Better late than never!!.......

Blimey, I'm a bit late with other Easter card that I promised you, but here it is. Isn't this little bunny bear sooooo cute? I cut the little bear at 4" and then dressed him in a cute bunny outfit cut from white and pink cardstock. I added some eggs (little circles of paper) to his basket 'cos it was empty, and a fabric bow to his outfit in place of the paper one. The card base is a C5 and the papers are an old DCWV Spring Stack. The corners of the patterned paper panel and yellow mat were were rounded with a corner rounder., and trimmed with yellow polka dot ribbon. The bunny bear was adhered to a scalloped oval, then adhered to the front of the card with foam pads. 'Happy Easter' was cut from pink and yellow cardstock, adhered to a panel, then popped onto the card over the ribbon.

Carts used:

Bunny Bear- Teddy Bear Parade

Scalloped oval- Elegant Edges

Happy Easter- Phrases

My new Cricut came today so I'm a happy bunny!

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx



Easter Blessings......

I don't send Easter cards but my workshop ladies asked for a couple, so I came up with this one and a fun one which I'll show you tomorrow. I have to say that I was chuffed to bits with this card. It is so simple- my only dilemma was whether to centralise or off-set the image. As you can see I went with the off-set option. The beautiful image was cut from silver mirri with a white matt. I added an extra couple of matts- one lilac and one more silver. I embossed a piece of white cardstock with a lovely loopy ribbon folder and again matted it onto lilac and silver cardstock. The Christ image was afhered to the card front with foam tape, I added a couple of WOC lilies and a lilac rose, along with some silver die-cut foliage to the bottom left-hand corner (these can be omitted) and a computer generated 'Easter Blessings' sentiment which was double matted then adhered with foam pads below the main image. A trio of silver pearls completes the card.

Cart used:

Christ on the cross- Inspired Heart

I'm having a real problem with a cartridge at the moment. I've just bought the new Creative Cards cart, and I cut a few images with it and then my machine wouldn't recognise it. I tried it in another machine and still no luck. Wierd eh? I contacted the seller and she asked me to try it in my new Bug when it arrives. If I still have no luck she said that she'll replace it (after I return the faulty cart of course!) Has anyone experienced anything like this before?  I'll let you know what happens.

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx

Good-ish news..

I can still cut SVGs via the USB cable. WooHoo!!
Heather

FLAMIN' NORAH!!!!

MY CRICUT HAS DIED!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What will I do now?!!!
Get a new one that's wot!
It's coming on Tuesday.
Heather

Asian Retirement...

I made this A4 card last year. It was a commission from one of Hubby's secretaries. I went with an opulent Indian look, using some gold embossed paper and some dull gold/mirri cardstock. I cut the fab Taj Mahal from pearlised white cardstock, matted it onto embossed ice-blue pearlised cardstock, and framed it with and equally Indian-style frame cut from dull gold cardstock matted with gold mirri. I cut some fabulous peacock feathers and adhered them either side of the frame and added the name and sentiment cut from pearlised white cardstock and adhered with foam pads. The card was finished with a bow, single jasmine bloom and a quartet of jade green pearls.

Carts used:

Taj Mahal- Inspired Heart

Peacock Feathers- Sentimentals

Name/Sentiment- Ashlyn's Alphabet

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Heather xxx



Kate.....

My niece Kate was 21 last week and this the card that I made for her. It is an 8" square (gotta love this size!) and the scrummy papers are Pink Petticoat's Marshmallow downloads. I used a grey and pink colour pallette- so pretty together- with grey cardstock for matting. '21' was cut from grey dotty paper and white cardstock adhered together for strength as was 'Kate' which was cut from pink dotty paper. Both elements were adhered to the card front with foam pads. I added some pink polka dot ribbon over the join in the papers, topped with a WOC rose, heart pin (with a bugle bead over the sharp end to protect against pin pricks!) a PP sentiment and a tiny silver key charm attached with silver cord. A smattering of pearls completes the card.

Carts used:

21 & Kate- Sophisticated (Font 2 shadow)

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Heather xxx



Beautiful Birdcage........

When I saw this birdcage I knew that I could turn it into a shaped card. Unfortunately the cut doesn't have a shadow (to be able to create the base with) so after cutting out the cage and it's layer, I just placed it onto the front of a C5 card and drew around it leaving a border of approximately 1cm. I then adhered some lovely sage green backing paper from Papermania to the card front, cutting away the excess. The cage was made up by adhering the top layer to the base layer with foam pads. I then adhered the cage to the card front. The cage was decorated with a Cheery Lyn die flourish, WOC blooms and a butterfly cut from pink glittercard. A claret coloured sheer bow, computer-generated sentiment and a smattering of pearls completes the card.

Carts used:

Bird cage- French Manor

Butterfly- Paper Lace

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xx