Merci.....

Isn't this a lovely cut? It is, of course, the Eiffel Tower but could easily be Blackpool Tower! It is after all a replica of the iconic French landmark. I used papers from Papermania's Hampstead collection. This is a really good collection of papers for men's cards. The layout is simple- a rust mat, striped vertical border edged with an MS punch and a smaller mat wrapped with wide mesh ribbon. I cut the tower from copper & gold mirri card and adhered it to the smaller mat with foam pads. I added 3 gold candy dots to the ribbon. I cut 'Merci' from more mirri card and adhered it to the side of the tower, again with foam pads. The inside was decorated with a simple striped mat and sentiment panel and a smaller solid tower.
Carts used:
Eiffel tower- A Summer In Paris
Merci- Stamping Solutions
Thanks for looking!
Heatherxxx

Ooh la la!!..........

Do you ever buy a cart for just ONE image? I do, and this is it..a french maid of all things!! I think that this image has a lot of possibilities. I was going to do a man's card with something like 'me in this?' on the outside of the card, and 'in your dreams!' on the inside!LOL! In the end I decided on a more feminine card using the scrumptious new Henbury Lane papers from Papermania. The layout is very simple, I didn't want to clutter the front too much and confuse the eye with too many patterns. When it came to the maid I tried several different colour combos...pink/black, white/pink,yada,yada,yada...in the end I settled with white over black. 'Fifi' (I'll call her that!) was cut at approx 4 1/2" in black card and white glittercard, assembled then adhered with foam pads to the pink panel. I added black & white ribbon with a layered flower, sentiment oval and pearls. The inside is very simple with just a punched border and scalloped sentiment oval to finish.
Carts used:
'Fifi'-Summer In Paris Special Edition
Scalloped oval-A Child's Year
'Ooh, la, la' sentiment oval-Forever Young
Thanks for looking!
Heatherxxx

A little bird told me.....

Here's a bright one to start the week for you! This card was made with papers from Creative Cardmaking from a couple of months back. I used a very simple layout for this one with the bird echoing the birds on the paper. I cut a shaped panel for the bird and sentiment to sit on and adhered it with foam pads over the horizontal border strip which was enhanced with an MS punch. I cut the birdy from hot pink glitter paper and added a piece of green glitter paper behind the cut out swirly portion. I also added legs made with little slivers of black card and a black paper eye. The panel was cut from white card and embossed, and the sentiment cut from black card and pink glittercard was adhered flat onto it. I embellished the panel with three tiny flowers, then decorated the inside with more patterned paper, a greeting panel and the 'it's your birthday' sentiment was added with rub-on letters.
Carts used:
Birdy-Stamping Solutions
Shaped panels & front sentiment- 'Just Because' Cards
Thanks for visiting!
Heatherxxx

From The Heart....

Hope you are all having a good weekend. I made this card a couple of weeks ago and I was not happy with it as it was coming together. I don't know why and I'm still not sure whether I like it or not, but hey-ho, you win some you lose some! I did, however, love the paper- may be that's why I persevered with it- and didn't want to consign it to the bin! I used DCWV Cafe Mediterranean Stack. The butterfly paper is glossy and very opulent, almost oriental. I covered the card with pale yellow paper and added a border strip to the left of the card edged with an MS punch and embellished with rust coloured ribbon and bow. I adhered this to a panel of butterfly print paper and topped it with a scalloped oval frame cut from green patterned paper. The frame was embellished with flowers and pearls. I cut the sentiment from copper mirri and adhered it flat inside the frame. I added a panel of patterned paper inside the card with a punched border and scalloped mat.
Carts used:
Scalloped frame & shadow- Ashlyn's Alphabet
Scalloped oval inside card- A Child's Year (or you can use Storybook)
From The Heart- Stamping Solutions
Thanks for dropping by today
TTFN
Heatherxxx

POSH!!....

Here's another take on the 'girly girly' card that I posted a few days ago. This one is suitable for an older relative or girlfriend. I used K & Co paper again and an aqua/pink colour combo with a flash of black. I cut the shoes & bag from black mirri, and aqua & pink glittercard. 'POSH' was cut from pink glittercard with a black shadow. I added aqua pearl swirls, spotty ribbon and a layered flower to finish. The inside was decorated with a matted panel and lippy embellishment.
Carts used:
'POSH', shoes & lippy- Forever Young
Bag- Paisley
Thanks for looking & have a great weekend!
Heatherxxx

Happy Birthday Max......

I made this card for a friend of No2 son. I decided to go down the musical route (all kids like music right?) and hope for the best! I used camouflage paper for the back of the card and musical instrument paper for the front. I made a border from a torn strip of music paper and adhered 'MAX' cut from blue glittercard and silver mirri. I added a guitar cut from DCWV Rock Star stack and happy birthday cut from mirri. I scattered a few punched stars over the front. The inside back was embellished with a '17' medallion, a sentiment panel, guitar and more punched stars.
Carts used:
'MAX' & '17'- Ashlyn's Alphabet
Happy Birthday- Stamping Solutions
Medallion circle-George
Thanks for visiting!
Heatherxxx

Girly girl time......

Here's another 3 panel card this time for a girly girl! I used paper from K & Co, five patterns in all! The square panels are 2 1/2" square with a 2 3/4" mat. The long panel is 3" x 7 1/2" long. I added spotted yellow ribbon to the long panel along with a layered flower and 3 pink pearls. I cut 2 icons- a nail polish bottle and sparkly lipstick- from silver & pink mirri card and pink glitter card, assembled them and adhered them into the top & bottom squares with foam pads. I embossed the silver portions of the icons with a Swiss dot folder, and added a tiny glittery flower to each icon. Girl time was cut from pink glittercard/mirri and adhered to the centre square with foam pads. The front was finished with pink pearls on all threee panels. The inside was decorated with a floral mat with white panel and a mirror cut from pink/silver mirri and 3 tiny punched flowers.
Carts used:
Nail Polish, Lipstick & Mirror- Forever Young
'Girl Time'- Paisley
Thanks for dropping in today!
Heatherxxx