Lovely Friends

This is another card created using the Helz Cuppleditch Beach Life collection - I love the bright colours and fun decoupage toppers in this collection.

I have used papers from the 8 x 8" paper pad along with a decoupage topper sheet. The sentiment is also from one of the decoupage sheets.

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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Beach Life

I have another just for fun card to share today, this time I have used the Helz Cuppleditch Beach Life collection - can you tell I am dreaming about summer!

I have used papers from the 8 x 8" paper pad along with a decoupage topper sheet.  The sentiment is also from one of the decoupage sheets, I fussy cut the banner from the front cover of the decoupage sheets.

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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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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Jolly Snowman

I have created this cute Christmas card using the Helz Cuppleditch Decoupage Pad and 6 x 6 Paper pack.

The image is a decoupage image, I layered it up using foam pads and used red card stock as a base for everything.

The sentiment is from the decoupage pack, I added some die cut snowflakes, gems and twine with two little bells attached.

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Pauline
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Christmas Gifts

Cards & Crafts for Christmas is in the shops today and I am delighted to have a feature included on making gifts for book/magazine/stationery lovers in it.

I created a little desk tidy/calendar using the gorgeous First Edition Wild Flower Paper Pad.

I created the little drawers with my Spellbinders Perfect Match Die, it really makes life so much easier - I added some little brads to open them with.

I created the flowers with my Joy Crafts Flower Stamp, I stamped and fussy cut a selection and layered them up for dimension.  I found the calendar pages on the internet.

Make sure you pick up a copy of the magazine it contains 134 festive projects for the perfect crafty Christmas, including cards, gifts, knitting, sewing and crochet!  PLUS there are 4 FREE GIFTS - a designer paper pack from Crafter's Companion, Polkadoodles & NitWit Collections, 5 digital stamps, 2 bendy card cutting files and a bonus template sheet!

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

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.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

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.

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

Pauline
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A quick 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 and as the magazine is no longer available I thought I would share one of them on my blog.

This is the finished card, it is a beginner design.

Score a 30 x 20 cm piece of card stock at 7.5 cm and 15 cm.

Trim 5 cm from the card stock to create two separate panels.

Valley fold both pieces of card stock along the 15 cm score line and mountain fold along the 7.5 cm score line.

Rotate the smaller panel and cover the front panels with pattered paper, I always leave a narrow border around the outside.

Adhere the narrower strip to the card front to form the 'Z' shape.

Decorate as desired.

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

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

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.

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

Pauline
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Birthday Garden

This is one of the advanced Z-fold cards 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.

I created the trees with my Crafter’s Companion Die’sire Four Seasons Die, the little flowers are all separate and I coloured them with Spectrum Noir Illustrator Pens.  The fence is from the Polkadoodles Elegant Lamplight & Gate Die set and the sentiment is a Paper Smooches Stamp.

There is a step by step tutorial in the magazine explaining how to create these cards.

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

Pauline
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Let's Party

This is the second of the beginner Z-fold cards that I created for this months Simply Cards & Papercraft Magazine. I was commission to produce a Masterclass on making Z-fold cards.

I used the Trimcraft Make a Wish 12” x 12” Paper Pad for all of the cards in the series, for this one I added a die cut sentiment and stamped sentiment from the Crafter’s Companion Sara Davies Birthday Party Signature Collection.

These cards really are quite simple to create, I produced a step by step guide for the magazine, make sure you check it out.

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

Pauline
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Floral Lattice

This is the third of six cards that I have published in this months Simply Cards & Papercraft Magazine. I was commission to create a Masterclass on making Z-fold cards.

This is the second of the intermediate designs.

I used the Trimcraft Make a Wish 12” x 12” Paper Pad along with some dies from a couple of Sara Davies Signature Collections. The pink flowers are a Joy Crafts Stamp, I stamped them with pink ink and fussy cut them.

I really enjoyed making these cards, it's not something that I normally do - they are certainly a challenge to photograph.

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

Pauline
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New Baby Boy

This is another of the Z-fol cards that I have published in this months edition of Simply Cards & Papercraft.  I was really honoured to be asked to produce the Masterclass this month - I was commissioned to create six cards - two beginner designs, two intermediate and two advanced. This is one of the beginner designs.

I was sent the Trimcraft Make a Wish 12” x 12” Paper Pad to use and I paired it with stamps and dies from the Crafter’s Companion Sara Davies Little Angel Signature Collection.

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

Pauline
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Birthday Bunting

Issue 165 of Simply Cards & Papercraft is in the shops today so I can share some of the cards that I have in this months magazine.

I was really honoured to be asked to produce a Masterclass all about creating Z-fold cards. I was commissioned to create six cards - two beginner designs, two intermediate and two advanced. This is one of the intermediate designs.

I was sent the Trimcraft Make a Wish 12” x 12” Paper Pad to use and I paired it with dies from the Crafter’s Companion Sara Davies Birthday Party Signature Collection. The little parcels are from Stamps by Chloe, the buttons, ribbon & twine are all from my stash.

Make sure you pick up a copy of this months magazine, it has lots of beautiful cards in it and the free gift is a fabulous bird stamp set and die along with some beautiful Prima papers.

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

Pauline
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Baby Shelf

It's time for a new challenge at Di's Digi Designs and the theme for the next fortnight is Celebrations.

I chose this cute image called Baby Shelf, along with papers from the Trimcraft Party Animals Collection to create a card celebrating the birth of a new baby.

I coloured my image with Spectrum Noir markers and added some ribbon from my stash and a little charm from the Sara Davies Little Angel Signature collection.

The sentiment and safety pin are Sue Wilson dies and I used my Die-namics Fishtail Flags die to create the banner - I think this must be the most used die in my collection!

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

Brown Sugar Challenge 231 - Anything Goes

That's Crafty! Challenge - Anything Goes

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday Challenge 458 - Anything Goes

Creative Knockouts Challenge 174 - Anything Goes

Thank you for popping in today, don't forget to take a look at the Di's Digi Designs Challenge blog to check out the fabulous DT inspiration and join in with our Celebrations challenge.

Pauline
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