Happy Birthday David!

It was my nephew David's 21st last week and this is the card that I made for him. He plays the guitar so I went with that as a theme. I used the 'card-in-a-card' format and used black & silver mirri card and some harlequin style card that I've had forever. I cut the guitar from silver card and the harlequin card and layered them up, adding brads for the control knobs and some peel-offs (aaaargggh!) for the fret board. I added the name & some punched stars from the harlequin card to the front of the card & some star embossed silver card and the 'happy birthday' & 'chill out' sentiments to the inside. I managed to add some musical themed ribbon too!
Carts used:
Guitar & sentiments-Stamping Solutions
'David'-Ashlyn's Alphabet
Thanks for dropping by today and have a great weekend.
Heather

Peace On Earth

Just a bog-standard card today-no fancy folds/cuts or anything! I used paper from Daisy & Dandelion by Design Objectives. This paper is a pretty cranberry colour and I teamed it with some striped paper & holly design paper. I matted the different layers onto pink cardstock and also cut out a white circle with pink scalloped circle beneath it. I added 'peace' cut from pink mirri card, 'on EARTH' using rub-ons and the usual ribbon & flowers. I added 6 candy dots to the front, and a sentiment to the inside.
Carts used:
Peace & scalloped circle-Winter Woodland
White circle-George
Inside sentiment-Ashlyn's Alphabet
Thanks for looking!
Heather

Boo!!!

Here's another Halloween card, this time suitable for a boy. I used the same papers as for the Flying Tonight card a couple of posts ago, but added a tombstone which was cuttlebugged to give it a stone texture then distresses & doodled, a ghost with googly eyes and a rather menacing looking spider! I also added a few bats, some black candy dots & 'Boo!' complete with googly eyes.
Carts used:
Tombstone & ghost-Paper Doll
Spider,bats & 'Boo!'-Wild Card
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather

Dash Away All!!

I found this lurvley paper in a box in the garage with all my old Christmas paper in it,there wasn't much left, just enough to put this little number together. I used contrasting polka dot paper from DCWV for the back of the card (it matched pretty well!). I cut a deer tag from green glitter card and matted it onto embossed mirri card. This was adhered with foam pads onto a white panel on the front of the card. I added sheer ribbon & bow, a Prima Poinsetta with glittered rose centre, leaves and a sentiment inside. I blinged up the tag too.
Carts used:
Tag- Winter Woodland
Sentiment- Ashlyn's Alphabet
Thanks for looking!
Heather

Pretty Prams

Here's a couple of baby cards for you today. I used a gatefold card and papers from Provocraft. I cut a scalloped frame and added an embossed panel with paper strip & ribbon trim. I cut the pram from glittercard and silver mirri and added glittered brads to the centre of the wheels. The pram was adhered to the panel with foam pads. I added a sentiment & three punched hearts to the inside of the card.
Carts used:
Pram & 'Oh Baby'- Stamping Solutions
Scalloped frame- A Child's Year
Thanks for dropping in today!
Heather

Flying tonight!

I don't DO Halloween especially cards but I loved both this icon & paper so I succumbed! The paper is double sided & I used 2 different sheets of paper. I cut the witch (there are 2 on the cart) from black glittercard & mounted her onto a Cuttlebugged orange circle which in turn was mounted onto a black scalloped circle. I added printed ribbon & a layered flower above it.I adhered a strip of punched paper from the reverse of one of the main sheets, shadowed it with orange cardstock & added some black ric-rac braid to the bottom of the card. I cut a bat from glittercard, added googly eyes & hung it from the bottom of the small card with clear thread. I punched a hole first with a small hole punch. I decorated the inside with more bats & an appropriate sentiment. Whenever I hear this phrase I think of Kenneth Williams in 'Carry On Screaming!' shouting 'frying tonight!' What a hoot!
Carts used:
Flying Witch- A Child's Year
Orange circle- George
Scalloped circle- Graphically Speaking
Scalloped rectangle-Celebrations
Bats-Paper Doll
Sentiment-Ashlyn's Alphabet
Thanks for looking!
Heather

Skater Girl

This skater icon was soooo pretty that I just had to use it! I cut her from the most gorgeous glitterpaper- it has loads of colours in it but looks silver. When the light catches it it's like Blackpool Illuminations! I cut her from the silver/multi glitter paper & backed her with swirl embossed pink mirri card. I added a silver bow & pink Prima poinsetta with a glittered rosebud centre. I added some bling and silver candy dots. I decorated the inside with some paper strips & punched snowflakes.
Cart used:
Skater tag & sentiment- Winter Woodland
Thanks for looking!
Heather

Frosty Kisses

Isn't this little chap cute?! He's the nicest looking snowmen yet on ANY of the Cricut carts. Some of them are downright horrible ! I used the 'card within a card' format again and papers from last years DCWV Christmas stack (poinsettas) and Papermania. I cut the little chap as a tag from icy blue glitter card and again as just the snowman from white glitter card. I cut his accessories from red & cream glittercard. I cut the shadow from blue mirri & embossed it with a Fiskars snowflakes texture plate. I layered it up with foam pads and added a printed Prima flower and swirly blue ribbon. I added red gems to the tag. I cut out Frosty Kisses from blue mirri ,embossed it and adhered it inside the card.
Cart used:
Snowman tag, snowman & frosty kisses- Winter Woodland
Thanks for dropping in!
Heather

Baby Gatefold

Thought I'd try a different fold for a card (and a different occasion!) and decided to try a gate fold. This is A5 size and folded from A4 with a scoring board. I used papers with baby related words for the outside & paper with faint images on them (from The Works) on the inside. I covered both fronts with the script paper and the back with the other paper, both matted onto the relevant coloured cardstock. I cut a 6 1/2" scalloped frame and a smaller panel to fit inside it. I embossed this panel and adhered a small strip of punched paper to the bottom of it. I added ribbon, a bow & pearls. I cut a scalloped oval with the word 'BABY' cut out of it from glitter card. I backed this with a scrap of the same paper as the inside back. I added a layered flower and some leaves and a rattle button which I enhanced by colouring the spots on it with a permanent marker and adding some glitter glue. I finished it with some pearls and then adhered it with foam tape to the front panel. The finished panel was then adhered to the front of the card with DST. I cut 'welcome baby' from glittercard with a plain cardstock shadow and adhered it to the inside back of the card.
Carts used:
Scalloped 'BABY' oval & rectangular frame- A Child's Year
Welcome Baby- Ashlyn's Alphabet
Thanks for visiting!
Heather

Reindeer Greetings

I was really chuffed with this card when it was finished. I think that it looks really elegant-what do you think? I used papers from Creative Cardmaking magazine. I cut the bauble from red glittercard and the bauble backing from gold mirri card, which I embossed with a Fiskars texture plate in the Cuttlebug. I layered the bauble up on foam pads and added a red flower with rose centre and a gold bow. I used gold mirri for the matting and added 3 gold candy dots to finish. The inside sentiment was cut from mirri card and adhered flat. The card looks way better in real life-the colours are much more vibrant!
Cart used:
Deer bauble & sentiment-Winter Woodland
Thanks for looking!
Heather

Happy Birthday Amy!

One of the little girlies who lives next door(there are 3 of them & 3 little fellas on the other side!!!) was six on Sunday and this is the card that I made for her. I used papers from DCWV and pink & green glitter card. I mounted the birthday girl icon onto a white oval with green shadow, then onto a scalloped oval. I added a striped Doodlebug ribbon bow and a layered flower. I cut the letters out of green glitter paper from Crafttime with a pink shadow & adhered them onto white cardstock letters. These were then adhere to the top of the card above the oval. I added scalloped strips and a sentiment to the inside of the card.
Carts used:
Scalloped rectangle-Celebrations
Scalloped oval-Storybook
Plain ovals-George
Birthday Girl Icon- A Child's year
Amy-Ashlyn's Alphabet
Happy Birthday-Stamping Solutions
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather

Baby on the move!

I thought that this crawling baby would make a great 1st birthday card. I used paper from DCWV Nana's Nursery in lilacs & greens. I added some stripey ribbon, buttons,a rosebud and some lilac bling. I cut the baby and 1 from glittercard and adhered them with foam tape. I also cut the inside sentiment from glittercard and adhered it flat. By the way, I think that the baby was cut a tad too big, but heyho!
Carts used:
Baby & 1- A Child's Year
Inside sentiment- Ashlyn's Alphabet
Scalloped rectangle-Celebrations
Thanks for looking!
Heather

For Mummy

Here's another card-within-a-card. I used lovely pastel freebie papers from Creative Cardmaking. The card was made in exactly the same way as the others but this time I used a lacy edged mat. I cut the image from aqua glitter card and adhered it with foam pads. I added ribbon, layered flowers,leaf branches, some bling and a sentiment inside.
Carts used:
Mother & Baby & lacy mat- A Child's Year
Sentiment-Ashlyn's Alphabet
Leaf branches-Stretch Your Imagination
Thanks for looking!
Heather

Bon Voyage!

A standard A5 card for you today! I made this card for some friends of ours who were returning to the States after spending several years in London. I used papers from DCWV in a lovely pale blue stripe & houndstooth check and Papermania brown polka dot . I teamed it with brown cardstock. I cut a brown scalloped circle and blue circle & layered them up. I punched a hole in each side of the circle embellishment then threaded blue & brown striped Doodlebug ribbon through and secured it behind the panels. I cut the 'journey' icon and adhered it flat to the circle. 'Bon Voyage' was cut from polka dot paper and doodled with faux stitching. I added a silver aeroplane to the front of the card and a smaller one to the inside along with an 'enjoy the ride' icon.
Carts used:
Journey & 'enjoy the ride'-Graphically Speaking
Bon Voyage-Life's A Beach
Aeroplanes-Going Places
Thanks for looking!
Heather
p.s No1 son was home from uni for the weekend so we went to see Disney Pixar's UP in 3-D. What a hoot!See it if you can. There is also a 3-D version of Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol coming up with Jim Carrey in and it looks AMAZING! Will deffo go & see that one!

Ho Ho Ho!

Here's another of my 'cards within a card'. This time I used (shock,horror!!) a READY MADE embellishment, actually a very cute chipboard santa. The card was made in exactly the same way as the previous cards but this time I cut a scalloped mat for the santa to sit on. I added buttons with fine gold thread added to the holes and a wide green ribbon bow and Prima poinsetta. The paper is MME and the ribbon came from (the place that shall not be mentioned) H****C****. I added Ho! Ho! Ho! to the inside of the card along with a strip of word paper.
Carts used:
Scalloped rectangle- Celebrations (No 5 key with blackout enabled)
HO! HO! HO!- Ashlyn's Alphabet
Thanks for looking!
Heather

Happy Anniversary

It was my brother Nick & SIL Lisa's wedding anniversary on Tuesday and this is the card that I sent them. The card is tentfold and I used papers from MME Bloom & Grow collection. I covered the front of the card with leaf patterned paper with the bottom two corners rounded. A panel of flowered paper was layered over it and also a scalloped border. Aqua twill ribbon covers the join. I added a layered flower with a Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen fabric brad. I cut the image & 3 punched hearts from brown glitter card. The names were cut from copper mirri card. The image was raised on foam pads and the names were adhered flat. I added another scalloped border & 'Happy Anniversary', cut from glittercard, to the inside.
Carts used:
Couple image- Sweethearts
Nick & Lisa- Lyrical Letters
Scalloped border-Accent Essentials
Thanks for looking!
Heather

Get your skates on!

Here's another card in the same styley as yesterday's. This time I use papers from MME in icy blues and pinks. The card was made in exactly the same way as yesterday's but I changed the icon on the front to a lovely skate. I cut the skate from silver mirri & blue card. I cuttlebugged the blue portion to give it some texture & added some detail with a dressmaker's wheel. I added titchy brads & some fine silver cord for laces. I mounted the skate onto a white circle with a scalloped shadow. I put some glue onto some paper roses then dipped them into Glamour Dust glitter. They were then adhered to the top of the circle above the skate. I added some cracked ice glitter around the circle. I cut a load of leaf branches from green card using the Auto Fill function. I keep these in a little box and I can use them whenever I want! I added a pink dotted ribbon bow, punched snowflakes (Kuretake) & sentiment to finish.
Carts used:
Skate- Joys Of The Season
White circle- George
Scalloped circle- Graphically Speaking
Happy Holidays-Ashlyn's Alphabet
Leaf branch-Stretch Your Imagination (flourish 2) cut @ 1 1/4" with Auto Fill + Flip
Thanks for dropping in!
Heather

The key to my heart

Hi folks! I have a new obsession! The design of this card is really great and gives you loads of room to create in! I've seen something similar on Create & Craft and decided to have a go myself. I cut 7 1/2cms off the front of an A5 card , then covered the inside back and the front with contrasting papers. These are from The Regency Collection by Papermania. I then made a smaller card (A6) then matted it onto a piece of contrast card then stuck it to the back of the card with the hinge on the right. I decorated the front with a scalloped oval and a heart lock cut from gold mirri then embossed with a Fiskars texture plate. I also cut a key which was hung from the ribbon with a jump ring. I added layered flowers with paper roses, pearl beads & candy dots. I cut out a sentiment & adhered to the inside of the smaller card. I cut a slit in the edge of the card and adhered a punched circle as a tab to hold the card open ( you just slip the tab into the slit) I computer generated the tabs onto white card stock & the slot instructions onto Safmat (you can't see them in the photo 'cos it's on the front of the card)
Carts used:
Sentiment- Ashlyn's Alphabet
Heart padlock & Key- Sweethearts
I've made LOADS of these & I'll inflict them on you in due course!
Thanks for looking!
Heather

Happy Birthday Rhea!

Hope you all had a great weekend.This is the card that I made for the daughter of some very good friends, who's birthday it is today. It's a very simple layout using paper from DCWV and Papermania. I cut the shoe from leopard print paper & red cardstock, then mounted it onto a black circle with scalloped shadow. I added a silk ribbon rose to the top of the shoe along with a layered flower and ribbon bow as embellishment. I cut 'Happy Birthday' from black mirri card and 'RHEA' from red mirri with a black shadow. I decorated the inside of the card too.
Carts used:
Scalloped circle-Graphically Speaking
Black circle- George
Shoe- Wedding Solutions
'Happy Birthday' & 'It's your day'- Stamping Solutions
RHEA- Ashlyn's Alphabet
Thanks for looking!
Heather

Happy Birthday Tara!

It is our niece Tara's birthday on 5th October, and this is the card that I made for her. It is now winging it's way to Oz! I used a larger image from Trimcraft again, sticking it onto card and then cutting it out. I used a very simple layout with an embossed large white panel and a band across the card enhanced with a punched border, layered flower and satin ribbon. I added glitter to certain areas of the image and adhered it to the card front with foam pads. I cut 'TARA' from polka dot paper and shadowed it with gold cardstock then adhered the letters with foam pads.. I finished the front with some bling,and added a sentiment to the inside.
Carts used:
TARA- Ashlyn's Alphabet
HAppy Birthday- Stamping Solutions
Thanks for looking!
Heather

Mr & Mrs

I've posted this card today especially for a lovely lady called Jenny who came to my workshop yesterday. She was visiting her niece Dee- who was also at the workshop-and she had come from Wales lugging her little bug with her & taking the opportunity to do some crafting whilst she was here. She liked this card and wanted to make one for some friends, I believe. So Jenny, this one's for you!!
This card follows the same design as previous posts (I told you I was luvvin' this layout!) I used papers from a free CD from Papercraft Essentials and teamed them with pink & silver mirri cardstock. I cut 1 scalloped heart & 2 plain hearts (I cut the scallops off!) and added silver mirri Mr & Mrs. Sheer ribbon, layered flowers & pearls finish the card. I added some punched silver hearts, punched border strip & sentiment to the inside.
Carts used:
Scalloped heart- Lyrical Letters
Mr & Mrs- Sweethearts
Forever & ever- Stamping solutions
Thanks for looking & to Jenny I hope to see you again soon!
Heather