Pink & White Card

Hi Everybody,

Just before I went away for the week I was on Craft Stash Facebook Live.

I did a demo to show how a pretty card can be transformed into something really lovely with the addition of ....

Flowers, Ribbons & Pearls

The plain card  was created on the show and I had already lined the inside of the base

I pre-made the parchment flowers from the Layered Poinsettia Stamp and Die set

and added some pearl stamens

The background is cut with the  Snowflake Panel

and layered onto pink card.

The circle centre piece is with the Fancy Nesting Circles Die

The ribbon, Lace and gemstones are from the Decorative Collection

The card and leaves are from the original Card and Box  Die Set

The stand is made with the Easel Card Stand Die

The completed 5x7 card fits neatly into its box and is ready to send to your recipient

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Ruby Update ...

Hello Everyone,

It's Ruby here and I wanted to tell you about my holiday.

My mum and dad took me to a little cottage in the Lakes and we had a lovely time.

Dougal and Vickie came with us and we had lots of long walks. 

I went swimming on three of the days but I have my lovely warm drying jacket to dry me off, and I love swimming

My dad bought me this lovely red jacket when we went into Ambleside and it is really warm.

I had to get a bigger size coz I am TWO now ...but still very beautiful don't you think ???

I took my cozy bed with me to sleep in, but it was nice to get back home to all the things I am used too.

I had such a good holiday with all the people I love especially Dougal.

But then Dougal and I can have a good time when we are together wherever we are 

See you soon 

Bye for now ...

Ruby xx

Card & Gift Winner ...

Hi Everybody,

Back to normal this week after a really good week away. The weather wasn't too kind to us but we all enjoyed it any way. We had to buy waterproof jackets but they will always come in for dog walking now we are back at home. I bought some walking boots as well, that are also waterproof.

Even the dogs had the luxury of  new waterproof jackets too and very smart they both looked.

We had a lovely cottage in the Lake District and each day we went somewhere different.

But my favourite walk has to be Tarn Hows and there you can walk all around the lake and see some beautiful scenery.

Dougal went paddling ... but Ruby ... well she was in there to swim and she had a lovely time.

So now back home and the draw for yesterdays offering of the New Home die and stamp set has been done and the winner is ...

Toni Seldon 

could you email me your postal address please to 

christina@card-making-magic.com

and the gift will be on it's way to you.

A big thank you to last weeks winner Sherry Hay for being patient with the delay in sending your prize. Now that I am back home both prizes will be posted promptly.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie - Home Sweet Home

Hi Everybody,

This cute little die and stamp set is perfect to send to any one moving house and I had a lot of fun creating different styled houses and bungalows with it.

The video will show you some of my ideas and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Home Sweet Home

This gift came with my favourite magazine Simply Cards & Papercraft  back in March and it can be yours if you leave me a comment with your full name 

From those comments one name will be drawn at random and announced in tomorrows blog post so be sure to come back and check if it is you who is listed.

I don't mind where you live and you can still enter even if you have won in the past. You don't need to have a blog of your own either.

And starting next week and for the whole of October I am going to be giving the free gifts away to two lucky winners so be sure to come back

 Good Luck 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Creative Stamping 62 Winter Woodland

Hi Everybody,

Today I am showing you Creative Stamping 62 which will be on sale tomorrow the 20th September.

The stamp set is Winter Woodland and the video is below to show you how I used it.

 I enjoyed using this stamp set to make my cards and there are lots of ways for you to vary the scenes.

There is also a reader offer to get the embossing folder for just the post and packing

The cards can be as elaborate as you wish to make them and add glitter onto the snow for more effect.

But they also make really pretty Birthday Cards and so this is another useful stamp set for all year round to add to your growing collection

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx 

Card Making Magic Tags and Sentiments ...

Hi Everybody,

The Tags and Sentiments are some of the newest dies in the Christmas Collection from Card Making Magic and they are all available at Craft Stash

They are something that can be used all year round to add to parcels that you may give ...personalise them with the recipients name

But you can also ad them to cards to decorate the front and as this one shows I have added two and shadowed the top one

I threaded ribbon through both loops and then used foam pads to pop them up.

A very easy way to embellish any cards whatever the time of year

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Die Cutting Essentials Subscription Offer

Hi Everybody,

I know that many of you like to buy and read the magazines about card making ... I do too.

 And I save mine in a folder to keep for reading again at a later date. I have subscribed to some of them for years.

But just in case you missed it there is a fabulous offer with Die Cutting Essentials to receive

  six free dies from 
Card Making Magic

if you take out a subscription this month.

 These are the six dies and I have done a video to show you some samples using them.
The subscription offer is only open to the UK and it ends on the 4th October so click this link below if you would like to take advantage of their offer.

Die Cutting Essentials Subscription Offer 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

The Decorative Collection ...

Hi Everybody

Flowers, Ribbons and Pearls seems to sum me up in just a few words and I love adding these embellishments to my cards and they make all the difference to the finished look.

So Card Making Magic now has it's own Decorative Collection and it is available at Craft Stash ... along with all my other collections too.

The flowers will be along shortly so watch this space and see what we add to the new Decorative Collection

The whole collection is growing and there will be some new dies coming along in the New Year.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Card & Gift Winner ...

Hi Everybody,

If you joined me on Craft Stash Facebook Live yesterday then a big thank you to you and Janette and  I had some fun as we always do. 

Some fantastic prizes where on offer and to the lucky seven winners I hope you enjoy what you won.

It's another wet and windy Saturday morning and we  are getting ready to go away for a few days holiday.  We are looking forward to the break and taking Ruby on some long walks. Vickie will be with us too and of course Ruby and Dougal will have fun running around together wherever they are.

I have scheduled posts to go out and I will be back to normal at the end of the week.

 But if you are the winner of today's,  or next weeks,  Friday Freebie then please be patient until I am able to get to the post office and send you the gift

The draw has been done and the winner is ...

Sherry Hay

please can you email me your postal address to 

christina@card-making-magic.com

and I will send you the prize as soon as I can.

I hope you like it and that you have some fun with this large stamp set and please let me know that you have it safely

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie - Hello Gorgeous

Hi Everybody,

Another fabulous A4 stamp set from Creative Stamping is the gift on offer in this weeks FF

and there are some really special cards that can be made with this.

The video with some fun ideas in it is here ...

Hello Gorgeous 

If you would like to own this stamp set then please leave me a comment at the end of the post and add you FULL NAME 

The winner is chosen at random and I need your full name to avoid any confusion when the winner is announced in tomorrows blog post. 

You will have 72 hours to claim the gift and I am happy to send it to you wherever you live at my expense. If by any chance you cannot check the blog tomorrow than don't forget to scroll back through the pages to fine Saturdays to be able to check 

I have no way to chase you up so it is down to you to email me or the gift will be offered again at a later date.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Simply Cards & Papercraft 182 - Two Stamp sets ...

Hi Everybody,

So today I have two videos coming out for the same magazine Simply Cards & Papercraft and that is because there are TWO exclusive stamp sets in the pack. 

I am adding both videos here for you to view but if you pop over to YouTube you can leave a comment and join my subscribers list to be notified whenever I have a new video out.

The first video is Winter Wonderland and uses traditional Christmas Images to add to your own designs

The second one is Classic Christmas which I have turned into a child's birthday card instead



Both are lovely stamp sets so I hope you will look out for them on the shelves TODAY

And please come and join in the fun this Friday 14th September on Craft Stash Facebook LIVE as there will be some fabulous gifts being given away and you need to be there to be in with a chance to win one of them.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Die Cutting Essentials 42 Festive Bauble Wreath

Hi Everybody,

A lovely die set is free with this months Die Cutting Essentials and it will be in the shops on the 13th September.

In the video I have shown you some ways in which you can use it.... and not just for Christmas.

I love to get my monies worth from products that I have and if there is more than one way to use a die set then I am happy.

Here I have used the bow to create a card that would be suitable for someones Birthday.

And the bow die or stamp in any set can be used in this way for lovely effects, and it is one idea I use regularly

The magazine also has a fantastic offer with it this month and that is to get SIX Card Making Magic dies free if you take out a subscription.  

You can save money on every magazine and get it delivered to your door every month and so be sure of getting yours and the free gift each time. 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Die Cutting Essentials Subscription Offer

Hi Everybody,

Tomorrow I will be adding a video to show you ways in which I have used the exclusive gift that is included with Die Cutting Essentials 42

But I wanted to tell you in advance that there is a fantastic Card Making Bundle of six free dies that are yours if you take out a subscription to that magazine.

Here is the link if you should want to do that ...

Die Cutting Essentials Subscription Gift 

The offer is only open to the UK
Claim yours by paying just £26.22 every 3 months by Direct Debit!

These are the six dies on offer and you will be able to make some lovely cards with them  and not just for Christmas either.

10 reasons to subscribe Die-cutting Essentials:

1. SAVE money on every issue
2. FREE delivery direct to your door
3. NEVER miss an issue
4. BE the first to read Die-cutting Essentials
5. EXCLUSIVE gift with every issue worth over £18.99!
6. Step-by-step guides
7. The BEST tutorials and projects from industry experts
8. BUILD your ultimate craft collection
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10. Keep up to date with the latest news and trends

More tomorrow

Hugs xx

Another Background ...

Hi Everybody,

Today's card is using another of those floral backgrounds I did a while ago and the motto is ... waste not want not ...

This one is a little more subtle than the other blue one that I coloured but I like it just as much.

I created an aperture in the side of this with circular dies to give a layered look and then stamped the sentiment onto another panel to appear behind it.

Pretty card for any occasion and really easy to do.

I used Spectrum Noir pencils to colour this one and added a gemstone to each of the centres for added sparkle.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Using those floral backgrounds ...

Hi Everybody,

Do you remember the pretty floral backgrounds that I created with the cover mount gift last week?

I added to the video the Distress Oxide colours that I had used for each background and made one for a card in the film. The colours are listed below

Just to refresh your memory here is the link to the video again from

Creative Stamping 61 Summer

Here are some of the cards that I made with those floral backgrounds.

 I got seven cards from them and I am really pleased with all of them.

I used gemstones and glitter, gold pen and coloured pencils to highlight them and they are all birthday cards

Some of the panels i cut into two separate ones and made two different cards form them.

For this one I used a die to create a fancy edge to the top of it, and coloured the flowers with stencils and added white highlights to the centres

There is a Rainbow Gem in each of the flowers

The other portion to the panel is used here and I dotted these flowers with glue and sprinkled them with glitter.

I added Bakers twine around the stem and a glittery flower to the knot.

Just a few little changes to make them look completely different to each other

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx