Sweet baby basinette

When I saw this basinette on the New Arrival cart I didn't think much of it, so when I wanted to make a baby card with a different cut I thought that I'd give it a go. Boy, am I glad! It's very, very pretty especially when layered & glittered. You could even add broderie anglaise to it and it would be a work of art! I added a little gingham blanket for a little contrast. The layout has been used before and I love it! I used a baby script paper & some gingham paper. The 'broderie anglaise' edge to the front panel was done with a Fiskars border punch. I added glittery white ribbon (left over from Christmas!) & a layered flower. As you can see from the boy version I decorated the inside too.

Carts used:

Basinette- New Arrival

Sentiments- Wild Card (both of these sentiments appear on the New Arrival cart too)

Thanks for looking!

Heather

Dad's cheery card

My dearDad has been admitted to hospital with just about the most serious lung condition that you can get. He is being very stoic- he has a drain in his chest which is draining litres of fluid per day but that is diminishing now & we hope that he will be home soon and preparing for chemo. He is trying to be as cheerful as is possible so I decided to make him a card that was cheery in itself. I used this paper from the DCWV Glitter stack and added a suitable sentiment. I decorated the card inside - it says 'our thoughts are with you'- and added some Candy Dots to the outside (the 3 green brad-like thingies). Very simple but cheerful don't you think? As the card says Hang in there Dad, we're with you all the way!

Carts used:

Sentiments-Wild Card

DAD-Calligraphy

Thanks for dropping in!

Heather

New Shoes!!!

It's our niece Anita's birthday tomorrow. She lives in Sydney and she has more shoes than Imelda Marcos, I swear! I decided to use this fab cut for her card and this quote that I have seen on sooooo many cards. I cut the show 3 times in silver,black dotty & white dotty paper. I then pieced the shoe together. I added a flower with flower gem centre. I cut a decorative plaque and hand cut the shadow for it. I cut the quote using different colours of c/s for the last word. I added a large layered flower & some gems and decorated the inside. The shoe is raised on foam pads, the backing paper is by Clare Curd for Papermania from The Range

Carts used:

Shoe- Wedding Solutions

Decorative panel- StoryBook

Sentiments- Lyrical Letters (Loopy Lou font)
Thanks for looking!

Heather

Birthday Wishes

I do a lot of blog hopping in the hope of finding a 'sketch' or layout for a card, and I was not disappointed. I found this one at SplitCoast Stampers. It should have 4 paper panels on the front but I only used 2. I embellished the white panel with a huge layered flower and added a swirl (you can just about see it!) on the ribbon with papermania gems adhered with tiny dabs of silicone glue. I also added gems to the ribbon across the top of the card. I decorated the inside too (I'm really 'into' that at the moment!) I added glittered sentiments. The front sentiment was layered onto a yellow hand cut shadow as some of the new cartridges don't allow machine cut shadows on some cuts-the shadow function usually does something else!

Cart used-

Both sentiments- Lyrical Letters (Capital font)

Thanks for looking!

Heather

Always on my mind....

You can combine sentiments from different carts to get the effect that you want, and this card is an example of that. I borrowed the layout from another blog and added to it. I used DCWV Spring Glitter paper. I cut a piece for the left hand front and passed it through a Fiskars border punch. I added ribbon, a bow and a hat-pin. I cut out a nested shape to hold the sentiment and embellished it with layered flowers, and floral bead clusters. I then decorated the inside of the card with a punched border & 24/7 sentiment.

Carts used:

Nested shapes- StoryBook

Front sentiment- Lyrical Letters

Inside sentiment-Graphically Speaking

Thanks for looking!

Heather

Thank You Quartet

Happy Weekend everyone!

My hubby asked me for some Thank You cards on Thursday,but I didn't have any already made,so I threw these together in super quick time. I like to keep Thank You cards as simple as possible and you can't get much simpler than this. I cut a piece of 6 x 13cm designer paper and matted it onto some contrasting cardstock which I had edged with a Fiskar's border punch ( I chose papers suitable for male & female recipients) The grey-based cards have a greek key-style border. I added ribbon bows for the girly cards & knotted ribbon for the male cards. A simple die-cut Thank You matted & layered onto textured cardstock completes the cards. The panels are adhered with foam tape. I left the inside blank for an appropriate message.

Cart used:

Thank You- Wild Card (RDS On)

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather

Poppy's 21st

This is a card that I made for a commission. It was for a girl with learning difficulties who had just mastered the art of knitting. Her grandmother wanted knitting included in the card so I knitted a small square of garter stitch using DMC embroidery thread and a pair of cocktail sticks. When I had finished the knitting I wound excess thread into a ball and wrapped it with a small piece of paper. I added a pearl to the end of each cocktail stick which made them look like knitting needles! I used paper from the DCWV Spring stack and a panel of white dotted Bazzill cardstock which bears the recipient's name. A scalloped circle holds the age & knitted piece. A polka dot ribbon bow & layered flowers and some pink glittery drops from Papermania finish the card.

Carts used:

Scalloped circle- Graphically Speaking

Circle- George

Name & age- Lyrical Letters (Loopy Lou alphabet)

I hope that Poppy like it!

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather

A visit from the stork!

Sorry I've been AWOL but I've been prepping for a new round of workshops at Jendenink and haven't had time to make many cards, but I did manage to squeeze this one in! This sweet cut from Lyrical Letters was crying out for me to use it! I cut this knock- kneed (HAHA!)stork from silver mirri & the baby bundle from pink/blue cardstock which I then adhered to the base stork. I cut a panel of white Bazzill dotty cardstock matted onto pink/blue card. I added a strip of patterned paper mounted onto card which was trimmed with a Fiskars border punch. A ribbon & layered flower were added as decoration & added to the card with foam pads as was the stork. Glitter on the baby bundle, the sentiment (also glittered) and some heart shaped tiny gems were added to finish. I also decorated the inside of the card (this is the boy version)

Carts used:

Stork & sentiments- Lyrical Letters (Loupy Lou font)

Thanks for looking!

Heather

Belle Birthday

It was our neighbour's daughter Sophie's birthday yesterday and this is the card that I made for her. I used the same rainbow paper for the front as that on yesterday's card only this time I layered it onto yellow sparkly paper & black card. I trimmed the corner with printed ribbon and and a layered flower. I added the Belle cut out & a rose which are both raised on foam pads. I added three yellow Papermania gems below the name. I added the sentiment inside cut from the same font from pink card. Both of the rose heads are glittered.

Carts used:

Belle & rose- Disney Dreams Come True

Name & sentiment: Lyrical letters (Loopy Lou font)

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather

Can he fix it? Yes he can!!!!!

It was our neighbour's little boy's birthday yesterday and this is the card that I made for him. I used some Bob The Builder wrapping paper for the decoupaged image and some ready made embellies that I've had hanging around for ages. I used some corrugated card for the panel across the centre of the card which was matted onto some red card then trimmed with wavy scissors. I attached some tape measure twill to a piece of green card and layered that onto the blue panel. I added Bob and some of the embellies, then I used the rest to decorate the inside of the card. Do you see that rainbow paper on the front of the card? I got a pad of 24 sheets A4 size, 100gsm from The Works for just £1. When you can't find patterned paper that 'goes' this paper seems to do the job. You will see it again soon! I cut out the sentiment in alternate colours and stuck the pieces in place.

Cart used:

Inside & outside sentiments: Lyrical Letters (Jack Sprat alphabet)

Thanks for looking!

Heather

Airborne Birthday

It is our nephew Skanda's birthday on Friday. He lives in Sydney, Australia. I posted this card last Saturday morning and I received an e-mail from him today thanking me for it!! WOW!!! That's got to be a record- 6 days!!! What a service!!! Skanda is taking flying lessons, so when I saw these embellies I thought that they would be ideal for his card. I used paper from an old DCWV stack- it has both blue & stormy sky so I used both! I mounted the large plane onto a piece of sky paper and matted & layered it with silver mirri & navy card. I also mounted a smaller image but this time omitting the sky paper.Doesn't the plane look realistic on that paper?!!!. I cut about 4cms from the front of the card, then covered the front with blue sky and the inside back with stormy sky. The smaller image is on the inside back of the card. I cut out Skanda's name & age from Crafttime navy glitter paper and a shadow in silver mirri. I then arranged the elements & stuck it all into place. I added 'happy birthday' in the same glitter paper to the inside of the card. I think for male cards the simpler the better although for a gal who LOVES ribbon,flowers & bling it can be hard to restrain oneself!!!!

Cart used:

Name & age- Opposites Attract (Opposite/Opposite shadow)

Happy Birthday (inside not shown)-Wild Card

Thanks for looking!

Heather

p.s in case you are wondering Skanda's mum & dad are Indian-they are my hubby's youngest sister & BIL.

Sweetheart...A new cartridge & a warning!

I took possession of this little beauty last week! It isn't available over here yet-so being impatient I ordered it from Hallmark Scrapbook in the States as it was due for release over there mid to late March. I have ordered carts from Hallmark before and they have been delivered to my door no problem. This time however I had to collect it from the local Parcel Force office where I had to pay £6 VAT & £8 handl;ing charge (£8 quid!!!) before they would give it to me! I was spittin' I can tell you because I've never had to pay VAT on stuff ordered from the States before. The very nice man at the depot told me that they had doubled the size of their holding room in anticipation of more items coming from abroad requiring VAT to be paid (although he did say that they do it on a 'random' basis). So ladies, just bear that in mind if you order stuff from overseas. I've got 2 more carts to come from Hallmark in June so it will be interesting to see if I have to pay extra for those too!

Anyhow,back to the card. I borrowed the layout from another blog and added a few little extras. I used paper from the glitter stack & Sweet pad from DCWV. I added a ribbon bow, gems and flowers with ribbon flowers at the centres. I glittered the sentiments inside & out.

Carts used:

Shaped rectangular panel- StoryBook

Oval & shadow- George

Sentiments & filigree edge heart- Lyrical Letters

Hope you like it & thanks for looking!

Heather

Not feeling well?

Here's a whimsical little get well card that should raise a smile! I used paper from DCWV and bazzill cardstock. I cut out the bug, gave him some googly eyes & a downturned mouth which made him look distinctly unwell! I added a ribbon, some layered flowers with gem centres & the sentiment which I embellished with some faux stitching in white gel pen.

Carts used:

Bug- Doodlecharms

Scalloped circle- Graphically Speaking

Blue circle- George

Sentiment- Don Juan ('BUG' cut in 'under pressure' mode)

Thanks for looking!

Heather

Gardening Grandad!

Hi all! Hope you are enjoying the long weekend! It's beautiful down here near Portsmouth today, warm & sunny, so I've managed to get outside & do some gardening. 3 lawns to cut, weeds to kill & trimming back of unruly shrubs, and now the garden looks lovely bathed in the afternoon sun! Roll on summer! With gardening in mind, here's a card for a gardening grandad (or granny-just change the sentiment & colours!) I've had this gardening themed paper for yonks and this was the perfect card to use it on. I added a panel of green checked paper onto which I adhered a piece of leaf-effect ribbon. I cut out a circle which I decorated with 'grass' & teeny flowers. I added a sign with a safmat sentiment, a gorgeous watering can which I enhanced with tiny perforations made with a dressmakers wheel, and of course the sentiment.

Carts used:

Circle & shadow- George

Sign- George

Sentiment- Don Juan

Watering can- Disney's Happily Ever After

Grass- Plantin Schoolbook

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather

Birthday Blessings

Happy Easter everyone! I hope you are not feasting too much on choccie!! This card is made with papers from the spring stack. It's in shades of salmon pink and is sooooo purdy!!!! I added two panels in a 1/3rd-2/3rd ration and covered the join with a strip of dotty bazill cut with scalloped scissors. I cut the large scallop on the bug and then added a large layered flower pierced with a home made pin (hat pins & beads from the local haberdashery) and a glazed brad for the centre & a ribbon bow. Smaller flowers with pearl centres were added above the horizontal panel. The sentiment was cut in white bazill dotty (with a salmon coloured shadow) & the bottom of each letter was coloured with a whispers pen in very pale pink. I then glittered to finish!

Carts used:

Large scalloped edging-Plantin Schoolbook

Sentiment- George

Thanks for looking & have a lovely day!

Heather

For the happy couple!

Seeing as we are fast approaching the wedding season I thought that I would make a start on some wedding cards. This one is made with paper from the DCWV Spring stack and is in shades of pink and pale green. I added some punched borders, satin ribbon & layered flowers. The frame around the bride & groom was decorated with self-adhesive pearls, as are the centres of the flowers & the top left of the centre panel. The bride & groom are cut from silver mirri and I added spotty glittered vellum behind the bride's dress & veil. Again I decorated the inside of the card,the sentiment being cut from silver mirri.

Carts used:

Bride & Groom,frame & sentiment- Wild card (RDS on)

Thanks for taking a look!

Heather

Happy 18th, John!!!

This is yet another card for one my eldest's friends.This poor boy is one of the last to turn 18 in his year and all of his friends have been out on the razz for a few months (not EVERY night!!!) and have had to leave him at home! He finally turned 18 last week so they took him out into Portsmouth and had a whale of a time! I made this card using papers and images from Madaboutcards. I printed the images onto photopaper-they are firmer and have a better look than if they were printed onto paper. I used dark brown card to mat the papers & images and then added the sentiment which was decorated with white gel-pen dots. As you can see I also decorated the inside.

Carts used:

Sentiment (front)- Don Juan

Sentiment- (inside)- Celebrations

Thanks for stopping by!

Heather

Well Done Rhea!!

We had a phone call last night from our very good friends in Wales to tell us that their youngest daughter Rhea had just passed her finals and is now a fully qualified doctor!! Well done Rhea! We are so proud of you!! Her elder sister Menai will qualify later on in June. I made this card this morning and it has not ended up at all as I imagined but I'm beyond thrilled with it! I cut out a stethescope & a clipboard-the stethescope was pieced with silver & grey mirri card & orange sparkle card. I added a layered flower,some ribbon & a little tag that says Rhea's name.I added a piece of ruled paper from a K&Co pad to the clipboard and the sentiment inside & out, are rubons. The spotty paper is from the spring stack (again!!) I also decorated the inside of the card with a stethescope frame & a strip of the dotty paper matted onto beige cardstock. I'll be sending this off tomorrow so I hope she likes it!!

Carts used:

Stethescope & frame (inside card) - Wild Card (you'll need the RDS button on to get the icons a

suitable size)

Clipboard-Fabulous Finds

Thanks for looking!

Heather

For You

Another card from the Spring Stack and I've still got TONS left!!! This one was based on a card I saw whilst blog-hopping. I covered the card with 2 patterned papers in a 1/3rd & 2/3rds ratio. I then cut a panel for the front with a shadow. I added an oval with a scalloped shadow, some layered flowers with pearl brad centres and lovely swirl printed cobalt blue ribbon. Coloured self-adhesive pearls finish off the corners.

Carts used:

For You- Wild Card

Oval- George

Scalloped oval- StoryBook

Rectangular panel-StoryBook

Thanks for looking!

Heather

Kiddie's Birthday!

I need lots of kiddie's birthday cards because both of my neighbours have little ones- 3 girlies, Sophie, Millie & Amy on one side & three little fellas , Aneurin (Nye), Louie & Bryn on the other! These cards are essentially the same but one is girly and the other for a boy. I chose a random number & cut it out twice- once in card and again in patterned paper. I stuck the paper number to the card one, doing this gives the number more rigidity & feels like chipboard. I then covered the card inside & out and made a panel for the font. The numbers were adhered with foam pads and decorated with flowers on the girly card & a cute little owl on the boy card. The papers are from DCWV Spring Stack. I added ribbon & tiny butterflies (ric-rac & a button for the boy's card) & gave the little owl some googly eyes! Gotta love them,they add character!

Carts used:

Numbers & sentiments- Don Juan

Owl- StoryBook

Butterflies-Graphically Speaking

Thanks for looking!

Heather

Pretty Lady

When I saw this cute hand-mirror I knew that I wanted to use it! I cut it from pearlescent card and added (Shock-Horror!!!!!) PEEL OFF BORDERS (no, your eyes do not deceive you!) to decorate it. Anyone who knows me knows that I dislike peel-offs immensly. Peel-off borders are the only peel offs that I possess and I use them, especially the decorative type, on gold & silver mirri card as they can look like embossing.They do work well on pearlescent card too. So, I added the peel offs to the mirror which was cut twice,once in mirri card & again in ivory pearl card. I also added some little pearls as added decoration. Three flowers, some gems , satin ribbon & a sentiment complete the card.

Carts used:

Mirror: Disney's Dreams Come True (Belle's mirror)

Sentiment-Calligraphy Collection

Thanks for looking

Heather

Just Dream...

Another card made with the scrummy Glitter Spring Stack with the addition of layered flowers, pearl brads from Papermania,ribbon and gems.
A 'Dream' plaque is the centrepoint,glittered and raised on foam pads.
Carts used:
Dream & just-Calligraphy Collection
Thanks for stopping by!
Heather