Happy Baby....

AAWWW! Isn't this THE cutest cut?! Just look at the smile on that little one's face! Melts your heart don't it?! This cut is from my most recent aquisition..Simply Charmed. This cart is CRAMMED with cute cuts, all with little smiley faces on them. However because each cut has up to 4 layers you can omit the faces just by reducing the amount of layers to 3..so this cart is VERY versatile! As you can see I made 2 versions..a boy & a girl. An Easy Easel forms the base card along with pretty paper, a punched X-Cut border and ribbon (What!..NO FLOWERS?!)

I added detail to the prams with a dressmaker's wheel, along with Candy Dots for the wheel hubs and a punched glittery heart and some white pearls. 'Happy Baby' was cut from glittercard with a white shadow and adhered to the base card with foam pads to form the 'stop'. A couple of punched hearts and a smattering of pearls complete the cards.

Carts used:

Pram & 'Happy Baby'- Simply Charmed

If you think this cute wait until you see tomorrow's cards!

Heather xxx

Au Revoir....

When I started making this card I wasn't at all sure that a. I liked it or b.where I was going with it..but I persevered with it and I really like how it turned out. I used Paris Nights papers from g.c.d and teamed them with cafe au lait colours for matting & layering & embellishments. I used an X-Cut punch on the border and a shaped panel to hold the lovely fillagree Eiffel tower which was cut from brown glittercard and backed with a coffee coloured solid as was the 'Au Revoir' sentiment. I added dark brown ribbon and pinky-beige roses. A smattering of pearls complete the card.

Carts used:

Eiffel Tower-Summer In Paris Special Edition 2010

Au Revoir-Sentimentals

Shaped panel- Forever Young

Thanks for dropping by & have a great weekend!

Heather xxx

Night Flight.....

Sorry I've been MIA, but Virgin have been playing silly beggars with my Broadband connection..God, you don't realise how much you depend (really???!!) on t'internet when you haven't got it!
Anyway, on to the card. I can only say that this photy doesn't do this card justice. It is actually dark blue and I think that the colour combo is MAGICAL! The white on blue is really stunning and with the addition of glitter it puts you in mind of snowy winter nights, the snow sparkling on the ground under the moonlight........
The papers are by Dovecraft from the Cuddly Christmas pack. Unusually I added gold cardstock to this (I know, it should have been silver, I don't know why I used gold!) but it works so hey ho!
I added a shaped panel to a square easel, and added a santa & sleigh cut from gold mirri. The moon was cut from white glittercard. A layered poinsetta and swirls cut from more glittercard adorn the bottom corner. ' Seasons Greetings' and a punched snowflake were adhered flat to the border which was edged with an MS Lattice Arch punch.
Carts used:
Santa & sleigh- Christmas Solutions
Moon- George
Seasons Greetings- Winter Woodland
Large snowflake on poinsetta-Christmas Solutions
Flourishes (underneath poinsetta)- Winter frolic
Thanks for looking!
Heather xxx

Hope......

The good thing about these Easy Easels is that you can use scraps for them, and can also get 2 cards from 1 piece of double sided 12 x 12. I used 1/2 a sheet for this one, along with an MS punch, some organza Papermania ribbon and a layered bloom. The butterfly was cut from blue mirri embossed with a Swiss Dot embossing folder and pink glittercard, then enhanced with wire antennae and some blue pearls.'Hope' was cut from glittercard with a blue mirri shadow. Both the butterfly & 'Hope' were mounted onto scalloped ovals. A smattering of blue pearls complete the card

Carts used:

Butterfly- Sentimentals

Hope- Home Decor Solutions

Scalloped ovals- A Child's Year

Plain ovals- George

Thanks for dropping in!

Heather xxx

Sleigh ride.....

At the moment I have enough cards to alternate between everday and Christmas cards, so it's a Christmas card for you today. Another Easy Easel (I'm afraid that you are going to be seeing a lot of these!) made with Dovecraft papers. I chose traditional colours for this one because the sleigh is quite classic and ornate. I used gold mirri to matt all the panels and for the base of the sleigh. The borders are decorated with an MS Holly punch. I cut the sleigh base once from gold mirri and again from patterned paper ( I cut off the runners) layered them up then added the gold mirri trim along the top. The sleigh was enhanced with a dressmaker's wheel and embellished with a layered poinsetta and punched leaves. The border beneath the sleigh was wrapped with red velvet ribbon and a bow added. The lower border was kept simple with a couple of flourishes and a simple sentiment.
Carts used:
Sleigh- Christmas Noel Solutions
Merry Christmas- Wild Card
Flourishes-Winter Frolics
Have a great weekend & thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

Happy Birthday Louie.....

I was flicking through the newest edition of Making Cards at work on Wednesday when I came across a different version of an easel card. It was sent in by a reader but was originally the brainchild of Michelle Marsden from Create & Craft, so I thought I'd have a go at making one. One of the Little Boyz from next door has a birthday today, so out came my little used Robotz cart and this was the result. I used DCWV Boys paper stack which contained 3 or 4 fab robot inspired designs. I used a C5 card and cut off approx. 1/3 of the front (the remaining portion is about 5") folded it like a standard easel, then covered the base with robot paper matted onto red cardstock. The folded section was then covered with lightbulb paper matted onto red cardstock. A stop was created from silver mirri, embossed, and 'Happy Birthday' cut from blue mirri adhered to it. I created a robot from mirri card, added googly eyes then adhered it with foam pads to the folded section. 'Louie' was cut from orange mirri, embossed with a Tim Holtz cogs & wheels embossing folder then adhered vertically with foam pads to the base of the card. I added a border cut with decorative scissors and embellished with red metallic candy dots.
Carts used:
Robot & 'Louie'- Robotz
'Happy Birthday'- Stamping Solutions
Mount for sentiment- George
Thanks for visiting!
Heather xxx

Merry & Bright....

I went with a more traditional look for this Easy Easel, but by using a bright green cardstock and some fun ribbon I think that the result is fresh & funky! 'Merry & Bright' was cut from red & green glittercard, shadowed with white cardstock then mounted onto a tartan scalloped circle. The slight jaunty angle of the sentiment adds to the funky feel of this card. A simple ribbon trim to the punched border and a smattering of poinsettas complete the card.
Carts used:
Scalloped/plain circles- Winter Woodland
'Merry & Bright'- Winter Frolic
Short but sweet today!
Thanks for looking!
Heather xxx