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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80th Birthday

Just before Christmas my Mother-in-Law asked me to make a Birthday card for a friend of hers who is turning 80 this month.

Her friend likes Flowers and Pink so I decided to use my NitWit Annabelle Collection, it is full of pretty pink flowers.  I printed several copies of the flowers so that I could fussy cut them and layer them up using foam pads, the sentiment is from the DigiStamp Boutique, I changed the colour to match the papers and cut it out with a Hunkydory die.

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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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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Home

This is the last of the three cards that I created for my friend, this is a very CAS design and I think it is my favourite.

I kept this one very Clean and Simple, the little house is a digi from The DigiStamp Boutique, I created the rest of the card in Microsoft Word. 

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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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.

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

Pauline
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Happy Birthday To You

This is the second card that I have created with the Julie Loves Autumn Sketches collection,  I cut three of the fabulous papers into narrow strips and layered them up on a piece of scrap card stock which I then cut into a rectangle.

The sentiment is from The DigiStamp Boutique Large Birthday Sentiments set printed onto matching card stock.

I fussy cut several flowers and leaves and layered them up to embellish my card.

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

Pauline
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Happy Birthday Wishes

The new Craftwork Cards Stamp Club kit will be out soon and I'm just getting around to sharing the cards that I made with this month's kit!

I have stamped the top half of the stamp and coloured it with a combination of ProMarkers and Spectrum Noir Illustrator pens.

The sentiment is from The DigiStamp Boutique, I printed it on white card stock and cut it to size. I just added a narrow strip of black card stock between the stamped image and the white panel.

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

Pauline
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Say It With Flowers

I have been playing with my Spectrum Noir Colorista pens again, this time I coloured up one of the cards from the Say It With Flowers Card Making Kit.

This beautiful Sunflower also has lots of glitter on it but again I just couldn't manage to capture it in the photographs.  The sentiment is from the The DigiStamp Boutique Large Brush Script Sentiments collection, I cut it into a banner shape and doodled around the edges.

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

Pauline
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Exquisite Florals

I have finally had a play with some of my Spectrum Noir Colorista Stash, it has been just sitting in a cupboard for ages.

I used the Spectrum Noir Colorista Exquisite Florals Pad, there is a lot of glitter on the image but I could not get it to show in the photographs.

The sentiment is from The DigiStamp Boutique Large Brush Script Sentiments set.

I really enjoyed colouring this image, the pens blend beautifully and I found it really relaxing.

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Pauline
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Music Star

This is an 8 x 8 scrapbook page that I created for Simply Cards & Papercraft. I was commissioned to create five masculine projects using the sunburst technique.

I used Dovecraft Back to Basics Blue Skies papers, X-Cut Star Dies and Memory Box Alphabet Tile Letters Dies - the photographs are my youngest son when he was quite a lot younger.

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

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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Sunburst Birthday

This is another of the cards 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 and a sentiment from The DigiStamp Boutique.

I used a Tim Holtz die and one of the papers to create the rosette, I also added a button and some twine from my stash.

Thank you for popping in, 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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On your 21st Birthday

This is another of the  Milestone Birthday cards that I created for last months Making Cards Magazine.  I used the beautiful NitWit Bundled Enchanting Collection.

I created a sunburst background with the papers and added a sentiment from the Milestone Word Art collection by the DigiStamp Boutique.

I fussy cut the flowers and inked the edges before layering them up.

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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Bearly Mine Inspiration - Fun Time Dan

Good morning, I'm here to share an inspiration project for the Bearly Mine Inspiration and Challenge Blog.

I have used a fabulous image from the Digi Stamp Boutique and gorgeous papers from the Bearly Mine Designs The Boys Zone collection.

I coloured my image with ProMarkers and used Core'dinatins card stock.  The sentiment is a Clearly Besotted stamp cut out with a Spellbinders Banner die and the Anchor is also a Spellbinders die.  The button and twine are both from my stash..

Make sure you pop over and check out the Bank Holiday Sale in the Bearly Mine Designs Shop  - it will run until midnight Tuesday 26th August 2014 (here in the UK), there is also a fabulous new paper collection called Halloween Fantasy..

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

Digi Sketch Challenge - Summer Fun
Perfectly Rustics Challenge 29 - Masculine Card
Fab 'n' Funky Challenge 226 - For the Kids
Digitally Sweet Challenge 102 - Guys Only

That's Crafty! Challenge Blog - This is a Man's World

The East Wind Challenge 13 - For the Kiddies

4 Crafty Chicks Challenge - Let's get Masculine 

Crafts 4 Eternity Challeng 190 - Oh I Do Like To Be Beside the Seaside
Digi Stamp Boutique August Customer Competition - Use a Digi Stamp Boutique image
Clear it Out Challenge - Theme: Anything Goes, Stash: Anything Goes (almost everything used on this card is from my stash)

Thank you for visiting me today, make sure you pop over to the Bearly Mine Inspiration and Challenge Blog and join in with this months 'Anything Goes' challenge.

Pauline
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Boo!

Good morning, I hope everyone is well and enjoying the new week. We have a new challenge for you at Bearly Mine Designs and this week it's Anything Goes.

I've made my first Halloween card of the year using papers from the Bearly Mine Designs Halloween Hauntings collection and a freebie from 2010 that is still available in the Shop.

 

I have used an image from the DigiStamp Boutique and the sentiment is a Clearly Besotted Stamp.  I hand cut the banners and used a Martha Stewart punch for the border, the button and twine are from my stash.

We have two fabulous Sponsors this week:

Alota Rubber Stamps

$15 Gift Certificate

and

My Mum's Craft Shop

£10 Gift Voucher

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

Totally Gorjuss Challenge 202 - Dotty
Creative Corner Challenge - Halloween
Artistic Inspirations Challenge 60 - Anything Goes/Bright Colours
Kaboodle Doodles Challenge 190 - Use Orange
The Pink Elephant Challenge 218 - Polka Dots & Stripes
Paper Makeup Digi Makeover Challenge 107 - Anything Goes
Love to Scrap Challenge 14 - Run For The Border (Martha Stewart border punch)
ABC Challenge 46 - Tic Tac Toe (use 2 or more embellishments, Halloween, Pattern Paper)

Make sure you visit the Bearly Mine Challenge Blog to take a look at the fabulous DT inspiration and join in with this weeks Anything Goes challenge.

Thank you for visiting today, please pop in again soon.

Pauline
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