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.

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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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.

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 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.

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 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.

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

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.

Thank you for popping in today, please leave a comment so that I can come and visit you.

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!

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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