Happy 16th birthday....

Our nephew Skanda is 16 on Saturday and this is the card that I made for him...it is presently winging it's way to Sydney in the care of my SIL (his aunt) who has been here on holiday. Happy Birthday for Saturday Skanda! I cut an aperture in a white card using the centre point feature on the Expression, and then covered the front of the card with the musical instrument print paper. I cut away the paper covering the aperture with a craft knife. I cut a cog-wheel from silver holographic card and adhered it around the aperture, I cut a smaller cogwheel for the inside of the card which was covered with camouflage paper, and a circle was added to the centre of the cog-wheel along with a '16' cut from a star patterned holographic card.The circle and 16 were adhered with foam pads. I cut 'Happy Birthday' , 'Skanda' & 'You Rock' from copper coloured holographic card and adhered these to the front of the card with foam pads except for the 'You Rock' which was adhered flat inside the card.. I added punched stars for a finishing touch along with candy dots around the cog-wheel.
Carts used:
Card aperture & circle inside card-George
Cog-wheels-Accent Essentials
Happy Birthday & You Rock-Stamping Solutions
'Skanda' & '16'-Lyrical Letters (Jumbo font)
Thanks for visiting!
Heatherxxx

Precious baby Jemima.....

I was commissioned to make this card by the mother of a premature baby, who wanted a special card to give to her husband. The brief was pink, with the exact wording that I put on the card, a blank area to write her own special message and above all the card needed to be special, something that couldn't be bought in the shops. Apparently the client had scoured all the card shops and couldn't find anything suitable. I believe that she was 'chuffed' with the end result!
I used a crossover card,a heart MS punch and papers from Jendenink Craftworks in Stubbington. I cut the pram from silver mirri and white Bazzill cardstock and added pearl details. I cut 'JEMIMA' from pink glittercard and adhered the letters with foam pads. I cut the letters & flourish from white cardstock and adhered them flat. I added 3 punched hearts. I covered the back of the card with cloud-effect pink paper (in a pack of 4 colours from The Works) and added a white panel trimmed with an MS punch.
Carts used:
Pram & flourish- Heritage
'JEMIMA' & remaining sentiments-Lyrical Letters (Jumbo font)
Thanks for looking!
Heatherxxx

Cricut Cards Challenge....

These cards are fairly old and I have posted them before, but today I'm entering them both into the Cricut Cardz Challenge Blog challenge which is to make a summer inspired card.
Catch you all tomorrow with a new card!
Heatherxxx

Vintage Husband....

Here is a complimentary card to the vintage wife card of Friday..naturally a husband card! I made it in the same way as the wife card but kept the edges plain. I also made it fold the other way. I used papers from Papermania's Persimmon range. These new paper ranges from Papermania come with tags, frames & letters (no letters in Persimmon though) and I used a border from the pack beneath the cameo. I used gold mirri card to cut all the accents for this card. I added candy dots as an added embellishment.
Carts used:
Cameo & 'HUSBAND'-Heritage
Frames & 'With Love'-Sentimentals
Happy Birthday-Calligraphy Collection
Thanks for looking!
Heatherxxx

Saturday Swarm....

I'd just like to say thanks to all the lovely ladies who came to the Swarm today...Ladies, I had a blast! You all made some really stunningly gorgeous cards.. I was very impressed with what you all made and how you adapted the card designs to suit your needs. That's what it's all about really! I'm really looking forward to the next one in June.
Heatherxxx

Vintage wife.....

Here's another crossover card, made in the same way as yesterday's. I used Rose Garden papers from Papermania and a MS punch for the diagonals. I embossed a punched border strip, wrapped pretty sparkly ribbon around it and added a Prima flower. I then adhered a cameo cut from pink glittercard and mounted onto a scalloped oval onto the front of the card with foam pads. I added three lovely chunky pearl hearts to finish the front.I cut another scalloped oval for the inside back along with a sentiment cut from pink glittercard and a sentiment for the right hand flap.
Carts used:
Cameo- Heritage
With Love- Sentimentals
Birthday Blessings- George
Thanks for dropping by and have a great weekend. I'm hosting a Swarm tomorrow, so I'll be back on Sunday.
Heatherxxx

Double diagonal Baby......

Here's another version of the diagonal cut card that I've been featuring lately, this time using 2 cards. I just cut each card on opposite diagonals then adhered them together at the back. Effectively you have a cross-over card. Then I just decorated as usual. The papers are by Provocraft. I used the same pram as yesterday made in the same way this time with yellow pearls. I added a layered flower, ribbon & punched glittercard daisies with pearl centres.
I cut 'New Arrival' & 'Congratulations' from yellow glittercard and adhered them to the left flap and the inside back of the card.
Carts used:
Pram- Heritage
New Arrival-New Arrival
Congratulations-Beyond Birthdays
Thanks for dropping by!
Heatherxxx