Prettily packaged decorated candle...

I haven't got a card for you today but I do have something that would make a great gift. I picked up a few pillar candles from Asda on Friday (£1 each) and decorated it it to match the acetate cylinder that I made to put it in. The cylinder base & top were made from 2 circles and one strip of card (for each) and a punched strip of paper. A 12 x 5 piece of heavyweight acetate was joined at the short edges with red line extra sticky tape, then adhered inside one of the card circles. I decorated the top with a scalloped circle, plain circle and a layered hydrangea with a pearl brad. I decorated the candle with a sentiment on a scalloped oval, some glittery flowers punched from glitter card and another hydrangea flower attached to a ribbon bow. All the embellishments were attached to the candle with dressmakers pins & beads. The candle is not intended to be used, it is purely decorative, but if it was to be used then all the embellishments MUST be removed before lighting the candle. I wouldn't want to light it though, would you?!
Carts used:
Box base & lid- George
Scalloped oval tag- A Child's Year
Happy Mother's Day (on tag)- Mother's Day Special Edition 2010
Scalloped circle/plain circle- Winter Woodland
Thanks for dropping by!
Heatherxxx

Happy Mother's Day.....

I was really pleased how this card turned out! Isn't it pretty? (if I do say so myself!) I used Papermania papers and a paper doiley I found in my cake making cupboard (I can't remember when I last made a cake!) The layout is very simple using 3 designs of paper. I edged the rose patterned paper on the centre panel with a MS punch and adhered a piece of satin ribbon before I fixed the panel to the card (the doiley was slipped underneath the punched border) and a scalloped circle topped with a sentiment circle was adhered to it with foam pads. The sentiment was cut from pink glitter card. I finished the front of the card with some large pink pearls, a ribbon bow and a large pink-tinged rose from Wild Orchid Crafts. I decorated the inside of the card with a sentiment cut from glittercard and a punched border of rose-patterned paper.
Carts used:
Happy Mothers Day- Mother's Day Special Edition 2010
Scalloped /plain circle-Winter Woodland
You are so special- Wild Card
Thanks for looking today & have a great weekend!
Heatherxxx

Love Heart...

This card was so simple to make..no designer paper in sight and mimimal matting & layering. I cut the word heart from mirri card then adhered it with foam pads to a white panel matted onto red card. I added a punched border with heart ribbon trim. I made a bow, threaded a rose through it then curled the stem with a cocktail stick. I cut 'Valentine' from red mirri and adhered it with foam pads below the border. The top and bottom curves of the heart were accented with red gems. I punched another border for the inside along with some tiny red hearts and a sentiment cut from mirri.
Carts used:
Heart & 'Valentine'- Love Struck Special Edition 2010
Love You-Stamping Solutions.
Thanks for looking
Heatherxxx

Miss talking to you.....

Wow! No easel card today?!! Yup. just a bog-standard for you today! I got this lovely 'Citrus' stack (like I need more paper!!!) from DCWV. I layered it up onto electric blue cardstock with a large yellow panel at the centre to hold the sentiment. I cut out a mobile phone from silver mirri & glittered paper and added a little 'phone charm made from very fine cord & beads. I cut the sentiment from blue glittercard and adhered it flat to the yellow panel. I added layered flowers & leaves and a spotty ribbon bow to finish. Carts used:

'phone & girlfriend- Paisley
Miss talking to you- Wild Card
Leaves- Accent Essentials
Thanks for stopping by!
Heatherxxx

Mama....

Here's the card that I promised you yesterday..I hope that you think that it is as pretty as I do! Isn't that the most gorgeous pram?!!! Who has a pram like that these days?! My Mum had a Silver Cross pram for 3 of us (she wore out 4 sets of tyres on it!!) very similar to this one, she sold it, then fell pregnant with my youngest brother! Bummer! (not my brother!..selling the pram! Love you Nick!)
Anyway back to the card.. I cut the pram from silver mirri & pink Bazzil. I cut off the wheels and handle from the pink pram then adhered it to the silver pram. I added detail with a dressmakers wheel, then added silver pearls to the wheels & hood. I also cut a tiny oval and added a gem heart to it to finish off the pram. The papers I used are from Papermania. I cut a square doiley as a mount for the scalloped oval onto which I adhered the pram. Before fixing the panel to the card I threaded pink voile ribbon through 2 punched holes in the oval and fixed it behind the panel. The whole panel was adhered to the card with foam tape.. I cut another scalloped oval for the stop and adhered the sentiment 'Mama' to it. I finished the oval with a bow, and added flowers to the large oval holding the pram. I added pearls to the doiley and ribbons to finish.
Carts used:
Pram, square doiley, Mama
Scalloped ovals- A Child's Year
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather

Love.....

First of all, let me say that the colours look way out in this photo..it looks like I've mixed blue, lavender, lilac etc. It must be the light because in reality these colous are really pretty together and the main heart image is lilac not blue! As you've probably guessed I have a new cart in my collection (well 3 actually but who's counting?!) I used papers from the new Papermania capsule collections- there are 4 colours- and white and lilac pearlised cardstock for the image. I cut the main image out of lilac cardstock and it's blackout in white which I embossed with a Fiskar's texture plate in the Cuttlebug. I mounted the lilac heart onto the white one with foam pads and adhere it onto a panel of patterned paper. I added pearls, a bow, a pearl heart button (shank removed) and paper roses. I cut a scalloped oval for the stop and adhered the 'Love' cut out to it. I finished the stop with some pearls over the ribbon.
Carts used:
Heart image & 'Love'- Love Struck Special Edition 2010
Scalloped oval & shadow-A Child's Year
Thanks for looking today & I have a real beauty for you tomorrow (well I think so!!!)
Heatherxxx

Queen for a day!....

I've had this paper-called Deco Delights by Dovecraft- for ever just waiting for the perfect cart to come along...and it did...so here it is! Aren't the colours pretty? The paper is just a perfect match for this little kitty, and see that kitty on the inside of the card- she's cut from one of the papers! ( I added the little tiara!) The layout is very simple just two panels matted & layered on pink & black, using two different papers. I added ribbon to the top panel which was raised on foam pads. I decorated the bow with a daisy punched from black glittercard and a pink rose. I cut the kitty from black card, passed it through a Xyron and flocked it... I did the same for the pink cushion... I adhered a piece of lime green glitter paper behind the yes and added green gems to the collar, tiara and the tassels on the cushion. I cut 'Queen' & 'Day!' from pink glittercard with a black shadow and the 'for a' from black card to which I added black Stickles. The pink words were raised on foam pads and the other words glued flat. To finish the words I added some more bling.
I cut the interior sentiment from pink card with a black shadow.
Carts used:
Kitty- Paisley
Queen for a day!'- Ashlyn's Alphabet
Happy Birthday- Calligraphy Collection.
Thanks for dropping by today!
Heatherxxx