Baby rattles.....

Free papers come in really handy sometimes! I have a folder full of free papers from mags and I decided to use some up the other day and these papers were ideal for a couple of funky baby cards. I covered the front of the card with matted circle print paper and added a stripy, punched, ribbon wrapped border. I cut a scalloped oval from coloured card and added a cream plain oval on the blue card(white looked too stark but was ok on the pink card) adhered with foam pads. The rattle was cut from silver mirri (on the cart it doesn't have a solid centre) and I added a glittercard circle with some tiny punched hearts. The rattle was adhered to the oval with foam pads. The sentiments were cut from glittercard shadowed with coloured card. A few pearls on the oval finish the front of the card. The inside was decorated with a punched, stripey border & a heart decorated scalloped oval.
Carts used:
Scalloped oval- Storybook
Plain oval-George
Rattle & sentiment-Stamping Solutions
Circle on rattle-Winter Woodland.
You may have noticed that I use Winter Woodland a lot for plain circles. The reason for this is that I have found that my Expression cuts the circles ever so slightly wonky and they aren't true circles. Winter Wooodland cuts them perfectly every time!
Thanks for looking!
Heather xxx

Baby Keepsake Shadow Box.....

Here's another shadow box for you. I really love the way this one turned out. I think the colours are gorgeous, and it has a vintage look about it. This box is larger than the monogrammed box- I made this one on my Expression as large as I could get it on a 12 x 12 mat, but it could still be made on the original bug. The frame was cut as a solid shape, then an aperture was cut in the centre with a metal ruler & craft knife. This box measures 9 1/2" x 7" (inc. frame). I used papers from the DCWV Linen Closet papers, lining the inside with turqouise stripes and a lovely beige/turqouise floral design for the frame. I cut the vintage pram from white textured cardstock & silver mirri. I enhanced it with a dressmakers wheel, some pearls and glitter then adhered it with foam pads to a scalloped oval. This was decorated with blown roses. 'Baby' was cut from silver mirri and adhered with foam pads below the pram.
Carts used:
Box- Tags, Bags, Boxes & More
Scalloped frame-Celebrations ('5' key with Blackout enabled)
Scalloped oval-A Child's Year
Plain Oval-George
Pram & 'Baby'-Heritage (there are quite a few different prams on other carts- Mother's Day has a Silver Cross style pram which would look just as lovely!)
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

Robotz......

I showed you a card for a little girl yesterday...what about one for a little boy? Little boys love robots right? I thought so-that's why I got this cart- so I made this lovable little chap to enhance the front of the card. That background paper is gift wrap-perfect! It has lots of primary colours on it so I made the robot to match. I covered the front of the card with a piece of the gift wrap matted onto red holographic card. You need to handle gift wrap carefully, it's not as sturdy as paper and it tears and crumples easily. I added a panel of silver pre-corrugated card and a horizontal border, both edged with decorative scissors. I cut a no 4 from star holographic card and then embossed it with a Steel Plate embossing folder. I cut the robot from black, green, red blue & silver mirri, shadowed on silver, assembled it and added some googly eyes. He was adhered to the card with foam pads. I added a wonky arrow to the border pointing to the inside of the card where I added a 'geared' circle with a smaller circle cut from more gift wrap.
Robot & no 4- Robotz
Geared circle/plain circle & wonky arrow-Accent Essentials
There are a couple of girly robots on this cart too.
Thanks for looking!
Heather xxx

5 today.....

Here's a summery little card for you! I wanted to make a 'numeral' card for a child's birthday and this floral paper from Creative Cardmaking mag fitted the bill nicely. I chose number 5 (don't know why!), cut it from white card and paper, then adhered both pieces together. I enhanced the 5 with a dressmaker's wheel and added a layered bloom and 3 cute flutterbys. The card was covered in yellow floral paper matted onto blue cardstock, a green spotted panel, and a border which was decorated with my fave MS punch. I wrapped ribbon around the border and added a bow. This was adhered to the card front with foam tape and the no 5 adhered over it. 'Today' was cut from blue glittercard and adhered flat to the spotty panel. The inside was decorated with a simple punched border and 'Happy Birthday' cut from blue card.
Carts used:
'5'- Winter Woodland (font shadow)
'today'- Base Camp
Happy Birthday-A Child's Year
Flutterbys-Stamping Solutions
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

You make me melt!..........

Wouldn't you just love to take a chunk out of this lolly?! Look at all that chocolate dripping from that strawberry delight!!!!! It was certainly lolly weather yesterday but we've just had a downpour with brilliant sunshine-how mad is that?!!! This card was made with the scrummy Piece of Cake papers from Dovecraft and I made the lolly to match. I cut the lolly first from beige card and then used a Tombow pen and blender to colour in the stick portion to add some dimension. The lolly was then cut in pink glittercard and the chocolate portion was cut from brown glittercard and adhered to the pink portion with silicone glue. I cut a couple of extra 'drips' and these were adhered with foam pads. The front of the card was cut on a diagonal and enhanced with an MS punch. I added ribbon and a bow to the border and a large Prima bloom behind the lolly. I cut the sentiment from brown card, adhered it to the card, covered it with glue, then when dry, chucked brown glitter over it. A matted sentiment square finishes the card.
Cart used:
Lolly and sentiment- 'Just Because' Cards
Crikey- only ONE cart! Whatever next!
Catch you later!
Heather xxx

Swarm Project- Box- framed monogram.....

I hosted a Swarm yesterday and as usual I had a blast! The ladies turned out some fab cards and even fabber(??!) versions of this. I always provide the ladies with something to make during the Swarm. It's entirely up to them whether they make it on the day or take it home....yesterday everyone made one and they all did a grand job!
These boxes a really easy to meke and they can be made in different sizes and with different contents... you can really let your imagination run wild!
To make the box I cut a Matchbox tray from TTB&M in white stiff card and I cut another in paper for the liner. I constructed the box, added the liner and then put it to one side. The frame was cut from card and paper, then adhered together. A piece of thick cardstock-weight acetate was fixed behind the aperture. I cut a scalloped oval and a smaller plain oval which was then embossed with a Divine Swirl folder. The completed oval was adhered to the inside of the box. The letter was cut from card and paper, adhered together then decorated with pearl strands and a layered bloom. This was then fixed to the oval mat with 3 layers of foam pads. To fix the frame to the box I cut 4 x 1" pieces of card, folded them in half and adhered them to the top outside edges of the box, trimming them to fit, forming a ledge to rest the frame on. The frame was then adhered to the ledges, sealing the contents. To hang the box, I punched a large circle from white card and punched a smaller hole in it. This was then attached to the centre top of the box leaving a semi-circle, with the hole in it, to facilitate hanging.
Carts used:
Box base- Tags Bags Boxes & More (you can use a scoreboard for this stage instead)
Frame- Wild Card (1st card in the handbook)
Scalloped oval- Storybook
Plain oval-George
Letter- Winter Woodland
The largest box than be cut on the original bug is 5 1/2" .The frame is cut 1/2" smaller.
I'll be showing you some more of these over the next few days.
Hope you are all having a great weekend!
Thanks for visiting!
Heather xxx

New blog design!....

I've just changed my blog design! Isn't it GORGE?!!!!!!
I LUV IT!!!
Heather xxx