Wild Rose

I have just discovered the Heartfelt Creations Shaping Molds and they make the most wonderful dimensional flowers, I have used the Wild Rose collection to create this card.

I have used several of the papers along with the flower dies and the shaping mold, I cut the Window and Shutters using Sue Wilson dies and the foliage is a combination of Tim Holtz dies and an unbranded die.

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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Welly Bouquet

I have been having another play with my Hunkydory Spring Snippables, this time I have used the Welly Bouquet set.

I have used five layers of the Welly Bouquet decoupage image and three butterflies from one of the other sets, the papers are from my stash and the sentiment is from the Just My Type Sentiment Pad by Hunkydory, the gems are also from Hunkydory.

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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Flowers for Mother's Day

This is the card that I have created for my Mother-in-Law for Mother's Day, I used my Tattered Lace Mega Side Stepper Die to create the base.

The Lace panels are also part of the Tattered Lace die set and the flowers are from the Hunkydory Floral Favourites Snippable collection along with the purple papers. The Mother's Day is an unlabeled die, I also decorated the inside of the card to match the front and added a lovely verse that I found on the internet.

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Pauline
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Farmlife

I have created another card with my Mintay Farmlife collection, I have used different papers this time and lots more of my favourite fussy cutting.

I like the gingham papers in this collection, there are several different colours.  I cut the little fence from one of the woodgrain papers using one of my very old dies, the Marianne Creatables LR0205 and this time I used the Square Scribble Frame from Tonic.  I distressed the edges of the papers and added a sentiment from my stash, another very old item, this time from Craftwork Cards.

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Pauline
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Life is Beautiful

I have finally concluded my battle with Dyson and had time to play with my Mintay Farmlife collection.

I have been fighting with Dyson for over two months since my V11 Cordless decided to stop working, it as still under warranty, they now have this remote diagnostic and repair service - well that certainly doesn't work very well!

They wrongly diagnosed the fault, sent the incorrect part, lost the filter from my V11 when it was returned to their workshop, no replacement filters available, sent more replacement bits that did not have a filter, replaced the V11 with a new V15 that had a fault, eventually, replaced V15 with a V11 Outize which actually works but is so heavy I can only clean one room at a time because of my Rheumatoid Arthritis.  I give up, I don't think I will be buying anything from Dyson ever again!

Anyway, this is the card that I created.

I used several of the papers from the Farmlife collection, I distressed the edges for a country feel.  All of the flowers and bits and pieces were fussy cut from the collection and I cut the frame with my Tonic Studios Circles Scribble Frame, the sentiment is from Hunkydory.

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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A Special Bouquet

I have been having another play with my new Hunkydory Spring Delights Snippables collection, there are some beautiful spring images in this collection, this one is called A Special Bouquet.

I have used some very old papers from my stash, I found lots of beautiful paper pads during my recent sort out.  I cut out a base for the decoupage image from one of the patterned papers from the collection using my Crafter's Companion Gemini Torn Edge Oval Die, I drew around the outside of the die so that I could fussy cut a mat from Kraft card stock.  The sentiment is part of the Snippables collection, I drew around the outside of the die to create the mat again.  The butterflies are also part of the collection and the inside of the card has been decorated with another of the papers from the Snippables Paper Pad.

I'm sorry that I haven't been around much again, I have been busy battling with Dyson due to not having a working hoover for over two months, I might get around to sharing the whole episode with you at some point when I have calmed down a little!

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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Spring Blooms

I am trying to be more organized this year so I thought I had  better get started on some Mother's Day cards.

I have used an image from the new Hunkydory Spring Delights Snippables collection, I used five layers but you could use more if you wish.  The sentiment is an unbranded die and I used my Tattered Lace Zig Zag Rectangles dies, the papers behind are from the Snippables Paper Pad.

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Pauline
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Love and Best Wishes

Now that I have finished sorting out my Craft Room I have had a little time to play, I have created another card using The Paper Tree - Yesterday's Garden collection.  I decided to create a slimline card and used my Crafter's Companion Pretty Polka Dots Cut and Emboss Folder.

I used several of the small toppers from the Yesterday's Garden collection along with one of the sentiments, I fussy cut some of the flowers from the toppers so that I could layer them up for dimension.  The patterned papers and dark brown card stock are also from the collection.

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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I'm back ...

That took longer than I expected, it's been over a month since my last post - I've spent all that time having a major sort out and purge of my Craft Room.  I've removed over 20 bags of unwanted stash and sold lots as well.

I thought I would share a few photographs whilst it still looks relatively tidy!

Above and below you can see the back wall as I walk into the room, I have three Ikea Kallax units - two 2 x 4 cube units at each end and a 5 x 5 cube unit in the middle.  I store all of my 12 x 12 papers and my Crafter's Companion Sara Signature and Nature's Garden collections in these.  My Crafter's Companion Monthly Craft Kits sit across the top along with some dies and odds and ends.

Next you can see the window wall, I have a lovely bay window - it's great in the winter because it lets lots of light in but in the summer it can get a bit hot.  I have an Ikea Hemnes eight drawer chest that stores all of my buttons, gems, ribbon, 3D items to decorate and other odds and ends.  On the top I have my sewing machine, guillotines, trimmers and Sizzix Big Shot.

The next two photographs are the wall behind my desk, I have two Ikea Galant Units here, I store most of my dies on them along with my Copic Markers, some inks, A4cardstock and Tonic Nuvo Drops.

I also have my printer, printer paper and Gemini Junior stored here, everything is easily reached from my desk.

This is the wall opposite the window, I have a CD storage unit and an Ikea Billy Bookcase with all of my Linda Chapman collections and some Joanna Sheen bits.

In the middle of this wall I have an old bookcase with all of my Hunkydory collections, I still need to go through this unit but I couldn't cope with any more sorting out at the moment, it will have to wait.

Finally this is the far end of the wall opposite the window, I have another Billy Bookcase with all of my Mixed Media supplies and another couple of CD storage units.

Hopefully, now I am all sorted and know where everything is I will be a bit more productive.

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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