Best dressed.....

How about this for a teen card? When I saw the icons on the cart I thought that they were so girly and wanted to make a teen card with them...so here it is! I embossed a piece of white card with a swiss dots embossing folder and matted it onto pink cardstock. I cut a smaller mat from patterned paper by Papermania (Honey & Hugs Collection) added a smaller piece for contrast and a ribbon bow with layered flower. I cut the outfit and accessories from cardstock scraps (I embossed the pink frock) then assembled them and added them to the smaller panel. I positioned the outfit slightly off the panel for added dimension. I cut the sentiment from blue card matted onto pink (as was the inside sentiment), adhered it with foam pads and added some heart-shaped gems & glitter to finish.
Carts used:
Outfit, shoes, bag & 'best dressed'- Paisley
Happy Birthday- A Child's Year
Thanks for dropping by today!
Heatherxxx

Je t'aime...always

With Valentine's day creeping ever closer, this card would, I think, suit that day or even an anniversary card....or just to tell someone that you love them! The papers I used are from the All Loved Up collection from Dovecraft and are not blatantly valentiney (??) but they suit! I chose a red polka dotted paper for the background and a dark red heart print piece for the punched border. I edged it with a MS broderie anglaise punch and added some self-adhesive paper lace. I embossed a square of white card with tiny hearts and mounted it onto a scalloped square which was adhered with foam pads to the card base. I cut the heart from dark red glitter paper and adhered it to an identical heart cut from card to give it stability. I backed the heart with Papermania spotted glittered vellum and adheted it to the square with foam pads,I wrapped a piece of red grosgrain ribbon around the bottom corner of the square and added a bow and layered flower with a couple of paper tendrils. I cut the sentiment from red card and added red Stickles, punched some tiny red hearts to adorn the corners of the square and added gemstone swirls to the punched border to finish. I added another punced border and paper lace piece to the inside along with athe 'always' sentiment and some more punched hearts.
Carts used:
Scalloped square- Storybook
Heart- Sweethearts
Always & Je t'aime - Ashlyn's Alphabet (Skinny font)
Thanks for looking today!
Heatherxxx

Whooo Loves you?.......

Is this the cutest owl or what?!!!! There are 2 on the Paisley cart but I chose this one because it is almost identical to the little owls on the Hugs and Honeys paper from Papermania. I used colours for the owl that were the same as those on the paper. I embossed the face, wings and tummy with a swiss dots folder.I added a circle to the owl's tummy instead of rows of feathers and some googly eyes for realism! I made a scalloped panel for the owl to sit on decorated with a layered flower and bow. I cut the sentiments from pink Bazzill and layered the letters with hot pink card. I adhered the sentiments flat to the card and the 'stop' and added some punched hearts. I added glitter for a finishing touch.
Carts used:
Owl- Paisley
Scalloped rectangle- Celebrations
Sentiments- Ashlyn's Alphabet
Thanks for dropping by!
Heatherxxx
p.s See those little tendril thingies on the flower? They are so easy to make- just take a piece of cardstock, lay a ruler along one edge as close to the edge as is possible and cut a sliver away with a craft knife. As the cardstock is cut away a little tendril is formed! Just cut it to size and adhere with a dot of PVA. I'll be using a lot of these!!!

Bee happy!.....

I got my Paisley cartridge yesterday after waiting 2 months for it... and oh! it was worth the wait! It's chocca block full of whimsical icons, from the cutest bees & butterflies, and mushrooms to teen clothes, MP3 players and mobile phones..the list goes on! This cute little fella jumped from the handbook and said "make meeeeee!..." So I did! I used scraps of bazzill for the bee and both of the flowers..in fact this cart is ideal for using all those little bits of cardstock that you can't bear to chuck away. All of the icons have got a retro feel about them so you can use zany colours or even patterned paper scraps. I used an easel format card again, papers from DCWV (I knew that that bumblebee paper would be used one day!) and a scrap of yellow gingham paper. I added some spotty ribbon and plenty of glitter. This would make an ideal kiddies card or even one for a fun-loving friend.
Carts used:
Bumblebee & flowers- Paisley
Scalloped rectangle- Celebrations (Key 5 with blackout enabled)
Bee Happy- All Mixed Up
Thanks for dropping by, and have a great weekend!
Heatherxxx

So In Love....

First off....sorry about the photo quality- it's a little dark but I think that you can see the details fairly clearly!
This card uses the same layout as the 'sister' card but I've substituted the scalloped circle for a scalloped heart. I used double-sided papers from MME Be-Loved collection. The heart, decorative corner and 'Love' were cut from Gemstones shimmer cardstock. The pink heart was a scalloped heart but I cut off the scallops! I added a layered flower, gemstones swirls to the heart and gems under the bow, some heart print ribbon and rub-ons for the 'so in' part of the sentiment.
Carts used:
Scalloped heart & 'Love' - Sweethearts
Fancy corner- StoryBook
Thanks for dropping in today!
Heatherxxx

Sister....

I don't use butterflies on my cards...I have a lifelong aversion (for that read PHOBIA!!!) to moths (shudder!!!) and butterflies are just too close to moths for comfort! I'm not as bad with butterflies as I am with moths but they come a close second... Anyhow, I found this sweet little flutterby and I LOVE IT!!! I've used it on a few cards and it just adds a little bit of whimsey to a card... and they fill up space beautifully!
This card (just a boring square I'm afraid!) is based on a sketch from Taylored Expressions. I used Paermania papers and Bazill & DCWV cardstock. The white circle is embossed and decorated with layered flowers, 3 little glittercard flutterers and the 'sister' sentiment cut from pink glittercard. I added a ribbon bow & some gems to finish.
Carts used:
Scalloped circle- Winter Woodland
White circle- George
Butterflies-Stamping Solutions
Sister- Lyrical Letters (Jumbo font)
Thanks for dropping by!
Heatherxxx
If you click on the picture you can see the little flight trails I made with a pricking tool.

Just for you!...

Well, I'm back! I've done everything that I needed to do for my workshop tomorrow so I can concentrate on my blog! I've been very naughty on the cartridge front too! I've ordered 4 new ones ( I MUST BE NUTS!!!) 2 regular and 2 Special edition...Paisley (I've waited 2 months for it to get back in stock!) Forever Young, Love Struck & Mother's Day. I'm gonna have such fun next week when they all arrive...It'll be like Christmas all over again! Anyway, back to the card. I've used an image again from the Forever Friends pad used in a previous post and new Papermania papers. The card is an easel card and this time I used a square panel holding the 'Happy Birthday' sentiment as the stop. I added the usual ribbon, layered flowers and gems. I cut the Just For You sentiment from glitter card and adhered it with foam pads.
Carts used:
Both sentiments- Stamping Solutions
Thanks for dropping by today... and I look forward to seeing 'my' ladies tomorrow!
Heatherxxx