60th Birthday

We went to a birthday party on Saturaday evening. Our hostess Vicky will be sixty just before Christmas and I made this card for her from hubby & myself, my boss Jennie and her family and some other good friends and customers from the shop (Vicky is also a customer and friend) therefore this card is BIG! It's A4 in size and is big enough for mass signing.
I used Clare Curd papers in black & red (the colour theme for her party) and some glitter card for the '60' I cut out a scalloped frame & matted & layered patterned paper onto it. I added a bow, horizontal panel edged with a Martha Stewart punch and some black & red flowers.
Carts used:
'60'- Winter Woodland
Scalloped frame- A Child's Year
Thanks for looking!
Heather

A birthday train for Bryn..

It was our next door neighbour's youngest son's birthday on Tuesday and this is the card that I made for him. I used papers from the DCWV Kids stack. I matted and layered striped and patterned papers with blue card. Then I embossed a piece of the blue card with an embossing folder. I added a strip of the striped paper to the bottom of the embossed piece and added four candy dots which I glittered. I cut the train from black and coloured cardstock and pieced it together using a different colour for each truck. I cut some strips of card with scalloped scissors and added a piece to the top of each truck. The wheels were enhanced with brads and a number 3 added to the train engine. I hand cut the smoke clouds from glittercard and cut each letter of the name from a different coloured glitter card. The trucks of the train were joined with a piece of fine silver cord adhered to the back and the whole train was adhered to the blue panel with foam pads, as were the letters. The inside of the card was decorated with a strip of the patterned paper and 'Happy Birthday' cut from blue cardstock.
Carts used:
Train- New Arrival
BRYN- Lyrical Letters (jumbo font)
Happy Birthday (inside but not shown)- A Child's Year
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather

O Holy Night

Sorry folks!Another easel card for you. I did warn you! As you can see I used just 2 colours of cardstock-red card & gold mirri. I cut the nativity scene from gold card and a shadow in red which I embossed with a starts embossing folder. I matted & layered red & gold cardstock, added some red shimmery ribbon, peel-offs(!!!!!) a punched border & gold stars. I cut the stop & mounted the 'O' onto it then adhered the 'Holy Night' below it above the gold border. One of the ladies at the Swarm made one of these and it was beautiful.
Carts used:
Nativity- When It's Cold Outside (special edition cart)
'O Holy Night' & scalloped circle- Winter Woodland
Thanks for looking!
Heather

First Swarm project.

We held our first Swarm last Saturday and it was a great success..thanks to all the ladies who came and extra special thanks to Jennie (The Boss!) who stayed and helped. We will definately be doing it again! This is the project that each of the ladies were given to either make at the Swarm or take home. It's a little wall hanging (although one lady decided to put hers on the front of a card (nice one Angie!) I'm all for people taking an idea and running with it...if it turns out very different to the original..great!!! I used just 2 carts for this one. I cut the larger shape in white card and gold card which were adhered together (the white card adds stability) then cut the same shape 1/2" smaller in patterned paper and adhered it to the gold card. The sleigh was cut from gold then red card (the runners were cut from the red portion), and the decorative swirl was the shift section of the sleigh. They were adhered together then a gold bow & poinsetta added. The 'Season's Greetings' was cut from red card with a gold shadow then adhered above the sleigh. Two holes were punched in the top of the shape with a Cropodile then gold cord was threaded through from the front & knotted at the back. For any of the ladies who for one reason or another couldn't attend the Swarm there are some packs still available at Jendenink to buy.
Carts used:
Lozenge shape- Accent Essentials
Sleigh & sentiment- Christmas (Noel) Solutions
Thanks for looking...and thanks again to all the ladies who attended- you made it a great day!!!
Heather

Happy 1st Birthday Holli!

It is my great-niece Holli's first birthday on Monday and this is the card that I made for her. It's an easel card again! I used Provocraft paper (floral) and some scrap checked paper from my stash. I matted & layered onto pale pink/mid pink Bazzill. I used pink glitter card for the frame, high chair image, name, number & 'today'. I added pink satin ribbon, a white paper rose & daisies punched from white glitter card and enhanced with a gem. The white panel behind the image & the mount for the '1' were Cuttlebugged.
Carts used:
High chair image- A Child's Year
Holli, Today & scalloped oval frame - Ashlyn's Alphabet
'1', scalloped circles & white circle- Winter Woodland
Thanks for dropping by & have a great weekend!
Heather
p.s To all the lovely ladies coming to our very first Swarm tomorrow.... I'm really looking forward to seeing you all. Don't forget it's not a workshop so you'll have to bring all your own stuff although you can pop down to the shop to stock up on supplies... If you've got them can you be sure to bring Accent Essentials & Christmas (Noel) Solutions.. don't worry if you don't have either of the carts..we'll have a couple to loan out. See you all tomorrow!!

From The Heart....

The papers used on this card are new ones from Papermania. The colours are lovely (pink, chocolate, duck egg blue, aubergine) and the paper has a linen texture to it. The paper I used has birdcages on it, and I teamed it with chocolate polka dots. The contrasting cardstock is Gemstones which I embossed with a Cuttlebug folder. I cut out the scalloped border using the 'Fit To Length' feature and the frame was cut from the same cardstock & shadowed with polka dot paper. I cut out the leaves from Gemstones. I added brown satin ribbon, flowers & pearls and the sentiments cut from polka dot paper & shadowed with the Gemstones cardstock.
Carts used:
Scalloped border, frame & leaves- Accent Essentials
Sentiment- Stamping Solutions
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather

Three ladies dancing....

This is a card that I made as a commission for a very sweet lady who comes to us for her special cards. This one is for her daughter who has just opened a ballet school in Germany where she lives. I used ballet themed paper (K & Co I think)
for the front of the card, and I made a mirror from (funnily enough!) Mirri card. I added a barre with brads and three dancers wearing pink glitter-enhanced tutus. I gave each dancer a different colour of hair and they all have pearl earrings. I added the requested sentiments on scalloped ovals. I finished the card off with voile bows and a pair of ballet shoes cut from more of the ballet themed pad (added after the photo was taken). A verse was put inside which was composed by the customer herself (not shown for obvious reasons!)
Carts used:
Dancers- Joys Of The Season
Smaller scalloped oval- Storybook
White ovals- George
Larger scalloped oval hand cut with scalloped scissors
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather