Ruby & Dougal ...

Hello Everyone,

It's Ruby again today with some more of my adventures with my very best friend Dougal the Cockapoo.

We have just had a lovely holiday in the Lake District with our humans.

And just to make sure that my mum didn't forget to take me I packed myself into her suitcase !!

Here we are in the car and ready to go on our journey and we have a big fluffy cushion to sit on in the back

Usually we fall asleep but our humans stop and let us out regularly and to have a drink and a little walk about.

We both enjoy the water but Dougal only gets his feet wet.  He' such a baby!!

Me ... well I like to get in there and have a really good swim.

Then after a good day out swimming and walking it was back to the cottage for our tea and a good sleep.

We have our doggy drying coats on and they keep us warm.

My mum kept my long ears tucked in side the jacket here as they are really wet.

And this .... well this is my Dad who was pretending to surf on the edge of the lake standing on a stone in about one inch of water !!

More next time ...

Bye for now xx

Two Lucky Winners ...

Hi Everybody,

Hello on this beautiful Saturday morning and the sun is shining here today.

It is Formula One here over the weekend and Griff will be glued to the TV. 

So after Ruby's long walk in the morning it will be head down for filming for me to get some videos ready of you to view over the week. 

Did you see Thursdays post about "Winning a Workshop" with me in 

Stockport on the 17th October ??

If you would like the chance to win one of the eight places then here is the  Blog Post   with information you need.

The draw for the two gifts on offer yesterday has been done and the names today are ...

Carla Drescher

and

Nicola Parfitt

please would you email me your postal addresses and the gifts will be on the way to you both.

I hope you will enjoy playing with them and please let me know that you have them safely.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie - Woodland Friends

Hi Everybody,

As Promised last week I have quite a lot to "Give Away" over the next few weeks and they are all good prizes to win. 

Starting this week I have two of these die sets and each will come with a card from the video

Woodland Friends

It is a really pretty die set that has some sentiment stamps  and it will be a useful addition to anybodies crafting stash.

If you would like to win this set then all you need to do is leave me a comment at the end of the post 

Add your FULL name and come back tomorrow to check if  you are one of the two winners whose name is shown

I cannot chase you up and you will have 72 hours in which to claim it. 

If any winner does not claim the gift they will lose out on the prize and it will be offered again at a later date to some one else ... so don't let that be you because they are quality prizes.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Win A Workshop .... with me !!

Hi Everybody,

I am so excited to bring you the video here as it is offering eight of you the chance to win a work shop with me at the Craft Stash Headquarters in Stockport.  We will have some fun and make some really pretty things and decorate them to your hearts content. The video will give you details of how to enter

The entry form is in the description box under the video on YouTube but in case you can't watch it there I am adding it here as well. Good Luck to everyone and I will meet eight of you on the 17th October 

Win A Workshop entry form

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Papercraft Essentials 165 - Festive Friend

Hi Everybody,

Today I am sharing with you the Papercraft Essentials 165 magazine for this month and the exclusive gift that is with it.

The die and stamp set are called Festive Friend

and it is a really cute reindeer and some lovely stamps to help you create your own scenes

There is a bumper paper pack with this issue with some lovely designs and background scenes as well as tags and banners

There is also a special offer if you take out a subscription and here is the link  to get the
Six Card Making Magic Dies on offer

Papercraft Essentials Subscription Gift 

The video will show you some of the ways in which I have used this set and I make a shaker card using some packing from a Christmas gift to me last year ... Waste Not Want Not !!

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Papercraft Essentials 65 - Subscription Gift

Hi Everybody,

In this months Papercraft Essentials 165 there is the opportunity for you to receive six of the Christmas Collection dies from

 Card Making Magic

 if you take out a subscription to the magazine.

The benefits you will get are that you will save money on each issue and it will pop through your door each month.

There is an exclusive gift in each pack to help you build your own crafting stash, and here is the link should you wish to take advantage of the offer.

Papercraft Essential Subscription Gift

The dies will help you to create some lovely cards and in the pack this month are some beautiful papers too

So if you are looking for a subscription then maybe you would like to consider this one and bag some of my new dies into the bargain. 

Another video tomorrow showing you how I used the free gift in this months magazine pack 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

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