My Inspirational Dreams

Card and a half Sketch Challenge #6

2011-11-16T12:37:00.000+10:00

Hello there and thanks for visiting my blog! The card I'm sharing today, is a sketch challenge from

Card and a Half'.

Here is the sketch

Here is my card using this sketch.

I have used Stampin up! Designer Series papers, scallop circle punch, ribbon and wording stamp.

Click on the image for a closer look.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sonya

2011-08-01T16:00:00.001+10:00

Another set of baby cards using Stampin Up's Baby Tee's roller wheel and cuttlebug swirls embossing folder.

Stampin Up Baby bundle

2011-07-31T16:00:00.000+10:00

Hello everyone in Blog land! I have been a shocking blogger I know. It has been ages since I posted anything.

Here are some baby cards I made a little while back using the Stampin up baby bundle stamp set.

I love this set, you can do so much with it. Sorry for the shocking pictures also. I only took one photo of all three together, then tried to copy and crop the photo's so you could get a closer look. Oh well, here they are any way.

The paper is from Stampin up also from the Designer Series Patterned paper in the brights collection. Thanks for taking a peek! I'll try not to leave it so long before my next post.
Enjoy what's left of the weekend.

Sonya

Card and a half challenge 1

2011-05-18T13:26:00.001+10:00

Hi here! I finally had some time to stamp today and decided to do

the very first sketch challenge on Card and a half.

Here's the sketch

And here is my card using this sketch as inspiration.

I wanted to do something girlie, so decide to ink up my Ballerina Tilda

which has been sitting unused for a while.

I've used watercolour pencils to colour the image to give it a softer finish and layered it on

MME and Kaisercraft papers, and added some ribbon, bling and flowers to finish it off.

Click on the card to take a closer look.

Thanks for visiting!

Sonya

New Card Challenge blog

2011-05-12T22:24:00.000+10:00

Hi Everyone,

Just wanted to let you all know about a new Card Challenge blog which will be setting it's very first challenge this Sunday the 15th. It is called Card and a Half.
Come and join in on all the fun.

Take a look here.

Sonya

Mother's Day Cards

2011-05-05T10:00:00.000+10:00

Mother's Day is just around the corner, so thought I'd share some cards I've made to celebrate the occasion.
How pretty are these papers, They are so shimmery and feminine! Team them up with some silver cardstock, ribbon, bling and a few flowers and you have an elegant card for any Mum.

To all you mum's out there, hope you have a very relaxing mother's day with your family on Sunday.

Sonya

Special couple

2011-05-04T09:04:00.000+10:00

More beautiful sunshine today, the weather is picture perfect at the moment and I am loving it!

With weather like this I should be out and about soaking it up, but today is my day to craft instead.

The card I'm sharing today was made for my Mum and Dad's 40th Wedding Anninversary.

This is the front of the card when closed.

Here is the full view of the card open

Thanks for taking a peek.

Sonya

Love is the greatest of all

2011-04-20T20:27:00.000+10:00

Just a couple of quick simple cards to share this time.

I just love the wording on this background stamp. It's just perfect for a wedding or for an anniversary

and that bride and groom stamp is just too cute.

Cardstock is river rock and vanilla from Stampin Up!

Black and orange Inspirational room Challenge

2011-04-16T14:49:00.000+10:00

Here is another card for the Scrap Therapy Inspirational room Challange. This time in black and orange.

Here is the room

And here is my card

The pattern paper is from Stampin Up! brights Designer Series paper pad.

I have also used Spellbinders circles, scallop circles and lacey circles. Chipboard is from Kaisercraft, Prima flower, spotty feathers and punched tiny flowers.

And a close up shot

Have a great weekend everyone! :)

Spring flower

2011-04-08T23:06:00.000+10:00

Another card to share today! The floral stamp is a Sunshine Design stamp called Spring flower which has been stamped onto pink cardstock, cut out and popped up on dimentionals. I have used a white gel pen and dazzling diamond glitter accents to the flower. The wording stamp is from Stampin Up!
You can find the floral stamp HERE.

Inspirational Rooms Challenge

2011-04-04T11:52:00.000+10:00

Scrap Therapy has a new forum and with the new forum comes new challenges. Who doesn't like a challenge!
Mandy has set the first Inspirationl Rooms Challenge and what beautiful rooms they are.
Here are the rooms.

And here are my cards using those rooms as inspiration.

I chose this Prima Madeline paper because it has all the colours in the room. The pinks and maroon, green from the flowers and blue from the carpet

And my blue set of cards using Bella papers, Spellbinders Fleur de lis, square, circle and scallop circle dies. Circle punches for the flowers and assorted leaf and tiny flower punches, finished with lots of pearls. The blue cardstock is Marina mist from Stampin Up.

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek.

Sonya

16 year old Diva's

2011-03-28T09:51:00.000+10:00

My daughter just recently went to a friends 16th Birthday party and the theme was 'Diva' and pink and silver. The girls had a great time dressing up with lots of make up and they went to a lot of trouble to get the theme just right. Here are a couple of photo's of the girls.

As you can see, they had a great day with lots of laughs.

My daughter and her friends mum asked me to make her a special 16th birthday card.

This is what I made.

This is the card I made for the mum to give to her daughter.

As you can see here in the close up, lots of bling and a 'Diva' in pink and silver.

And this is the card I made for my daughter to give to her friend.

Butterfly wishes

2011-02-16T12:00:00.001+10:00

I hope you have all had a great start to the week! Can't believe we are half way through another.

Today I've been playing with my Spellbinders Fleur De Lis dies, Sunshine design butterfly collection stamps from Platypuss creek and Verve stamps.
This is one of the cards I made.
The butterflies are coloured with Tombow watercolour pens and the wings have glitter on them
to give them a little bit of sparkle.

Have a wonderful rest of the week everyone. :-)

Curtain Call Color Challenge: {ACT 68}

2011-02-10T22:36:00.001+10:00

Another card challenge! I'm really enjoying doing these challenges lately. Lots of inspiration to get the mojo happening.

Today's card is for Curtain call color challenge 68 and what great colours for a Valentine's card.

One of my husbands work mates asked me to make a Valentine's card for his girlfriend and this is what I came up with. He wanted me to use pink on the card... yep, lot's of pink here.

Hope his girlfriend likes it.

The Play Date Cafe Challenge #66

2011-01-30T21:06:00.003+10:00

Another card challenge, this time for The Play Date Cafe.

I saw this gorgeous color combination over at Play Date Cafe. Oh my gosh,

It's just gorgeous and of course I had to play along.

The Challenge was to use black and white with a splash of lilac.

This is what I came up with.

The butterflies and leaves are from Stampin Up- Embosslits Beautiful wings and Little leaves.

The leaves are lined with glitter also.

The card sketch came from here.

Thanks for taking a look at my card today.

Sonya

Home Alone with Therapy - Week 2

2011-01-30T18:00:00.003+10:00

While the boss is away, the girls will play at Scraptherapy.

Here are my cards for this weeks

Home Alone with Therapy - Week 2 Card Sketch Challenge

Thanks for the Challenge Marg!

Same papers and butterfly as I had used in my previous cards but using Marg's sketch.

And another card with a different take on the sketch

:-)

More of my holiday cards

2011-01-29T23:39:00.002+10:00

Here are some more cards I managed to make while
on my three weeks annual leave.

Love these little butterflies! I found them when I was on holidays.

They are glitter on acetate with little pearl centres.

How cute are they! There was red, purple and white in a pack.

Here are the red ones.

And the purple one

And the white one

Wish I had bought more packets of them, now I can't find them.

Viva La Verve sketch Challenge

2011-01-29T22:52:00.001+10:00

Today's card is for the Viva La Verve February Challenge

Here is the sketch. Such a nice simple sketch to work with.

I decided to use flowers instead of ribbon for this one.

Papers are from Kaisercraft, floral and wording stamps are from Verve-

Love story and Great friends. The flourish is a felt flourish I found in the bottom of one

of my draws, also used Spellbinders circles and Lacey circles and a couple of pearls and some bling

to finish it off.

And here is my card.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sonya

A new year and new cards

2011-01-23T15:45:00.001+10:00

Wow, two posts in one day!

Hope you all had a lovely Christmas and a good start to the new year

Well, the holidays are over for another year so back to routine tomorrow. My girls have enjoyed their break but are well and truely ready to go back to school.
I was lucky enough to have three weeks holidays also. We went away for one week and the other two weeks were spent around home and I actually got into my craft room and made a heap of cards. 85 of them!

Working full time, I don't get in my craft room as often as I would like to and sometimes I just don't have any mojo, So if felt good to have a full day in the craft room to create.

Valentines Day is just around the corner. Here are a few simple cards to celebrate the occasion.

More cards for that special someone

I love you

I have plenty more cards to share, so keep and eye out.

Sonya

Scrap Jacked

2011-01-23T12:42:00.000+10:00

Here is my first entry for the Aussie scrap jacked Challenge.
My inspiration for this card came from Julie's layout. I love the aqua blue and green color combination in her layout, it is so striking. Thanks for taking a look. :)

Bob and Friends

2010-11-28T11:54:00.002+10:00

It's been a long time between posts but I have finally had some time to get crafty again. Last night I made this cute little Bob the Builder card for my cousins little boy who is turning two in a couple of weeks.
The papers are from Stampin up and the image I've printed off my computer. The image isn't the best quality but I am quite happy with the overall outcome of the card.

Here is a close up of the card so you can see the layers and depth of the card. The star and clouds are outlined in glitter.

I made this card for a friends birthday which was last month. I have used Bazzill cardstock, My Mind's Eye papers and these beautiful paper roses.

These are some of the cards I made for Helen's challenges at Scraptherapy.

Thanks for taking a peek. Enjoy what's left of the weekend.

Sonya

Forever friends

2010-09-06T09:08:00.000+10:00

Here are a couple of quick cards using MME and Prima papers and Prima flowers

Bo Bunny petal pushers

2010-08-30T09:03:00.001+10:00

It's Monday, and what a wet Monday it is! Great weather for making cards but not much else.

Today I am sharing a set of cards I made using the new Bo Bunny Petal Pusher range of papers.
Those bright colours on the black background look so striking and vibrant. I managed to make 7 cards with just a few pieces of this range, teamed up with black and white cardstock and lots of bling.

Prima Ballerina

2010-08-12T22:44:00.000+10:00

I can't believe another weekend is just around the corner. How fast has this week gone already! Hope you have all had a nice week so far. It was so nice to see the sun come out today. It has been such miserable and dreary weather here lately but it looks as tho we might just have a nice weekend ahead. Here's hoping anyway.

Here is another card using Tilda ballerina on Prima papers. I just love the colours of this Prima paper, it's so pretty.

Wild Orchid Challenge: one for the girls

For the girls

2010-08-12T22:05:00.000+10:00

More Magnolia's, yes I know, but how adorable are they!

I made this card last weekend while at the Scraptherapy mini retreat at Babinda along with lots of other cards. We had a weekend full of laughing, crafting and relaxing. What a great bunch of girls to spend the weekend with, Thanks I had a ball!

Wild Orchid Challenge: one for the girls

Blue chocolate

2010-08-02T09:49:00.000+10:00

Another order for a 40th Birthday Card! This time I was asked to use brown on the card. I don't use browns a lot, but am pleased with the way this turned out.

I have used Christina Re PP and teamed it up with some beautiful soft blue shimmer and brown shimmer cardstock, MS border punch, a bit of stain ribbon and bling.

Thanks for stopping by : )
Sonya

Say it with flowers challenge

2010-07-16T22:14:00.001+10:00

Here is my very first entry for the Wild Orchid challenge blog. I have used Ballerina Tilda from Magnolia stamps, Bo Bunny Alissa patterned paper, black and white Bazzill cardstock and MS border punch and assorted flowers.

New rubber

2010-07-15T21:58:00.001+10:00

Aren't these little cuties just adorable! I have just purchased my very first Magnolia stamps and have had a bit of a play with them. It is my niece's birthday this weekend, and how perfect are these stamps for little girls.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sonya

Blog candy

2010-07-05T22:39:00.000+10:00

Have you checked out the blog candy up for grabs at Wild Orchid crafts challenge blog?
Pop on over and check it out. How amazing would it be to win this candy!

http://wildorchidchallenge.blogspot.com/

Good luck!

Twin Boys card

2010-07-04T11:34:00.002+10:00

There seem to be so many multiple births happening around here lately.

Must be something in the water!

Anyway, I was asked to make a special card for a lady who had twin boys, this is what I came up with.

This photo shows you how the top part of the card was folded.

The top of the card opened

Then finally mounted onto a 14cmx14cm square card base.

I have used retired Stampin Up baby clothes line wheel stamp and assorted baby stamps.

Vintage Vogue easel card

2010-06-20T23:11:00.000+10:00

Another easel card, this time using the Vintage Vogue stamp set from Stampin Up!

This is one of the cards I will be doing for my next card class.

I have used one of the new in colours rich razzleberry, also pale plum and whisper white cardstock.

Designer Series Paper is cottage wall. The leaves are Stampin Up little leaves sizzlit die.

Scallop border is also from Stampin up. .

Sorry this pictures aren't the best quality or straight! I took these in a hurry, but you get the idea. ;)

40th Birthday Easel card

2010-06-20T22:25:00.001+10:00

Well, here is my very first easel card! I have been going to try one of these for ages and today, finally got around to making one. Must admit, I am pretty happy with how it turned out.

This card is going all the way to Sydney to a lady who is turning forty next month.

I hope she likes it!

Side view

Easel cards are so hard to photograph!

Now that I have done one, I'm addicted to these cute little cards.

I made another this afternoon.

Thanks for looking!

Sonya

More Imaginesce

2010-06-11T23:32:00.000+10:00

Another couple of cards using the Imaginesce blossom stamp with classic B&W and a splash of red, MS border punch, Stampin Up scallop border punch and Nestie squares.

MME So Sophie

2010-06-11T23:04:00.000+10:00

Aren't these MME papers and journal tags beautiful for quick simple cards? Team them up with some craft cardstock and a few primas and you have a quick elegant card.

Imaginisce Blossoms

2010-06-06T11:29:00.000+10:00

Today I want to share a couple of cards I have made using the new Imaginisce single flower and the new B&W papers from MME. This beautiful little stamp goes perfectly with this paper, you can do so much with it. I have a few more cards made that I will share with you a little bit later.

ST Retreat 2010

2010-06-06T11:11:00.001+10:00

What a fantastic time was had by all at the Scrap Therapy Retreat last weekend. It was so nice to catch up with the girls from previous years and to meet some of the other girls from the forum for the first time. I can't wait until next years retreat. I did manage to get 18 cards and 3 layouts done.

Here are a few photo's from the weekend.

Kim and Me

The forum girls

ST Babinda bears amongst the prima stash

Danny and Lee-Anne

Thanks for all your hard work and making the retreat possible.

Girls hard at work doing Carol's class

Thinking of you daisies

2010-05-16T22:52:00.000+10:00

This card was made for a friend who lost her son in law in a tragic accident last week.

He has left behind two small children and his lovely wife. It is so heartbreaking when something like this happens. I feel for the small children who have to go on without their daddy. It just makes me so sad!

My heartfelt sympathy goes out to all the family.

Razzleberry Garden

2010-05-16T15:52:00.003+10:00

How pretty are these colours? These are some of the new goodies from the Stampin up Autumn-Winter mini catalogue that I will be demonstrating at my next card class. The colours are rich razzleberry, pale plum and olive which coordinate beautifully with the new Designer series paper, Cottage wall. The stamp set is Cottage garden.

For more info, or to purchase any of these products, send me an email and I will be more than happy to help you.

Long weekend card creations

2010-05-07T21:41:00.004+10:00

Well another weekend is almost here! Where do these weeks go?

Last weekend was a long one and I spent a lot of that time at home in my craft room. It was so nice to have a couple of days to just make cards. I have so many cut-outs in a box so I decided it was time to put them together and make some cards to use them up.

Here is one set of cards using the new beautiful Kaiser craft range called Utopia.

I love the aqua and purple combo.

Some cards using my new MS border punch and Prima flowers! Some of you will know a little story about me and my MS punch, lets just say DON'T USE TO MUCH MUSCLE with these punches ;)

Thanks Lee-Anne for replacing it for me!

This is what I was trying to achieve!

Hope you all have a beautiful relaxing Mother's day on Sunday!

Bye for now,

Sonya

Mother's Day cards

2010-04-19T11:17:00.000+10:00

Mother's day is coming so I thought I'd make a start on some Mother's day cards.
Here are the first one's I have made for this year.
Paper used on these cards are from Basic Grey. It is such a soft pretty pattened paper which is perfect for
the type of card I have made. The large white rose flower has been hand made using different sizes of the retro punch. These punches have been sitting in my cupboard unused for some time but I think they will be getting used a bit more often now I have discovered another use for them. The border punch is from Fiskars, ribbon is bashful blue from Stampin up! I will be back later in the week to show you some more cards I have made. Hope you all have a good week!
Sonya

Bigger The Wishes

2010-03-25T22:34:00.002+10:00

Stamps used on this card are also from Stampin Up! Both stamps are from the 2010 sale-a-bration catalogue.

Sweet treat butterfly

2010-03-25T21:24:00.005+10:00

Hi, I know it has been ages since I have posted anything! I'm not much of a blogger am I!

Anyway, just thought I'd pop in and share a card I made using a Stampin up! set called Something Sweet. The sweet treat cup is filled with water and butterfly sprinkles so they float around. Hope you like it!
Sonya

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Cherish the time spent together

2009-09-08T20:03:00.020+10:00

Hi all,

The layout I am sharing with you today is a special one to me. The photo is of my uncle, dad and my Nonna (grandma) Mary. My Nonna, as we call her, is 87 in a couple of weeks. She has dementia and is now a resident at our local hospital. She can no longer speak, and just looks at you with this blank expression on her face. It is so heartbreaking seeing her like this! She was pretty much a second mum to me, my sisters and cousins growing up. Now it is our turn to feed and look after her.

This photo was taken on Christmas Day 2008. Nonna was in her glory with all the grand kids and great grand kids around her. She had a constant smile on her face.
Today I went to visit her and put a copy of this layout on her cupboard right next to her bed where she can see it.

Now, about the layout.

Scrap Therapy had a Cybercrop on the weekend. I made this layout based on Sandra D's sketch for challenge 3, but have added more flowers to it since uploading into the ST gallery.

I have used My Minds Eye Just dreamy 2 papers, Prima flowers and say it in crystals flourish, brads, Fiskars border punch, jumbo leaf punch, Kaisercraft quote on vellum and other bits and pieces from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by!

Sonya

Birthday Balloons

2009-08-14T21:10:00.003+10:00

This card was an order from a customer for a 21st Birthday.

The stamp is from Artful stamper and it was water coloured using Tombow watercolour

pens and a aqua brush pen. I love these colours together, very girly!

The balloons are mounted on foam tape and the wings of the butterflies have been popped up using Glossy Accents. The balloons are also dusted with crystal glitter.

Puppy Love

2009-07-12T13:03:00.002+10:00

My first layout for my blog is 'Puppy Love'.

The photo is of my youngest daughter Sarah. Her and our dog Roxy have a special bond.
They are always cuddled up together and Roxy just followers here everywhere. This is one of many photo's I have of the two of them together. They even jump on the trampoline together and play hide and seek.

I have used My Minds Eye Pretty Please papers's, brown flora, stripes, blossoms and pretty please accessory sheet, KaiserCraft wood flourishes, Bo bunny flowers, brads and kindy glitz. Have also used sheer blue organza ribbon under my flowers and 'tried' to make a butterfly using white ribbon and wire. I made this layout for Scrap Therapy's cyber crop challenge 3.

Here is a close up of the flourish, flowers and ribbon butterfly.

More sympathy cards

2009-06-26T09:17:00.004+10:00

What a week! I have had this week off work to recover from minor surgery. Feeling pretty good today. Not looking forward to going back to work next week, it has been nice having a bit of time at home, and to catch up with friends for lunch.

A close friend lost his father this week, so it has been sad for so many.

Today I am going to share with you the sympathy cards I have made to give to the family.

The images are from Stampin up.

Hope you all have a nice weekend!

Sonya

BG Urban Prairie butterflies

2009-06-21T12:47:00.000+10:00

Another set of cards using the Basic Grey Urban Prairie range of papers & KaiserCraft rubons.
This butterfly paper is so cute, you can do so much with it! The blue and pink papers are also from that range.
The swirls on the tall card have been pierced with a pricking tool.

I'm going to go outside now and soak up some of the beautiful sunshine! It is a beautiful
warm winters day up here today. Hope the rest of you aren't too cold!

Sonya

Floral Wishes

2009-06-17T22:04:00.000+10:00

Hi all,

Just adding a couple more pictures of cards I have made with these cute little flowers!

I have used Chatterbox assorted papers, fiskars border and corner punches, Nestabilities Labels 4 die, pearls and Stampin Up stamps.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sonya

Flower Pot card

2009-06-16T17:55:00.000+10:00

I made this card for a friend who has breast cancer and is currently going through chemotherapy! She has been quite ill with her treatment and this card was made to help brighten her day.

This is what the card looks like closed.

The following image shows the little message hidden in the pot.

First cards for my blog

2009-06-15T20:50:00.000+10:00

Here is a set of cards I made for a challenge on the Scrap Therapy Web site.
This months theme is "once upon a time". This was my take on challenge 4. Another set of cards here using the new My Minds Eye 'Bloom and Grow' pattern papers and Kaiser craft Friendship rubons.

On this card I have used the Spellbinders Labels 4 die. I just love the shape of this die!

My first post!

2009-06-10T13:29:00.000+10:00

I have finally taken the step into the world of blogging!

I have no idea what I am going to blog about, but thought I'd give it a go!
It'll be somewhere to share my creations.

Still have to figure out how do decorate and customise it, but I will get there.