Marry Me?

I can't tell you how chuffed I am at how this card turned out! I knew what I wanted it to look like but the end result is more than I could have hoped for. I tried cutting the ring box from Doodlebug velvet paper but Jiminy didn't like it and chewed it up & spat it out. What a mess!! So I cut the box from red card , cut the ring portion off it then glued & flocked it. I cut a blackout version in gold mirri (so that the gold would show through the cut- out in the box) and stuck them together. I added a mini heart brad to the side of the box. I cut the ring & sparkler from mirri & glitter card, decorated the ring with peel off borders then adhered it to the ring in the box. I embossed the large white panel with a Fiskars Texture plate & the Cuttlebug, matted it onto red & gold mirri then adhered it to the card front. I cut a strip of red mirri and puched out the edge with a Marta Stewart punch. I added a strip of Cuttlebugged gold mirri and red sheer heart printed ribbon with a layered flower. I cut the sentiments from red mirri shadowed with gold. The red hearts that I scattered over the card were waste from the border punching & also a small heart punch. I decorated the inside of the card with another punched border & hearts.
Carts used:
Ring box & sentiments- Sweethearts
'?'-All Mixed Up
Thanks for looking!
Heather
ps What I have for you tomorrow will make you go 'aaaahhhh!' in a 'how cute' kind of way!

Poinsetta greetings

Here's another step card. I made a rather large poinsetta to fit onto the rectangular panel- I think it's a bit too big to be honest, but never mind!
The poinsetta leaves were cut from paper and the green base layer was cut from card. The layers were fixed with a glue dot on each layer and I added five little circles of paper punched with the Cropodile to the centre. The leaves and centre were then glittered. The background paper is from Forever Friends Collection. 'Seasons Greetings' was cut from red card, cuttlebugged with the Swiss Dots folder then shadowed with gold. Poinsetta ribbon a Prima Poinsetta and a little bling complete the card.
Carts used:
Poinsetta- Joys Of The Season
Season's Greetings- Christmas Noel
Scalloped oval- Storybook
White oval-George
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather

Snowman Silhouette

Isn't this a cute image? It is one of 6 on the Child's year cart that are Christmas based. I used paper from Forever Friends Santa's On His Way pack. I used 2 snowflake print papers matted onto a large white panel, the paler panel being adhered at an angle. I cut a scalloped rectangle, cuttlebugged it and shadowed it in blue. The image was cut from black card and shadowed with blue also. I added some shimmery ribbon, a blue poinsetta from last year's stash (Papermania) some bling and some punched snowflakes.
Carts used:
Snowman & child- A Child's Year
Scalloped rectangle & shadow-Celebrations
Thanks for looking
Heather

Jingle all the way!

Here's another step card folks! I used paper from DCWV -this stack is last year's I think. I love the pink & blue colourway of this paper and there were three different designs to choose from. I cut the bells from mirri card and the letters from glittercard with silver shadows. Blue spotty ribbon and Prima poinsettas (also from last year!) with a gem brad were used for trimming. I added some bling to the bells and to the panel that they sit on.
Carts used:
Bells- Christmas (Noel) There is also a bell on Joys that you could use
Jingle All The Way- Storybook
Thanks for looking!
Heather

Santa & Child

Here's a really simple but very effective card. The layout is very simple-just rectangles matted & layered. I used paper from MME for the centre rectangular panel and for the strip across the card. I added ribbon to the scalloped strip and laid the scalloped oval over it. A ribbon bow & layered poinsetta were adhered to the bottom of the oval. I cut the image from black card and just glittered the gift. The ladies at my workshop last week made their own versions of this card and they made a very good job of it!
Carts used:
Santa & Child- A Child's Year
Scalloped oval- A Childs Year ( you can also use Storybook)
White oval- George
Thanks for dropping in!
Heather

Kiss Me!

Is this little froggy hysterical or what?!!!! I got my new Sweethearts cart today (got thumped for Import Tax AGAIN!) and this little chap just screamed 'make me!!!!!' So I did!
I cut him from green card and then embossed him with a Fiskars Texture Plate. I added googly eyes and then mounted him onto a Cuttlebugged circle matted onto green and then on to a scalloped circle. I was going to put him onto a heart but he didn't look right. I used paper from DCWV and the pink scalloped strip was Cuttlebugged and a polka dot bow added. I cut the sentiment from pink card and shadowed it with green. The sentiment was glittered with Glitz glitter glue and the heart with pink glitter glue as were the little punched hearts & the scalloped circle. The crown was cut from gold mirri and adhered with a foam pad.
Carts used:
Froggy & Kiss Me-Sweethearts
Scalloped circle-Graphically Speaking
Circle and green shadow- George
Hope you like him!
Heather

Christmas Duo

These two cards were made from scratch on the Expression. The larger card is approx 6 1/4" across and was made using the 12 x 24" mat (7 3/4"), the smaller card was made to fit the 6 x 12 mat (5 1/2"). The inside of the card is covered with dark red paper onto which I adhered a white rectangle matted onto card cold. This is to hold a sentiment. I cut a piece of patterned paper from Papermania's Joyeux Noel collection and matted it onto gold mirri. I then cut out a frame from gold mirri and adhere a matted white panel to it with foam pads. I added a velvet ribbon bow and layered poinsetta & holly leaf (large card) and a bow & layered red flower (small card). I cut out the sentiment and adhered it at an angle (large card) and straight (small card). To finish I glittered around the scallops and added gems (I'll do the same to the small card!)
Carts used:
Card base & gold frame- A Child's Year (school children key)
Happy Christmas- Christmas Solutions
Merry Christmas- Wild Card (RDS on)
Thanks for dropping by today!
Heather