Winner

 Hi Everybody,

Today dawns bright and clear even if it is cold and a bit damp. Ruby and I will wrapping up good and warm and we will  be going for a little walk along the sea front later. My walking is getting much better as long as I don’t over do it, and rest once I get back home. It’s just nice to get out in the fresh air and look at the sea again.

The draw from yesterday’s offer has been done and the name this week is 

Maggie Gardner

Would you email me your postal address please to

christina@card-making-magic.com

and I will get it in the post to you straight away. Please let me know when it arrives with you and I hope you enjoy playing with your gift.

More tomorrow...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie - Sew Crafty

 Hi Everybody,

Todays offering is for all of you who love to sew either for your self or your family and friends or you like to make cards for people who sew.

This kits comprises of dies, stamps and embossing folder and it is really cute at the same time

There is no video to go with this offer but it speaks for itself and I am sure you would enjoy playing with this 

So if this is something that you would like then all you need to do is leave me a comment under the blog post. You must ad your FULL NAME though as that makes it far easier to identify the correct winner.

If you do add your comment then please be sure to come back and check over the weekend to see if your name is listed as the winner. You will have 72 hours to claim if and if you don't then it will be withdrawn and offered again at a later date. 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx.

Be Yourself ...

 Hi Everybody,

Todays card is created from  some Altenew dies and pink glitter card, and the overall effect is vibrant and cheerful

I did an ink smooshed background behind the die cut panel.

The panel is made from the two dies that go to make up the Layered Plaid

There are several looks you can get with this die cut simply by changing the colours of the card that you use

And of course the same applies to the flower.

I added one of the Card Making Magic Pearl flourishes along the side just to add that finishing touch.

I got my dies quite some time ago from Sevenhills Crafts but I don't know if they are still available to purchase.

The glitter card is from Craft Stash along with the flourish 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Happy Birthday Mum

 Hi Everybody,

This was a card I made some time ago and I have to say it is one of my favourites.

I love the flowers and the tiny organza butterflies as well as the colour scheme and the diamante.

I used the Alphabet set from my own dies and I covered them with Glossy Accents and a little shake of glitter.

I don't have a mum to send this too but I would be very happy if someone sent something like this to me

The Distress Oxides that i used are Wilted Violet, Blueprint Sketch and Mermaid Lagoon. 

They always make a beautiful blend  whenever I use them and Distress Oxides blend so easily too

You can just amke out the spattered effect that I did with water onto the background and this just lifts a little bit of colour from the inks

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Large Heart Box

Hi Everybody,

This new Heart Box Die Set comes to you in two different sizes so that you can choose which one serves your needs the best. 

This is the large one and it will hold a good many chocolates ... need I say more !!

This is another colour scheme for the box. 

Leave the flowers off if this is to be given to a man.

But even they like chocolates and Valentines Day is on the way too so what could be better.

Get his favourite ones and add some tissue paper to the box and you will have a lovely little gift to give to your nearest and dearest  on that special day.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

 

Winner

 Hi Everybody,

After a late start this morning I have managed to get lots done with the rest of the day. And this evening after a walk in the cold damp weather Ruby and I are settled down in front of our log fire. She is snoring her head off and I really wish I could tape it for you to hear. She sounds like an old train coming down the track. 

I have now managed to get the draw done for yesterday’s offer and the name this week is ...

Diana Lawton

Would you email me please your postal address to

christina@card-making-magic.com

and the gift will be on its way to you straight away.

More tomorrow...

Hugs xx

Friday Freebie - Let it Snow

 Hi Everybody,

Back to the Friday Freebie and for this week I have a lovely die, stamp and embossing folder set called Let It Snow

There is a video to show this set and it was done qite some time ago

Let It Snow will you show how I used these products and I am sure that you will be able to come up with your own ideas if you win this set.

So all you have to do is leave me a comment at the end of the post and don't forget to add your FULL NAME ... no full name then no entry into the draw.

Be sure to come back over the weekend to see if you are the winner.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Die Cut Vase

 Hi Everybody,

In this time of yet another "Lockdown" do you some times get just a little fed up of making cards?

I wanted to do something different with my dies and so I experimented with some of them to see what I could come up with.

Obviously you won't be able to do this with all your shapes but look carefully at some of them and see if they will work

I experimented and I came up with this pretty vase that I filled it with faux flowers, because it is not waterproof, and I think it looks really cool 

So today I am going to make another and this time I am going to film it so that you can see the steps I have taken.

It will take a few days as each stage has to dry before I can move on to the next one but hopefully you will enjoy it and maybe try it for your self.

The die set that I have used is the Pentagon Bauble Easel 

I also used some :-

• paper/magazine strips of paper
• cheap glue and a brush 
• Sellotape/masking tape
• Plaster Of Paris bandages
• Acrylic paint
• A little gold paint
• Clean paint brush
• five wooden lolly sticks

So keep a look out for the video it wont be long as I am off to film it right now 

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Rambling Rose Channel Card

Hi Everybody,

I'm late to the party again and I just don't know where the time goes. One day it's Friday and the next it Wednesday and in between are a lot of missing days.

Still here I am now with another of the Charming Channels Cards and this one features the Rambling Rose. 

This is definitely my favourite one and on this card I have used Glossy Accents to highlight the flower.

I stencilled the background panel with Abandoned Coral and then added it to the card with foam tape underneath

It has been dotted with tiny gemstones and the flowers are also raised with foam tape 

If you use Glossy Accents add them at the end as you will need to put the card to one side for them to dry,  and it may take a good few hours to do so.

Otherwise you could end up sticking your fingers in it and making an awful mess ...

ask me how I know this ????

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

 

Winner

 Hi Everybody,

My little story earlier seems to have tickled some of you and it really was quite funny. 
And if you missed the story scroll back a little and  have a read of it

Vickie and I stood on her doorstep laughing on New Years Eve with a bunch of police men over a supposed party we had been reported for having.

Vickie has her suspicions over who it could have been that sent the email to the police, and if she could have seen us laughing it would have upset her even more.
Perhaps she thought they would cart us off in the big riot van ... in handcuffs!!

But despite all that we had a good night and the film we watched was delightful. 

If you haven't seen "Room on the Broom" then do coz it's lovely.

And imagine two grown women on NYE with a turkey sandwich ... and  don't forget some crisps and the glass of red wine watching it.

Now the draw for the fabulous box of "Goodies" has been done. Quite a lot of people would have liked to win this. I am sorry I only have one at this moment in time.

 But there is sure to be another later on so stick around and visit each week to see what is on offer. 

Drum Roll Please !!!!

The Winner Is .....

Sue Cockerham

email me your postal address please Sue to

christina@card-making-magic.com

and the box will be on its way to you.

Let me know that you have it safely and I wish you all the best playing with it all

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

My New Years Eve ....

Hi Everybody,

So let me tell you a story...
 On New Years Evening Vickie and I decided that we would spend our evening together at her house with the dogs Ruby and Dougal joining us.
We wanted to have an Indian take away as something different and tasty.
I got to her house at 5.30 and we ordered our meal on line at 6.15 pm

We were both hungry and so we were looking forward to the Indian food.
We waited .... and we waited ... and we waited and 8.45 pm it still hadn't arrived.
We couldn't wait any longer and Vickie made us a turkey and cranberry sandwich instead.

At 9 o-clock there was a knock on the door, and we thought  at long last the meal was here, but by this time we were eating our sandwich whilst watching the little film called "Room on the Broom".
 I went to the door to tell the man to take it back.

But there was no Indian restaurant man stood there ....  just THREE big policemen.
This of course made us think something was wrong with a family member.
The leading police man said to me
"We have had an email at the station to tell us that you are having a party"  well I laughed and told him he had that wrong and Vickie came to see what was going on.

She also denied it and invited him in to look for himself..
I asked "Do you have any ID because although you are dressed as a police man it doesn't mean you are one " and he showed me his identity badge. Two of them came inside.
Parked on the other side of the street was police riot van with probably about ten police men in it.
We couldn't believe it and he asked if we had any idea who had emailed them " Have you had a dispute with a neighbour?" 

They had a look outside and then we all laughed at this silly situation.
Ruby and Dougal of course where enjoying the company and the fuss.
We told them we thought they were  the delivery man with our Indian meal and the second policeman asked us where  we had ordered it from ... he said his wife had ordered a take away from the same place at 4pm and they still hadn't got theirs either.

After they had gone we had a laugh about it, but imagine somebody had nothing better to do on NYE  than email the police. telling a lie and wasting precious police time for nothing.

And at 10 pm the Indian delivery man rolled up with our take away and we told him in no uncertain terms what to do with it ... politely of  course !!

And that was my New Years Eve

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

   

Happy New Year 2021

Hi Everybody,

I hope you all had a good Christmas and I sincerely wish you all the happiest of New Years. Lets hope 2021 is better than the last year ... fingers crossed.

So there was no Give Away last week but this week I have a bumper gift inside this box to offer to one lucky winner.

There is so much in there that I can't get it all on one photo but this is what is inside the box

1/  Complete Provence Collection from CMM which is stamps dies and embossing folder.
2/  Five packs of flowers
3/  Six yards of assorted ribbons
4/ Two Spellbinders Embossing Folders
5/ Three Spellbinders Ink Pads
6/ One pack of Glitter
7/ Three packs of Nestabling with matching pearls
8/ Eight packs of Want2Scrap flourishes, pearls and Chrome dots
9/ One pack of Doilies
10/ Three Polkadoodles die sets    

11/ Six coloured embossing powders
12/ Tonic Stamp block   
13/ Tonic Ball Tool
14/ Tonic Glitter Markers
15/ Tonic Sequins
16/ One pack of decorated Hatpins
17/ Six tubs of coloured and sparkly embossing powders
18/ One floral topper
19/ One pack of brads

I am sure you will agree that this is a bundle worth winning , just add your FULL NAME to enter.

The box is all packed and ready to send to one lucky winner and it is my way to say a great big.  THANK YOU 

to everybody for being with me throughout the year

Happy New Year xxx

Merry Christmas xxx

Hi Everybody,

I wish you all a very Merry Christmas  despite the restrictions placed on us all by Covid 19.

My plans for the day have been totally changed, more or less the day after I told you what they where for a small dinner on Christmas Day.

Lets hope that next year will be better and we can all get together again and enjoy our families as we should.

As you will have noticed there is no Friday Freebie this week so I hope you are not too disappointed, but be sure to come back next week and see what is on offer as a special gift for the start of 2021.

See you soon ...

Hugs xx

New Heart Box

Hi Everybody,

Just popping in, after a busy week, to tell you that my brand new collection will be featured on Hochanda this afternoon.

The Heart Box will be demonstrated by Pauline Hickey and I am sure she will have some beautiful samples to show you. 

So I hope you can join her to see what she has in store.

This box is created with the largest of the Heart Boxes and then I have covered it all with Jute to make it really different.

I even made the flower to go on the top with hessian and string, and of course the pearls add that litle bit extra too.

There are a lot of ways you can dress up this shape and it will suitable for any occasion. There are two sizes to  the Heart Box it will suit any thing from party or wedding favours to larger gifts like .... chocolates  !! And you can make the matching Card to accompany it.

I hope you enjoy Pauline shows

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

Clean & Simple

 Hi Everybody,

I know not everybody likes my style of cardmaking with all its flowers and flounces so especially for them I have done a really clean and simple card using the Stunning Snowdrops Channel dies.

For this card I have inked the background starting in the middle and working my way to the edges with lighter strokes of Wilted Violet.

And the added the Snowdrops cut in plain white card to the top. I have wrapped this panel with purple ribbon and a bow before adding it to the white card base.

I have used he stamp With Love from the collection and then dotted it with lilac gemstones as a finishing touch.

I think it looks really cool and I wold be happy to get this for any occasion.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx