Back home!!!

Hi everyone! Sorry I haven't blogged for a week, but I've been to visit Uncle Sam . Had a great time but it was a nightmare at times-3.30am fire alarm (just as I was getting to sleep!) followed by getting stuck in a lift for 15 mins, crazy driving, potholed freeways ,awful roadsigns so that you have no idea where you are or how to get back (you have to live there to understand them I reckon!).Otherwise it was good , Boston was absolutely beautiful and New York was cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey! We saw the usual sites- Harvard (or Hahvahd as the locals call it)in Boston and The Empire State, Lady Libert and Ground Zero in NYC. What struck us most especially about New York is how detached everyone is from their surroundings. They appear to be attached surgically to either a mobile or I-pod and also there were more foreign accents than American. Still we had a good time, and the kids spent LOADSAMONEY! But it's always good to be home.
I'll add some cards soon
Heather

Jingle bells,jingle bells.......

jingle all the way!!!! I really like this card although my c**p photo doesn't do it justice. It's a very simple layout,mainly white with a flash of colour. The bells are cut from Joys Of The Season from gold Mirri card and mounted onto a 'stamp'. The paper is DCWV and the polka dot paper on the stamp and 'jingle' is by Doodlebug.In case you are wondering- I wasn't 2 sheets to the wind when I made this card-everything is supposed to be skew -whiff!!!

Carts used:

Jingle & stamp- Base Camp

All the way- All Mixed Up

Bells-Joys Of The Season

Jingle was raised on foam pads as were the bells, everything else is flat.

Thanks for visiting!

Heather

oops!!!

How dumb am I? In the last post I said I'd flipped the angel to face right- of course she is facing left!!!!
Heather

First Christmas card post!!!......

and there will be more! I also have the new Christmas Solutions cart. For those of you who haven't yet got a Christams Cart this is a good one to go for. It has very traditional images- a couple of Santas, a beautiful sleigh, 3 reindeer and these two images. A lot of fillagree on this cart it has to be said! I flipped the angel because I wanted it to face right. Merry Christmas was cut from Wild Card and HARK from Storybook. I used a lovely slub-silk effect card for the cuts as mirror card is chewed up on anything filligree. Gold metallic ribbon and some gems complete the cards.

Carts used:

Tree & angel- Christmas Solutions

HARK- Storybook

Merry Christmas- Wild Card

Thanks for dropping in!

Heather

Wild Card celebration!

Yeeeeaah! At last! I've got it! The new Wild Card cart. Wow! The cards you can make with this are fantastic (with matching envies too!) I made this card for my nephew Dan who has a birthday on Thursday. The champagne bottle wraps around the front of the card (it's technically a tri-fold card) and it comes complete with a cork!!!

I cut the card out at 8" and then drew around the bottle onto a piece of green card and cut it out. The gold label and neck wrapper were cut from the cart as was the Cheers sentiment. Inside I added a large Celebrate greeting. I had some cork patterned paper so I used that for the cork! Dan was cut using the alphabet section of the cart.

Carts used:

Card,sentiments and cork- Wild Card

Tag(around bottle neck)- George & Basic Shapes

The shadowing was cut by hand as there isn't a shadow function on this cart. Just a word of warning- I think that this cart is better suited to the Expression as some of the cards are cut really small and will not give a very substantial card and also you may not be able to cut out the corresponding envelope (there is a universal envelope cut provided for this circumstance). Just something to think about before splashing out £64.99!!!!

Anywho- Happy Crafting!!!

Heather

ps. I've also got the deep cut blade and housing- so far NOT IMPRESSED!! If anyone else has it and has had a problem getting it to cut- mine goes bonkers on 4!- please let me know where I'm going wrong! Thanks in advance! Heather

Ariel for Millie

Oops Sorry for the terrible photo but Blogger wouldn't let me upload the better one!!!

This is another Disney Princess card(well Duh!!)

this time for Amy's sister Millie. Compared to some images this one was relatively quick to put together,there aren't that many pieces to it. I cut Ariel at 4" with corresponding layers etc plus a shell (which is an icon) which was cut with RDS ON. I don't know whether you can tell but the front of the card is cut away around the shell. Millie's name is cut from glitter paper. The card front and inside back is covered with Pink Petticoat swirls and polka dots paper. The Happy Birthday was glittered and the shell decorated with glitter and tiny pearls. I added a pearl to Ariel's bra at the front. Instead of using the flower from the cart I added a Prima flower to her hair for a bit of dimension with a glittered brad. A piece of pearl decorated irridescent ribbon across the card front adds to the underwater look!

Carts used:

Ariel and shell- Dreams Come True

Happy Birthday & Millie- Wild Card

Thanks for visiting!

Heather

Snow White for Amy

I have three delightful little girls as neighbours and always make them a card for their birthdays-that was one reason why I bought the two Disney Princess carts. I'm not really a Disney fan but I will use these carts as I know enough little girls to justify buying them!

The images are lovely but take an age to construct and are A RIGHT FAFF!!!

I made this pretty pose of Snow White, mounted it onto a scalloped circle and put the whole lot on a card covered with white Doodlebug embossed paper. 'Snow White says Happy Birthday AMY' is from several carts (as per usual I'll list the in a mo) I finished the card off with tons of glitter and a bitten-into apple!

From now on I'll only list the carts I used as the rest is self explanatory I think!!

Carts used:

Snow White image- Happily Ever After

Snow White (word)- as above

says & happy birthday- Zooballoo

AMY-Storybook

Scalloped circle-Accent Essentials

Apple- Happily Ever After

Thanks for taking a look!

Heather