Boxing Day Birthday Girl!

Pia is the eldest daughter of some very good friends of ours... she's 3 months younger than our No.1 son.. and was 19 on Boxing Day! I have a lot of free papers from mags especially Creative Cardmaking, from which this FAB image and papers came. I use the papers, usually, but not so the images, but I thought this one would be ideal for Pia as it's not too overtly Christmassy...just wintery! I made the card in an easel format and used 2 different paper designs. I adhered the image to thin card then cut it out. It was then mounted onto pink & gold card and adhered to the top portion of the card over a strip of ribbon. I cut a square of patterned paper for the 'stop' and adhered a handbag using foam pads. I cut PIA & Happy Birthday from hot pink glitter card and shadowed each with gold mirri card (the happy birthday shadow was hand cut as the sentiment was already cut in shadow mode) I finished the card with a bow and layered flower and added some glamour dust to the fur trim on the image.
Carts used:
PIA- Winter Woodland
Happy Birthday- Calligraphy Collection
I hope you all had a lovely time over Christmas and thanks for taking time to look in today!
Heather

Merry Christmas Everyone!

I'd just like to take a few secs to say Merry Christmas to everyone out there who knows me and mine! Thanks for dropping by my blog...I really enjoy sharing my cards with you all. I'll be trying some new card styles in the New Year and hopefully (if they work!) I'll be able to share them with you. Wherever you are tomorrow, have a good one, be happy & kind to each other, cherish what & who you have and keep a special place in your heart for those no longer here to share this special time ... God Bless, Dad..we love you and we'll miss you so much this Christmas.
Have a wonderful Christmas & a Happy New Year!
Seasonal hugs!
Heather

Joy..

Here's another bauble-type card. Made in exactly the same way as yesterday's. I cut the 'JOY' tag from green glitter card and backed it with green mirri (click on the picture for a better view) I added some American crafts ribbon and a poinsetta. Paper is from DCWV.
Cart used:
'JOY' tag- Very Merry Tags (Limited edition)
I'm off to work soon ...last one for this year!
Thanks for looking today!
Heather

NOEL.....

I've a little bauble card for you today. I used papers from DCWV and a Cuttlebugged panel of dark pink cardstock. I cut the bauble from black sparkle card and backed it with pink mirri card. I added some rather glorious ribbon, a layered sheer poinsetta from Prima, and some silver leaves. Very simple but effective!
Carts used:
Noel bauble- Very Merry Tags (Limited Edition)
Thanks for dropping by today!
Heather

For Mum at Christmastime...

This is the card that I made for my Mum for Christmas. I used the same image as that on a previous post, treated exactly the same way with Glamour Dust. The holly background paper was free with Creative Cardmaking a couple of months ago. I mounted the picture onto a scalloped panel and added gold ribbon & a poinsetta to the front of the card. I cut a smaller scalloped panel and added a sentiment to a piece of white textured card with peel offs and a Cricut generated sentiment. To finish the front of the card I addded red Stickles to the berries in the child's hair and some red gems to the ribbon. I have to add that the little girl is the spitting image of my great-niece Chelsea! Hope you are all ready for the great day....only 3 more days to go!!!!
Thanks for stopping by today!
Heather

Warm Winter Wishes..

Hope you are all well...I've got a flippin' cold but heyho! I made this card ages ago but left the white panel blank until I got the Winter Woodland cart because I knew that there would be something on it that would look great in the space.... so here it is!
I used DCWV (I think!) papers which were matted onto pink card and I embossed the white panel with a Fiskars Texture Plate. I added a large blue & white poinsetta with a pink paper rose in the centre. I cut the sentiment from blue glitter card and then added gems in a swirly pattern.. you can buy these swirls (and very lovely they are too!) from Prima, but with a pot of pva, some precision tweezers,
Papermania rhinestone wheel, good eyesight(???!!) and a steady hand you can produce your own for a fraction of the cost.
Carts used:
Sentiment- Winter Woodland
Leaves- Stretch Your Imagination ( you could use StoryBook)
Thanks for dropping in today!
Heather

Mass production!

First off...sorry about the photo! I wanted some cards that I could send to the neighbours or keep in reserve for those forgotten few! So I came up with these. They consist of an embossed panel (Cuttlebug Christmas countdown- 7x5") coloured cardstock for a mat, scrap of patterned paper, ribbon, a poinsetta and a sentiment cut from glitter card/paper. These were so quick to put together, and I added a sentiment inside that was computer generated onto Safmat.
I'll be making more like this next year I think!
Carts used:
Sentiments- Winter Woodland & Storybook
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather