You are my cup of tea.....

The layout for this card was CASEd from here When I saw this little tea time combo (I think that it's actually a coffee pot but what the heck!) I thought of teaming it with 'you are my cup of tea'. I used Papermania Rose Garden papers and little alphas. I cut a scalloped oval and topped it with an embossed, shadowed oval cut with a Colluzle template. I added a teatime combo cut from aqua glittercard and adhered it with foam pads. I added a layered flower and the little alphas (also adhered with foam pads). I cut another scalloped oval for the inside of the card leaving it blank to add your own message.
Carts used:
Teatime combo- Heritage
Scalloped oval- Storybook
Thanks for dropping by!
Heatherxxx

Wild about you.......

....and I can't say that I'm that wild about this card. I bought the animal print card & ribbon from The Range from the kiddies dept. and thought that I should use it. HOW WRONG WAS I? Just goes to show that occassionally you churn out a dud! 'Nuff said!
Carts used:
Zebra in a car (how wrong is that?!!!)-Paisley
Wild About You-Wild Card
Thanks for looking!
Heatherxxx

You're Brilliant!........

Here's a card using the same layout as yesterday's but this time using Papermania's Persimmon papers. I used 3 different papers and gold mirri. I cut the lamp from gold mirri and patterned paper and added a fringe to the bottom of the shade. I mounted the lamp onto an embossed blue oval and adhered this with foam pads to the top of the card. I added spotted ribbon and gold candy dots. I cut the sentiment from gold mirri and adhered it with foam pads to the stop.
Carts used:
Lamp- Heritage
You're Brilliant-Sentimentals ('you're' was originally 'you're invited' I just cut off the 'invited'
part)
Thanks for dropping by!
Heatherxxx

Flower Fairy Mummy.....

You won't believe how long it took me to make this card...only ONE WHOLE DAY!!! I made it..took it apart..made it.......you know how it goes sometimes. You would have thought that with the amount of carts that I've got (I'm embarrassed to divulged the exact number!) I could have found SOMETHING to go in that oval..not on your nelly!I nearly binned it,then I pulled out some freebie flower fairy chipboard tags that came with Papercraft Inspirations and found one that was PERFECT! I proceeded to turn it into a card for a mummy..Mother's Day, Birthday,whichever occasion you like...and I love the finished result. It's so delicate & pretty and well worth all the effort.
Carts used:
Scalloped ovals-Storybook (white ovals were cut with a Coluzzle template)
Mummy- Storybook
Hope you had a great weekend..thanks for looking!
Heather

Easter Bonnet.....

What wouldn't you do to get your hands on a hat like this?!!! Very Ascot Ladies Day don't you think? As we are coming up to Easter I thought that I would use this cut as an Easter Bonnet. I cut it from 2 shades of Bazzill, adhered them together and added detail with a dressmaker's wheel. I used polka dot ribbon and a single layered flower as adornment. I layered 3 strips of paper from Papermania's Rose Garden collection, punching the edges of the top & bottom strip, then wrapping polka dot ribbon around the remaining join. This panel was then adhered with foam pads over a white panel matted onto aqua & pink card. I adhered the hat with foam pads and added layered flowers and pearl swirls. I cut the sentiment from pink & aqua glitter paper and adhered it flat to the card front. I made a simple panel and sentiment for the inside of the card & finished it with more flowers.
Carts used:
Hat- Forever Young
'Easter Bonnet'- Lyrical Letters (Loopy Lou font)
'A lovely Easter to you'- Wild Card
Thanks for dropping by!
Heatherxxx

Relax #2...

As promised here is the ladies version of yesterday's card. Exactly the same carts and cuts (except for 'relax' made slightly smaller to accomodate the flowers) but this time I used the new Papermania 'Rose Garden' papers and pink mirri. Oh, and I also embossed the chair with a swiss dots embossing folder.
Carts used:
Chair- Sentimentals
Sentiments-Lyrical Letters
Have a great weekend!
Heatherxxx

Relax.....

I bought some new Papermania papers at The Range on Monday-they are called Persimmon and they are perfect for men's cards. I love this chair cut and I thought that it would be ideal for a retirement card. I used papers in shades of blue (3 different designs) and prepped an easel card. I cut the chair from gold mirri and added seat & back cut from patterned paper. I mounted it onto a panel of paper matted onto gold mirri. I decorated the stop with a strip of co-ordinating ribbon and added 'Happy Retirement' and some blue metallic candy dots. I also cut 'Relax' from mirri and adhered it to the side of the main panel with foam pads. I believe that the secret to making men's cards is 'keep it simple'. Tomorrow I'll show you the ladies version.
Carts used:
Chair- Sentimentals
'Relax' & 'Happy Retirement'- Lyrical Letters (Jumbo font)
Thanks for looking!
Heatherxxx