Happy Spring......

I have to say that I'm not too sure about the injection of orange into this card - I think that the shade is too strong, maybe peach would have been a better choice- but it matched the orange ribbon so what the heck! I can live with it! Same layout & paper stack as yesterday (again!) just a different image and sentiments. The 'happy' part of the sentiment was done using 'Heidi' rub-ons from Making Memories.
Carts used:
Gardening girl image- A Child's Year
'Spring'- Stretch Your Imagination
'Joy'- Wild Card
Thanks for looking!
Heatherxxx

Time for tea!.....

Anyone for a nice cuppa? I bought the DCWV Nana's Kitchen stack last week and it has this lovely paper with teapots, cake, cups etc on it and I thought that it would be ideal for a card to invite someone to meet up for a cuppa. I used the same layout as before in pretty pastels and used this pretty little' girl at a tea party' cut. I cut her from pink glitter card and adhered her to a scalloped oval mat. I added ribbon and a layered flower and the 'tea time' sentiment cut from yellow glittercard. I cut 2 small teapots as extra embellishments, one for the front of the card and one for inside. The letters that make up the inside sentiment were cut at 1/2" on the Big Bug and I used paper to cut them from. I find that smaller letters are better cut from paper as cardstock is too thick to cut swirls and holes in a's & e's.
Carts used:
Girl- A Child's Year
Both sentiments- Lyrical Letters (Jumbo font)
Hope you are having a good weekend- we've got visitors today and it's also hubby's birthday so we've been out to lunch to the pub and then had a walk on the beach.
Thanks for dropping by!
Heatherxxx

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