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

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

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

Follow Your Dreams.

Hi. I thought today would be the best day to share this card with you which I made for my eldest son Luke.  He has always been football mad, and today is the start of him continuing his education at Complete Academy to carry out his Sports Diploma level 3. 

Of course this image from one of the LOTV art pads was a must for my card, and I decided to make it into a shaker card. The little footballs are stamped and cut out, adding to the sequins for a bit of fun. The sentiment is also from LOTV, and the stamped background - which I think looks like a football goal when continuously stamped is from Kaisercraft.

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

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

Masculine Cards - Art Pad Images.

Hi. I hope you're all enjoying the sunshine today. A little hot for me so I thought I'd take the chance to share a couple of cards. I have a few cards which I have been meaning to blog for a while, so todays share is a couple of masculine cards. One of them was for Fathers Day back in June - so that shows how long I've been meaning to show them!

Both are pretty basic with matting and layering using cardstock and patterned papers. The images are from the LOTV art pads (now discontinued) and the sentiments also from LOTV. The die cut sentiment on the second card is from Spellbinders.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Sonia xxx