A Beautiful Day

I'm glad to see, after my last post talking about blogging, that most of my current friends intend to continue with their blogs and I have to agree with some of the comments, that you do tend to get out of blogging what you put into it, meaning that if you don't comment on other's blogs, you are unlikely to receive many comments on yours.

Anyway, enough of that, this is another card that I have created with my Heartfelt Creations Wild Aster Collection, I was lucky enough to pick this up at a bargain price from Facebook Marketplace - Facebook does have some good points!

I have used one of the beautiful papers along with one of the toppers, I cut out the image from the centre of the topper to create a window and form a shaker card.  I used the dies from the collection to cut out the flowers and foliage, I also fussy cut the butterflies and added a sentiment from the collection.

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

Pauline
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Happy 18th Birthday

It was a friend's 18th Birthday just before Christmas and this is the card that I created for her.

I used papers from the Authentique Flawless collection and created a shaker card.  The sentiment is from The DigiStamp Boutique, sadly no longer trading, I also used my Inverted Stitched Rectangle Dies from Crafter's Companion.  I found a nice verse on the internet for the inside of the card.

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas, it was relatively quiet here - just me, hubby, the boys and MiL, I like it like that.

Thank you for visiting my blog 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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Christmas Fun

I have used my Gemini Slimline Aperture Cut and Emboss Folder to create a shaker card, these cut and emboss folders make creating shaker cards so easy.

I have used papers and die cuts from the Watercolour Christmas collection by Sara Davies along with some of the Chunky Glitter that is also from 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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Watercolour Christmas

I thought it was time to start making my Christmas cards, Christmas will be here before we know it and I haven't really given it much thought yet!

I have used my Watercolour Christmas Signature collection by Sara Davies to create a fun shaker card. I have used a couple of papers from the 6 x 6 paper pad and some die cuts from the 12 x 12 paper pad.  I used some of the snowflake dies from the collection to cut the snowflakes and added a sentiment that I cut from a border in the 12 x 12 paper collection.

I used the Chunky Glitter from the collection in the shaker, it's not much like glitter but it looks good in the shaker and shakes really nicely.

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

Pauline
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Just bee-cause

I couldn't resist the new Crafter's Companion Natures Garden collection - Bee-Youtiful, who doesn't like Bees!  I have lots of ideas of what to make with this collection but decided to create a shaker card first.

I used three of the papers along with the Sweet as Honeycomb die, I also fussy cut a couple of bees and added a stamped sentiment from the collection.

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

Pauline
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Happy 50th

My neighbour asked me to make a birthday card for her Daughter who turns fifty next month, this is one of the cards that I created but I didn't give it to her because I don't like it very much - I think it's the sentiment.

I created a Shaker card, the paper is from the Crafter's Companion Nature's Garden Nativity collection, I don't think you would know that they are Christmas papers though.  The glasses are also from Crafter's Companion and another Christmas collection - Gemini Celebrate the Season dies.

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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It's a Girl

I decided to create another card using my Tonic Craft Kit 16, this time I made a New Baby card.

I made a shaker card using the kit and papers from the Sara Davies Little Angel Signature Collection.  The sentiment is a Just Rite die and I used some Crafter's Companion iridescent Sequins.

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

Pauline
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Deck the Halls

This is the last of the shaker cards that I created for the launch shows on Create and Craft,  I used the Crafter's Companion Shaker Stamp and Die sets.

I used the Christmas Ornament collection to create this card, there are two different baubles to make - the sentiment is from the collection as well. The papers are from Sara's A Winter’s Tale Signature collection and the cardstock is Centura Pearl.

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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Let it Snow

I have another easel card to day, this time it is a shaker card.  I used the Crafter's Companion Snow Globe Christmas Shaker Die collection, there are lots of stamps in the collection for you to create little scenes along with a die cut sentiment and a snowflake.

I used papers from the Decorative Christmas paper pad and some ribbon 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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Baubles & Bling

I have another shaker card to share today, I tried to do something a little different for this one - not sure it worked though!

I cut the Christmas Ornament die from four different colours of Mirri cardstock and arranged them on a 7" square card blank.  I filled them all with four different colours of sequins and added a stamped sentiment that is also from the Christmas Ornament collection.

I had a lovely day shopping with my son yesterday, I was a bit disappointed with the clothes shopping but managed to get lots more storage for my craft room.

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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Winter Wishes

I didn't manage to post yesterday, I am in the middle of a major re-organization of my craft room and I really mean major! I have 10 years worth of stash to go through and I am really going to be ruthless and get it sorted once and for all so if I don't appear much over the next week you will know why.

I have another shaker card to share today, I used the Christmas Window Stamp and Die collection to create this card, you get stamps to create the view from the inside and outside of the window, I decided to look outside for this card.

I used Kraft cardstock and papers from the Nature’s Garden Poinsettia Perfection Paper Pad. The sentiment is from the Christmas Window Stamp and Die collection.

I inked the edges of everything, I think the patterned paper looks a bit like old wall paper and the inking adds to the vintage feel.  The ribbon, twine and pearls 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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Ornament Shaker

This is another of the cards that I created for the launch of the new Crafter's Companion Christmas Shaker dies - you can find them in the Crafter's Companion shop HERE.  I was asked to create some samples for the shows and this is one of them. You can find more cards using the Christmas Shaker Die collection HERE.

I used the Christmas Ornament die to create this card, you can create two versions of the ornament and there is a die cut sentiment and lots of sentiment stamps as well.  I used papers from the Nature’s Garden Poinsettia Perfection Paper Pad along with some matt gold Mirri, I fussy cut some on the poinsettias from the papers to embellish.

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

Pauline
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Snow much Fun

This is another of the cards that I created for the  launch of the new Crafter's Companion Christmas Shaker dies, I was asked to create some samples for the shows and this is one of them. You can find more cards using the Christmas Shaker Die collection HERE.

I used the Snow Globe die to create this card, there are lots of stamps to create a scene inside along with sentiment stamps and a sentiment die and snowflake die.  I also used the Shimmering Snowflake 3D embossing folder and some gold guilding wax.

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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Holiday Sparkle

Craig will be on Create and Craft at 8 am today, he will be launching the new Crafter's Companion Christmas Shaker dies, I was asked to create some samples for the shows and this is one of them. You can find another card using the Christmas Window Stamp and Die collection HERE.

I used the Snow Globe Stamp and Die collection cut from red Mirri card to create this card, you also get stamps to create a scene along with some sentiments.  I used one of the 3D embossing folders that are also on the show, the Softly Falling folder and some Centura Metallic Card from the Precious Metals pack.  The papers are from the Nature’s Garden Poinsettia Perfection Paper Pad.

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

Pauline
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Traditional Christmas

Craig will be on Create and Craft tomorrow to launch the new Crafter's Companion Christmas Shaker dies, I was asked to create some samples for the shows and this is one of them.

I used the Christmas Window Stamp and Die collection to create this card, you get stamps to create the view from the inside and outside of the window so I decided to use them both on this card.  The first one is looking in and the second one is looking out.

The papers are from Sara's A Winter’s Tale Signature collection and I fussy cut the poinsettias from the Nature’s Garden Poinsettia Perfection Paper Pad. The sentiment is from the Christmas Window Stamp and Die collection.

Thank you for visiting my blog 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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For a Special Friend

Another pretty card to share today, I have used the Craftwork Cards Shabby Chic Collection Pack to create a shaker card.

I used the Country Charm Template to create my flowers, I traced around the large and small flower several times and fussy cut them.  I layered them up and added small rolled flowers from the Shabby Chic collection to the centre of each flower.

The sentiment banner is also from the collection, I cut another banner from the dotty papers.  I added a butterfly that was die cut from the same dotty papers.

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

Pauline
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Birthday Sequins

I have a little shaker Birthday card to share today.

I used some First Edition Pretty Posy papers and a sentiment from Pink Petticoat (now trading as The Lovely Studio).  The flowers are stamps from Joy Crafts stamped onto some of the Pretty Posy papers.

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

Pauline
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Birthday Shaker

This is another of the projects that I created for the latest edition of Simply Cards & Papercraft. I was commissioned to create five masculine projects using the sunburst technique.

I used papers from the Dovecraft Back to Basics Blue Skies collection to create a shaker card.

I used my X-Cut Star Die to cut the shaker window and create a frame for it.

The sentiment banner is a DigiStamp Boutique stamp, I just wrapped it with some twine.

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

Pauline
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Floral Shaker

This is my second card for this weeks Less is More Challenge, it's Recipe week and we need to Use a Frame.

I embossed my base panel with a wood grain embossing folder.  I decided to create a shaker card and used two Spellbinders rectangle dies to cut the frame.

I used my Joy Crafts stamp to create the flowers and cut out a Crafter's Companion stamped sentiment with my Spellbinders Banner die.

I would like to enter this card into the Less is More Challenge 321 - Use a Frame.

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

Pauline
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Happy Birthday Shaker

This is my card for this weeks Less is More Challenge, they are celebrating their 6th Birthday this month and the theme for this week is Colour Wheel, they would like us to use 3 adjacent colours on our cards.

I chose to use red, orange and yellow and made a very simple shaker card.

The Happy Birthday die is from the Sara Davies Birthday Party Collection.  Some orange card stock, a few sequins plus a twine bow and that's it!

I would like to enter this card into the Less is More Colour Wheel Challenge.

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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