Happy 70th, Mum!

It was my lovely Mum's 70th birthday yesterday (her first without my Dad) and we threw her a surprise party on Saturday. Emotions were running high, as you can imagine, but she came through and thoroughly enjoyed it, as did we all. I must thank my bro Nick, my lovely SIL Lisa & my niece Lauren for arranging it all!! Well done guys!!! This is the card that I made for her (sorry the lighting is a bit off!...and I took the photo in a hurry!) This is my first attempt at an easel card. How easy are they to make?!! I shall certainly be making some more! Sorry peeps...another obsession coming on!! I used Basic Grey paper to cover the front of the card and a piece of the same paper to trim the bottom of the base part of the card. I used two colours of Bazzill cardstock for matting & layering. I added satin ribbon to the front of the card along with '70' cut from a contrast paper and shadowed with pink Bazzill. The numbers were decorated with layered flowers & pearls, then glittered. As a stop I cut a scalloped circle which was also a base for the 'with love...' sentiment. I cut 'Mum' from pink Bazzill and shadowed it with green. As a finishing touch I used the waste flowers from the punched piece to decorate the green Bazzill panel.
Carts used:
'70' & scalloped circles- Winter Woodland
Mum- Beyond Birthdays
Sentiment Circle- George
Thanks for dropping by today!!
Heather

Love you....

I saw a card made with this cut whilst blog hopping a while back and really liked it so I thought that I'd give it a go! I cut three of the wreath shapes..1 in blackout (with FLIP function enabled)..1 in white textured card.. 1 in pearlised card. I cut away the bottom half of the pearlised card and passed the remainder through the Cuttlebug. This was adhered to the white textured portion. The 'hole' in the card front was covered with lovely pearlised & printed handmade paper (it has a fabric look & feel to it) from The Works. I decorated the top portion of the card with blue flowers, leaves, ribbon & gems. I added gems to the 'ring' portion and added a 'Love You' sentiment cut from blue glitter paper with a pearlised paper shadow. I added 'forever & ever' to the inside.
Carts used:
Card base- Storybook
'Love You' & 'forever & ever'- Stamping Solutions
Thanks for looking!
Heather

Vintage Christmas

Isn't this image just gorgeous! I downloaded it from Google images (just typed in vintage christmas images) then I blinged it up with a Xyron machine, some Glamour Dust (just LOVE that stuff!) & some red Stickles on the berries on her headress. I used a gatefold card, and papers from Papermania matted onto gold card. I matted the image onto red card and then added it to a scalloped frame trimmed with gold ribbon on the diagonal and a small poinsetta. Gold ribbon and red gems were added to the panels on the front of the card and a shaped panel and sentiment added to the inside.
Carts used:
Scalloped rectangular frame- A Child's Year
Shaped panel- Story Book
Happy Christmas- Christmas (Noel) Solutions
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather

Happl;y Ever After

Yeaaay! Managed to squeeze a card in today! This perty little coach is ideal for a wedding card doncha think? I cut it from silver mirri & pink glitter card then added a few clear gems for extra bling. I cut the' happily ever after' and shadowed it with silver mirri. The curtains are spotted, glittered vellum from Papermania. The card stock is Gemstones again, the white portion was embossed with the Cuttlebug Rose embossing folder. I added sheer pink ribbon, hearts left over from the punched heart border, a paper rose and some leaves. I decorated the inside with a punched heart border & a sentiment.
Carts used:
Coach & 'Happily Ever After- Disney's Happily Ever After
'Dreams Come True'- Disney's Dreams Come True
Leaves- Stretch Your Imagination
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather

Bad blogger!!!

Quick apology folks for not blogging recently...but my Mum & I are having a lovely time chatting etc and can't make cards at the moment...but I'll be back soon!
Heather

Happy 16th!

This card was made for the girlfriend of the recipient of the card on the previous post....sorry again for the quality of the photo! I used a square tent fold card (I don't make many square cards...rarely in fact...but I'm quite liking them...they are very easy to balance) Again I used Gemstone cardstock for the matting and double sided paper (floral one side-pink swirly the other) I used a Fiskard border punch for the edgings, and added my fave 'girl on a scooter' cut from green glitter paper. A layered flower, ribbon & bow, punched hearts & '16' along with a sentiment finish the card.
Carts used:
Girl on scooter- Sweethearts
16-Ashlyn's Alphabet
Happy Birthday- Stamping Solutions
Thanks for visiting today!
Heather

!7th Birthday

Happy weekend everyone! First off...sorry about the photos.. they are slightly out of focus...having probs with the camera. This card is for a friend of no.2 son. He's going to the party tonight and needed a card so here it is. I used paper from DCWV Rock Star pack and Papermania Gemstones cardstock. I embossed a piece of blue Gemstones c/s with the music cuttlebug embossing folder and adhered it to the card over the Rockstar paper. I added a guitar which was part embossed with a Fiskars texture plate and gold stars cut from embossed mirri card (stars embossing folder) I added a '17', and some blue pearls to the centre of the stars. I decorated the inside with a sentiment & more gold stars.
Carts used:
Guitar- Indie Art Solutions
'17'- Ashlyn's Alphabet
Happy Birthday- Stamping Solutions
Thanks for looking!
Heather