Menai.....

Rhea's elder sister (beautiful bridesmaid- see Rhea and Phil's wedding post) had her birthday at the end of July. I made her this card using one of the gorgeous decoupaged images from the Papermania 'Party' pack. The card base is a C5. The decoupaged image was mounted onto a scalloped rectangle, which was, in turn, adhered to a slim panel with punched edges. I used a butterfly edger punch to match the butterflies on the image. A strip of paper from the pack was adhered to the panel which was adhered to the card with foam tape. 'MENAI' was cut from dark aqua glitter card, and adhered flat to the patterned paper panel. 'Happy Birthday to you' was stamped with Memento Black ink in the top right of the image panel. A velvet ribbon bow and a smattering of gems completes the card.

Carts used:

Scalloped rectangle- Elegant Edges

MENAI- Suburbia

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Heather xxx

Mike for Bryn

Bryn, one the LittleBoyzNextDoor, was six last month so I sent Mike Wazowski from Monsters Inc. to wish him a happy birthday! I cut Mike from pea green cardstock and adhered him to a panel of striped DCWV paper. I added a star embossed '6' and a speech bubble with a computer generated sentiment. Simplez!!!

Carts used:

Mike Wazowski- Best Of Pixar

'6' & speech bubble- Don Juan

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Heather xxx

 

Another wedding card....

One of the ladies who comes to my Wednesday workshops, Chrissie, asked me to make her a wedding card for her son's wedding at the end of last month. This card is similar to the one that I made for Rhea's mum Mary, in that I used the same bride & groom image. I used an 8" square card base and papers from Pink Petticoat printed in 'Silver' onto white pearlised paper. The bride and groom were cut from black pearlised cardstock and the bride's dress from white pearlised cardstock. I cut the full skirt down to a more slimline dress, and embossed it before adhering it to the black image. I added a satin bow to the back of the dress and a veil cut from shimmer paper from Papermania. I finished the bride with some pearls across her hair and down the back of her dress. I embossed a piece of white pearlised cardstock, matted it onto grey cardstock and mirri with punched edges. I added a piece of sheer ribbon then adhered it to the left hand side of the card. A sheer ribbon bloom, punched leaves and a crystal stick pin were adhered over the bow. The sentiment was computer generated in 60% greyscale onto white pearlised paper, trimmed into an oval and adhered to a scalloped, mirri oval which was adhered beneath the floral arrangement with foam pads. A silver mirri fancy corner with pearl were added to the top right-hand corner to finish the card.

Carts used:

Bride & Groom- Wedding Solutions

Fancy corner- Heritage

Oval mats- Opposites Attract

Scalloped oval- Elegant Edges

Thanks for looking!

Heather xx

Fifty......

My sister Valerie is three years and a day younger than me. It was my birthday on 12th July and hers on 13th, and for her it was a big one! She had a surprise birthday party on the Saturday and flew out on holiday the day after. For her big birthday I made her a big card, an 8x8" square. The card base was cut from white cardstock - I cut two scalloped squares then adhered them together down one side- with a matted square of patterned paper adhered flat. I cut a smaller square of the same paper, matted again, and adhered it offset with foam pads. I embellished the top right hand corner with a satin bow, white and aqua blooms and leaves die-cut from glittercard. I also added a pin. 'Valerie' & '50' were cut from glittercard then 'Valerie' was adhered flat and the '50' was adhered with foam pads. The sentiment was computer generated onto white cardstock, trimmed and matted, then adhered beneath the offset square with foam pads. A smattering of gems completes the card.

Carts used:

Scalloped card base- Elegant Edges

Valerie- Hannah Montana

50- Sophisticated

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Heather xxx

Thank You Jan......

My eldest, Krishnan is in Boston, USA at the mo. He's at Harvard University Summer School studying Patency law. Before he went to Boston, he worked for the LLDC (London Legacy Development Company) who were responsible for selling off the Olympic Park, Stadium and Athlete's Village. His boss was a lady called Jan and before he left the company, he asked me to make her a thank you card, and this is what I came up with. I used a layout that I found on Silke Ledlow's blog 'My Life'. I used patterned paper that was a freebie, cut into two different sized panels matted onto a larger white panel. I wrapped the panel with sheer green ribbon before adhering it to a C5 card base with foam tape. I topped it with a scalloped oval topped with a standard, embossed oval. 'Thank You Jan' was cut from black pearlised cardstock and adhered flat to the embossed oval. A floral arrangement, bow with pin embellishment and a smattering of pearls completes the card.

Carts used:

Scalloped oval- Elegant Edges

Plain oval-Opposites Attract

Thank You- Paper Lace

JAN-Suburbia

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Heatherxx

Chelsea........

The same day that we went to Rhea & Phil's wedding, my great-niece Chelsea had her 8th birthday.

I made her a Super DL card, which is basically a piece of A4 cardstock folded down the centre of the card instead of across it. I cut 2cms off the bottom of the folded card so that it would fit into an envelope. As far as I know there are no commercially produced envelopes to fit this size of card, so I made one using the envelope (in blackout mode)on page 65 of the WILD CARD cartridge cut at 8". Even with the foam mounted letters, the card fit neatly into the envelope. I posted it with a 1st Class Large stamp (I send all my cards with large stamps then I know that they will be delivered)

For the card I cut a panel of white cardstock slightly smaller than the card base and wrapped a piece of American Arts ribbon around the bottom, and added a bow. I then adhered it to the card with foam tape.

'CHELSEA' was cut twice, once in white cardstock then again in different patterned papers. The paper letters were adhered to the cardstock letters. This gives the letters stability. All of the letters were adhered with foam pads. I added 'Happy Birthday' cut from purple glittercard and a smattering of gems to complete the card.

Carts used:

CHELSEA- Base Camp (using shadow feature)

Happy Birthday- ZooBalloo

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Heather xxx



For our daughter and her husband.........

 Rhea's mum Mary asked me to make her a card for Rhea & Phil and I was only too happy to oblige. This card is slightly smaller than A4 because that's the size that the fancy frame came out. I just trimmed away the bottom of the card so that the cut fit. I used a Pink Petticoat paper for the background and topped it with a silver mirri frame, which I embellished with sequin flowers and pearls. The aperture in the centre was backed with Pink Petticoats French Script paper. The bride and groom were cut from black pearlised cardstock. I trimmed the full skirt from the bride to a more figure hugging style (uncannily similar to Rhea's dress in fact!) then drew around it twice onto white pearlised cardstock to create the dress and train, which I embossed. The train was adhered to the dress with foam pads. I created a veil from some shimmer 'fabric' paper from Papermania and adhered it to the bride's head (I cut a curly bun style by hand and adhered it to the bride's head first) and covered the join with small pearls. I added some 'buttons' to the back of the dress to finish. The frame was further embellished with WOC roses and lilies and a sheer bow. I also added a jumbo pearl and silver hatpin through the floral arrangement. The sentiment was computer generated onto white pearlised in 60% greyscale and Lavenderia (my favourite at the moment!) font, and matted onto silver mirri then adhered to the frame with foam pads.

Of course it needed a box!

Carts used:

Fancy frame- Ornamental Iron 2

Bride & Groom- Wedding Solutions

Tie The Knot (on front of box)- Tie The Knot

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Heather xxx