So Gorgeous....

Here's a card that would be great for a special friend or girlfriend. I used a square card and paper from DCWV Citrus stack. I made panels from 4 different papers, the narrowest I edged with a Fiskars punch. I cut the perfume bottle from silver mirri and aqua glitter card then layered the pieces up. I added some peel offs (whaat!!) for added decoration. I cut an 'ooh la la' tag from mirri & glittercard and attached it to a ribbon bow with a small jump ring. I added a layered flower with a jewelled brad, some ribbon and orange gems. I cut the sentiment from glittercard with a silver mirri shadow and adhered it with foam pads above the perfume bottle. I made a sentiment panel from scraps of paper and adhered a glittercard sentiment to it.
Carts used:
Perfume bottle, 'so gorgeous' & tag- Forever Young
Happy Birthday- Calligraphy Collection
Thanks for looking!
Heatherxxx

Funky Birthday...

Our friend's son, Rubin, is 20 on Thursday and this is the card that I made for him. I used papers from Dovecraft called Funky Vintage..they are great for teens & just out of teens! Before I decorated the card I cut a star from the front of it using the Centrepoint function. I then adhered the paper to the front of the card and trimmed away the paper behind the star to create an aperture. I cut a ring from red mirri cardstock (this was a bargain..10 sheets (10 colours) of larger than A4 card for.... wait for it!... 99p!!! from the kiddies craft dept at The Range) This mirri has a slight grain to it...but you need to peer veeery close to see it! Still, at that price who the heck cares! I also got Gold & Silver (15 sheets) for 99p also! Anyway back to the card. I adhered the ring over the star aperture and cut away the piece going across the star. I cut Happy Birthday from green mirri with a black shadow and adhered it on a slant across the ring. In the spaces remaining to the left and right of the aperture I added Rubin's name with letter stickers. I cut another star (slightly larger than the aperture) from red mirri, embossed it and adhered it behind the aperture on the back of the card. I cut out a '2o' and adhered it with foam pads to the star. I cut It's your day from black mirri and glued it above the star to finish.
Carts used:
Star aperture, star & ring (circle with Silhouette enabled)- George
Happy Birthday & It's Your Day- Stamping Solutions
20- Lyrical Letters (Jumbo font)
Thanks for looking!
Heatherxxx

Sunny Delight!!!!.....

You'll need your sunnies for this one folks! I don't think that I could have chosen a brighter palette than this.. I wasn't sure that it would work, but it did and I'm very happy with it! I used paper from DCWV Citrus stack ( I used 3 different papers) and used a very simple layout. The large orange panel is adhered with foam pads. I decorated it with a punched paper panel, ribbon, gemstone swirl ( I coloured gold gemstones with an orange permanant marker) and a butterfly cut from pale orange glitter card. The sentiment was cut from the same glittercard and shadowed with yellow cardstock. The front of the card was finished with gold gemstones & layered flowers. I decorated the inside with a sentiment and punched borders top & bottom.
Carts used:
Happy Mother's Day- Mother's Day Special Edition 2010
Butterfly- Stamping Solutions
With Love- Calligraphy Collection
Thanks for dropping in today!
Heatherxxx

Prettily packaged decorated candle...

I haven't got a card for you today but I do have something that would make a great gift. I picked up a few pillar candles from Asda on Friday (£1 each) and decorated it it to match the acetate cylinder that I made to put it in. The cylinder base & top were made from 2 circles and one strip of card (for each) and a punched strip of paper. A 12 x 5 piece of heavyweight acetate was joined at the short edges with red line extra sticky tape, then adhered inside one of the card circles. I decorated the top with a scalloped circle, plain circle and a layered hydrangea with a pearl brad. I decorated the candle with a sentiment on a scalloped oval, some glittery flowers punched from glitter card and another hydrangea flower attached to a ribbon bow. All the embellishments were attached to the candle with dressmakers pins & beads. The candle is not intended to be used, it is purely decorative, but if it was to be used then all the embellishments MUST be removed before lighting the candle. I wouldn't want to light it though, would you?!
Carts used:
Box base & lid- George
Scalloped oval tag- A Child's Year
Happy Mother's Day (on tag)- Mother's Day Special Edition 2010
Scalloped circle/plain circle- Winter Woodland
Thanks for dropping by!
Heatherxxx

Happy Mother's Day.....

I was really pleased how this card turned out! Isn't it pretty? (if I do say so myself!) I used Papermania papers and a paper doiley I found in my cake making cupboard (I can't remember when I last made a cake!) The layout is very simple using 3 designs of paper. I edged the rose patterned paper on the centre panel with a MS punch and adhered a piece of satin ribbon before I fixed the panel to the card (the doiley was slipped underneath the punched border) and a scalloped circle topped with a sentiment circle was adhered to it with foam pads. The sentiment was cut from pink glitter card. I finished the front of the card with some large pink pearls, a ribbon bow and a large pink-tinged rose from Wild Orchid Crafts. I decorated the inside of the card with a sentiment cut from glittercard and a punched border of rose-patterned paper.
Carts used:
Happy Mothers Day- Mother's Day Special Edition 2010
Scalloped /plain circle-Winter Woodland
You are so special- Wild Card
Thanks for looking today & have a great weekend!
Heatherxxx

Love Heart...

This card was so simple to make..no designer paper in sight and mimimal matting & layering. I cut the word heart from mirri card then adhered it with foam pads to a white panel matted onto red card. I added a punched border with heart ribbon trim. I made a bow, threaded a rose through it then curled the stem with a cocktail stick. I cut 'Valentine' from red mirri and adhered it with foam pads below the border. The top and bottom curves of the heart were accented with red gems. I punched another border for the inside along with some tiny red hearts and a sentiment cut from mirri.
Carts used:
Heart & 'Valentine'- Love Struck Special Edition 2010
Love You-Stamping Solutions.
Thanks for looking
Heatherxxx

Miss talking to you.....

Wow! No easel card today?!! Yup. just a bog-standard for you today! I got this lovely 'Citrus' stack (like I need more paper!!!) from DCWV. I layered it up onto electric blue cardstock with a large yellow panel at the centre to hold the sentiment. I cut out a mobile phone from silver mirri & glittered paper and added a little 'phone charm made from very fine cord & beads. I cut the sentiment from blue glittercard and adhered it flat to the yellow panel. I added layered flowers & leaves and a spotty ribbon bow to finish. Carts used:

'phone & girlfriend- Paisley
Miss talking to you- Wild Card
Leaves- Accent Essentials
Thanks for stopping by!
Heatherxxx