Life is Beautiful

This is another spring themed card, we quite often need our Wellington Boots in the spring but it can also be really sunny and warm - the great British Weather, at least it's not boring!

I used my Carta Bella Spring Market collection again, there is a whole sheet of tags, I just fussy cut three of them along with two of the pretty pink papers and a fussy cut sentiment and Wellington Boots.

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Pauline
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Love what you have ...

The weather has been glorious for the last couple of days, spring is definitely in the air, so I decided to have a play with my Carta Bella Spring Market collection.

I saw a card similar to this on Pinterest and I absolutely love this little saying, my Dad used to say it all the time and it is so true.  I have the digital collection of these papers and resized the gingham papers, they were a bit large for my card.  I fussy cut the tag and the flowers and added some die cut leaves.

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Pauline
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Christmas Gifts

This is the card that I created for my eldest son, he lives on his own but he is in our bubble so he spent the Christmas break with us.

I used my Carta Bella Christmas Delivery Collection, I think this collection is perfect for masculine cards - I have the digital collection so I could print several copies of the gifts and layer them up,  I computer generated the sentiment.

I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas, I had a little break from blogging for a while - it was just me, hubby and our two boys for Christmas this year, I have to say it was rather nice just the four of us for a change, very relaxed and a lot less work.

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Pauline
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Hot Chocolate Time

It was my eldest son's 25th Birthday on Friday, that time has certainly passed quickly!  We always enjoyed going to the cinema together and would have a lovely hot chocolate every time we went, so when I saw this image in the Carta Bella Warm and Cozy collection, I just had to use it on his Birthday card.

Everything is from the collection except the sentiment which is from LOTV, I cut the little stars with a die from my stash and decorated the inside with the same papers.

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Pauline
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Build a Snowman

This is the second Christmas card that I have created with my Carta Bella Warm and Cozy collection, I have the digital collection, you can purchase it HERE from SNAP CLICK Supply.

I used two of the papers and a frame from one of the Cut-Apart sheets, the snowman is from the elements collection along with the sentiment. I cut the little banners from two more of the papers using my Die-namics Fishtail Flag dies.

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Pauline
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Winter Wishes

I have used the Carta Bella Warm and Cozy collection to create this Christmas card, I used the digital collection - you can purchase it from SNAP CLICK Supply, you can find it HERE.

I used a stamp from my stash to create the mittens, sorry I'm not sure where it came from - I stamped it onto some of the elements from the collection.  I fussy cut the topper and used foam pads to add some dimension.  Everything is from the digital collection except the ribbon, which is from my stash.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

September Rudolph Days Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes

CD Sunday Plus Challenge #45 - Anything Goes

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Pauline
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Season's Greetings

This is another Christmas card that I created with my Carta Bella Christmas collection.

I have the digital collection, there are lots of Echo Park, Carta Bella and other collections available from Snap Click Supply, I find it much more affordable and convenient to have the digital collections, you can print as many copies as you like and they don't take up any room in your craft room.  I used two of the papers, a topper, a border and a sentiment along with my Sue Wilson Poinsettia dies again, this time I used red card stock.

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Pauline
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All Is Calm

I decided to create another Christmas card whilst I had my Carta Bella Christmas collection on my desk.

I love the papers and topper with the little Christmas Houses on it, I used my Die-namics Fishtail Flag Dies - I haven't used them for a while, I was getting withdrawal symptoms!  I used my old Sue Wilson Poinsettia dies again and this time I added some dark brown card stock.

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Pauline
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Joy & Peace

I have created this card to enter into the June Rudolph Days Challenge, I was the lucky winner last month.

I have used a topper and papers from the Carta Bella Christmas Collection, I quite like the untraditional colours in this collection.  I added some dark green card stock and created the poinsettia with some old Sue Wilson dies.

I would like to enter this card into the June Rudolph Days Challenge.

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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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Intricate Snowman

This is the final card that I created for this months Di-cutting essentials magazine, this time I have used the Intricut Intricate Snowman Die.

I used the Carta Bella Winter Fun Paper Collection again, I distressed the edges and this time I decided to inlay the snowman in some blue card stock.

This sentiment is from LOTV, the ribbon and pearls are from my stash.

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Pauline
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Intricate Penguin

This is card number four from the collection that I created for this months Di-cutting essentials magazine, this time I have used the Intricut Intricate Penguin die.

I die cut him from black card stock and attached him to a piece of white card stock. I them trimmed around the outside and coloured him with ProMarkers.

The papers and sentiment are from the Carta Bella Winter Fun Paper Collection again. I cut the banner with my Die-namics Fishtail Flags Die and embossed it with my Sara Davies Contemporary Christmas Elegant Snowfall Embossing Folder. The Ribbon and twine are from my stash.

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Pauline
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Winter Smiles

This is the third card that I created for this months Di-cutting essentials magazine, this time I have used the Intricut Intricate Stag Die again.

The papers are from the Carta Bella Winter Fun Paper Collection and I used my Cuttlebug Sledding Embossing Folder on the circle.

I also used my Die-namics Fishtail Flags Die, Tattered Lace Circle Dies and Tim Holtz Snowflake Rosette Die.  The star buttons and twine are from my stash.

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Pauline
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Intricate Polar Bear

This is another of the cards that I created for this months edition of Die-cutting essentials - I was commission to create five Christmas cards using some gorgeous Intricut dies. This one uses the beautiful Intricate Polar Bear die.

I die cut the bear several times and layered him up to create a chipboard like effect - the top layer is glitter card stock. The papers are from the Carta Bella Winter Fun Paper Collection.

The sentiment is from the paper collection and the ribbon and pearls are from my stash.

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Pauline
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Christmas Stag

Have you seen the latest edition of Die-cutting essentials - I was commission to create five Christmas cards using some gorgeous Intricut dies.  This one uses the beautiful Intricate Stag die.

I used papers from the Carta Bella Winter Fun paper collection along with my X-cut star dies and Sara Davies Contemporary Christmas embossing folder.

The sentiment tag is from LOTV and I have added some buttons and twine from my stash.

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Pauline
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We wish you ...

It's time for our second challenge at Christmas with the Cuties and the theme is a nice easy one - Christmas Carols and Songs.

I have used an adorable image called Hootie - Christmas Carol from our sponsor - Crafty Sentiments to create my card.  My Christmas Carol is 'We Wish You A Merry Christmas', I think they look like they are happily singing away.

I have coloured them with my Spectrum Noir Illustrator Pens and added glitter to their hats and 3D Crystal Lacquer to their eyes and the berries.

The papers and sentiment are from the Carta Bella Have a Merry Christmas digital collection, I inked the edges of the image and papers.

Make sure you pop over to the Christmas with the Cuties challenge blog and take a look at the Design Team inspiration, we would love for you to join us for our Christmas Carols and Songs Challenge.

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Pauline
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Anyone for a game of Darts

This is another of the cards that I made for last months Simply Cards and Papercraft Magazine, this one was the bonus card - full details were available on-line.

For this card I used the stamps from the Carta Bella Work Hard Play Hard Collection along with a sentiment from Clearly Besotted.

I decided on a distressed, vintage design for this card using brown ink to stamp the dart board and darts along with some brown card stock.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Cre8tive Hands Friends Challenge 4 - Anything Goes

Little Miss Muffet Challenge 135 - Anything Goes

Sassy Studio Designs Challenge 328 - Anything Goes

Inky Impressions April Challenge - All About The Boys

Inspiration Destination Challenge 80 - Always Anything Goes
Little Red Wagon Challenge 336 - Celebrate!

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Pauline
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Winners Circle

This is another of the cards that I made for last months Simply Cards and Papercraft Magazine.

Everything is from the fabulous Carta Bella Work Hard Play Hard Collection.  I layered up the papers, taking care to match the images.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Paper Minutes Challenge 429 - Card for a Man

Through The Craft Room Door Challenge - Always Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore April Challenge - Anything Goes

The Sisters of Craft April Chellenge - Always Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion Challenge 306 - Always Anything Goes

Our Crafty Corner Challenge 8 - Always Anything Goes

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Pauline
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Being Awesome

This is another of the cards that I made for last months Simply Cards and Papercraft Magazine.

Everything is from the fabulous Carta Bella Work Hard Play Hard Collection.

This is a very simple card, I just used one of the toppers and one of the papers along with some twine and metal brads from my stash.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Crafty Calendar April Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafty Friends Challenge 28 - Anything Goes

Morgan's Art World Challenge 7 - For The Men

The Stamping Boutique Challenge 79 - Masculine

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Pauline
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Boarding Pass

This is another of the cards that was in last months Simply Cards and Papercraft Magazine, the new edition is out today, I don't have any cards in this months edition but I have some more coming up in future editions.

Everything is from the fabulous Carta Bella Work Hard Play Hard Collection - I decided to go with a travel theme for this card.

I created a pocket and popped lots of bits and pieces into it.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Crafting By Designs Challenge - 3 or More Layers

Inspiration Destination Challenge 78 - Always Anything Goes

Everybody-Art-Challenge 361 - Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart Challenge 104 - Always Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion Challenge 304 - Always Anything Goes

Not Just Cards Challenge 30 - Always Anything Goes

Our Crafty Corner Challenge 7 - Always Anything Goes

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Pauline
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