Musical Birthday

This is the card that I created for my youngest son to give his brother on his Birthday, he is a keen guitar player, he also writes his own songs and sings so I decided on a music theme.

The background is one of the new LOTV Watercolour backgrounds, I stamped the music over the top, I found the guitar toppers on the internet and added some washi tape and a sentiment from The DigiStamp Boutique.

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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A Merry Little Christmas

I have another Twist and Pop card to share today, I have used my Mintay The Sweetest Christmas collection again - the Cut-Apart sheets in the Mintay collections are perfect for the Twist and Pop element.

I fussy cut all of the elements from the Papers and layered them up with foam pads, the sentiment is a LOTV stamp.

This is the Twist and Pop element using a strip from the fabulous Cut-Apart sheet, not the easiest to photograph!

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Pauline
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Happy Birthday Rosette

This is another card that I have created with my Simon Says Stamp June 2012 Card Kit, I have lots of these very old kits and I'm determined to use them all.

I have used five of the papers from the paper pad and one of the vintage dictionary papers to create the rosette.  I have inked the edges of everything and added an old LOTV stamped sentiment, the twine is from my stash.

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

Pauline
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Piggy and Snowflakes

This is another of the cards that I created for the December edition of Making Cards Magazine, this one uses the free bonus online download - all you need to do is like the Making Cards Facebook page and follow the Free Craft Paper link.

Everything that I used to make this card is from the free paper collection with the exception of some blue card stock and sentiment stamps from LOTV.

I cut out the image with a Tattered Lace circle die and added some glitter around the outside, I also fussy cut one of the gifts and added it along with some gems to embellish.

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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From me to you

I have used the Sarah Davies Vintage Tea Party Signature Collection to create this vintage style card.

I have used the paper pad, the Vintage Doily die, the Made with Love Jam Jar die and some of the twine from the collection.

The sentiment tag and main sentiment are LOTV stamps and the ribbon and button are from my stash.

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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A Gift

I created this card for the latest Less is More Challenge - it is the dreaded one layer week and the theme is Cute, I have already entered one card and I almost forgot about this one.

My image is from LOTV and I have used my Spectrum Noir Illustrator Pens to colour it.

The sentiment comes with the image and I have added 3D Crystal Lacquer to the dots on the gift.

I would like to enter this card into the Less is More Challenge #363 - One Layer Card - Cute

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Pauline
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Musical Robins

I have another very quick Christmas card to share today, nice and flat so perfect for posting.

I have used a LOTV image and added a sentiment from Pink Petticoat, now trading as The Lovely Studio.

I cut my image out with a Tonic die and mounted it onto a piece of blue tartan paper from an old edition of Making Cards Magazine.

Thank you for visiting my blog today, your company is much appreciated - I will be back tomorrow with something  a little more elaborate.

Pauline
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Ho! Ho! Ho!

I have a very quick Christmas card to share today, I need a few more and this is nice and flat so perfect for posting.

I have used a LOTV image and added a sentiment from Pink Petticoat, now trading as The Lovely Studio,

I cut my image out with a Tonic die and mounted it onto a piece of tartan paper from the First Edition - A Christmas Story paper pad.

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Pauline
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Magic and Sparkle

This is another of the simple Christmas cards that I have been creating with my Dovecraft Magic & Sparkle papers, these cards are perfect for posting.

I have used papers from the 6 x 6 paper pad and fussy cut the beautiful stag from the cover of the 12 x 12 paper pad.

I cut the circle with spellbinders dies and added a LOTV sentiment, I finished my card with some pearls.

I would like to enter this card into the October Rudolf Days Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes.

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Pauline
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Penguin Jingle

It's time for a new challenge at Christmas with the Cuties and the theme this month is Christmas Animals.

Sadly this is my final challenge with Christmas with the Cuties, I am standing down from all of my design teams and also taking a break from my magazine work - I have so much stash that I have not even touched, I just want to craft for fun and use some of it up.

I used the adorable Jingle Penguins image from our sponsor Pink Gem Designs to create my card.

They are adorable aren't they - I coloured them with  Spectrum Noir Illustrator pens and added glitter to their hats and 3D Chrystal Lacquer to the bells.

The papers are from the First Edition Merry Little Christmas paper pad and the sentiment is from LOTV.

I would like to enter this card into the September Rudolph Days Challenge - Anything Goes as long as it's Christmas.

Make sure you pop over to the Christmas with the Cuties challenge blog and take a look at the Design Team inspiration, we would love for you to join us for our Christmas Animals challenge.

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

Pauline
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Intricate Snowman

This is the final card that I created for this months Di-cutting essentials magazine, this time I have used the Intricut Intricate Snowman Die.

I used the Carta Bella Winter Fun Paper Collection again, I distressed the edges and this time I decided to inlay the snowman in some blue card stock.

This sentiment is from LOTV, the ribbon and pearls are from my stash.

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Pauline
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Christmas Stag

Have you seen the latest edition of Die-cutting essentials - I was commission to create five Christmas cards using some gorgeous Intricut dies.  This one uses the beautiful Intricate Stag die.

I used papers from the Carta Bella Winter Fun paper collection along with my X-cut star dies and Sara Davies Contemporary Christmas embossing folder.

The sentiment tag is from LOTV and I have added some buttons and twine from my stash.

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Pauline
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Winter Landscape

It's time for a new challenge at Ooh La La Creations and the theme for the next fortnight is Landscapes chosen by Lynn.    I have created a card using a beautiful scene from the Ooh La La Creations Carnival of Colour CD.

The beautiful scene and the papers are from the CD, I have overprinted the dark blue papers with some Pink Petticoat papers - the sentiment is from LOTV.

 I have inked the edges of everything and used Kraft card stock.

Make sure you pop over to the Ooh La La Creations Challenge Blog and check out the DT inspiration, we would love for you to join us for our Landscapes Challenge.

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Pauline
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Christmas Cheer

It's time for a new challenge at Christmas with the Cuties and the theme this month is Clean and Simple.

I have used the cute Snowman at the Window digital stamp from our sponsor Crafty Sentiments to create my card.

I have kept things really simple - I used a Sue Wilson pierced square die to cut him out.

I used some twine from my stash to attach a LOTV sentiment tag.

Make sure you pop over to the Christmas with the Cuties challenge blog and take a look at the Design Team inspiration, we would love for you to join us for our Clean and Simple challenge.

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

June Rudolph Days Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes

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

Pauline
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A New Home

This is the card that I created for my eldest son and his girlfriend, we helped them move into their new apartment yesterday - it's on the 4th floor and it was the hottest day of the year so far, I will be having a quiet day today!

The image is from a LOTV Art Pad and the papers are NitWit Collections.

I used a sentiment from Pink Petticoat and decorated the inside of my card using the same papers and design as the front.

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

Pauline
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Afternoon Tea

This is the card that I made for my Mum's Birthday - she is 89 today.

I used a decoupage image and papers from Joanna Sheen's Jane Shasky From the Heart of the Garden CD, the dotty papers are Bearly Mine Designs Mini Dots - sadly no longer trading.

I used my Tattered Lace Torn Edge Squares to frame the image and my Tattered Lace Torn Edge Circles to frame the LOTV sentiment.

I used the same papers and design to decorate the inside of my card.

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

Pauline
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Spring Birthday

It's time for a new challenge at CD Sunday and the theme for the next fortnight is Spring Colours chosen by ME. Don’t forget to use something from a CD somewhere, however small, in the making of your card or project and give the CD credit.

I used a beautiful image and papers from Joanna Sheen's Ivory Cats CD.

The striped papers and the solid paper are from The Lovely Studio (formerly Pink Petticoat) and the sentiment is a LOTV stamp.

To embellish my card I added a seam binding bow and some card candi that I made from matching card stock and 3D Crystal Lacquer.

It is CD Sunday's 7th Birthday on 18th April – almost exactly between my challenge and Carol’s challenge on 23rd April.

Please help us celebrate our 7th Birthday by creating a card with 'Spring Colours'  and you could win the following additional prize donated by a team member.

Secret Slider by Tattered Lace

A  brand new Tattered Lace Secret Slider die - please check the CD Sunday Challenge blog for full details.

Make sure you pop over to the CD Sunday Challenge blog and check out the DT Inspiration - we would love for you to join us for our Spring Colours challenge, just make sure you use something from a CD somewhere, however small, in the making of your card or project and give the CD credit.

Thank you for calling this morning, please leave a comment so that I know you've been and will be able to come and visit you.

Pauline
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