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 Valentine’s Day

 Hi

Today I’m sharing the love ❤️ Happy Valentine’s Day ❤️

Thanks for stopping by 

Hugs Sonia xx

A Card From Us All.

Hi. Looking back on my blog and I realised I hadn't shared the Anniversary card I made for my Mum and Dad for mine and both my Brothers families to all sign. There were 14 of us in all to sign, so had to be an 8" x 8" card to fit all the wishes inside!

I used patterned paper from First Edition - The Promise, and topped this with some gold patterned vellum from Papermania. My centre panel was backed top and bottom with the swirl border from Joy! Crafts. The filigree corners by La-La Land were glittered as were the Memory Box Parker numbers.

Happy to say everyone was pleased with it and I thought it definitely deserved to have its day on my blog :-)

Thank you for stopping by.

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

With Love.

Hi. I am back again today to share with you the Anniversary card I made for my Mum to give my Dad. I decided to make a box card, and although its quite fiddly to do I was pleased with the finished creation.

The patterned card I used to cover the box - on top of a gold mirri card matts - is from the Gilded Winter collection by First Edition Papers, Trimcraft. The majority of the beautiful designs are for Christmas, but was thrilled with the patterned one I chose, as the gold sparkle effect goes perfectly on this occasion! I used the same card  to cut the Champagne bottle and glasses. These are dies from Robert Addams. I cut the Cosmic Star Border from Memory Box dies twice from glittered cardstock, and also the 'with love' die from Spellbinders. The circled sentiment is from the Wedding Greetings set by Creative Expressions. The little heart stamps on the sides are from LOTV.

Thanks for stopping by today. More to show soon....

Hugs 

Sonia xxx

Love Gives Us A Fairytale.....

Hi. As promised last week, I would like to start sharing with you the creations I have been making for my Mum and Dad's Golden Wedding Anniversary. These have kept me busy over the last few months, and I can't believe how quickly it has come round. The big day is on Saturday, and although Mum and Dad didn't want a fuss with no surprise party, we are looking forward to spending the day as a family and celebrating their special day together.

First up is the card I made for my Dad to give my Mum. I love the sentiment on this, as I truly believe  that my parents have a wonderful marriage and after fifty years they are still very much in love. The sentiment is from Creative Expressions - Wedding Greetings set. I have used Sue Wilson's Regal striplet for the background. The circle frames are from the Italian Collection - Decorative frames. The couple are a die cut I purchased already cut in a pack. The smaller sentiment - Special Day - is from JustRite Stamps. The flowers by Robert Addams are topped with the tiny heart off cuts from the circle frame. The numbers are from the Parker numbers set by Memory Box.

Hope you like it. I will be back again soon to share the card I made for my Mum to give my Dad.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Sonia xxx

Sneak Peek.

Hi. My Mum and Dad's Golden Wedding Anniversary is coming up and I have been busy creating, so I thought I would share a little sneak peek with you to get an idea of what has been keeping me so busy! Still more to do, but I hope you like this little teaser. Will be back again soon to show you the finished creations :-)

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