O.B.E Congratulations....

The wife of a Medical School colleague and good friend of my hubby (and mine of course!) was awarded an O.B.E in the Queen's Birthday Honours List (her husband got one last year) and this is the card that I made for her...I must get my hubby to deliver it- it's no good gracing the top of the aquarium is it?!
I used wedding papers by Papermania (simply because they were muted colours and printed with delicate pink & beige roses) Again the layout is simple- I'm using it a lot lately!-with just two panels.The smaller panel was wrapped with sheer ribbon and adorned with a Prima rose and self-adhesive pearls. All the letters and the sentiment were cut from pink cardstock shadowed with cream pearlised cardstock, then adhered to the card with foam pads.
Carts used:
Congratulations- Everyday Pop-Up Cards
All other elements- Winter Woodland
Thanks for dropping by today
Heather xxx

It's a zoo in here!....

Have you ever had the feeling that you're living in a zoo? Kids running about all over the place, the house is a tip?! With two boys I've had a good few of them I can tell ya!! This is a fun little card with a wibbly-wobbly element. The gorg papers are 'Bazoo' by Helz Cuppleditch from The Range. The layout is simple, just two panels. The smaller panel was wrapped with some furry animal print ribbon, then raised on foam tape. The lion was cut from textured cardstock then adhered with a Papermania spring. The sentiment and pawprints were cut from the same cardstock as the lion, the adhered with foam pads. Simples!!
Cart used:
Lion, pawprints & sentiment- Life's A Party
Thanks for looking!
Heather xxx

I Do.......

I've got a wedding card to show you today. I used Papermania wedding paper on a C5 card. The dress was cut from pearlised card, the top skirt was embossed with a vine embossing folder, and I added a pink sash and some teeny pearls around the neck edge. The suit was cut from grey pearlised cardstock (the tailcoat) a black textured cardstock (the trousers) & white cardstock for the shirt. I added a pink bow tie and a teeny flower (coloured with a marker) to the lapel of the suit. Both were adhered with foam pads to a ribbon trimmed border. A bow, some pearl sprays and a white WOC bloom were adhered to the ribbon. 'I Do' was cut from pearlised cardstock with a shadow, then adhered above the bridal outfits with foam pads.
Carts used:
Bridal outfits & 'I Do'- Sweethearts
Thanks for dropping by today!
Heather xxx

Film Fan.........

This is a card that was available to make at my last Workshop. One of my ladies, Barbie, and I had similar ideas for this card, this is my take on it! I used papers from a Madaboutcards hobbies download. I matted the paper onto red & black cardstock and then added a 'big screen' cut from silver mirri with rounded corners, matted onto black cardstock. I added the words 'film fan' cut from black cardstock, and adhered with PVA. The popcorn box, coke cup and ticket were all cut from white cardstock backed with red. The popcorn was cut from vanilla cardstock and adhered to the box with foam pads.For the coke cup, I cut a strip of cardstock the same length as the straw, drew red stripes with a marker pen, then adhered it over the original straw. I also coloured some 'coca-cola' on the drink cup with marker pen. All the elements were adhered with foam pads. 'Happy Birthday' was cut from black cardstock adhered to white cardstock, then matted onto red and black cardstock. The finished sentiment was adhered above the 'screen' with foam pads.
Carts used:
'Film Fan'- Life's A Party
Happy birthday- Stamping Solutions
Pocorn box, coke cup & ticket-Carousel Lite
Thanks for looking!
Heather xxx

Cheers!........

This is a card that I made for No2 son's friend Lazarus for his 18th birthday (ladies from my Cricut workshop will recognise this one!) I used My Mind's Eye papers for the main front panel and a Madaboutcards free download for the paper behind the beer mug. The mug was cut from gold cardstock and gold mirri. The 'flat' gold card was embossed with a 'bubble' Fiskars texture plate. I added white glittercard foam and then adhered the completed mug to the card with foam pads. I flattened three bottle tops in the Cuttlebug then adhered paper & card circles to each one adding a letter to each to spell 'LAZ'.
'18' was cut from gold card, embossed with the Bubble folder and adhered to the card below the beer mug.
'Cheers' was cut from flat gold & mirri cardstock with a brown shadow, then adhered above the beer mug overlapping the top edge of the smaller panel.
Carts used:
Beer mug & 'Cheers'- Everyday pop-Up cards
Circles on bottle tops-George
'18' & 'LAZ'-Life's A Party
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

Silver 25th..........

I was commissioned to make this card by a customer at the shop. The brief was- a 25th Anniversary card for Jackie & Martyn, he likes Leeds United football team & playing squash, she likes running and cooking. Okey doke! So how was I going to incorporate that little lot on a C5 card? Personally I wouldn't put hobbies etc on an anniversary card because I think that it confuses what the card actually is, and makes the card crowded if you've got to add more than what the card really is about. I think that there's a lot going on on this card, but the customer gets what the customer wants! She loved it thank goodness, and I've got a couple more to make for her next month.
As I said before this is a C5 card and I used Papermania wedding paper matted onto silver mirri on the front. I cut a fancy heart from silver cardstock and a blackout from silver mirri. I added a '25' cut in silver mirri with a 'flat' silver shadow. The numbers were adhered with foam pads to the fancy heart. 'Jackie & Martyn' was cut from silver mirri and adhered flat to the card front above the heart which was raised with foam tape. Below the heart is a border cut from more silver mirri, with a punched edge, and wrapped with silver ribbon. I added a bow and a bloom with pearly strands in it's centre. The little icons along the border were cut from silver mirri and adhered along the border with foam pads. The squash racquet was cut by hand (I referred to the Argos catalogue for a realistic look as I couldn't find my hubby's squash racquet!)
Carts used:
Fancy heart- Love Struck
'25' & 'Jackie & Martyn'- Winter Woodland
Football- Life's A Party
Sports shoe- Sports Mania
Kitchen utensils-Everyday Paper Dolls
Squash racquet was hand cut
Thanks for dropping by today!
Heather xxx

Happy Birthday Lauren.....

Wow! What a day it's been! It's absolutely scorchio here on the South Coast. Another muggy night ahead, although the hot spell is supposed to break tonight with thunderstorms- from the sublime to the ridiculous!
It was my niece Lauren's birthday on Saturday and this is the card that I made for her. It's a gatefold, although it's not clear from the picture. The papers are from Design Objectives Born2Shop 'Bubbles' A4 pad. I covered the inside back and each of the fronts with a different paper. Three 2" matted squares were decorated with a different icon (cut from glittercard) then adhered to the card with foam pads. The central square overlaps the two fronts. 'Lauren' and 'Happy Birthday' were also cut from glittercard and adhered flat to the right hand front. A ribbon bow and a bloom completes the card.
Carts used:
Lipstick, bag & shoes- Paisley
'Lauren'- Lyrical Letters
'Happy Birthday'-Calligraphy
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx