Three French Hens

This is the third card that I have created with my recently purchased First Edition The Twelve Days of Christmas collection, no surprise it is the Three French Hens.

I used two papers from the 6 x 6 paper pad and cut the toppers from the 12 x 12 paper pad.  The sentiment and the bells are also cut from the 12 x 12 pad along with the small holly pieces, I used foam pads to add a little dimension.

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Pauline
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Masquerade Ball

Did you watch any of the Crafter's Companion Sweet 16th Birthday Celebrations on Crafter's TV, I think I watched a bit much, I seem to have bought rather a lot!

I have created this card with the Nature's Garden Masquerade Ball collection, I used gorgeous papers from the 12 x 12 paper pad, I fussy cut the mask from one of the papers and die cut the feathers from the papers as well.  I haven't added a sentiment yet because I'm not sure who this card is going to be going to.

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Pauline
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Two Turtle Doves

I'm sorry I haven't been around much recently, I have been suffering from some rather nasty headaches.  As some of you may know, I was diagnosed with Macular Degeneration a couple of years back and I think my eyesight is beginning to get worse, especially with the reduced light that Autumn is bringing and spending time looking at a screen is straining them.  I have decided to drastically reduce my screen time and so I will not be visiting everyone's blogs as much, I will still be making cards and posting on my blog but will just limit my time on social media and commenting - I hope you all understand if I don't visit you as much as usual.

This is another card that I have created with my recently purchased First Edition The Twelve Days of Christmas collection.

I have used three of the papers and a topper, this time I used cream card stock to layering everything on and fussy cut a couple of doves from one of the other topper sheets.

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Pauline
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A Partridge in a Pear Tree

I have been a bit naughty and purchased a few new Christmas Paper pads, I created this simple card using the First Edition The Twelve Days of Christmas collection.

I have used four of the beautiful papers along with a fussy cut topper, I cut the banners with my Die-namics die and just layered everything on some bronze coloured card stock.

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Pauline
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Hortensia Sliding Box

I think I mentioned that I was taking part in another Facebook Live Workshop with Clare from My Creative Spirit last weekend, this is the box that we created - it has a sliding lid, when I first saw what we were going to make I was a little worried, I thought it would be rather difficult but Clare's instructions were easy to follow and the process is quite straight forward.

Above you can see the box closed and below you can see it with the lid partly open, I used papers from the Stamperia Hortensia collection to decorate my box, the inside has been covered with black card stock, I am currently working on the album that goes inside - Claire shows us how to make the album base in the workshops and gives us several different options for decorating but leaves it up to us to decide on what papers to use and how to finish our albums.

This is the box with the lid completely removed.

The Hortensia papers are gorgeous, it was quite difficult to cut into them - below you can see the decorated sides of the box, I will share the album when I have completed it, it could take quite a long time!

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Pauline
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Sleeping Beauty

I took part in the My Creative Spirit Facebook Live Class No. 25, it was about four weeks ago and it has taken me a while to complete the project.  It is a Layered Box Album and it is rather large - just over 10" x 8" x 2 1/2" when closed and quite difficult to photograph, I have not done it justice.

Above the album is closed, it is secured with magnets and below it is fully opened out, there are four pages and they get slightly larger as you go through and as they are mounted on the sides of the box they splay out as it is opened.

The following photographs show the flaps as they are opened out, I love the Stamperia Sleeping Beauty papers so much that I could not bring myself to cover them up with any of the additional flaps and pockets that Clare showed us how to make.

Below you can see a buckle closure, it holds the centre four flaps closed and there is lots of room for expansion if you wish to add photographs or embellishments.

I really enjoyed creating this album, it took me a while and like I said the photographs do not do it justice but I love it.

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Pauline
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Beauty is Power

I have been taking part in another Facebook Live Workshop with Clare from My Creative Spirit this weekend, we are creating a Sliding Box and Album.  I am using the Stamperia Hortensia collection to decorate mine and decided to take some time out to create a card.

I used two papers from the 8 x 8 paper pad along with several fussy cut pieces from the 12 x 12 paper pad, the doily is a Dress My Craft die cut and the sentiment is also from the Stamperia collection, I wrapped it with some twine that I secured with a bow.

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Pauline
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Thankful

This is another card that I have created using a Kelly Purkey card kit from 2012/2013, I am desperately trying to use up some of my old stash.  I need to make some space in my craft room, especially as it is Crafter's Companion's 16th Birthday week, have you seen all of the fabulous new launches!

For this one I have used three of the patterned papers and two of the solid papers from the 6 x 6 Basic Grey Persimmon paper pad that was in the kit.  I stamped a sentiment that was also in the kit and cut it out with my Die-namics Fishtail Flag die, I placed a couple of tags from the kit in the little pocket that I created and added a sticker and some gems.

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Pauline
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Seasons may change ...

I have created this shaped easel card using a topper and papers from the Hunkydory Autumn Days collection, I often find it difficult to use the toppers these days, I think it is all of the gold on them!

I fussy cut a sentiment from another topper and used it as the stopper for the easel and added a fussy cut butterfly and bow, the sentiment reads "Seasons may change but our Friendship remains", I thought it was really nice.

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Pauline
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Be the Sunshine

I have been using up some more very old stash again, this is a Kelly Purkey card kit, I think it is from 2012/2013 like the Simon Says Stamp one that I previously used.

I have used three of the patterned papers and two of the solid papers from the 6 x 6 Basic Grey Persimmon paper pad that was part of the kit.  I stamped a Crafter's Companion sentiment on the reverse of one of the Journal cards and added a die cut flower and a couple of fishtail flags.

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Pauline
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Loveliest Smile

This is another card that I have created with the Hunkydory Autumn Days collection, this time I have used a topper from the Luxury Topper Collection.

I used one of the papers from the 8 x 8 paper pad along with some gold Mirri card stock, I cut an additional border from the papers so that I could add it to the bottom as well as the top.  I added a sentiment from the topper collection and fussy cut an additional bow so that I could layer it up.

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Pauline
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Christmas Fun

I have used my Gemini Slimline Aperture Cut and Emboss Folder to create a shaker card, these cut and emboss folders make creating shaker cards so easy.

I have used papers and die cuts from the Watercolour Christmas collection by Sara Davies along with some of the Chunky Glitter that is also from the collection.

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Pauline
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Sunshine & Smiles

This is another card that I have created with my Hunkydory Autumn Days collection, aren't these papers absolutely gorgeous.

I have used four of the gorgeous papers, a dark one to mat the other three with. The sentiment is from the Autumn Days collection and I used some of the leaf dies from the Nature's Garden Autumn Blessings collection by Crafter's Companion, I cut them from the reverse of the patterned papers, I just added a twine bow and fussy cut butterfly to finish.

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Pauline
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Memories with You

This is another card created with the Kaisercraft Fallen Leaves collection, I have gone back to a more simple design this time.

I have used three papers and a sentiment from the 6 x 6 Paper Pad, one of the leaves is from the collectables and the others were fussy cut from the 12 x 12 Paper Pad.

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Pauline
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Autumn Days

As soon as I saw the Autumn Days collection by Hunkydory I just had to get it, I love the gorgeous colours and pretty images.

I used papers from the 8 x 8 paper pad, there are four copies of each one and I used all four of this one.  I fussy cut the beautiful image so that I could layer it up, there are three layers, I used the other copy for the base, folding down the corner to add a little detail to the card, I secured the folded corner with a button tied with twine and added a sentiment from the Luxury Topper Collection.

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Pauline
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Christmas Magic

I've used the Watercolour Christmas collection by Sara Davies to create this side step card.

I used one of the papers and a topper from the 12 x 12 Paper Pad, I trimmed the topper down a little to make it fit my card better.   I used several of the die cut elements from the 12 x 12 paper pad, the little birds are from the 6 x 6 Paper Pad.

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Pauline
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Crunchy Leaves

I have been having another play with my Kaisercraft Fallen Leaves Collection, this time I've created a more complex card with lots of layers and dimension.

Everything is from the Kaisercraft collection with the exception of the doily which is a Dress My Craft die and the frame, this is from the Mintay Frame Book.  There are a few die cut elements from the Collectables, a couple of banners and sentiment from the 6 x 6 paper pad and some fussy cut elements from the 12 x 12 paper pad, the papers are a mixture from both the 12 x 12 and 6 x 6 paper pads.

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Pauline
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Sent with Love

I have another Christmas card to share today, I'm slowly building up my collection but I do need to get on and make quite a few more!

I have used the Watercolour Christmas collection by Sara Davies again, I do like the adorable images and pretty papers in this collection.  Another simple design, I'm trying to keep them reasonably flat for posting - everything is from the collection, I cut the fishtail flags with my Die-namics die and fussy cut the stars from one of the papers.

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Pauline
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Treasure the Days

I have another Autumn themed card to share today, this time I have used the beautiful Kaisercraft Fallen Leaves collection.

This is a very simple design, I have used two of the papers and a sentiment from the die cut collection.  I decided to use Gold Mirri to mat my papers because there are gold accents on the leaf paper and added some gold diamond sparkle gems to finish.

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Pauline
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Mini Monday

I have a couple of Christmas Tags to share for Mini Monday today, I have used the Watercolour Christmas collection by Sara Davies.

They are both quite simple, I have used a couple of the 6 x 6 papers and some white card stock to create a little winter scene on the one above, the snowman, bucket of snowballs, and tree are from the die cut elements, I cut the tree in half so I still have half left for another tag or card.

I have created a little shaker on the one below, I used one of the small toppers from the 6 x 6 pad along with one of the papers.  I embellished my tag with some die cut snowflakes from the collection and some little die cut presents.

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Pauline
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Let it Snow

This is another Christmas card to add to my small collection, I have used the Watercolour Christmas Signature collection by Sara Davies again.

I used one of the adorable toppers from the 12 x 12 paper pad, I cut it out with a Spellbinders Fancy Edged Oval die, I also used two of the papers and one of the Snowflake Edge Embossing Folders.  The sentiment was cut from one of the 12 x 12 sheets, I added a star shaped button from my stash tied with a twine bow.

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Pauline
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