Another Playtime Card

 Hi Everybody,

Todays card has been created from left over bits and pieces on my desktop.

 I found the hearts cut in the blue satin card and also some blue inky paper made a while ago for another project.

I embossed a small piece of parchment and added them all together on my card base,

I used my score board to give me the three lines at the bottom of the panel as a  little added extra interest. 

The dots have been punched from the same blue card and using my hole punch.

I added in some leaves also to the frame and parchment and the sentiment cut in white card. 

It was a quick and easy card to do and could be described as a clean and simple card .... which is a million miles aways for what I usually do.

Bye for now ...

Hugs xx

Making Flowers

 Hi Everybody,

Now that Christmas is over and we have the new year and some spring warmth to look forward to and I thought it would be a good time to add some flowers to our cards.

So  today I am adding a video that shows how I make some of the flowers that I like to add to my deigns.

For me they make a card look so pretty and they ca save money on the mulberry paper flowers that are for sale, and they are so satisfying to make.

Here I have used up the left over pieces from the inky panels I did for the cards I made before Christmas 

Again this was very rewarding and each finished panel was different from the others.

 It used up the Distress Inks that I already had and so I saved my money there too.

The video is here ...
Making Flowers from Handmade Papers

Click the link and it will take you to another page where you can watch the video ... and please leave me a comment to say you have visited.

I hope you enjoy

Bye for now ..

Hugs xx

Bejay Roles - Winner

 Hi Everybody,

Thank you to those people who sent me a Christmas card it was very kind of you and they where displayed on top of my tv cabinet for all to see
 And now it's all over and done with for another year and I am ready to move on.
I hope you enjoyed your Christmas, if only for the break.
 I know it is not everybody's best time of the year but hopefully you are now ready to craft forward into the new year.

The draw has been done and this week and the winner is

Bejay Roles

Thank you Bejay for making the effort to leave me your comments and I hope that Ben is ok after his feast with the sea moss gummies.

My family and I went out for our Christmas dinner and took Ruby and Dougal with us and they were as good as gold. The meal was awful but the dogs were good. That is two Christmases on the run now that have been ruined by bad hotels and bad service, and this one cost us £85 per head.

Anyway if you would send me your postal address please to
christina@card-making-magic.com
I will get it posted to you straight away. 

Bye for now ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie - Wild Meadows

Hi Everybody,

I am back with a fabulous offering today and that is the Wild Meadows set complete with the

Simply Cards & Papercraft magazine.

This consists of eight stamps and two lovely stencils for you to create some really special cards for all occasions. 

You can also download some papers and toppers  to compliment your designs.

The magazine is full of information and tips on how to get the best from the set as well as other ideas that you may like to try. 

So if this is something that you would like then all you need to do is leave me a comment with your 

FULL NAME

I need your full name to identify the correct winner so if it is not there then you will not enter into the draw, especially if your comment shows up as anonymous.

You will need to come back and check over the weekend to see if you are shown as the winner

.Bye for now ...

Hugs xx

Doris Shawcross -Winner

 Hi Everybody,

Well are you ready for Christmas ???  The weather is certainly not enticing me to go out and do shopping so hopefully I will have everything in that I will need. I am never ready for it and always glad when it is done with and I cam get back to normal. 

I will nto be doing any more blogs posts now until my Friday Freebie so I would like to wish everybody a Merry Christmas and a truly Happy New Year xxx

The winner of this weeks prize is

Doris Shawcross 

so would you please send me your postal address to
christina@card-making-magic.com
and I will get it in the post to you straight away.

I hope you get lots of good use from it and enjoy what you do.

Much love everybody

Bye for Now 

Hugs xx