Elegant rosette...........

 Before the latest DoCrafts launch (Boofle, New Arrival etc) I was given a couple of pieces of paper to try out and make some samples. The paper is Newsprint, and as you would imagine it is full of newsprint pictures, fashion plates, script and even some  music paper. It smacks of 'vintage' so I went with it and came up with this, if I say so myself, elegant silhouette card.
The card base is a Z-fold C5 and predominately black and white with a splash of red. I made a rosette from black paper (two 12x1 3/4" strips with the long edges punched) and topped it with a red scalloped circle. I added a print paper circle and the silhouette cut from black glittercard. The silhouette was embellished with pearls to create a necklace and earring, then adhered to the circle with foam tape. The folded edge of the card was trimmed with a punched border of black paper wrapped with red sheer ribbon and embellished with a large bow and a red bloom. A smattering of red and white pearls completes the front of the card.

A second scalloped circle, this time cut from black card and topped with an embossed white circle matted with red, was adhered to the inside back of the card. 'Happy Birthday' was cut from black glittercard and adhered flat to the white circle. A smattering of pearls completes the back of the card.
Carts used:
Scalloped circles- Lacy Labels
Silhouette- Victorian Romance
Circles- George
'Happy Birthday'- Wild Card
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

Scrubbing and cleaning.......

 Crikey, this is an old card! I made it for a workshop and would you believe I bought a cartridge especially to make it! Have you ever done that? I'd seen a card whilst blog hopping, with a stamped rocking chair and the 'scrubbing and cleaning' verse on it. I thought that I could make a Cricut based card but didn't have a rocking chair cut, so I went on the My Cut Search site and found one on the Kate's ABC cart- so I bought it! I've always loved the verse, in fact I made a sampler many moons ago BEFORE I had my kids with that very verse on it. It goes like this:

Scrubbing and cleaning can wait 'til tomorrow

For babies grow up, we've learned to our sorrow

So quiet down cobwebs, dust go to sleep

I'm rocking my baby, and babies don't keep

How lovely is that?  For the card base I made a C5 double Z-fold, with the front panel being narrower than the others. The papers are from my stash. The rocker was cut from shimmer cardstock and adhered inside a frame, that was decorated with punched and WOC blooms and a polka dot bow. The frame was adhered to the centre panel. A shaped panel, the same shape as the frame, was adhered to the inside back of the card and holds the computer generated verse, and some punched flowers with pearl centres.



The narrowest panel was adorned with a double punched strip of cardstock trimmed with polka dot ribbon and a bow. A small shaped panel holding the 'Little One' sentiment was adhered with foam pads below the bow. A smattering of pearls completes the card.
Carts used:
Rocker, frame and shaped panels- Kate's ABC
Little One- Stamping Solutions
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

Twins!......

 I am on a baby card kick at the moment. I've bought loads of gorge baby papers lately and can't put them down! I thought that I'd make a baby card for new twins - this one a boy/girl set- but of course you could make on to suit a set of boys or girls just by changing the cute outfits. Aren't those little socks adorable?!
The card base is a 6" Z-fold square and the papers are Dovecraft. The outfits were cut from blue and pink gingham and adhered to an embossed square, mounted with foam tape onto a shaped square panel.

A smaller shaped panel was cut for the inside back of the card and holds the 'twins' sentiment. The card was finished off with a floral bow and some punched flowers and leaves.
Carts used:
Panels- Elegant Edges
Baby outfits- Baby Steps
'Twins'- New Arrival
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

The patter of tiny feet!......

Last weekend we paid a visit to one of my OH's colleagues for a party to celebrate his daughter's pregnancy (actually the baby is due in a couple of weeks) and I made this card for her and her hubby. The card is an extended stepper (a 6" square with a step added to the front) and the papers are a mixture of Dovecraft Zooballoo and stash papers. I adhered a piece of punched card to the stepper front and covered it with a piece of rattle and brick patterned paper and a ribbon and bow. A scalloped circle was cut from lilac cardstock and a circle of lilac gingham adhered to it. A smaller white circle embossed with baby phrases was adhered with foam pads. The cute pair of baby feet was cut from lilac glittercard and also adhered with foam pads. The flowers are from WOC. A trio of pearls completes the front of the stepper potion of the card. The back of the stepper was covered in lilac Craft Creations gingham paper, with a trio of lilac buttons threaded with paper string from the Works adhered with glue dots. The sentiment was cut fromn purple glittercard and adhered flat. I chose the lilac colourway because Amrita doesn't know the baby's sex.
Carts used:
Scalloped circle- Lacy Labels
Circles- George
Baby Feet- New Arrival
Sentiment (individual letters)-Quarternote
Thanks for dropping by today!
Heather xxx

Look what I've got.......

...from the lovely Colin over at Crimson Cricut. He's been a follower of mine for a while now and he leaves me lovely comments. Pop over to his blog here and check out his lovely cards. Thanks again Colin!

I've got another wedding card for you today using the same bride that I used on the 'Here Comes The Bride' card in a previous post. The card is a standard C5, with a very simple layout (no fancy folds this time!) The papers are old Papermania wedding papers. I added a sheer ivory bow and WOC bloom to the top left hand corner of the centre panel and a scalloped circle holding the 'I Do' sentiment. The bride was cut from pearlised cardstock. All the elements were adhered to the card with foam pads.
Carts used:
Bride- Wrap It Up!
I Do- Sweethearts
Scalloped circle- Winter Woodland
Circle- George
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

O.M.G.!!!!!!!!!.............

 Look what the lovely postie delivered today! Such service too. I ordered this brand new cart on Wednesday morning and it came this morning! Crafts U Love have already sold out of this cart but are getting some new stock in next week. I love this cart already. The boxes are amazing! They cut like a dream and fit together perfectly. Now this cart is different in that it includes score lines (in the shift boxes in the handbook. The grey line drawings are score lines) so no more fiddling with rulers and bone folders. A new scoring blade is available but I tried it without ('cos I haven't got one!) and it worked great! All you do is drop your pressure to minimum (2-3 bars) and blade depth 2, and the blade 'kiss cuts' the cardstock enough to create beautifully crisp score lines. I'm sure that the scoring blade would be better but I COULDN'T WAIT!!!!!

 You can see the grey line drawings in the picture above along with some other lovely features on the cart. There is a tag on each page, either a card or envelope, a phrase/shadow and the same phrase in a fine script designed to be used with Cricut pens (which will be available soon) although you can use Kri-Kit pens from Scrappy Go Lucky. I think that this cart is WAY better than the original one and the boxes are amazing. You get:
4 x Gable boxes of differing designs     1 x Daisy Fold Top Box
1 x Pyramid Tea Bag Box                     1 x Lipstick Box
1 x Tea Bag Wrap                                 1 x Dog House
1 x 3D Teacup                                       1 x Shirt shaped Box
1 x 3D Coffee Cup                                1 x Onsie shaped box
1 x Recipe Box                                      2 x Christmas Bauble shaped Boxes
1 x Milk Carton                                     1 x Snowflake topped Box
1 x Candy Box                                      1 x Easter Basket
2 x Cupcake Boxes                               1 x Vintage Mailbox (American Style)
2 x Pillow Boxes                                   1 x Pumpkin shaped Bag
2 x Treat Bag (small and large)             2 x Takeout Boxes
1 x Trapezoid Box                                 1 Bride Box (Dress)
1 x Groom Box (Tux)                            1 x Chair shaped Place Setting Box
1 x Square Box with Lid                        1 x Octagonal Box with Lid
1 x Cracker                                             1 x Round Topped Chest (Like a Pirate chest)
1 x Cone Box                                          3 x Flap Topped Boxes
1 x Playing Card Box                             1 x Mini Pizza Box
1 x French Fries Box                              2 x CD Gift Boxes
2 x Business Card Boxes
Hell's Bells, People! 49 boxes! Where do you start?!! What a content. There is so much on this cart that it's hard to decide what to make first.....

...so I made three to start with - the Easter Basket, Recipe Card Holder and Daisy Top Box. Aren't they amazing?!!! And what's more you get a second booklet that shows you how to put them together! I made these on a 12 x 12 mat with Fit To Page and they came out a  really decent size. Now for the most amazing thing- you can make these boxes in one piece (great for the Expression) or even better - in two pieces which is great for the Original and Create. You'll get bigger and better boxes on the smaller machines than was possible with the original T,B,B & M cart!
This cart is an absolute MUST especially if you make wedding invitations etc. You can produce some lovely favour/gift boxes but it's great for everday use too!
I would recommend that you get this cart. It's SOOOO worth it!
TTFN and have a great weekend!
Heather xxx

Here comes the bride.......

 One evening as I was hopping through some Cricut videos on Youtube I saw this bride on a card and I loved what the lady who had made it did with it. I'd seen this cut on the Wrap It Up cart but it didn't do it for me because the colours in the handbook are so yuk, but when I saw the one on Youtube I decided to give it a go and this was the result! The papers are Pink Petticoat downloads printed onto pearlised paper because I didn't have the paper that I wanted (if you believe that you'll believe anything! I've got a veritable craft shop FULL of paper in my garage!) Anywho, the card base is a C5 Z-fold with a shaped panel on the front. The bride was cut from pearlised cardstock, and the dress was embossed with a beautiful, delicate embossing folder. The headdress was created with teeny pearl flower-shaped sequins and the bouquet was embellished with punched flowers with pearl centres. The panel was decorated with sheer ribbon, a sheer ribbon rose, pearl spray and a smattering of pearls.

The inside of the card holds another shaped panel, the 'Here comes the Bride' sentiment and some punched flowers and leaves.

Carts used:

Sheped panels- Elegant Edges

Bride- Wrap It Up!

Here Comes The Bride- Sweethearts

Thanks for dropping by today!

Heather xxx