Groovy!......

Our very good friend Adele is celebrating her 50th birthday. She had a party last weekend (we couldn't go because we were in Rome) which was 60's/70's themed, so I thought that this 'groovy girl' image would be great for her card. I used g.c.d paper for the background and some fab 'oil-on-water' paper for the front panel. All of the elements were cut from glittercard and adhered to the card with foam pads. I added an acrylic flower to the hole on the '50', and a couple of large blooms adhered beneath the top corner of the front panel.

Carts used:

Groovy girl/Groovy-Groovy Times

'50' & 'Adele'-Life's a Party

'at'-Base Camp (or any font cartridge)

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx

Twenty one today, twenty one today!..........

...you've got the key of the door, never been twenty one before! No, not me! Number One son is 21 today. Where on earth do all the years go? He's gone with his girlfriend and two other 'girl' friends to Bestival on the Isle Of Wight today for four days. Hopefully the weather will hold out, although I wouldn't bet my life on it!. Anyhow, a music festival wouldn't be the same if it didn't tiddle down with rain, and the kids came back smelling of roses would it? Four days without a shower! RANK!!!!
Krishnan (no 1 son) loves fast cars so I thought I'd use one on his card this year. The card is A4 in size and I used MME papers from the All Boy stack. I used a combination of brown, silver, gunmetal and black mirri for the cut elements. The large 21 was embossed with a Fiskars texture plate, and the car was adhered over the top of them with foam tape. I added a 'Happy Birthday' sentiment and 'SON' letter squares.

Carts used:

'21' & 'SON' squares- Don Juan

Car- Father's Day Seasonal

'Happy Birthday'- Stamping Solutions

Thanks for looking!

Heather xxx

Roma!!!......

 This is where I've been for the last few days...Rome!!! This is the Vatican......

 ...the Colloseum......

 ... and the Trevi (three streets) fountain. We had a great three night trip to Rome, saw what we wanted to see, walked miles and ate FAR TOO MUCH GELATI (Ice-cream). It was hot as hell, crowded but fascinating. We were glad to get home though even though it was really chilly when we got back to Gatwick. I won't be going anywhere in Europe in the summer again, I'll leave it for Spring or Autumn! Right, onto today's card.

My boss Jennie and her hubby have bought a farmhouse in France, they are in the process of doing it up, and have become really friendly with the villagers who live nearby. One of the village shop-keepers (I think it's the cafe proprietor) is leaving the village to move to Paris. Jennie asked me to make a suitable card, A4 sized, that all the villagers can sign, and this is what I came up with. I used g.c.d Paris Nights papers, and my favourite gun-metal mirri card (can't get enough of the stuff!). I cut a huge Eiffel tower from the gun-metal mirri along with a table,wine bottle & glass. I added a layered Prima bloom and a computer-gnerated sentiment (Lansbury font downloaded from Dafont.com) and a satin bow across the top left-hand corner.
Carts used:

Eiffel Tower- Everyday Pop-Up cards

Table-Kate's ABC

Wine bottle & glass-Summer In Paris

Shaped panel-Just Because Cards

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx

Ruby Wedding Wishes.....

Sally & Frank, our ex-neighbours, are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary on Saturday with a party. We can't make the party as we will be in Rome this weekend, but I sent them this card to help them celebrate. I hope they like it! They are the grandparents of the LittleBoyzNextDoor (Sally & Frank moved out, and their son, his wife and three littlies moved in!) so we still see them occasionally.

This card is a standard C5, and I used Papermania Cranberry papers, red mirri card and glittercard. I covered the front of the card with two different patterned papers and covered the join in the papers with a punched border wrapped in red & white swirl printed ribbon and embellished with two large pearl hearts. An embossed oval, adhered with foam pads to a shaped panel was fixed over the border and embellished with a large red rose and some smaller roses at the top and a smaller arrangement with some red pearl strands (coloured with a permanent marker) at the bottom. '40', cut from red glittercard was adhered to the centre of the oval with foam pads. The sentiment was computer-generated onto Safmat and applied below the border.

Happy Anniversary Sally & Frank!

Carts used:

Shaped panel- Just Because Cards

Ovals-George

'40'-Winter Woodland

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx

Bloom Criss Cross.....

 Hope you are all having a great Bank Holiday..for a change the weather has been quite good! I had a happy accident with this card! That rather voluptuous vase was cut from pink shimmer cardstock, then embossed. Only it wasn't embossed was it? No, I debossed it instead! DUH!  'Oh Poo' says I (or words to that effect) Then I had a lightbulb moment. I reached for a white gel pen and filled in the debossed area and I was really pleased with the finished result. I added a pearl to the centre of each of the flowers and it looks really pretty. I added punched flowers over the flowers that were cut with the vase. I use Papermania punches for my teeny flowers and leaves. The garden themed paper was from my stash (don't know who made it) and the green checked/spotty papers were from  6x6 magazine freebie pads.

I added a shaped panel & the word 'bloom' to the pocket, and the insert was decorated with a 'Happy Birthday' sentiment and a smattering of punched flowers. A WOC bloom and a ribbon bow completes the card.

Carts used:

Shaped panels/insert & 'bloom'- Just Because Cards

Vase of flowers-Kate's ABC

'Happy Birthday'-Calligraphy

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx

Amber's turn......

Hi folks. It's the turn of Amber's card today. For Amber I made a square card using yonks-old papers I dug out from my stash- they were perfect for this card! The model was cut from black glittercard and adhered to the shaped panel (which sits on a ribbon-trimmed punched border) with foam pads. The front of the card was finished with a pink daisy, some punched flowers, and a trio of black gems

                                     
The outside of the pocket was embellished with an plaque bearing Amber's age, and the insert holds a black glittercard 'Happy Birthday' and pink glittercard 'AMBER'. The insert was finished with a pink ribbon bow.

Carts used:

Model & shaped panels- Forever Young

Ovals- George

Shaped insert- Just Because Cards

Happy Birthday- Wild Card

AMBER & 17- Winter Woodland

Thanks for looking & have a great Bank Holiday!

Heather xxx

Lisa's turn.......

 As promised yesterday here is the card that I sent my SIL Lisa for her birthday. This one is a C5 card made in the same way as Terri's, but this time I used First Edition 'Breeze' papers. All the elements are the same except for the dress.

I added a 'totally you' sentiment to the small oval on the pocket along with some punched flowers, which I also put on the tag. The card was finished with a lovely coffee coloured rose from Prima and a smattering of pearls.

Carts used:

Shaped ovals- Forever Young

Plain ovals-George

'Totally You' -Stamping Solutions

Dress-Formal Occasion

'LISA' & tag- Winter Woodland

Happy Birthday- Phrases

Amber's turn tomorrow!

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx