Leaving?

Remember the words of the song- Im leavin' on a jet 'plane, don't know when I'll be back again... well I thought that this little 'plane would suit a leaving card down to the ground (??!!) I used paper from the DCWV Glitter Spring Stack and cut out a 'plane from silver mirri. I cut out a globe using green check paper and blue card, then layered them up. I cut out the sentiment and added 6 silver candy dots. A smaller 'plane & green check paper decorate the inside.

Carts used:

'Plane & globe- Going Places

Sentiments- Lyrical Letters (Jumbo font!)

Thanks for looking!

Heather

Thank You Teacher pt 2

Well, it's Krishnan's final day at school today and these are the cards that I made for his male teachers. He wanted these cards to be in the school colours of black, red & gold so I obliged. Each card echoes the subject that is taught by a particular teacher,from l to r, English (the teacher LOVES Anthony & Cleopatra hence the spynx!)-a book, History- a clock for times past, Economics- pound,euro & dollar signs and Maths- a compass. I made a base for each card of black card matted onto mirri with a gold strip edged with a Fiskars border punch topped by a strip of red card. I then added panels of script paper, the sentiment, adhered the embellishments with foam tape and finally, some gold candy dots. I have left the insides blank for Krishnan's message.

Carts used:

Sentiments- Opposites Attract & Calligraphy

Clock- Graphically Speaking

Monetary signs- Wild Card

Book & Compass- Locker Talk

Thanks for stopping bye!

Heather

ps Thank you Sue for becoming a follower. I'm honoured!

Thank You Teacher pt 1

My eldest son Krishnan has his final day at school tomorrow and he wanted some cards for his teachers. I ended up making 8 DL cards, 4 ladies & 4 men cards-these are the ladies cards. I basically used the same layout but varied the papers, colours and flowers. I left the insides blank so that Krishnan can write his own message to these special people. I shall post pt 2 -the male cards-tomorrow.
Carts used:
Frames- StoryBook & Wild Card
Sentiments: Beyond Birthdays(vertical Thanks),Calligraphy & Wild Card
Thanks for looking!
Heather

Robot Birthday

I made this card using the DCWV Boy stack. One of the sheets has little robots all over it so I used one of them to paper-piece this robot from squares & rectangles. I covered the front of the card with 2 different papers and covered the join with a strip of mirri card cut with decorative scissors. I cut out a circle frame with a shadow and backed it with a circle of holographic card.

I added silver ribbon, toning brads and a sentiment on the blue circle (because it's silver mirri it doesn't show up well on the photo) and a sentiment inside.

Carts used-

Robot- George (I just cut different sized squares & rectangles)

Circle frame- Accent Essentials

Sentiments- Lyrical Letters (Jumbo font)

Thanks for looking!

Heather

Happy Birthday Lauren!

This is the card that I made for my niece Lauren's birthday next week inspired by a post on Dannisdoodles blog. This great flip-flop is one of a pair (well duh!) but I only wanted to use one. I cut out a large flip-flop- you can only cut this size out on the Expression- and covered it with spotty paper. I used the other shape as a template to shape the front of the card. I added two eyelets at the top of the shoe and made a hole where the toe-post would be and threaded ribbon from the top holes down to the bottom one and secured them at the back. I then added a large bloom and brad. I cut out Lauren's name from paper & adhered it to the top of the shoe. I stuck the whole thing onto a piece of white Bazzil and cut around with scalloped scissors leaving a border. The completed shoe was adhered to the corresponding shape on the card front. I covered the inside of the card with rainbow paper, added a sentiment and 3 flower gems to complete the card

Carts used:

Flip-flop- Life Is A Beach

Sentiment - Wild Card

Name- Lyrical Letters

Thanks for looking!

Heather

ps sorry about the slightly blurry photo!

Our light, our rock

How about this for a Father's day card? It's very simple but effective, I think. A panel of 'sky' paper, matted & layered on red & blue form a base for this fab lighthouse which I pieced from white,blue & red card with a little silver mirri for the light section & a gem for the light itself (click on the picture for more detail) I added seagulls and the two-tone sentiment then decorated the inside with more sky & seagulls.

Carts used:

Lighthouse,seagulls & external sentiment- Life Is A Beach

Internal sentiment- Calligraphy

Thanks for looking!

Heather

Happy Anniversary

This is the card that I made for my brother & SIL for their 26th anniversary last week. I got the layout whilst blog hopping and tweaked it slightly. The music paper is actually wrapping paper that I've had forever! I made a panel from Bazzil slightly smaller than the front of the card, pierced the edges with a dressmaker's wheel and then adhered it to the front of the card with foam tape. I added the two panels offset from each other and some fab black & tan check ribbon.I cut out the heart and the sentiment and embellished the heart with a fillagree heart button. The heart is cut from black mirri- I just love that stuff!-and is embellished with black pearls as is the top right hand corner of the card. A sentiment and strip of music paper decorate the inside.

Cart used:

Heart & sentiments- Lyrical Letters

Thanks for looking!

Heather