Christmas Skates

It's time for a new challenge at Ooh La La Creations and the theme for the next fortnight is Anything Goes chosen by Meg.    I have created a Christmas card using a super image and papers from the Ooh La La Creations The Shawn Jenkins Collection CD .

Everything is from the CD with the exception of some red card stock.  I created the card candi by die cutting small circles from the card stock and adding 3D Crystal Lacquer.

I used the same papers to decorate the inside of my card.

Make sure you pop over to the Ooh La La Creations Challenge Blog and check out the DT inspiration, we would love for you to join us for our Anything Goes Challenge.

I would like to enter this card into the CD Sunday Challenge - Anything Goes.

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Pauline
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How Does Your Garden Grow

I have a just because card to share today, I have just discovered the Hunkydory Craft Stacks and decided to have a play.

I used elements and papers from the How Does Your Garden Grow collection and added lots of dimension with foam pads.

I added some lace, string and ribbon from my stash and punched the borders with a Fiskars punch.

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Pauline
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Party Time

This is the final Z-fold card that I created for this months Simply Cards & Papercraft Magazine. I was commission to produce a Masterclass on making Z-fold cards using the Trimcraft Make a Wish paper pad.

The balloons, numbers and birthday cake are all from the Crafter’s Companion Sara Davies Birthday Party Signature Collection. The letters are from the Lawn Fawn Finley’s ABCs Die collection.

This photograph shows the inside of the card ready to have the elements attached.

I really enjoyed making these cards, it was quite a challenge to create six especially as it's not a style that I normally make.

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Pauline
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Christmas Wishes

This is my card for this weeks Less is More Challenge, the theme is Anything But Stamps.  I'm a bit late because we spent last week in Cornwall - it was a bit blustery but we had a lovely time.

I decided to make a quick Christmas card using some papers and fussy cut Christmas trees from the NitWit Simple Joys Collection.  The sentiment has been recycled from one of last years Christmas cards.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

July Rudolph Days Challenge - Anything Christmas
Less is More Challenge 338 - No Stamps

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Pauline
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Congratulations On Your Engagement

I have been playing with my Crafter's Companion Camden Town CD to create this card for the current CD Sunday Challenge, the theme is Celebration.

I used a pretty topper and papers to make an easel card - I really like creating easel cards but they certainly are difficult to photograph.

I used two of the papers from the collection, tearing one and adding distress ink to the edges of everything.  I printed the topper twice so that I could add an extra layer using foam pads for dimension.  The sentiments are also from the CD.

I would like to enter this card into this weeks CD Sunday Challenge - Celebrations.

Thank you for visiting my blog today, your company is much appreciated.

Pauline
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Birthday Garden

This is one of the advanced Z-fold cards that I created for this months Simply Cards & Papercraft Magazine. I was commission to produce a Masterclass on making Z-fold cards using the Trimcraft Make a Wish paper pad.

I created the trees with my Crafter’s Companion Die’sire Four Seasons Die, the little flowers are all separate and I coloured them with Spectrum Noir Illustrator Pens.  The fence is from the Polkadoodles Elegant Lamplight & Gate Die set and the sentiment is a Paper Smooches Stamp.

There is a step by step tutorial in the magazine explaining how to create these cards.

Thank you for popping in today, your company is much appreciated.

Pauline
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Beautiful Moments

This is the final card in a series of four that I created for the July edition of Making Cards Magazine, I used the beautiful Petals & Parasols Collection from NitWit Collections.

As usual I fussy cut lots of layers and used foam pads to create dimension.

I created the card candi from the backing papers - I do like everything to match perfectly.

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Pauline
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Caroling Snowmen

It's time for a new challenge at Christmas with the Cuties and the theme this month is Favourite Festive Digi.

I used the fun  Caroling Snowman image from our sponsor Paper Nest Dolls to create my card.

My inspiration came from a card I saw on Pinterest, of course I can't find it again now!  I coloured my snowman family with a combination of ProMarkers and Spectrum Noir Illustrator Pens before cutting them out with my Sue Wilson Pierced Ovals dies.

I printed some Pink Petticoat snowflake papers onto Kraft card stock and stamped a Lawn Fawn Sentiment.  The snowflake embellishments are a Clearly Besotted Snowflake die.

Make sure you pop over to the Christmas with the Cuties challenge blog and take a look at the Design Team inspiration, we would love for you to join us for our Favourite Festive Digi challenge.

Thank you for visiting my blog today, your company is much appreciated.

Pauline
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Let's Party

This is the second of the beginner Z-fold cards that I created for this months Simply Cards & Papercraft Magazine. I was commission to produce a Masterclass on making Z-fold cards.

I used the Trimcraft Make a Wish 12” x 12” Paper Pad for all of the cards in the series, for this one I added a die cut sentiment and stamped sentiment from the Crafter’s Companion Sara Davies Birthday Party Signature Collection.

These cards really are quite simple to create, I produced a step by step guide for the magazine, make sure you check it out.

Thank you for visiting my blog today, your company is much appreciated.

Pauline
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Delight in the Beauty

This is the third card in a series of four that I created for the July edition of Making Cards Magazine, I used the beautiful Petals & Parasols Collection from NitWit Collections.

I printed the topper several times so that I could fussy cut lots of decoupage layers.

The only things that I used that are not part of the Petals and Parasols collection were a couple of very old dies.

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Pauline
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Floral Lattice

This is the third of six cards that I have published in this months Simply Cards & Papercraft Magazine. I was commission to create a Masterclass on making Z-fold cards.

This is the second of the intermediate designs.

I used the Trimcraft Make a Wish 12” x 12” Paper Pad along with some dies from a couple of Sara Davies Signature Collections. The pink flowers are a Joy Crafts Stamp, I stamped them with pink ink and fussy cut them.

I really enjoyed making these cards, it's not something that I normally do - they are certainly a challenge to photograph.

Thank you for visiting my blog today, your company is much appreciated.

Pauline
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Quick Cards Made Easy Bonus Papers

Have you picked up a copy of the new Quick Cards Made Easy magazine, there are some super bonus papers in this months edition.  I was invited to join the Reader Design team this month and was sent the papers in advance.  These are not the cards that I made for the actual magazine, these are a couple of extras that I created - I don't know if my card is in the magazine or on the website, I haven't managed to get hold of a copy yet!.

There are seven lovely picnic themed papers and a selection of sentiments.

All I have added is some pink card stock, everything else is from the bonus papers.

On this card I just stamped and fussy cut some additional flowers.

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Pauline
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Elegance is ...

This is another of my cards that were published in the July edition of Making Cards Magazine, I created four cards using the beautiful Petals & Parasols Collection from NitWit Collections.

I think you could be seeing a lot more of these papers in the future, they are one of my favourites from NitWit Collections.

As usual I have added a decoupage layer, I kept this card quite simple though - I was trying to achieve an elegant design.

Thank you for popping in today.

Pauline
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New Baby Boy

This is another of the Z-fol cards that I have published in this months edition of Simply Cards & Papercraft.  I was really honoured to be asked to produce the Masterclass this month - I was commissioned to create six cards - two beginner designs, two intermediate and two advanced. This is one of the beginner designs.

I was sent the Trimcraft Make a Wish 12” x 12” Paper Pad to use and I paired it with stamps and dies from the Crafter’s Companion Sara Davies Little Angel Signature Collection.

Thank you for visiting my blog today, your company is much appreciated.

Pauline
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Winter Landscape

It's time for a new challenge at Ooh La La Creations and the theme for the next fortnight is Landscapes chosen by Lynn.    I have created a card using a beautiful scene from the Ooh La La Creations Carnival of Colour CD.

The beautiful scene and the papers are from the CD, I have overprinted the dark blue papers with some Pink Petticoat papers - the sentiment is from LOTV.

 I have inked the edges of everything and used Kraft card stock.

Make sure you pop over to the Ooh La La Creations Challenge Blog and check out the DT inspiration, we would love for you to join us for our Landscapes Challenge.

Thank you for visiting my blog today, please leave a comment so that I can come and visit you.

Pauline
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Collect Beautiful Moments

Now that the August edition of Making Cards Magazine is in the shops I can share one of the cards that I had published in the July edition.

I used the beautiful Petals & Parasols Collection from NitWit Collections, I think this is my favourite collection - I love the colours and beautiful papers and elements.

As usual I have printed the topper several times so that I could cut some decoupage layers.

I really enjoyed playing with this collection, I had three more cards published in the magazine but I think I will be using these pretty papers on a lot more cards in the future.

Thank you for popping in today.

Pauline
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Ballet Shoes

This is a mid challenge reminder for Paper Creator's Crafts, the theme for this months challenge is Anything Goes - Paper Creator products are not essential but you will gain an extra entry for using them.

I used the pretty Ballet Shoes - Shaped Card Kit, it makes a lovely card for a little girl.

The kit contains all that you need to create the card including decoupage layers and an insert.

Make sure you pop over to the Paper Creator's Crafts Blog to check out the inspiration, we would love for you to join us for our Anything Goes challenge - you could win a fabulous £10 coupon to spend in the Paper Creator Shop.

If you decide to purchase something from the Paper Creator Shop just enter the code PAULINE to receive a 20% discount on your order.

Thank you for visiting my blog today, your company is much appreciated.

Pauline
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With Deepest Sympathy

This is my card for this weeks Less is More Challenge, it's one layer week and the challenge is to use a coloured cardbase.

I have used Kraft card stock for my card base and I've gone digital again!

The image, sentiment and ribbon stripes are all from Pink Petticoat, now trading as The Lovely Studio - I put everything together in Word.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Less is More Challenge Weeks 336 and 367 - One Layer Card - Coloured Cardbase

AAA Cards Game 94 - One Layer, Coloured Cardbase

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Pauline
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