Butterfly sorry.......

Did I tell you how much I LOVE the Everyday Pop-Up Cards cart? Yep!- I think I did! Here'e another card from the best cart yet. I used freebie papers again from Creative Cardmaking, glittercard and Papermania peralised textured card. The panel on the front of the card was created with two different papers and a Dovecraft punch. I wrapped a piece of spotted sheer ribbon around the pnel before matting it onto white and lilac cardstock. I painted a bloom with some Windsor & Newton  irridescent medium (love this stuff!)  added another with a pearl centre ( from The Works but Papermania make them too) then adhered it to the  bow. The beautiful, delicate butterfly was cut from lilac pearlised cardstock (Papermania) with a glittercard solid behind it, and the sentiment was cut from two shades of purple glittercard shadowed with pearlised cardstock. Both elements were adhered to the card with foam pads. The butterfly 'trail' was created with different sized gems. I added some Papermania glitter dots to the butterflies body and some gems to the ribbon to complete the card.
Cart used:
Butterfly & sentiment- Everday Pop-Up Cards
Thanks for dropping by today!
Heather

Friendships bloom........

I have to tell you that Everyday Pop-Up Cards is my fave cart at the moment! I've made loads of cards with it and they are so easy to make as the word art is gorgeous and you don't have to add too much more to make a stunning card. I've started using pearlescent textured cardstock from Papermania for the word art cuts. There are 3 collections to choose from and it goes a long way as you don't use an awful lot.

Both of these cards use the same word art, but the card bases are different. The card above is a standard C5 and the papers (for both cards ) are freebies from Creative Cardmaking. The word art was cut from pearlescent cardstock, layered up, and adhered to a scalloped oval. This was adhered with foam pads to a square panel on the front of the card. The rectangular panel underneath it was decorated with a punched border mat and a spotted voile bow. A WOC floral arrangement above the sentiment and a smattering of pearls completes the card.

 The square card was made from two scalloped squares adhered together down one side, then covered with another paper scalloped square. A large panel was created from two different papers, the corners rounded and then matted onto vanilla cardstock. The word art was created in the same way as the first card and adhered to an embossed square. This was then adhered to another square panel, and fixed to the front of the card with foam tape. A spotted voile bow, and a floral arrangement on one corner completes the card.
Carts used:
Square card base- Accent Essentials
Scalloped oval-A Child's Year
Plain oval-George
'Friendships bloom' word art-Everyday Pop-Up Cards
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

Wild seas & warmer climes.......

Believe it or not it's almost June but you wouldn't think it from this pic! My sister, BIL & two great-nieces came down for Bank Holiday and they wanted to go to the beach, so off we trundled on Sunday to Lee-On-Solent beach. Cripes it was breezy! My BIL flew my little niece's kite and boy did it go! We were sitting nursing cups of tea at the Beach Shack and the kids were in the water in their wellies! Why don't kids feel the cold?!!!!

Now, this card is for a lucky lady moving to warmer climes. One of the nurses who works with my hubby is moving to Dubai to work and the Department wanted a card for her. It's a biggun- A4- and incorporates icons for her job, and the place she is going to, hence the nurse's top and the palm trees (well, dates actually!) I've used this top before on the nurse/doctor shaped cards I made a while back. I put a stethescope in the pocket and added a name badge. The background paper has a medical theme but I've had it for ages and can't remenber where I had it from. I cut the trees from textured cardstock and adhered them with foam poads to the front of the card. I then adhered the nurse's top slightly overlapping it. I cut the 'Au Revoir' sentiment from pale blue card shadowed with dark blue then adhered it with foam pads above the other elements. The main sentiment was cut from tectured cardstock and adhered with foam pads in the spaces above and below the centre panel. A smattering of Candi dots completes the card.
Carts used:
Nurse's top-Everyday Paper Dolls
Stethescope-Wild Card
Palm trees-Life's A Beach
Au Revoir-Sentimentals
'Good Luck Sharon'-Winter Woodland
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

Bad Mr Blogger.....

Sorry folks!!! I want to post but Blogger is playing silly b*##%$s! He won't let me post any pics so I'll be back after giving him a jolly good spanking!
TTFN!
Heather

Sweet Wishes Choccy box.........

A feminine box of yummy chocolates adorn the front of today's card. It's another card made from the fab Everyday Pop-Up cards cart. The card base is a 6x6 square and the papers are Papermania Henbury Lane. The chocolate box was cut from two shades of textured cardstock and the lining was cut from gold mirri (although it looks pink in the pic!). The choccies were cut from brown and cream cardstock. I added some thin ribbon to the lid of the box- there is a slit cut in the lid which is handy for this! The sentiment was cut from pink glittercard and adhered to a banner. All elements were adhered to the card with foam pads. A ribbon bow and some pearls complete the card.
cart used:
Chocolate box, sentiment & banner- Everyday Pop-Up Cards
Thanks for looking and have a great weekend!
Heather xxx

Inspired Hearts Baptism.......

These cards were made from another new purchase, Inspired Heart, a Cricut Lite. Now, I don't make an awful lot of religious cards but this cart is useful for so many other occasions. There are some beautiful words on the cart too. Different religions-Hindu, Christian, Muslim, Jewish- are represented, with relevent worshipping places and symbols.
I loved these images of praying children and thought that they would make great Baptism (for an older child) or Confirmation cards, although, surprisingly, there is no 'confirmation' word on the cart. I made both of the cards the same only changing the colourway and the image. The images were cut from pearlised card with a mirri ovals, which were embossed after cutting. The images were adhered to the ovals with foam pads. A simple plain white mat edged with the same pearlised cardstock and mirri was fixed to the front of the card with foam tape and the image was adhered to the mat with foam pads. The 'Baptism' word was cut from pearlised cardstock, shadowed with mirri and adhered below the image. I could have added some silver cord down the side if the card with a cross charm on it, but I'd already fixed the panel to the card.
Cart used:
Praying Child & Sentiment-Inspired Heart Cricut Lite
Just a note- All the new carts are in the Cricut Lite-style boxes.
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

Expecting A Big Event?.....

I bought THE fabbest (is that a word?!) cart last week. It's called Everyday Pop-Up Cards and it is crammed full of great phrases & images- oh, and pop-up inserts too! I can't see myself using the pop-up parts, not very often anyway, as there are absolutely NO instructions whatsoever as to how to make them up. Typical of PC to not think things through! The phrases are interchangeable- the phrase on my card is not the one that goes with the cut, but it works.
I used some background paper from PC with expectant ladies on it, and the green paper is a freebie (I'm using loads of freebies lately!) The expectant Mum was cut from textured card and her dress from Pink Petticoat paper. She was adhered with foam pads over a punched ribbon-trimmed border. 'Congratulations' was cut from DCWV glittercard and double-shadowed with white & pink cardstock. This was adhered at the top of the panel with foam pads. A layered bloom, a pearl heart and a smattering of pink pearls completes the card.
Cart used:
Expectant Mum & 'Congratulations'- Everyday Pop-Up Cards
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx