Champagne Celebration!

This card was for a commission, and the brief was Champagne and NO pink! I decided to use this fab champers bottle tri-fold card which fits the bill I think! I cut the card out at 6 1/4" to fit a C5 envelope. Although it looks green the bottle is actually the same colour as the letters & numbers! It's cobalt blue mirri card and I love it! I traced around the bottle onto the blue mirri and cut it out & adhered it to the bottle on the card. I cut out the trimmings in silver mirri. I added '1959' to the bottle label and a layered flower and ribbon trim. 'JO' & '50' are cut from blue glitter card and adhered with foam pads. The happy birthday is cut from blue mirri and adhered flat. I added a personal insert to finish. I am assured that the customer was thrilled with it!
Carts used:
Champagne card- Wild Card
Jo & 50- Lyrical Letters (Jumbo Font)
Happy Birthday-Wild Card (the phrase is cut in one piece but I chopped it in two and trimmed it)
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Heather

Forever

Here's another card made with that lovely turquoise & chocolate combo. This time I used some polka dot paper in chocolate brown from Papermania along with the lovely turquoise print paper. It's a very simple layout with addition of a layered flower with a Laura Ashley fabric brad at it's centre and a satin ribbon bow. The sentiment is glittered, and some bling finishes the card.
Cart used:
Sentiment- Home Decor Solutions
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Heather

Enjoy Life!

I bought this lovely paper from The Paper Mill. It's sort of pearlescent in a lovely turquoise with white print, and I wanted a real contrast so I decided to use brown, and I think the combo is luscious! I cut a piece of paper to fit the front, shaped it into a curve, adhered it to a piece of marble paper,then matted it onto chocolate brown cardstock. The panel was then adhered to the front of the card with foam tape. I added a brown satin ribbon band with layered flower (this one has a lovely velvet texture) with a Laura Ashley fabric brad in the centre. I cut out the 'Enjoy' icon, passed it through the Xyron then dumped brown glitter over it. I added rub-on letters to spell 'life!' and some bling to finish
Cart used:
Enjoy- Graphically Speaking (Jumbled Word)
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Heather

Congrats Menai!

The eldest daughter of some good friends of ours qualified as a Doctor last week- well done Men!-so I made her this card. Her younger sister Rhea qualified a couple of months back and I featured her card in a previous post too. I used some pretty pink paper from Papermania, some blue spotty paper (unknown scource) and glitter & mirri card for the frame and stethescope. I cut the frame from cream coloured glittercard and backed it with peachy-pink glitter card. I paper-pieced a stethescope from silver and pink mirri card and also cut Congrats from pink mirri. 'Menai' is cut from blue glittercard. The blue panel is edged with a Fiskars border punched and wrapped with swirly voile ribbon. I added three candy dots to finish.
Carts used:
Frame & Stethescope- Wild Card (you'll need RDS on to get a good sized frame)
Congrats & Menai- Lyrical Letters (Connected & Jumbo fonts)
In case you're wondering, Menai's name is the same as the Menai Suspension Bridge over The Menai Straits in Wales. Isn't it a pretty name ? I can tell you that she is a VERY pretty girl too!
Thanks for looking!
Heather

Hi Friend!

I made this card using a layout from Moralia's Weblog. Her card is made with clear cardstock but I decided to make mine with the regular stuff!
It's very simple, just panels attached together and mounted onto textured cardstock which has been matted onto green card. I added faux stitching with my trusty dressmaker's wheel and a white gel pen (click on the picture to see it in more detail) I added ribbon, flowers, rub-on sentiment and 'hi' cut from card and paper and raised on foam pads. Bling finishes the card off.
Cart used:
Hi- Lyrical Letters (Jumbo font)
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Heather

Father's Day pt 2

This is the card that I made for hubby from the boys and it's huge!!! It's A4 size and I had a blast making it! I used rainbow paper from The Works mounted onto lime green card. I cut out and paper-pieced the pineapple cocktail, all the pieces of which were chalked to give definition. It was adhered to the card front with foam pads.. The letters were cut and chalked and also adhered with foam pad strips. I added a hint of glitter for a really summery look. Cheers!

Cart used:

Cocktail & sentiment- Life Is A Beach

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Heather

Father's Day Pt 1

These are cards that I made for my Dad from hubby & me and from the boys. My dear Dad is in hospital in Stoke-On-Trent and having a miserable time of it. We arranged a visit out of hospital to my brother's house close by, bundled him up warmly and drove him away. He cheered up no end due to the fresh air and change of scenery (he's been in hospital for almost a month now) and it did him the world of good to spend his special day with his family around him instead of 2 at a time! God willing he may come home next week. Anyway onto the cards. The shed was from me & hubby. I used a script paper with fatherly words on it and some cartoon sky paper from DCWV. I cut out the shed and paper pieced it, adding grass, flowers , a fence and a shiny watering can. I have had those gardening implement embellies for ages and this card was an ideal opportunity to use them

The other card was from the boys. I cut out the beach-chair and umbrella, mounted them onto a base of cloud paper and hand-made paper sand, and added 'GRANDAD' with dome stickers. I wanted to fill the space at the top of the card so I inserted two eyelets threaded with yellow raffia and added a shell charm with a jump-ring.

Carts used:

Shed- Birdhouse from Stretch You Imagination

Grass & Fence-Plantin Schoolbook

Dad- Beyond Birthdays

Watering Can- Happily Ever After

Beach-Chair & Umbrella- Life Is A Beach

Thanks for looking!

Heather