Fly...Live the dream

I think that this card would be ideal to give to a graduate, someone off on gap-year travels or even for a fab new job! I used paper from Deena's Penny Lane from MME (54 glittered sheets-£12.99 from The Range, Southampton..it's not in Gosport's Range yet) I used 3 designs and used aqua card for matting. The layout is simple, just 3 panels. I cut the butterfly from pink glittered paper for the underneath wings and aqua glittercard for the top wings. I added clear gems to the body and wing tips of the butterfly. I cut 'Fly' from pink glittercard and adhered it flat to the space beneath the butterfly. I finished the card with a layered flower and some opaque gems. I decorated the inside of the card with a panel and sentiment cut from pink glittercard.
Carts used:
Butterfly & 'Fly'- Sentimentals
Inside sentiment- Ashlyn's Alphabet (Skinny font)
Thanks for looking!
Heatherxxx

Key To My Heart.....

The patterns on this card are pretty busy but I think that it works ok! The papers are from Papermania Capsule Collections. I used 3 different patterns and I edged one of them with a border punch. I embossed the white panel and wrapped a piece of sheer ribbon around it. I cut the heart from script paper and added a key cut from silver mirri. I adhered a ribbon bow and a large rose to the top of the key. Key To My Heart was cut from red glittercard with a white glittercard shadow. The sentiment was adhered with foam pads. I finished the white panel with 3 red gems. I decorated the inside with another patterned panel and a sentiment cut, again, from red & white glittercard with the addition of some punched hearts.
Carts used:
Heart- George
Sentiments & key- Sentimentals
Thanks for dropping in today!
Heatherxxx

Pour vous, mon amour.....

No, I haven't gone all frenchified- that's the sentiment on this card made with my latest aquisition! I used a square card and Papermania paper. I used lots of squares on this card for matting. I embossed the large white square in the middle of the card with a script embossing folder. I cut out the hand using flesh coloured cardstock, pink paper and white textured card for the envelope. I added some detail with a dressmaker's wheel, and a heart punched from glittercard. I also a ring made with a sliver of gold mirri. I embossed a 2nd smaller square and adhered the 'pour vous' sentiment (cut from glittercard) along with a satin bow, large rose from Wild Orchid Crafts and another punched heart. I cut 2 more envelopes for the inside cut at different sizes, hand shadowed them and added more punched hearts. I cut the sentiment from pink glittercard and adhered it at an angle across the envelopes.
Carts used:
Hand, 'Pour vous' , 'mon Amour' & envelopes- Sentimentals
Thanks for dropping by!
Heatherxxx

You make my heart sing....

Here's another little bird in a gilded cage! The cage is different from my last birdy card (there are 3 to choose from on the cart), but I used the same papers with the addition of a splash of green. I used a border punch on the striped paper. I cut the cage from silver mirri, the bird from yellow glitter card and the sentiment from pink glittercard. I added some sheer ribbon, a layered flower and some gems to finish. I added a panel inside the card with Love You on it.
Carts used:
Bird & cage- Serenade
Sentiment- Wild Card
Thanks for dropping by today!
Heatherxxx

Shop 'til you drop.....

I just lurv these shoes! You can make so many different styles by changing papers or by embossing which I have done here. I cut the shoes from pink & blue mirri card, then embossed the pink uppers with a crocodile skin effect embossing folder. I added a tiny punched flower and gem ...Jimmy Choo eat your heart out! I used paper from yonks ago by Dovecraft, covering the front of the card, then added an embossed panel on a blue mat. I edged the blue mat with an MS punch. I added ribbon and a handbag charm then adhered the panel to the card front with foam tape. I cut a smaller mat onto which I adhered the shoes. I added a layered flower, some gems and the 'shop til you drop' sentiment cut from glittercard. I made another mat for inside the card and added the 'it's you day' sentiment which I glittered with glitterglue.
Carts used:
Shoes- Forever Young
Shop til you drop- Paisley
It's your day- Stamping
Thanks for looking!
Heatherxxx

U R so tweet!.....

The Swarm went great yesterday... and boy! you should have seen the cards that the ladies made yesterday! They were stunning! I wish that I had taken photos to show you. They were all worth showing. Next time I'll be sure to take photos and share their creations with you.
This is a card that I made as an example for the ladies using my new Serenade cart. I don't know what you call this type of card..I'm going to call it a slider, 'cos that's what it does- the large panel slides inside the stand. I used papers from papermania Honey & Hugs collection. I made the base boxy part of the card from sturdy card, scored it, cut out a slot for the slider, then folded and adhered it. The slider needs to be put into the slot before final construction, although the panel and box can be decorated before construction. I cut all the panels, matted onto pink cardstock then adhered to the box base. I did the same with the large panel, and added a birdcage cut from silver mirri with a little yellow bird inside. I added some punched flowers, and a bow and flower to the top of the cage. I cut the sentiment from yellow glitter card shadowed with pink, then adhered ' U R' to the main panel and 'so tweet!' to the edge of the front panel adhering only the bottom half of the letters. I finished the flowers with blue gems.
Carts used:
Bird & cage- serenade
'U R so tweet!'- All Mixed Up
Thanks for looking!
Heatherxxx

Caley....

This card's a biggun! It's A4 in size and it was a commission for one of my husband's secretaries to give to her daughter on her 21st birthday. I used paper from DCWV Citrus stack and the layout was very simple. I cut the figure from black card and paper from the stack. I added a belt, a necklace made from fine silver cord and a gem and a gemstone bracelet and earrings. The figure was adhered with foam pads. I cut 'Caley' and '21' from blue glitter card and adhered them to the yellow panel (the '21' is on foam pads) I added a layered flower and a handdrawn gemstone swirl.
Carts used:
Figure- Forever Young
'Caley' & '21'- Calligraphy Collection
I'm hosting my 2nd swarm tomorrow and I'll post a card I made for it with my new Serenade cart. I ordered it on Wednesday, it was despatched on Thursday and I got it today! What service!
Thank you Cutting Edge Crafts!
See you all later...have a great weekend!
Heatherxxx