Vintage Sunflowers

I am trying to do a little stash busting at the moment, I really do need to use up some of my stash.

I have created this card with one of my older Heartfelt Creations collections - Classic Sunflower.  I think perhaps I'm dreaming of September when the weather can still be nice but a little cooler, it's absolutely roasting here at the moment and I can't remember the last time we had any rain!

This is quite a vintage collection so I decided to do some tearing and inking to create a shabby chic card.  I used several of the beautiful papers along with a frame, I then fussy cut several sunflowers and leaves and layered them up for dimension, I also added a sentiment and fussy cut butterfly from the collection.

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Pauline
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Shopping

This is the final card that I will be making with my Bellisima collection from Docrafts for a little while, I need to make a New Home card and gift for some friends.

This card uses two more of the Bellisima papers, a decoupage topper and a sentiment, the script paper is from Bazzill Basics.  As usual I inked the edges of everything and used foam pads to add dimension, the gems are from Hunkydory.

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Pauline
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Pink and Mint

I have another card to share using the Bellisima collection from Docrafts, I'm still using old stash!

I have used three of the pretty papers, a decoupage topper and a cut down sentiment, I inked the edges of everything, used foam pads for the decoupage and die cut some flowers to embellish.

Our internet provider has informed us that our internet may be down intermittently today, they are doing some routine maintenance, I'm not looking forward to that!

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Pauline
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Bellisima

I am really making a concerted effort to use up some of my older stash - I really need to make some room in my Craft Room!

I have created this card with the Bellisima collection by Docrafts, I used one of the papers and a decoupage topper, This collection must be at least five years old!  I added some script papers from Bazzill and some pretty pastel paper from the First Edition The Promise paper pad - lots of very old stash.  I did some paper tearing, inked the edges of everything and added some die cut flowers - the sentiment is from the Bellisima collection, I cut it down a little because I wanted it smaller.

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Pauline
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Wonderful Friend

I'm still busy creating the album that was part of the online Craft Retreat that I joined last weekend, I created these tags to go in one of the album pockets and thought I would pop in and share them with you.

 

My inspiration came from some tags that Teresa Cruz shared on the Graphic 45 Blog.  I used two large black tags and covered them both with papers from the Blossom collection.   I then punched one edge of two 4" x 6"Journaling & Ephemera Cards and distressed the edges.

I fussy cut lots of flowers from one of the 12" x 12" patterned papers and layered some up on each tag.  The sentiments are old ones from my stash and I added a couple of seam binding bows.

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Pauline
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On my Mind

I created this card with the latest Sara Davies Signature Collection - Vintage Diary, I think she is launching another collection next week, they seem to be launching so many new products at the moment it is difficult to keep up!

I decided to create another slimline card using the teacup image from one of the papers, I die cut it from one sheet and fussy cut it from another so that I could layer it up for dimension.  I used two more of the beautiful vintage papers along with some corrugated card and inked the edges of everything to enhance the vintage feel.  The flowers were cut from the reverse of one of the papers, the reverse sides are all plain colours, I added another sentiment from my Lisa Horton Crafts Wordage Sheets.

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Pauline
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Birthday Butterfly

This is the final card that I have created with my Stamperia Spring Botanic collection, I have lots left though, plenty to make some more in the future.

I used four of the papers along with some pink card stock and inked the edges of everything again.  I used one of the beautiful toppers, there are so many of them, it was difficult to choose which one to use, the sentiment is another one from my Lisa Horton Crafts Wordage Sheets and I used my Tattered Lace Fleurs Dies to cut the flowers.

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Pauline
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Just Because

This is another card that I have created with my Sara Davies Signature Collection - Vintage Diary, I've gone really shabby with this one!

 

I have used two of the beautiful papers, the green one that I have used for the base is from my Craft Consortium Grunge Craft Papers Collection, I have distressed and inked all of the edges and added some gold gilding wax.  The lock, key and sentiment are all from the collection, I fussy cut the post mark from one of the papers and created the flower using several different Spellbinders Flower dies, I added some twine behind it.

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Pauline
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Paper Hugs

Another Slimline design today, I really love creating these at the moment - it makes a nice change from my normal square cards.

I have used my Stamperia Spring Botanic collection again, I used two of the papers, a topper and some corrugated card stock.  Lots of torn edges and inked edges along with some die cut flowers and a Lisa Horton sentiment again.

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Pauline
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Make Today Amazing

I have another Stamperia Spring Botanic card to share today, I love the pretty colours in this collection and I have a bit of a thing about insects and butterflies.

I have used three of the papers along with a border and a topper, the sentiment is another one from the Lisa Horton Crafts Wordage Sheets, there are lots of really useful sentiments on each sheet. I have inked the edges of everything and used my Die-namics Fishtail Flag dies to cut the banners.

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Pauline
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Wings to Fly

I have created another card using my Stamperia Wonderland collection.

As before I have used lots of the beautiful papers, this time I've used three along with a gorgeous image.  I have inked the edges of everything and added a flower cut using my Tattered Lace dies.

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Pauline
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A Single Dream

I have been having a play with my Stamperia Wonderland collection and decided to create a slimline card for a change.

I have used four of the beautiful papers along with a circular topper, I cut the base layer using my Tim Holtz Deckle Torn Edge Trimmer and used my Die-namics Fishtail Flags dies to cut the banners.  The flowers were cut with Tattered Lace Fleurs dies and I fussy cut the butterfly.

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Pauline
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Where Flowers Boom

This is the second card that I have created with my Authentique Jubilee collection, it is an Easter collection but this is more of a spring themed card.

I used a topper and three of the papers, I inked the edges of everything and added a seam binding bow.

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Pauline
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Night Owl

I have created another vintage style card using my Stamperia Cosmos collection, there are some wonderful images and papers in this collection, many of them suitable for masculine cards.

As on my previous card using this collection, I have distressed and inked the edges of everything and cut a flower from some of the papers.

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Pauline
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Aged Perfectly

It is my husband's Birthday today, I am not going to say how old he is but he was born in the sixties - I found this image on the internet and thought it would be perfect.

It was very white when I printed it out so I aged it with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink so that it would match the Graphic 45 A Proper Gentleman papers that I used.  I computer generated the sentiment and also aged it with the Distress Ink.  I always find it so difficult to create cards for my family, do you find it difficult or is it just me?

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Pauline
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Star of Wonder

This is another Christmas card that I have created with my Authentique Joyous Collection.

Again, I have used just the paper collection, I just added three gems and inked the edges of everything.

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Pauline
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Santa Please Stop Here

It's time for another Rudolph Days Challenge and this is the card that I have created this month.

I used my Authentique Joyous collection to create a vintage Christmas Card.  Everything is from the paper collection, I used my Sue Wilson Dies to cut the Poinsettias from one of the papers and just added some gems, a scrap of Textured ribbon and a button tied with twine.

I would like to enter this card into the July Rudolph Days Challenge.

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Pauline
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Vintage Boy

This card was created using another Studio Light Collection, I'm not sure which one this is from unfortunately - it's quite an old one I think.

I love the vintage image and bunny, they are so cute.  I inked the edges of everything, layered them up using foam pads and added 3D Crystal Lacquer to the buttons.  The sentiment stamp is an old one from Simon Says Stamp.

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Pauline
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Modern Times

This is the card that I created for me and hubby to give to our youngest son on his Birthday.

I used the Ciao Bella Modern Times collection, I used elements from both the 12 x 12 collection and the A4 collection, I fussy cut some of the bits and bobs and inked the edges of everything, I computer generated the sentiment.

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Pauline
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Lavender for You

I have another card created with my Stamperia Provence collection to share today and surprise, surprise I used my Die-namics Fishtail Flags dies for a change!

Everything is from the collection including the sentiment and I have inked the edges of everything.

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Pauline
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