Friday Freebie - Christmas Florals

Hi Everybody,

Christmas in the craft world is never ending,

 and so this won't be a surprise to you that the gift on offer this week is .... Yep!

 An A4 Christmas Florals Stamp set 

The individual stamps on this sheet are quite big and can be used all year round with very pleasing results.

So if this is a set that you would like to have to swell your own collection then all you need to do is leave me a comment at the end of this post.

Please add your FULL NAME as this helps me immensely and avoids confusion if two people have the same first name

From those comments one name will be chosen as the winner and announced in a blog post over the weekend. So don't forget to come back and check if it is you

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Die Cutting Essentials 61 - Tonic Studios Die

 Hi Everybody,

This months Die Cutting essentials will be on the shelves tomorrow the 16th January and this pretty die will be with it.

I have several cards featured in the magazine and so in the video I show you how I made this card.

Tonic Studios Die is the video in case you wanted to view and it is not too long.

At some point in the future weeks I will be giving this die away as the Friday Freebie,  along with the magazine, but don't take the risk of waiting to see if you are the winner.

Grab it now while you can if it is something that you would like to have.

Don't forget to make a note in your diary for this Thursday and Friday to join me on Hochanda.

I will be with the amazing Lou Collins so please join us.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Paint Pouring ...

Hi Everybody,

Amongst other things that I have been trying lately, such as the decorated glass and altering bottles, I have also tried my hand at Acrylic Paint Pouring.

 I know it has been around along long time but I have been a bit slow on the uptake. 

This was the first piece I did and it's not very good or very big and I did it on some thick A4 card as a practice run.

But then I decided to cut it up and make cards with it and see how they turned out.

This one is created from the right hand side of the painting and I cut it down to a 5x7"

I used some of the words from the new

  Landmark Collection

 for the greeting because some of them are female names as well as the month, April, May, June or the anniversary Pearl, Ruby. Coral.

The left hand side of the painting I cut out with the Heart from the  Spectacular Swirl   die set and again used the words.

I can't say I am unhappy with either of them and I have now progressed to a bigger canvas to paint on.

I will show you my progress over the coming weeks and I will be videoing them too.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Winner ...

Hi Everybody,

Hope you are having a good weekend. Ruby and I went for a walk down to the seafront this morning but it was so cold we didn't stay too long. It's amazing how many people stop and talk to me when I have Ruby with me and she of course loves all the attention especially in her Christmas  Sweater.

Once back home and nice hot cup of coffee was made for me I set to and did the draw and the winner today is ...

Donna Rinckel

please can you email me with your postal address to

christina@card-making-magic.com

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

Now that Christmas is over with the post should be back to normal, so I hope there is nothing missing from past winning weeks. Some of my FF go to places like Florida, California, Spain, Portugal, Australia and New Zealand and oh how I would love to be able to hand deliver them to you myself,

Wouldn't that be lovely ???? (Sigh)

Thank you if you joined me on Facebook Live last Friday, and especially to Sue Pollock who leaves me lovely comments there as well as here on the blog. It sure is good to know that you are there and thank you all of you for your support.

A date for your diary is this coming Thursday and Friday when I will be on the 

Hochanda One Day Special 

Please join me there if you can

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx 

Friday Freebie - Exquisite Edges

Hi Everybody,

This weeks gift is from Die Cutting essentials and it is the beautiful two piece die set 

The video of this was Exquisite Edges and it will show you some of the ways in which I have used this die set

There isn't a card to go with this one but I will send you the magazine.

So if this is one that you would like to have to extend your own personal collection then all you need to do is leave me a comment at the end of the post with your FULL NAME.

From those comments one name will be chosen and announced in a blog post over the weekend so be sure to come back and check if you enter the draw.

Don't forget to join me on Craft Stash Facebook Live at 1 pm today.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx