Beautiful...just like you!

I found these images ages ago on the internet and thought that they would make beautiful cards and that's what it says on the front of each of these vintage look 'Beautiful' cards. Each picture is in black and white but with the merest hint of colour which has been picked up in the backing papers.

I printed the images onto cream linen-look card and cut them out. They were then matted and layered onto 2 colours of cardstock. I then used vintage look papers and different layouts for each card finishing each one with flowers , ribbon, pearl embellies and a cricut generated sentiment.

The cards are 5 x 7" tentfolds.

Recipe as follows:

Papers- K & Co, Funky Hand Shabby Saturday,Basic Grey

Images downloaded from Google Images

Ribbon from my stash

Flowers -Prima

Self adhesive pearls- widely available from craft outlets

'Beautiful' cut from Opposites Attract (Upright) at 1"

I hope you like these cards and would love it if you gave them a go, maybe using vintage family portraits to create a family heirloom. You could mount them into a box frame and give them as a gift. Do you display your cards? If so I've got a really inexpensive idea to display cards which I will show you when it's complete.

Have fun

Heather

Bless You.....

I'm afraid to say that this card is a shameless CASE of a beautiful card from Creative Journey (sorry I can't remember the author's name!)

The card consists of an acetate circle decorated with gems and prima flowers .This is then mounted onto a base card decorated with more Summer Driggs paper. A strip of Paisley print paper has been mounted onto a strip of white card who's edge has been punched using a Fiskars border punch.This has then been adhered to a piece of paper which has been stuck to the front of a white tentfold card. Ribbon has been wrapped around the paisley strip. A cricut generated sentiment and gemstones completes the picture.The flowers and sentiments have been glittered with Stickles glitter glue (how unusual for me! NOT!!!) Very simple but stunning.

Recipe as follows:

Paper - Summer Driggs Download

Ribbon from my stash

Acetate -clear 'cardstock' from Jendenink Craftworks

Fiskars border punch

'Bless You'- Stone Script Solutions Cricut cart

Gems- papermania

Glitter glue- Stickles

To the lovely Sue attending a course at JDI this morning- as instructed....DON'T FORGET THE CAMERA!!!!!!

Heather

Another Summer Driggs.....

This is another card made with Summer Driggs design papers.

I used two different designs to cover the front of a tentfold card. I then downloaded a picture of a '20's' lady from the internet framed it with a Cricut frame and decorated the whole thing with flowers,ribbon brads and my obligatory glitter!!!

Very simple but very pretty!

Recipe as follows:

Paper- Summer Driggs download

Ribbon from my stash

Flowers- prima

Brads- Papermania

Scalloped Circle- Accent Essentials Cricut cart

Blue circle under image- George and Basic Shapes Cricut cart.

Glitter glue - Glitz

Heather

Love is a vine......

Browsing through the many blogs available to see on the internet I came accross Summertime Designs by Summer Driggs. She has wonderful papers to download for FREE!!!!!!.So I downloaded almost everyone of her collections.They are lovely and include papers,some page ploppers(!!!!) and embellishments.They are,of course digital,but can easily be used by cardmakers.Have a look and see what you think!

This card was made with two of her design paper,cut into 6 by 12cms panels and adhered to a matted and layered white panel. Ribbon was wrapped around the two panels and the whole thing adhered with dimensionals onto the white panel. A cricut generated frame hold the sentiment 'Love is a vine that grows in out hearts' This was computer generated onto Safmat.

Paper flowers, and gems complete the picure! The card looks much better in real life than it does in this photo!

I love this card- I hope you like it too!

Heather

Recipe as follows:

Paper Summer Driggs Download

Cardstock- Papermania

Voile ribbon from my stash

Flowers- Prima

Safmat- Letraset

Gems- Papermania

Frame - Accent Essentials Cricut Cart

Fab Funky Hand!!!

Happy Saturday everyone!! I recently discovered the wonderful Anice and Funky Hand. I purchased her Christmas downladables and also her Shabby Saturday download and these cards are made using the Shabby Saturday papers. I have used two to three contrasting papers for each card.A plain white piece of textured cardstock has been matted into coloured cardstock and adhered to a base white tentfold card. Then panels of paper have been adhered onto the white panel-some flat and some with dimensional pads. Ribbon,flowers, computer generated sentiments on Safmat,and gems complete the cards.

Recipe as follows

Paper- Funky Hand Shabby Saturday download collection

Cardstock- papermania

Ribbon- from my stash

Pearl brads for flower centres- Papermania

Frame- Accent Essentials Cricut cart. with shadow

Tags- Plantin Schoolbook

Safmat- Letraset

Gems-Papermania

Flowers- Prima

Hope you like them!

Heather

A night on the town!!!

This is another card made with an image download from pink petticoat and DCWV paper-All Dressed Up. The image was matted and layered on pink and black card and then layered onto a scalloped rectangle ,decorated with pink crystals The base card is a scalloped rectangle that has been folded in half. A ribbon,bow ,layered Prima flower and Cricut sentiment complete this card.

Recipe as follows:

Base card:Scalloped rectangle cut from Celebrations (No 5 blackout enabled) @ 10"

Scalloped rectangle and shadow as above cut @ 4 1/2"

Paper- DCWV All Dressed Up

Pink Petticoat Lola's Boudoir Dress image coloured with Marvey markers

Sentiment cut from George & Basic Shapes @ 2"

Black velvet ribbon from my stash

Prima flowers and Papermania pearl brad

Papermania pink crystals

On completion image and flower glittered with Glitz glitter glue

This card would suit any occasion- engagement,birthday,hen night,prom night.......

Hope you like it

Heather

Ahoy There Matey!!!

Sorry,this photo is rubbish but I hope that you can see the essential elements in it! We all struggle with mens cards but they really aren't that hard to make and men are interested in other stuff besides footy and beer!!

This trio have cricket,ties and jolly Jack Tars as their theme.

Recipes as follows:

Cricket- Paper by Dovecraft,embellishments by CraftyBitz from The Paper Mill and sentiment from George & Basic Shapes

Ties-Paper and rub-on by Papermania,

hand knotted ties made from ribbon scraps and jewelled brads,'DAD' cut from Beyond Birthdays

Ahoy- Paper by K & Co, embellishment by CraftyBitz , 'ahoy' cut with shadow from Opposites Attract (Opposite enabled) brads from my stash & rub-on from Papermania

These cards practically made themselves!!

Heather