Easter Bunny

I have something a little different to share today, I have had this MDF Bunny in my stash for ages and decided that it was about time I did something with it.

I used papers from my Authentique Springtime collection to cover the bunny and fussy cut the eggs from one of the toppers in the Authentique Cottontail collection.  The little bow is an old Die-namics die, cut from another of the Springtime papers.  I added some additional colour to a couple of the eggs and created some grass with a Lawn Fawn die.

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Pauline
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Christmas Advent

I made another of my Christmas Advent calendars using the Lawn Fawn Tiny Gift Box die and Celebration Countdown die, this one was for my Mother-in-Law..

I used some old Christmas papers from my stash, I have lost the front cover so unfortunately I don't know the make.  They are quite easy to make but rather time consuming, the little bows take the longest.  I heat embossed the scalloped circle and the numbers and then die cut them all.  I filled it with a selection of chocolates and I'm pleased to say my Mother-in-Law loved it.

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Pauline
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Advent Calendar

I am Guest Designer for Craftwork Cards this month and this project is being shared over on the Craftwork Cards and Friends Official Facebook Group, we are having a Christmas Advent event - an inspiration project will be shared every day. If you are not a member pop over and join, there is lots of fabulous inspiration and competitions along with special offers and information about new launches - it's such a friendly group.

I created this Advent Calendar with papers from the Christmas Post Collection

I created the boxes with my Lawn Fawn Tiny Gift Box die, the little bows were created with a die from the same set.

I cut the numbers from one of the papers in The Magic of Christmas collection.

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Pauline
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Vintage Fawn

I am Guest Designer for Craftwork Cards this month and this card is being shared over on the Craftwork Cards and Friends Official Facebook Group, we are having a Christmas Advent event - an inspiration project will be shared every day.  If you are not a member pop over and join, there is lots of fabulous inspiration and competitions along with special offers and information about new launches - it's such a friendly group.

I have created this vintage style Christmas card using the Craftwork Cards Winter Woodland collection.

The scalloped border is a Lawn Fawn die and I cut the topper mat with my Spellbinder scalloped circle die.

The sentiment is also from Craftwork Cards, the ribbon, twine and button are all from my stash.

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Pauline
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Vintage Robin

I have created this vintage style Christmas card using the Craftwork Cards Winter Woodland collection.

The scalloped border is a Lawn Fawn die and I cut the topper mat with my Spellbinder scalloped circle die.

The sentiment is also from Craftwork Cards, the twine is from my stash.

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Pauline
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Birthday Stars

This is my card for this weeks Less is More Challenge, it's the dreaded one layer week and the theme is Stars.

I used four stamp sets to create this simple card!  The sentiment is from Creative Expressions, the large stars are from the Clearly Besotted Superstar stamp set, the smallest solid stars are from the Clearly Besotted Many Thanks stamp set and the larger solid stars are from the Lawn Fawn Summertime Charm stamp set.

I used Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink - these inks stamp up beautifully.

I would like to enter this card into this weeks Less is More Challenge #350 - One Layer Stars.

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Pauline
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Another Tutorial

If you are a regular visitor to my blog you might remember a series of Z-fold cards that I created for Simply Cards & Papercraft magazine.

As part of the commission I created two step by step tutorials, I have already shared the beginner design HERE - this is the more advanced design.

This is the finished card.

Score a 30 x 21 cm piece of blue card stock at 7.5 cm and 15 cm. Trim a 6cm strip from the bottom of the card stock. Trim the larger piece of card stock diagonally from a point 9.5 cm from the bottom left corner to the top right corner.

Valley fold both pieces of card stock along the 15 cm score line and mountain fold along the 7.5 cm score line. Cover the front panels with patterned paper leaving a narrow border.

Adhere the smaller panel to the front of the card to form the Z shape.

Cut two 12.3 x 1.5 cm strips of blue card stock and score at 2.5 cm from each edge, fold along the score lines.

Attach to the inside of the box that has been formed in the centre of the card.

Repeat with the second strip of card stock to form a pop up box.

Attach a selection of balloons and numbers to the blue tabs using acetate and decorate the front panels of the card as required.

I hope this step by step is helpful to those of you that haven't created a Z-fold card yet.

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Pauline
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21st Birthday Wishes

This is the card that I made for my youngest son to give Hannah for her Birthday, we went out for a lovely meal with her and her family to celebrate on Saturday night .

I used papers from the Dovecraft Back to Basics Baby Steps collection - it is a baby collection but there are several pretty papers that are suitable for all occasions.

I paper pieced my Woodware Huge stamp and cut the Hannah with Lawn Fawn dies, I cut the name from grey card stock and then again with from yellow so that I could inlay them.

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Pauline
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Party Time

This is the final Z-fold card that I created for this months Simply Cards & Papercraft Magazine. I was commission to produce a Masterclass on making Z-fold cards using the Trimcraft Make a Wish paper pad.

The balloons, numbers and birthday cake are all from the Crafter’s Companion Sara Davies Birthday Party Signature Collection. The letters are from the Lawn Fawn Finley’s ABCs Die collection.

This photograph shows the inside of the card ready to have the elements attached.

I really enjoyed making these cards, it was quite a challenge to create six especially as it's not a style that I normally make.

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Pauline
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Caroling Snowmen

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

I used the fun  Caroling Snowman image from our sponsor Paper Nest Dolls to create my card.

My inspiration came from a card I saw on Pinterest, of course I can't find it again now!  I coloured my snowman family with a combination of ProMarkers and Spectrum Noir Illustrator Pens before cutting them out with my Sue Wilson Pierced Ovals dies.

I printed some Pink Petticoat snowflake papers onto Kraft card stock and stamped a Lawn Fawn Sentiment.  The snowflake embellishments are a Clearly Besotted Snowflake die.

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 Favourite Festive Digi challenge.

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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.

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Pauline
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Cuddly Bears Banner

This is another project that I created for the Tonic Studios Design Collection published by Practical Publishing.  For this one I used the Tonic Rococo Cuddly Bears Die along with my Lawn Fawn Stitched Party Banners Die to create a name banner.

I also used some Tonic Essential Heated Hues card stock and some dotty papers. The ribbon and twine is from my stash.

I would like to enter this banner into the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - the theme is Anything But A Card.

Thank you for visiting my blog today, I hope everyone has a lovely weekend.

Pauline

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Wishing

I made this card for my Mum to give to a friend, I used a topper and papers from The Hobby House.

I used my Tattered Lace Torn Edge Square to frame the image and my Lawn Fawn Stitched Scalloped Border to create the border.

The flowers are a Die'sire Essentials Flowers for all Occasions die along with some papers from my stash.

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

Crafty Calendar July Challenge - Punches and/or Dies

Crafting-With-Friends Challenge 24 - Anything Goes

Creative Corner Challenge - Anything Goes

Cut it Up Challenge 100 - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge 113 - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge 37 - Always Anything Goes
Pile It On Challenge 112 - Use Your Favourite Colours

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Pauline
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Let Love Grow

I'm a bit late posting today, better late than never though!

This is a just because card that I have made with the new Studio Light Love & Home collection.

The image is a decoupage image and the papers are also from the collection - I have inked the edges of everything.

The sentiment is a Clearly Besotted die and the small hearts are a Lawn Fawn die.  the seam binding and flower are from my stash.

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

Crafty Calendar January Challenge - Something New

My Time to Craft Challenge 313 - Tag It
Simply Create Too Challenge 101 - Something New

Winter Wonderland Challenge - Something New

The Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge - Something Old, Something New (new papers, old dies)

Jade's Sparkling Butterflies Challenge 11 - Anything Goes/Add A Tag

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Pauline
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Health Nut

I have made this card for the current Stella Says Sketch Challenge over at Bugaboo.

I have used the fun Health Nut image, this would be good for my husband - he's a bit of a fitness nut!

I coloured my image with Spectrum Noir Markers and used papers from the Lawn Fawn Sweater Weather paper pack.

The Fishtail tags are Die-namics die cuts and the button, twine, pearls and sentiment are from my stash.

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

QKR Stampede Challenge 151 - Anything Goes

Pattie's Creations Chalenge 113 - Anything Goes
Morgan's Art World Challenge 4 - Use 3 of Something (3 pearls)

Stella Says Sketch Challenge 312 - Sketch

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Pauline

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Snippets House

I've managed to make a card for this weeks Less is More Challenge, it's recipe week and we are to use snippets.

I have glued lots of little snippets to a piece of copy paper and then used a Marianne die to cut out a house - I'm still making 'I've Moved' cards for my Mum!

I have also die cut a little border from another snippet using a Lawn Fawn border die and added a little twine bow.

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

Less is More Week 234 - Snippets
Crafty Time July Callenge - Punches or Dies

Pixie's Snippets Playground Week 187 - Snippets

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Pauline
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