Aged to perfection!......

Number 1 son's girlfriend Sofia asked me to make her a card to give to her Dad on his 50th birthday. She left the design to me and this is what I came up with. The card base is an 8" square and the papers are from Papermanias Elegance A4 pad. The papers were matted onto black cardstock, the central panel being raised on foam pads. The bottle was cut from dark green pearlescent card with lighter green highlight. The label was cut from gold cardstock and I added 'DAD' and the 'vintage' cut from black mirri. '50' was cut from gold cardstock shadowed with black and adhered with foam pads, and 'aged to perfection' was cut from black mirri and adhered flat.

I added a label stamped with a happy birthday sentiment with bow embellishment and three gold card candi to finish.

Carts used:

Bottle- Suburbia

'50' and 'aged to perfection'- Over The Hill

1962 and DAD- Lyrical Letters

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx



Groovy @ 50!!!!

Back in September our friend Adele was 50 and she had a 70's themed party. Unfortunately we couldn't go but I sent this 'groovy' card instead! The card base is a C5 and I used some funky paper from my stash for the background and some irridescent, colour changing paper for the off-set panel (the paper changes colour when you tip the card back and forth) I added a large pink daisy topped with a velvet bloom and floral brad behind the panel, and a groovy girl cut from brown glittercard. All the elements of the sentiment were cut from glittercard and adhered with foam pads. An acrylic flower sticker to the centre of the '0' completes the card.

Groovy man!!!

Carts used:

Girl & 'groovy'- Groovy Times

Adele- Opposites Attract

@ and 50- Lifes A Party

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Heather xxx



Friendship's garden.......

I have been informed by my aunty that I'm not updating my blog enough. I hereby declare that I will try harder to blog on a more regular basis!

This card was one that I made for my last set of workshops. It was a very popular one with my ladies, I have to say. I found this friendship quote on t'internet and thought that it would look great inside this lych gate. The gate and fence were cut from white pearlescent cardstock and decorated with lots of teeny flowers punched from more pearlescent cardstock using a Martha Stewart Hydrangea punch. The gate was adhered with foam pads to a piece of patterned paper (leaving the gates unstuck) which was matted onto coloured cardstock with satin ribbon trim and bow. The sentiment was computer generated onto Safmat and adhered inside the gate arch. A smattering of pearls completes the card.

Cart used:

Lych gate and fence- Spring Cottage

Thanks for dropping by today!

Heather xxx

Blogger problems.....

Hi Folks!
I haven't forgotten you all but I'm having issues with Blogger! It won't let me upload any more pics for the time being so I'll sort it out and be back!
SORRY!
Heather xx

A magical birthday wish.....

Last month Kabir, the delightful son of our good friends was seven and I sent him magical birthday wishes with this card featuring the Genie from Disney's Alladin. As Disney characters go this one was easier than most to put together with just a few fiddly-tiddly bits. The layout is uber-simple with starry paper from a past edition of Creative Cardmaking simply double matted with red and gold card, the genie adhered with foam pads and Kabir's name and age cut from gold starry holographic card to finish.

Simples!

Carts used:

Genie- Disney's Dreams Come True

Kabir & 7- Plantin Schoolbook

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Heather xxx



All the best........

I've got another commission card for you today. One of my hubby's colleagues left the hospital last month to return to Ireland, and another colleague Dawn, asked me to make a card for the Department to sign, so what's a gal to do? Make a card of course! As usual it's an A4, and the design was left up to me. I used papers from a past edition of Creative Cardmaking and a fancy frame cut from white pearlised card. I added some flourishes, and flowers punched from gold and blue cardstock. The wording was cut from gold cardstock, the name being shadowed with blue. The wording was adhered flat (too many foam pad slivers otherwise!) and 'Mary' was adhered with foam pads. A ribbon bow across one top corner completes the card.

Carts used:

Fancy frame- Ornamental Iron 2

Mary-Sophisticated

Remaining sentiment-Plantin Schoolbook

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Heather xxx



'Single' birthday wishes.....

It was my nephew David's birthday last month and I made him a card inspired by a magazine. The magazine card was made from kraft card and was a single sleeve (single as in 45rpm vinyl record) with a 'record' inside it. I changed it by adding the sleeve and record to an 8x8 card. The paper on the front of the card was a freebie download. I created the record sleeve from some kraft cardstock, cutting a circular aperture in the front before adhering it together. I also used a circle punch to create a semi-circular notch at the top of the sleeve.

I created a 'record' from black pearlised cardstock and blue paper, slightly smaller than the sleeve. The sentiment on the 'record' was created with rub-ons. It can then be popped into (and out of!) the sleeve- just like a real record!

I finished the card off with David's name, some punched stars and musical notes cut from black pearlised card.

Carts used:

'45rpm record'- Suburbia

Musical notes- Groovy times

Happy Birthday- Stamping Solutions

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx