Sisters....

Remember I said that A Child's Year wasn't only for kiddies cards? Well here's the proof! I've got loads more ideas for this cart..all it takes is a sentiment, which was what inspired this card. Isn't the sentiment lovely? I thought that the two little girlies could be sisters.. couldn't they?! Anyway, that's what I made them! I cut out the girlies from black card and applied them to a scalloped frame which was shadowed in blue. I covered the front of the card in 2 designs of paper with a punched border beneath the paler panel. I added a strip of ribbon to the pink portion and a bow to the frame along with some layered flowers. I cut the 'Sisters' part of the sentiment from pink card with a blue shadow and the 'by chance' from black paper. The inside sentiment was made in the same way. I added some Cosmic Shimmer glitter to the frame and 'Sisters'
Carts used:
Scalloped frame- Ashlyn's Alphabet
Two little girls- A Child's Year
Sentiments- Ashlyn's Alphabet
Thanks for stopping by!
Heather

Only YOU

Here is another card along the same lines as yesterday's. This time I used the 'You' sentiment and papers from My Mind's Eye Bloom & Grow collection. I covered the front of the card with stripy green paper over which I put another panel covered with strips of 3 different papers. A mint green velvet ribbon and bow were tied around this panel & a layered flower added. I cut a white panel and matted & layered it onto green card. I cut out the sentiment from orange leaf print paper & black paper for 'only'. These were adhered flat to the white panel which in turn was adhered to the front of the card with foam tape. I cut out a '4' and 'me' and adhered these inside the card.
Carts used:
You- Graphically Speaking
4- Lyrical Letters (Jumbo font)
Only & ME- Lyrical Letters (Loupy Lou font)
TTFN!
Heather

Time.....

This card is made using a layout I found whilst browsing in Blogland. I used 2 different papers from the My Mind's Eye Magnolia stack. I cut a template for the wavy front, transferred it to cardstock and then covered each section with a different paper and added ribbon to the bottom portion.These sections were adhered to the front of the card with foam tape. I cut out the 'Time' icon from plain paper and adhered it to a matted square which was then adhered to the wavy portions. 'It's' was cut from black paper and adhered to the side of 'Time' and a layered flower added above it. Three blue pearls, and a sentiment complete the card.
Carts used:
Time- Graphically Speaking
It's- Lyrical Letters (Loupy Lou font)
Inside sentiment- Lyrical Letters (Jumbo font)
Thanks for taking a look!
Heather

Oops!

Sorry folks! In the last post I said that the small SCALLOPED oval was from George- of course there is NO scalloped oval on George just a plain one. Sorry!
Heather

Fab new cart!!!!

I had another post planned for today, but the postman put paid to that this morning! He delivered 2 NEW CARTS all the way from the USA! I ordered them yonks ago and they posted them on the 11th and they arrived today! What a service!!! The carts are A Childs Year & Ashlyn's Alphabet ( I think only the first one is available here as yet) A Child's Year has TONS of beautiful vintage-style silhouettes of kiddies doing what kiddies do best! There is no layering with this one so you just have to go with the silhouette theme, but there are so many to choose from that you'll never be stuck for ideas. I chose a little high-chair image for these 1st birthday cards. I cut them from pink & blue glitter card (you don't HAVE to use black) and chose papers & cardstock to match. The images were put inside a scalloped oval frame over a panel of patterned paper edged with a Martha Stewart punch. I added a ribbon bow & cluster of roses then glittered around the frame. The inside was decorated with an oval with a number 1 cut into it and 'today!' cut from cardstock. If you get this cart you won't regret it - it's not just for kiddies cards there -are images suitable for a wide range of cards on there too!
Carts used:
High Chair image & small scalloped oval (inside card)- A Child's Year
Large scalloped oval- Aslyn's Alphabet
White scalloped oval (inside large oval)- George
Sentiment- Lyrical Letters (Jumbo font)
Thanks for dropping in!
Heather

Phoebe

No 1 son is going to yet ANOTHER 18th birthday party today and this is the card that I made for him to take along. It's a bit of an unusual colour I suppose for a birthday card, but the image is eating a rather large box of choccies so .... Hello! Terry's Chocolate Orange!! I used 2 papers from the My Mind's Eye Magnolia 12x12 stack covering the front of the card with a brushed orange paper and a strip of orange flowered paper across the middle which I adhered onto a strip of brown card edged with a Martha Stewart punch. I didn't have any large brown flowers so I cut out a large brown dotty daisy from paper and added an orange bloom topped with a brown satin ribbon bow and fabric brad. I cut the name from polka dot paper and card and adhered it below the flowered strip with foam pads. The image was adhered to card to give it more substance and then cut out. She was adhered to the front of the card with foam pads. 3 blingy flowers (originally diamante but coloured brown with peel off pens) complete the card.
Carts used:
Polka dot flower- Graphically Speaking
Phoebe- Lyrical Letters (jumbo font)
Thanks for dropping in!
Heather

Happy bird-day to you!

Here's another card with the same fold as yesterday's and that hilarious birdy paper. I added a paper frill again to the front fold then covered the front with eau-de-nil spotty paper. The back of the card was covered with birdy paper. I cut out a mount and rounded the top 2 corners and edged the bottom with a border punch. A strip of birdy paper and smaller strip of aqua dotty paper was adhered to the bottom of the mount. I added a polka dot ribbon bow, a layered flower and 3 candy dots to finish. A second mount was cut and adhered to the birdy paper exactly behind the front mount. A sentiment-'to you!' was cut and adhered to the second mount.
Carts used:
Sentiments-Lyrical Letters (Jumbo font)
TTFN!
Heather