Something completely different!......

Hallelujia!!!! I'm soooo much better today! I thought that I'd show you something different today...a little felt Rudolph! Do you recognise the cut? What cut I hear you ask...well it's the little reindeer from Doodlecharms! I used the cart to make a paper pattern, cut it out from felt, stitched it all together with simple blanket stitch, stuffed it, added beads and a fluffy pompom and Hey Presto! A cute reindeer. The great thing about using the Bug to cut patterns is that you can do them any size you like! There are lots of carts that you can use to make these cute characters..Doodlecharms..Paisley..New Arrival......I'll be making more!
I'll be back with a card tomorrow
Cart used:
Doodlecharms
Thanks for visiting today!
Heather xxx

Cr***y day..pretty card....

I've had ONE CRAPPY DAY TODAY!!!! I woke up with a fierce headache at 5am (took 2 Panadol-no effect) went back to bed..got up at 6 'cos I couldn't sleep..2 more Panadol at 8am..still no effect...said Hello to the big white telephone (YUK!)..laid on the sofa feeling like hell. I'd had enough by 11am so I called the surgery,spoke to the triage nurse and she got me an appointment at 11.1o! Doctor tells me I've got 'time of life' Migraine!!! Hells Bells! I've never had a Migraine in my life let alone a 'time of life one! I wasn't even aware I'd got to that 'time of life' yet! I've also got high blood pressure (had it for 2 yrs-that's why I was worried about the headache & vomiting) so I've got to have an ECG and blood tests..it never rains but it pours!
Anyway less medical matters more cardmaking....
This is another shortfall-front card. I just love the pattern/colour combo on this card. I matted striped glittery paper and polka dot paper (DCWV) onto silver mirri and adhered the pieces to the back and front of the card. I added another panel to the front of the card with a punched trim,script paper, silver ribbon and a white poinsetta with snowflake centre. The bauble was cut from white glittercard and backed with a silver mirri embossed blackout. I added blue gems and a teeny ribbon bow. The sentiment was drawn with a blue Cri-Kit pen then coloured in with silver and blue glitter pens. A scattering of gems complete the card.
Carts used:
Bauble- Trim The Tree Seasonal Cart
Sentiment- Winter Frolic
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

Nan's Cat.........

It's my Mum's birthday today (Monday)...Happy Birthday Mum!.....and these are the cards that I made for her. She has two beautiful cats-Milly & Molly-so I thought that a cat themed card would be appreciated. I used a pop-up stepper for the base card, Melody Ross-Lydia Collection papers by g.c.d,glittercard for the pussycat and some punched flowers. The sentiment is by Pink Petticoat...

For the card from hubby & me I used a bow front aperture card, Papermania papers, a beautiful full blown Prima rose,pearl strands and a verse printed onto Safmat to go inside the aperture.

Carts used:

Nan's Cat:

Cat & Bird on spade-A Child's Year

Scalloped circle & 'NAN'- Winter Woodland

Flourishes on side panels-Winter Frolic

Bow Front Aperture:

Scalloped oval frame-Ashlyn's Alphabet

'Mum'-Beyond Birthdays

Corner Flourishes-Heritage

Thanks for looking!

Heather xxx

Candle-lit Christmas......

I've got another short-fall card for you today. I used that troublesome cartridge again...it's not often that I wish that I hadn't bought a cartridge but maybe this is one of them! If you don't use a relatively new mat, all the curly wurly bits get chewed up and you have to start again....and you can bet your bottom dollar that the chewin' up starts when the cut is almost complete, so you have to start again! Grrrr!!!!
Anway, back to the card. I cut the front down to 3 1/2" then adhered paper to the front and back. I cut a smaller rectangular panel and adhered the fillagree candle to it. The candle was cut (at the 3rd attempt!) from gold mirri, and I cut 2 more candles in pearlescent gold and red mirri card. I chopped them apart and adhered them to the back of the gold mirri candle. This was adhered to the smaller panel with foam pads. See that sentiment panel? If you look closer (click on the picture) you'll see that the sentiment was actually DRAWN! Some cuts don't survive if they are too intricate and being cut small. I have some Cri-Kit pens from Scappy-Go-Lucky UK , they are like mini gel pens, and you take the blade housing out, put the magnetic pen holder with the pen in it in it's place and press 'CUT'. The resultant image can then be cut by re-inserting the blade housing or (as I did) coloured in. I added some red Stickles to 'wishes' then adhered it to the card front. Some sumptuous ribbon, a poinsetta and some punched holly leaves complete the card.
Carts used:
Candle-Trim The Tree
Christmas Wishes (drawn with Cri-kit pens)-Winter Frolics
Thanks for visiting & have a great weekend!
Heather xxx

Rockin' robin.....

Here's a cheeky chappie for you! This little chap is not a robin in the cartridge handbook, but I turned him into one! I cut him from brown, bronze and red glittercard and gave him a googly eye. He was then mounted with foam pads onto an embossed panel matted onto a scalloped rectangle. The sentiment was cut from red card then glittered. The papers are Papermania Festive Frolics (see how the robin looks like those on the paper!) I added a spotty bow, a poinsetta and a smattering of red gems to complete the card.
Carts used:
Robin & sentiment-Simply Charmed
Scalloped frame-A Child's Year
Thanks for visiting today!
Heather xxx

Welcome Little One......

Just a quick one this morning 'cos I'm off to work later.... I haven't made a pop-out stepper for a while..these were the last two that I made..when I make baby cards I HAVE to make one for a boy and one for a girl. I used a variety of papers from my stash,gingham ribbon,layered blooms and an MS punch.

Some punched hearts and a smattering of pearls complete the cards.

Carts used:

Scalloped/plain circles-Winter Woodland

Nappy Pin-New Arrival

Dummy & sentiment-Simply Charmed

I cut the 'Welcome' part of the sentiment apart to allow it to curve around the edge of the circle.

Thanks for visiting today!

Heather xxx

Fillagree tree......

Here's the other card made from the Trim The Tree seasonal cartridge, and I can tell you this cut was trouble! I tried glittercard (didn't want to know!) several times I tried mirri card (didn't like the curly-wurly bits!) and had to use a brand new mat (grrrrr!) to get a usable cut. Then the blackout didn't look right- the left hand side of the tree towards the bottom didn't match the right hand side. At first I thought that the cartridge was faulty 'til I looked at the leaflet that came with the cart- it was missing on that too! Well I didn't like it like that and quite frankly couldn't think why it should be like that. So I adhered the blackout anyway and added a piece of mirri to the 'missing' portion then cut around it so that it matched! Now I'm happy with it. I added some red gems to the stars on the cut then adhered it to the embossed panel (the card base is made in exactly the same way as yesterday's by the way) with foam pads.
Carts used:
Tree- Trim The Tree Seasonal cart
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx