Birthday Chrysanthemums

I have four cards to share today, I used the Hunkydory In Full Bloom Deco-large collection, there are lots of beautiful florals in this collection.

I created this card for my son to give his Nan for her Birthday last year, I often use Hunkydory collections to make her cards because she loves flowers and Hunkydory have the most beautiful floral collections.

I decided to echo the shape of the topper to create this card base.  I don't use all of the layers of decoupage on the toppers because there are so many layers it would make the cards very expensive to post.  It also means that you can create more cards for each set - each set includes an A5 base layer, a matching A4 Deco-Large element sheet and a printed A4 cardstock sheet, if you purchase the complete collection you get two of each design.

This card uses some of the cardstock along with several layers of the decoupage, a sentiment and a butterfly to embellish.

For my final card I have used more of the cardstock and decoupage along with a sentiment.

Thanks so much for visiting today, I will be back in a couple of days with some more cards, I hope you will join me then.

Pauline
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Hydrangeas and Lace

I have created four cards with the  Nature's Garden Hydrangea collection from Crafter's Companion. 

I actually did some colouring for a change along with some stamping and die cutting, the papers are also from the collection.

I decided to do completely different colours for this card, I also used the embossing folder from the collection.

Back to purple for this card, I also used one of my older Crafter's Companion dies to decorate the corners.

For my final card I created a centre step card.

That's all for now, hopefully catch you again soon.

Pauline
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It's your Birthday

It has been six months since I last posted on my blog, I would like to say a big thank you to those of you that have emailed, messaged and left comments asking if I am OK, your kindness is much appreciated.  I am OK, I have a few ongoing health problems but nothing serious I have just taken a well needed break from blogging and social media.

I will not be posting or commenting as regularly as I used to but I am going to keep my blog going because I am still crafting and I do enjoy sharing what I make and seeing what everyone else is up to as well.

This is a Birthday card that I made using a Crafter's Companion Die along with papers from the Sara Davies Birthday Party paper pad, I used a combination of paper piecing and inking.

I found a verse on the internet and added a few stamped stars on the inside of the card.

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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Birthday Blooms

This is another Birthday card created with the Enchanted Dreams Sara Signature collection.

The gingham paper is from Bearly Mine Designs, sadly no longer trading, I used dies from the collection to create the flowers and the sentiment is a stamp also from the collection.  I created the fishtail flags with my Die-namics dies and used another of the papers to decorate the inside.

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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Slimline Birthday

I have another card to share using my Enchanted Dreams Sara Signature collection, this is for another of the family birthdays I have to make for this month.

I have used one of the 12 x 12 papers along with some Gold Pearl card stock from Creative Expressions.  The die is another Sweet 16th Birthday purchase, at least I'm making use of my purchases. I have kept this card quite simple, it needs to be kept flat for posting, all I have added is some hand made card candi.  I used some more of the card stock and paper to decorate the inside.

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

Pauline
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A Magical Birthday

I have created this card for my Niece, November is a busy month for Birthdays in our family.  I have used another of my Crafter's Companion Sweet 16th Birthday buys, the Sara Signature Enchanted Dreams collection.

I have used paper from the 12 x 12 paper pad, I fussy cut the unicorn and flowers and die cut the gold ring from some Creative Expressions Pearl Card.  The sentiment is one of the stamps from the Enchanted Dreams collection and I used one of the papers from the 6 x 6 paper pad on the inside of the card.

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

Pauline
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Birthday Girl

I have a Birthday card to share for a change today.  This is for a friend of the family, her Birthday is just before Christmas.

I used the Simple Stories Let's Party Collection, this is such a bright and cheerful collection, perfect for a youngsters Birthday.  Everything is from the collection, I fussy cut the stars and Birthday cake and used my Die-namics Fishtail Flag Dies to cut the 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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Everlasting Memories

This is the card that I created for my Niece, it is her birthday on the 11th so I will have to pop to the post office later.

I used the Hunkydory Everlasting Memories collection - the papers are from the Inserts and Paper collection and the topper is from the Tag Pad. I added a stamped and die cut sentiment, I'm not sure where either of them came from!

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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Make A Wish

November is a busy month for Birthdays in our house, I have created this card for my Great Niece, she is the first.

I used papers and elements from the Echo Park Birthday Girl Collection, I have the digital version.  There are lots of layers and dimension on this card, lots of my favourite fussy cutting - it is going to cost me to post it, I will put it in with the one I have created for my Niece, her mother, so that will make it a bit more cost effective.

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

Pauline
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Something Different

It was my Birthday yesterday, unfortunately we could not go out to celebrate like we normally would but instead we had a lovely dinner at home.

I told my Husband and youngest son not to risk going to the shops to buy me a Birthday card so they decided to make me one, these are what they made:

There are a lot of downsides to being in lockdown because of the coronavirus but there are also some benefits - it's lovely having the whole family together at home and both of my sons have decided that they would like to cook more.  These are Matthew's latest creations:

A very nice Beef Strogonoff with cheesy garlic bread.

Chicken Korma with Onion Bhaji and Pitta Bread, all very tasty - especially the Onion Bhaji.

He cooked this apple cake for my Birthday, it was lovely eaten straight from the oven with some ice cream.

This was Laurence's first attempt at cooking a leek and bacon pasta bake, very yummy - I look forward to seeing what he tries next.

Thank you for visiting my blog today, your company is much appreciated - I will be back tomorrow with a card.

Pauline
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Special Gifts

I created a card for a friends birthday the other day using the Hunkydory Special Moments Collection, I had some toppers and card stock left so instead of packing them away I thought I would create another card.

I have used toppers, card stock and a sentiment from the collection along with some Black Mirri card stock and black pearls.

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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Hip, Hip, Hooray!

I have created this card for a friends Birthday.

I have used toppers, card stock and a sentiment from the Hunkydory Special Moments Collection along with some Black Mirri card stock.  I used another sheet of card stock to create an insert.

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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Yippee

This is the card that I made for a close family friend recently, it was her Birthday just before Christmas.

I wanted to make something bright and cheerful so I used the Echo Park Party Time collection.  I found a little verse on the internet to add to the inside.

Thank you for popping in today, your company is much appreciated.

Pauline
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A Man cannot survive ...

This is another of the cards that I created for my Husband's Birthday.

I used a download from CraftsUprint, I added a few extra layers of card stock but everything else was from the kit.  There was some of my favourite fussy cutting involved in making this one.

Thank you for visiting my blog today, please leave a comment so that I can come and visit you.

Pauline
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Fashion Essentials

It is my Niece's Birthday next week and this is the card that I created for her.  I have used a kit from craftsUprint called Fashion Essentials.

I printed some extra copies so that I could add a few extra layers of card stock between the background layers, there are also lots of decoupage layers so lots of fussy cutting - I haven't done much fussy cutting lately and I had forgotten how relaxing I find it.

I added a Joanna Sheen die cut sentiment along with a computer generated one, I also applied some Nuvo Crystal Glaze to the pearls and decorated the inside with the insert from the kit and some extra card stock.

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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Celebrate your Birthday

This is another card that I created for my eldest sons girlfriend, this is the one that Laurence gave to her.

I used a die and papers from my Tonic Craft Kit 24, I created a faux stained glass effect that was inspired by Gerry from Gerry's Craft Room - you can find her video HERE.

The sentiment is also from the kit, I decorated the inside of the card using the same papers and another stamp from the kit.

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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Butterfly Easel

This is a card that I created for my eldest son's girlfriend.  I used one of the Crafter's Companion Create-a-Card Easel dies.

I used Kraft card stock and card from the Roaring Twenties card pack.  The 'Happy Birthday' die is from my stash, I'm not sure what brand it is.  I cut a couple of additional flowers and butterflies so that I could layer them up for dimension.

Thank you for visiting my blog today and thank you for all of the lovely comments that you leave - they are all read and very much appreciated.

Pauline
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Plant a Garden

It was my elderly neighbours Birthday the other week and this is the card that I created for her.  She loves her garden so I decided to use the Paper Boutique Lavender Lane collection,

The collection also comes with matching card stock that I used to matt the papers and topper, I also used it to create some card candi.

I used the papers to decorate the inside of the card as well.

Thank you for visiting my blog today, your company is much appreciated.

Pauline
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Komodo Dragon

I created this card for a family friend, she loves anything to do with Lizards and Dragons so I thought this Pollyanna Pickering Komodo Dragon would be perfect.

The topper, sentiment and papers all came from Pollyanna Pickering's Journey to the Southern Hemisphere DVD, the Die-cut Collection and Backing Papers are available from Creative Crafting World - I also added some brown card stock.

I used the same backing paper to create an insert, the verse came from the internet.

Thank you for visiting my blog today, your company is much appreciated.

Pauline
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