T 4 2 - Something different!

I don't normally make shaped cards, but this little teapot was TOO CUTE to ignore!
I cut it from white card then covered the front with polka dot embossed paper then trimmed away the excess. I drew around the teapot onto this rose paper and cut out a teapot body. Using the same method I cut out a separate lid and little knob for the top. I adhered the pieces into place & then ran around the edges with a dressmaker's wheel. I cut out a tag, along with the sentiment from the same rose patterned paper. I cut the pink shadow on the letters by hand. I decorated the tag with a couple of paper roses and tied it to the 'lid' with some pink voile ribbon. I trimmed the tag with a bow. The tag swings freely. I added the sentiment 'fancy a cuppa?' to the inside.
Carts used:
Teapot card- A Child's Year (card was cut from a piece of A4 card after determining papersize and pressing 'cut to fit'. This card is actually a tag!)
Scalloped tag- A Child's Year
Sentiments- Lyrical Letters (Jumbo font)
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather

With Love ,Nana

Here's another card made with A Child's Year. I used My Mind's Eye paper again and the same layout as the previous couple of cards. I cut out the cute little girl and wheelbarrow and then added her with foam pads to the pink panel, overlapping the green satin ribbon. I added some pearls to the ribbon & above the pink panel. I cut 'Nana' from aqua glitter card and raised the letters with foam pads. The 'with love' is adhered flat. I decorated the inside with more patterned paper & 'happy birthday'.
Carts used:
Girl with barrow-A Child's Year
Nana- Ashlyn's Alphabet
Sentiments- A Child's Year
Thanks for taking a look!
Heather

A Nana's heart.....

Creative Cardmaking (Issue 6) has some really fab papers, A4 size , matt finish and nice & thick, and I used them for this card. I used the same layout and mathod of construction as yesterday's card but added a HUGE heart over the ribbon. I cut it from patchwork paper which enforces the sentiment, and also cut the word 'patchwork' for the inside of the card from the same paper. I added a layered flower to the heart, and cut ' A Nana's' from pink card. I passed 'Nana's' through a Xyron X and then glittered each letter. I glittered the 'A' with Cosmic Shimmer glitter glue as I wanted it to be a slightly different shade. The sentiment was raised on foam pads & the inside sentiment was adhered flat. In keeping with the heart theme, I cut a strip of patchwork paper and edged it with a Martha Stewart border punch.
Carts used:
All sentiments- Ashlyn's Alphabet
Scalloped heart & patchwork heart (shift)- Doodlecharms
Hope you are having a great weekend so far!
Heather

Happy Birthday,Menai

I made this card for the eldest daughter of some very good friends of ours (you'll remember another card I made for her when she qualified as a doctor last month) as it's her birthday on Sunday. I found this layout whilst blog hopping on Carla Peicheff's blog (Moralia's weblog) and I love it! I used My Mind's Eye paper (again!), covering the front of the card with a vine patterned paper, overlaying it with another narrower strip with a punched edge. Over this I adhered a rectangular panel with faux stitching drawn onto it. Satin ribbon was wrapped around the panel and a bow & layered flower added. The whole panel was adhered to the front of the card with foam tape. I cut out the sentiment in black paper and the name in aqua glitter card. The name was raised with foam pads. 3 pearls on the ribbon and 3 more above the pink panel finish the card.
Carts used:
Happy birthday-Calligraphy Collection
Menai- Ashlyn's Alphabet
Thanks for looking!
Heather

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