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This is the third card that I created with my Simon Says Stamp October 2012 Card Kit, I used two of the beautiful papers and some Kraft card stock.

I cut the scalloped border with a Clearly Besotted die and the flower was cut using a Marianne Collectables die.

The sentiment is a very old Hot Off The Press stamp and the button and twine are from my stash.

I will be getting out my November 2012 kit next, I am determined to use these kits up.

Thank you for popping in today, please leave a comment so that I can come and visit you.

Pauline
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Good Friends

Good Morning everyone, it's time for the last ever challenge at The Crafty Pad, Debbie has decided to close The Crafty Pad Designs Shop and so the Challenge Blog will also be closing.  The theme for our last challenge is - FRIENDSHIP/KEEP IN TOUCH so please take the time to join us this week and share in our final goodbyes.

This is my card, made using my favourite Crafty Pad Image - Dress Form Trio:

My papers are Hot Off the Press and I have inked all of the edges with distress inks.  Full details of what I have used are listed below:

My card has been decorated on the inside with matching papers and layout:

Card Recipe:

Image:  The Crafty Pad - Dress Form Trio

Papers:  Hot Off the Press - Nonna's Garden Paper Pack

Card Stock:  Dies to Die For - Kraft

Tools:  Spellbinders - Floral Oval, Fiskars edge punch

Embellishments:  ribbon, flowers and pearls from stash

Sentiment:  Creative Expressions - Antique Dressforms

Our Sponsor for our last ever challenge is the fabulous Joanna Sheen

and the prize is £10 to spend in her online shop

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

Crafty Creations Challenge 200 - Wise Words

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards Challenge 28 - Recipe
Mema's Crafts December Challenge - Anything Goes
Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge 62 - Anything Goes and Ribbon
Papercraft Junkies Challenge 6 - Bingo (Ribbon, Pearls, Pink)
Simon Says Stamp - What's Your Favourite?  - Dress Form Trio Image
Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes
Sparkles Monthly Challenge 39 - Anything Goes
ATC's & Cards with Attitude Challenge 29 - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations Challenge 19 - Anything Goes

Make sure you pop over the The Craft Pad Challenge Blog, check out the DT projects - the whole team is playing along this last time and make sure you join us for our FRIENDSHIP/KEEP IN TOUCH Challenge.

The Crafty Pad Designs Shop will remain open for purchases until officially closing on 7th January 2012 and there is currently a 25% Sale so make sure you pop over and take a look.

Thank you for calling today, I hope you are having a great weekend.

Pauline
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Happy 18th

I have made this card for a close friend of my eldest son, we are all going to his birthday party at the weekend.  The boys have grown up together, and although sometimes their paths have drifted apart, they always seem to come together again.

I got the idea for this card from one of the YouTube videos by Simon Says Stamp, I think it might have been Kristina Werner but I'm not positive.  I used some My Mind's Eye paper scraps and some dark blue card stock that I think came from Joanna Sheen, it's been in my stash for ages.  To make the panel on the left of the card I cut different sized strips from several of the paper scraps and stuck them onto some plain paper diagonally to form the pattern.

The sentiment is from a Hot Off The Press pack that has also been languishing in my stash for ages, I made the frame for it using two Spellbinders Large Labels dies.  The stars have been cut using an X-cut die and the number 18 using a Die-namics die.

I have decorated the inside of my card to complement the front:

I also decided to make a matching gift tag using the same method of layering the paper strips and cutting it out with the largest X-cut star die, the only addition is a couple of smaller stars cut from the dark blue card stock.

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

Crafted With Love Challenge 17 - Birthday with Number
The Perfect Sentiment Challenge 56 - Piece it Together
Cute Card Thursday Challenge 243 - Starry, Starry Night!
Moving Along with the Times - Seeing Stars
Crafty Cardmakers Challenge 79 - More Than One Punch and/or Die Cut
Word Art Wednesday Challenge 54 - Anything Goes
Shelly's Images Blog - Oh SCRAP!!!
The Pink Elephant Challenge 174 - Punches/Dies
Fussy ad Fancy Challenge 76 - Feeling Blue
Forever Friends November Challenge - Anything Goes

Thank you for joining me today, I hope you enjoyed your visit.

Pauline
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Butterflies and Roses

I have decided that I really must try to use some of my many embossing folders, they just sit in boxes and hardly ever see the light of day.  I have also decided to use something that has been hanging around for a long time at least once a week - I wonder how long that will last!

This card ticks both boxes, the background has been created using one of my many unused embossing folders, this one is Spellbinders M-Bossabilities Elegance, and also some Hot Off The Press decoupage that I think came as part of one of their gorgeous paper packs.  I haven't decided what type of card it will be yet, so I will add a sentiment at a later date.

I have decorated the inside of my card using another item that had never been out of the packet before - a Spellbinders Labels Twenty die, I wanted the three layers to be quite close together, so I drew around the outside for the largest layer, die cut with it for the centre layer and drew around the inside for the smallest layer.  The papers are from the Hot Off The Press Roses in Harmony Paper Pack.

This final photograph shows the decoupage or '3-D Papier Tole' as Hot Off The Press call it.  I apologise for the glare, my photography skills really do need to be improved.

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

Nutcrafters Challenge 24 - Embossed backgrounds
Squiggle Stamps Challenge - Stash Attack!
Divas by Design Challenge 47 - For a Female
My Time made Easy Pretty Palette 68 - Colour Palette
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge 145 - Anything Goes
Chocolate, Coffee and Cards Challenge 19 - Emboss
ATC's and Cards with Attitude Challenge 20 - Lace/Anything Goes
Vintage Elusions Cards and Crafts Challenge 20 - Add Some Texture
Mema's Crafts August Challenge - Anything Goes With A Twist Of Red
The Cupboard Trilogy Challenge 2 - Embossing

Thank you for looking in today, it is really hot here - it seems we can never have a happy medium, it's either cold and wet or hot and humid - but I'm not going to complain, my eldest son has gone camping for the weekend and the youngest is on a trip to Monkey World - so dry is good.

Pauline
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Vintage Dress Form

It's the first Tuesday in the month and The Crafty Pad girls would normally have a new release for you today, but instead, we thought it might be nice to revisit some of the older images.  I chose my all time favourite - DRESS FORM TRIO - I just love this image and if you follow my blog you will probably have seen it a few times now.  This is my card:

This image really suits the vintage look so I chose some papers from the Hot Off The Press Nonna's Garden paper pack and inked the edges with Old Paper distress ink.  I cut the lace strip with a Martha Stewart edge punch and the flowers were made with Punch Bunch flower punches. Full details of everything I have used are listed below.

I decorated the inside of my card with the same papers and then added a doily and a die cut circle:

Card Recipe:

Image: The Crafty Pad - Dress Form Trio

Papers: Hot Off The Press - Nonna's Garden

Card Stock: Crafter's Companion - Core'dinations

Tools: Martha Stewart - Edge Punch, Punch Bunch - Flower Punches,

Spellbinders - Standard Circle Die

Embellishments: Doily and pearls - won in a challenge, seam binding from stash

Sentiment: The Crafty Pad - Happy Birthday Sentiment

As a special treat all of the images that have been chosen by the Design Team are being offered to you in a fantastic

30% OFF SALE

So for ONE WEEK ONLY

 there is a 30% off sale on the images chosen by the DT

So pop over to The Crafty Pad Challenge Blog and take a look at the images that the other DT members have chosen and grab yourself a bargain.

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

Fussy and Fancy Challenge 68 - Vintage (with distressing and lace)

Take Time for You Challenge 73 - Vintage

4 Crafty Chicks Challenge 101 - Distressing

Crafty Ribbons Challenge 25 - Seeing Spots & Dots

Dream Valley Challenge 38 - Die Cuts and Punches

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Books and Text

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge 87 - Butterflies and/or Bows

Charisma Cardz Challenge 30 - Pink + 1

Craft Your Passion Challenge 122 - Anything Goes

Sugar Creek Hollow Challenge 23 - Something Old, Something New (new pearls and doily, old image)

Thank you for visiting today, please pop back in minute to see my Bearly Mine Designs DT card.

Pauline

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