Three French Hens

This is the third card that I have created with my recently purchased First Edition The Twelve Days of Christmas collection, no surprise it is the Three French Hens.

I used two papers from the 6 x 6 paper pad and cut the toppers from the 12 x 12 paper pad.  The sentiment and the bells are also cut from the 12 x 12 pad along with the small holly pieces, I used foam pads to add a little dimension.

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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Two Turtle Doves

I'm sorry I haven't been around much recently, I have been suffering from some rather nasty headaches.  As some of you may know, I was diagnosed with Macular Degeneration a couple of years back and I think my eyesight is beginning to get worse, especially with the reduced light that Autumn is bringing and spending time looking at a screen is straining them.  I have decided to drastically reduce my screen time and so I will not be visiting everyone's blogs as much, I will still be making cards and posting on my blog but will just limit my time on social media and commenting - I hope you all understand if I don't visit you as much as usual.

This is another card that I have created with my recently purchased First Edition The Twelve Days of Christmas collection.

I have used three of the papers and a topper, this time I used cream card stock to layering everything on and fussy cut a couple of doves from one of the other topper sheets.

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Pauline
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A Partridge in a Pear Tree

I have been a bit naughty and purchased a few new Christmas Paper pads, I created this simple card using the First Edition The Twelve Days of Christmas collection.

I have used four of the beautiful papers along with a fussy cut topper, I cut the banners with my Die-namics die and just layered everything on some bronze coloured card stock.

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Pauline
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Bellisima

I am really making a concerted effort to use up some of my older stash - I really need to make some room in my Craft Room!

I have created this card with the Bellisima collection by Docrafts, I used one of the papers and a decoupage topper, This collection must be at least five years old!  I added some script papers from Bazzill and some pretty pastel paper from the First Edition The Promise paper pad - lots of very old stash.  I did some paper tearing, inked the edges of everything and added some die cut flowers - the sentiment is from the Bellisima collection, I cut it down a little because I wanted it smaller.

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Pauline
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Wonderful Friend

This is another feminine card that I have created using the Ocean Breeze collection from The Paper Boutique.

I used a Crafter's Companion Torn edge Square die to frame the sentiment topper and the dotty paper is from the First edition Love Story 12 x 12 paper pad.  The ribbon and flowers are from my stash and the leafy swirls are another Crafter's Companion die.

Thank you for popping in 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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21st Birthday Wishes

This is the card that I created for my eldest son to give his brother for his 21st Birthday.

I used papers from the First Edition Wild at Heart paper collection along with some free number dies that came with a magazine.  The tag was made with my Hunkydory Fancy Edge Tag Punch and the sentiment is a Memory Box stamp.

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Pauline
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Wild at Heart

This is the card that I created for my eldest Son to give his Dad on Father's Day.

For this one I used the First Edition Wild at Heart paper pad along with some dark brown card stock.  The sentiment was computer generated.

As before I created an insert with a verse from the internet.

It looks like summer is back, at least for a while - we will probably take Ramsey in to town this morning, he likes a walk around the high street because everyone makes a bit fuss of him.

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

Pauline
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Birthday Stripes

It was my husband's Birthday on Saturday and this is the card that I made for him.

I used some First Edition Wild at Heart papers, they are perfect for masculine cards and some of them can even be used for Christmas cards. I cut the Happy Birthday using dies from the Sara Davies Just for Men Signature Collection and snipped bits from the 'h' and 't' to create the 'u' and 'l' to make 'Paul'.

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Pauline
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Magical Birthday Wishes

This is the card that I have created for day 6 of the Bugaboo Stamps 8th Birthday Bash, there is a whole week of challenges. The theme for the week is Birds, Butterflies & Birthday Wishes and there is a separate challenge each day, the sixth challenge is a Recipe - create a project using Kraft, Ribbon and Bright Colours.

I have used the Bugaboo coloured image Kidz Ice Cream, the papers are from the Trimcraft Whiz Kids paper pad along with the sentiment.

I have layered all of my papers onto Kraft card stock and added some ribbon from my stash.

I would like to enter this card into the Bugaboo Stamps 8th Birthday Bash - Day 6 - Recipe.

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Pauline
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Feed Me Cupcakes ...

I have managed to create a project for day 5 of the Bugaboo Stamps 8th Birthday Bash, there is a whole week of challenges. The theme for the week is Birds, Butterflies & Birthday Wishes and there is a separate challenge each day, the fifth challenge is Humour me with CUPCAKES.

I used the Bugaboo image - Ava Cupcake and coloured her with Spectrum Noir Illustrator Pens.

The papers are from the First Edition Sweet Nothings collection.

I computer generated my humorous sentiment.

I would like to enter this card into the Bugaboo Stamps 8th Birthday Bash - Day 5 - Humour me with CUPCAKES.

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

Pauline
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Scrumptious Cupcakes

This is the card that I have created for day 4 of the Bugaboo Stamps 8th Birthday Bash, there is a whole week of challenges. The theme for the week is Birds, Butterflies & Birthday Wishes and there is a separate challenge each day, the fourth challenge is a Bingo board, I have used the top line - ribbon, cake/cupcakes, die/punch.

I have used the Bugaboo image Cupcake Word Block, I coloured it with my Spectrum Noir Illustrator Pens - the papers are from the First Edition Sweet Nothings paper pad.

I used my Sue Wilson Pierced Square Dies to cut the two largest grey layers and added some ribbon from my stash.

I would like to enter this card into the Bugaboo Stamps 8th Birthday Bash - Day 4 - Bingo.

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Pauline
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Happy Christmas Mum

This is the card that I have created for my Mum this year.

I have used a decoupage topper from Jayne Nestorenko that has been in my stash for ages and used the largest die from my Sue Wilson Ornate Holly Framed Noel die to frame the image.

The papers are from the First Edition - The Gift of Christmas paper pad and the sentiment is from LOTV.  I decorated the inside of my card using the same design as the front.

I would like to enter this card into:

Allsorts Challenge Week 447/448 - Seasonal Flowers

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Pauline
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Happy Beer Day

This is the card that I created for my son from me and hubby.

I used an embossing folder, stencil and stamps from the Apple Blossom Drinks Trolley Collection from Craft Stash.

I computer generated the sentiment and added some Die-namics die cut stars.

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Pauline
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To my Husband

This is the card that I made for my husband.  He would like a Jack Russel - I've said he can't have one until he retires so that he is at home to walk it.

The image is from the Pollyanna Pickering Best of Breeds collection and the papers are from the First Edition Wild at Heart paper pad.

The sentiment is computer generated and I added a button and some twine from my stash.

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Pauline
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Best Birthday Ever

This is the card that I made for my eldest son to give his Dad on his Birthday.

I used the First Edition Wild at Heart Paper pad and a sentiment from The DigiStamp Boutique.

I added the 'DAD' to the bottom of the digital stamp before cutting it out with a Sue Wilson stitched square die and hand cut the banners.

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Pauline
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Look Who's 70

This is another of the Milestone cards that I created for the latest edition of Simply Cards & Papercraft.  I was sent the Apple Blossom Large Numbers and Suffixes Die Set and co-ordinating stamp set.

I created a Circle Swing Card using my Crafter’s Companion Die’sire Circle Swing Card Die and some papers from the First Edition The Promise 8 x 8” Paper Pad and Gold Mirror Card Stock.  I stamped and embossed the sentiment and numbers with Gold Embossing Powder before cutting out the numbers with the matching dies.

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Pauline
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Happy 50th Anniversary

This is another of the cards that I created for the latest edition of Simply Cards & Papercraft, I was sent the Apple Blossom Large Numbers and Suffixes die set along with the matching stamp set.

I used some beautiful papers from the First Edition The Promise 8 x 8” Paper Pad and cut the decorative frame from gold Miri card with my Tattered Lace Shabby Offset Rectangles Die.

I heat embossed a Papermania Anniversary Sentiment with Gold Embossing Powder and cut it into a banner shape.  To embellish I added some pearls and a bow.

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Pauline
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Diamond Wedding Anniversary

This is another of the cards that I created for the latest edition of Simply Cards & Papercraft.

I was sent the Apple Blossom Large Numbers and Suffixes die set along with the matching stamp set to use, for this card I cut the numbers from glitter card stock.

I used some beautiful papers from the First Edition The Promise
8 x 8” Paper Pad and computer generated the sentiment.

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Pauline
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