Filled with Happiness

I seem to have a bit of a butterfly theme going on at the moment!  This is another card that I have created with the Spellbinders August Card Kit.

I have used three of the papers, a sentiment and the butterfly die that are all part of the kit, I just added a square of vellum behind the four small squares and for the base of the butterflies.  I cut the four pretty butterflies from another of the lovely papers - the butterfly die even includes a separate die to cut the body and antenna. 

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Pauline
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Wildflowers

I thought I would have a play with one of my Hunkydory Collections and decided to use the Forever Florals Wildflowers collection.

I used three of the small images from the Love and Happiness topper sheet along with one of the sheets of printed card stock.  I just added a sentiment, also from the topper sheet and some natural and lemon coloured twine.

 

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Pauline
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Butterfly Sparkle

I'm back playing with my Spellbinders August Card Making Kit again, I have made a rather simple card.

I used three of the pretty papers and some vellum, I cut the scalloped circle from one of the papers with a Hunkydory die and the smaller circle is cut from vellum, the butterfly is fom the kit - there are six beautiful layered butterflies included.  The sentiment is from the Hunkdory Just My Type Sentiment Strip Pad.

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Pauline
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Beautiful Butterfly

I have another Butterfly card to share today, this time I have used the Sara Davies Vintage Butterfly collection - this is another one of those cards that didn't turn out quite as I had envisaged!

I used one of the beautiful papers, a torn strip of vellum and the Kaleidoscope Double-sided Die,  The sentiment is from the Crafter's Companion Majestic Butterfly stamp set.

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Pauline
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Smile Often

I have been playing with the Spellbinders August Card Making Kit, this one is called Butterfly Sparkle.

I have used three of the lovely papers, one of the die cut pieces and one of the beautiful butterflies that are part of the kit.

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Pauline
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Peekaboo Trellis

This is another Slimline card that I have created with the Spellbinders August APG Die of the Month, it's rather Aqua isn't it!

I used gold Mirri and aqua card stock, I embossed the first layer of aqua card stock with a Crafter's Companion Embossing folder, the second aqua layer has been cut with my Spellbinders Hemstitch Slimline die and the next aqua layer is the APG die of the month.  The flowers are also part of the die of the month and the sentiment is from the small die of the month.

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Pauline
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Perfect Papillon

I have another card to share today, I have used my Crafter's Companion Sara Signature Vintage Butterfly collection again, I seem to be using all of the blue toned papers!

I cut the hexagons with my Gemini Stitch Edge Hexagon dies, I inked the edges of them before applying them to the card base using foam pads.  I used the large butterfly again and added a sentiment from Hunkydory, I cut several layers and adhered them together.  To finish my card I added some small die cut hearts.

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Pauline
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Pink Birthday Wishes

I have created this card with the Spellbinders August APG Die of the Month, the die set consists of two large panels, two flowers, two leaves, two sprigs and a sentiment, it is such good value.

I have used one of the beautiful panels, two of the pretty flowers and the two leaves.  I also used my Spellbinders Hemstitch Slimline Die and my Hunkydory Essential Words Die, I layered it on some black card stock so that it stands out a little more.  The papers are from the Craft Consortium Grunge Paper Pad.

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Pauline
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A Wheely Great Birthday

This is another masculine card that I have created with the Hunkydory Sporting Silhouettes collection, it has some really great images in it, some unusual ones as well.

This time I have gone with the cycling theme, I used one of the super images along with some of the printed card stock and one of the printed papers.  As before, I used a black card base and added a sentiment from the collection, I punched three of the little wheels from the paper to embellish my card.

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Pauline
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A New Home

My eldest son and his girlfriend moved into a new flat last week and this is the card that I created for them.

I kept things quite simple, I used a layered sentiment die from Crafter's Companion, I made it up exactly as it was designed to be, I just added a couple of extra hearts.  The Ditsy Floral frame is also from Crafter's Companion, I also added an insert to the inside with a little verse that I found on the internet.

 

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Pauline
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In Flight

This is another card that I have created using the Sara Signature Vintage Butterfly collection from Crafter's Companion. 

I am trying not to buy anything more from Crafter's Companion, I'm so fed up with their abysmal Customer Service, orders routinely take anything up to ten days and more often than not something in every order will be missing, damaged or incorrect - they do always refund without any quibbles but that's not the point, it is very disappointing.  I resorted to leaving a comment on Sara's Personal Facebook page a couple of weeks back and guess what, all of my orders arrived the next day, they still had incorrect items and items missing though!

 

Anyway, this is the card that I created, I used the 3D Embossing Folder from the collection with one of the papers, I added some gold gilding wax to highlight the embossing and around the edges.  I used the large butterfly again, only two layers this time.  The sentiment is one that I have had in my stash for a while, I think it might have come from a magazine, I cut it out with a die from the Tags and Tickets that are in the collection and added gilding wax around the outside.

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Pauline
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Perfect Catch

This is another card created with the Hunkydory Sporting Silhouettes collection, this collection is perfect for masculine cards.

I created a black card base and covered it with one of the printed card stock sheets, I cut the top, right corner from the A4 sheet so that I could use it on the top, right corner of my card.  I added one of the super toppers along with the matching frame and a couple of sentiments.

  

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Pauline
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Believe in Magic

I have another couple of cards to share that I have created with the Spellbinders July Cardmaking Kit.

 

I created a swing card using the Hunkdory Moonstone Scalloped Circle Swing Die, I used one of the beautiful toppers along with one of the papers and a couple of sentiments.  I cut the little stars using a Mama Elephant die that I have had in my stash for ages.

The sentiment on the other side of the scalloped circle swing is part of the Moonstone Swing Die set.

My second card uses the same topper, there are two of all the die cuts in the collection, along with three of the pretty papers and a sentiment, I cut the little banners with my Die-namics Fishtail Flag Dies.

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Pauline
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Butterfly Dreams

I've had the Sara Signature Vintage Butterfly collection for a while now and decided it is time to get on and use some of it.  These collections always look stunning when they launch them but I often have problems when I come to use them!

I decided to create a shabby chic card so I distressed and inked the edges of some squares and adhered them to another of the papers, also distressed, using foam pads.  I cut all three layers of the large Butterfly and added that to the card along with a stamped sentiment and some small circles that I added 3D Crystal Lacquer to.

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Pauline
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Make a Splash

I have another masculine card to share today, I have used the Hunkydory Sporting Silhouettes collection to create a double Z-fold card.  This design looked good in my head but didn't quite work out as I had planned - does that ever happen to you?

I used one large image, two smaller images, a couple of sentiments and one sheet of printed card stock.  I created the rosette with one of the printed papers that comes with this collection.

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Pauline
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Wish Upon a Star

Another card created with the July Spellbinders Craft Kit, I have now received my August kit and it is just as good as the July one.

For this card I just cut several hexagons from the patterned papers to go with the hexagon sentiment, I adhered them to a piece of white card stock, using foam pads for the sentiment and added a butterfly and some stars cut from gold Mirri card stock, I attached this to the card base using foam pads.

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Pauline
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Christmas on the Farm

This is another slimline card that I have created with the Hunkydory Winter Wildlife Collection, the printed card stock is perfect for slimline cards.

I've used another of the fabulous images with the tractor and the dog in the snow, this takes me back to my childhood spent of the farm, we actually had snow at Christmas then!  This is another simple card, I just added a sentiment, some foliage cut with a Sue Wilson die and a red bow.

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Pauline
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Radiant Sunflowers

I have another stash busting card today, I have used papers from my Heartfelt Creations Classic Sunflower collection again but this time I have paired them with some die cut Sunflowers from Crafter's Companion.

I used my Spellbinders Eyelet Lace Frame dies to cut the papers and layered up the sunflowers using foam pads, the fussy cut butterfly is from an old Prima paper collection and the sentiment is from the Classic Sunflower collection.

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Pauline
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Festive Wishes

I am sharing another Christmas card today, I have used the Hunkydory Winter Wildlife collection again.

I have used three of the papers along with a topper and a sentiment from the Concept Card collection, I cut the banners with my Die-namics Fishtail Flag dies and added some snowflakes cut with some Clearly Besotted dies.

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Pauline
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Sail Away with Me

I have been having a play with the Hunkydory Sporting Silhouettes collection, I wouldn't normally go for this type of collection but I thought it would be ideal for masculine makes.

This is a very simple Z-fold card, I created a black card base and covered it with one of the printed card stock sheets, I added a topper to the front and a sentiment on the inside - I said it was simple!

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Pauline
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Vintage Sunflowers

I am trying to do a little stash busting at the moment, I really do need to use up some of my stash.

I have created this card with one of my older Heartfelt Creations collections - Classic Sunflower.  I think perhaps I'm dreaming of September when the weather can still be nice but a little cooler, it's absolutely roasting here at the moment and I can't remember the last time we had any rain!

This is quite a vintage collection so I decided to do some tearing and inking to create a shabby chic card.  I used several of the beautiful papers along with a frame, I then fussy cut several sunflowers and leaves and layered them up for dimension, I also added a sentiment and fussy cut butterfly from the collection.

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Pauline
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Festive Friends

I have another card created with the Hunkydory Winter Wildlife collection to share today, I just love these adorable donkeys.

This time I have created a slimline card, I used one of the printed card stock sheets and one of the matching papers along with a gorgeous topper and a sentiment from another Hunkydory Christmas collection - you don't really need to do a lot to make a card with this gorgeous collection.

Thankfully Blogger seems to have sorted out the commenting problems a bit, I'm still getting a few ending up in my spam folder but not as many as I was at one point.

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Pauline
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Mermaid Wishes

The August Spellbinders Cardmaking kit is out now and I haven't used up the July one yet, nothing new there then! Anyway, this is another card that I have created with the July kit - Under the Sea Magic.

I have used four of the pretty papers this time, two of the sentiments and a fussy cut mermaid, seahorse and three starfish.  I added 3D Crystal Lacquer to the starfish but you can't really see it in the photographs.

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Pauline
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Warm Winter Wishes

As soon as a saw the new Hunkydory Winter Wildlife Luxury Topper Collection, I knew I just had to get it, the toppers are beautiful.

This is the first card that I have made with it, a very simple card really, all I have used is one of the toppers, a sentiment and one of the printed card stock sheets, I just added some die cut snowflakes.

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Pauline
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Jocasta Planner/Photo Book

This is the Planner/Photo book that I created in the recent Facebook Live class with Clare Charvill - My Creative Spirit, it goes with the Recipe Box that I shared HERE.

This is the cover, I have used the Graphic 45 Farmhouse collection, the same as the Recipe Box, I used several of the papers, I did some paper tearing and added a journal card and some fussy cut flowers.

This is the inside, there is a large pocket on the inside of the front cover, there are seven dividers in the planner, I used two different papers to decorate mine, this is the first one.

This is the second divider design, I have not really decided how I'm going to use my planner, I might use it as a regular planner or perhaps a meal planner so I have not labelled the dividers yet.

I have also created an insert that has two pockets, a small pocket behind the journal card

There is another larger pocket on the inside

The inside back cover is the same as the front just in reverse so I didn't think you would like to see yet another photo of that.

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Pauline
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