Elegant Mandala

I have managed to play with my new Julie Loves Mandalas Creativity Box, there are some beautiful papers included but I decided to create an elegant card just using one of the Mandala designs.

There are four large Mandala designs and there are three of each design, I have used all three of the same design, fussy cutting them and layering them up for dimension.

The sentiment is also from the kit, I have just added some die cut photo corners.

I love this kit, I have had lots of fun playing with it, I will be back tomorrow with a much more colourful design.

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Pauline
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Sweet 16

I have created another card using stamps from the Craftwork Cards Stamp Club, I paper pieced her again - I'm not good at colouring dresses like this one!

I used papers from the Rosa Paper Pad, the sentiment is from the Stamp Club collection.

I have just added a die cut flower with a pearl in the centre.

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Pauline
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Rustic Autumn

I have been having a play with my Tonic Craft Kit, I snipped some of the leaves from the large die and used the other dies to cut the rest.

I coloured them with my Spectrum Noir Illustrator pens and added a button tied with a twine bow.  I embossed the background and stamped one of the sentiments from the kit on a hand cut banner that I coloured to match.  Everything has been layered onto some gold card stock that was also part of the kit.

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Pauline
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Hello Autumn

I have made two cards for this weeks Less is More Challenge - we have a sketch to use this week.

I'm in Autumn mode at the moment, this first card uses stamps and a sentiment from the Sara Davies Autumn Morning Signature collection.

I created the green boxes in word and also printed the card base with the same colour.

I have used the same stamp set on my second card but this one is more colourful.

I cut the card front out with one of my Sue Wilson stitched rectangle dies and cut the sentiment banner by hand.

I would like to enter these cards into this weeks Less is More Challenge - Sketch 21.

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Pauline
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Carrot Harvest

A new challenge began yesterday over at Ooh La La Creations and the theme for the next fortnight is Harvest Time chosen by Jane. I have created a fun card using a super image from the Ooh La La Creations Nursery Times CD.

This is my final post for Ooh La La Creations, as many of you will already know I am standing down from all of my design teams and also taking a break from my magazine work - I have so much stash that I have not even touched, I just want to craft for fun and use some of it up.

The papers are from NitWit Collections and the sentiment is from another Ooh La La CD, I have just added some card candi to embellish.

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 Harvest Time Challenge.

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Pauline
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Penguin Jingle

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

Sadly this is my final challenge with Christmas with the Cuties, I am standing down from all of my design teams and also taking a break from my magazine work - I have so much stash that I have not even touched, I just want to craft for fun and use some of it up.

I used the adorable Jingle Penguins image from our sponsor Pink Gem Designs to create my card.

They are adorable aren't they - I coloured them with  Spectrum Noir Illustrator pens and added glitter to their hats and 3D Chrystal Lacquer to the bells.

The papers are from the First Edition Merry Little Christmas paper pad and the sentiment is from LOTV.

I would like to enter this card into the September Rudolph Days Challenge - Anything Goes as long as it's Christmas.

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 Christmas Animals challenge.

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Pauline
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It's a Girl thing

I have been having another play with the NitWit Girly Girl collection.

These are all separate toppers, I copied them into word and reduced them.

I printed them several times so that I could cut some decoupage layers.

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Pauline
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Pens and Magazines

These are the final two projects that I created for Cards & Crafts for Christmas. I used papers from the First Edition 12” X 12” Wild Flower Paper Pad.

I used an empty crisp tube to create a pen pot, I covered the pot with one of the beautiful papers and added a scalloped border to the top and bottom. I computer generated the 'Pens' and cut it out with a Spellbinders Labels Eighteen die.

For this project I covered an old Magazine File with some more of the fabulous papers and cut out the computer generated 'Magazine' with my Spellbinders Labels Eighteen die.

Make sure you pick up a copy of the magazine it contains 134 festive projects for the perfect crafty Christmas, including cards, gifts, knitting, sewing and crochet! PLUS there are 4 FREE GIFTS - a designer paper pack from Crafter's Companion, Polkadoodles & NitWit Collections, 5 digital stamps, 2 bendy card cutting files and a bonus template sheet!

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Pauline
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Say It With Flowers

I have been playing with my Spectrum Noir Colorista pens again, this time I coloured up one of the cards from the Say It With Flowers Card Making Kit.

This beautiful Sunflower also has lots of glitter on it but again I just couldn't manage to capture it in the photographs.  The sentiment is from the The DigiStamp Boutique Large Brush Script Sentiments collection, I cut it into a banner shape and doodled around the edges.

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Pauline
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Warm Wishes

I decided to have a play with the Sara Davies Autumn Morning Signature Collection.  I have created a card and matching pillow box.

Everything is from the Signature Collection except the ribbon and little sentiment on the pillow box which is from Craftwork Cards.

I created the pillow box with a Tonic die.

I think Autumn is my favourite season, I love the colours and sometimes the weather can be really nice - not too hot and not too cold.

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Pauline
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Exquisite Florals

I have finally had a play with some of my Spectrum Noir Colorista Stash, it has been just sitting in a cupboard for ages.

I used the Spectrum Noir Colorista Exquisite Florals Pad, there is a lot of glitter on the image but I could not get it to show in the photographs.

The sentiment is from The DigiStamp Boutique Large Brush Script Sentiments set.

I really enjoyed colouring this image, the pens blend beautifully and I found it really relaxing.

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Pauline
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Just to Say

This is my offering for this weeks Less is More Challenge - the theme is Take Flight.

I decided to go with butterflies and used some that I had left over from another card that I had created with my Sue Wilson Cascading Butterflies Die - I coloured them with my Spectrum Noir Illustrator Pens.  The leaves are from the Clearly Besotted Leafy Accents collection.

The gingham background is from Bearly Mine Designs and the sentiment is from Pink Petticoat, now trading as The Lovely Studio.

 I would like to enter these cards into this weeks Less is More Challenge - Take Flight.

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Pauline
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Birthday Roses

This is the card that I created for me and hubby to give to my Mum's friend for her Birthday.

I used another kit from Craftsuprint and copied it into Word again so that I could resize everything.

It is a decoupage image, so lots of fussy cutting - I layered everything up with foam pads.  The sentiment and insert are also part of the kit.

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Pauline
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Notes

This is another of the projects that I created for Cards & Crafts for Christmas. I used papers from the First Edition 12” X 12” Wild Flower Paper Pad and some green card stock.

The flowers are a Joy Crafts Flower Stamp, I fussy cut them and layered them up to create a little dimension.  I computer generated the 'Notes' and cut it out with my Spellbinders Labels Eighteen die.

Make sure you pick up a copy of the magazine it contains 134 festive projects for the perfect crafty Christmas, including cards, gifts, knitting, sewing and crochet! PLUS there are 4 FREE GIFTS - a designer paper pack from Crafter's Companion, Polkadoodles & NitWit Collections, 5 digital stamps, 2 bendy card cutting files and a bonus template sheet!

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

Pauline
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Birthday Basket

I created this card for my Mum to give to a friend, she loves anything with flowers.

I used a kit from Craftsuprint, I copied it into Word so that I could resize everything.  There are several layers so lots of my favourite fussy cutting.

I layered everything up with foam pads and added a sentiment that was also part of the kit.

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Pauline
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A fabulous Birthday

I have managed to have a play with the beautiful stamp from the latest Craftwork Cards Stamp Club, I thought she just cried out to be paper pieced so I teamed her up with papers from the Sweet and Petite Julie Loves Creativity Box.

The sentiment is from the Creativity Box as well, I added some Nuvo Drops to embellish - this is the first time that I have added them directly to the card, I was quite pleased with the outcome!

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Pauline
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Christmas Gifts

Cards & Crafts for Christmas is in the shops today and I am delighted to have a feature included on making gifts for book/magazine/stationery lovers in it.

I created a little desk tidy/calendar using the gorgeous First Edition Wild Flower Paper Pad.

I created the little drawers with my Spellbinders Perfect Match Die, it really makes life so much easier - I added some little brads to open them with.

I created the flowers with my Joy Crafts Flower Stamp, I stamped and fussy cut a selection and layered them up for dimension.  I found the calendar pages on the internet.

Make sure you pick up a copy of the magazine it contains 134 festive projects for the perfect crafty Christmas, including cards, gifts, knitting, sewing and crochet!  PLUS there are 4 FREE GIFTS - a designer paper pack from Crafter's Companion, Polkadoodles & NitWit Collections, 5 digital stamps, 2 bendy card cutting files and a bonus template sheet!

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

Pauline
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