Easter Happiness

I have some Easter cards to share today, I have used the Echo Park Easter Wishes collection.  My inspiration came from Anya's Projects on Scrapbook.com, she has lots of beautiful cards on there, pop over and take a look.

I have used papers from the Easter Wishes collection along with several fussy cut bits and bobs, I cut the clouds using dies from the Crafter's Companion Colour Your World collection.

I used velum to separate the little scene from the base and used a Scalloped Edge Die to cut the border at the top.

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

Pauline
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Fun and Games

I have some masculine cards to share today, ideal for a boy that is into video games, I have used a variety of papers and dies.

I have used some older papers from my stash for this card, I think they are from Echo Park, I found a picture of a controller on the internet. I printed it out and used it as a stencil to draw around and then cut out.  The buttons are all made up from die cut circles layered up. 

For this card I used Crafter's Companion papers from the Modern Man Collection and Hunkydory dies from the Fun & Games Collection.

I used more of the papers from the Crafter's Companion Modern Man collection for this card and the controller is another one that I cut out using the stencil that I created.  The large die cut sentiment is a Memory Box die that I have had in my stash for ages.

For my final card I used more papers from the Echo Park collection along with die cut controllers from the Hunkydory Fun & Games collection.

Thank you to everyone that has taken the time to visit my blog and I much appreciate the comments that have been left.  I will make the effort to visit your blogs in the near future and see what you have all been up to in my absence.

Take care.

Pauline

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Those Summer Days

It would appear that our summer has returned, for a while at least, so I thought I would create a summer themed card.  I used the Echo Park Summertime collection, I have the digital version.

I love the yellows and blues in this collection, I used a topper and lots of bits and pieces fussy cut from the patterned papers.  Everything has been popped up with foam pads to create some dimension.  I was inspired by a card that I saw on Pinterest, I'm struggling to decide what I want to make at the moment, so inspiration was needed!

 

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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Control Fre@k

It was my youngest son's Birthday yesterday, he was twenty three and this is the card that I created for him.

I used the Echo Park Team Spirit Boy collection, I have the digital collection, I think digital is much better because you can resize everything and they are much easier to store.  Also I don't know about you but I always have favourites that I want to use again and again along with some papers that I never use, with digital collections you can just print the ones you are going to use.

I computer generated the Happy Birthday and used Hunkydory dies to cut the SON.

We all went out for a lovely meal last night, it is the first time I have been inside a restaurant for a very long time, we have eaten in the garden of our favourite pub but not been inside for ages - it was so nice to actually celebrate a Birthday by eating out for a change.

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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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Best Teacher

My eldest son starts his new teaching position on Tuesday, he came home for a couple of years and worked locally, but as soon as a position became available at the school that he did the teaching placement element of his University Degree at, he decided to go back and work there.

I used the Echo Park Back to School collection, I have the digital copy of the collection - it is so much more flexible than the physical collection.  I fussy cut all of the little elements and layered them up with foam pads.  I also decorated the inside with more of the colourful papers.

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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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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Make Pretty Things

This is the final card that I have created (so far) with the Echo Park I'd Rather be Crafting collection.

For this card I used four of the patterned papers and two of the solid papers from the collection.

The sentiment is from the Mama Elephant Words Defined Stamp Set and to embellish I added three pieces of hand made card candi.

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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Handmade Goodness

I'm sharing another card created with the Echo Park I'd Rather be Crafting collection.

I have used two of the papers and a topper to create this card - the banner is also part of the collection, all I have added is some yellow card stock and twine.

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

Pauline
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Sewing Mends The Soul

This is another card that I have created with the Echo Park I'd Rather be Crafting Collection. You can find three other cards that I have shared using this collection HERE.

I have used two of the papers and a topper to create this simple card.

All I have added is some green card stock.

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

Pauline
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A Girl's Best Friend

This is another card that I have created with the Echo Park I'd Rather be Crafting Collection, these papers and toppers are perfect for us crafters.

I have used four of the fabulous papers and fussy cut the typewriter from one of the toppers.

I love the sentiment topper - so true!  I added three enamel dots to embellish, they are also part of 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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Make something Pretty

This is another card that I have created with the Echo Park I'd Rather be Crafting Collection.

Everything is from the collection with the exception of the little pair of scissors which I have had in my stash for ages.

I used three different papers and two toppers, everything has been layered onto some co-ordinating green card stock.

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

Pauline
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Crafty & Happy

I have created this card with the Echo Park I'd Rather be Crafting Collection, this is a fun collection  themed around crafting with a lovely colour pallet.

I have used three of the papers along with a topper and sentiment to create my simple card.

I used foam pads to add the topper and sentiment to create some dimension.

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

Pauline
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Get lost (in a good book)

This is my card for this weeks Less is More Challenge - the theme is Use A Real Object, I have used a paperclip and a staple on my card.

The cute little Book Worm and book are Clearly Besotted stamps, I coloured them with ProMarkers and cut the worm out with the corresponding die - I fussy cut the book as this didn't have a die.
I used a Die-namics die to cut the torn notebook edge and the graph papers are from Echo Park.  I computer generated the sentiment as I didn't have the add on stamps that came with the Book Worm set.

I would like to enter this card into this weeks Less is More Challenge 343 - Use A Real Object.

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

Pauline
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Happy Easter Wishes

I created this card for this weeks Less is More Challenge, I then read the challenge properly and realised that it is One Layer Week, so I had to go back to the drawing board and create another card.

I wasn't going to waste this card though and decided to blog it anyway.  I used papers from Echo Park and a sentiment from The Lovely Studio, I cut the papers out with my Lawn Fawn Speech Bubble Border.

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

Pauline
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Painting Eggs!

It's time for a new challenge at Di's Digi Designs and the theme for the next fortnight is Spring/Easter.

I chose to use the fun One Cute Chick image and some papers from NitWit Collections to create my card.

I coloured my image with Spectrum Noir Illustrator Pens and teamed it up with some papers from the Echo Park Happy Easter Collection.

The sentiment is from The Lovely Studio (formerly Pink Petticoat), I cut it out with my Die-namics Fishtail Flags die.

To embellish my card I added a seam binding bow and some Easter eggs, fussy cut from the Echo Park collection.

Make sure you pop over to Di's Digi Designs and check out the new website.

Thank you for visiting today, don't forget to take a look at the Di's Digi Designs Challenge blog to check out the fabulous DT inspiration and join in with our Spring/Easter challenge.

Pauline
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Hoppy Easter

It's time for a new challenge at A Gem of a Challenge and it's my turn to choose the theme for the next fortnight, I chose Furry Friends.

I have used this adorable Bunny with Carrots digi stamp available in the Pink Gem Designs Shop to make my card.

I used the coloured image and paper pieced his dungarees.  The papers and sentiment are both from the Echo Park Happy Easter Collection.

I used yellow card stock and some grosgrain ribbon from my stash.

Make sure you pop over to the A Gem of a Challenge blog and join us for my Furry Friends challenge, don't forget to visit the Pink Gem Designs Shop to take a look at all of the fabulous Digi Stamps and Kits that are available, grab a coffee and have a leisurely browse whilst you are there.

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

Pauline
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Party Time

This is the final card from the collection that I created for Creative Stamping Magazine. I was sent the fun stamp set that is free with the magazine along with some Echo Park Party Time Papers.

For this card I used three of the smaller stamps and coloured them with ProMarkers.

The sentiment is also part of the free stamp set.

Thank you for calling today, your company is much appreciated.

Pauline
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You Are So Sweet

This is another of the projects that I created for Creative Stamping Magazine. I was sent the fun stamp set that is free with the magazine along with some Echo Park Party Time Papers.

I used the love heart stamps from the free stamp set, I stamped them multiple times and coloured them with ProMarkers.

The sentiment is also from the free stamp set.

Thank you for calling today, your company is much appreciated.

Pauline
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