A Mother.......

I've used one of those lovely 'Mother' quotes again on this single twisted easel card.I used magazine freebie 6x6 Pink Petticoat papers. These cards are an ideal way to use up 6x6 papers. I don't buy small paper stacks as my cards are (usually) based on 7x5 C5 card bases, but I've got quite a few old ones from when I made C6 cards that I can use up on these cards.
An MS border punch, sheer pink ribbon and some sparkly butterflies adorn this card. The panel was cut three times, layered up and adhered to the front of the card with foam pads. The sentiment was computer generated onto Safmat and applied to the panel. A scalloped oval holds the 'Mum' sentiment along with another sparkly butterfly. A mostly Wild Orchid Crafts floral arrangement adorns the side of the sentiment panel. A smattering of pearls completes the card.
Carts used:
Shaped panel- Winter Woodland
Butterflies- Stamping Solutions
Scalloped oval- A Child's Year
Plain oval-George
Mum- Designer's Calendar (was 'Mum's Day' but I cut off the 's' & 'day')
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

Je t'aime.......

I originally wanted to post this card around Valentine's Day, but the photo I was going to use was so bad that I had to re-take it..then I forgot about it! So it'll have to do for any romantic occasion that you can think of! Better late than never, eh?
I used a z-fold card for the base and Making Memories 'Je t'adore' papers. I punched the edges of the card before I folded it. I cut a shaped panel to hold an Eiffel tower cut from burgundy Bazzill, then embossed. The tower was then adhered to the panel, over some lovely swirl ribbon, with foam pads. 'LOVE' was added to the panel at the side of the tower. 'Je t'aime was adhered to the inside of the card in the bottom right hand corner, and each of the remaining visible corners was embellished with a flourish cut from burgundy Bazzill. A burgundy/peachy-brown floral arrangement was adhered to the shaped panel to complete the front of the card.

The inside of the card holds a shaped panel to add a greeting.
Carts used:
Eiffel tower-Wall Decor & More
Shaped panel-Winter Woodland
'Love' & 'Je t'aime'-Ashlyn's Alphabet
Corner swirls-Heritage
Thanks for dropping by, and have a great weekend!
Heather xxx

Tea For Two.......

I've another single twisted easel for you today.. I'm at it again! just can't stop makin' the dratted things!
I used some uber cute papers from Dovecraft called 'Tea House'. They are, as you would expect,tea themed! There are teapots & tea cups, cakes, and spots & stripes to compliment. I thought that this image would make a very cute card. The image is actually made up of two icons which I put together to make this little tea party scene. It was cut from aqua blue glittercard and adhered to a square panel with foam pads. I added a floral arrangement to the top of the panel. A scalloped circle holds the sentiment, also cut from glittercard.
Some ribbon, a bow and a couple of punched hearts completes the card.
Carts used:
Girl icon & boy icon at table- A Child's Year
Scalloped/plain circles-Winter Woodland
Tea for two-Lyrical Letters
Thanks for looking!
Heather xxx

Choo-choo two!......

I've a kiddies card for you today.. a little boy's card in fact. I used fab papers from the Playtime collection by 3 Bugs In A Rug and a twisted easel base card. I utilised the train on the paper, so that it looked as though it was chuggin' across the card. I added a star border with added punched stars, and I also added some more punched stars above the train's funnel. A circle cut from spotted paper and shadowed with red card holds the Happy Birthday sentiment. A large square (too large on reflection!) holds a HUGE no 2 (eh what?!)This was cut from blue glittercard shadowed with red and adhered with foam pads.I cut a train from the patterned paper and adhered with silicone glue to the bottom of the no 2. A smattering of punched stars completes the card.
Carts used:
'2'-Life's A Party
Happy Birthday- A Child's Year
Circles-Winter Woodland
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

All that I am.....

..or hope to be, I owe to my Mother
Another lovely quote for a Mother's Day card, again scourced frome the internet.
I used a slider base for this card along with more lovely Pink Petticoat freebie papers. I cut the pot and leaves, again, in different colours of cardstock making the image bigger this time, and added a bloom. The completed cut was adhered to a shaped panel.
I added an EK Success border along the join in the paper, because this card is 8x5 and the papers were 6x6. A scalloped oval holds the 'Mum' cut.

The sentiment was computer generated onto Safmat and adhered to the base of the card below the slider.
A couple of heart shaped pearls completes the card.
Carts used:
Pot & leaves- Wall Decor & More
Shaped panel-Winter Woodland (the shadow is hand cut)
Scalloped oval- A Child's Year
Plain oval-George
Mum-Beyond Birthdays
Thanks for dropping by today!
Heather xxx

Happy Mum's Day.....

Spring has sprung (almost!) and we will be thinking of Mother's Day soon. This year is flying past and March will be upon us in the blink of an eye so it's best to be prepared! The last couple of cards that I've posted would, of course, be suitable for Mother's Day as is this one. The card base is a Z-fold and the papers are from a Pink Petticoat freebie that came with Cardmaking & Papercraft mag. I cut this fab pot and stem (I added the bloom afterwards) from various cardstocks and layered 'em up. The completed image was adhered with foam pads to an embossed, scalloped circle and the flower added with silicone glue. The scalloped circle was then adhered to the front of the card slightly overlapping the back. An EK Success border with thin ribbon added was adhered to the front and inside back of the card.
The inside of the card holds the 'Happy Mum's Day' sentiment cut from pink cardstock. The circle was cut slightly smaller to ensure that it is hidden when the card is closed. A smattering of blue pearls completes the card.
Carts used:
Pot and stem- Wall Decor & More
Scalloped/plain circles-Winter Woodland
Happy Mum's Day-Designer's Calendar
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

Who ran ? #2.......

Who'd have thought that a cartridge primarily for children's cards would have turned up a couple of images that are just perfect for Mother's Day? Yesterday's card had a mother and child on it, and this second image of a mother and baby is also suitable for a Mum's card. You could even use it on a adoption card or foster parents card..the possibilities are endless! This image is on a Z-fold card. I used papers from the same pack as yesterday's card and the same sentiment.I added an EK Success punched border trimmed with thin ribbon and a couple of floral arrangements. The mother & baby were cut from Gemstones cardstock and adhered to a shaped panel fixed to the front of the card with foam pads.
Carts used:
Mother & baby- A Child's Year
Shaped panel (with hand cut shadow)-Winter Woodland
Thanks for visiting!
Heather xxx

Who ran to help me.....

..when I fell
and did some pretty story tell
Or kissed the place to make it well
My Mother
Isn't that a lovely quote? I got it off the internet and it was just what I wanted to make a Mother's day card with.
The card base is a slider and papers are from First Edition Papers Love Letters 8x8 pad. The mother & child cut was cut from Gemstones cardstock shadowed with green cardstock and adhered to a shaped panel on the front of the slider. 'MUM' was created from 'stamp' paper from the stack. They were cut out and adhered to the border with foam pads. A floral arrangement was adhered below the cut.

The sentiment was printed onto Safmat and adhered to the base of the card below the slider.
Carts used:
Mother & child- A Child's Year
Shaped panel-Winter Woodland
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

Groovy Chick......

You'll need sunspecs for this post!...Boy is it bright! I picked up a couple of DCWV
12 x 12 cardstock packs on sale at The Range last week and used one of them to make this card. I used a twister easel for the base ( a single one this time made from a 6 x 6 card) and papers that were freebies yonks ago. I cut the funky mini dress twice- once in silver mirri (to get the hanger) and once again in paper. The paper dress was then adhered to the mirri base. The top portion of the card was decorated with a floral paper and the bottom portion was decorated with plain cardstock with an embossed square panel. A punched border with ribbon trim was adhered to the base of the card. Another embossed panel was adhered to the top portion of the card, and the dress adhered to it with foam pads. The 'Groovy chick' circle was cut from green cardstock layered onto blue. 'Groovy' was cut from pink cardstock and adhered above the 'chick' sentiment. The completed circle was adhered with foam pads to the puunched border. Three pink daisies, adhered with silicone glue, complete the card.
Carts used:
Dress, Chick sentiment & 'Groovy'- Groovy Times
Blue circle beneath Chick sentiment- Winter Woodland
You may have noticed that I tend to use Winter Woodland for my circles rather than George. The reason for this is that I have found that George does not always cut a perfect circle whereas WW does.
Thanks for dropping by today!
Heather xxx

A Mother gives.....

This is the first twisted easel card that I made, and to make things hard for myself I made a double twist easel! Why do I do it to myself?!! I really had to persevere with this one- it so nearly ended up in the bin. I'm glad that I pressed on with it though because I really like how it turned out.
I started off with a piece of A4 cardstock folded to C5, then cut down to 8 x 4. The front of the card was divided into two ( two 4 x 4 panels), scored diagonally and a piece of 4 x4 cardstock adhered to the resultant triangles.
I used Dovecraft Springtime papers for decorating, and embellished the card with a luxurious voile bow and a gorgeous butterfly (one of my faves) cut from pink mirri & hot pink glittercard. I cut a scalloped circle for each panel, putting the butterfly on one & the lovely sentiment (computer generated onto Safmat) on the other. Floral arrangements courtesy of Wild Orchid Crafts (except large dark pink flower)embellish each panel. A smattering of pink pearls and a tag tucked into the base complete the card.
Carts used:
Butterfly- Sentimentals
Scalloped/plain circles- Winter Woodland (or you can use George)
Tag- George
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

A Twisted Birthday!.....

I tried a new type of the card the other day,a twisted easel. This one isn't my first attempt- I'll show you that one soon. I saw one made on C & C by Nancy and they are slowly cropping up on blogs. I was ready to scrap the whole idea when I made my first one- I wasn't happy with it and I wanted to make one on a C5 card which didn't work. Square is the only way to go for a single twister and DL for a double.
Our friends son is 21 today- Happy Birthday Rubes!- so I thought I'd make him a twisted easel card.The card base was a 6 1/2" square made into a twisted easel and decorated with DCWV Rock Star papers. The guitarist image was cut from brown mirri and adhered with foam pads to a panel embossed with a Sizzix embossing folder. A star punched border was adhered to the base of the card along with a circle holding the '21', which acts as the stop for the top of the card. A tag upon which to write a greeting was slipped into the side of the card.
'21','RUBIN' and 'Happy Birthday' were cut from blue mirri and adhered with foam pads.A scattering of punched stars complete the card.
As usual I kept the card simple 'cos it's for a bloke.
Carts used:
Guitarist & '21'- Quarter Note
RUBIN-Nifty Fifties
Happy Birthday- Stamping Solutions
Tag- George
Circles- Winter Woodland
Thanks for dropping by!
heather xxx

Giddy up Horsey.....

..Don't you stop,
Just let your feet go clippity-clop,
Your tail goes swish and the wheels go round
Giddy up! We're homeward bound!
Did you ever do that thing with your kids where you cross your legs, sit your little one on your lower leg, bounce 'em up and down and sing this little ditty? I know I did, and countless other mummies & daddies must have done it too.
This card was made in exactly the same way as yesterday's, but I used a lovely aqua and milk chocolate colour palette. The papers are from DCWV Linen Closet 12 x 12 stack. The rocking horse was cut from aqua Gemstones cardstock and adhered to the card with a Papermania spring.

The sentiment under the slider was computer generated onto Safmat.
Carts used:
See post below this one
Thanks for visiting!
heather xxx

Ride a cock-horse.....

to Banbury Cross.... the old nursery rhyme came to mind when I was making this card so I ran with the thought and made this a real rocking horse card. The base is a slider covered with lovely DCWV Nana's Nursery papers. The rocking horse was cut from pink pearlised card then embossed with a Swiss Dots folder. It was shadowed with white cardstock then adhered to the slider mechanism with a Papermania spring- when you push down on the rocker the horse rocks! I added a bow to the horse's tail, a punched border, floral arrangement and a scalloped oval holding the sentiment.

I printed out the 'Ride a cock-horse' nursery rhyme onto Safmat and applied it to the base of the card under the slider.
Carts used:
Rocking horse, scalloped oval & Happy Birthday-A Child's Year
Plain ovals-George
Thanks for dropping by today!
Heather xxx

Lovebirds......

I really like the way this card turned out..it's so soft and pretty! I used a slider base and Papermania Songbird papers. I chose the soft blue palette (there are green & russet palettes too) for this romantic card. I cut a shaped panel for the front of the card, from patterned paper shadowed with white cardstock. I added an ornate birdcage cut from white shiny card containing two little birdies cut from glittercard (one of which was flipped).A tiny pink punched heart was adhered with a foam pad between them! A floral bouquet was adhered to the top of the cage and some little blue pearls were adhered to the horizontal bars.
A scalloped oval holds the sentiment which was created with a Cri-Kit pen. The oval was then adhered to the bottom of the card with a double layer of foam pads to allow the bottom of the slider to pass underneath it. A couple of blue heart shaped pearls and a smattering of ivory pearls complete the front of the card.

A Safmat generated quote was adhered to the base of the card, revealed when the slider is pulled up.
Carts used:
Birdcage-Serenade
Birdies-Simply Charmed
Shaped panel-Winter Woodland
Scalloped oval-A Child's Year
Plain ovals-George
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

Feel The Beat......

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a great weekend. I'd just like to thank all my ladies who attended the Swarm on Saturday- we had a great time and a whole load of brill cards were created. Thanks ladies!
The first card of the week is a pop-up..for a guy this time. My No2 son plays the drums (or did until his older brother beat holes in two of his drum skins!)and he loved this card when I showed it to him. I used papers from the Imaginisce 'Live Loud' collection. The drum kit was cut from silver holographic card and black mirri. I cut the flourishes off the silver blackout portion and the cymbals from the black mirri portion. The two pieces were adhered together (with foam pads for maximum/permanent adhesion) then adhered to the pop-up section, again with foam pads but this time for added dimension.I added a star border ( a fab punch from EK Success) with the sentiment adhered to it and a star on the upright section with the word 'rythm' and a scattering of musical notes cut from black mirri. A tag was cut from patterned paper and black mirri and slipped into the side of the card.

The outside of the card was decorated with another star punched border matted and layered onto patterned paper and black mirri, and some punched stars adhered with foam pads.
Carts used:
Drum kit, 'Feel the beat' & 'rythm'- Quarternote
Star & tag- George
Musical notes-Joys Of The Season
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

On the road!!...and on your bike 2......

First off..No2 son Naren passed his driving test yesterday! He was so chuffed and we promptly chopped up his L plates! We then scooted off down the M27 (his first motorway experience as a qualified driver!)It was 2.50pm and boy was it busy..lorries everywhere! We did his route to Eastleigh (where he goes to college) and home again and he did really well.Well done Naren, we're proud of you! Now onto todays card....

This is the boy version of yesterday's card. Same card base and the papers are Animal Antics by First Edition (from The Range)Instead of flowers I added plenty of Card Candy.

The inside of the card has a plain panel on which to write a sentiment.
Carts used:
Boy on a bike- Car Decals
Happy Birthday-Simply Charmed
Tomorrow I have a Swarm, the first of 2011, so I look forward to seeing all my ladies!
TTFN and thanks for looking!
Heather

On your bike!!!.....

How about a little cutie on a bike (or trike) for a kiddies card. I can't tell you how much I LOVE the little images on this cart! They are soooo good for kids cards. This little one is static on this card but you can add springs or make them into penny sliders..kids love anything that moves right?!
The base for this card is a z-fold and the papers are from the Sweet Owl 8x8 pack by First Edition (I got mine from The Range). The little lady was cut from pink Papermania Capsule Collection cardstock and adhered to a white shadow which was handcut (only the base images on this cart have shadows)She was then adhered with foam pads to an embossed panel. This was then adhered to the front of the card with half of the panel overlapping the folded edge.'Happy Birthday' was cut from pink cardstock on a white shadow, glittered, then adhered with foam pads to the inside back of the card.A bow, layered bloom and some white Card Candy complete the card.

A plain white cardstock square was added behind the image on which to write a sentiment.
Carts used:
tLittle lady on a bike-Car Decals
Happy Birthday- Simply Charmed
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

If Music.. take two....

Here's another version of yesaterday's card..same papers just a different card base and image. This card has a z-fold base and a cello instead of a harp as the centrepiece.
I cut the cello from pink mirri, embossed it then adhered it to it's flourished shadow. The cello was mounted onto a scalloped oval the adhered to the front of the card with foam pads. I added a floral arrangement to the oval and a punched, ribbon trimmed border down the side of the front panel. The scalloped oval was adhered to the front of the card with foam pads.

I cut a slightly smaller scalloped oval from white card which was then adhered to the inside back of the card so that it is hidden when the card is closed. A fancy corner was adhered to the top right-hand corner of the card and another Safmat sentiment was adhered to the bottom right-hand corner. A smattering of pearls completes the card.
Carts used:
Cello-Quarter Note
Scalloped oval-A Child's Year
Plain oval-George
Thanks for visiting!
Heather xxx
Flourish-Heritage