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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Life is better with Flowers

I have created these cards with the Nature's Garden Wildflowers collection from Crafter's Companion, I think this is one of my favourite collections in the Nature's Garden range.

All of the papers that I used are from the collection and I used Copic Markers for all of the colouring.

For this card I used the Mailbox Flowers Die and Stencil Set, the Meadow Flowers Die and the Stay Wild Stamp Set.  I cut butterflies using a die fro the Sara Signature Flutterby collection.

I made this card for my Sister, I used the Mailbox Flowers Die and Stencil Set again along with the Wildflower Wreath Die, the 'Happy Birthday' is a Hunkydory Minis die and the 'Sister' is a Creative Crafting World die.

I have used the Mailbox Flowers Die and Stencil Set again, there seems to be a bit of a pattern here!  I used the Marianne CrafTables Happy Birthday die for the sentiment and cut the banner from some corrugated card, the twine is from my stash.

For my final card I used the Wonderful Wildflowers 2D Embossing Folder and the Stay Wild Stamp Set - the die cut butterflies are from the Sara Signature Flutterby collection and I cut the frame using the Topaz Ornate Nesting Dies also from Crafter's Companion.

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Pauline
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Enjoy Life's Journey

I have been going through some of my older stash and decided to have a play with the Sara Davies Nautical Signature Collection from Crafter's Companion.

For this card I have used several of the papers along with some of the dies and stamps, I inked the edges of everything and used foam pads to layer up some of the elements.

It is a long time since I made a twisted easel card so I thought I would make one for a change.  I decided to create a Porthole with a little scene inside.  I used several of the stamps and dies along with some Kraft cardstock from my stash.

I decided on a rustic look for this card, I distressed the edges of the papers and cardstock as well as inking the edges.

This time I created a Tri-fold Shutter Card, I used several of the papers along with some of the dies and stamps.

This is another view of the card showing the inside of the steps

Thank you for dropping in today, your company is much appreciated - please leave a comment so that I can come and visit you.

Pauline
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Let Love Grow

Today, I am sharing some cards that I have made using the Crafter's Companion Natures Garden Wild Flower collection, this is such a pretty collection

For my first card I have used the Mailbox Flowers Die and Stencil Set, the flowers are dies and the little wrap is created using the stencil.  I have used two of the papers, cutting the hexagon shapes from one, the sentiment is a stamp from the collection.

I used the embossing folder from the collection for the focal point on my second card, I coloured it with Copic Markers and added a die cut frame.  I used three of the papers along with my Stylish Swirls Create-A-Card die, I added a stamped sentiment and die cut butterflies from the Flutterby collection.

For this card I used two of the papers, the Mailbox Flowers Dies and a stamped sentiment from the Wildflowers collection, I made a little envelope to put the flowers and sentiment in and added some more of the die cut butterflies from the Flutterby collection.

For my final card, I used the hexagon dies again, this time I cut them out of one of the papers and placed a different paper behind.  I used the Mailbox Flowers Dies again along with a stamped sentiment from the collection, the butterfly on this card was fussy cut from the Mintay Wing Fussy Cut Book

Thank you for dropping in today, your company is much appreciated - please leave a comment so that I can come and visit you.

Pauline
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You are the Best

I have four more cards to share that I have made with the Simple Stories Life Captured collection.

For this first card I used four of the papers, I cut a fishtail flag from one and created a base for a tag from another, the globe and sentiment is a sticker and everything else was fussy cut.

For this card I used two of the papers and two of the 3 x 4" elements, I cut the page edge with a Crafter's Companion die, I think it was from the Vintage Diary Sara Signature collection and added some fussy cut bits and bobs.

Here I have used several of the papers along with a 3 x 4" element and some stickers.

For my final card I used two of the papers, I cut the scalloped border with a Clearly Besotted die and used a Crafter's Companion stitched circle die to cut a base for the fussy cut bird and some die cut foliage.

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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Be you TIFUL Daisies

I am sharing four more cards that I have created with the Nature's Garden Delightful Daisies collection from Crafter's Companion.

On my first card I used the Gemini Create-a-Card Dry Stone Wall die along with one of the papers, I cut the daisies with the Dainty Daisy die and added some fussy cut butterflies, a LOTV stamped and fussy cut sentiment and some twine from my stash.

For my second card I have used two of the papers from the collection and another from my stash, I cut the doily from one of the papers and added daisies cut with the Blossoming Daisies die along with some more fussy cut butterflies and a sentiment from my stash.

For this card I used my Calais Create-a-Card die to cut the panel from one of the papers in the collection and added it to a paper from my stash.  I cut the daisies with the Blossoming Daisies die again and added a fussy cut butterfly and twine from my stash - the sentiment is a Crafter's Companion Stamp.

For my final card I used the Spring Borders Die, one of the papers and the Daisy Bloom Die and Stamp set along with another sentiment from my stash.

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Pauline
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You're a good Egg

I know I'm a bit late but I thought I would share some more Easter cards that I didn't get around to blogging, I used the Violet Studio Hoppy Easter collection.

For this card I used three of the pretty papers, a topper and some fussy cut flowers, a very simple card.

This time I cut a banner from one of the papers and die cut a circle in the centre, I then added a little bunny face to the middle.  I added some fussy cut flowers along with a sentiment from the collection.

For this card I used a Christina Griffiths die to cut the egg shape from one of the papers and added a die cut along with some more fussy cut flowers.

Another simple card this time, a couple of papers, a topper and sentiment from the collection.

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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Delightful Daisies

I have been creating some more cards with the Nature's Garden Delightful Daisies collection from Crafter's Companion, I find it quite time consuming doing all of the die cutting - I think I prefer fussy cutting, I find it much more relaxing!

For this card I used two of the papers, the Daisy Chain Border Die and the Blossoming Daisies Die.  I fussy cut some butterflies from the papers, tied a little bow with some of the seam binding in the kit and added a sentiment from my stash.

Here I have used two more of the papers, lots of daisies cut using the Blossoming Daisies Die and more  fussy cut butterflies.  The die cut sentiment is an unbranded die from my stash.

I decided to go a bit more rustic with this card - I have used one of the papers along with some corrugated cardstock.  The daisies were cut with the Blossoming Daisies Die again and I added another fussy cut butterfly along with a sentiment and some twine from my stash.

For my final card I used the Spring Borders Die, I cut two panels from the blue cardstock in the collection and teamed it up with some pale blue cardstock from my stash.  The daisies are the Blossoming Daisies Die again, the sentiment is from the Daisy Bloom Die and Stamp set, I adhered it to a vellum circle to make it stand out a bit more.

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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So Egg-cited!

I have been making some Easter Cards with the Violet Studios Hoppy Easter collection that I picked up  from Crafter's Companion.  Everything I have used to create these four cards is from the collection apart from some scraps of ribbon and twine from my stash.

I used a  Tim Holtz die to create the label on this card along with a scalloped edge die from Clearly Besotted.  The gems are from Hunkydory and the ribbon and twine are from my stash.

All I have added to this card is a gem from Hunkydory, everything else is from the Hoppy Easter collection.

The stitched square die on this card is from Hunkydory, it is an older die that I was given when I was on their design team back in 2019.

I used the Easter egg die from the Sara Davies Easter Signature Collection from last year along with some older Die-namics oval dies to create the little basket and some more gems from Hunkydory.

I'm sorry if I haven't managed to get around to visit everyone yet, I promise I will shortly.  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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Mother's Day Daisies

This is the Mother's Day card that I made for my Mother-in-Law this year, I find it very difficult to create cards for family and close friends!

I used papers, cardstock and dies from the Nature's Garden Delightful Daisies collection by Crafter's Companion, the sentiment is an unbranded die.

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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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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