Bee my honey!!!....

A sure sign of spring must be the buzzing of bees- I have a cauldron of spring flowers on the decking outside the family room and it's attracting humungous bees! Almost as big as this one!
I used papers from DCWV Nana's Kitchen and some orange polka dot paper from my stash. I cut the bee & hive from glittercard and mounted it onto a central decorated panel. I added some ribbon, a layered flower, gems and some little flight lines with a black glitter gel pen. I added a simple sentiment, punched border and another bumblebee to the inside.
Carts used:
Bees, hive & 'Honey' - Sentimentals
Bee my- Lyrical Letters
Please- Stamping solutions
Thanks for looking & have a great weekend!
Heatherxxx

Mirror, mirror......

I told you I loved that layout didn't I?!!! Well, here's another card made with the very same layout. This time I used a fab mirror cut. I used papers from DCWV Citrus Stack and some blue & silver mirri card. I cut the complete mirror from silver mirri then cut the frame from blue mirri. I adhered them together with Anita's tacky glue. This stuff is FAB and I use it now for almost everything..it's particularly good for sticking mirri to mirri & glittercard to glittercard. I embellished the mirror with some gold gems & a rose. I then finished the card with ribbon, layered flower, floral gems and sentiments cut from blue glittercard. You could change the wording on this card to 'Looking FAB.... at 40!' for that special lady's special birthday.
Carts used:
Mirror- Forever Young
Both sentiments- Lyrical Letters (Jumbo font)
Thanks for dropping in!
Heatherxxx

Just be you....

This card is almost a total lift from Dannisdoodles (she's in my sidebar) except that I used the Cricut instead of stamps. I also LOVE this layout and I have been using it a lot..you'll see how much over the coming posts. I used DCWV glitter papers for this one. I cut the dress form from silver mirri and pale yellow spotted paper. Then I cut a dress and altered it by cutting away the hem, neck & sleeves and adding crepe paper frills. I then adhered it to the dress form. I cut the sentiment from red glittercard shadowed with yellow. I added sheer ribbon, a layered flower and some fabbo flower gems from The Paper Mill (made byCraftTime I think) I added a punched border strip and unshadowed sentiment inside.
Carts used:
Dress form & dress- Forever Young
Both sentiments- Paisley
Thanks for visiting!
Heatherxxx

Maude....

..yes. really!! That's her name according to the handbook! Good grief!..what on earth is she using?!..a TYPEWRITER?..what's one of those when it's at home? Seriously ladies.. does this remind you of the typing lessons at school or the typing pool (wow, were those places noisy!) at the office? Isn't this a lovely image? I used MME papers and purple & green glittercard. The layout is very simple and the image quite large (on refelction I think it's a tad too big) with ribbon , layered flower and sentiment oval. Another sentiment oval and punched border inside complete the card.
Carts used:
Maude- Heritage
Scalloped ovals- Storybook (white ovals cut with Colluzle template)
Congratulations- Wild Card
A New Job- Calligraphy
Thanks for looking!
Heatherxxx

Special delivery #2....

Here's the other card that I mentioned yesterday..exactly the same components..just a different orientation-portrait this time. The bird wasn't embossed on this one because the white panel was
and I put the 'stamp' on the outside instead of inside.
The carts are the same as those I used on Special Delivery#1
Hope you had a great weekend, and thanks for dropping by!
Heatherxxx

Special Delivery...

This card is one of 2 similar cards (this being the second one that I made) The first card nearly ended up in the bin but I put it away and made this one..then came back and finished the 1st one...I hope you are keeping up!!! I used papers from a Papermania Capsule Collection for this card along with a white embossed panel and a new Martha Stewart punch (I bought this one after I broke a very similar Fiskars punch trying to punch through Mirri card) and I have to say I prefer this one hands down. I bought it from here.
I cut the dove from pale lilac glitter card and an envelope from white glitter card. I embossed the bird with a texture plate and added a purple gem for an eye. I cut special delivery from purple glittercard and adhered it to the white panel with foam pads. I added sheer ribbon, layered flower and gem swirls. I cut a shadowed stamp for the inside of the card and added a sentiment along with a punched border strip.
Carts used:
Dove- Heritage
Envelope, 'Special Delivery' , Stamp & 'With Love'-Sentimentals
Thanks for looking and have a great weekend!
Heatherxxx

Kate....

It's my niece Kate's 18th birthday today..Happy Birthday Kate!...... and this is the card that I made for here. I used a layout inspired by a sketch (TESC104) from here and papers from Dovecraft. I went with a purple & green colourway with a white embossed panel for the name. I cut the model out of black card and then the clothes were cut twice, in purple handmade paper and green fabric-effect paper. The purple piece was cut down to create a sleeveless top which was then adhered over the whole green piece. I added a necklace made from silver cord and a square jewelled brad, and some silver pearls around the neck and around the waist for a funky belt. I added some more cord around the wrists for bracelets and added some more tiny silver pearls for earrings. The completed model was adhered to the card front with foam pads. I added irridescent purple ribbon and a bow with a green jewelled brad in the centre. 'Kate' was cut from purple glittercard and adhered with foam pads in the white panel & '18' was cut from green glittercard & adhered in the smaller blue panel. The card was completed with some gemstones on the name panel and a simple sentiment inside cut from purple glittercard.
Carts used:
Model- Forever Young
'Kate' , '18' & 'Birthday Wishes'- Lyrical Letters (Jumbo font)
Thanks for dropping by today!
Heatherxxx