Simply Print and Digi Papers

 Hi

This new simply print image from Lili Of The Valley was perfect for the recipient of this birthday card. It works well with their new digi papers too.

Thanks for stopping by 

Hugs Sonia

xxxx

Happy Mother’s Day

 Hi

Happy Mother’s Day.

Just stopping by to share the card I made. I’m loving the new digi papers from Lili of the Valley, so pretty and versatile.

Have a lovely day.

Hugs Sonia

xxx

Happy 21st Birthday

Hi

I’m back today to share the card I made for my Niece’s Birthday.  

I used a Tim Holtz stencil for my background, lightly inked with Distress Ink. The frame is by Sizzix. I added the Tim Holtz butterfly onto the frame and the numbers are by Memory Box. The sentiment is LOTV.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Sonia

xxx

Birthday Elephant

 Hi

I’m back today to share the Birthday card I made for my Niece. I’ve used the cute little elephant stamp by Tracey Hey. I used my ProMarkers to colour her top and headband in, and the ring around the LOTV circle sentiment. The background stamp is one from the Ink splotches set from HoneyDoo crafts, and the die cut frame is from Sizzix.

Thanks for stopping by 

Hugs Sonia

xxx

Happy Father’s Day

Hi

Just a quick post to share the card I made for my Dad for Father’s Day.

Can’t go wrong with Lili Of The Valley images, this is one from the now discontinued art pads.

The background is a recently purchased stencil from Clearly Besotted, as well as the sentiment.

Happy Father’s Day to all the wonderful Dads out there.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Sonia xxx

A Random Few.

Hi.

I hope you’re keeping well. 

Just a quick post to share a few cards which I’ve made recently, but haven’t had the time to blog! A random few for Birthdays and to add to my card stash.

Thanks for stopping by.

Stay safe.

Hugs

Sonia xxx

Happy Birthday Captain Tom

Hi

I wanted to share with you the card I made and sent to Captain Tom Moore. It’s his 100th Birthday today! This gentleman is a real Hero, and during this Coronavirus lockdown, he pledged to raise money for the NHS by walking 100 laps of his garden. To this day, along with completing and carrying on with his challenge he has raised over £29 million! He deserves to be celebrated after such a fantastic achievement. He has received over 125,000 Birthday cards, topped the singles chart at number 1 with Michael Ball, is having an RAF flypast to honour his Birthday, a train named after him and a Royal Mail postmark on letters posted this week! This will all certainly go down in history and will be one of the great memorable stories of the Coronavirus Lockdown 2020.

Happy Birthday Captain Tom.

Stay safe.

Hugs 

Sonia xxx

Same die, different cards.

Hi

Hope you are keeping well, and enjoying the glorious spring sunshine during these uncertain times. 

I’d like to share a couple of cards I made a couple of weeks ago for the weekly challenge over on the Cotswold Crafter blog. We were challenged to use either the same die or stamp on two different cards.

I chose Sue Wilson’s ‘Regal’ striplet die.

For my first card, I cut the die (without its outer cutting edge) three times into my background card. I mounted this onto Anna Marie Designs ‘Blissful’ Cotton papers, adding a pierced frame. I topped it with Sue Wilson’s ‘Hamilton’ die also cut from the pretty papers, along with the pierced flags. The Tim Holtz butterfly finishes it off. The sentiment is from LOTV.

For my second card, I cut the complete die out of Kraft card. Again I’ve used Anna Marie Designs ‘Blissful’ papers, this time in Cocoa. The Memory Box swirly flower die holds the circular LOTV sentiment.

 Thanks for stopping by.

Stay safe.

Hugs 

Sonia xxx

Happy Easter

Hi.

Just a quick post today to wish you all a Happy Easter.

My cards were made using Anna Marie Designs ‘Blissful’ papers in Cocoa and Teal. The die cut cross is by Marianne Designs, the flower from Sue Wilson and the sentiment from LOTV.

Whatever you are doing this Easter weekend, I hope you have a lovely time. Stay safe.

Hugs

Sonia xxx

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 

It’s Never Too Early.....

Hi

I’m back today sharing another card I made recently....my first Christmas card for 2020. It’s never too early to start making Christmas cards, and I thought if I start now, then hopefully I’ll have enough to send without having to rush out to buy some last minute ones!

I used my new Tim Holtz ‘Flurry #1’ die, which I purchased at the Create It craft show recently. I cut two - one in Kraft card and the other in glitter card, from my stash. I love this pretty die, and as well as making a fabulous snowflake, I think it could be used on non Christmassy cards too. The backing paper is Anna Marie Designs‘Blissful Cocoa’ and the sentiment is from Lili Of The Valley.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Sonia xxx

18th Birthday Cards

Hi

I’d like to share a couple of 18th Birthday cards I made recently.

Both totally different in design.

My first card uses the Tim Holtz butterfly and pretty Blissful Cotton papers by Anna Marie Designs.

(I do love her beautiful paper collections)

My second card uses a Lili of the Valley art pad image and sentiment, along with papers I had in my stash.

 Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Sonia xxx

Simple Birthday Card.

Hi

Sharing another card today, using the beautiful Garden Blooms papers by Anna Marie Designs.

I wanted a simply designed Birthday card, using the curved border die for which I’d found inspiration on Pinterest. 

The sentiment stamps are both from Lili Of The Valley.

I hope you like it.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Sonia xxx

Another Mother’s Day Card

Hi

I’m back today sharing the second Mother’s Day card I recently made. Completely different to the first one, this uses a sweet image from Lili Of The Valley, along with one of their sentiment stamps. Again, I’ve used backing papers from the Garden Blooms collection by Anna Marie Designs.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Sonia xxx

Birthday Girl.

Hi

I’m back again today sharing another card made last year. Tomorrow I will start sharing my recent makes.

This Birthday card uses another image from Lili Of The Valley. I love this image and it was perfect for the recipient. (Apologies for the poor photo quality!)

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Sonia xxx

Hello

Hi

Well, I know I’ve been here before, but after being out of crafting for quite some time - and after longingly staring at my craft stash and willing myself to get back into it - I thought it’s now or never!

I went along to the Create It craft show at Farnborough last weekend, and although I wasn’t there long, I did buy a few things to help me get back into my crafting.

I’ve been making a few new cards which I will share with you soon, but after going through my photos I found a couple, which I made last year, so I thought I’d start by sharing those with you.

The first one is using one of the art pad images and sentiment stamp from Lili Of The Valley. The border stamp is from Inkylicious.

The second one is using stamps and the die from Sugar Pea Designs, and again the border stamp from Inkylicious.

I hope you like them. 

As ever, thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Sonia xx

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

Beautiful Butterflies.

Hi. I am sorry I haven't been blogging lately - been so busy and just haven't had the time to share any of my creations!

 I would like to share a couple of quicks cards with you today using the beautiful butterfly die which I have (not sure who its by.) It forms the main element of my cards, layering it upon the Latin Script stamp from Inkylicious and one of the Spellbinders A2 Bracket Borders One dies. The stamped sentiment is from LOTV. The pretty papers are from the Tres Chic collection by Studio Light. 

I hope you like them. Thanks for stopping by today.

Hugs

Sonia xxx

Guitar Boy.

Hi. I am so behind with my blogging and I apologise for that. I have been busy making cards for different occasions and building up my Christmas card stash. Before I devote some posts to Christmas, I wanted to share the Birthday card I made for our youngest son James. His Birthday was back in August, but I wanted this card to have its day on the blog. James has just recently started playing the guitar, teaching himself, with a little help from my Hubby, so this image was just right for him (although we don't have a dog, lol)

The image is from one of the LOTV art pads, as is the stamped sentiment. The die cut sentiment is from Spellbinders and the guitars are from All Occasion Dies by Robert Addams.

I hope you like it. Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Sonia xxx