Birthday Girl......

Morning all! After yesterday's standard card I'm back with an extended gatefold. Normally a gatefold card has a split front, but on this extended card the fronts are z-folds, in that each of the front panels is folded back on itself- you can see it quite clearly in the photo. To make this card I used A3 cardstock but you could use two C5 cards adhered together.
The papers are Dovecraft Springtime A4 and were used to cover the front and inside back. The image was cut from lilac glittercard shadowed with white cardstock. The image had fairy wings (she's supposed to be the tooth fairy) but I cut them off. She was then adhered to a scalloped oval with foam pads. The scalloped oval was then adhered to the front of the card. A bow, a couple of floral arrangements and three teeny candy dots (made by punching circles from original candy dots with the large hole on the Cropodile, then re-shaped) adorn the oval.

Inside the card, another scalloped oval holds the 'Birthday Girl' sentiment, also cut from glittercard.
Carts used:
Girl with gift (tooth fairy)& scalloped ovals-A Child's Year
Plain ovals- George
'Birthday Girl'- StoryBook
Thanks for looking!
Heather xxx

Count your blessings.....

Good grief I hear you cry! A standard card! I haven't made a bog-standard for yonks- I'm so into shaped cards that I wanted to make an ordinary card just to see if I still could, and I have to say that I'm chuffed with this card- it has a country feel to it. I used freebie papers from a Creative Cardmaking past issue (can't remember which one, but the papers are a Nit-Wits Collection) and a simple layout. The image, cut from Gemstones cardstock, was adhered to a scalloped, embossed oval then adhered to the front of the card with foam pads. A red gingham bow (love it!)punched border and a Wild Orchid Crafts floral arrangement adorn the card. 'Count your blessings' was cut from more Gemstones cardstock shadowed with white, then adhered to the bottom of the card, under the gingham ribbon, with foam pads.

The inside of the card was decorated with a punched border and a scalloped oval on a patterned paper panel to hold a greeting/stamped sentiment.
Carts used:
Girl with basket & scalloped oval- A Child's Year
Plain ovals- George
'Count Your Blessings'-Wall Decor & More
Thanks for dropping by today!
Heather xxx

A Mother.......

I've used one of those lovely 'Mother' quotes again on this single twisted easel card.I used magazine freebie 6x6 Pink Petticoat papers. These cards are an ideal way to use up 6x6 papers. I don't buy small paper stacks as my cards are (usually) based on 7x5 C5 card bases, but I've got quite a few old ones from when I made C6 cards that I can use up on these cards.
An MS border punch, sheer pink ribbon and some sparkly butterflies adorn this card. The panel was cut three times, layered up and adhered to the front of the card with foam pads. The sentiment was computer generated onto Safmat and applied to the panel. A scalloped oval holds the 'Mum' sentiment along with another sparkly butterfly. A mostly Wild Orchid Crafts floral arrangement adorns the side of the sentiment panel. A smattering of pearls completes the card.
Carts used:
Shaped panel- Winter Woodland
Butterflies- Stamping Solutions
Scalloped oval- A Child's Year
Plain oval-George
Mum- Designer's Calendar (was 'Mum's Day' but I cut off the 's' & 'day')
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

Je t'aime.......

I originally wanted to post this card around Valentine's Day, but the photo I was going to use was so bad that I had to re-take it..then I forgot about it! So it'll have to do for any romantic occasion that you can think of! Better late than never, eh?
I used a z-fold card for the base and Making Memories 'Je t'adore' papers. I punched the edges of the card before I folded it. I cut a shaped panel to hold an Eiffel tower cut from burgundy Bazzill, then embossed. The tower was then adhered to the panel, over some lovely swirl ribbon, with foam pads. 'LOVE' was added to the panel at the side of the tower. 'Je t'aime was adhered to the inside of the card in the bottom right hand corner, and each of the remaining visible corners was embellished with a flourish cut from burgundy Bazzill. A burgundy/peachy-brown floral arrangement was adhered to the shaped panel to complete the front of the card.

The inside of the card holds a shaped panel to add a greeting.
Carts used:
Eiffel tower-Wall Decor & More
Shaped panel-Winter Woodland
'Love' & 'Je t'aime'-Ashlyn's Alphabet
Corner swirls-Heritage
Thanks for dropping by, and have a great weekend!
Heather xxx

Tea For Two.......

I've another single twisted easel for you today.. I'm at it again! just can't stop makin' the dratted things!
I used some uber cute papers from Dovecraft called 'Tea House'. They are, as you would expect,tea themed! There are teapots & tea cups, cakes, and spots & stripes to compliment. I thought that this image would make a very cute card. The image is actually made up of two icons which I put together to make this little tea party scene. It was cut from aqua blue glittercard and adhered to a square panel with foam pads. I added a floral arrangement to the top of the panel. A scalloped circle holds the sentiment, also cut from glittercard.
Some ribbon, a bow and a couple of punched hearts completes the card.
Carts used:
Girl icon & boy icon at table- A Child's Year
Scalloped/plain circles-Winter Woodland
Tea for two-Lyrical Letters
Thanks for looking!
Heather xxx

Choo-choo two!......

I've a kiddies card for you today.. a little boy's card in fact. I used fab papers from the Playtime collection by 3 Bugs In A Rug and a twisted easel base card. I utilised the train on the paper, so that it looked as though it was chuggin' across the card. I added a star border with added punched stars, and I also added some more punched stars above the train's funnel. A circle cut from spotted paper and shadowed with red card holds the Happy Birthday sentiment. A large square (too large on reflection!) holds a HUGE no 2 (eh what?!)This was cut from blue glittercard shadowed with red and adhered with foam pads.I cut a train from the patterned paper and adhered with silicone glue to the bottom of the no 2. A smattering of punched stars completes the card.
Carts used:
'2'-Life's A Party
Happy Birthday- A Child's Year
Circles-Winter Woodland
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

All that I am.....

..or hope to be, I owe to my Mother
Another lovely quote for a Mother's Day card, again scourced frome the internet.
I used a slider base for this card along with more lovely Pink Petticoat freebie papers. I cut the pot and leaves, again, in different colours of cardstock making the image bigger this time, and added a bloom. The completed cut was adhered to a shaped panel.
I added an EK Success border along the join in the paper, because this card is 8x5 and the papers were 6x6. A scalloped oval holds the 'Mum' cut.

The sentiment was computer generated onto Safmat and adhered to the base of the card below the slider.
A couple of heart shaped pearls completes the card.
Carts used:
Pot & leaves- Wall Decor & More
Shaped panel-Winter Woodland (the shadow is hand cut)
Scalloped oval- A Child's Year
Plain oval-George
Mum-Beyond Birthdays
Thanks for dropping by today!
Heather xxx