Cake Is For Wimps!........

Isn't that a great sentiment?! I found a stamped version of this card whilst either blog hopping or perusing a crafty mag.... can't remember which!...and wanted to 'Cricut' it.

 As it happened, No2 Son's friend Owen had a party yesterday evening and I thought that it'd make a great 18th birthday card -who needs cake when you can legally drink right?!

So I made a z-front card using DCWV Natural Stack papers, mirri card and white glittercard. I hand cut three candles, cut slits in the 'foam' and tucked them inside. The 'foam' was then adhered to the beer mug with foam pads. I created a panel to fit the front of the card and adhered the mug to it.

'Cake is for wimps' was cut from black glittercard and adhered to the panel with some letters slightly overlapping the cut element. The completed panel was adhered to the folded front of the card.

 

The inside of the card was decorated with a plain white panel matted onto patterned paper, then adhered flat to the inside back of the card. The sentiment was created from black glittercard and copper mirri and adhered flat to the white panel.

Carts used:

Beer Mug- Everyday pop-Up Cards

Sentiment, '18th' & 'Owen'- Don Juan

'Happy Birthday'- Stamping Solutions

Thanks for dropping by today!

TTFN

Heather xxx

Built Tough!.......

 I remember both of my brothers playing with Tonka toys when they were little - can you still buy Tonka Toys?-and these cute, chunky vehicles reminded me of them..Tonka toys that is! I thought that they'd be great on a waterfall card and this is the finished article. I used K&Co 'Itsy Bitsy' boy 8x8 papers and textured cardstock and some Card Candi. The first 'page' is a 4x4 truck....

 ....second 'page' is a pick-up.....

 ...third 'page' is a dumper truck....

....and the final page is 'Built Tough' word art. I added a Safmat sentiment from my stash as an extra little surprise for the birthday boy!
I've got a cute little girl's version to show you too...but that's for another day!

Cart used:

Vehicles & word art- Boys Will Be Boys

Thanks for looking!

TTFN

Heather xxx

You Did It!........

Well, it's almost that time of year, where kids up and down the country are chewing their fingers off waiting for GCSE/A Level results (including one under this roof!) and I'm sure more than a few will be getting Congrats cards. I made this one with school/college leavers in mind rather than Uni graduates. There are no mortar boards or diplomas- just a stonking great sentiment! The colour scheme would suit a boy or girl recipient. The papers are Papermania 'Happy Birthday' Collection 12x12 papers. I used a large dot print and a multicoloured star print. I added a star punched border created with an EK Success punch, and it was adhered to the card with foam pads. The large, layered sentiment was cut from shimmer cardstock then adhered over the star border with more foam pads. 'Congrats' also cut from shimmer cardstock was adhered above the large sentiment along with some punched stars. I added some glitter for a finishing touch.

Carts used:

Congrats &You Did It!- Phrases

Thanks for dropping by!

TTFN

Heather xxx

Feel better soon.....

My auntie went into hospital last week for an operation, so I sent her this card to (hopefully) cheer her up. I used papers from the First Edition 'Bird Song'  8x8 stack and two of my latest aquisitions, cartridge wise.

The large lozenge shape on the front of the card was cut from embossed cardstock (the embossing isn't deep so it cuts ok) and embellished with a bloom cut from shimmer cardstock (it looks a bit like a triffid!). I added a couple of little butterfies and some punched flowers with pearl centres. The sentiment (which cut beautifully!) was also cut from shimmer cardstock, layered up and adhered with foam pads to the card front.

Carts used:

Flower - Kate's ABC (such a cute cart!)

Sentiment & shaped panel- Phrases (Boy! Was this cart  a long time coming!)

Butterflies- Stamping Solutions

Hope you're all having a great weekend!

TTFN!

Heather xxx

A Shoe shop for Menai.....

The eldest daughter of some very good friends of ours had her birthday on Tuesday, and this is the card that I made for her. I'd seen a similar card in the U.K Cards 'bookazine' (sadly no longer available) It was a stamped card so I tweaked it a bit to make it suitable for a Cricut card! I used papers which were a magazine freebie, some gros-grain ribbon and a blowsy bloom. I cut three stands from silver mirri, and a selection of shoes, cut from glitter card and shimmer cardstock. The stands and shoes were adhered above the punched, ribbon-trimmed border with foam pads. I flipped one of the shoes to make a more appealing arrangement. 'Menai' was cut from pink mirri shadowed with blue, then adhered above the ribbon with foam pads. 'Happy Birthday' was computer-generated onto Safmat, then trimmed and applied above the name.

A gem was adhered to each of the stands, and a trio of gems to the ribbon to complete the card.

Carts used:

Stands- Serenade

Menai-Ashlyn's Alphabet

Strappy Shoe-Formal Occasion

Two-tone Shoe-Everyday Pop-Up Cards

Blue Shoe-Forever Young

Thanks for looking!

Heather xxx

You Float My Boat......

The ladies who come to my Cricut workshops will recognise this card as I made it for the 'Men's Cards' workshop. The backing papers were from a download, unfortunately I can't remember where I had them from! The panels were matted onto red cardstock, and I added a blue panel embossed with a 'Wave' Fiskars Texture Plate. I cut the motor boat from silver mirri then backed it with white glossy cardstock, cutting away the excess. I added a red mirri 'go faster' stripe then adhered the boat to the blue panel with foam pads. The sentiment was cut from red mirri with blue mirri highlights, then adhered below the boat with more foam pads.

A trio of Card Candi Dots completes the card.

Carts used:

Boat- Father's Day Seasonal

You Float My Boat-Just Because Cards

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx

WooHoo! and Ooh La La!.....

 Wow! I got an Honourable Mention for my 'Sole Mates' card (#10) over at The Pink Stamper for her DT Call. I didn't make the DT but what the heck, an Honourable Mention will do for me!!

I've got another waterfall card for you today, this time, Paris themed. I used 'Paris Nights' papers from g.c.d and tons of brown glittercard. Each 'page' hold a medallion with a fashion inspired element and a fashion related word. A layered bloom finishes off each page. A piece of satin ribbon and a bow embellished with a Prima bloom completes the card

Front page: Eiffel Tower & 'Ooh La La'

 Second page: Fashion model & 'Couture'

 Third page: Killer heels & 'Chic'

Page 4: Dress Form &'Vogue'

All the pages are matted onto vanilla & brown textured cardstock and all the elements are adhered using foam pads.

Carts used:

Eiffel Tower-Everyday Pop-Up Cards (you could use Summer In Paris seasonal)

Shaped Medallions,All words, fashion model, shoes & dress form-Forever Young

Mechanism fixing bar-Fabulous Finds

Ovals-George

Thanks for dropping by today!

Heather xxx