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

Beautiful Butterflies

 Hi

Thought I’d give this card it’s day on the blog when I realised I hadn’t shared it.

I’m loving using the DL slimline cards, and I wanted to create something with these pretty papers which have been in my stash for a while. I’ve used a Sue Wilson die and Tim Holtz butterfly.

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

Double Halo Oval - With Love.

 Hi

I wanted to share another card with you, made using the Double Halo Oval die set from Amazing Paper Grace. I love this set, and by just adding some pretty papers, I think it makes a beautiful card.

I’ve used the main die and inner die as my focal point, along with Anna Marie Designs Garden Blooms papers. I cut the corner die three times and added these along the bottom to create the border.

The butterfly from Tim Holtz finishes it off with the LOTV sentiment stamped onto the pierced flags from Sue Wilson.

I hope you like it. Thanks for stopping by. 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 

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

Sketch Based Card.

Hi. Just popping in quickly tonight to share a card that I realised I hadn't blogged. The background dies were based on a sketch set for one of the weekly card challenges by Sandra over on the 

Cotswold Crafter blog a little while back. I decided to use the main die for my focal element on this card. I love the look of this die set when used together. (New Zealand Collection  - Hamilton die, by Sue Wilson) The sentiment is from LOTV.

I will be back in a few days to share some more Christmas cards. Thanks for stopping by.

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

Sketch Challenge.

Hi. Sharing a couple of cards today based on one of Sandra's sketch challenges over at Cotswold Crafter. The first card shown is the one I submitted, but after I'd made it I thought that I should have changed the middle horizontal border colours around to make it stand out more! So, I made the second card the following day, and I much prefer it!

I have used Spellbinders dies - The Mary Border Strip and Die D-Lites Medallion 1 for the centre.

The Sentiment is Sue Wilson's Perspectives - Triple Best Wishes.

Thanks for stopping by. 

Hugs

Sonia xxx

Happy Anniversary.

Hi. I'd like to share the card I made for my Brother and Sister-in-laws Anniversary, which is today. I hope they have received it in the post!

Both squares are cut from Sue Wilson's Double Pierced Squares. I cut four of the smallest die from the New York Collection - Times Square and added these for a pretty background behind the complete Maggie die. The sentiment is from LOTV.

I hope they like it :-)

Hugs

Sonia xxx

'Thanks' So Very Much.

Hi. Sorry its been nearly a couple of weeks since my last post. I am so happy with the huge response that my card for Set Craft received. I had loads of lovely comments on here and Set's Facebook page, and well over 1000 views on here too! I am ecstatic, and can't thank you enough :-) 

So here is a little Thank You card which I made. It was for one of Sandra's sketch challenges over at Cotswold Crafter. We had to use a die for our card base. I chose Sue Wilson's Auckland die from the New Zealand Collection and just layered it up. Two Delicate Daisies finish it off.

This card goes out to all of you, with my heartfelt thanks. I hope you like it :-)

Hugs

Sonia xxx

Snowflake Filigree Frame.

Hi.

I was honoured to be asked by Ben at Set Craft to make a card using the Snowflake Filigree Frame from Sue Wilson's new Festive Collection. I was so excited about this challenge so decided to make two cards to show the versatility of these dies and I'm happy to share them here with you :-)

For my first card I cut the inner die twice (without the outer cutting edge), overlapping them onto a piece of white cardstock cut from the Noble Double Pierced Squares. I backed this with some double sided sticky adhesive and red card. Then added some Iced Snow Glitter Jewels from Cosmic Shimmer onto the front for some Christmas sparkle! I cut the die out again twice in white using the outer cutting edge. The centre die cut was backed in red and glittered again, and the other cut was popped behind this, turned around the other way so just the edges show through. I cut the snowflake oval twice and stuck them together to have the snowflake at both ends. The sentiment was stamped onto the small oval from the Lattice Snowflake and this was added onto the Snowflake Tag, finished off with two red diamond gems.

For my second card I wanted to show how this die set doesn't have to be used just for Christmas. I have used the same concept as the Christmas card with the die underneath the focal element, but this time the die cut has been cut in half and placed under the Regal Striplet. The Delicate Daisies - Open Petals cover the snowflake edges on the frame. The Best Wishes sentiment is trimmed down from the Triple Best Wishes die.

I hope you like them both as much as I enjoyed making them.

A big Thank you to Set Craft, I had so much fun with this challenge :-)

Hugs

Sonia xxx

Same Dies, Different Card.

Hi. I wanted to share with you the second card I made using my new dies. I think this can be used for any occasion as the Just For You sentiment is so versatile.

Again I have used the Noble Double Pierced Squares for my matting and layering in two different shades of grey pearl card. From the New York Collection - Times Square, I cut four of the smallest dies to add as a background. I used the Grace die set cut in pink and grey, and added the Just For You sentiment on top. Three pink heart outlines added to the bold hearts within the sentiment to finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by and for any comments you leave. 

Hugs

Sonia xxx

Just For You.

Hi. I'm back today to share a card I made with a couple of new dies. One can never have too many die sets - the only problem being not enough hours in the day to play!! 

The focal element of my card is the Just For You die, from Phill Martin's From The Heart Collection. Along with the sentiment in this set are four different sized small hearts and one heart outline. I love this outline, and as you can see I have used it on my card to give depth to the hearts already cut within the sentiment. I have mounted the sentiment onto the Grace die from Sue Wilson's Frames and Tags Collection. This has been mounted using the Double Pierced Squares from Sue's Noble Collection to make the frames. 

I am really pleased with the way it turned out, and I hope you like it too :-)

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Sonia xxx

Framed Background - Christmas Card.

Hi. As promised I'm back to share the second card I made with the framed background. This time, a Christmas card to add to my stash.

I have used the same Copenhagen background die within the frame, but didn't glitter through this one. My main focal element is the dove from Sue Wilson's Festive Collection - Dove of Peace. I double cut this to build up the wings. I have also used the Peace sentiment from the same set, cut in glitter cardstock to match the dove, and mounted onto a Spellbinders tag. The patterned paper is from the Silent Night Collection by First Edition Papers, Trimcraft.

I really appreciate you stopping by and love reading your comments. Thank you so much :-)

Hugs

Sonia xxx

Framed Background.

Hi. Today I'd like to share a card where I have changed the size and shape of the background die to be used with my other dies. I recently purchased Sue Wilson's Noble - Double Pierced Squares - Set B, from Set Craft. These dies are fabulous for frames or just as matting and layering squares. I love them and am so pleased I now have them in my stash :-) 

I cut the Copenhagen Background die - from Sue Wilson's Scandinavian Collection - and backed it with some double sided adhesive sheet, and glittered with fine irridescent glitter. I cut a frame from the Noble squares to the size I wanted and cut my background to fit nicely within the frame. I then cut two larger squares to layer up behind. These were just mounted on a plain cut square. The flowers are Sue Wilson's Delicate Daisies - Open Petals. The centres are a small circle die, cut and glittered on top again with double sided adhesive. I finished the card off with one of the Triple Best Wishes - from Sue's Perspective Collection - cut to size. I hope you like it.

I also made a Christmas card, using the same background technique and I shall be posting that in the next couple of days. I would love for you to pop back to see it :-)

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Sonia xxx