Alice......

No 2 son went to a friend's party last Saturday and this is the card that I made for her. I've used this layout before, and being pushed for time, I went with a tried & trusted formula. I used K & Co papers on a diagonal-cut front card which was embellished with an MS punch. I added a punched ribbon trimmed border and a large flower which was partly obscured by the border. I cut the model from black card and dressed her in a turquoise print jumpsuit. I added a belt, and jewellery made from fine silver cord. I also added some shoes cut from scraps. 'Alice' was cut from pink pearlised card as was the no. 17. The number was mounted onto a scalloped circle and 'Happy Birthday' cut from the same pearlised card was adhered in the centre of the inside of the card.
Model- Forever Young
Scalloped/plain circles, 'Alice' & 17- Winter Woodland
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

Cameo Shadow Box....

Here's another shadow box idea for you. This time I used an elegant cameo which would make a great gift for your mum, a favourite aunt, sister or best friend. The box was made in exactly the same way as the previous two that I've posted. I used Papermania Rose Garden paper and positioned the frame cut so that I could get that rose in the bottom left hand corner. I cut a scalloped oval topped by an embossed plain oval to hold the cameo, which was cut from pink glitter card. This was adhered with 3 layers of foam pads. The oval was finished with some roses & leaves and a sheer swirl printed bow topped by a heart button with the shank removed.
Carts used:
Box-Wild Card (a score board will do)
Frame-Wild Card
Scalloped oval-StoryBook
Plain oval-George
Cameo-Heritage
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Heather xxx

My sweetie pie......

Some more freebie papers today, again from Creative Cardmaking (so not strictly speaking free, but you know what I mean!) I used fruity papers for this one, namely cherries, and complemented them with gingham and washed pink paper. The front of the card was covered with pink washed paper and a gingham panel, matted onto a punched white mat was adhered over the top. Cherry print paper was added to another MS punched mat, wrapped with red polka dot ribbon and adhered with foam tape over the gingham panel. A cherry pie was cut from silver mirri (for the pie tin) and tan & red bazill for the pie crust and filling. I shaded the pie crust with brown marker and a blending pen to add dimension and then glittered the pie filling.Yummy! The pie was adhered with foam pads to a scalloped circle and 'sweetie pie, cut from green and red bazzill, was adhered below it. I glittered the sentiment and the cherry after it was adhered to the card. The front of the card was finished with red & green card candy. I added 'my' with tiny rub-ons above the sentiment. The inside was decorated with another piece of cherry print paper decorated with a MS punch and a sentiment panel- I used a corner punch on the panel which I dug out of a box, and haven't used in yonks if ever!
Carts used:
Pie & sentiment- Just Because Cards
Scalloped circle & plain circles-Winter Woodland
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

Happy Dad's Day.....

Hope you all celebrated your Dad yesterday and told him how much you love him! Sadly, my Dad is no longer with us, he died almost a year ago, so I couldn't make him a card, but I can still make one for my boys to give to their Dad. I've been making a lot of shaped easel cards just lately, mainly thanks to the Sports Mania cart which I've made ball game based cards with, and I kept with the circular style for this one. I cut the card base plus an extra circle, then folded one half of the top back on itself, then adhered the top half of the separate circle to it. I covered both parts of the card with some very old Dovecraft paper, and added a brown off-set circle topped with a blue embossed circle. I cut the collar & tie three times, twice in card and again in striped paper. I cut the collar portion from one of the cuts, adhered the full paper collar and tie to the full card one, and then adhered the other collar with foam pads. I added a jewelled brad as a tie pin, then adhered it to the blue circle with foam pads.
I cut 'Happy', 'Dad' and 'Dad's Day' from blue card shadowed with brown, and '#1' from pale blue card shadowed with brown. These were then adhered to the card with foam pads. 'Happy Dad's Day' forms the 'stop' for the top of the card.
Carts used:
Circular card base- Wild Card (circular card with blackout enabled)
Circle for front of card-Winter Woodland
Collar, tie & 'Dad's Day'- Designer's Calendar
'Happy'-Stamping Solutions
'#1'-Locker Talk
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

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