Juke Box Birthday.....

It's not only Rememberance Day today ( I have to say I had a tear or two in my eye at 11am), it's my brother Andrew's birthday. My brother's always been musical, teaching himself to play keyboards and guitar and he was an enormous Queen fan. He gigs with my nephew David (his card also had a musical theme-a few posts back) at one of his local pubs, so when I saw this FAB juke box I knew I wanted to use it on his card. I used a pop-up stepper for the base, then covered the base front entirely with black card (re-doing the cuts and scores) Holographic card was used for the panels. They were all adhered with foam tape. The juke box was cut from several different colours of mirror card the assembled with PVA, and foam pads to some parts. The completed juke box was adhered to the front panel with foam pads. 45rpm 'vinyl' records were cut from black watermarked mirri with coloured mirri labels, 'Happy Birthday' was cut from gold mirri with black shadow, and 'Andrew' was cut from red mirri with black shadow. The words 'gig' & 'band' and a smattering of black mirricard notes complete the card.
Carts used:
Happy Birthday-Stamping Solutions
All other cuts- Nifty Fifties
Thanks for looking today
Heather xxx

Oh Christmas Tree......

I told you that I prefer 'off-the wall' colours for Christmas cards diddle I? I really love this pretty lickle card! I used a pop-up stepper for the base and papers from Daisy & Dandelion. Both papers have glittery elements on them. I matted the panels onto pink cardstock then adhered them in place with foam tape. The centre panel is a little longer on this card to accomodate the punched border at the bottom. I wrapped the border with pretty snowflake print ribbon. The stylised tree was cut from white glittercard and varying colours of pearls were added as baubles. I punched a star from dark pink glittercard and adhered it to the top of the tree with silicone glue (only because I wanted it raised, otherwise I use PVA)

'Christmas' was cut twice from pink glittercard with a white shadow, then adhered with foam pads. A few more punched stars with pearl centres complete the card.

Carts used:

Tree & 'Christmas'-Designer's Calendar

Thanks for dropping in!

Heather xxx

A partridge in a pear tree.......

I have another pop-up stepper card for you today. I struggled with this one because it's in traditional colours- I prefer 'off-the-wall' colours for my Christmas cards, but I persevered with it and have to say I'm quite pleased with the finished result. I used Papermania papers (1 double-sided sheet actually) red card for matting & layering, green ribbon and an MS border punch. The reverse spotty side of the paper was used for the side and horizontal panel and the main side Partridge print was used for the main centre panel. I cut a couple of the partridge images out by hand and mounted them onto scalloped circles, then adhered them to the side panels with foam pads. The tree was cut from green card (the cut has baubles not pears) and the partridge from dull gold card. The partridge was adhered to the tree with foam pads. I cut 6 small pears from gold card and adhered them over the baubles. The finished tree was adhered to a white embossed circle, which was adhered flat to a scalloped circle. The wording around the circle was created with teeny peel-off letters coloured black with a permanent marker.The whole thing was adhered to the front of the card with foam pads. A green satin bow adhered beneath the panel, and a smattering of pearls complete the card.

Carts used:

Partridge & tree- Winter Frolic

Scalloped/plain circles-Winter Woodland

Pears-Joys Of The Season

Thanks for visiting today!

Heather xxx

Kenny K's new Kittenz....

I don't stamp but I thought I'd have a go at naming a couple of Kenny's new Kittenz. You can join in the fun here.
I chose Kitten J- Ammara & Kitten L- Shazzamm
Have a go, but it's not easy 'cos they are some hot chicks!!
Heather xxx

Girl with parasol......

' Which cartridge does that cut come from?' I hear you ask. Well, I have to confess..NONE! This is my first card made with a cut using SCAL2 (Sure Cuts A Lot) It's a computer program, something similar to Design Studio, but WAY less fiddly to use! The only drawback with this program is that you CAN'T use it with your carts. You download fonts, dingbats etc from the internet (or you can use fonts on Windows Word etc) then apply the design to the mat on the program, attach your Bug with a USB cable, press cut and, Bob's your Uncle!
The cuts look odd and slightly bumpy on the screen, and cut out realllllllllly slowly but the end result is well worth the wait! If you want to get hold of SCAL2 you can buy it from www.scrappygolucky.com. This 'cut' was downloaded from the internet (I think it's called Wonderful). To find fonts and dingbats type, 'Free fonts & dingbats' into a search engine. www.dafonts.com is a good one to try.
Back to the card. I used a pop-up stepper as my base card, paper from Papermania and an EK Success chain-border punch. The lady with parasol was cut from Gemstones cardstock with a pealised white card blackout, which was embossed. The completed oval was adhered to the card with foam pads. I added some large roses from Wild Orchid Crafts (see previous post for a link), glittery Papermania ribbon & a smattering of pearls. I haven't decided what sentiment to put on it yet but the sentiment will go on a scalloped oval at her feet.
Carts used:
NONE!
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

Gatefold tree....

I've used a popular kind of fold for this card- a standard gatefold, but I went a little further with this one and punched the short edges of the cardstock with an EK Success border punch before I scored and folded it. I matted some script paper (Papermania) onto some gold mirri and adhered it each of the fronts. I then cut a shaped panel from gold spotted red paper (Papermania) with a gold mirri mat. I wrapped ribbon around it, then adhered another shaped mat, this time embossed, onto it with foam pads. I found the tree on Designer's Calendar and cut it from gold lirri, then added self-adhesive pearls for baubles. The completed tree was adhered with foam pads to the embossed panel.
I glittered a Helibore flower from here and along with some punched gold leaves and a couple of red roses adhered them with silicone glue to the top corner of the panel.
To finish the inside of the card I matted a piece of deep red paper onto gold mirri and added a shaped sentiment panel.
Carts used:
Shaped panels- Winter Woodland
Tree-Designer's Calendar
Thanks for taking a look today!
Heather xxx

Here comes Santa!......

I thought that I'd share a shaped card today..a jolly, rosy cheeked Santa.

I cut 2 santa shapes from white card and joined them together at the top with PVA glue. I then cut another santa shape from flesh coloured card and adhered it to the base card. I added a little chalk to the cheek area to give him some rosyness! The beard and moustache were cut from white textured card then embossed with a Fiskars Texture Plate. The beard was adhered flat and the moustache with foam pads. The hat was cut from red card, the pom-pom added and then adhered to the base card. Googly eyes, a glittery red nose, hand cut eyebrows and a pair of specs made from gold wire complete the card. I also added a computer generated sentiment mounted onto red card and adorned it with punched holly leaves with red gem berries. A second holly bunch adorns Santa's hat.

Carts used:

Card base and Santa face- Doodlecharms

My boss bet me that I couldn't make a card with just ONE cart! HA HA! Told you I could Jennie!

Thanks for looking , have a safe Guy Faulkes night and a great weekend! Also a belated Happy Diwali!!!

Heather xxx