drop into your inbox from Google.
The only other alternative is just to come to the blog daily and see what is happening.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx