First Christmas card for 2022

 Hi

I’m back today to share my first Christmas card for the year - it’s never to early to start! 😉

I was inspired to make it from a beautiful card by Debby Hughes of Lime Doodle Design. She has some gorgeous creations on her blog, so be sure to pop over and take a look.

I’ve used Milled Lavender distress oxide spray for the background with some glitter texture paste through an AALL and Create stencil. The snowflakes from Memory Box are cut in mirror card from Chloe’s Creative Crafts. I heat embossed the sentiment on a piece of vellum. The sequins and enamel dots finish it off perfectly. 

I hope you like it as much as I enjoyed creating it.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Sonia xxx

More Beautiful Butterflies

Hi

Sorry I’ve not blogged in a little while, but I’m back today to share a few of my recent makes. These Tim Holtz butterfly dies are my absolute go to die. There are two different butterflies in the set, but this one is my favourite and adorns many of my cards 😊

Thanks for stopping by.

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

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

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

Christmas Candles.

Hi. I'm here today to start sharing some of the Christmas cards I've made. I didn't realise I had made so many and am quite pleased with my stash so far! 

Todays cards are both made using the Memory Box Glowing Candles die and Sue Wilson's Grace die. The candles, with the sprigs of holly are classic Christmas and sit perfectly on the Grace frame. I inked the candles with Distress inks and added some Fran-tage embossing enamel for extra sparkle. The Peace sentiment, is also by Sue from the Dove of Peace set. The pretty Christmas papers are from my craft stash.

Hope you like them. Will be back again soon with more Christmas creations.

Hugs

Sonia xxx

Pretty In Pink.

Hi. I'm back today to share a couple of recently made cards. 

The first card was for one of the mini challenges over at Cotswold Crafter to use butterflies on our creations. I cut the butterfly on card coloured with distress ink. It was layered within a couple of circle frames and added to my background. The background is cut with dies from the Distressed Addington Collage set from Memory Box. A stamped sentiment finishes it off.

My second card was for a friend who has just recently become a Great Grandma for the second time. I didn't really have anything specific for a baby girl, so decided on the sweet LOTV image. I layered it onto one of the Spellbinders Marvellous Squares dies and added punched flowers to the corners. The sentiment is from JustRite stamps.

I hope you like them. Thanks for stopping by :-)

Hugs

Sonia xxx

Quick Cards.

Hi. Thought I'd share a couple of cards I made the other day. These were quick and easy and are great additions to my stash of ready made cards. I have been really busy with lots of crafting, but unfortunately am not finding the time to blog much at the moment. Hopefully in the next few days I'll have time to share some more of my creations with you.

I have used Memory Box dies, adding colour with ink pads and embossing enamel. The die cuts are added to a stamped panel in the same colours. The sentiment is from LOTV.

Thanks for stopping by. I promise I'll be back again soon :-)

Hugs

Sonia xxx

Snowflakes.

Hi. Thought I'd share one of the Christmas cards I've already made. This was one of two I made together, the other one sent in for Sandra's Sketch Challenge over at Cotswold Crafter

I have used Sue Wilson's Happy Christmas die from last years Festive Collection. The large snowflake is from Joy! Crafts, and the other 3 snowflakes are cut from Memory Box's Snowflake Love Pendant. The tiny snowflakes in the centres are from a Tonic punch. The papers are from the Shabby Christmas Paper Bloc also from Joy! Crafts.

I'm building up quite a nice little stash of Christmas cards already, and will be showing you some more over the coming weeks.

Hugs

Sonia xxx

18th Birthday.

Hi. Just a quick post tonight as its late, but I wanted to show you the Birthday card I made for my Nephew's 18th Birthday a couple of weeks ago.

I have used Sue Wilson's Happy and Best Wishes Perspective dies and one of the corners from Memory Box - Distressed Addington Collage. I love these dies, they are all so versatile and cut beautifully.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Sonia xxx

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

Something A Little Different.

Hi. I had been browsing through Pinterest to get some ideas for making a little keepsake for Mum and Dad's Anniversary. I happened to come across some exploding box cards with little cakes inside, so decided on making a little celebratory keepsake cake.

I made the tiered boxes out of heavyweight cardstock and decorated with patterned papers from The Promise collection by First Edition papers - Trimcraft. The square bases were cut from dies and framed with gold glitter cardstock. I added a trim of flowers around the tops of each tier, adding tiny die cut glittered circles to the centres. The glittered 50 - Memory Box - Parker Numbers dies - was adhered to acetate to stand it up.  I glittered the rose and added to the top and finished off with 3 hearts along the middle tier.

I am really pleased with how it turned out being my first attempt, and Mum and Dad absolutely loved it :-)

Thanks for stopping by.

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

Girly Birthday Cards

Hi. Sorry I've not blogged for a few days. Have been busy with some crafty projects, just planning at the moment and getting ideas. So watch this space.......!

I forgot to share these two pretty Birthday cards I made, so thought they could have their day today.

Sorry its short and sweet, but thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it along with your lovely comments.

Hugs

Sonia xxx

More LOTV Birthday Cards.

Hi. Sorry I haven't blogged for a while. Been busy with crafting projects and just everyday life! Anyway, here are the last few Birthday cards for January. All using images from the LOTV art pads (now discontinued, unfortunately!) I loved making the shaker card and you will definitely be seeing more of these over the next few months - although I think in my next ones I will be adding more sequins!! I hope you like them.

 Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Sonia xxx

Favourite Five Of 2015.

Hi. Thanks for stopping by on this last day of 2015. Another year to look forward to, where I hope to be able to spend more time on my hobbies - including my crafting and getting back into my photography. (I am hoping to start a 52 week photo project, but its still in the planning at the moment, so watch this space!)

Anyway onto my favourite five cards I made during this year. I hope you like them as much as I enjoyed making them. 

Wishing you a very Happy, Healthy and Crafty 2016.

Hugs

Sonia xxx