DAD....

Father's Day will be upon us soon, and I think that this card will fit the bill. Unfortunately my Dad is no longer with us so it was with some sadness that I made this card knowing that I couldn't send it, but my sons can use it instead for their Dad. The image is lovely although I think it has more of a Spanish look than French. I used Hampstead papers again (I sure am getting my money's worth from them!) and an almost identical layout to 'Cheers'. I cut the head from bronze mirri and brown glittercard, and added some large letter discs (can't remember the technical name for them!) adhered with silicone. The inside was decorated with a patterned paper mat, a sentiment panel and a bottle/glass image cut from brown card.
Carts used:
Head & Bottle/glass- Summer In Paris
Thanks for looking!
Heatherxxx

'Scent' with love....

Here's a feminine version of the cards that I've been posting lately. I have to say that this card is very pretty in real life!When my boss saw it she snaffled it for her mum! I used lavender & blue papers from Papermania's Henbury Lane collection with silver accents. I covered the front of the card with blue 'bubble effect' paper and added a central panel covered with purple blooms, and then a smaller embossed white panel. I punched a border with an MS punch and added a strip of blue striped paper.I criss-crossed some purple polka dot ribbon across the panel and added a layered bloom to the intersection. I cut the fab perfume bottle from blue glittercard and silver mirri and adhered it with foam pads to the white panel. I cut the sentiment from deep purple glittercard and adhered it flat to the space around the perfume bottle. The inside was decorated with a matted panel, punched border and a solid mirri perfume bottle which was enhanced with a dressmaker's wheel.
Carts used:
Perfume bottle- Summer In Paris
'Scent'- Nursery Rhymes (font)
With Love-Sentimentals
Thanks for dropping by!
Heatherxxx

Cheers!....

The Summer In Paris cart is great for men's cards as there are just as many icons suitable for a man as for a woman..there's the tower image, a car, a man's head,hot air balloon, piano,bike and this wine bottle & glass. It's much more sophisticated than a beer bottle don't you think? I went with the Hampstead papers again and a simple layout. I used a MS border punch on the two borders. I cut the bottle & glass from brown glittercard and gold mirri. I adhered the image to the centre panel with foam pads and added 6 gold pearls along with 'cheers' cut from more brown glittercard. The inside of the card is a simple mat with border and another solid bottle/glass image cut from plain brown cardstock
Carts used:
Bottle & glass- Summer In Paris
'Cheers'- Wild Card (RDS on)
Thanks for looking!
Heatherxxx

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