Another quickie wedding card

This was yet another of my late night crafting projects! I don't know why I do it to myself!!!I made this card for the son of my neighbours who got married on 20th December. I suppose that the colours are quite unconventional- lilac and pale aqua but they went with the DP so heyho!!!

The letters were cut from Bazzil and shadowed with silver mirri .The DP is from Dovecraft's Wedding collection matted on silver mirri. I added a strip of ribbon, a ribbon bow topped with a layered flower (this is a fave technique of mine at the moment.I'm using it a lot!)a pearl brad (in the flower) and self-adhesive pearls to decorate the ribbon and letters. I added a vellum envelope to the inside to hold a cash gift.

Carts used:

Don Juan (again!!) with Under Pressure enabled

Simple but effective don't you think?

Thanks for stopping by!

Heather

Boxing Day Birthday

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a great Christmas! This card was made for the daughter of some very good friends of ours who's birthday was on Boxing Day. I used Dovecraft papers for this one with Prima flowers,ribbon from my stash, a key charm and gorgeous glittered paper from Crafttime.I hope she got it in time 'cos the Royal Mail have been playing silly beggars just lately with these bulky cards!!

Carts used:

Don Juan (supplied with the Create)

If you can get hold of this cartridge I would say buy it because the font is great and cuts beautifully even at small sizes,

Thanks for looking!

Heather

Merry Christmas Everyone!!

Sorry everyone...no card to post but I would like to wish you all a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I hope that next year will bring Hope and Peace to all the troubled areas of this world of ours. Let us spare a thought for our Service men & women who will be apart from their loved ones this festive period and hope that they all make it home in the New Year. It would be lovely (but naive..I think) to hope that everyone could learn to respect each others beliefs and to live together in peace and harmony...surely it can't be that hard?
Have a wonderful time & don't get too stressed over Christmas lunch (or dinner depending on where you come from!)As Anthea Turner says "It's only a Sunday roast with a cracker!"
Enjoy, and I hope Santa brings you all you desire and I'll catch you all in the New Year
With Christmas Love
Heather

3 today!

I rarely use ready made embellies but I picked this little fella up from The PaperMill shop. I was from a set of little jungle creatures and it just happened to match the DP perfectly. This paper came from A.C. Moore's and is double sided. I used 3 designs for this card-a crayon scribble, a stripe and a polka dot. I layered up 2 panels on dark aqua Bazzil and cut out a circle with a scallop 'shadow', a large '3' in paper and 'today' from c/s.

The '3' and scalloped circle are raised on foam pads and the 'today' is flat. The white circle has been pierced around the edge with a paper piercer. I then glittered it to finish. You can of course change the colours,embellies and number to make a card for just about any occasion for both adults & kiddies. Change the scalloped circle for a square for a man's card or just make it a plain shadowed circle. You can then add anything you loke to the circle- a beer bottle,car, football.....anything you like! Make it your own!

Carts used-

Scalloped circle- Graphically Speaking

White circle- George & Basic Shapes

'3' & 'today'- Don Juan (supplied with the Create)

Thanks for taking the time to look!

Heather

Beautiful Bauble

I made this card using the new Christmas/Noel Solutions cart. There are some beautiful cuts on this cart , some fillagree (angels & trees) and some that can be used as silhouettes. This bauble look much better IRL but you know how hard it is to photograph glitter and Mirri card!

The card in itself is very simple but looks great- you can change the colour of the bauble to match your DP. The bauble was cut from silver mirri card with a blackout bauble in glitter paper from Crafttime. They were then layered up gemstones added and a little silver bow at the top of the bauble. A panel of 2 designs of Papermania paper was layer onto silver mirri, a silver ribbon and bow added over the join and then stuck to the front of a side fold card. Another panel of white Bazzil was again layered with mirri, gems added to the corners and placed over the ribbon slightly to the left of the card front. I didn't add a sentiment because the paper has a sentiment on it already. Hope you like it!

Carts used:

Bauble- Christmas/Noel Solutions.

Thanks for looking!

Heather

Quick as a flash wedding card!

It's not only my kids that need cards- my hubby does too! This card is for him to take to Dubai on Wednesday! The son of a friend of ours is getting married on Thursday and this is for him and his wife to be - Congrats Shakti & Ambika!!!
I cheated with this card 'cos I made it at 10pm on Thursday night , and you will notice that there is absolutely NO Cricut stuff on it!! What!!! I know- what was I thinking! Anyway I'm really pleased with how it turned out. I used a ready made embellishment (gasp!!) which was a freebie with a card-making mag (can't remember which one!) It's really pretty- two doves on a heart in pearlised card. I just cut way the doves from one heart and layered them onto the other complete heart. I cut a panel slightly smaller than the front of the card,layered into mirri card and trimmed it to form a border. Then I cut a panel of glittered Papermania vellum, passed it through a Xyron and matted it onto silver mirri. I cut a small square of pearl grey wedding script paper & matted it onto silver (again!). White swirl printed ribbon was wrapped around the large panel before it was adhered to the card base, then all the other panels were stuck onto this. The doves were added with dimensionals on the script panel.I added a layered flower with a ribbon bow and a brad through it and finished off with self adhesive pearls. Not bad for 15 minutes work!!! Sometimes I think really good pieces of work happen when you are under pressure or pushed for time! Anyone agree?
Thanks for stopping by!
Heather

U Got Mail!!!!!

Yet another card for my youngest to give to a friend! This time for a friend who likes computers! I used Papermania paper for this one. I thought it looked quite techie!!! I cut out a laptop from gunmetal grey pearlised card and silver card, hand cut a mouse and layered it on to the Papermania panels I added some co-ordinating Papermania brads which had been put through little circles of card and added 'U got mail'. The 'U' is on dimensionals and the 'got mail' is flat. The mouse was connected to the laptop with a piece of card cut into a wavy shape. I added Opal Dust glitter again to the 'got mail' part of the sentiment.
Carts used:
Laptop- Locker Talk
U Got mail- Don Juan
Thanks for stopping by!
Heather

U Rock!!

My kids keep me busy with orders for cards for their friends! I made this one for my youngest's friend Bruce. He plays the Bass guitar so I made this card for him. I used the Rock Star pad by DCWV. I cut out a Flying V guitar and layered it onto a star and added a tattoo and the words 'U rock!' I then added some great glitter called Opal Dust by Jo Sonja.It's great stuff with tiny circles of glitter in an irredescent glue base. Sorry about the glare in the photo but thats glitter and mirri card for ya!!!
Carts used:
Guitar- Indie Solutions
Tattoo- Indie Solutions
U Rock!- Don Juan (cartridge supplied with Cricut Create)
Lotsa luv!
Heather

Rosie

I made this card for my eldest son's friend Rosie.

It is another of the great Wild Cards. I cut out the card base and then a liner from Nana's Nursery Girl by DCWV. I covered the back of the card with paper from the same pad and trimmed to fit. A piece of ribbon was tied around the narrowest part of the card and a handbag charm added with a tiny pink safety pin. Flowers in colours to match the paper and some assorted brads were added to the bottom half of the card and 'ROSIE' to the top half.The name was on dimensionals. Happy birthday was added into the aperture (this is on the cart) and the whole card was glittered to finish. With this car as with any other rounded card you need to take the timiest sliver off the bottom to make it stand properly.

Carts used:

Card blank- Wild Card

Rosie- Storybook

Happy Birthday- Wildcard

Thanks for looking!

Heather

Happy Birthday Mum!

It was my Mum's birthday last Saturday so I made her this card. I posted it on Thursday (in good time I thought!) and she hadn't received it by Saturday..nor Monday...Tuesday... You get the picture! Then she phoned me Thursday to say that Dad had picked it up from the PO and had to pay 14p extra postage.Bloody cheek! I put a LARGE stamp on it!! Anywho, I stepped out of my comfort zone with this card and indulged in some stamping. I stamped the calender onto white card(that was my 1st attempt,didn't like it-too much of a contrast to the vintage look-ditched it!)I re-stamped onto beige paper and it looked right! I added some flowers lovely satin scalloped ribbon some brads and a Cricut generated sentiment-et Voila!

Carts used-

MUM- Storybook

Hope you like it!

Heather