Anniversary Hearts.....

It was my brother and SIL's wedding anniversary at the beginning of last month. I had seen a card on the internet consisting of two hearts, one suspended inside the other, and really liked it. I was sure that I had a cart with very similar hearts on it, found it and made this card.....

The base card is an 8" square. The lilac backing paper is from an old stack in my stash and the centre square was embossed with a rose embossing folder. The two hearts were cut from the same backing paper (I used just one sheet of 12x12 for the card and the hearts) I punched holes in the top and bottom of each of the hearts. Using a piece of white cord I attached the solid heart to the centre of the hollow heart, then adhered the two hearts to the card front with foam pads. I added a '12' to the solid heart and my brother & SIL's names to the hollow heart using purple glitter card. 'Happy Anniversary' was stamped onto a piece of white card, cut into a pennant shape then adhered under a floral arrangement along with die-cut leaves and fronds. A heart shaped pearl on the solid heart and a smattering of pearls on the hollow heart completes the card.

Carts used:

Hollow & solid hearts- Sweethearts

names and numerals-Suburbia (Housewife font)

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Heather xx

Happiness.......

I found a card made with this beautiful sentiment somewhere on line whilst blog hopping and wanted to use it. So I computer generated it and used it on this card......

I used papers that were a free download from Jak Heath. I cut a piece of the check paper smaller than the card front, matted it onto white card then adhered it to the card front with foam tape. I added a smaller rose print panel on top, then cut a shaped panel with oval aperture behind which the sentiment was adhered. This was adhered to the rose panel with foam pads. I embellished the aperture with pearls. A floral arrangement graces on corner of the card and a lilac polka dot ribbon the opposite. A trio of pearls in each remaining corner completes the card.

Cart used:

Aperture panel- Kate's ABC

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Heather xx

Etaash........

No, it's not the beginning of a sneeze! It's actually the name of one of hubby's friends grandson. It was his first birthday at the beginning of October. We were invited to his party and I made this card to take along......

I love this little rocking horse and rider. I've used it on quite a few kiddie birthday cards. The card looks washed out in the photo but it's actually lilac. I used an 8" base card, then embossed a piece of textured white cardstock with an A4 embossing folder cut to a square slightly smaller than the card base. I matted it with lilac cardstock then adhered it to the card front with foam tape. 'Etaash' and the number One were cut from polka dot and check cardstock and adhered to the card front- the name was adhered flat and the one on foam pads. The rocking horse was cut from dark lilac pearlised cardstock, then adhered to the card front with a Papermania spring, which allows the rocking horse to rock- great fun for a little one!

A trio of pearls and a bow on the number and horses tail completes the card.

Carts used:

Rocking horse- A Child's Year

'1'- Base Camp (shadow)

Etaash- Car Decals

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Heather

Another Batman for Kabir.....

Our friends' little boy Kabir was 8 at the beginning of this month. I made him a Batman card too (I've got one more to show you, but not yet!) . I used the same card base as Louis' card but just changed the figure.....

...to a running Batman. I added the 'POW!' word and adhered it to the card with foam pads. 'Kabir' & '8' were cut from blue holographic card, and also adhered with foam pads.
                                                                         Carts used:
                                    Card base and all other cuts- Batman, The Brave & The Bold
                                                               Thanks for dropping by!
                                                                         Heather xx
                                    

NaNa NaNa NaNa NaNa NaNa Naaa...BATMAN!!!!

Cripes! That's a long post title!

One of the little BoyzNextDoor had a birthday at the beginning of the month and I decided to make him a Batman card. I usually steer clear of Licenced Character carts unless it's absolutely necessary 'cos the Disney Princess carts are a flamin' nightmare! Too many fiddly bits! But some are ok with fairly decently sized pieces that are easy to put together. This card came together quite quickly...

The card was made in it's entirety on the Cricut. I cut the card base at 'Fit To Page' and it came out at about 7.5 ins. The back of the card has a bat cutout in it! How cool! I covered the card front in yellow cardstock then cut the smaller orange and yellow mats on the machine. Batman was cut from blue cardstock, then adhered to the front of the card with foam pads. 'Get Ready For action!' was cut from dark blue cardstock then adhered flat to the card. 'LOUIS' was cut from blue holographic cardstock and adhered to the card with foam pads. Simples!!!

Cart used:

Batman/Get Ready For Action/LOUIS- Batman: The Brave & The Bold

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Heather xx

Eastern Inspired.....

I have to admit that I am NOT a huge fan of the oriental look, so I was a bit doubtful about how I'd cope with an Eastern inspired card. I was commissioned to create a card for a lady turning 40 who has lived in Hong Kong, and this is what I came up with....

I had some lovely DCWV paper in my stash, which was oriental looking but pretty and feminine too. I matted the paper onto blue cardstock and adhered it to an 8x8 card. I embossed a piece of white cardstock and adhered it to the centre of the card with foam tape. 'Fiona' & '40' were cut from more paper from the DCWV stack then adhered to the card with foam pads. The little pagoda was cut from dark green and red mirri card then adhered to the card front. A WOC cherry blossom floral arrangement, some die-cut leaves, sheer ribbon bow and a trio of pearls completes the card
                                                                           Carts used:
                                                                      Pagoda- Pagoda
                                                              FIONA & 40- Base Camp
                                                               Thanks for dropping by!
                                                                         Heather xxx





A Cut Above....

I picked up a lovely embossing folder (Trimcraft, I think) that had sewing accoutrements on it, and a blank area in the centre for stamping etc. But I thought that I'd use the centre space as an aperture to create this card....

After embossing a piece of white card I cut out centre. Then I adhered it to a piece of patterned paper slightly larger all round, after adhering a piece of sheer ribbon across the card just below the aperture. I then cut out the centre of the patterned paper leaving a border around the aperture. The computer generated sentiment was adhered behind the aperture then the whole panel was adhered to the frongt of a C5 card. I cut a pair of fancy scissors from silver mirri, and adhered it above the aperture. A stamped 'Sister' label, WOC bloom, die-cut leaves and a trio of pearls completes the card.

Cart used:

Scissors- Sentimentals

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xx