Giddy up Horsey.....

..Don't you stop,
Just let your feet go clippity-clop,
Your tail goes swish and the wheels go round
Giddy up! We're homeward bound!
Did you ever do that thing with your kids where you cross your legs, sit your little one on your lower leg, bounce 'em up and down and sing this little ditty? I know I did, and countless other mummies & daddies must have done it too.
This card was made in exactly the same way as yesterday's, but I used a lovely aqua and milk chocolate colour palette. The papers are from DCWV Linen Closet 12 x 12 stack. The rocking horse was cut from aqua Gemstones cardstock and adhered to the card with a Papermania spring.

The sentiment under the slider was computer generated onto Safmat.
Carts used:
See post below this one
Thanks for visiting!
heather xxx

Ride a cock-horse.....

to Banbury Cross.... the old nursery rhyme came to mind when I was making this card so I ran with the thought and made this a real rocking horse card. The base is a slider covered with lovely DCWV Nana's Nursery papers. The rocking horse was cut from pink pearlised card then embossed with a Swiss Dots folder. It was shadowed with white cardstock then adhered to the slider mechanism with a Papermania spring- when you push down on the rocker the horse rocks! I added a bow to the horse's tail, a punched border, floral arrangement and a scalloped oval holding the sentiment.

I printed out the 'Ride a cock-horse' nursery rhyme onto Safmat and applied it to the base of the card under the slider.
Carts used:
Rocking horse, scalloped oval & Happy Birthday-A Child's Year
Plain ovals-George
Thanks for dropping by today!
Heather xxx

Lovebirds......

I really like the way this card turned out..it's so soft and pretty! I used a slider base and Papermania Songbird papers. I chose the soft blue palette (there are green & russet palettes too) for this romantic card. I cut a shaped panel for the front of the card, from patterned paper shadowed with white cardstock. I added an ornate birdcage cut from white shiny card containing two little birdies cut from glittercard (one of which was flipped).A tiny pink punched heart was adhered with a foam pad between them! A floral bouquet was adhered to the top of the cage and some little blue pearls were adhered to the horizontal bars.
A scalloped oval holds the sentiment which was created with a Cri-Kit pen. The oval was then adhered to the bottom of the card with a double layer of foam pads to allow the bottom of the slider to pass underneath it. A couple of blue heart shaped pearls and a smattering of ivory pearls complete the front of the card.

A Safmat generated quote was adhered to the base of the card, revealed when the slider is pulled up.
Carts used:
Birdcage-Serenade
Birdies-Simply Charmed
Shaped panel-Winter Woodland
Scalloped oval-A Child's Year
Plain ovals-George
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

Feel The Beat......

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a great weekend. I'd just like to thank all my ladies who attended the Swarm on Saturday- we had a great time and a whole load of brill cards were created. Thanks ladies!
The first card of the week is a pop-up..for a guy this time. My No2 son plays the drums (or did until his older brother beat holes in two of his drum skins!)and he loved this card when I showed it to him. I used papers from the Imaginisce 'Live Loud' collection. The drum kit was cut from silver holographic card and black mirri. I cut the flourishes off the silver blackout portion and the cymbals from the black mirri portion. The two pieces were adhered together (with foam pads for maximum/permanent adhesion) then adhered to the pop-up section, again with foam pads but this time for added dimension.I added a star border ( a fab punch from EK Success) with the sentiment adhered to it and a star on the upright section with the word 'rythm' and a scattering of musical notes cut from black mirri. A tag was cut from patterned paper and black mirri and slipped into the side of the card.

The outside of the card was decorated with another star punched border matted and layered onto patterned paper and black mirri, and some punched stars adhered with foam pads.
Carts used:
Drum kit, 'Feel the beat' & 'rythm'- Quarternote
Star & tag- George
Musical notes-Joys Of The Season
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

On the road!!...and on your bike 2......

First off..No2 son Naren passed his driving test yesterday! He was so chuffed and we promptly chopped up his L plates! We then scooted off down the M27 (his first motorway experience as a qualified driver!)It was 2.50pm and boy was it busy..lorries everywhere! We did his route to Eastleigh (where he goes to college) and home again and he did really well.Well done Naren, we're proud of you! Now onto todays card....

This is the boy version of yesterday's card. Same card base and the papers are Animal Antics by First Edition (from The Range)Instead of flowers I added plenty of Card Candy.

The inside of the card has a plain panel on which to write a sentiment.
Carts used:
Boy on a bike- Car Decals
Happy Birthday-Simply Charmed
Tomorrow I have a Swarm, the first of 2011, so I look forward to seeing all my ladies!
TTFN and thanks for looking!
Heather

On your bike!!!.....

How about a little cutie on a bike (or trike) for a kiddies card. I can't tell you how much I LOVE the little images on this cart! They are soooo good for kids cards. This little one is static on this card but you can add springs or make them into penny sliders..kids love anything that moves right?!
The base for this card is a z-fold and the papers are from the Sweet Owl 8x8 pack by First Edition (I got mine from The Range). The little lady was cut from pink Papermania Capsule Collection cardstock and adhered to a white shadow which was handcut (only the base images on this cart have shadows)She was then adhered with foam pads to an embossed panel. This was then adhered to the front of the card with half of the panel overlapping the folded edge.'Happy Birthday' was cut from pink cardstock on a white shadow, glittered, then adhered with foam pads to the inside back of the card.A bow, layered bloom and some white Card Candy complete the card.

A plain white cardstock square was added behind the image on which to write a sentiment.
Carts used:
tLittle lady on a bike-Car Decals
Happy Birthday- Simply Charmed
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

If Music.. take two....

Here's another version of yesaterday's card..same papers just a different card base and image. This card has a z-fold base and a cello instead of a harp as the centrepiece.
I cut the cello from pink mirri, embossed it then adhered it to it's flourished shadow. The cello was mounted onto a scalloped oval the adhered to the front of the card with foam pads. I added a floral arrangement to the oval and a punched, ribbon trimmed border down the side of the front panel. The scalloped oval was adhered to the front of the card with foam pads.

I cut a slightly smaller scalloped oval from white card which was then adhered to the inside back of the card so that it is hidden when the card is closed. A fancy corner was adhered to the top right-hand corner of the card and another Safmat sentiment was adhered to the bottom right-hand corner. A smattering of pearls completes the card.
Carts used:
Cello-Quarter Note
Scalloped oval-A Child's Year
Plain oval-George
Thanks for visiting!
Heather xxx
Flourish-Heritage