Items for Sale ...

Hi Everybody,

Yesterday I told you about items that I am wanting to sell. 

If you remember I was going to do a craft room sale in my home last year but life kind of got in the way when we added a new kitchen and I couldn't arrange it. 

And then very suddenly my husband died and knocked the wind from my sales.

So until I have the time to rearrange that Craft Room Sale I have put together some packs that you may like to have.

Each of these packs will contain 

Accents and Motifs  (2 sets)

Embossing Folder

Tags

Texture panel

Flower

Corners

Abstract die

Card Front

+ Bonus surprise gift

Each pack will have NINE items in them but they will be different titles.

For instance the Accents and Motifs will be different in each pack, the tags may be another pattern as will the corners.

But each are quality and will make a good grounding for your own collections

These are the fourteen packs and they are on offer for £20 per pack. plus your P&P

If you would like one of them then please email me at ..

christina@card-making-magic.com

and I will invoice you through PayPal and I will need your email address to do that, and a POSTAL address to send them to

If you specifically wanted a certain set then let me know but once that set has gone that's it. It will go to the first one to have asked and paid for it. 

I cannot swap items in the packs as they have all been put together to give a good assortment of items to create lovely cards.

But I don't think you will be disappointed with any of them

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Card & Gift Winner

Hi Everybody,

I have two things to run by you today and of course the first one is the "Friday Freebie" winner from yesterday.  This is something that I enjoy doing and I think you enjoy too and so this will be continuing each week. They are quality gifts and well worth having to build up your collections.

All I ask for is or your full name as you leave your comment so everybody knows exactly who has won the prize I cannot stress this enough that if you don't leave your full name then your comment will not be entered into the draw

So this weeks winner is ...

Pamela Pollard

and if you would send me your postal address to 

christina@card-making-magic.com

the gift will be on its way to you straight away and I am happy to send it anywhere that you live.

The next thing is ....

I have so many beautiful things in my craft room and many of them are dies. I used to save up for weeks and then go the craft shows and spend my money, mostly on dies, and in particular Spellbinders

But now I am in a different position especially since I have brought out my own range and so I am needing to sell some of them to make space or there will not be any room for me in the craft room.

For instance I bought most of the sets of Accents and Motifs as they came on to the market and I did many videos using these sets

This is the kind of thing I am referring too ... each Accent set had a matching Motif set and there are a lot of dies in the two sets.

So I have put together fourteen sets of Accents and Motifs along with other items in each pack

And tomorrow I am going to offer them for sale at the bargain price of £20 per pack which is a tiny fraction of what they are worth 

Please come back tomorrow and see which what is on offer if you are interested in purchasing any of them and they can be paid for through PayPal

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx 

Friday Freebie - Driving Home for Christmas

Hi Everybody,

Staying with the  Christmas theme from last week I have another lovely gift for you this week and this one is stamps, dies and an embossing folder.

The video for this can be found here  ... 

Driving Home for Christmas 

and there are more ideas on the film

If this is a gift that you would like then all you need to do is leave me a comment at the end of the post with your FULL NAME please

From those comments one name will be chosen as the winner and notified in tomorrows blog post.  So if you add your name then be sure to come back tomorrow  to see if your name is shown

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Simply Cards & Papercraft

Hi Everybody,

I am so pleased with this months Simply Cards & Papercraft  magazine because it features and exclusive gift from Card Making Magic.

It is an A4 sized stamp sheet that offers a lot of usage and some great sentiments too. And the 4 piece die set creates a cute Dream Catcher  for you and many other things too.

In the video I show you some of my ideas and I love the colour scheme of the finished card.

Blue Print Sketch, Mermaid Lagoon and Wilted Violet make the most gorgeous combination and it is one that I use often. to create vibrant backgrounds.

This has to be my favourite magazine and it is one I have been getting for years.  

And I love it even more when it features a lovely gift from me that can be used in so many ways

So I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did and will keep a look out for future gifts from

Card Making Magic

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Love is in the Air ...

Hi Everybody,

This lovely card in a fresh blue and white would be ideal for most occasions and it uses the large Alphabet Letters from Card Making Magic

You can buy the plain ones separately form the filigree overlays but they do look really special when they are used together.

At the moment there is a special offer on at Craft Stash to buy the two sets together.

And the same offer applies to the Numbers set also, both of which are useful sets to have in your cardmaking.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Die Cutting Essentials 50 Sweet Pea Die Set

Hi Everybody,

Please scroll back to yesterday for the name of the winner of Fridays gift, and sorry I was so late adding it to the blog post.

This months Die Cutting essentials is already on sale and the exclusive gift this month is a beautiful two part die set called Sweet Pea.

I have tried to show some different ways to use the set and you will find many more ideas within the magazine.

So I hope you enjoy playing with the dies as much as I did.

You will need to look now though as the magazine is out and will be very popular with lots of card makers.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Card & Gift Winner

Hi Everybody,

I have been so busy today I have forgotten all about the draw for yesterdays gift and card.  Still better late than never and once again my apologies.  But I promise you it is a gift worth the wait as it will make some beautiful cards for you and not just for Christmas

So the name this week is ...

Linda Brock

and it you would be kind enough to send me your postal address to 

christina@card-making-magic.com

I will get the the gift sent off to you.

Some of you are not adding your FULL NAME and you won't be entered into the draw if it is not there with your comment, nor can I accept entries from "unknown" ... how am I going to notify you of your win if I don't know who you are.
So NO FULL NAME ... NO ENTRY

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie - Christmas Memories

Hi Everybody,

So as we fast approach summer what better time to remind you of ... Christmas !! and in the gift there is an A4 stamp set and a really cute little cracker die

The video to accompany this gift is 

Christmas Memories 

and there some lovely ideas to help you create.

Many crafters make cards for Christmas all year round so if this is you then here is a stamp set that will help you a lot.

If this is a stamp set that you would like then please leave me a comment at the end of the post with your FULL name added. Then you will need to come back tomorrow to see if it is your name that is listed as the winner.

I am happy to send the gift anywhere and you can still enter even if you have won before.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

New Log Burner ... at last !!

Hi Everybody,

This is the story of the log burner starting at the very beginning. This is what the old fire was like and it has been there for a good few years.

The gas fire itself stopped working about four years ago and because we have central heating we never did anything about it.

So much to my daughters disgust I hid the fire with some flowers and they are silk and have also been there for a long time. I showered them to keep the dust at bay but they had to go ... she said they are old fashioned !!

So the workmen came along and in between copoius cups of coffee they started altering things for a log burner and bit by bit things started to go wrong.

They needed to install a new flue liner and the old chimney started crumbling. It would have eventually crumbled itself to pieces and so it had to be repaired and they did an excellent job.

I wanted the wooden surround putting back and so that was removed carefully for me

This was the state of my lounge while all this work was going on and the dust and dirt got everywhere.

But eventually we got to the stage where things are going right and the job progressed well.

Bit by bit work was completed until eventually the opening was ready to install the fire on its black slate base and the down lights illuminating everything

Once the fire was there the wooden surround could be put back and then there was instruction for me on how the burner would work.

It's very easy to set and light and easier still to control the flames but oh it is so cozy.

And so I send a HUGE thank you to Harpers Stoves for supplying and fitting my beautiful Log Burner and Clearview for making the Vision 500 in Honey Glow Brown ... it is the best investment ever

And so last night Ruby and I toasted ourselves in front of the flickering flames where it was lovely and warm and wonderful.

All it needs now is decorating !!

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Childs Birthday Card & Matching Envelope

Hi Everybody,

Children always like to tell the world their age and have you noticed that you always add the odd bit whenever you ask  .... "I am five and a half ...."

Here is a lovely card suitable for boy for girl and created with the dies and stamps from Card Making Magic

For this card we have made an envelope again and the card fits very neatly inside it. 

I have used the Balloons Corner Dies

and added it to an A2 Card

The Numbers set gave me the age and if you have the Alphabet set you could even add their name and at present there is special offer on at Craft Stash to buy both plain and overlay dies together in both sets

The video will show you how I made this set ... just long enough for a cuppa 

You can decorate this as you please to suit boy or girl even more

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Card & Matching Envelope

Hi Everybody,

Every card needs a box or an envelope to send it and what could be better than one that matches the card.

I love to make cards with lots of flowers on them and they end up quite deep and so a box was the only way to give them.

But every so often I will make one that is not as bulky and for that I would need an envelope

Any of the Card and Box Die Sets can be used to create the box OR the envelope so that you can get lots of use from the die sets by Card Making Magic.

All my collection is available at Craft Stash and there is a lot to choose from ... and more to be added next month. Let the video show you how to make the envelope for your own cards

This is a bit of different colour scheme for me but one that would suit either gender for a birthday.

Dress it up more and make the box for all your female recipients and it would be just as good.

But whatever you do always enjoy your cardmaking 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Card and Matching Box

Hi Everybody,

Today I am using the 5x7 Card & Box Die Set to create a box to match our card and  we are going super decorate it and add the card to it

I will be adding one video as an envelope from the same die set to show you just how versatile these dies can be.

This box or envelope can be done with any of the box die sets 5x7 ... 6x6 ... or the A2

Everything on the card is from the Card Making Magic Collection and they are all available at Craft Stash

Make this Mothers Day card in your Mums favourite colours or send it to your Gran or a favourite Aunt. Change the sentiment and it would make a beautiful Birthday card too.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Card & Gift Winner

Hi Everybody,

The weather is getting better and lots of the trees are turning green again all ready to be dressed in their summer finery. I love the fine days when you can do so much more outside ... but not too hot for me as I simply melt.

The draw for yesterdays prize has been done good and early this week and the winner is ...

Margaret Wilson

would you email me your postal address please to 

christina@card-making-magic.com

and the gift will be on its way to you

I really hope you will enjoy playing with this wonderful set and please let me know that you have it safely

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie - Go Wild

Hi Everybody,

The gift on offer this week is for all you animal lovers out there and there are some fabulous images on this A4 stamp set.

If you are not in to colouring that much then these would be ideal as all the shading areas are shown to you

So you can add as much or as little as you need to create beautiful designs.

The video to show this stamp set is Go Wild A4 Stamp Set and there is a whole lot of fun 

waiting to be used.

If you would like to have this gift then all you need to do is leave me a comment at the end of the post. It is open to every body and I am happy to send you the gift where ever you live at my expense.

You don't need to have your own blog and it doesn't matter if you have won before you can still enter again for this weeks gift.  All I ask is that you leave your FULL name please with your comment because you will not be entered if you don't

Please come back tomorrow to see if it is your name that is listed as the winner in tomorrows blog post.  Good Luck everybody 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

A Card for Dad

Hi Everybody,

This really easy card is created with some of the new dies from Card Making Magic

I have used the Happy Birthday embossing folder and Letterpressed the inks onto it to give me the coloured base

The Border die has been cut twice and added beneath the central panel.

The letters have been cut from card that has been inked in the same colours and then covered with Glossy Accents.

Before the Glossy Accents have dried I have sprinkled in some gold glitter to give an added hint of sparkle.

The word has been added to the card with foam tape to raise it up, and the panel added to the base again with foam tape.

Perfect for your Dads birthday or Fathers Day or any other occasion that you may want to send your dad a card

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx