A New Home

My eldest son and his girlfriend moved into a new flat last week and this is the card that I created for them.

I kept things quite simple, I used a layered sentiment die from Crafter's Companion, I made it up exactly as it was designed to be, I just added a couple of extra hearts.  The Ditsy Floral frame is also from Crafter's Companion, I also added an insert to the inside with a little verse that I found on the internet.

 

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Pauline
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In Flight

This is another card that I have created using the Sara Signature Vintage Butterfly collection from Crafter's Companion. 

I am trying not to buy anything more from Crafter's Companion, I'm so fed up with their abysmal Customer Service, orders routinely take anything up to ten days and more often than not something in every order will be missing, damaged or incorrect - they do always refund without any quibbles but that's not the point, it is very disappointing.  I resorted to leaving a comment on Sara's Personal Facebook page a couple of weeks back and guess what, all of my orders arrived the next day, they still had incorrect items and items missing though!

 

Anyway, this is the card that I created, I used the 3D Embossing Folder from the collection with one of the papers, I added some gold gilding wax to highlight the embossing and around the edges.  I used the large butterfly again, only two layers this time.  The sentiment is one that I have had in my stash for a while, I think it might have come from a magazine, I cut it out with a die from the Tags and Tickets that are in the collection and added gilding wax around the outside.

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Perfect Catch

This is another card created with the Hunkydory Sporting Silhouettes collection, this collection is perfect for masculine cards.

I created a black card base and covered it with one of the printed card stock sheets, I cut the top, right corner from the A4 sheet so that I could use it on the top, right corner of my card.  I added one of the super toppers along with the matching frame and a couple of sentiments.

  

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Pauline
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Believe in Magic

I have another couple of cards to share that I have created with the Spellbinders July Cardmaking Kit.

 

I created a swing card using the Hunkdory Moonstone Scalloped Circle Swing Die, I used one of the beautiful toppers along with one of the papers and a couple of sentiments.  I cut the little stars using a Mama Elephant die that I have had in my stash for ages.

The sentiment on the other side of the scalloped circle swing is part of the Moonstone Swing Die set.

My second card uses the same topper, there are two of all the die cuts in the collection, along with three of the pretty papers and a sentiment, I cut the little banners with my Die-namics Fishtail Flag Dies.

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Pauline
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Butterfly Dreams

I've had the Sara Signature Vintage Butterfly collection for a while now and decided it is time to get on and use some of it.  These collections always look stunning when they launch them but I often have problems when I come to use them!

I decided to create a shabby chic card so I distressed and inked the edges of some squares and adhered them to another of the papers, also distressed, using foam pads.  I cut all three layers of the large Butterfly and added that to the card along with a stamped sentiment and some small circles that I added 3D Crystal Lacquer to.

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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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Wish Upon a Star

Another card created with the July Spellbinders Craft Kit, I have now received my August kit and it is just as good as the July one.

For this card I just cut several hexagons from the patterned papers to go with the hexagon sentiment, I adhered them to a piece of white card stock, using foam pads for the sentiment and added a butterfly and some stars cut from gold Mirri card stock, I attached this to the card base using foam pads.

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Pauline
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