New Beginnings

I have been a very bad blogger again, it's ages since I have posted anything!  In my defence, we have been very busy in the garden  We have made some large deep beds and have cleared the area where my old greenhouse used to be, we had to remove it to make way for my husband's cabin.  We are now in the process of creating a vegetable patch - I will share some photographs when it is all completed.

I am sharing some more cards that I created with the Crafter's Companion Make and Send pads, again I have tried to make something rather different to the examples that are given, I have used the All Occasions pad, there is also a Christmas one.

For this card I have used a couple of the papers, a topper and a fussy cut butterfly along with my Gemini Edge'ables - With Love die.

For this one I have used my Gemini Edge'ables - Moroccan Trellis dies with two of the papers, a sentiment and some more fussy cut butterflies.  I made the rosette from one of the papers using my Tim Holtz Paper Rosette Die.

This one is more like some of the samples - I have used three of the papers, a sentiment topper and two fussy cut butterflies.  I also cut out and made up one of the envelopes that are included in the pad.

For my final card I used two of the papers and my Gemini Expressions - Thanks A Bunch die, I also made up another envelope.

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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Make and Send

I popped a couple of the Crafter's Companion Make and Send pads into my basket recently, these are card making pads - the description claims that they contain everything you need to craft and decorate 16 hand-made cards. I like to challenge myself to create something other than the examples that are given, this time I used the All Occasions pad.

The papers, butterflies and sentiment are from the pad, I used my Sam Poole Shabby Basics dies to cut the little doilies and a Tim Holtz die to make the rosette.

For this card I used papers, butterflies and sentiments from the collection again, the envelope is a paper sheet from the pad, you just cut it out and follow the fold lines.  I used my Hunkydory Tag Punch to create the tags and some Sizzix dies to create the flower.

This time I used my Crafter's Companion Patchwork dies to cut the squares from some of the papers, I inked the edges of everything and added a sentiment and butterflies from the collection.

This final card is more the type of card that is suggested in the examples, I have used papers, a butterfly and a sentiment.

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

Pauline
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Make a Splash

I have another masculine card to share today, I have used the Hunkydory Sporting Silhouettes collection to create a double Z-fold card.  This design looked good in my head but didn't quite work out as I had planned - does that ever happen to you?

I used one large image, two smaller images, a couple of sentiments and one sheet of printed card stock.  I created the rosette with one of the printed papers that comes with this collection.

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Pauline
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Oriental Dragonflies

Sorry I've not been around much for the past week or so, we are just back from a wonderful holiday in Pembrokeshire, South Wales, we were certainly lucky with the weather - we had one wet and windy day, even then we still managed a lovely long walk on the beach with the dogs, the rest of the holiday was glorious sunshine.  I will share some photographs a bit later when I have managed to sort through them.

I have a rather simple card to share today, I have used the Hunkydory Oriental Dreams Papercraft Kit that I picked up on Facebook again.

I used a topper and some of the printed card stock along with a sentiment placed on a rosette, I usually do this when the sentiment is small, the flowers were cut using my Heartfelt Creations Flowering Dogwood Die and I added some gold leaves and gold twine.

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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Oriental Dreams

I've been selling lots of my unwanted stash on Facebook recently, the only downside to that is you tend to see what everyone else is selling and surprise, surprise, I have bought a few bits and bobs as well!

I created this card with a Hunkydory Topper Set that I purchased, it is the Oriental Dreams collection.

I used one of the beautiful toppers and a sheet of the matching card stock.  I cut the flowers from some Maroon card stock and the leaves from gold Mirri card stock.  The sentiment is from the Crafter's Companion Downton Abbey collection - a real blast from the past, I placed it on a rosette cut with my Tim Holtz Paper Rosette die.

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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Life's a Beach

I have a card to share today, I am trying to use up my Graphic 45 Sun Kissed collection - I'm nearly there!

I saw a card created by Kathy by Design with lots of rosettes on it and thought they were perfect for the Beach themed Sun Kissed collection.  I used my Tim Holtz Paper Rosette die to cut three from the papers, I trimmed two of them to make them all different sizes, I also added a little fishtail flag cut with my favourite Die-namics 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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Follow your Dreams

I created this card with one of the new Hunkdory Deluxe Craft Pads.

I used one of the papers, a sentiment and a topper from the Lilac Moments Pad, I also cut the rosette and a flower from the papers - this is a really pretty collection with lovely pastel colours.

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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Life on the Farm

I have been playing with my Graphic 45 Farmhouse collection again, this time I have created a card. 

I have used several of the papers from the main collection along with some from the Patterns & Solids.  I added one of the Ephemera Cards and created a rosette with a Tim Holtz die, I have just treated myself to a cordless glue gun and I have to say I love it - so much easier than having to plug in and then fight the cable when you try to stand it up!  I also used my Die-namics Fishtail Flag Dies.

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 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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Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday

This is the first card that I have created with the beautiful new Craftwork Cards Blush Rose Collection, this is another gorgeous collection with lovely pink, blue and grey papers.

I have used the silver grey card stock that is included and also one of the silver sentiments.

I used my Tim Holz Paper Rosette die along with some Spellbinder scalloped circle dies - the gingham ribbon is from my stash.

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

Pauline
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Violet Birthday Wishes

This is the third card that I have created with the beautiful new Craftwork Cards Ultra Violet Flora collection.

This is quite a simple card, I have used two sheets of the patterned papers and a sentiment that I have mounted on a rosette.

To embellish I have just added three pearls from my stash.

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Pauline
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Birthday Wishes

Back to normal today after the excitement of the Bugaboo Stamps 8th Birthday Bash, I do like to join in if I can.  This is another card that I have created with the January 2014 Simon Says Stamp Card Kit.

I used an old Spellbinders die to create the borders and used my favourite Die-namics Fishtail Flags die as well.

I created the rosette with another of my older dies, the Tim Holtz Paper Rosette die.

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Pauline
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Wildflowers with Love

Yet another card created using this months Craftwork Cards Julie Loves Creativity Box - Wildflowers, I hope you are not getting fed up with these - I will have something different to share tomorrow.

I have used one of the patterned papers, two of the solid papers, a sentiment and some flowers from the kit.  I created the rosette with my Tim Holtz Paper Rosette Die and used Spellbinders dies to cut all of the circles.

I used a Clearly Besotted die to cut the scalloped border and added pearls 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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Happy 80th Birthday

This is another of the cards that I created for the latest edition of Simply Cards & Papercraft, I was sent the Apple Blossom Large Numbers and Suffixes die set along with the matching stamp set.

I used papers from NitWit Collections and created the rosette with my Tim Holtz Paper Rosette Die.

I cut all of the circles with Spellbinders dies and created the sentiment flags with Die-namics dies.

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

Pauline
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