Watercolour Christmas

I thought it was time to start making my Christmas cards, Christmas will be here before we know it and I haven't really given it much thought yet!

I have used my Watercolour Christmas Signature collection by Sara Davies to create a fun shaker card. I have used a couple of papers from the 6 x 6 paper pad and some die cuts from the 12 x 12 paper pad.  I used some of the snowflake dies from the collection to cut the snowflakes and added a sentiment that I cut from a border in the 12 x 12 paper collection.

I used the Chunky Glitter from the collection in the shaker, it's not much like glitter but it looks good in the shaker and shakes really nicely.

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Pauline
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Mini Monday

It's time for Mini Monday again, this week I have created a couple of ATCs using my Stamperia Sir Vagabond in Japan collection.

To create one of the ACTs, the photograph seems to have disappeared from my camera, I used a couple of the papers, a tag with the gorgeous lady on it along with some fussy cut flowers and fans, everything has been layered up with foam pads for dimension.

 

For the second ATC I have used two of the beautiful papers, a fussy cut tag with the fabulous fish on it  and several cogs that were also fussy cut from one of the papers.  I have layered everything up with foam pads again and added a little scrap of twine.

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Pauline
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SSS Card Kit - September 2012

Yes, my blog title is correct, I used a Simon Says Stamp card kit from September 2012 to create this card.  I have quite a few card kits from 2012 and 2013 and I am determined to use them - to be honest, I need the space in my craft room.

I used the patterned papers and a sheet of cardstock from the card kit, I cut the banners with my Die-namics Fishtail Flag dies and used my Tim Holtz rosette die to create the rosette, I just made it a little smaller.  I added a sentiment from Lisa Horton along with a button and some twine.

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Pauline
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Autumn Blessings

This is the final card that I will be creating with the Nature's Garden Autumn Blessings collection from Crafter's Companion, for a while anyway.  I am taking part in another Facebook Live with Clare from My Creative Spirit on Friday and Saturday and I need to cut the chipboard and cardstock tomorrow so that I will be ready to follow along.

I have used one of the 12 x 12 papers and two of the 6 x 6 papers on this card, I stamped the Autumnal tree on one of the Watercolour Brights Collection from LOTV and cut it out with a stitched nesting die.  I used a Hunkydory Rounded Plaque Frame die to cut a panel from a sheet of the solid cardstock, I put this behind the image and attached it using foam pads for dimension.  To finish the card I added a fishtail banner, a twine bow and a button to secure the stamped sentiment.

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Pauline
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Give Thanks

This is another card that I have created with the new Nature's Garden Autumn Blessings collection from Crafter's Companion, I am having fun making cards with this collection, I think it is the colours that I like so much.

For this card I have used five strips of the 6 x 6 patterned papers and one of the stamps, I just added some ribbon that I secured with a knot.

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Pauline
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Blessings in Disguise

I have been having a play with the new Nature's Garden Autumn Blessings collection from Crafter's Companion.

I love the gorgeous colours in this collection, I have used one of the 6 x 6 papers, three colours of the Luxury Mixed Card, a sentiment stamp and three leaves fussy cut from one of the 12 x 12 papers.

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Pauline
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Little Bear

This is another card that I have created with my Kaisercraft Hide & Seek collection, I think the little bears are so cute.

It is a very similar design to one of the earlier cards that I created, I was trying to use up the papers that I had already cut into.  The scalloped border is part of the 6 x 6 paper pad, I just added some ribbon from my stash.

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Pauline
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The Alberta Folio

I took part in another Facebook Live Workshop with Clare, My Creative Spirit a couple of weeks ago and this is the album that we created.

It is a large Folio Album, it measures just over 10 x 8 inches and has four pages - I used the Stamperia Sir Vagabond in Japan collection to decorate mine.

This is the front cover, I left mine plain, I love the papers so much I didn't want to cover them up with anything, it is a box folio with a magnetic closure.

This is the inside front cover, there is a box pocket with a policy envelope in it, the policy envelope opens out so that you can put things inside it.  There are four leaves that get slightly larger as you go through, the first page is split with two flaps that each have a small pocket, I have placed a bookmark, a tag and a journal card in the pockets. 

The back of each page has a small pocket, I have placed a tag in each of the pockets on the back of the first page.

Page two has  a fold out flap, mine has Lady Vagabond on it, isn't she beautiful.

Below is the back of page two with a journal card in the pocket and the front of page three which is another policy envelope,  I have used a large tag to keep mine closed.

I forgot to take a photograph of the front of page four, you can see it behind page three - it is just a plain page, you can see the back below, there is a large tag in the pocket.

On the back cover there is an expandable folder, below you can see the folder closed.

This is the folder with the side flaps opened out, all of the flaps have expandable sides, this gives you room to add lots of photographs or add-ons.

Here you can see the side flaps and the top and bottom flaps opened out to reveal two smaller flaps on the inside.

All of the flaps opened out, this was not the easiest album to photograph and the photographs do not do it justice, it looks much better in real life.

I hope I haven't bored you to death with all of the photographs, I really enjoyed making this project, the papers are absolutely gorgeous, now all I need to do is make sure I don't buy some more!

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Pauline
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Young, Wild + Free

This is the second card that I have created with my Kaisercraft Hide & Seek collection.

I love the pretty papers and bold toppers in this collection, I cut this topper out with a stitched circle die and added it to a slightly larger gold circle.  There is another set of toppers as well, they are not as bold as these dark brown woodgrain and gold ones.  The small sentiment is also from the collection, I just added some gold Miri cardstock, some fussy cut leaves and a gold twine bow.

 

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Pauline
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Grow Wise

I have created this sweet card with my Kaisercraft Hide & Seek collection, it is a very nature inspired collection with lots of cute animals, flowers and leaves.

I have used papers from the 6 x 6 inch paper pad along with one of the borders.  The topper and the fussy cut animals are from the 12 x 12 inch paper pad, I just added some ribbon and gems to embellish.

I went for a lovely walk this morning, the first time I've been out for a while what with being rather poorly.  I managed to pick lots of blackberries for the freezer, there are so many this year - we will have plenty for nice apple and blackberry pies and crumbles in the winter.

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Pauline
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Mini Monday

I'm back!  Sorry I haven't been around much recently - I've been a bit under the weather but hopefully I'm OK now. 

It's time for another instalment in my Mini Monday series, this week I have created a very small mini album, it measures just over three and a half inches square - I was inspired by a YouTube video by Decor8yourlife.

I used a Graphic 45 Large Black Tag for the cover along with a little black card stock for the pages.  The album is decorated with one sheet of paper from my Graphic 45 Imagine collection, not much stash used up this time then!

It s a very simple little album, above you can see the album open, there are three zig zag style pages and below you can see them opened out, two of the pages have small pockets.

This is the reverse of the pages, I popped some of the small toppers from the Cut-Apart sheet in the pockets and fussy cut some bits and bobs to embellish.

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Pauline
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Sweet Butterfly

This is another card that I have created with my Prima My Sweet collection.

I have used three of the beautiful papers along with a topper and fussy cut butterfly, I have inked the edges of everything and cut the flower from some of the papers using my Fleurs Flower Dies.  I added a small button to the centre of the flower and three more larger buttons to embellish.

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Pauline
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Mini Monday

It's time for Mini Monday again, this time I have created a couple of ATCs with my Prima My Sweet collection.

I used several scraps of patterned paper along with a fussy cut butterfly and flower to create this one.  I also cut a doily using an unbranded die and a fishtail flag, I inked the edges of everything, fussy cut a sentiment from the collection and added some small gems.

For the second one I used several scraps of paper again, this time I used a woodware punch to create the little borders and added two fishtail flags along with a fussy cut butterfly.  The edges have been inked again, I created a paper bow with a Die-namics die and added some more small gems.

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Pauline
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Flower Shoppe

I have created a couple of simple cards with my Kaisercraft Flower Shoppe collection, these papers are so soft and pretty.

I used papers from the 6 x 6 " paper pack along with a die cut topper.  I fussy cut the butterfly and added a sentiment from the collection.

For the second card I just switched the papers and used a different die cut, fussy cut butterfly and sentiment.

I am taking part in another Facebook Live this weekend, we are creating an album, hopefully I will be sharing it with you very soon.

Thank you for popping in 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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Bonjour

I have created another mini album with my Graphic 45 French Country collection, this one is 6 inches square.  The album design comes from a video on Clare from My Creative Spirit's YouTube Channel, I made mine a bit bigger than hers and I have fewer pages.

Above you can see the front cover, I fussy cut the Sun Flower topper and popped it up on foam pads for dimension.

Below is the inside front cover and the first page, the pages alternate in size and they all have a pocket with a photo mat inside.  The front cover has a belly band with a small folder in it.

This is the photo mat, I have covered them with all with different coloured solid paper.

 

Next is the back of the first page and the front of the second page, it has another belly band with a journal card.

This is the back of the second page with a small pocket that has a folder in it.  I left the front of the third page blank, you can see the photo mat in the large pocket.

This is the back of the third page and the front of the final page, it has another belly band with a tag behind it.

Finally the back of the last page and the inside of the back cover, it has a pocket into which I have placed another couple of tags.

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Pauline
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