Radiant Sunflowers

I have another stash busting card today, I have used papers from my Heartfelt Creations Classic Sunflower collection again but this time I have paired them with some die cut Sunflowers from Crafter's Companion.

I used my Spellbinders Eyelet Lace Frame dies to cut the papers and layered up the sunflowers using foam pads, the fussy cut butterfly is from an old Prima paper collection and the sentiment is from the Classic Sunflower collection.

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Pauline
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Vintage Sunflowers

I am trying to do a little stash busting at the moment, I really do need to use up some of my stash.

I have created this card with one of my older Heartfelt Creations collections - Classic Sunflower.  I think perhaps I'm dreaming of September when the weather can still be nice but a little cooler, it's absolutely roasting here at the moment and I can't remember the last time we had any rain!

This is quite a vintage collection so I decided to do some tearing and inking to create a shabby chic card.  I used several of the beautiful papers along with a frame, I then fussy cut several sunflowers and leaves and layered them up for dimension, I also added a sentiment and fussy cut butterfly from the collection.

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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.

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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!

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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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Elves and Snowmen

Another three of cards and giftbags for my son's pupils, these are the final three that I created with the Craft Consortium Made by Elves collection.

The papers with the signs on are from the Made by Elves collection and the Dotty papers are from the It's Snome Time collection, I used two of the square Made by Elves decoupage toppers and created the circular topper using a scene from one of the papers and leftover decoupage layers. I computer generated the sentiments and created the gift bags using the 12 x 12 papers.

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Pauline
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Christmas Elves

These are two more of the cards and gift bags that I have made for my son to give his pupils, he will fill the bags with some sweets, and small gifts - he is coming to collect them all today.

I have used one of the papers, they have the same pattern on both sides but one side has a white background and the other has a dark brown background.  I also used one of the decoupage toppers and added a computer generated sentiment.

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Pauline
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Made by Elves

I am sharing three more of the cards and gift bags that I have created for my son to give his pupils for Christmas, I hope you're not getting bored seeing them all, I promise I will have something different to share next time.  I have used a different collection for these - the Made by Elves collection from Craft Consortium.

The papers with the hats are from the Made by Elves collection and the Dotty papers are from the It's Snome Time collection, I used two of the Made by Elves decoupage toppers, they are the square ones and created the circular topper using a scene from one of the papers and leftover decoupage layers.  I computer generated the sentiments and created the gift bags using the 12 x 12 papers.

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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The Most Wonderful Time

I have been making some more Christmas cards, I have used the Dovecraft Winter Wonderland collection to create this one.

I have used papers from the 8 x 8 Paper Pad and a decoupage topper from the Decoupage Pad, I have only used three layers and 2mm foam pads as this card will probably be posted.  I have used my Die-namics Fishtail Flag Dies again and matted the papers with some silver glitter card stock.

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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Autumn Days

As soon as I saw the Autumn Days collection by Hunkydory I just had to get it, I love the gorgeous colours and pretty images.

I used papers from the 8 x 8 paper pad, there are four copies of each one and I used all four of this one.  I fussy cut the beautiful image so that I could layer it up, there are three layers, I used the other copy for the base, folding down the corner to add a little detail to the card, I secured the folded corner with a button tied with twine and added a sentiment from the Luxury Topper Collection.

Thank you for popping in 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 Posies

I've been playing with my Dovecraft Paper Posies collection again, this time I have created a Squash Fold Card, another easy card to create.

I used four of the papers, a decoupage topper and some pink cardstock to decorate the front of my card, I used my Die-namics Fishtail Flag Die to cut the little banners .

I used three of the papers to decorate the inside and create the little pop up element, the sentiment is from the new Crafter's Companion Ultimate Verse Compendium, have you seen it, it is so useful and beautifully presented in a gorgeous folder.

Thank you for popping in today and thank you for all of the lovely Birthday wishes you left on my previous post for my Son, he had a lovely Birthday topped off yesterday by England winning the football.

Pauline
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Triple Fold Posies

I am having fun experimenting with some different folds at the moment, today I am sharing a Triple Fold Card.

I have used the Dovecraft Paper Posies collection again, this time I used four of the pretty papers along with a decoupage topper on the belly band.

This is another very simple card to create but a little different from my normal square cards.

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Pauline
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Peony

Whilst I had my Hunkydory Floral Snippables on my desk, I thought I would created another card with one of them, this time I used the Peony.

I used an old Crafter's Companion Create-A-Card die to create a circle swing card, the die cut panels are also part of the die set.  The papers are from the paper pad that goes with the Snippables paper pad.

I placed the die cut sentiment that comes with the Create-A-Card die on the reverse of the image.

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Pauline
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Forever Remembered

I have combined two Hunkydory Moonstone die sets to create this card, I used one of the Floral Favourites Snippables and one of the Filigree Flowers Collection, I think they match perfectly.

I decided to create an easel card and used the Lilly die from both sets, I only used four layers of the snippables, there are eight if you really like lots of decoupage layers, I used two more layers on the base of the card along with a die cut sentiment from the collection.  The green layer of papers is part of the paper pad that contains the images and the peach is from a very old Anna Marie Designs paper pad.

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Pauline
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Paper Posies

I have created this card with the Dovecraft Paper Posies collection, I used papers from the 6 x 6 Paper Pad and a decoupage topper.

The papers in this collection are so pretty, I used three of them on my card along with some pink cardstock, I cut the banners with my Die-namics Fishtail Flag dies and used foam pads between the decoupage layers.

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Pauline
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Caring Thoughts

I created this card for my youngest son to give my Mother-in-Law for her Birthday, I used the Sara Davies Caring Thoughts collection.

I decided to create a double z-fold card, I made it a bit differently from what I usually do - I decided to put the verse on the back panel, I usually put them on the back of the card.  I used one of the beautiful papers and one of the pretty decoupage images, there are dies to go with them so that makes things very easy.  I computer generated the sentiment and verse and cut them out with some Hunkydory dies.  The butterflies are from the paper pad, they are die cut but they had a white edge so I decided to fussy cut them as I didn't like it.

Thank you for popping in 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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Sending Love

I have taken another little break from the album that I am creating to create a quick slimline card.

I have used my Graphic 45 Blossom collection again, I used 3 of the Journaling & Ephemera Cards, I have two collections of these, I fussy cut the blooms two times so that I could layer them up.  Two of the papers are from the Patterns & Solids pad and the other one is from the 8 x 8" paper pad, I used my Die-namics Fishtail Flag Dies to cut the banners and cut the doily with a die from the Graphic 45 Square Tag & Clock die collection.

Thank you for popping in 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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Butterflies and Roses

I have created this card using the Hunkydory Animal Kingdom collection, I used a topper from the Little Book, I fussy cut several layers along with card stock from the Luxury Topper Collection.

As you probably know, I love to fussy cut and the little books are perfect for this, the torn edge corner and border are cut from the Duo Design Vintage Maps & Aged Paper pad and the sentiment is an old Craftwork Cards one from my stash - everything has been layered with black card stock.

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Pauline
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The beauty of Nature

I saw this beautiful image on the CraftsUprint site and loved it so much that I decided to buy it.  I didn't really like the background that came with the image so I added some of my own papers.

I chose one of the papers from the new Stamperia Amazonia collection and after inking all of the edges I backed everything with dark brown card stock.  I used foam pads to adhere the image for dimension, there is also a decoupage layer, I also added a sentiment that came with the image, there are several to chose from.

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Pauline
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Candy Cane

I have created this card for this months Rudolph Days Challenge, it's the final one for this year.

I have used my Simple Stories Simple Vintage North Pole Collection, I purchased the Collection Kit and loved it so much that I picked up the digital collection as well so that I could print multiple copies of the images and create some decoupage layers.

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

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Pauline
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