Blooming.....

I made this card last year for my hubby to give to a work colleague who was leaving to have a baby.

The card base is a standard A5 and the papers are from a First Edition pad. I cut the expectant mum from white card then coloured the cut-out with a darkish ProMarker (the mum is afro-Caribbean) and added a checked dress and red shoes. I adhered her with foam pads to a central panel embossed with a swiss dots embossing folder. The panel was adred to the card front with foam tape. I added 'Best Wishes' cut from black card and 'GILL' cut from pink glitter card. A large bloom (12 for £1 from The Range- bargain!!) sheer bow and trio of pearls completes the card.

Carts used:

Expectant Mum- Wrap It Up

Best Wishes- Paper Lace 2

GILL- Suburbia

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx

Engaged!......

Rhea's big sister Menai got engaged before Christmas and is getting married in September. We were so happy for her and her lovely fella Krishan. They make such a lovely couple. Being thrilled for them both I had to send a card.

The card base is an 8" square and the papers are by First Edition. I cut a shaped panel and embossed it with a swirl embossing folder. I added a piece of self adhesive fancy ribbon across the card then adhered the shaped panel to it.

I cut the ring box from red cardstock, then ran it through a Xyron machine and chucked some red flocking powder over it, giving it the look and feel of velvet. The ring section was cut from gold mirri with a white glittercard 'diamond'. I added a punched heart to the ring box, and two floating hearts to the panel. 'Menai' & 'Krishan' were cut from red polka dot paper then adhered with foam pads to the panel.

A sheer, patterned ribbon bow, WOC bloom and a pearl in each corner of the large central panel completes the card.

Carts used:

Shaped panel- Elegant Edges

Ring box- sweethearts

Menai & Krishan- Suburbia

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xx

Lois Pearl.......

I have two cards for you today, both of them for the same little girl.

First up a Christening card. The base card is a scalloped 8". The front of the card was decorated with an embossed square matted onto rainbow mirri and pink cardstock. I adhered a ribbon bow across one corner before adhering the panel to the card front. I then added a stunning cross cut from pearlised cardstock, embossed after cutting, with a filigree cross under it (I cut the swirls from the pink cross)

'Lois Pearl' and 'Christening' were cut from pink pearlised cardstock shadowed with rainbow mirri.

All of the elements were adhered to the card with foam pads. A bow in the centre of the cross completes the card.

The first birthday card uses the same card base with pink polka dot paper. A square, embossed panel matted onto a scalloped square was adhered to the centre of the card. I cut this lovely teddy from gingham paper with polka dot paw pads, muzzle and ears. I gave her teeny black pearl eyes and a bow at her neck. 'Lois Pearl' was cut from pink glittercard and adhered flat. The teddy was adhered to a pink glittercard '1' then adhered to the card with foam pads. A trio of punched hearts completes the card.

Carts used:

Christening card

Cross- New Testament

Christening-Inspired Heart

Lois Pearl-All Mixed Up

 

First Birthday

Scalloped square- Elegant Edges

1- Base Camp (shadow)

Teddy bear- Christmas Noel (yes, really!)

Lois Pearl- Lyrical Letters

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx

 

Golden Wedding...

Chrissie, one of the ladies who comes to my Wednesday workshops, asked me, last year to make a card for her friends' 50th anniversary. I found the fab 'pointy' doiley when I was looking for something similar to a particular die, and this was close enough.

The card was an 8x8 square, and the papers are Pink Petticoat downloads printed onto pearlised paper. I cut the doiley from gold mirri, topped it with a scalloped circle and plain circle which holds the recipients' names and a '50'.

I added gold mesh ribbon, gold die-cut leaves and flourishes, yellow pearls and a pearl heart and a WOC floral arrangement.

The card was quite bulky, so I made a pizza-style box, decorated with a matted square of PP French script paper, criss-crossed gold ribbon, gold 50 and a couple of punched hearts to finish.

Carts used:

'Pointy' doiley- Graphically Speaking

Dee/Joe-Suburbia

50- Sophisticated

Scalloped circle- Elegant Edges

Plain circle- George

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xx



Handy Man.......

I made this card last December for my youngest brother Nick's birthday. Nick works for a company that maintains properties for a housing association, so I thought that this tool belt would make a very apt card. I used papers from Papermania's 'Wellington Bear' pack. The fab tape measure is from a Making Cards For Men special edition from a year or so back.

I cut the tool belt from brown and tan cardstock and added 'real' tool charms to the pockets. 'Nick' was cut from silver mirri and embossed with a 'metal plate' embossing folder then adhered to the card with foam pads. 'Happy birthday' was cut from black mirri and adhered flat to the card.

Three 'screw' brads completes the card.

Carts used:

Tool Belt- Handyman Lite

Nick-Opposites Attract

Happy Birthday- Stamping Solutions

Thanks for looking!

Heather xx



Holli

My sweet great-niece Holli was 5 last December. I had some Nit-Wit freebie papers from an old Creative Cardmaking mag, and this cute little girl image looks just like Holli, and I thought she would be just right for a birthday card.

I reinforced the image with card before cutting her out then adhered her with foam pads to a patterned paper panel matted onto pink cardstock. 'Holli' & '5' were cut from co-ordinating papers, shadowed with pink cardstock then adhered with foam pads to the card front. Lashings of glitter completes the card.

Cart used:

Holli & 5- Don Juan

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx

New Grandparents.....

I was asked to make a card for a couple who had become grandparents for the first time.....

 

The customer wanted LOADS of wording on the card. Normally I discourage too much 'wordage' on the front of card- I prefer to put the words inside the card- but I had an idea that would work with the sentiment that the customer wanted. I chose a pink and blue palette for the nanny (pink) and granddad (blue) atop a white embossed square. 'Congratulations to the new &' was cut from pink cardstock and adhered flat to the white panel. 'Nanny' & 'Grandad' were cut from pink and blue patterned paper, reinforced with white cardstock, then adhered to the card with foam pads. I punched some stars from pink & blue glittercard, adhering them with foam pads among the sentiment.

Carts used:

Congratulations- Paper Lace 2

Remaining sentiment (in 2 different sizes)- Base Camp

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xx