Family Christmas 2018

I am going to make a conscious effort to do more scrap booking next year so I thought I would start with some family photographs from Christmas day.

I used some Dovecraft Heritage Christmas papers and some old alphabet stickers from my stash.

Thank you for popping in today, your company is much appreciated - please leave a comment so that I can come and visit you.

Pauline
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Christmas Garden

I still have a few Christmas cards to share, I hope you are not fed up with them.  I used one Luxury Topper Set to create both cards - I have got all of my collections muddled up so I'm not sure exactly which ones they are.

All I have added is some gold Mirri card stock, gold Diamond Sparkles Gemstones, a scrap of ribbon and some twine.

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Pauline
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Time for Tea

I have another card to share that I created using the free email bonus download available from Making Cards Magazine.

There is a sheet of super toppers and two fabulous papers - they are so pretty, a joy to create with.

All I have added is a doily, a sentiment from the Sara Davies Vintage Tea Party Collection and a little tea bag tucked into the pocket.

Thank you for popping in today, your company is much appreciated - please leave a comment so that I can come and visit you.

Pauline
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Piggies Pudding

This is another of the cards that I created for the December edition of Making Cards Magazine, this one uses the free bonus online download - all you need to do is like the Making Cards Facebook page and follow the Free Craft Paper link.

This collection has lots of really cute Festive Piggies along with some lovely bright papers.

All I have added is a sentiment, some ribbon, a button and some twine from my stash.

Thank you for visiting my blog today and thank you for all of the lovely comments that you leave - they are all read and very much appreciated.

Pauline
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My Cup of Tea

The new edition of Making Cards Magazine will be out tomorrow so I can share the cards that I created for the December Edition.

I really enjoyed creating cards with these pretty papers, the aim of these cards is to show what you can create using the free papers and a minimum of extras - all that I added to make this card is a doily and some ribbon from my stash along with a sentiment die from the Sara Davies Vintage Tea Party signature collection.

I  hope everyone has enjoyed the Christmas break, I have had a lovely time celebrating with my family.

Thank you for visiting today.

Pauline
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Family Christmas

I thought I would do something a little different today and share some family photographs from Christmas Day.

We always spend the day as a family - this is my two wonderful sons wearing their Christmas jumpers.

This is me and Hubby, you will probably be able to tell that his favourite Christmas film is Die Hard!

This final one is us all together with the two Grandmothers.

I hope you all had a wonderful day like we did.

Thank you for popping in today.

Pauline
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Figgy Pudding

I have a couple of festive cards to share today and I would like to wish all of my lovely followers and visitors a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, I hope you all have a wonderful day however you choose to spend it.

Thank you for visiting my blog today and thank you for all of the lovely comments that you leave - they are all read and very much appreciated.

Pauline
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Happy Birthday Matt

I created this card for my youngest son to give his brother on his Birthday.  I cut the image from some First Edition Wild at Heart papers, the other papers come from a mixture of Christmas paper from my stash,

I computer generated the 'Happy Birthday' and used a Die-Versions die to cut the 'Matt'.

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Pauline
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Birthday Cake

I have used a Hunkydory kit to create this bright and cheerful Birthday card for a family friend, it was her Birthday yesterday - a bit close to Christmas!

I fussy cut the little banner so that I could arrange it over the main topper, the card stock was actually from two different collections - I have managed to get them all muddled up so I am not sure which collections they are from.

I used some more of the card stock for the insert and layered everything on gold Mirri card stock.

Thank you for visiting my blog today and thank you for all of the lovely comments that you leave - they are all read and very much appreciated.

Pauline
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Christmas Gift Bags

My eldest son is a Primary School Teacher and I offered to make him some little Christmas gift bags for him to fill for his class this year.

Here they are, all filled and ready to be given out - there are 25 in total.

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Pauline
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Happy Birthday Grandson

This is the card that I created for my Mum to give to my eldest son on his Birthday.

I used the Hunkydory A Good Sport, it was the Hunkydory Club Gift this month and is a brilliant kit for those difficult masculine cards.

I used some Sue Wilson Pierced square dies to cut out the brushed gold Mirri card and also found a nice verse on line for the insert, my Mum likes 'nice words' in her cards.

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Pauline
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The Graduate

My eldest son graduated from Reading University this year - he achieved a first in his Primary Education degree, he also received a first for his dissertation and was marked as outstanding for his school placement, we are very proud of him.

He has almost completed his first term teaching and I have eventually managed to create a layout using a photograph of him just before he handed in his dissertation along with one of the photographs from his graduation ceremony in July.

I decided to print the photographs in black and white, it was so sunny (also very hot) on the day and the photographs are all very bright which made it difficult to find papers to go with them - I'm pleased to say he liked the end result.

Thank you for popping in today, your company is much appreciated - please leave a comment so that I can come and visit you.

Pauline
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Happy Birthday Son

It was my eldest son's Birthday yesterday and this is the card that I created for him - he loves plaid shirts so when I saw the Simple Stories Plaid Dad Paper collection I knew it would be perfect for him.

I used my Dymo Label maker to create the Happy Birthday sentiment and a Die-Versions die, that I have had in my stash for a very long time, to cut the Son.

Thank you for visiting my blog today and thank you for all of the lovely comments that you leave - they are all read and very much appreciated.

Pauline
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Just Adorable

I have another couple of cards to share today that I created for the August edition of Making Cards Magazine. I used the free papers to create a total of twelve cards for this edition, some were featured in the magazine and some are on the Making Cards Website.

You can find more cards that I created using the free papers HERE.

I used the cute Petals and Paws collection to create both of these cards, the aim is to show what you can create with a minimum of extras - all I have added is some coloured card stock, ribbon and sentiments from my stash.

Thank you for popping in today, your company is much appreciated - please leave a comment so that I can come and visit you.

Pauline
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Penguin Pals

This is another of the cards that I created using Pollyanna Pickering's Journey to the Southern Hemisphere Paper Collection.

You can find more cards created using this collection HERE.

I decided to create a Dutch Fold card using a topper and papers from the Penguin collection.

I also used a sentiment and an insert.

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Pauline
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Be Jolly

I am sharing two more cards that I created for Making Cards Magazine. These papers are perfect for creating quick Christmas cards, I love the large sentiments and non traditional colours .

The aim of these cards is to show what you can create using the free papers and a minimum of extras - all that I added to create these cards is some die cut snowflakes and some ribbon from my stash.

Thank you for visiting my blog today and thank you for all of the lovely comments that you leave.

Pauline
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Sweet Birthday Wishes

I created both of these cards using the free papers that cam with the August edition of Making Cards Magazine.

There were lots of adorable images along with bright and cheerful papers in this collection - all that I have added is some card stock and a couple of sentiments from my stash.

Thank you for popping in today, your company is much appreciated - please leave a comment so that I can come and visit you.

Pauline
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Scandi Christmas

I created these cards for Making Cards Magazine, I used the free papers that were given away at the recent NEC Craft Show.

The aim of these cards is to show what you can create using the free papers and a minimum of extras, all I have added to create both of these cards is a couple of sentiments, some ribbon and pearls from my stash.

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

Pauline
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Resting Leopard

This is another of the cards that I created using Pollyanna Pickering's Journey to the Southern Hemisphere Paper Collection.
You can find more cards created using this collection HERE.

I decided to use the gorgeous Black Leopard along with two of the papers and a sentiment to create a Z-fold card.  All that I have added is some of Lynda's black pearls.

Thank you for visiting my blog today and thank you for all of the lovely comments that you leave - they are all read and very much appreciated.

Pauline
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Christmas Notelet Set

I was asked by Hunkdory to create a Christmas Notelet set for their 12 Makes of Christmas Event, it is on the Hunkydory Blog today - you can find it HERE.

Everything I have used is from Hunkydory with the exception of the ribbon.

I used some Adorable Scorable to create the cover and pockets on the inside.

I then used gold Mirri card stock and paper from the Christmas Perfect Backgrounds Stamping Pad to decorate it.

To create the little Thank You notelets inside I used images from some of the Christmas Little Books and card stock from the Classic Christmas Luxury Topper Collection.

I added a sentiment from the For the Love of Stamps Terrific Tags & Beautiful Banners Sentiments.

If you would like to see more photographs and find out how I created the folder, the full instructions along with links to all of the products that I used are HERE on the Hunkydory Blog, please pop over and take a look - it would be much appreciated if you could leave a quick comment.

Thank you for visiting my blog today and thank you for all of the lovely comments that you leave - they are all read and very much appreciated.

Pauline
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Koala Friends

This is another of the cards that I created using Pollyanna Pickering's Journey to the Southern Hemisphere Paper Collection.

You can find more cards created using this collection HERE.

I have used one of the adorable Koala toppers along with one of the patterned papers and a sentiment, I also added some of Lynda's brown card stock.

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

Pauline
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A Very Merry Christmas

These are a couple more of the cards that I created for Making Cards Magazine.  These papers are perfect for creating quick Christmas cards.

The aim of these cards is to show what you can create using the free papers and a minimum of extras - all that I have added to create these two is some card stock, a scrap of ribbon and some card candi.

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

Pauline
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