Happy 18th Birthday

It was a friend's 18th Birthday just before Christmas and this is the card that I created for her.

I used papers from the Authentique Flawless collection and created a shaker card.  The sentiment is from The DigiStamp Boutique, sadly no longer trading, I also used my Inverted Stitched Rectangle Dies from Crafter's Companion.  I found a nice verse on the internet for the inside of the card.

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas, it was relatively quiet here - just me, hubby, the boys and MiL, I like it like that.

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

Pauline
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Christmas Card Trio

I have another three Christmas cards and gift bags to share today, this time I have used the Sara Davies Watercolour Christmas Collection from Crafter's Companion.

I have used three of the toppers and several of the papers from the collection.  The gift bags were created with a random selection of Christmas papers from my stash.

This will be my final post before Christmas so I would like to say a very big thank you to everyone that has taken the time to visit my blog this year.  I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Pauline

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Essex Birthday

This is the card that I created for my youngest son to give his brother for his Birthday at the Weekend.  It's difficult to know what theme to choose for Matthew, he loves music but I always seem to do that so I chose to make a card with a map of Essex, he moved there earlier in the year.

I found the map on the internet and used my Hunkydory Alphabet dies to create an eclipse style card, I added a computer generated sentiment.

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Pauline
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Busy Santa

A couple more of the cards and gift bags that I made for my eldest son to give his pupils this year, he gave them out on Friday and he said they loved them.

 

This time I used toppers and papers that were free in the Nov/Dec edition of Making Cards Magazine, I subscribe to the digital version of the magazine so I can print them as many times as I wish.  I used papers from the Violet Studio Home for Christmas collection to create the gift bags.

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Pauline
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Musical Birthday

We have a Birthday in the family today, my eldest son, the one that is a teacher, is 26 and this is the card that I created for him.

He loves anything to do with music, he plays guitar, sings and is currently producing a music podcast with a friend so, surprisingly, I decided on a music theme.  I used my Hunkydory Moonstone Multi-Aperture Frame Die, the background and paint splashes behind the stamps are from LOTV and the stamps are from a magazine, I think it was Creative Stamping but I'm not sure.

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Pauline
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Elves and Snowmen

Another three of cards and giftbags for my son's pupils, these are the final three that I created with the Craft Consortium Made by Elves collection.

The papers with the signs on are from the Made by Elves collection and the Dotty papers are from the It's Snome Time collection, I used two of the square Made by Elves decoupage toppers and created the circular topper using a scene from one of the papers and leftover decoupage layers. I computer generated the sentiments and created the gift bags using the 12 x 12 papers.

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Pauline
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Christmas Wreath

I have created another card with the Sara Signature - Winter Wonderland collection, I'm not sure who this one is for yet, it's quite flat so it might go in the post.

I fussy cut the wreath from one of the 12 x 12 papers, I cut the bow twice so that I could layer it up for dimension, the background is one of the 6 x 6 papers.  The die cut sentiment is part of a Poppy Stamps tag die, I cut it from dark green card stock, it looks black in the photos but it actually matches the green on the wreath and papers.

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Pauline
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Christmas Elves

These are two more of the cards and gift bags that I have made for my son to give his pupils, he will fill the bags with some sweets, and small gifts - he is coming to collect them all today.

I have used one of the papers, they have the same pattern on both sides but one side has a white background and the other has a dark brown background.  I also used one of the decoupage toppers and added a computer generated sentiment.

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Pauline
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Winter Wonderland

This is another card that I have created for one of our neighbours, it is the same design as one I made previously using the Sara Signature - Poinsettia Perfection collection, this time I have used the Sara Signature - Winter Wonderland collection.

I used four of the papers and cut the Poinsettia with the die from the Poinsettia Perfection collection.  I cut the banners with my Die-namics Fishtail Flag Dies, the silver star is an unbranded die and the foliage was cut with some Tim Holtz dies.

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Pauline
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Made by Elves

I am sharing three more of the cards and gift bags that I have created for my son to give his pupils for Christmas, I hope you're not getting bored seeing them all, I promise I will have something different to share next time.  I have used a different collection for these - the Made by Elves collection from Craft Consortium.

The papers with the hats are from the Made by Elves collection and the Dotty papers are from the It's Snome Time collection, I used two of the Made by Elves decoupage toppers, they are the square ones and created the circular topper using a scene from one of the papers and leftover decoupage layers.  I computer generated the sentiments and created the gift bags using the 12 x 12 papers.

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

Pauline
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Christmas Gnomes

I have a few more Christmas gift bags and cards to share today, this is the last of the ones that I have made using the Craft Consortium - It's Snome Time collection.

I have made a total of ten cards and gift bags with these papers and toppers, everything came from the collection except the computer generated sentiment on the card above.

 

Just another twenty cards and bags to go, that should keep me busy for a while!

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Pauline
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The Milano Memory Box

This is what I have been working on over the weekend, I took part in an Online Craft Retreat with Clare from My Creative Spirit, we have been making a Memory Box, Album and Photo Box.

This is the Memory Box, it is quite large, it's 12" tall, 11" wide and just over 6" deep and has a recessed window in the front.  I used the Graphic 45 Come One, Come All collection to decorate mine.

It has a lid that opens and a drop down front, both are secured with ribbon.  On the inside there is a divider that creates a section to store the Album and another to store the Photo Box.

There is also a small drawer in the bottom and it stands on wooden feet.

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Pauline
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Christmas Wishes

Today I am sharing the next set of Christmas cards and Gift Bags that I am creating for my Teacher son to give his pupils for Christmas.

As before, I have used the the Craft Consortium - It's Snome Time collection, I computer generated the sentiment on the card above but I used one from the collection on the card below.

I am taking part in an Online Craft Retreat with Clare from My Creative Spirit this weekend, the first session was last night when we put together a Memory Box and we have three sessions today and three more tomorrow.

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Pauline
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Four more

I am sharing four more of the cards that I have made for my Teacher son to give his pupils this Christmas, I am also making gift bags for him to fill.

I have used the Craft Consortium - It's Snome Time collection again, I have made ten cards and ten gift bags using this collection so far. As before, I used two of the papers, a topper with one layer of decoupage and a sentiment on each card.

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

Pauline
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It's Snome Time

It's the time of year when I start to make gift bags for my Teacher son to fill and give his class for Christmas, I need to make 30 and this year I have decided to make Christmas cards to go with them - I really need to use up some of my Christmas collections.

I am sharing the first two today.

I have used the Craft Consortium - It's Snome Time collection, there is a 12 x 12 paper pad and eight toppers, two of four designs.  I've kept things simple, I used two of the papers, a topper with one layer of decoupage and a sentiment on each card and another sheet of the paper to create the gift bag.

Two down, twenty eight to go!

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Pauline
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Poinsettia Perfection

I'm back making Christmas cards again, this time I am making cards for my neighbours so I don't have to keep them flat.

I have used the Nature's Garden Poinsettia Perfection collection from Crafter's Companion, I used three of the papers, a sentiment and the Poinsettia die, I cut the banners with my Die-namics Fishtail Flag Dies, the gold star is an unbranded die and the foliage was cut with some Tim Holtz dies.

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Pauline
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Facebook Live Class 27 - The Album

Finally, I have managed to complete the Album that I started in the class with Claire, My Creative Spirit  last weekend.

This is the album cover, we made this during the class.

 

I decided to decorate mine with papers from Graphic 45, the floral paper is from the Artisan Style collection and the striped papers are from the Once Upon a Springtime collection, I decided to make a belly band to keep the Album closed.

This is the Album opened, there are pockets on the inside of both covers and there are six pages that are all the same with a pocket on the outside edge.  I have put Journal/Ephemera cards in the pockets but you could add photographs.

Below you can see the first page opened out, I added a belly band on this and the next page below.

On the next two pages I have added long pockets along the bottom.

These are the final two pages, I added a belly band to these two as well.

Above you can see the centre of the Album, there are four flaps, below you can see the first two opened out, below that you can see all four flaps open.

The photographs are not brilliant, it was a miserable day and I had a little helper when I was taking them, we have two gorgeous black Labradors - Ramsey, the older one, is very laid back and doesn't take much notice of anything.  Jasper, the younger one, is into everything, you only have to move and he is there to see what is going on!

This is them both together, Ramsey is on the left, the one on the right is Jasper.

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Pauline
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Facebook Live Class 27 - The Box

I took part in another great class with Claire, My Creative Spirit at the weekend, you might have seen my previous post HERE, where I shared the chipboard pieces that I had cut in preparation for the class - this is the completed box, we put it together in the first class and then I decorated it with my chosen papers.

This is the box all put together, we added magnets to keep it closed, it looks a bit of a mess doesn't it!  Clare goes through how to put everything together and makes one during the Facebook Live.

This is it opened, we added a little ribbon pull to open it up with and two ribbons to secure the lid when open.

This is my box decorated, I used papers from Graphic 45, the striped papers are from the Once Upon a Springtime collection and the floral papers are from the Artisan Style collection, I have had this collection in my stash for ages and decided it is really time that I actually used it.

This is the box opened up, I lined it with black cardstock, it gets a bit busy if you use patterned papers on the inside as well.  It certainly looks a bit different now doesn't it, I'm working on the album at the moment, they always take a bit longer to decorate, I'll share it as soon as I have finished.

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

Pauline
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