When I was making this card I wasn't at all sure about the black, but when the card was finished I was really pleased with it, and it looks much prettier IRL!
Again I used my fave cart and papers from First Edition called 'Birdsong'. I punched one long edge of a piece of black cardstock and trimmed it so that the pattern was equal ( I can't abide uneven punched borders) then matted some plain cardstock and patterned paper onto it. I added some sheer black ribbon and a bow. The completed panel was adhered to the front of the card with foam tape. The sentiment was cut from Papermania pearlescent textured paper, embossed with a teeny heart embossing folder, layered up, then adhered to the panel with foam pads. A pearl was added to the dove and some heart shaped adhesive gems to the top two corners. A multilayered bloom and a trio of gems on the ribbon completes the card.
Cart used:
Sentiment- Everyday Pop-Up cards
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx
16/06/2011
13/06/2011
Vintage Anniversary........
It was my brother and SIL's wedding anniversary last Sunday (not yesterday) , the day after my SIL's birthday, and this is the card that I made for them. I used papers from DCWV Garden Party 8x8 stack. I had a vintage picture in my library that I'd downloaded months ago and decided to use it for this card as the colours on the photo are a good match for the papers. I printed the picture onto textured cardstock and it came out pretty much perfect. I adhered it with foam pads over a punched border wrapped with cream grosgrain ribbon. I added a large Prima silky bloom and a few WOC roses. I snuck a few pearl strands in there too! The mat that the blooms are on was cut from a Marianne Creatables doiley die. 'Happy Anniversary' was cut from gold cardstock, shadowed with vanilla cardstock, and adhered with foam pads. I added my bro and SIL's initials and a pearl heart to the top right hand corner of the picture to complete the card.
Carts used:
'Happy Anniversary'-Sweethearts
A & K- Winter Woodland
Thanks for dropping by today!
Heather xxx
Carts used:
'Happy Anniversary'-Sweethearts
A & K- Winter Woodland
Thanks for dropping by today!
Heather xxx
10/06/2011
Happy Birthday, Karen.....
It was my SIL Karen's birthday last Saturday and this is the card that I made for her. There's a bit of a tale of woe behind this card. I'd made the card base, cut out the bird and name, but still needed to cut out the birdcage. I knew that there were four beautiful cages on the Serenade cartridge but could I find it? Looked everywhere for it to no avail. Unfortunately it's walked at either a Workshop or a Swarm so I've had to buy another one! None at Craftsulove for £19.99 so I had to pay full price at SmartCrafts! Oh well! No other choice as I need it for my Swarm tomorrow!
Anyway, back to the card. The papers are new First Edition papers called Summer Breeze. I finally cut the cage from Car Decals (it wasn't the one I wanted but what's a gal to do?!) using Papermania shimmer cardstock. The bird was cut from green shimmer cardstock and I cut another bird from patterned paper and adhered it with foam pads to the flourished bird (the solid bird should actually go behind). I punched some teeny flowers from patterned paper, added a pearl to the centres, then adhered them to the flourish. The completed bird was then adhered to the cage. The front of the card is made up of two panels, the top one edged with a border punch. Ribbon was wrapped around the border and secured behind. The panel was then matted and adhered to the card. I added a tag with Safmat sentiment and a Prima vintage flower. 'Karen' was cut from shimmer cardstock and adhered with foam pads above the ribbon/bow. A pearl eye on the bird completes the card.
Carts used:
Cage-Car Decals
Bird on flourish-Wall Decor & More
'Karen'-Winter Woodland
Tag-George
As requested by some of my ladies who attend the Swarm here are some carts that you'll find useful for the project that we'll be doing:
Wild Card
StoryBook
Lyrical Letters
Martha Stewart cakes
Love Struck
I look forward to seeing you at the Swarm tomorrow!
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx
Anyway, back to the card. The papers are new First Edition papers called Summer Breeze. I finally cut the cage from Car Decals (it wasn't the one I wanted but what's a gal to do?!) using Papermania shimmer cardstock. The bird was cut from green shimmer cardstock and I cut another bird from patterned paper and adhered it with foam pads to the flourished bird (the solid bird should actually go behind). I punched some teeny flowers from patterned paper, added a pearl to the centres, then adhered them to the flourish. The completed bird was then adhered to the cage. The front of the card is made up of two panels, the top one edged with a border punch. Ribbon was wrapped around the border and secured behind. The panel was then matted and adhered to the card. I added a tag with Safmat sentiment and a Prima vintage flower. 'Karen' was cut from shimmer cardstock and adhered with foam pads above the ribbon/bow. A pearl eye on the bird completes the card.
Carts used:
Cage-Car Decals
Bird on flourish-Wall Decor & More
'Karen'-Winter Woodland
Tag-George
As requested by some of my ladies who attend the Swarm here are some carts that you'll find useful for the project that we'll be doing:
Wild Card
StoryBook
Lyrical Letters
Martha Stewart cakes
Love Struck
I look forward to seeing you at the Swarm tomorrow!
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx
07/06/2011
I've got a couple of baby cards for you today. Now we all know that every baby is a miracle, but some are more of a miracle than others. This card would be good for parents who's baby was a long time in coming or whose arrival was against all the odds. The layout is very simple with a patterned panel at the top and a plain white panel with a punched edge, below it. The join is covered with beautiful glittery ric-rac that I picked up from the local Pound shop. The cute little baby feet, cut from glittercard, are mounted onto a doiley cut from a Marianne Creatables doiley die.
I added a bow made from thin baby ribbon above the feet, and a flower painted with irridescent medium to the ric rac ribbon. A large pearl (from Dunelm Mill) was adhered to the centre of the flower. 'Miracle' was cut from more glittercard and adhered flat to the plain white section below the border.
Carts used:
Baby feet- New Arrival
'Miracle'- Inspired Heart
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx
I added a bow made from thin baby ribbon above the feet, and a flower painted with irridescent medium to the ric rac ribbon. A large pearl (from Dunelm Mill) was adhered to the centre of the flower. 'Miracle' was cut from more glittercard and adhered flat to the plain white section below the border.
Carts used:
Baby feet- New Arrival
'Miracle'- Inspired Heart
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx
05/06/2011
Butterfly sorry.......
Did I tell you how much I LOVE the Everyday Pop-Up Cards cart? Yep!- I think I did! Here'e another card from the best cart yet. I used freebie papers again from Creative Cardmaking, glittercard and Papermania peralised textured card. The panel on the front of the card was created with two different papers and a Dovecraft punch. I wrapped a piece of spotted sheer ribbon around the pnel before matting it onto white and lilac cardstock. I painted a bloom with some Windsor & Newton irridescent medium (love this stuff!) added another with a pearl centre ( from The Works but Papermania make them too) then adhered it to the bow. The beautiful, delicate butterfly was cut from lilac pearlised cardstock (Papermania) with a glittercard solid behind it, and the sentiment was cut from two shades of purple glittercard shadowed with pearlised cardstock. Both elements were adhered to the card with foam pads. The butterfly 'trail' was created with different sized gems. I added some Papermania glitter dots to the butterflies body and some gems to the ribbon to complete the card.
Cart used:
Butterfly & sentiment- Everday Pop-Up Cards
Thanks for dropping by today!
Heather
Cart used:
Butterfly & sentiment- Everday Pop-Up Cards
Thanks for dropping by today!
Heather
02/06/2011
Friendships bloom........
I have to tell you that Everyday Pop-Up Cards is my fave cart at the moment! I've made loads of cards with it and they are so easy to make as the word art is gorgeous and you don't have to add too much more to make a stunning card. I've started using pearlescent textured cardstock from Papermania for the word art cuts. There are 3 collections to choose from and it goes a long way as you don't use an awful lot.
Both of these cards use the same word art, but the card bases are different. The card above is a standard C5 and the papers (for both cards ) are freebies from Creative Cardmaking. The word art was cut from pearlescent cardstock, layered up, and adhered to a scalloped oval. This was adhered with foam pads to a square panel on the front of the card. The rectangular panel underneath it was decorated with a punched border mat and a spotted voile bow. A WOC floral arrangement above the sentiment and a smattering of pearls completes the card.
The square card was made from two scalloped squares adhered together down one side, then covered with another paper scalloped square. A large panel was created from two different papers, the corners rounded and then matted onto vanilla cardstock. The word art was created in the same way as the first card and adhered to an embossed square. This was then adhered to another square panel, and fixed to the front of the card with foam tape. A spotted voile bow, and a floral arrangement on one corner completes the card.Carts used:
Square card base- Accent Essentials
Scalloped oval-A Child's Year
Plain oval-George
'Friendships bloom' word art-Everyday Pop-Up Cards
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx
31/05/2011
Wild seas & warmer climes.......
Believe it or not it's almost June but you wouldn't think it from this pic! My sister, BIL & two great-nieces came down for Bank Holiday and they wanted to go to the beach, so off we trundled on Sunday to Lee-On-Solent beach. Cripes it was breezy! My BIL flew my little niece's kite and boy did it go! We were sitting nursing cups of tea at the Beach Shack and the kids were in the water in their wellies! Why don't kids feel the cold?!!!!
Now, this card is for a lucky lady moving to warmer climes. One of the nurses who works with my hubby is moving to Dubai to work and the Department wanted a card for her. It's a biggun- A4- and incorporates icons for her job, and the place she is going to, hence the nurse's top and the palm trees (well, dates actually!) I've used this top before on the nurse/doctor shaped cards I made a while back. I put a stethescope in the pocket and added a name badge. The background paper has a medical theme but I've had it for ages and can't remenber where I had it from. I cut the trees from textured cardstock and adhered them with foam poads to the front of the card. I then adhered the nurse's top slightly overlapping it. I cut the 'Au Revoir' sentiment from pale blue card shadowed with dark blue then adhered it with foam pads above the other elements. The main sentiment was cut from tectured cardstock and adhered with foam pads in the spaces above and below the centre panel. A smattering of Candi dots completes the card.
Carts used:
Nurse's top-Everyday Paper Dolls
Stethescope-Wild Card
Palm trees-Life's A Beach
Au Revoir-Sentimentals
'Good Luck Sharon'-Winter Woodland
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx
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