Back after a long absence

Hello,
It's been a long time since I lasted posted owing to a period of family illness and bereavement. So as you can understand I didn't have the time or motivation to do much by way of crafting. I made a few birthday cards using a Little Claire stamp basically all variations on a theme, and a few Christmas  cards using a Hunkydory kit. I even had to buy my Mom's  birthday card - shock, horror!

I really lost my mojo but by getting back into the card making groups on Facebook and seeing all the fabulous cards there it's starting to come back. I've made my hubby a Valentines card which I'll be posting (now done), and have a couple of birthday cards to do which I'll post so watch this space!

Black, white and yellow musical birthday card

Hello,
This is a card I've made for the July Win and Tonic challenge: black, white plus another colour. I made it using the dies I won from the Facebook Group Tonic Live Chat event where this card was demonstrated, really made up about that!

I used the Deco Trellis to make the card blank and then the Tonic Rococo Perfect Harmony, Musical Notes and Treble Clef dies and the Miniature Moments Birthday Wishes sentiment die.

For the inside I used the Miniature Moments Celebrate sentiment die on mats cut using the Trellis Layering die set - which I'd bought because I liked the Deco Trellis so much!

Thanks for stopping by.

Exploding box

Hello there,
this is the last 3D item I made for my Certificate in Paper Crafting course, and was my first attempt at an exploding box.

I used quite a few Tonic products such as the layering dies to cut the squares, the On Mother's Day insert from the Affections die set, the Pretoria alphabet die set and the butterfly from the Fae Trellis topper die set.

I made the flowers using the Heartfelt Creations Sun Kissed Fleur die and stamp set with Cosmic Shimmer Gold Sparkle embossing powder.

I added family photos as it was a present for my Mom on Mother's Day who loved it. Hope you like it too.

Thanks for stopping by.