Be my Valentine........

Well, it's almost that time of year again- crikey it doesn't seem that long ago we were showing Christmas cards!- Valentine's Day! The new Victorian  Romance cart is ideal for this occasion. There are some beautiful cuts on it and this is just about my favourite. It could also be used to make a wedding card. This card is so simple and elegant with just two cuts, the couple and the sentiment. The card base is a C5 covered with red mirri card. A slightly smaller panel with a punched edge and wrapped with wide sheer red ribbon was adhered to the front of the card with foam tape. The couple in the heart was cut from black mirri with an embossed red heart adhered behind. It was adhered to the card front with foam pads. The sentiment was cut from red mirri and adhered flat. A bow, red rose and three small punched hearts completes the card.

Carts used:

Couple in heart/heart- Victorian Romance

Be my Valentine- Phrases

I'll be back tomorrow with another Valentine!

TTFN

Heather xxx

5th Birthday rosette.........

 I don't know about you, but I go through phases where I'll try something new or different, then do it to death! I did exactly that with rosettes. Now, there is a Cricut cart that features Rosettes and Ribbons, and it cuts the rosettes and marks the pleats for you, but to be honest they are so easy to make without paying out for a new cart. For this one I made a 2 1/2" diameter rosette using two pieces of 12 x 1 3/4" strips of paper, scored at 1cm intervals, adhered together at the short ends, folded along the score lines then joined into a ring and squashed flat to make a rosette. I added a circle of cardstock to the top of the rosette and weighted it down until the rosette was well and truly secured. I then added a scalloped edged circle cut from pink cardstock with a white birthday word embossed circle on the top. The '5' was cut from pink glitter cardstock and adhered to the embossed circle with foam pads. The rosette was adhered to a square card decorated with Me To You papers and a punched, ribbon trimmed border. 'Birthday Girl' was cut from more pink glitter card and adhered below the border with foam pads. A large bloom and some paper leaves completes the front of the card.

You can see from this photo the depth of the pleats. This card would need a large letter stamp if you posted it because it's more than 5mm deep. I put large letter stamps on all my posted cards, then I can be sure that they reach their destination.

Carts used:

Scalloped circle- Lacy Labels

Circle- George

5- Quarter Note

Birthday Girl- Life's A Party

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx

Our Anniversary......

It was our 22nd wedding anniversary on the 20th of last month and this is the card that I made for my hubby. I used My Minds Eye papers from the All Boy 12x12 stack, and a Z-fold card base. I added a standard panel to the front of the card with an Argyle print and some ripped checked paper. A piece of hessian ribbon was adhered across the panel before it was adhered to a cream coloured mat. I added a wooden button to the ribbon. The heart was cut from cardstock, then a piece of beige handmade paper was adhered to it and ripped away around the edge of the heart. It was adhered to the panel with foam pads.

I cut the 'you & me' (adhered with foam pads) and 'anniversary'(adhered flat)  sentiments from textured pearlised cardstock. A bluey-green Prima rose completes the front of the card.

I added a computer generated verse to the inside

Carts used:

Heart- George

Anniversary- Don Juan

You & Me- Sweethearts

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx

How do you like to go up in a swing?........

 I got a new cart today! It's the be-a-oo-ti-ful Victorian Romance (although Provocraft's 'Victorian' images look more Georgian to me!) I loved this girl on a swing image, and it brought to mind the Robert Louis Stevenson verse 'The Swing' so I thought that I'd incorporate it into the card. The scrumptious papers are from Tilda's 'Flowergarden' 12x12 pad. I actually picked this pad up from Croydon Hobbycraft last Saturday (we went to Croydon then on to London for lunch) in readiness for getting this cart. How sad is that??!! Obsessed, I know!
I cut the girl image twice, once from black cardstock, and a second more solid image from patterned paper. I paper pieced the frills on her sleeves, around her neckline and her petticoats from scraps of white cardstock before adhering the images together. I then backed the image with some aqua embossed cardstock trimmed by hand, then adhered it to a panel on the front of a C5 Z-fold card. I added a satin bow, WOC floral spray and a smattering of pearls to complete the front of the card.

I found the verse via Google, printed it out onto white textured cardstock, matted it onto pink cardstock then adhered it to an embossed panel inside the card.

Cart used:

Girl on a swing- Victorian Romance

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx

All Dressed Up.....

 ...for the Theatre maybe? Hope you all had a great weekend. I did! Hubby and I met some some friends in a fab Indian Restaurant, Dishoom, just off Leicester Square on Saturday. We stayed for 4 HOURS!!! I thought that they were going to throw us out! We then went on to the Aldwych Theatre to see 'Midnight Tango' starring Flavia and Vincent from Strictly. Wow! What a show! The dancing was fantastic! If my hubby didn't have two left feet and danced like he had a broomstick up his jumper I'd take lessons!!!
Anywho, back to the card! I just love the colour combo and the lace-look paper from the DCWV 'Street Lace' 8x8 pack. The card base is a C5 Z-fold card. I added a scalloped panel to the front of the card, and added a stunning dress cut from black lace paper over hot pink mirri. The front of the card was finished with a black bow, WOC bloom and a trio of pearls.

The inside of the card was finished with a smaller scalloped panel and the 'all dressed up' sentiment cut from black glittercard and adhered flat.

Carts used:

Scalloped frames- Elegant Edges

Dress- Formal Occasion

All Dressed Up- Forever Young

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx

Non-golden 50th anniversary......

 I think that we can sometimes get a bit bogged down with standard colours for certain special cards, like red, silver and gold for the big three anniversaries, using white and silver for wedding cards and pink and blue for baby cards. Then you end up tearing your hair out because you haven't got the 'right' colour paper for that certain card. Well what's wrong with using unconventional colours for these cards? Nothing!!!! That's what I did for this 50th anniversary card. I had plenty of the 'right' coloured paper but I wanted to see what I could do with other colours. I turned to the First Addition 'Isabelle' 8x8 stack in soft teal and beige. These  photos don't do this card justice- it's much prettier in real life! In fact I sold this card to one of my ladies at at workshop, she liked it,asked if she could have it so off it went.
The '50' was adhered inside a frame decorated with Prima and WOC blooms and a satin bow.

The inside of the card holds a smaller panel and the 'anniversary' word art.

Carts used:

Frame- Elegant Edges

50- Quarternote

Anniversary- Designer's Calendar

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx

Ride A Cock-Horse......

 I've got a couple of kiddie's cards for you today. I just love these two rocking horse images, I've used them lots of times before, and they are especially fab when you put them on Papermania springs so that they really rock!

The card bases are C5 Z-fold and the papers are Me to You 'Spring Chic' with a little gingham thrown in for good measure. Both images were cut from glittercard and adhered with a spring to a picot edged panel on the front of the card. Both panels were trimmed with ribbon.

For the inside of the cards, I cut another panel slightly smaller than the one on the front. The verses, 'Ride a Cock-Horse' and 'Horsey, Horsey, don't you stop' were computer generated onto Safmat, cut out and applied to the panels, which were then adhered to the inside of the cards. Some Card Candi complete the cards.

Carts used:

Picot-edged panels- Elegant Edges

Girl on horse- A Child's Year

Boy on horse- Nursery Rhymes

Thanks for dropping by today!

Heather  xxx