Expecting A Big Event?.....

I bought THE fabbest (is that a word?!) cart last week. It's called Everyday Pop-Up Cards and it is crammed full of great phrases & images- oh, and pop-up inserts too! I can't see myself using the pop-up parts, not very often anyway, as there are absolutely NO instructions whatsoever as to how to make them up. Typical of PC to not think things through! The phrases are interchangeable- the phrase on my card is not the one that goes with the cut, but it works.
I used some background paper from PC with expectant ladies on it, and the green paper is a freebie (I'm using loads of freebies lately!) The expectant Mum was cut from textured card and her dress from Pink Petticoat paper. She was adhered with foam pads over a punched ribbon-trimmed border. 'Congratulations' was cut from DCWV glittercard and double-shadowed with white & pink cardstock. This was adhered at the top of the panel with foam pads. A layered bloom, a pearl heart and a smattering of pink pearls completes the card.
Cart used:
Expectant Mum & 'Congratulations'- Everyday Pop-Up Cards
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

For A Labrador Lover.....

I was commissioned to make another card for the same customer who I made the Nadine & Dave cards for. This time the brief was for a card for a labrador lovers 25th birthday. I don't have a cart with a recognisable labrador on, so I turned to trusty Google Images and downloaded a picture of a golden labrador. I printed it out twice onto textured cardstock- giving it a look of a canvas print- then decoupaged the images for dimension. I used papers from the DCWV Natural stack and a simple layout. The image was matted onto brown cardstock & gold mirri card. The panels of patterned paper received the same treatment. The completed image panel was adhered to the card front with foam tape. The sentiment & '25' were cut from paper and shadowed with gold mirri, then adhered with foam pads. Gold Card Candi dots complete the card.
Carts used:
Happy Birthday- Stamping Solutions
'25'- Don Juan
Thanks for looking!
Heather xxx

Kick It!......

It was my BIL Steve's birthday last week and this is the card that I made for him. I thought that he'd appreciate a fun card as he's a fun bloke! He's also has a black belt in karate and runs his own Dojo. My little great niece Chelsea loves to go along with her Grandad and joins in- she even got her first belt a few weeks ago! Not bad for an almost 6 year old!
Anyway, back to the card. I used some freebie papers from Creative Cardmaking (Pink Petticoat papers I think!) and a very simple layout, the best thing where guy cards are concerned! I cut the little karate guy from white card, shadowed him with black and gave him some googly eyes. For added fun I adhered him to the card with a Papermania spring. The sentiment was cut from black card and adhered flat to the card.
Cart used:
Karate kid & sentiment- Car Decals
I hope you're having a great weekend. The weather here is glorious, I've got my washing blowing in a gentle breeze and I've cut the lawn (no mean feat with a 170ft garden on a hot day!)
Happy Weekend!!!
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

Oooooh Doctor!!!.....

I found some great cards here, and as usual I tweaked them so that they weren't exactly the same. I cut two tops @ 5 1/2" to make a base card, then one in textured cardstock (white for a Doctor and blue for a nurse). I added neck trims to both tops and then they were decorated with various cuts. The finished tops were adhered to the front of the card with foam pads. I had great fun making these and it took me back to when I wore a uniform (albeit theatre scrubs) a good few moons ago!
Carts used:
Card base- Everyday Paper Dolls
Stethescope-Wild Card
Pen-Locker Talk
Scissors-A Child's Year
Plasters and thermometer (in pocket),fob watch & badge- hand cut from scraps
'Get Better'-Wild Card
'Feeling sick?'-Just Because Cards
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

To The Happy Couple.......

Don't these little cuties look happy?! Wedding cards are usually quite formal but I decided to make a humourous one with this little pair. I used a pop-out stepper for the card base and Papermania Wedding Collection papers. The little couple were cut from pearlised (bride's dress) and textured cardstock. The bride's dress was embossed and I added pearls to her headdress. I didn't cut the flowers for the bouquet (just the leafy background) adding teeny flowers instead. I gave the groom the same treatment for his buttonhole. They were both adhered to a scalloped heart then fixed to the front of the card with foam pads. A smaller scalloped heart holds the sentiment and a pearl heart. A punched ribbon-trimmed border and a floral arrangement completes the card.
Carts used:
Bride & Groom/'Happy Couple'- Simply Charmed
Scalloped hearts-Doodlecharms
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

Baby Bear.........

At the moment I'm making standard C5 cards for my workshops and I've made a few for my stash, but I've still got some shaped cards to show you. Here are a couple more scalloped oval cards, this time for babies, with the cutest bear as the focal point.
I cut the card base from plain white card and covered the front of the card with pink/blue paper. I then cut a plain oval from patterned paper shadowed with plain white cardstock. I added a punched ribbon trimmed border, then adhered the whole oval panel to the front of the card with foam pads. The bear was cut twice, from cardstock and patterned paper, adhered together for extra stability. I added contrasting paws, a ribbon bow, and teeny black pearls for the eyes and nose. The bear was adhered across the border with foam pads. 'Little Baby' was cut from glittercard shadowed with white cardstock. The sentiment has a heart between the two words but I removed it because otherwise the sentiment wouldn't fit on the card.


A bloom was added to the bow to complete the card.
Carts used:
Card base-A Child's Year
Plain ovals-George
Teddy Bear- Christmas Noel (yes, really!)
Little Baby-Nursery Rhymes
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

Missing You.....

Poor Tatty Teddy..he's lonesome & blue...he's Missing You!
I love these cute images from the Design Objectives 'Me To You' 8x8 paper pack.
My cards are generally Cricut generated (as you all know!)but I couldn't resist using this little chap along with the usual Cricut cuts..it doesn't hurt to mix it up once in a while does it?!
I used a simple layout on a 6x6 card- three squares (one scalloped), one centrally placed and the others offset. The second largest panel was embellished with a punched, ribbon trimmed border. The Tatty Teddy image was adhered with foam pads to the scalloped square which was then adhered to the punched border. The sentiment was cut from glittercard- once in pink, once in blue, cut apart then re-assembled to create a two-tone effect. It was shadowed with pink cardstock then adhered to the card front, slightly overlapping the image, with foam pads. A bloom and a smattering of pearls completes the card.
Carts used:
Scalloped square- Accent Essentials
Missing You- Stamping Solutions
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx