Secretaries Day

Hello all. I-team member Sonja from Sugar Bean Cards here with my latest project! Next week is Secretaries Day. I always try to do a little card or something for the secretaries at my children's schools.

I grabbed the JGW Campus Capers file to get started. Each child has two secretaries at their school.

For my daughter's school, the office is decorated with owls. I grabbed this SnapDragon file from Silhouette's Design Store. 

Even though each card is from the same stack, each one has it's own differences!

Materials Used: 

DCWV 'Indigo Kraft & Rose Gold' stack

SVG Attic JGW Campus Capers

SnapDragon Snippet 'Owl Trio' card (Silhouette Design Store)

Silhouette Cameo 3

Aleene's Original Tacky Glue

Teresa Collins Mega Runner

Creativity Box

I have had this stack of Tim Holtz things stored under my desk since January. I knew the general idea of what I wanted to do, but then again I didn't know what I was going to do with it. When I finally took the time to read each inscription on these little medal plates, I knew for sure what I needed to do with it!

I have a lot of little things in a basket that I use occasionally for crafting. So to bring a bit more organization as well as elegance to storing the little things, I decided to make a storage box using SVG Attic's 'Cookie's for Santa' file to make this project.

I had to modify the file slightly to achieve what I wanted.

Original file: 

For the lid of the box, I wanted the top to be a solid surface. So I simply right clicked on the top of the lid, selected 'release compound', and discarded the items from the file I didn't want to use.

Modified file: 

Once modified and cut out, I was able to put each piece together.

 But once I added all of the Tim Holtz bling, wow!

 The gold glitter paper I used from Cut Card Stock was the icing on the cake.

 The gold paired well with the elegance and old fashioned paper

 I chose this file because I liked that I can take the inside compartments out one at a time for when I am using that element.

The finished results came out well.

 For more inspiring projects by I-team member Sonja, please visit Sugar Bean Cards blog. 

Materials Used: 

SVG Attic 'Cookies for Santa' file

Tim Holtz paper and bling

Cut Card Stock glitter gold paper

Silhouette Cameo 3

Silhouette Studios Designer Edition

Aleene's Original Tacky Glue

Haunted Cottage

Hello all. I-team Sonja here with a fun take on the cottage from the RW English Cottage Kit. 

I am doing a three part posting. Every two weeks for my next three postings will be a new cottage to show you the versatility that can be done with this set! 

To begin with, who is excited for Halloween this year? The inspiration for this haunted house came to be when some neighbors up the road started assembling their yearly haunted house attraction. 

 The front of the cottage displays a friendly ghost who is riding the haunted house of the unfriendly ghosts!

 The wicked witch has found herself in an unfortunate situation. 

 When this house is lit at night, the middle window displays a few secrets held within the walls of this old cottage. 

 First side of the house

 The back of the house has a little cemetery and creepy tree.

 Notice the little cobwebs found throughout the house!

 And the final side of the house

Now, turn the lights off and watch it come to life!!!

 In each photo, the eyes are a different color from the rest of the lit up windows.

To achieve this effect, I used two different flame-less colored candles.

Tune back in on the 2nd for the next inspiration cottage! 

Materials Used:
DCWV Seasonal Wreath stack

RW English Cottage Kit

SDS Ghostly Graveyard ~ Tree and Coffins

SnapDragon Snippets ~ Spider, web, and ghosts

Craftwell eBrush

Sharpie Markers

Silhouette Cameo

Scotch ATG Gun

Aleene's Regular tacky glue

Once Upon a Time...

Well, I have to say my husband and I have failed. I-Team member Sonja here with my latest 3D creation. 

When we found out we were having a girl, we worked really really really hard to not get anything that said princess, represented a princess, or decorate anything princessy. 

Fast forward four years and our daughter one morning tells her dad "Call me Princess" when he called her by her name. 

This set was inspired by her need to be called Princess and her fourth birthday! 

All girls were born with little crowns right?! 

 First I made the castle card. 

 But why stop there? 

 A crown and a slipper were a must

 Shoe from the Fashionably French collection

 Gift bags to hold a few gifts from the Basic Gift Bags collection.

 And every castle needs a horse drawn carriage

Sugar Bean Cards

Materials Used:
Craft Smith 'Blush Glam' stack

JGW Off to the Ball

JGW Fashionably French

Basic Gift Bags SVG Collection

Silhouette Cameo

Craftwell eBrush
Sharpie Markers

Aleene's Original tacky glue

Scotch ATG Gun