Mwah!, Mwah!....

Here's a little bit of silliness for you to start the weekend! I've had this lovely, lip-print ribbon for yonks and have only just broken into it to make this! I used the Dovecraft Back To Basics pack and a very simple layout using 3 patterned papers. I wrapped the heart print panel with the lippy ribbon and added a sumptuous bow. I cut some Mick Jagger-ish lips from hot pink (oh yes it is!) mirror card with paler pink blackout behind. 'Mwah! mwah!' was cut in individual letters, adhered onto paler pink mirri and then cut out in one piece. These were adhered at an angle with foam pads on the square panel below the lips. I added a bloom and pink punched glittercard hearts. Another pair of lips embellish the inside of the card.
Carts used:
Lips- Indie Art
Mwah! Mwah!-Ashlyn's Alphabet
I've seen a preview of the new 24 Lite carts and I have to say that if we don't get them on this side of the pond (it appears that they are exclusive to Walmart!) I shall spit nails! IT'S CRUEL I TELLS YA! Those bloggy gals over the pond get to play with them, but us European/Rest Of The World gals have to sit & drool in vain! Typical of Provocraft to neglect US as usual!
Rant over! Have a great weekend and to my Swarm ladies- see you all tomorrow!
Heather xxx

Sweetie......

Isn't this the cutest little fairy?! I decided to put her on a easel card and use the lovely Dovecraft papers from the Back To Basics pack. I used 3 different patterned papers to cover the front and base and to make 2 matted panels and the 'stop'. I cut the fairy panel from pink glittercard-boy did she NOT want to come off the mat!- and adhered her flat to an embossed scalloped oval. Her wings and the 2 hearts in 'poof!' were enhanced with glitter glue. I added a couple of flowers and some star shaped glittery beads. For the base I punched a border for the 'stop' wrapped with ribbon and a bow. I cut 'sweetie' from the same glittercard as the fairy, hand-shadowed it with white card, and then adhered it with foam pads along with 3 hearts that were waste from the fairy cut. I added a smaller scalloped rectangle behind the 'stop' for a greeting.There is a pirate on the cart so this card could be adapted for a boy with different papers and sentiment.
Cart used:
Fairy panel & 'Sweetie'- Love Struck
Scalloped rectangles-Celebrations ('5' key with blackout enabled)
Thanks for looking!
Heather xxx

Truly, madly, deeply.....

First of all, apologies for the quality of the photo. No 2 son was playing on the PS3 and the curtains were closed against the sun so the light was reduced but I think that you should be able to see the card in enough detail. I made this card for my brother & SIL's anniversary last Saturday. I used paper from K & Co for this one. I covered the front of the card with an abstract floral print and adhered a smaller floral panel which was 'roughed up a bit!' To this I added a large tag with a punched border of contrast paper and a ribbon bow and a lovely Prima full blown rose. The image was cut from grey sparkle card and adhered with foam pads. I spelled out 'Truly', 'Madly' & Deeply' with Heidi rub-ons onto small pieces of card, trimmed and adhered with foam pads.The inside of the card was decorated with a simple floral strip and a Safmat computer generated sentiment.
Carts used:
Couple- Sweethearts
Tag-George
Thanks for looking!
Heather xxx

Girly Birthday....

It was my SIL Karen's birthday last Friday and this is the card that I made for her. I used the diagonal cut front and papers from the DCWV Mango Frost stack and edged the front of the card with an MS punch. I added a horozintal panel, also punched, and decorated with orange ribbon & bow. I cut 'KAREN' from glittercard and adhered it to the panel with foam pads. Using silver holographic card, black mirri & pink glittercard I cut a lipstick, nail polish & mirror compact. The mirror compact wasn't on any cartridge so I made it using a mini card base and a few circles of mirri & peach & tan coloured Bazzill. These were adhered to the front of the card with foam pads over a large pink flower. The sentiment on the scalloped circle was generated with CRIK-IT pens from Scrappy-Go-Lucky which was coloured in, cut out with a Colluzzle template and mounted onto a scalloped circle. I then added some flowers & gems and adhered it to the card with foam pads. The inside of the card was finished with another punched border.
Carts used:
Lipstick & Nail polish-Forever Young
Powder compact- Wild Card (circle card with blackout enabled) & George
KAREN & scalloped circle-Winter Woodland
Happy Birthday-Calligraphy Collection (using Crik-it gel pens)
Thanks for looking!
Heather xxx

Thinking Of You......

Sorry I wasn't around over the weekend but we were in Swansea with some very good friends, having a lovely time and catching up on gossip.
This card is made with the same card base as the previous post but with Eastern Promise papers from Dovecraft, and I used decorative scissors around the edges. I don't DO Oriental cards but this paper is really nice and will be suitable for lots of other cards. I decided to mirror the flower paper with the embellishment so I cut out a pot from copper mirri, embossed with a Cuttlebug folder. I cut the large blooms from brown mirri and added tiny flowerheads which were sprays of artificial gypsophila from the local garden centre. I just stripped them from the plastic stems. I got tons from 2 heads for about £2. I adhered the individual flowers to each of the blooms and added a pink gem to the middle of each one. The pot was adhered to the border and the flowerheads adhered behind it. I added russet ribbon ( from the Persimmon Papermania range) to tone with paper on the inside of the card. I cut 'Thinking of you from copper mirri and adhered it to a layered circle. This was adhered flat to the inside of the card. A simple sentiment panel completes the card.
Carts used:
Vase & blooms- Serenade
Thinking Of You-Stamping Solutions
Circles-George
Thanks for looking!
Heather xxx

You take the cake.....

I went to The Range on Thursday and picked up 3 new Dovecraft paper packs-Back To Basics, Piece Of Cake & Eastern Promise- and this card is made with the Piece of Cake pack. Its full of yummy, cakey papers as well as standard spots & stripes. For this card I used the diagonal cut front type card, but I also cut about 3/4" off the front of the card so that it is narrower than the back. I used a MS punch along the diagonal cut edge. I covered the inside of the card with spotted pink paper and the front with the cake print paper. I also added a border enhanced with an MS punch, ribbon & layered bloom with a co-ordinating big brad at it's centre. The brads are also part of the collection. The cupcake shadow was cut from brown cardstock & the cupcake itself from pink & brown glittercard with a red glittercard cherry on the top. The completed cake was adhered the card with foam pads. I tried cutting the sentiment from glittercard but my Bug wasn't having any of it! So I gave up, not being able to bear any more wasted glittercard, and cut it from brown cardstock. After adhereing it to the card and after the glue had completely dried, I ran a glue pen over the sentiment and threw brown glitter over it. Job done! I added a white sentiment panel to the inside of the card, making it small enough not to show when the card is closed.
Carts used:
Cupcake- Home Decor Solutions
You Take The Cake- 'Just Because' Cards
Hope you all have a good weekend. Enjoy this lovely weather!
Thanks for looking!
Heather xxx

Rocking kids.......

I tried something a little bit different with these cards....rocking cards with rocking horses on them! I love this image and thought that it'd be a good one for a small child's birthday card. I cut a large circle (using FIT TO PAGE) from white card. If you don't have the Big Bug, you can use a dinner plate. I scored and folded it in half and covered the front half with patterned paper. I added a white punched border trimmed with ribbon, bow and layered bloom. I cut the rocking horse & rider from coloured glittercard with a white shadow then adhered it to the card. You have to get the positioning of the horse right otherwise the card will tip to one side. I cut 'Boy' & 'Girl' from white glittercard and 'birthday' from coloured paper. I adhered Girl/Boy with foam pads & 'birthday' was adhered flat. Self-adhesive pearls added to the BOY/GIRL words finish the cards.
Carts used:
Rocking horse & rider-A Child's Year (there is also a similar image on Nursery Rhymes)
BOY/GIRL-StoryBook
Birthday-Calligraphy (Happy Birthday with the 'Happy' cut off)
Thanks for looking!
Heather xxx