A Wonderful Christmas Time

I have created this card to enter in this months Rudolph Days Challenge and Hazel's Fezziwigs Festive Frolics , I've just managed to scrape in by the skin of my teeth!

I used my Tim Holtz Winter Wonderland die along with some very old Christmas papers from Echo Park and MME, the sentiment is a Kirsty Wiseman stamp and the pine boughs are another Tim Holtz die.

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

March Rudolph Days Challenge.
Fezziwigs Festive Challenge

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Pauline
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Sitting Pretty

The April edition of Making Cards & Papercraft is on sale now! It comes with two sets of fantastic craft papers, one set for making cards for boys and another featuring beautiful illustrations of flowers in a vintage botanical style.

There are lots of projects and tutorials including how to colour shadows, a stash buster project (perfect for using up those little bits of paper hanging around), 5 ways to use watercolour, exploring Brushos, decoupage, a fantastic 3D teacup papercraft project, exclusive projects from your favourite brands including Lawn Fawn and Crafter's Companion. You can pick up your copy in supermarkets, newsagents and craft shops , at £4.99 it's great value! You can also order online HERE, worldwide delivery is available (with free UK p&p). digital editions are also available.

I used the bonus set of craft papers that you can download HERE to create four cards for this edition - there are three fabulous papers and four cute toppers - I used one of the papers and one of the toppers along with some green and yellow card stock and a stamped sentiment to create this card.

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Pauline
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A Good Book

I have another Mintay Dear Diary card to share today, quite a simple design this time.

Everything is from the collection again, I used my Tattered Lace Flower Forming dies to create the flower and a very old corner die to cut the corner - the button and twine are from my stash.

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Pauline
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Stitched Just For You

I have been having a play with some more of my old stash, this time an old Craftwork Cards collection - Fab Fabrics.

The papers, topper and cotton spool are all from the Fab Fabrics collection, I added some purple card stock and some buttons from my stash.

There is one good thing about having to stay at home, this is what my eldest son made yesterday afternoon - some lovely muffins, they didn't last very long!

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Pauline
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Believe

I've been using more of my old stash, this time the Graphic 45 Princess collection.

This is a gorgeous collection, pretty florals and lovely colours.  I have used several of the papers, one of the toppers and a sentiment label so lots of super layers.  I love using these collections as I get the chance to do lots of my favourite fussy cutting, I just fussy cut the sentiment label and the little roses for this card.

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Pauline
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With Love

I have a very clean and simple card to share today using the Crafter's Companion Border and Word Dies.

I used white stamping card and some red textured card stock to create this one, all I have added are some red die cut hearts - I always think red and white looks rather elegant together.

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Pauline
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Delight in the little things

This is another card that I have created with my Mintay Dear Diary collection, I decided to go with a vintage design again.

I distressed and inked the edges of everything and fussy cut the light bulbs and tea cup.  The sentiment is a Stamlorations stamp and I added some Hunkydory Glittering Gemstones.

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Pauline
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Pastel Piggies

The April edition of Making Cards & Papercraft is on sale now! It comes with two sets of fantastic craft papers, one set for making cards for boys and another featuring beautiful illustrations of flowers in a vintage botanical style.

There are lots of projects and tutorials including how to colour shadows, a stash buster project (perfect for using up those little bits of paper hanging around), 5 ways to use watercolour, exploring Brushos, decoupage, a fantastic 3D teacup papercraft project, exclusive projects from your favourite brands including Lawn Fawn and Crafter's Companion. You can pick up your copy in supermarkets, newsagents and craft shops , at £4.99 it's great value! You can also order online HERE, worldwide delivery is available (with free UK p&p). digital editions are also available.

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I used the bonus set of craft papers that you can download HERE to create four cards for this edition - there are three fabulous papers and four cute toppers - I used one of the papers and one of the toppers along with some green and yellow card stock and a stamped sentiment to create this card.

Thank you for popping in today and thank you for all of the lovely comments that you leave.

Pauline
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Mother's Day Tag

This is another of the cards that I created for the March edition of Making Cards Magazine, I created four cards using the free craft papers that you can download HERE, you need to be quick though - I don't know how much longer they will be available.

I used one of the papers and cut one of the the sentiment toppers into a tag shape.

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Pauline
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Forever Florals

This is the Mother's day card that I made for my Mother-in-Law, I always seem to reach for a Hunkydory kit when I create cards for either my Mum or my Mother in Law.

I used the new Forever Florals Rose collection, this is a beautiful collection - I can't wait to see which flower comes next.  Everything is from the collection, I just added a stamped sentiment from Crafter's Companion and some Hunkdory Diamond Sparkles -  I also added a little verse that I found on the internet to the inside.

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Pauline
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I thought of you ...

I have been playing with my Mintay Dear Diary collection again, this time I decided to go for a more vintage look.

I distressed and inked the edges of everything, I created the flower with my Tattered Lace Flower Forming Dies again and cut out the stamped sentiment with my Die-namics Fishtail Flag dies.

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Pauline
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Pretty Piggies

I was lucky enough to contribute to the April edition of Making Cards & Papercraft Magazine, I used the bonus set of craft papers that you can download HERE.  It is one sale now and comes with two sets of fantastic craft papers.  One set for making cards for boys and another featuring beautiful illustrations of flowers in a vintage botanical style.

At £4.99 it's great value - pick up your copy in selected supermarkets, newsagents and craft shops or order online HERE for worldwide delivery (with free UK p&p!) and digital editions!

I created this card using one of the three free craft papers and one of the four toppers, I just added a stamped sentiment and some mint green card stock.

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Pauline
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Multi Colour Birthday

This is another of the cards that I created using the new Crafter's Companion Border and Word Dies.

I cut the border from five different colours of textured card stock, layered them all onto a different coloured base and paper pieced the sentiment using the spare letters from the die cuts - quite simple but rather time consuming doing the paper piecing.

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Pauline
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Making Cards

This is one of the cards that I created for the March edition of Making Cards Magazine, I used the free craft papers that you can download HERE, you need to be quick though - I don't know how much longer they will be available.

There are two floral papers and one sheet of Mother's Day Sentiment toppers, to create this card I used one of the papers and one of the toppers, I just added some black and pink card stock.

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Pauline
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Hoppy Easter - Twofer

I've managed to make a couple of cards to enter into this months Twofer Card Challenge, the theme is Spring Animals.

As soon as I saw the theme I thought of my Tim Holtz Cottontail dies and decided to create an Easter card and a New Baby card.

I cut the dies twice for the Easter card and used papers from the Sara Signature Rustic Wedding collection!  The flowers are Tim Holtz again, they are called Wildflower Stems - I'm not sure where the sentiment die and stamp came from.

For the New Baby card I used the same die and papers from the Forever Friends New Arrival paper pad, I just added a sentiment and some hand made card candi.

I would like to enter these cards into the Twofer Card Challenge #25 - Spring Animals.

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Pauline
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Indigo Skies

Another card using my Kaisercraft Indigo Skies paper pad, I'm really enjoying playing with all of the stash that I have been accumulating over the past ten years.

Everything is from the paper pad, I have used a variety of dies and punches that have also been in my stash for ages.  I inked the edges of everything and just added a little scrap of ribbon and twine.

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Pauline
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You're the best!

This is another card that I have created with my Mintay Dear Diary collection, this is such a pretty collection.

Everything is from the collection, I created a tag with one of the toppers and one of the papers and used my Die-namics Fishtail Flags to create the banners.  I added some Hunkydory Glittering Gemstones and a scrap of ribbon and twine from my stash.

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Pauline
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Pastel Thank You

This is another Thank You card created with the new Crafter's Companion Border and Word Dies.

I have cut the border twice from two different card stocks this time, the green is from the Nature’s Garden Fairy Garden Paper Pad and the purple is from the Textured Card Stock – Pastels Pad, I also added some gems to the centre of the flowers.

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Pauline
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Simple Christmas Tree

I decided to create another card using my Tim Holtz Tree Blueprint Stamp and Die set, I made this one Clean and Simple.

I stamped my tree four times onto some of Joanna Sheen's Elegance Satin card stock, used the dies to cut out the three layers and used foam pads to layer them up on the base tree.  I rounded the corners, attached the base layer to a card base using foam pads and just added a stamped sentiment.

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Pauline
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Friendship

I've been playing with my Kaisercraft Indigo Skies Paper Pad again, I love the colours in this collection.

It is quite a simple card really, just a few layers and a sentiment - I used a Clearly Besotted border die for the scalloped edge, the flower is a Tattered Lace Flower Forming Die and the super sentiment is an old stamp from Dovecraft.

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Pauline
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Pretty Thank You

This card uses another of the new Border and Word Dies from Crafter's Companion, they have been launched in the US and I think they are launching here later this month.

I have used the Thank You Die along with papers from the Summer Breeze Paper Pad and some Textured Cardstock from the Pastels pad.  Another very simple card, it just took a little time to paper piece the flower border and 'Thank You'.

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Pauline
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Stop thinking ...

This is another paper pad that has been languishing in my stash, it is the Mintay Dear Diary collection - I have lots of Mintay pads so you can expect to see more in the near future.

I used one of the beautiful toppers along with some of the lovely papers, I inked the edges of everything and die cut the flowers and leaves from the papers.  The sentiment is an older Crafter's Companion Sentimentals stamp and I added some Hunkydory Glittering Gemstones to the centre of the flowers.

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Pauline
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How to build a Snowman

Another Tim Holtz Blueprint Snowman, this time a CAS design.

I stamped him on some of Joanna Sheen's Elegance Satin card stock and coloured his hat and scarf with Spectrum Noir Illustrator pens, I stamped an additional hat and scarf so that I could fussy cut them to add a little dimension. The sentiment is an old Kirsty Wiseman stamp and I just added a little red card stock and some handmade red card candi.

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Pauline
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Blue Birthday

Another card using my very old Kaisercraft Indigo Skies paper pad, I'm really enjoying discovering what I have hiding in my stash.

As before, all of the papers and the sentiments are from the pad, I cut the tags with my Hunkdory Fancy Edge Tag Punch - these punches are so useful, you can punch tags in three different widths and any length you wish.  The flowers are Tattered Lace Flower Forming dies and I've added Marianne Design enamel dots and hearts.

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Pauline
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