Groovy Chick......

You'll need sunspecs for this post!...Boy is it bright! I picked up a couple of DCWV
12 x 12 cardstock packs on sale at The Range last week and used one of them to make this card. I used a twister easel for the base ( a single one this time made from a 6 x 6 card) and papers that were freebies yonks ago. I cut the funky mini dress twice- once in silver mirri (to get the hanger) and once again in paper. The paper dress was then adhered to the mirri base. The top portion of the card was decorated with a floral paper and the bottom portion was decorated with plain cardstock with an embossed square panel. A punched border with ribbon trim was adhered to the base of the card. Another embossed panel was adhered to the top portion of the card, and the dress adhered to it with foam pads. The 'Groovy chick' circle was cut from green cardstock layered onto blue. 'Groovy' was cut from pink cardstock and adhered above the 'chick' sentiment. The completed circle was adhered with foam pads to the puunched border. Three pink daisies, adhered with silicone glue, complete the card.
Carts used:
Dress, Chick sentiment & 'Groovy'- Groovy Times
Blue circle beneath Chick sentiment- Winter Woodland
You may have noticed that I tend to use Winter Woodland for my circles rather than George. The reason for this is that I have found that George does not always cut a perfect circle whereas WW does.
Thanks for dropping by today!
Heather xxx

A Mother gives.....

This is the first twisted easel card that I made, and to make things hard for myself I made a double twist easel! Why do I do it to myself?!! I really had to persevere with this one- it so nearly ended up in the bin. I'm glad that I pressed on with it though because I really like how it turned out.
I started off with a piece of A4 cardstock folded to C5, then cut down to 8 x 4. The front of the card was divided into two ( two 4 x 4 panels), scored diagonally and a piece of 4 x4 cardstock adhered to the resultant triangles.
I used Dovecraft Springtime papers for decorating, and embellished the card with a luxurious voile bow and a gorgeous butterfly (one of my faves) cut from pink mirri & hot pink glittercard. I cut a scalloped circle for each panel, putting the butterfly on one & the lovely sentiment (computer generated onto Safmat) on the other. Floral arrangements courtesy of Wild Orchid Crafts (except large dark pink flower)embellish each panel. A smattering of pink pearls and a tag tucked into the base complete the card.
Carts used:
Butterfly- Sentimentals
Scalloped/plain circles- Winter Woodland (or you can use George)
Tag- George
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

A Twisted Birthday!.....

I tried a new type of the card the other day,a twisted easel. This one isn't my first attempt- I'll show you that one soon. I saw one made on C & C by Nancy and they are slowly cropping up on blogs. I was ready to scrap the whole idea when I made my first one- I wasn't happy with it and I wanted to make one on a C5 card which didn't work. Square is the only way to go for a single twister and DL for a double.
Our friends son is 21 today- Happy Birthday Rubes!- so I thought I'd make him a twisted easel card.The card base was a 6 1/2" square made into a twisted easel and decorated with DCWV Rock Star papers. The guitarist image was cut from brown mirri and adhered with foam pads to a panel embossed with a Sizzix embossing folder. A star punched border was adhered to the base of the card along with a circle holding the '21', which acts as the stop for the top of the card. A tag upon which to write a greeting was slipped into the side of the card.
'21','RUBIN' and 'Happy Birthday' were cut from blue mirri and adhered with foam pads.A scattering of punched stars complete the card.
As usual I kept the card simple 'cos it's for a bloke.
Carts used:
Guitarist & '21'- Quarter Note
RUBIN-Nifty Fifties
Happy Birthday- Stamping Solutions
Tag- George
Circles- Winter Woodland
Thanks for dropping by!
heather xxx

Giddy up Horsey.....

..Don't you stop,
Just let your feet go clippity-clop,
Your tail goes swish and the wheels go round
Giddy up! We're homeward bound!
Did you ever do that thing with your kids where you cross your legs, sit your little one on your lower leg, bounce 'em up and down and sing this little ditty? I know I did, and countless other mummies & daddies must have done it too.
This card was made in exactly the same way as yesterday's, but I used a lovely aqua and milk chocolate colour palette. The papers are from DCWV Linen Closet 12 x 12 stack. The rocking horse was cut from aqua Gemstones cardstock and adhered to the card with a Papermania spring.

The sentiment under the slider was computer generated onto Safmat.
Carts used:
See post below this one
Thanks for visiting!
heather xxx

Ride a cock-horse.....

to Banbury Cross.... the old nursery rhyme came to mind when I was making this card so I ran with the thought and made this a real rocking horse card. The base is a slider covered with lovely DCWV Nana's Nursery papers. The rocking horse was cut from pink pearlised card then embossed with a Swiss Dots folder. It was shadowed with white cardstock then adhered to the slider mechanism with a Papermania spring- when you push down on the rocker the horse rocks! I added a bow to the horse's tail, a punched border, floral arrangement and a scalloped oval holding the sentiment.

I printed out the 'Ride a cock-horse' nursery rhyme onto Safmat and applied it to the base of the card under the slider.
Carts used:
Rocking horse, scalloped oval & Happy Birthday-A Child's Year
Plain ovals-George
Thanks for dropping by today!
Heather xxx

Lovebirds......

I really like the way this card turned out..it's so soft and pretty! I used a slider base and Papermania Songbird papers. I chose the soft blue palette (there are green & russet palettes too) for this romantic card. I cut a shaped panel for the front of the card, from patterned paper shadowed with white cardstock. I added an ornate birdcage cut from white shiny card containing two little birdies cut from glittercard (one of which was flipped).A tiny pink punched heart was adhered with a foam pad between them! A floral bouquet was adhered to the top of the cage and some little blue pearls were adhered to the horizontal bars.
A scalloped oval holds the sentiment which was created with a Cri-Kit pen. The oval was then adhered to the bottom of the card with a double layer of foam pads to allow the bottom of the slider to pass underneath it. A couple of blue heart shaped pearls and a smattering of ivory pearls complete the front of the card.

A Safmat generated quote was adhered to the base of the card, revealed when the slider is pulled up.
Carts used:
Birdcage-Serenade
Birdies-Simply Charmed
Shaped panel-Winter Woodland
Scalloped oval-A Child's Year
Plain ovals-George
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

Feel The Beat......

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a great weekend. I'd just like to thank all my ladies who attended the Swarm on Saturday- we had a great time and a whole load of brill cards were created. Thanks ladies!
The first card of the week is a pop-up..for a guy this time. My No2 son plays the drums (or did until his older brother beat holes in two of his drum skins!)and he loved this card when I showed it to him. I used papers from the Imaginisce 'Live Loud' collection. The drum kit was cut from silver holographic card and black mirri. I cut the flourishes off the silver blackout portion and the cymbals from the black mirri portion. The two pieces were adhered together (with foam pads for maximum/permanent adhesion) then adhered to the pop-up section, again with foam pads but this time for added dimension.I added a star border ( a fab punch from EK Success) with the sentiment adhered to it and a star on the upright section with the word 'rythm' and a scattering of musical notes cut from black mirri. A tag was cut from patterned paper and black mirri and slipped into the side of the card.

The outside of the card was decorated with another star punched border matted and layered onto patterned paper and black mirri, and some punched stars adhered with foam pads.
Carts used:
Drum kit, 'Feel the beat' & 'rythm'- Quarternote
Star & tag- George
Musical notes-Joys Of The Season
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx