More Recent Makes.

Hi

Hope everyone is keeping well and staying safe. Sorry not to have blogged for a few days, along with crafting, I’ve been at work. One of the lucky ones, I’m grateful I can still go out to work during these times, caring for our residents at the retirement village where I work.

I thought I’d share a few cards with you, which I hadn’t got around to blogging, but wanted them to have their day on the blog.

The first card was one I made for my sister-in-law’s Birthday. I used Sue Wilson’s ‘Hamilton’ die from the New Zealand collection. I cut the shape twice into the cream card, and then cut again using its outer edge to use as the focal point. The patterned papers are from Anna Marie Designs ‘Blissful Cotton’. The flower is by Sue Wilson and the sentiment from Just Rite Stamps.

The second card, I made to participate in a blog challenge over on the Cotswold Crafter blog. It was a tic tac toe challenge and I chose punch or die cut, patterned paper and floral. Again, I’ve used Anna Marie Designs papers in ‘Blissful Teal’. The curved borders are from Spellbinders as well as the medallion which the Crafters Companion flower sits on. The LOTV sentiment was stamped onto the Sue Wilson pierced flag dies.

The third card uses Sue Wilson’s ‘Scandinavian’ background die and the ‘Hamilton’ die again, layered with ‘Blissful Teal papers. The circle sentiment is from LOTV.

I hope you like them. Thanks for stopping by. Stay safe.

Hugs

Sonia xxx 

Thanks.

Hi

I thought I’d share a couple of Thank you cards I recently made. They were pretty quick and easy to make using some of my stash - some pretty papers and a few elements.

The first card is made with Anna Marie ‘Garden Blooms’ papers. I’ve used the Swirl Border die by Joy! Crafts, adding 3 tiny hearts along the edge. The ‘Thanks’ die is from Crafters Companion, along with the stamped sentiment which came as a set.

The second card is made with Anna Marie ‘Blissful Cocoa’ papers, and a Kraft card mat. I die cut the Memory Box ‘Catalina Wreath’ die out of Kraft card and added the ‘Thanks’ die on top.

I hope everyone is keeping well and coping in these uncertain times. Stay safe.

Hugs

Sonia xxx

More 'Blissful' Papers.

Hi. I would like to share another couple of cards I made using the Blissful papers. As you can probably tell I absolutely love these gorgeous papers. I made a Baby Girl card for new Grandparents and a Birthday card. Hope you like them.

Hugs

Sonia xxx

Beautiful Birthday.

Hi. As promised I'm back to share the other card I was making using the beautiful Blissful papers. This card uses the designs from the Teal collection. The Crafter's Companion Sophia die has been cut from glitter card. This glitter card - also from Crafter's Companion - is absolutely gorgeous. It is so smooth and there is no loss of glitter even after running it through your die cutting machine! The flower is from Crafter's Companion too and the stitched flags are from Sue Wilson. The sentiment is from LOTV. 

I hope you like it.

Hugs

Sonia xxx

Loving these papers.....

Hi. I would like to share a couple of cards I made using the beautiful 'Blissful" papers by Anna Marie Designs. I was lucky enough to purchase 3 of these paper pads - I chose Teal, Cocoa and Cotton. I absolutely love these muted colours and beautiful designs  (the pictures don't do them justice)

Both cards are made using designs from the Cocoa papers, and as they are so pretty they just had to be used to make Mothers Day cards. The main focal die is the 'Sophia' die from Crafter's Companion create a card range. I hope you like them.

I have another card in the making, so will be back again soon to share that with you too. Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Sonia xxx

Own Your Dreams.

Hi. I'd been looking on Pinterest and kept coming across Prima Dolls by Julie Nutting, featured on some beautiful creations. Of course, I just had to order a couple of these lovely 'doll' stamps. Waiting for my order to arrive, I went through my stash and found some plain die cut ladies which I had purchased in the past and decided to see what I could come up with.

I used some pretty papers for my background, which are from Prima Marketing. The glittered black dress came with the die cuts, but I cut a hat out of pink paper and added the small flower. The large flower is from Crafter's Companion, Floral Delight Collection - Pretty Petals. The sentiment is from Tim Holtz - Small Talk pad.

I haven't had a chance to play with my new stamps yet, but am hoping to do so in the next couple of days :-)

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Sonia xxx

Challenge Card Selection.

Hi. Apologies for not blogging for a few weeks, I hadn't realised how long it had been. Today I thought I'd share with you some of the cards I have made to take part in various challenges over on Cotswoldcrafter blog. This fabulous blog is hosted by the lovely Sandra, and I have been made very welcome by all its friendly members. There is a beautiful array of cards and crafts on display and a new sketch challenge every Monday. Sandra has also recently introduced a mid week mini challenge every other week which gets our minds thinking of other ideas for using our vast ranges of crafty stash. If you have a few minutes to spare pop on over and say hi, you won't be disappointed! :-)

This was my first sketch challenge card.

Some more Sketch challenge cards.

The next cards are from Sandra's recently introduced mini challenges.

This challenge was to use an older die which hadn't been used in the last 6 months.

This was to use the Bokeh effect on our card.

This was to use an embossing folder(s) and no dies. I found this one very challenging! ;-)

Thank you for stopping by today.

Hugs

Sonia xxx

Congratulations Mum and Dad.

Hi. Todays the day!! Congratulations to my lovely Mum and Dad on their 50th Golden Wedding Anniversary. I have been crafting for this special day for the last couple of months, and today I would like to share the card I made for my family to give them.

This card was my first proper attempt at using gilding flakes. I backed the Scandinavian background and the Regal Striplet dies by Sue Wilson with a double sided adhesive sheet and adhered Cosmic Shimmer's Egyptian Gold gilding flakes on top to make my background. This was matted onto layers of mirri card and plain cardstock. I cut the Delicate Daisies - Open Petals by Sue Wilson to make three flowers - the little centre circles have also been given the gilding flake treatment. The Celebrate die by Crafters Companion, Sara Davies Signature Collection - Together Forever was cut from gold mirri. The '50' also cut in mirri is Memory Box - Parker Numbers. 

I am so pleased with the final result and love the effect of the gilding flakes.

Today is also one of my Nieces Birthdays, and the card I made for her will been shown in the week. I am looking forward to spending the day with all the family, celebrating this special day with our wonderful Mum and Dad.

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you have a lovely day whatever you are doing

Hugs

Sonia xxx

April Challenge over at Lili of the Valley.

Hi. I thought I'd share my card with you which I have entered in the April Challenge over on Lili of the Valley's Facebook page. The specification along with using a LOTV image was to use at least 3 of these colours: Aqua, Pink, Red, Ivory, Lilac.

My chosen colours were pink, red and ivory. I have used an image from one of the art pads and the pink backing paper is from LOTV. The sentiment is also from LOTV. I have used Sue Wilson's circle heart frame from the Italian Collection, Decorative Frames. The scalloped border is from Crafter's Companion Floral Delight, and the flowers are the Pretty Petals from the same collection.

I hope you like it. Why not pop over and have a go - there are some fabulous prizes on offer!

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Sonia xxx

Happy Mother's Day

Hi. Happy Mother's Day to all the lovely Mums out there :-)

I am sharing the two cards I made for my lovely Mum and Mother-In-Law. I didn't want anything too fussy, as I have had a lot of cards to make recently, so decided to go clean and simple!
A special mention goes to Sandra at Cotswold Crafter, as I based my cards on the sketch which she set as last Monday's challenge :-)

I have used Crafter's Companion, Floral Delight - Scalloped Border, and Sue Wilson's Delicate Daisies - Open Petals dies. I am loving these new purchases from Make It at Farnborough last weekend, I just know they are going to be featured on a lot of my cards in the future.

Have a lovely day and thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Sonia xxx

Loving Wishes.

Hi. Today I am sharing a card I made for my Dad to give my Mum on Mother's Day. Even after all these years I still think its so lovely that my Dad likes to give my Mum a card on this day :-) 

I have used a LOTV image from one of the art pads, still got a few of these to use even though they are now discontinued. The main die is Auckland from Sue Wilson's New Zealand Collection. I just love the shape of this. I have used two different types of flowers, firstly the Delicate Daisies - Open Petals, by Sue Wilson and secondly Floral Delight collection, Pretty Petals by Crafter's Companion. I think they work really well together. I finished off the centre of each flower with a small circle die cut. The patterned paper is from First Edition Paper called Gilded Winter. This is a lovely paper pad, full of gorgeous designs.

I hope you like it. Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Sonia xxx

Love Hearts.

Hi. Sorry I haven't posted for a few days, have been busy with work. Todays is a quick post just to share with you a couple more Valentines cards I made.

 The first one is the one I made for my Mum to give my Dad. I used a new heart strip die and embossing folder by Marianne Design, perfect for Valentines and anything Love! The little elephants stamp is from Little Claires. I can't remember where the sentiment is from, but I love it.

The second card on show today is the one I made for my Hubby.  Again I used some new dies from Crafters Companion - Love and Romance, from Signature Collection by Sara Davies. The papers are from the Devoted range by Carta Bella.

Thanks for stopping by today, I will be back again soon.

Hugs

Sonia xxx