Autumnal Wedding....

This card was another 'off the wall' commission. The brief was autumnal colours (reds, golds, browns) lilies or sunflowers, leaves but no pumpkins. I had never been asked to do a wedding card with these requirements but heyho! who am I to question why? Luckily we had some lovely, glittery, autumnal paper in the shop which made a perfect backdrop for the golden bridal couple. The paper was matted onto brown card then copper mirri. I wrapped a piece of brown ribbon lengthways down the card and added a bow, pearl strand and lilies. The couple were cut from gold glittercard and adhered with foam pads. The wording was cut from brown mirri, 'Laura' & 'Andrew' were adhered with foam pads, the rest adhered flat. To finish I added a swirl of gold gems.

Carts used:

Bridal Couple- Disney's Happily Ever After

Wording-Winter Woodland

Thanks for dropping by!

Heatherxxx

Glam birthday....

I made this card for the eldest daughter of some very good friends of ours. Her birthday was on the day we set out for Ocean Village. I used K & Co papers and buttermilk and pink cardstock for this one. The buttermilk horizontal panel was embossed then adhered with foam tape to another slightly larger patterned paper panel which was matted onto punched cardstock. Ribbon and a layered bloom were added. I cut a scalloped circle from pink card and added an embossed buttermilk circle onto which I adhered a lippy and nail polish cut from silver & pink mirri card & dark pink glittercard. The pink mirri portions were also embossed with an embossing folder which was very similar to the patterned paper. 'Glam' was cut from glittercard and adhered at an angle across the circle. 'Happy Birthday' & 'Menai' was cut from mid pink glittercard and adhered with foam pads to the spaces above & below the centre panel. I added a smattering of tiny pink Papermania floral gems and decorated the inside of the card with simple panels.

Carts used:

Scalloped/plain circle & 'Menai'-Winter Woodland

Lippy, nail polish & 'Glam'- Forever Young

Thanks for looking!

Heather xxx

I'm back!!....

Hi everyone! You may have been wondering where I've been for the last week...well this is it! We took a fantastic cruise on Ocean Village around the western med starting in Palma,Majorca then on to Tunis,Naples,Monaco/Monte Carlo, Ajjacio then back to Palma. Sadly Ocean Village will no longer exist after this season otherwise we would go on her again, but P & O are introducing a casual cruise so we will go with them. If any of you have a chance to go with Ocean Village before the season ends, I'd say go for it, you'll have a fantastic holiday that you'll never forget!

I'll post some cards soon !

Heather xxx

Smitten.....

You've gotta love 'freebie' papers- although these aren't strictly free, they were with Creative Cardmaking - especially when they are matt and good quality. So many free papers are glossy and absolutely useless because they are printed back to back and you can see the other side through them. Creative Cardmaking's papers are always good especially when they are offering Nit-Wit collections, which these are. I used 3 different papers, 2 love-themed and a plaid. The layout is ultra simple, pinched from somewhere on 'tinternet, can't remember where,sorry! The orange panel was matted onto a white border with MS punch edging, then a smaller love-words panel was adhered over it with foam pads. The cherub was cut from orange glittercard with an orangey-red heart adhered with silicone glue to add dimension and to make sure it stays put! 'Smitten' was cut from more glittercard with a white cardstock shadow. Three punched hearts, smaller hearts scattered around the cherub and some orange ribbon complete the front. The inside was very simply finished with a punched border (I've since added another panel to the centre of the inside of the card-it was too plain!)

Carts used:

Cherub & 'Smitten'- Sweethearts

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx

Wedding Acceptance....

The lady who commissoned me to make yesterday's card also asked me to make this one. I've never been asked to make an acceptance card before but I'm game for anything! The card is C6 in size (I stopped making this size of card yonks ago but it's a good size for this type of card)

I used champagne coloured pearlised card which I embossed with a scrumptious embossing folder by Papermania- at just £2.99 it was a steal!-it may be cheap but the resulting embossing is on a par with anything from Cuttlebug & Sizzix. The embossed card was then matted onto gold mirri. I punched the edge of a piece of gold mirri with an MS punch and wrapped it in gold ribbon then adhered it to the embossed piece. The bells were cut twice (once on Layer function)and the top pair was embossed with a rose embossing folder, then adhered to the other set of bells with foam pads. I added gold gems as clangers and then adhered it to the centre of the punched panel with foam pads. 'Acceptance' was cut from gold mirri and adhered flat below the border. The card was finished with more gold gems.

Carts used:

Bells- Sweethearts

Acceptance-Ashlyn's Alphabet ('Block' font)

Thanks for looking!

Heather xxx

Twenty One.....

This card was a commission, and the brief was A4 size,musical and for a girl. I was about to do a Hannah Montana-style jobby when I thought that I really ought to check the details (I hadn't taken them) and it's a good job that I did because the recipient was 21! I don't think that she would have appreciated my original idea!

I've had this paper for EVAH! It's DCWV, I think, and I didn't have much left of the stack but I did manage to find a couple of full sheets which was enough. The card is very simple with a large central panel matted & layered and wrapped with sheer ribbon. I cut a guitar from holographic purple card with a silver mirri solid base. I added a layered bloom, gems to the string tightening thingies(!!!) and to the body of the guitar below the flower. I cut '21' from silver mirri with purple shadow and added some gems. Some silver notes scattered about complete the card.

Carts used:

Fancy guitar-Wall Decor & More

21-Winter Woodland

Musical notes-Joys Of The Season (Pipers Piping)

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx

Anniversary wishes...

It was my sister & BIL's wedding anniversary on Saturday and this is the card that I made for them. The papers are by Bo Bunny and although they were released for Valentine's day I thought that they would make a funky Anniversary card. The couple were cut from aqua mirri card and 'Anniversary' from copper mirri card. I added a layered bloom and cream spotted ribbon. The inside was decorated with a punched border, a sentiment panel and small punched hearts.

Carts used:

Couple- Sweethearts

Anniversary- Designer's Calendar

Thanks for dropping by!

Heatherxxx