Hi Everybody,
My little corner of Blogland where I can share my creations with you. There are many video tutorials as well as links to good quality websites for all your crafting needs.
Beautiful Card Designs Made Easy
September 05, 2020
Winner
September 04, 2020
Friday Freebie - Floral Special Collection
Hi Everybody,
This beautiful kit is designed for all your flowery makes and the magazine will give you some lovely ideas that you may like to try. It consist of the magazine, some lovely paper to compliment your designs, stamps and matching dies and a 6x6 embossing folder.
Just get the pack, add in some glue and foam pads, and away you go making your cards and projects to send to family and friends all year round.
The pictures of any of these kits does not do them the full justice they deserve and so if you have been the winner of one I am sure you have not been disappointed when you got them in your hands.
The papers in each one are printed onto quality paper and there is so much inside the packs to keep you busy.
So if you would like to win this one 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 as the winner so be sure to come back and check if it is your name shown and be sure to claim it quickly.
More tomorrow ...
Hugs xx
September 03, 2020
Perfect Panels & Lovely Layers - Circles
For today's card I have gone back to a previous collection and this is the Perfect Panels & Lovely Layers sets.
There are several shapes in these die sets ... circles, rectangles, squares and triangles so I thought I would remind you of what is in them.
Each set has a matching embossing folder and stamps that will fir into the spaces on your cards.
This one obviously uses the circle die set and I have teamed it with a verse from the Wonderful Words stamp set.
September 02, 2020
New Video
Well as promised the video is done and ready for you to view. I hope you will like the result !!
I have used the Round Bauble Easel Die Set to show you two ways in which I have used it for cards.
The third way is to create this really pretty Bauble that can be hung on your tree at Christmas.
You can of course use any of the other dies in this new collection in a similar way for your cards and they would look really good.
But these are an easy way to create shaped cards that are not too big to fit into a standard envelope, which keeps down the cost of postage.
Make them in your favourite colours or stick to traditional red and greens
September 01, 2020
Bauble Easel
HI Everybody,
This pretty card features two of the new Easel Card dies that are available now on the
Craft Stash website
The Traditional Bauble and the Round Bauble have both been used to decorate the front of this card.
And I have used extra snowflakes from the Round Bauble to add interest to it also.
It is not in typical Christmas colours but it is very effective, and the back ground has been created with the
Trellis embossing folder
I am going to try making a video today and see if my legs will keep me upright long enough and in this I will show you how to use the round bauble on its own.
So please join me tomorrow when hopefully it will be there for you to see.
More tomorrow ...
Hugs xx
August 29, 2020
Winner
Hi Everybody,
Ruby doesn't care ... she has her fur to keep her warm.
I have to say that the injection of steroids into the knee I had don't seem to have made a lot of difference.
August 28, 2020
Friday Freebie - Tonic Box Kit
Hi Everybody,
August 25, 2020
Pentagon Easel for Christmas
Hi Everybody,
This card is created from another of the new easel dies and on some of the packages it is called the Hexagon Bauble Easel.
And I know it only has five sides so it's not a hexagon, and we will have to blame that one on the Gremlins !!
Nevertheless it is a pretty Pentagon Easel Card once made up and just the same as the others in this collection it can be added to a full sized card if you wished.
The deer is part of the set and I have added some shading to mine and then mounted it with foam pads to the leaves.
Another quick and easy way to create a shaped card without any measuring for you to do. Just run the dies through your machine and away you go.
More tomorrow ...
Hugs xx
August 24, 2020
Triple Star Easel Card
Hi Everybody,
Today's card is created using the new Triple Star Easel Card from Card Making Magic and I am sorry that this is a rubbish picture.
The light was going and my battery was also on it's last legs but you get the idea anyway.
This is a pretty die set and can be used in several ways, and would look particularly good as individual stars on a card.
You could create ornaments to dress your tree, or make a garland by gluing several of them together.
This card has just been made from pink and silver card to give it some sparkle.
It is not a big card and will fit easily into a standard envelope and so save you money on postage, but it is very impressive once opened out for your recipient to add to their mantle shelf.
More tomorrow ...
Hugs xx
August 23, 2020
Matching Dies & Stamps
In the new collection you will find these beautiful flowers for you to stamp out and colour with your favourite medium,.
And then use the matching dies to give you the flowers that you need for your project.
These are named Christmas Roses but can be used all year round as you can see from the sentiment on this card.
I have used water colours on water colour paper to make my flowers and then shaped the petals with the shaping tool.
The inside of the card is decorated the same and for that I have used the new Inserts and a Verse from the Birthday Verses A5 stamp set.
These will give you a complete co-ordinated look for your cards and of course adding them to a matching box will also make them extra special too.
More tomorrow ...
Hugs xx
August 22, 2020
Winner
Hi Everybody
It's very windy here this morning and Ruby has just gone out for a walk with Vickie and her best friend Dougal.
This evening Vickie and I are going out for a meal to my Grandsons restaurant as he has opened again this week for the first time since Lock-down and I am really looking forward to that.
So I got busy this morning and tidied around and I have now done the draw for yesterdays box kit.
These kits are such good value and have everything you need to get started.
And they seem to be popular with all of you too.
There are several more on offer yet so please do come back and see if you can win one of those coming up over the next few weeks
The winner today is ...
Betty McAllister
would you email me your postal address please to
christina@card-making-magic.com
and it will be in the post to you straight away.
I hope you enjoy playing with it and please let me know that you have it safely
More tomorrow ...
Hugs xx
August 21, 2020
Friday Freebie - Creative Stamping
Hi Everybody,
Another fabulous box kit is on offer this week and this one is from Creative Stamping and is full of goodies for you to create wonderful cards.
It consist of Magazine, Papers, Stamps, Dies and an Embossing Folder, everything you need to start making cards the minute you get the pack
This was also a Special Edition Box Kit and is centred around a Christmas theme.
But having said that it can be used all year round to create some lovely spring or summer designs.
It will be yours to use however you wish if you are the lucky winner.
All you have to do is leave me a comment at the end of the post with your FULL NAME and from those comments one will be chosen as the winner.
Be sure to come back and check over the weekend if your name is the one shown
More tomorrow ...
Hugs xx
August 19, 2020
Bell Bauble Easel Card
Hi Everybody
I coloured my Ivy with two shades of green ink and I used blue and white card to create the card itself
August 18, 2020
Beautiful Easel Cards
In the time that I have been away from crafting there has been a release of new dies from Card making Magic featuring Easel Cards and I was in no position to do them justice
These two I did to show on the Craft World Live that I did with Lou Collins
The panel from the Poinsettias folder has been cut in half and each one coloured in differently.
For the top one I used Arteza Water Real Brush Pens and left the background white. Then I added it to another panel that I have embossed with the second folder and silver card.
For the bottom card I have used alcohol markers to colour the flowers and a black one to colour the background separately.
Each gives a totally different look and the black background is so dramatic.
The verses on both are from the Christmas Verse Stamp Set
Both have been decorated extra with Diamante from Card Making Magic flourishes
More tomorrow ...
August 17, 2020
Ruby and Christina Update
First of all I want to wish a really special greeting to my beautiful Cocker Spaniel Ruby who is celebrating being four years old today. She has been wonderful while I have been out of action
She has willingly gone for walks with Vickie and Dougal and been such a good girl. I would be lost without her especially since Griff died
Happy Birthday Ruby !!!
My little furry treasure
Thank you for staying with me during the past few weeks when I have been unable to blog every day. It has been very difficult to get up to the craft room to work.
To bring you up to date with what has been happening to me and where I am up to now. As you know I have had problems with right knee and left hip.
I had X-ray on left hip and my doctors surgery told me there was nothing that they could find.
I also had scan on right knee. I went through a private scheme, that I have been with since I went out to work, and they sent me to see a consultant, who had the scan pictures there in front of him.
He took the time to explain to me exactly what was wrong with my knee and he told me that I had arthritis and that I had also damaged the cartilage.
(That's what you get when you climb on chairs)
When I told him about the hip he sent me straight away for another X-ray and then told me what he had found in that picture too. That too has arthritis in it and is causing the pain when I walk.
He said that before diving in to surgery he wanted to try injecting steroids into the joint of my knee and see if that helped, and he did that straight away. That was well over a week ago and now that it has had time to settle down it does feel less painful. I still hurts to weight bear when I stand still for any length of time but at least I can walk around better
If this is OK then when I go back to see him again he will discuss the same procedure into the hip, but that is more invasive. Then if the injections don't work, we can discuss surgery.
At the moment I am feeling more cheerful and positive about the outcome.
I am having a "Perching Stool" delivered which, will allows you to sort of perch on the edge, to help with support while standing, and will be very helpful if I have pain in the knee. And with this I am hoping to get back to work and doing some videos again.
Fingers Crossed Everybody
More tomorrow ...
Hugs xx