He passed!!!

Just a quick one today everyone! Just like to let you know that my eldest son Krishnan passed his driving test today at the first attempt with only 4 minor faults! We are really proud of him.Well done Dol!!
Heather

Ladies day......

Sometimes we tend to used paper 'as it comes' - as a complete piece for a background to a card. On the 'Relax' card I actually used the images as individual embellies rather than as a background. They were cut from the paper with a coluzzle template and mounted onto scalloped circles (the paper looks like a piece of swiss cheese now!) There are lots of these papers on the market- equally good is wrapping paper which can be used in the same way and decoupaged too! The second card uses a fabric butterfly as an embellishment.

Using the same method as the Relax card this could be adapted for a man using paper with footballers, cars, cricketers etc. Have a go! It's fun!

Relax-

Tent fold 5"x7"

Paper- multi image (sorry! don't know who makes it!)

Patterned panel- ditto!!

Cardstock- Bazill

Embossed background- Doodlebug Designs

Relax- Stone Script Solutions

Scalloped Circles- Accent Essentials

Ribbon- American Arts

Brads- Papermania

Sister

Tent fold 5"x7"

Paper- K&Co

Cardstock- Bazill

Fabric flower- The Range

Ribbon- from my stash

Flower- Prima

Flwer gems- The Range

Flower sentiment- Pink Petticoat

Sister- Jasmine

You are the world......

This card was made for a lady in the USA who is a regular customer of mine. It was a Father's day card for her daughter to give to her Dad. Now anyone who knows me knows how I feel about about peel-offs. I think that to some extent they can be a cop-out. I've seen so many cards that have been quote "finished off" with a peel off and it has done just that - finished it off to the point of completely spoiling an already perfect card. Saying that I have used peel off borders which I have to say CAN add something to a card if used in the right way. I have used them here to edge the stand for this globe. I have to admit that in this case they did indeed finish it off. It added a touch of opulence and a look of engraving to the stand and I was really pleased with how it turned out. We all struggle sometimes to get ideas foe men's cards and I was inspired by a card made by Enfys Cashmore (Going Buggy) but I tweaaked it slightly and added a computer generated sentiment,

Hope you like it!

Side fold card 7"x 5"

Paper -world map (unknown scource)

Globe- Going Places

'DAD'- Opposites Attract (opposite enabled) could be changed to 'Grandad'

Sentiment- 'To the world you may be one person..but to one person you may be the world' computer generated

Big Brads- Papermania

Ribbon- from my stash

Shoes to die for!!!

This one if for all the lovely ladies who have attended my most recent workshops at JDI. We made simple shoe toppers (amongst others!) and so I thought I'd show them all what could be done with them!

The shoes were cut from fabulous glitter paper which is the only one that I would recommend for Cricut owners. This stuff doesn't shed glitter like the standard glittercard does so subsequently it won't jigger up your mat or blades! this is the most incredible value paper- it costs just £2.99 for 12 A5 sheets! The glitter content is amazing and really twinkles in the light. It's just GORGEOUS!!

Recipe as follows:

Glitter sheets- Crafttime

Paper- Lola's Boudoir download from Pink Petticoat

Ribbon- from my stash

Flowers- likewise!

Crystal Brads- Papermania

Black card- Papermania

Shoe- Cricut Wedding Solutions cart

Scalloped oval & 'DIVA' cut from Cricut Storybook cart

White embossed paper- Doodlebug Designs

Happy crafting!

Heather

p.s If you get the opportunity buy the Storybook cart. I think that it the BEST cartridge so far!It has the most beautiful,intricate cuts and you won't regret it!!!

Relax!!!!

This is another card with a Pink Petticoat Lola Rose image. The image was mounted onto coloured cardstock adhered to another panel which was mounted onto cardstock and given a scalloped border with decorative scissors. This panel was adhered with foam pads to the front of a card covered with embossed paper. Ribbon,flowers gems and glitte complete the picture.

Recipe as follows:

Tent fold card

Embossed paper- Doodlebug

Patterned paper- K & Co

Coloured cardstock- Bazzill

Flowers- Prima and other

Brads- Papermania

Pearl gems- Papermania

Image- Lola Rose 'Namaste ' coloured with marvey le plume pens

Glitter- Glitz

Relax- Cricut Base Camp cut @ 1/2"

The 'Happy 40th Anniversary' was made for my next-door neighbour to give to her parents-in-law. You won't believe how many goes I had at making this card!! No matter how I tried I just couldn't seem to get it right. So I took some time out,picked up my youngest from a fishing trip to the beach at Titchfield Haven and on the way back it just came to me!! I don't know what triggered it but I decided that I would go monochrome. I got out may favourite embossed card stock and just added the relevant colour. Bingo!! It took all of 10 minutes!AAAAGH! My neighbour loved it- I hope you like it too!! BTW I have made a 25th & 50th too. I'll post them soon

Recipe as follows:

Tent fold 5 x 7 card

Background embossed as previous card

Contrast paper- red paper from The PaperMill Shop

Gems & large Crystal Brad- Papermania

Ribbon- from my stash

Flowers-from my stash

Scalloped Oval- Cricut Storybook

White oval cut with coluzzle template

The white panel that the '40' oval sits on was edged with a Fiskars border punch then matted onto red paper leaving a border top & bottom and was then trimmed around the shaped edge by hand.

For other Anniversaries just change the colour of the background paper.

Heather

Prom night!

Hi everone! Sorry it's been an age since I last posted but I've had visitors and it's difficult to spend time posting.
My ladies will recognise this dressy card as the topper was one that we made in one of my tutorials and I thought they might like to see it actually on a card!
This card was made with the Wedding Solutions card and is the wedding dress with the train cut off to make a prom dress.
The background paper is (appropriately!) All Dressed Up by DCWV
Hope you like it Ladies, and to all of you who attended my tutorials-Well Done! You made some smashing toppers!!
Recipe as follows:
Card- 5 x 7 tentfold
Paper- All Dressed Up by DCWV
Dress- Wedding Solutions cart
Oval- George and Basic shapes with shadow and mounted onto Bazill C/S and cut with scalloped scissors
Flowers- Papermania
Gems- Papermania
Prom Night-Tear Drop cart cut @ 1"
Black swirl printed organza ribbon from my stash
Hope you'll have a go!
Heather

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