Happy 70th, Mum!

It was my lovely Mum's 70th birthday yesterday (her first without my Dad) and we threw her a surprise party on Saturday. Emotions were running high, as you can imagine, but she came through and thoroughly enjoyed it, as did we all. I must thank my bro Nick, my lovely SIL Lisa & my niece Lauren for arranging it all!! Well done guys!!! This is the card that I made for her (sorry the lighting is a bit off!...and I took the photo in a hurry!) This is my first attempt at an easel card. How easy are they to make?!! I shall certainly be making some more! Sorry peeps...another obsession coming on!! I used Basic Grey paper to cover the front of the card and a piece of the same paper to trim the bottom of the base part of the card. I used two colours of Bazzill cardstock for matting & layering. I added satin ribbon to the front of the card along with '70' cut from a contrast paper and shadowed with pink Bazzill. The numbers were decorated with layered flowers & pearls, then glittered. As a stop I cut a scalloped circle which was also a base for the 'with love...' sentiment. I cut 'Mum' from pink Bazzill and shadowed it with green. As a finishing touch I used the waste flowers from the punched piece to decorate the green Bazzill panel.
Carts used:
'70' & scalloped circles- Winter Woodland
Mum- Beyond Birthdays
Sentiment Circle- George
Thanks for dropping by today!!
Heather

Love you....

I saw a card made with this cut whilst blog hopping a while back and really liked it so I thought that I'd give it a go! I cut three of the wreath shapes..1 in blackout (with FLIP function enabled)..1 in white textured card.. 1 in pearlised card. I cut away the bottom half of the pearlised card and passed the remainder through the Cuttlebug. This was adhered to the white textured portion. The 'hole' in the card front was covered with lovely pearlised & printed handmade paper (it has a fabric look & feel to it) from The Works. I decorated the top portion of the card with blue flowers, leaves, ribbon & gems. I added gems to the 'ring' portion and added a 'Love You' sentiment cut from blue glitter paper with a pearlised paper shadow. I added 'forever & ever' to the inside.
Carts used:
Card base- Storybook
'Love You' & 'forever & ever'- Stamping Solutions
Thanks for looking!
Heather

Vintage Christmas

Isn't this image just gorgeous! I downloaded it from Google images (just typed in vintage christmas images) then I blinged it up with a Xyron machine, some Glamour Dust (just LOVE that stuff!) & some red Stickles on the berries on her headress. I used a gatefold card, and papers from Papermania matted onto gold card. I matted the image onto red card and then added it to a scalloped frame trimmed with gold ribbon on the diagonal and a small poinsetta. Gold ribbon and red gems were added to the panels on the front of the card and a shaped panel and sentiment added to the inside.
Carts used:
Scalloped rectangular frame- A Child's Year
Shaped panel- Story Book
Happy Christmas- Christmas (Noel) Solutions
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather

Happl;y Ever After

Yeaaay! Managed to squeeze a card in today! This perty little coach is ideal for a wedding card doncha think? I cut it from silver mirri & pink glitter card then added a few clear gems for extra bling. I cut the' happily ever after' and shadowed it with silver mirri. The curtains are spotted, glittered vellum from Papermania. The card stock is Gemstones again, the white portion was embossed with the Cuttlebug Rose embossing folder. I added sheer pink ribbon, hearts left over from the punched heart border, a paper rose and some leaves. I decorated the inside with a punched heart border & a sentiment.
Carts used:
Coach & 'Happily Ever After- Disney's Happily Ever After
'Dreams Come True'- Disney's Dreams Come True
Leaves- Stretch Your Imagination
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather

Bad blogger!!!

Quick apology folks for not blogging recently...but my Mum & I are having a lovely time chatting etc and can't make cards at the moment...but I'll be back soon!
Heather

Happy 16th!

This card was made for the girlfriend of the recipient of the card on the previous post....sorry again for the quality of the photo! I used a square tent fold card (I don't make many square cards...rarely in fact...but I'm quite liking them...they are very easy to balance) Again I used Gemstone cardstock for the matting and double sided paper (floral one side-pink swirly the other) I used a Fiskard border punch for the edgings, and added my fave 'girl on a scooter' cut from green glitter paper. A layered flower, ribbon & bow, punched hearts & '16' along with a sentiment finish the card.
Carts used:
Girl on scooter- Sweethearts
16-Ashlyn's Alphabet
Happy Birthday- Stamping Solutions
Thanks for visiting today!
Heather

!7th Birthday

Happy weekend everyone! First off...sorry about the photos.. they are slightly out of focus...having probs with the camera. This card is for a friend of no.2 son. He's going to the party tonight and needed a card so here it is. I used paper from DCWV Rock Star pack and Papermania Gemstones cardstock. I embossed a piece of blue Gemstones c/s with the music cuttlebug embossing folder and adhered it to the card over the Rockstar paper. I added a guitar which was part embossed with a Fiskars texture plate and gold stars cut from embossed mirri card (stars embossing folder) I added a '17', and some blue pearls to the centre of the stars. I decorated the inside with a sentiment & more gold stars.
Carts used:
Guitar- Indie Art Solutions
'17'- Ashlyn's Alphabet
Happy Birthday- Stamping Solutions
Thanks for looking!
Heather

Peace on Earth

First off...apologies for the photo- but white & silver are hard to capture! This card looks soooo much better IRL (click on the picture for a better view) The card is tent fold with the bottom 2 corners rounded. I cut a piece of white cardstock to fit the front & then cuttlebugged it. It was then matted onto silver mirri. A piece of mirri edged with a MS punch was adhered to the bottom of the panel and covered with silver ribbon, a bow and paper rose. This was then adhered to the panel. The whole panel was adhered to the card with foam tape. A white embossed circle, matted onto a silver scalloped circle and bearing a white dove was placed over the ribbon. The dove holds a branch in it's beak. I finished the card with the sentiment and stars punched from silver mirri and embellished with clear gems. The inside was decorated with more embossed card, stars and the remaining part of the sentiment.
Carts used:
Sentiment- Storybook
Dove (one of a pair) Marriage Solutions
White circle- George
Branch-Stretch Your Imagination (or Storybook)
Scalloped circle- Winter Woodland ( or..Storybook/Graphically Speaking)
Thanks for looking!
Heather

Santa Claus

Here's a rarity for me... a card with a ready-made embellie on it. I just couldn't find a Santa on ANY cart that would fit in the circle & look right. So I used a lovely Santa from a pack that I got from the Range (can't remember the brand...sorry!) I used papers from DCWV and some wide tartan ribbon. I mounted the santa onto an embossed circle on a scalloped shadow. I cut the 'Santa Claus' wording from red mirri and adhered it under the image. I added a poinsetta to the bow & 'Seasons Greetings' inside the card.
Carts used:
'Santa Claus'- Christmas Solutions (Noel)
Seasons Greetings & scalloped circle -Winter Woodland
White circle-George
Thanks for looking!
Heather

Chill Out!

Firstly, I apologise for my abscence. My sis, BIL, Mum & great niece were here for the weekend (my mum still is!) so I didn't get an opportunity to post. I only made this card last night, it's for my brother Andrew who's birthday it is tomorrow.Talk about living on a knife edge!
This is the 2nd version of the card- the 1st is where it belonged.... IN THE BIN! I downloaded a picture of a chilled cocktail from Google Images ( a fantastic scource of images for cards.. if you haven't got it....Google it!) & printed it onto glossy photo paper. I cut it out, then adhered it with foam pads to a matted circle (the paper is the reverse of the spotty paper) I added 'Chill out' and some great round alphabet stickers (from The Works) to spell 'BROTHER' I finished the card with red candy dots and ' it's your day' inside.
Carts used:
Circle mat- George
Chill out & It's your day (not seen)- Stamping Solutions
Thanks for looking!
Heather

Happy Birthday Vicky!

This is a card that I made for a friend of no.2 son. I used some funky freebie papers from Simply Cards & Papercraft (I think!) This card is a tent fold lying on it's side. I rounded the corners then added a piece of the pink & yellow paper. I cuttlebugged a piece of yellow cardstock and applied this to the front. I added a piece of black & white polka dot sheer ribbon with a layered flower. The girl on a scooter (I lurve this icon!) was cut from pink sparkle card from The Range-their kiddies craft section has some great stuff in it! I added a teeny tiny bow to the girls hair and some gem flowers to the basket. I cut a flower border and the name from black sparkle card, then added a brad on a scalloped circle to finish.
Carts used:
Girl on scooter- Sweethearts
Floral border- Stamping Solutions (using fit to length option- decide how long you want the border to be, adjust size dial then hit 'fit to length'. The machine will calculate the cut, then hit 'cut')
Name- Ashlyn's Alphabet
Scalloped circle- Winter Woodland (you can use Graphically Speaking or Storybook)
Thanks for looking!
Heather

Anniversary Wishes

As promised here is the card that I made for our friends for their 25th Anniversary and as you can see there is hardly any silver on it! I used a gatefold card and vintage style papers and pink cardstock. I cut out a heart and then embellished it with a large velvet brown flower layered up with burgundy & pink smaller flowers. I added burgundy velvet ribbon, some extra roses and leaves, and lastly an embossed silver mirri '25'. 3 pearls finish off the heart. I covered the inside of the card with pink paper & added the sentiment cut from burgundy cardstock.
Carts used:
Heart, heart-shaped swirl & Happy Anniversary- Sweethearts
'25' & 'Mary & Imroz'- Storybook (shorty/holes option)
Hearts- Punch
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather

50th Birthday wishes

We were in Wales at the weekend for the joint birthday/25th Anniversary party of some very good friends of ours. I have known the husband,Imroz, an old medical school colleague of my hubby & his wife Mary (a nurse-like me!) for about 21 years and our kids grew up together for a few years in Saudi. We don't see them very often but when we do we have a great time. This is Mary's birthday card (sorry for the strange position of the card!) I used vintage style papers and toning cardstock. On the smaller card I cut a fretwork on which to mount the '50' which I glittered 'cos I didn't have the right coloured glitter card. I added reversible ribbon, flowers & leaves. I added peach coloured pearls to the numbers and the bottom of the card and a sentiment to the inside.
Carts used:
50, Fretwork rectangle, sentiment- Storybook ('Mary' was cut with the fancy/corner option)
Wow! I don't often make a card with just ONE cart!
I'll show you the Anniversary card tomorrow
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather

Jasmine for Millie

One of the little girlies who live next door had her birthday last Sunday so I made a Disney Princess card for her. I chose Jasmine as she is one of the easiest to put together! Some of the Disney characters are so damn fiddly you lose the will to live when it comes to making them up!
I cut Jasmine from Bazzill cardstock and put her together, adding a gem to her headdress. I placed her on an embossed frame also embellished with gems. I used Papermania paper for the card front and some rainbow paper from The Works for the inside. I added a polka dot ribbon bow & flower, a gold perfume bottle with gem trim & a sentiment in gold mirri. The name was cut from aqua glitter card & applied with foam pads.
Carts used:
Jasmine, frame & bottle- Dreams Come True (Disney)
Happy Birthday- A Child's Year
Millie-Ashlyn's Alphabet
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather