Chipboard card

Good morning.

I hope you are well and looking forward to Easter. Russ and I have been off work this week to carry on with our garden renovation. I have also been busy making some Wedding Evening invites for a friend. Hopefully I will have some time to relax before I have to go back to work.

I am sharing with you today a card I made for a friend who is recovering from an operation. She has recently decorated her living room in a beautiful sage green so I made her card to match her colour scheme.

The chipboard frame is from Laserowe Love, it is so pretty. I really should have ordered more than one - perhaps I will have to drop some hints as it is my birthday at the end of the month.  I really would have liked a get well sentiment but unfortunately I didn't have one in chipboard.

 Some of the flowers have been inked and some cut from the papers. The large flowers are made from the die 005 by Lady E designs. The flower die with heart shaped edge is Spellbinders Shapeabilities Cinch and Go 1V. I love the fact that this set of dies has some tiny flowers also.

The ribbon and pearls are from my crafty stash. 

Thank you for stopping  by today.
Once again, have a lovely Easter and I will see you again soon.

Hugs Sharon. xx

60th Birthday tag.

Good morning blogger friends.
I have been so busy lately that I have just not had the time to share with you all my latest projects but hopefully I will have another to share with you next week.

I am sharing with you today another, yes another, bottle tag. I love making these and they are a fabulous idea for birthdays and special occasions if you are buying the recipient a bottle of wine.

 I made this one for my sisters 60th birthday. She thought she was just going out with her husband for a Chinese but she had a lovely surprise waiting for her as a few of our family members were there to celebrate with her. The food was delicious and we all had a lovely time.

The tag is from Dutch Doobadoo which I covered in some gorgeous papers from First Addition. This collection is called The Promise and there are so many gorgeous papers in the collection. All the flowers were made with the papers and Rosy Owl 005 die. 

The chipboard is by Bloomar designs. I love using chipboard as a centre piece but they have kinda taken me away from my colouring of images. Seen as I have so many gorgeous pencils, I really will have to get back to colouring.

I love this cute little mirror but unfortunately, I can no longer find them in the store as with the gorgeous leaves.

I would like to enter the following challenges.

Crafteezee - Add Chipboard

Thank you all for stopping by today and I will see you again soon hopefully.

Sharon. xx

Bottle tag.

Good evening.

I hope you are all well and having a lovely weekend. I have booked tomorrow off work so no getting up in the early hours for me. It also means that I can enjoy an evening relaxing with hubby,  a bottle of wine and A Star is Born DVD. 

I had a request to make another bottle card and I have to say, I love making these.

If you would like to take a closer look at any the products I used, scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the image. 

 The  Bottle tag was created from a stencil by Dutch Doobadoo which I covered with a paper from Maja Designs Denim & Friends - Floral. If you love the colours of these papers, Crafteezee have a sale on them at the moment. 

 The gorgeous chipboard is by Laserowe Love. I am loving working with chipboards at the moment. I think they make such elegant cards.

The chipboard has been matted onto a Marianne Design cutting die.

 I received a gorgeous Lady E die last week and couldn't wait to have a play. They have been made with card and coloured with inks.

For some lovely finishing touches I added a metal butterfly and metal leaves.

Thank you all for stopping by today and for your lovely comments.

Enjoy the rest of your week.

See you soon.

Hugs Sharon. x

Product review for Hunkydory

Good Afternoon.

I was asked by Hunkydory if I would like to do a product review and of course I jumped at the chance.

This was not as easy as I thought it would be as they have so many gorgeous products it took me a while to decide. In the end I decided to review some Creative Expression Dies by Sue Wilson.

I have two project to show you today the first one being the Frame and Tags set Claire.

The largest die measures 10.6 x 10.6cm.

  

There are five dies in this collection two of which are fairly intricate but they cut like a dream on the first run through.

I have layered the dies for this project but they can also be used to create an aperture as I have done below, all that is needed is to add some bling. 

The sentiment is part of the set used in my second review.

Also available to co-ordinate with this die set are two stamps which you can see below.

For my second review I have used the Frames and Tags die Isobel.

 I loved using this die as it is so different to any I have but I think it may become one of my favourites.

Their are two large dies which cut out the border with the swirly corners the largest of which measures 12.3 x 9 cm. There are also three dies in this set, Celebrate on this card, Just for You on my first tag and Thanks as below.

 

Once again Hunkydory thank you for asking me to write a review. I have thoroughly enjoy using your products and I hope you like how I have used them.

Hugs Sharon. x

Happy New Year.

Firstly I would like to wish you all a Happy New Year. I hope 2019 brings you much happiness. 

Now that I have finished making Wedding invites, I intend to craft more often. So that I have a beautiful space, I am going to have a good old tidy of my craft room tomorrow. You never know, I may come across some hidden treasures.

I would like to share with you another card I made using the Die'sire Create a Card Heart Easel die by Crafters Companion.

The flowers and backing papers were taken from a pad from The Range. The papers are really thick and was shocked to see they were priced at only £2.99. I have looked on their website but I cannot find the link. The chipboard Wedding Day is by Scrapiniec. 

The ribbons are also from The Range. They were a lot wider but I cut them down so that I could use the two colours without them being too bulky.

 The deep red flowers are paper dipped in a colour created with the Marion Smith Color Lab starter kit.

I would like to share this card with the following challenges

Papercraft Challenges - Celebrate




Thank you all for stopping by today and for your lovely comments.

Have a lovely week.

Hugs Sharon. x

Dutch Doobadoo tag.

Good morning.

I hope you have all had a lovely Christmas with family and friends or if it was a quiet Christmas, I hope it was just as lovely. We had a lot of fun playing games and as is usual for Christmas day, far too much food. Boxing Day was very relaxing and spent watching films and eating left overs. Just what was needed before returning to work.

It has been a long time since my last post as life has been so busy. I finished my Wedding Invites the week before Christmas which meant I hadn't long to organise the food and games for Christmas Day.

I have made a bottle tag using to Dutch Doobadoo card art stencil to co-ordinate with the card on my previous post. 

The pretty heart is a die from Die'sire by Crafters Companion. I love the fact that you can create a card using the die and also use it as an embellishment. 

The flowers have been made using Lady E dies and Foamiran.

Thank you all for stopping by today. I would like to wish you a very Happy New Year and I hope that 2019 brings you much happiness.

See you soon.

Hugs Sharon. x

Midway challenge for All About Magnolia.

Good morning.

It has been a while since my last post because I have been busy making Wedding invitations.
They are for my daughter's friend who, for unforeseen circumstances, was let down by the lady who was originally making them. Hopefully, I will have them all finished by the end of the month so that I can concentrate on posting more regularly.

I am here to share with you my inspiration card for the challenge over at

All About Magnolia.

Our theme for this challenge is 

Wings

We are being sponsored by

Magnolia Stamps of Sweden. 

Two people will have the chance to win a secret prize.

 I have used the gorgeous Magnolia DooHickey Butterfly Die.

This is the first time I have used the heart easel die and I am really pleased with the results. Such a cute card. 

All the flowers have been made from Foamiran using Rosy Owl and Whimsy dies. 

I am going to spend a day this week making some more flowers and may also have a go at making my own Stamens. If you have ever watched a video on how to make these it looks so easy but seen as you use pva glue I can imagine I may get messy.

The papers were from Lilli of the Valley but unfortunately, they are not longer available.

The sentiment is by Scrapiniec. 

Thank you all for stopping by today and for your comments.

I will see you all soon.

Hugs Sharon. xx