Happy Birthday Louie.....

I was flicking through the newest edition of Making Cards at work on Wednesday when I came across a different version of an easel card. It was sent in by a reader but was originally the brainchild of Michelle Marsden from Create & Craft, so I thought I'd have a go at making one. One of the Little Boyz from next door has a birthday today, so out came my little used Robotz cart and this was the result. I used DCWV Boys paper stack which contained 3 or 4 fab robot inspired designs. I used a C5 card and cut off approx. 1/3 of the front (the remaining portion is about 5") folded it like a standard easel, then covered the base with robot paper matted onto red cardstock. The folded section was then covered with lightbulb paper matted onto red cardstock. A stop was created from silver mirri, embossed, and 'Happy Birthday' cut from blue mirri adhered to it. I created a robot from mirri card, added googly eyes then adhered it with foam pads to the folded section. 'Louie' was cut from orange mirri, embossed with a Tim Holtz cogs & wheels embossing folder then adhered vertically with foam pads to the base of the card. I added a border cut with decorative scissors and embellished with red metallic candy dots.
Carts used:
Robot & 'Louie'- Robotz
'Happy Birthday'- Stamping Solutions
Mount for sentiment- George
Thanks for visiting!
Heather xxx

Merry & Bright....

I went with a more traditional look for this Easy Easel, but by using a bright green cardstock and some fun ribbon I think that the result is fresh & funky! 'Merry & Bright' was cut from red & green glittercard, shadowed with white cardstock then mounted onto a tartan scalloped circle. The slight jaunty angle of the sentiment adds to the funky feel of this card. A simple ribbon trim to the punched border and a smattering of poinsettas complete the card.
Carts used:
Scalloped/plain circles- Winter Woodland
'Merry & Bright'- Winter Frolic
Short but sweet today!
Thanks for looking!
Heather xxx

Angels Gather Here.....

Here's a slightly different easel card today. It looks a bit washed out in the photo but the gold mirri and papers are a lot more vibrant IRL. I used an ordinary easel base and added a shaped panel the same size as the card base (the card base is 6 1/2" square and the shaped panel was cut at 6 3/4" to fit) You can make a smaller panel and leave some of the base card showing. I used papers from Dovecraft's NOEL stack, plenty of gold mirri and gold sparkly ribbon. The angel was cut from gold mirri (I flipped the image) with a red blackout. It was adhered to another different shaped panel decorated with a bow and layered poinsetta. 'Angles Gather Here' was cut from red glittercard with a gold shadow and adhered to the border with foam pads. A smattering of gems complete the card.
Carts used:
Shaped panels- Winter Woodland
Angel- Christmas Noel Solutions
Angels Gather Here- Winter Frolics
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

Baby's 1st Christmas...

Here's anothe Christmas Occasions card for you...this time for a baby's 1st Christmas. Yet another Easy Easel, this one using Papermania's Festive Frolics papers. The baby was cut twice, from flesh coloured cardstock and patterned paper, then I chopped the head & hands off the patterned piece and adhered it to the card baby. This was adhered to a scalloped circle then mounted with foam pads to the front of the card. 'Baby's First Christmas' was cut from dark aqua glittercard and adhered flat to the border. A layered poinsetta, spotted sheer ribbon, punched snowflakes and a smattering of gems complete the card.

Carts used:

Crawling baby- A Child's Year

Scalloped & plain circle- Winter Woodland

'Baby's First Christmas'- Designer's Calendar

Thanks for looking!

Heather xxx

All I Want......

I have to admit that when it comes to Christmas cards I much prefer non-traditional colours. There are times when only red & green will do, but there are so many gorgeous 'off the wall' papers around this year that inspire you to think a little outside the box.

For this Easy Easel I used more papers from the Dovecraft 'Penelope & Percy' A4 pack. I went for pink with this one for a girly effect. I used 3 different papers (a couple are glittered) and added Papermania organza glittered ribbon (it's SOOOO pretty!) a layered poinsetta with punched glittercard leaves and a pair of GORGEOUS shoes cut from pink glittercard & mirri. The shoes were adhered with foam pads to a scalloped circle. The sentiment was cut from 2 shades of pink mirri card (only 'cos my Bug ATE the glittercard version!) shadowed with white textured cardstock. This was adhered to the punched border with foam tape.

Carts used:

Scalloped circle/plain circle- Winter Woodland

Shoes- Forever young

All I Want..-Winter Frolics

Thanks for visiting!

Heather xxx

Let It Snow.....

Aaarghhh! Why can't I get out of Christmas Mode??!!! My everyday-mojo has taken a hike and when I look at my everyday stash I can't think of a thing to do with it! My Christmas stash has developed a magnetic attraction and it's still only September...I'm going to be drowning in Christmas cards by the time December arrives!
Oh well..
For today's card I'm showing you another Easy Easel (these are just as ruddy addictive!) made with Dovecraft's Christmas Fancy papers. I cut 'Let It Snow' from aqua glittercard with pink accent letters. This was mounted onto a scalloped circle and adhered to the front of the card over a punched border. I added a ribbon bow to the 'stop' along with some layered snowflakes cut from glittercard and embellished with gems. Snowflakes also adorn the top border and the scalloped circle. The smaller white snowlakes are punched.
Carts used:
Let It Snow- Winter Frolics
Larger snowflakes- When It's Cold Outside
Scalloped circle/plain circle- Winter Woodland
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

A Winter Wedding.....

Here is another Easy Easel Winter Occasion card. I used papers from the Daisy & Dandelion 'Penelope & Percy' A4 pack from Dovecraft. I chose the blue colourway because I wanted an 'icy' look to the card. I punched a border from silver mirri using an MS punch and added a piece of snowflake print paper and some silver edged white ribbon. The border was adhered with foam pads. I cut the heart from white glittercard with a solid mirri background. The silver heart was embossed with a Fiskars Texture Plate, then the glittered heart was adhered to it with foam pads. I added alternate blue & clear gems to the outside edge and a layered snowflake with a gem in the centre to the top of the heart. This was adhered to the card with foam pads. I cut several snowflakes in differing sizes from white & blue glittercard, layering them up and adhering them to the ribbon beside the heart and to the scalloped oval which holds the sentiment.

A smattering of gems complete the card.

Carts used:

Heart- Love Struck

Scalloped ovals- A Child's Year

Sentiment- 'Winter': Winter Frolics 'Wedding': Designer's Calendar

Snowflakes-When It's Cold Outside

Thanks for looking!

Heather xxx