Christmas Wreath

My blog buddy Jules has been posting lots of "quick and easy", her words not mine, Christmas cards and she has inspired me to get on and do the same.  You can find the cards that Jules has been creating HERE.

I think Jules has been more successful than me but I'm not going to give up that easily, I have a few more ideas I will be trying!  I used a download that I found on Etsy along with a die cut sentiment from Creative Crafting World, I've kept it really flat because it will be going in the post.

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Pauline
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The man, the myth, the legend

This is the card that I created for my youngest son to give his Dad, very different from the one I gave him!

I saw a card similar to this on Pinterest and decided to create my own take on it.  I used some very old Memory Box Alphabet Dies to cut the letters, I cut them from fun foam and some dotty papers that I had in my stash.  I layered them up and attached them to the card, I computer generated the words and added fun foam to the back of them before attaching them to the card.  I used some more of the dotty papers to decorate the inside of the card.

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Pauline
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Home

This is the last of the three cards that I created for my friend, this is a very CAS design and I think it is my favourite.

I kept this one very Clean and Simple, the little house is a digi from The DigiStamp Boutique, I created the rest of the card in Microsoft Word. 

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Pauline
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Christmas Penguin

This is one of the cards that I created for the Christmas edition of Making Cards Magazine, I have lots of these cards that I have not managed to blog yet!

I used the free craft papers to create this CAS card,  I fussy cut the cute penguin and used a Lawn Fawn Speech Bubble border die to create the speech bubble.

The sentiment stamp and die is from the Winter Wonderland Festive Wishes collection by Sara Davies.

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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Every day

I have a very simple card to share today, I have used the Carta Bella Spring Market collection.

I created the topper in Word and cut it out with my Creative Wonky Stitched Rectangle Die which was part of the complete collection that I won on Facebook a little while ago.

I fussy cut the labels from one of the papers and attached them to the card with some twine.  I added everything to a pink card base.

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Pauline
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Black and White

I have create this card for the Less is More Challenge, the theme is Monochrome.

I have used an image from Bugaboo to create my card, I have layered it onto some black card stock and attached it to a white square that I cut out with my Sue Wilson Pierced Square die.  I just added some ribbon tied with a knot to embellish.

I would like to enter this card into the Less is More Challenge #366 - Monochrome.

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Pauline
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A Gift

I created this card for the latest Less is More Challenge - it is the dreaded one layer week and the theme is Cute, I have already entered one card and I almost forgot about this one.

My image is from LOTV and I have used my Spectrum Noir Illustrator Pens to colour it.

The sentiment comes with the image and I have added 3D Crystal Lacquer to the dots on the gift.

I would like to enter this card into the Less is More Challenge #363 - One Layer Card - Cute

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Pauline
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Twofer Feathers

I really wanted to join in with Darnell's new Twofer Challenge and I have just made it in time.

The theme for the first challenge is Feathers, you have to create two different card designs for two different occasions using the same stamps and/or dies.

I used one of my older Clearly Besotted Feather stamps to create my two cards.

For the first one I stamped and embossed the feathers on a sheet of Craftwork Cards paper, the sentiment is also from Craftwork Cards.

For the second card I used Distress Oxide inks to stamp the feathers in a row and added a Stampendous sentiment stamped on the same paper that I used for the first card.

They were a bit rushed but hopefully I will have more time for the next challenge.

I would like to enter these cards into the Twofer Challenge #1 - Feathers.

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Pauline
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Mainly Purple

This is the card that I have created for the latest Less is More Challenge - the theme is purples.

The image is from Polkadoodles, I have added a couple of layers to the flowers to create some dimension.

I just rounded the bottom corners to add a little interest.

I would like to enter this card into the Less is More Challenge #362 - Purples - my card is purple even though it might not look like it in the photograph!

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Pauline
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Congrats

This is the second card that I have created using the latest Craftwork Cards Stamp Club Kit.

I stamped the three cake layers, two in pink and one in black.  I then over-stamped the pink ones - the small flowers are also part of the stamp set along with the sentiment and cake stand.

I used the pink ink to create a strip of matching pink paper, I punched the edge before wrapping it with some black twine secured with a bow and adding it to the top of my card.

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Pauline
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Celebrate with a bang!

I have created this card for the latest Less is More Challenge - I am determined to join in more this year.  There is a sketch to follow this time and this is my interpretation.

I used a stamp from the Hunkydory For the Love of Stamps December Bundle called Fantastic Fireworks.

I stamped the firework stamp several times in each corner and heat embossed it in gold, I also added a sentiment from the set.

I would like to enter this card into the Less is More Challenge #360 & #361 - Sketch 22.

This is the sketch:

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Pauline
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Birthday Cake

It was my husbands Birthday yesterday and this is the card that I made for our youngest son to give him.

I created the background with Distress Oxide inks and used my Tim Holtz Birthday Blueprint stamps - these have been sitting in my stash for ages so I thought it was time that I had a play with them!

I created the sentiment with my Dymo Label Maker.

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Pauline
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Elegant Frame

This is the third card that I have created with the Craftwork Cards October Stamp Club add on stamps, as you can probably tell I love these stamps!

For this card I have simply coloured the image with ProMarkers and placed it behind a die cut frame that has been attached to a square cut with a Sue Wilson stitched square die.

I have used foam pads to layer everything up and just added some pearls to the corners of the frame.

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Pauline
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Have a fabulous Birthday

This is another card that I have created with my Craftwork Cards October Stamp Club add on stamps. I got this idea from Pinterest, I quite often get ideas from Pinterest but my card never ends up looking even close to the inspiration card.

I stamped the beautiful image onto white card stock and then stamped it another two times onto some scraps.  I coloured the main image with ProMarkers leaving the very outside sections plain.

I then coloured the leaf and flower areas on one of the additional images and just the flower on the second.  I fussy cut the two extra images and layered them onto the main image with foam pads.

I then stamped a sentiment from one of the previous stamp club collections and layered everything onto some black card stock before adding it to a card base.

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Pauline
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Wishing you a Happy Day

I have been playing with my Craftwork Cards October Stamp Club add on stamps again, this is the second one of the set that I use to create my earlier cards.

I've kept to a CAS design again, colouring my stamp with rich yellow and gold ProMarkers and adding some dotty papers from my stash.

The sentiment is also from the stamp set, I cut it into a banner shape and doodled around the edges to make is stand out a bit more.

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Pauline
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Birthday Stars

This is my card for this weeks Less is More Challenge, it's the dreaded one layer week and the theme is Stars.

I used four stamp sets to create this simple card!  The sentiment is from Creative Expressions, the large stars are from the Clearly Besotted Superstar stamp set, the smallest solid stars are from the Clearly Besotted Many Thanks stamp set and the larger solid stars are from the Lawn Fawn Summertime Charm stamp set.

I used Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink - these inks stamp up beautifully.

I would like to enter this card into this weeks Less is More Challenge #350 - One Layer Stars.

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Pauline
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Watercolour Thank You

I have made two cards for this weeks Less is More challenge, it's lucky dip week and the theme is Watercolour.

I scribbled a couple of my Spectrum Aqua pens onto a piece of acetate and added some water before dabbing some card stock on it to pick up the colour.  When dry, I stamped a selection of flowers and leaves from my Altenew Adore You stamp set and fussy cut them.

For this first card I stamped the sentiment from the Adore You stamp set directly onto the card front and added a layer of black card stock.

For my second card I changed the orientation and stamped the sentiment onto a separate piece of card stock before cutting it into a banner shape and adding a small piece of black card stock behind it.

I added a few black pearls to embellish both cards.

I would like to enter these cards into this weeks Less is More Challenge #348 - Watercolour.

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

Pauline
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