New life cross.

Hi there. Hope you are all well this Wednesday morning. I would like to share this sympathy card with you today, we all have to make sympathy cards from time to time and I think the new life cross ( faith collection ) from tonic studios is ideal for this occasion. It can be useful for other occasions such as wedding's, christening's and Easter card's.
The card is very quick and easy with its simple matt and layers and embossing, made with cream cardstock, gold mirri and gold matt paper.
The swirl behind the cross is from cherry Lynn. I added pearls to the cross and a sentiment in black ink.
Thank you for looking at this page and call in soon
Love sharon xx :-)

Pink roses.

Hi there. Hope you are all well on this Sunday morning. I must confess I have not been very proactive on the card front just resently, but decided I must challenge myself to make at least one card a week and share it with you. let's hoping!!
This is a card I made from the free gift on the simple cards & papercraft magazine.
I started my project by stamping my first rose image off the card ( 12cm square )  with versa mark. I then embossed this with white embossing powder and stamped a further two roses, one at either side with the masking technique. I embossed in the same way as the first rose, then painted the roses with distress inks watered down ( victorian velvet, peeled paint ) then added a touch of mica paint to shade the roses in too.
I stamped the sentiment from the free gift set in black ink and added a few silver sequins to balance the card up. I Matted it onto black cardstock 12.5cm square ( the black perfectly frames the image) then patterned pink paper ( 14cm square ) to bring out the pink in the rose petals and then mount onto a card base to finish.
This is the finished card below...
Thanks for visiting my blog  please call in again and happy Crafting!!
Love sharon xx:-)

My fair lady.

Hi there. Hope you are all well on this rather rainy Saturday afternoon. Today I thought I would share with you a card I made some time ago, it's a little bit warped with the weight of other cards on top of it, but I think it's still worthy of sharing anyway.
The papers are from tilda, the die panels are from the couture collection ( adoring hearts ) the oval die is spellbinders and the cameo is Marianne.
The card fold is featured in Everyone needs a houghie 2 project book, it's a really good resource book for all your different folded cards, boxes and special effects.
This is the card below..
Thanks for calling in and Happy Crafting!!!
Love sharon xx:-)

Vellum flowers.

Hi there. Hope you are all well on this Friday morning and looking forward to the weekend ahead. I have a number of cards to share with you, but decided to show this card first, only because I like the embossing on the stamped vellum flowers, it makes them stand out form the rest of the card.
My inspiration for this card was taken from a card i saw on pinterest website, there are so many beautiful cards on the site, every time i look i am inspired by the talented designers.

This is my first vellum project for a while and I had forgotten how nice it is to work with, the white embossing powder really makes a difference to the coloured vellum flowers and I love the sentiment too. I shall definitely be making some more cards with vellum in the future.
Thanks for stopping by and Happy Crafting!!!
Love sharon xx:-)

A house is not a home...

Hi there. Happy Wednesday to you all. I hope you had a lovely Easter break last week and spent lots of quality time with your family and friends.
I am aware i haven't kept up with my blog so I do apologise to those of you who are regular visitor's, but i will try to report back as often as I can.
Anyway as it happens I have a few cards prepared for you to view today.
I have used some of the free stamps on last month's Simple cards and papercraft magazine and combined them with different background paper's. There is also an embossing folder which i havent even used yet, but as you can see there is so much scope with this kit, great for animal lovers. I know who I will be sending them too...
Thanks for calling in and Happy Crafting!!
Love sharon xxx:-)

Spring baby.

Hi everyone. Here's a card I wanted to share with you featuring one of the toppers from a selection of freebie papers out of Making cards magazine called paint splattered animals, these are so adorable and I love the paint splatter effect on the coloured drawings.
Start with a card blank measuring 15cm square, emboss ( me to you embossing folder ) onto a piece of orange toned paper. Matt onto the blank card leaving a border around the edge.
Cut one of the toppers out of the sheets with a circle die and Matt onto a black circle. Cut a length of burlap and dotty brown ribbon, place across the card and lay the topper on top and decorate with buttons on either side. Finish with a sentiment on a strip of white card, distressed around the edge's with black ink.
Hope you like it!
Thanks for calling in and crafty hugs
Love Sharon xx:-)

Sweet little card.

Hi everyone. Here is a quick and simple card I wanted to share with you today. The papers, bows and candy are from craftwork cards, and the stamped sentiment came from a free stamp set off a magazine, which I use quite alot on my cards. I think the font suits the card so well.
I started this card with a 15x15cm card blank. Cut three panels from the craftwork card papers, position these on the front of the card then stick down with adhesive. Assemble 2 craftwork card bows and put 1 on top of the other to foam a kind of rosette, pop a candy in the middle of the rosette, apply glossy accents onto the surface to give it shine then stick to the right of the card with adhesive. To finish Stamp a sentiment in black ink onto left of the card. I love the simplicity of this card and the colours look so clean and fresh...
Thanks for calling in and crafty hugs.
Love Sharon xx:-)