Caley....

This card's a biggun! It's A4 in size and it was a commission for one of my husband's secretaries to give to her daughter on her 21st birthday. I used paper from DCWV Citrus stack and the layout was very simple. I cut the figure from black card and paper from the stack. I added a belt, a necklace made from fine silver cord and a gem and a gemstone bracelet and earrings. The figure was adhered with foam pads. I cut 'Caley' and '21' from blue glitter card and adhered them to the yellow panel (the '21' is on foam pads) I added a layered flower and a handdrawn gemstone swirl.
Carts used:
Figure- Forever Young
'Caley' & '21'- Calligraphy Collection
I'm hosting my 2nd swarm tomorrow and I'll post a card I made for it with my new Serenade cart. I ordered it on Wednesday, it was despatched on Thursday and I got it today! What service!
Thank you Cutting Edge Crafts!
See you all later...have a great weekend!
Heatherxxx

You are so special......

I made this card from scraps left over from a commission I did this week. I matted and layered the paper in a very simple format and placed an embossed rectangle at the centre of the card. I added a scrap of paper to the bottom of the embossed panel and added a rose embellished ribbon & bow. I cut the heart border twice, removing the solid hearts from one piece. These were glittered then applied to the solid hearts on the complete border. It was then adhered to the left of the panel. I cut the sentiment and adhered it flat to the panel. I decorated the inside of the card with a panel edged with a MS border punch and adhered the sentiment and punched hearts. I finished the card with some glitter glue on the sentiments and remainder of the hearts and some gems below the sentiment panel.
Carts used:
Heart border- Love Struck Special Edition 2010
Sentiments- Wild Card
Thanks for drooping in today!
Heatherxxx

So Gorgeous....

Here's a card that would be great for a special friend or girlfriend. I used a square card and paper from DCWV Citrus stack. I made panels from 4 different papers, the narrowest I edged with a Fiskars punch. I cut the perfume bottle from silver mirri and aqua glitter card then layered the pieces up. I added some peel offs (whaat!!) for added decoration. I cut an 'ooh la la' tag from mirri & glittercard and attached it to a ribbon bow with a small jump ring. I added a layered flower with a jewelled brad, some ribbon and orange gems. I cut the sentiment from glittercard with a silver mirri shadow and adhered it with foam pads above the perfume bottle. I made a sentiment panel from scraps of paper and adhered a glittercard sentiment to it.
Carts used:
Perfume bottle, 'so gorgeous' & tag- Forever Young
Happy Birthday- Calligraphy Collection
Thanks for looking!
Heatherxxx

Funky Birthday...

Our friend's son, Rubin, is 20 on Thursday and this is the card that I made for him. I used papers from Dovecraft called Funky Vintage..they are great for teens & just out of teens! Before I decorated the card I cut a star from the front of it using the Centrepoint function. I then adhered the paper to the front of the card and trimmed away the paper behind the star to create an aperture. I cut a ring from red mirri cardstock (this was a bargain..10 sheets (10 colours) of larger than A4 card for.... wait for it!... 99p!!! from the kiddies craft dept at The Range) This mirri has a slight grain to it...but you need to peer veeery close to see it! Still, at that price who the heck cares! I also got Gold & Silver (15 sheets) for 99p also! Anyway back to the card. I adhered the ring over the star aperture and cut away the piece going across the star. I cut Happy Birthday from green mirri with a black shadow and adhered it on a slant across the ring. In the spaces remaining to the left and right of the aperture I added Rubin's name with letter stickers. I cut another star (slightly larger than the aperture) from red mirri, embossed it and adhered it behind the aperture on the back of the card. I cut out a '2o' and adhered it with foam pads to the star. I cut It's your day from black mirri and glued it above the star to finish.
Carts used:
Star aperture, star & ring (circle with Silhouette enabled)- George
Happy Birthday & It's Your Day- Stamping Solutions
20- Lyrical Letters (Jumbo font)
Thanks for looking!
Heatherxxx

Sunny Delight!!!!.....

You'll need your sunnies for this one folks! I don't think that I could have chosen a brighter palette than this.. I wasn't sure that it would work, but it did and I'm very happy with it! I used paper from DCWV Citrus stack ( I used 3 different papers) and used a very simple layout. The large orange panel is adhered with foam pads. I decorated it with a punched paper panel, ribbon, gemstone swirl ( I coloured gold gemstones with an orange permanant marker) and a butterfly cut from pale orange glitter card. The sentiment was cut from the same glittercard and shadowed with yellow cardstock. The front of the card was finished with gold gemstones & layered flowers. I decorated the inside with a sentiment and punched borders top & bottom.
Carts used:
Happy Mother's Day- Mother's Day Special Edition 2010
Butterfly- Stamping Solutions
With Love- Calligraphy Collection
Thanks for dropping in today!
Heatherxxx

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