Alternative site....

Just to let you all know that I also post cards on the I Love My Cricut And I Live In The UK Facebook site. It is a closed group so you'll have to send a request to join, but it is a great site for troubleshooting (especially if you have an Explore) and showcases some fab cards and other Cricut generated crafts. I tend to post more on the FB site so if you want to see more of my cards I will be there! I will occasionally post here too.

Heather xxx

Liliana....

I was asked to make retirement card for a colleague of my hubby.

The brief was ski-ing/sailing

so I went with ski-ing as I have made a similar card in the past. The card is A4 in size and I used both pearlised and glitter card with the addition of some snow-glitter and a piece of silver cord for the ski lift cable.

Carts used:

Mountain & ski lift - Dude

Skis- Winter Woodland

Liliana-Storybook

Sentiment- Billionaire

Thanks for looking!

Heather xx

 

Trio of cards....

October is a busy month for me, cardmaking wise. I have five cards to make this month. Here are the first three...and there is not a bit of Cricut generated stuff on any of them! I needed to make three cards  on the same day, so I used one design and changed the centre panel on each card to suit the occasion. The first card was for our niece Tara for her birthday, the second for my brother Nick and SIL Lisa for their anniversary, and the final card for our friends' daughter Rhea for her birthday. The card bases are 7" square and the central panel images are from Papermania's Art Deco, and Time to Party collections.

Thanks for looking!

Heather xxx

Anniversary Wishes.......

My nephew Dan and his wife Sarah (she of the previous post!) celebrated their third wedding anniversary on 18th August. I saw a card on Pinterest that I liked and made this card using the heart element. The card is 8" square, papers are from The Promise by First Edition. The hearts were punched from various papers from the pad, and adhered with foam pads over silver thread wrapped around an embossed central square panel. I added gems to the spaces between the hearts.

The corners were die-cut from pearlised cardstock, and the Happy Anniversary was die-cut from glittercard. The number 3 was cut from glittercard and shadowed with white pearlised card. It was adhered to the card with foam pads.

Cart used:

Number 3 - Sophisticated

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xx

Sarah......

It was my nephew Dan's wife Sarah's birthday last month and this is the card that I made for her. I used an 8" scalloped square card base, and the patterned paper was from a magazine freebie. I rounded the corners of the paper and mat so that it fit neatly into the scalloped corners of the card.

I cut a smaller square of white card, embossed it with a Sue Wilson Art Deco folder, then adhered it to a scalloped square. It was adhered to the centre of the card with foam tape. I cut the chandelier from black Mirri and adhered it to the card with foam pads. I added teeny pink bows and teardrop shaped gems to the bottom of the chandelier. 'Sarah' was cut from black Mirri, decorated with clear gems then adhered with foam pads. To finish I added die-cut corners and  happy birthday (another magazine freebie), a bow to the top of the chandelier and a smattering of gems.

Carts used:

Scalloped square- Elegant Edges

Chandelier- Everyday Pop-Up Cards

Sarah- Storybook

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xx

Filigree wedding heart

We went to the wedding of the son of one of my hubby's colleagues last month. I made this card in quite an unusual palette for a wedding card. It is oyster, the papers coming from the First Edition 8x8 pad 'The Promise'

The heart was cut from ivory pearlised card and backed with an embossed heart cut from oyster coloured pearlised card. The filagree heart was topped with two smaller hearts, one embossed and the other stamped with the 'Happily Ever After' sentiment. The corners of the card were embellished with die-cut flourishes and the card was finished with a sheer bow and flower and a smattering of pearls.

Cart used:

All hearts- Valentine's Day

Thanks for looking!

Heather xxx

Something different.....

I've been playing with vinyl! Only this was made with Fablon, much cheaper than Cricut vinyl. I bought a pack of four canvases from The Range for £5. I then painted the canvas with white acrylic paint to 'key' the surface. I then added tan paint with a make-up sponge around the edges for a distressed look.

I then cut out the phrase from black Fablon. I had the blade depth on 2 and the pressure on low ( 3 bars). After weeding out the excess vinyl, I used transfer tape to lift the words from the backing paper and transferred it to the prepared canvas. I used a soft cloth to press the vinyl onto the canvas.

Cart used:

Loved you.... Home Decor Wall Art

Thanks for looking!

Heather xx

Congratulations and celebrations....

I made a couple of commission cards a couple of weeks ago for the same customer. I bought a new(old) cartridge from ebay to make the smaller A5 card, for a hairdressers 50th birthday. Extravagant maybe but it was cheap, and I'll get plenty of use out of it. 

The silver anniversary card is A4 in size and made from pearlised white card and silver Mirri, with Cricut-cut tags and names. The corner embellishments are die-cut. I finished the card off with white, sheer ribbon, a sheer flower and silver pearls....

..this card was created with white card stock and purple Mirri card. The numbers and name were cut from purple glitter card shadowed with purple Mirri. The hair drier and curling tongs were cut from purple and gunmetal Mirri. The flexes are ribbon scraps. Happy Birthday was die cut from purple Mirri card. The card was finished with a purple satin bow and heart-shaped gem.

Carts used:

Silver wedding card:

25 tags and names- NurseryRhymes

50th Birthday:

50- Sophisticated

Helen- Opposites Attract

Hair drier & curling tongs- Girl's Make-Up Party

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather x

Be Beautiful.....

Apologies for the long gap in posting. I have no excuses! I made this interlocking gatefold for my most recent workshop.

The card is A5 in size, and the papers are freebies from an old issue of Cardmaking and Papercraft

I stamped a sentiment in the aperture.....

.....and another sentiment inside. 

The fancy corners are die cut, as is the sentiment label, to which I added a stamped sentiment. I added a smattering of iridescent sequins to finish.

Carts used:

Scalloped oval frame and scalloped oval- Elegant Edges

Dress- Formal Occasion

Oval- Opposites Attract

Thanks for visiting and Happy Easter!

Heather xxxx

Boutique for Sofia.......

Krishnan's girlfriend had her birthday last month, and this is the card that I made for her using a freebie HunkyDory kit from last year. The card base is an 8" scalloped square. I matted the spotted paper onto gold Mirri to match the trim on the three panels, then adhered the panels with foam tape across the centre of the card. I added a sheet red ribbon and bow, sentiment, a smattering of red gems and 'SOFIA. Cut from red glitter card.

Cart used:

SOFIA- Art Nouveau

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx

Camper van 60th....

I made this card for a commission last year. The client wanted a card for his Mum's 60th birthday featuring a baby blue Volkswagen camper van. I knew that there were no VW's on any cartridge so I Googled an image and used it to cut the van from two shades of blue card stock, trimmed with silver Mirri. The card base is A4 and I used some pretty funky paper from an old DCWV stack. The letters and numbers were cut from contrasting paper, shadowed with blue card stock. I embossed a piece of green card stock and adhered all the elements with foam pads onto it. 'Happy Birthday' is an XCut die.

Cart used:

Mum & 60 - Plantin Schoolbook

Thanks for looking

Heatherxxx

Menai and Krishan........

Rhea's big sister Menai married her lovely fiancé Krishan back in September, and I wanted to make a real keepsake card for them, so I created a book! The all-white palette makes it difficult to photo so please excuse the less than perfect photos! 

I created the book with loads of white textured pearlised cardstock and paper and numerous die-cuts and Cricut generated frames. I won't go into too much detail as the pages speak for themselves, but I chose a 'Love quotes from literature' theme, searching the Internet for suitable quotes and came up with some truly lovely quotes.

The picture above shows the cover of the book.....

 

                                    

 ....first page, details of the wedding.......

..then a quote from my favourite book, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte....

 ...The Bridge Across Forever by Richard Bach.....

 ...The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks.......

 ...Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte.....

 Anne's House Of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery.....

 ....Dr. Zhivago by Boris Pasternak.....

 ..and finally a sentiment....

 ...and a box to put it in!.....

....and finally, the happy couple themselves!

Phew!!!!!

Carts used:

All frames- Elegant Edges

Balloons- George

Initials- Sophisticated

Ivy leaves, hearts and flowers- various dies & punches

All quotes computer-generated onto pearlised paper

Thanks for sticking with me to the end!

Heather xxx

Art Deco Anniversary.......

My brother and SIL celebrated their 13th Anniversary at the beginning of last month, and this is the card that I made for them. I used the Papermania Art Deco 'Roaring Twenties' toppers and foiled papers. The card base is an 8" square, layered up with black, silver and aqua papers. I embossed an Art Deco frame with an embossing folder, cutting out the centre to create an aperture. I adhered the dancing couple topper behind it with foam tape. I decorated the frame with gems from the same collection, a black marabou feather and greeny, silver bow. NICK & LISA and the number 13 were cut from black mirri card and silver glitter card, then adhered to the card with foam pads.

Cart used:

NICK, LISA & 13- Art Deco

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx

With Sympathy

Today I have a card for one of those occasions that is always difficult to create for. My boss lost her beloved mum recently and I wanted to pass on my condolences with a card. I used a white and silver colour palette to create this simple but hopefully tasteful card. The card size s A5 and I used textured white card on a silver Mirri mat. I added a window cut from silver Mirri and backed with vellum. I cut a cross from two different silver card stock and adhered it to the window along with a trio of calla lilies, punched greenery and white satin ribbon bow. The sentiment was stamped in silver ink onto a die-cut label and adhered with foam pads below the window. I finished the card with an ivy die-cut in each corner.

Carts used:

Window- Ornamental Iron

Cross- Wedding Solutions

Thanks for dropping by!

Heatherxx

Jon & Kitty

My boss' son Jonathan married his sweetheart Kitty back in August. They had a very striking colour scheme of blue & yellow, so I made them an equally striking (IMHO!) card.

The card is 8" square and I used gold card and blue and white pearlised card for matting, the punched edges and for the filigree heart in the centre of the card. The white panel was embossed and a pearl added to the cross-over points in the design. The heart was cut from blue card then adhered to a scalloped heart. A separate heart was cut for the centre and embossed before adhering. I added gold ribbon, a yellow rose and a pair of wedding rings. The heart was finished with gold pearls.'JON' & 'KITTY' was cut from blue card with gold shadow and adhered with foam pads.

Carts used:

Filagree heartwith scalloped layer- Victorian Romance

Heart in centre- George

JON & KITTY- Sophisticated

Thanks for looking

 

I am hosting a Swarm at Jendenink Craftworks in Fareham tomorrow, and I'd just like to let the ladies who are attending that I'm afraid the dreaded 'C' time has come so you'll need to bring Christmas papers, ribbons etc. Look forward to seeing you tomorrow

Heather xxx

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Richa & Callum II..........

As promised (albeit a tad later than promised!) here is the card that I took up to Edinburgh for Richa & Callum's wedding back in July

The car is an 8x8 fold back square card. I used Pink Petticoat downloads for the backing papers, printed in Goldenrod onto pearlised paper.

The front of the card holds a square panel, embossed with a Sheena Douglass Indian embossing folder. I added sheer ribbon and a decorative heart cut from white pearlised card shadowed with cream pearlised card. 'Richa' & 'Callum' was cut from champagne coloured glittercard and adhered flat. The front of the card was finished with die cut flourishes and leaves and a couple of sheer flowers. A smattering of pearls and a pearl heart completes the front of the card.....

...... I computer generated a 'Recipe For Love' printed onto pearlised paper, matted it onto cream pearlised card, then adhered to the inside left panel.....

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....and a mini card, adhered to the back panel, holds a wedding sentiment, and inside is a personal greeting. A ribbon holds the card closed and die-cut flourishes finish the back panel......

....and finally, as usual with my Keepsake cards, a box to keep it safe, decorated with  a pearls decorated heart and champagne glitter letters.

Carts used:

Heart flourish on front of card- Tie The Knot

Names & initials- Suburbia (Housewife font)

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx

 



Richa & Callum.....

 

The middle daughter of our good friends Ashok & Anju, got married in Edingurgh

in July. We flew up there, and had a great weekend in the Scottish capital.

I made this card for our friends Mary & Imroz to give to the newly-weds (I'll show you the card from me next time). The papers were a download printed onto pearlised paper which was matted onto silver mirri, then adhered to an 8" square card. I added a strip with punched edges, horizontally across the centre, then added another strip, embossed and matted onto silver mirri. 'Richa & Callum' was cut from textured silver card, then adhered flat to the embossed strip. I added a lace strip and bow, die-cut leaves and flourishes and a silk bloom to the left hand side of the card. A smattering of pearls completes the card.

Cart used:

Richa & Callum- Storybook

 

Punched edge of card- Tonic Studio

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xx



Chelsea........

This is a card that I made for my delightful great-niece Chelsea, for her 9th birthday last month. Chelsea takes Karate lessons from her Granddad who is a Sensei at his karate club. She has just earned her orange belt so I thought that I'd pop this cute karate-kid on her card.

The card base is a scalloped 8" square. The papers are freebie Nit-Wits and the Happy Birthday sentiment was cut from a free die (gotta love freebies!) 'Chelsea' & '9' were cut from the same pink glittercard as the sentiment. I finished the card off with a felt flower- yet another freebie. Blimey! this was an expensive card to make-not!

Carts used:

Karate Kid-Create A Friend

Chelsea/9- Kate's ABC

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx

Peppa Pig for Lottie Rose.......

Krishnan's girlfriend Sofia asked me to make a couple of cards for her cousin's little girl Lottie Rose who was one a couple of months ago. Apparently she loves Peppa Pig. Hold the phone! Where was I going to find Peppa Pig on a cartridge? Nowhere! So I went to my trusty go-to when in crafty trouble, Google Images, and downloaded a line drawing of Peppa, which I used to hand-cut a passable version for Lottie's card. I adhered her to a scalloped square, and gave her a speech bubble with a computer generated sentiment. I added some punched flowers to the grass and a (securely fastened!) fabric rose to the speech bubble. A smattering of pink gems completes the card........

....and what little girl doesn't love a dollies pram? This cute little girl was cut from coloured cardstock and then adhered to a scalloped square. The 'Happy Birthday' sentiment was computer generated onto patterned paper and I added the '1st' cut from pink glittercard as was the 'Lottie Rose' I added some punched daisies to the 'grass' and a smattering of gems to complete the card.

Both card bases are 8x8 scalloped squares.

Carts used:

Peppa Pig

Scalloped square-Elegant Edges

Speech bubble- George

 

Girl with Pram

Girl & sentiment-Kate's ABC

Scalloped square-Elegant Edges

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx

Gettin' Hitched!......

I have been making an awful lot of wedding cards just lately, either for commissions or personal use.

I made this one, for no particular reason other than that I liked the image. I think that it would be suitable for either a church wedding, registry office or civil ceremony in a grand house!

I used an 8" scalloped card base and added an embossed and matted panel to the front of the card. Before adhering it to the card I wrapped pink satin ribbon threaded through a gemstone buckle around the bottom of the panel.

The funky couple were cut from plain white card coloured with a Blush Promarker for the skin, then the layers (dress and tux) were cut from white and black pearlised cardstock. The bride's dress was embossed, and I added teeny sequin flowers to her headband. I also gave her a pearl necklace and bracelet. The bouquet was enhanced with punched flowers, created with a Martha Stewart Hydrangea punch. The couple were adhered to the card with foam pads.

'Gettin' Hitched' was cut from black pearlised cardstock and adhered flat. A smattering of pearls completes the card.

Cart used:

All cuts-Summer celebrations

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx