C'est La Vie!........

There were some very scrumptious papers in the latest edition of Creative Cardmaking, by Craftwork Cards. They are French inspired and in a lovely palette of pink & grey. There are stripes, scripts & florals as well as a couple of sheets of silver pearlised paper. I used a couple of the script papers and a new shape for this card. I wanted a C5-ish sized card so I searched through my carts and found this shape in Storybook. I played around with the sizes until I got one that would fit a C5 envelope- this one was cut at 6 1/4". The shape was cut twice in white card then joined together along the top edge. Another piece was cut from paper and adhered to the card base. A smaller panel with a shadow was cut from white/pink script paper, wrapped with polka dot sheer ribbon, then adhered- slightly offset-with foam pads to the base card. I cut an Eiffel tower from pink pearlised card, embossed it with a swirl embossing folder, then adhered it to the side of the panel.The sentiment was cut from the same pearlised cardstock as the tower, shadowed in white, then adhered to the panel with foam pads. A smattering of bling was added to the tower, and a Prima bloom to the ribbon- et voila! Le/la (not sure which!) cart est fini!
Carts used:
Card base/layers-Storybook
Eiffel Tower/sentiment-Wall Decor & More
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

Tea For Two!......

Fancy a cuppa? In a china cup from a real teapot, not a teabag in a mug! How about this pretty little tea set? It's cut from free Pink Petticoat papers and Dovecrafts 'Tea House' papers. The card base & layers were made with Tea House papers and the pot, cups & saucers were cut from the PP papers. I cut the teapot & cups three times- one card, and two different papers. The cut pieces were chopped about and re-assembled to create a two-tone look.The finished trio were adhered to the card front with foam pads. 'Tea for 2' was cut from pink glittercard shadowed with white textured cardstock and adhered to the smaller panel with foam pads. A ribbon, bow, daisy and a smattering of pearls completes the card.
Carts used:
Card base-Just Because Cards
Teapot, cups & saucers- A Child's Year
Sentiment-Nursery Rhymes
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

Birthday Bonanza Weekend!.....

It's been a Birthday Bonanza weekend these last two days! One of the BoysNextDoor's 9th yesterday and today it's one of the GirlzNextDoor's 12th and our nephew Skanda's 17th (he lives in Sydney)..Phew!!! That's a lot of cards!
For Skanda I chose a game controller, using an XBox controller as a guide for the button colours, which are Card Candi. I cut it from grey and white cardstock, layering the grey on top of the white with foam pads. I pushed the Card Candi through the holes and fixed them in place with foam pads. I added a little detail with a dressmaker's wheel. The papers are old ones from my stash. I cut the '17' from beige cardstock with a blue outline, and cut both sentiments from blue cardstock with beige shadows. A smattering of Card Candi completes the front of the card.

The inside of the card was decorated with a plain, matted panel, the name and a smaller controller.

Sophie's card is suitably girly with a scalloped card base and papers from Pink Petticoat (from the same freebie used in yesterday's card) I covered the front of the card with patterned paper and added a polka dot paper circle shadowed with pink. The outfit was cut from more PP papers and adhered over a punched, ribbon trimmed border with foam pads. I added a metal 'happy birthday' tag to the coat hanger with a teeny safety pin. 'Sophie' was cut from yellow glittercard shadowed with pink, then adhered with foam pads. A pink daisy completes the card.
Carts used:
SKANDA'S card:
Controller- Father's Day Seasonal Cartridge
Game On-Sports Mania
Happy Birthday-Stamping Solutions
'17'-Calligraphy
SOPHIE'S card:
Card base-Wild Card (Doily card)
Outfit-Paisley
'Sophie'-All Mixed Up
Phew! I'm off for a lie down!
Thanks for looking!
Heather xxx

Skaterboy!.......

Aneurin, one of the little BoyzNextDoor, is 9 today. I made this cute card for him using freebie Pink Petticoat papers from last months Creative Cardmaking.The layout is very simple (always a good philosophy when making male cards) using two patterned papers and an embossed panel, which holds this cute little skater guy who is attached with a Papermania spring. He was cut from white textured cardstock with a blue shadow. I paper-pieced his hat, jersey and skateboard which makes him a little more dimensional. I added an 'A' to the white panel of the jersey as I didn't have room to fit the full name on the card. 'Happy Birthday' was cut from blue cardstock and adhered to a white panel which was matted with pale/dark blue cardstock. The sentiment panel was adhered with foam pads below the skater.
Carts used:
Skater boy- Car Decals
Happy Birthday- A Child's Year
Thanks for dropping by today!
Heather xxx

The perfect dress.....

Boy!... I've been a bad blogger! I haven't posted anything for three days. Slapped wrist!
Today's card (better late than never I suppose!) is another 'dressy' card. It's another shaped card made with papers from First Edition Spring Feast 8x8 stack. I only cut one layer for this card, and added a punched ribbon trimmed border. The dress was cut from pink floral papwer from the stack, then adhered over the border with foam pads. The sentiment was cut from patterned paper and adhered to a funky frame, which was embellished with a pink daisy and some pearls. The frame was adhered to the card with foam pads. A smattering of pearls on the dress and below the border completes the card.
Carts used:
Card frame and layers- Just Because Cards
Dress, sentiment & funky frame- Formal Occasion
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

Fan-tastic!.......

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a great weekend enjoying the sunshine, but typically for the start of the Easter holidays it changes! I had a great day on Saturday at the Swarm. The atmosphere, as usual was very jovial & creative and some wonderful cards were produced- one day I'll ask my ladies if I can showcase some of their cards!
I thought that I'd show you a different shaped card today. When I saw this fan and that it had a shadow I knew that it would make a fan-tastic card (pardon the pun!) I cut the fan shadow out three times - twice in white card and once in pink paper. The two cardstock fans were adhered together across the top and the pink paper fan adhered to it to create a base card. The fan was cut from white textured cardstock which I embossed after cutting, and the patterned piece was cut from Papermania 'Summer Bloom' 12x12 paper. This was adhered flat to the white fan and then the whole thing was adhered to the fan card base with foam pads. The paper was so pretty that I didn't want to cover too much of it up, so I decided to make the focal point the handle of the fan which was embellished with WOC roses and cherry blossoms, pearl strands and a sheer ribbon bow. A scalloped circle with the 'Friends For Life' sentiment was adhered to the fan with foam pads. A pearl on each of the points of the fan completes the card.
Carts used:
Fan card base/Fan-Formal Occasions
Friends For Life-Stamping Solutions
Scalloped circle-Winter Woodland
Circle-George
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

Ab Fab!......

Here's another card using that fab shape that I showcased yesterday. The card was cut at 7 1/2" with a 7" & 6 3/4" second layer. A smaller 3rd layer was cut at 5" & 4 3/4" (I think!) and wrapped with Bo-Bunny polka dot ribbon. The paper was from a DCWV 8x8 stack called Garden Party. The dress form was cut from silver mirri and the dress from more paper from the stack. The dress was adhered to the form with foam pads then adhered to the front of the card overlapping the smaller off-set panel. The 'Fabulous' jumbled word art was cut from the same paper that covers the base card, and adhered to the off-set panel with foam pads. A WOC cherry blossom and a smattering of pearls completes the card.
Carts used:
Shaped card- Just Because Cards
Dress Form-Nifty Fifties
Fabulous word art-Graphically Speaking (haven't used that one in a long while!!)
I'm hosting a Swarm tomorrow and looking forward to seeing my ladies.See you there!
Heather xxx