A new obsession!.......

I have to tell you that I have a new obsession - what's new I hear you cry!...criss-cross cards, and I'll warn you now that you'll be seeing LOTS! I've made them before but they seem to be popping up on blogs again so I thought I'd make one..or two.. or three..........!

I made the card base by cutting two A5 cards down to squares,

 cutting the front of each card on a diagonal after measuring 6cms up from the bottom edge. The backs of the cards were adhered together to create a criss-cross card. I then decorated it using some very old paper (I only had a scrap left) and some Pink Petticoat paper for the pocket front ,the back panel and the border. I added a punched border in contrasting black cardstock, trimmed with spotted PP paper and black velvet ribbon. The border was adhered to the card with foam tape. I cut a shaped panel from pink cardstock shadowed with black,  and the pale pink oval was embossed. A pair of killer heels cut from silver mirri and black glittercard was adhered to the oval with foam pads. I finished the front of the card with a bloom and some teeny punched flowers.

The inside of the card was decorated with another shaped panel with a Safmat sentiment- 'You don't have to walk the red carpet to wear fabulous shoes'- which was adhered flat and embellished with a couple of punched flowers. The insert card was created from black cardstock with a smaller white panel adhered to it. It was trimmed with an offcut of PP paper, and the sentiment, cut from black & pink cardstock was adhered flat. An eyelet was inserted in the top of the insert and a piece of ribbon tied through it. Three punched flowers complete the insert.

Carts used:

Shaped panels & shoes- Forever Young

Ovals- George

'Happy Birthday'- Phrases

Thanks for looking!

TTFN!

Heather xxx

For Kathleen...

I want to thank Kathleen from Arizona who left me a lovely comment on my 'Summer Fun Waterfall'  post. I really appreciate it and it makes what I do worthwhile if I inspire someone to be creative! Kathleen, to become a follower, click on the 'Join This Site' icon above my followers, then sign in with any of the ID options. If you don't have any of them just create a Google account (click on the link on the same page) follow the instructions, then you'll be able to follow me.
Hope this helps!
Heather

Australia, here we come!.........

Well, we had a lovely time in Wales at the weekend. We went to say goodbye (for now!) to our very good friends' youngest daughter Rhea who is off to Australia with her boyfriend Phil tonight. They are both doctors and are going to work in Melbourne for a year. There will be buckets of tears at Heathrow tonight that's for sure!

I made this card for them, and I have to say I was chuffed with it! I bought the Phrases cartridge a few weeks ago and couldn't believe it when I saw this Australia cut in the handbook! The phrase above the 'land mass' cuts as 'Australia Day' , but I didn't want that, so I cut off the 'day'. I cut Australia and both phrases from textured cardstock. The layout was very simple and I used earthy colours, using paper from DCWV and threw in some turquoise to represent the ocean. I added a silver aeropane and an Aussie flag downloaded from good old Google Images (always a great image scource for crafters!) printed onto matt cardstock and cut out. All of the elements were adhered with foam pads. I finished off with some glitter on all of the turquoise areas.

Carts used:

Australia land mass & 'Australia'- Phrases

Aeroplane- Going Places

Here we come!- Base Camp

Flag downloaded from Google Images

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx

Summer Fun Waterfall......

 Want to see another waterfall? Here's a bright and sunny one for you, made with DCWV Citrus papers. Page 1, a teeny blue bikini (wish I could get into THAT!).....

 ..page 2, a pair of bright flip-flops.....

 page 3, a pair of funky sunnies....

page 4, a sunny sentiment with an additional greeting, computer generated onto Safmat, on the pull.

I added some thin ribbon, a layered bloom, and some punched flowers.

Carts used:

Bikini, flip-flops, sun & 'fun in the sun' sentiment- Life's A Beach

Sunglasses- Forever Young

Have a great weekend ! I'm off to Wales tomorrow!

Heather xxx

Make A Wish Waterfall..........

 I've got another waterfall card to show you today. This one is decorated with lovely papers from Papermania's Happy Birthday 12x12 pack. This one works vertically. Page 1 holds the 'Make A Wish' sentiment...

 page 2, a yummy cake with fat candles....

 page 3, prezzies....

and finally, page 4 a trio of colourful balloons...

I added a few punched, glittercard stars as a finishing touch.

Carts used:

Make A Wish- Phrases

Cake & prezzies- Simply Charmed

Balloons- Doodlecharms

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx

'Craft Stash' money box......

I hosted a Swarm yesterday, and I gave all of the ladies who attended a project pack providing the bare bones needed to create this pretty little money box which can be used to collect all those little odds'n'sods of loose change which can be spent on oodles of crafty stuff!

For my sample I cut and 8 3/4" box from plain white medium weight cardstock,

 four 2 1/2" squares of patterned paper,

one rectangle of cardstock 2 1/2" x 5 3/4" for the back panel

 one 1 3/4" silhouetted rectangle from white textured cardstock for the money slot

  two 2 1/4" scalloped circles from white textured cardstock,

 two 1 3/4" circles from coloured paper 

 one 1 " circles and  one 1" pound sign from gold mirri.

One 'my craft stash' sentiment computer generated onto Safmat (CAC Pinafore font from DaFont.com)

I adhered the paper squares to three box sides and the top of the box. The silhouetted rectangle was adhered to the top of the box and the paper within the frame was removed with a craft knife to create the money slot. A piece of patterned paper slightly smaller than the back panel was adhered to the panel after rounding two top corners of each piece. The box was scored, folded and adhered together with PVA glue leaving one flap open (the one with the slot cut into it) I cut away two smaller slots on the flaps inside the box as they block the coins falling through the slot.The back panel was affixed to the back of the box, again with PVA. The plain paper circles were adhered to the scalloped circles then I applied the Safmat sentiment to one of them and the gold circle with the pound sign adhered to it, to the other. Both completed circles were adhered to the box with foam pads. I made this box quite feminine, but you could easily butch it up for a boy by changing the shape of the back panel and adding a different sentiment. This size box can only be created on the Expression using a 12x12 mat, but an even bigger one can be made with the 12x24" mat and a piece of A3 cardstock using the 'Fit To Page' function. When using 'Fit To Page' for any project, always make a note of the resulting size (shown in the display before cutting commences) then you can always be sure that each cut , when making multiples, is the same size, without using the FTP fuction.

Carts used:

Box- Bags, Tags, Boxes & More

Paper squares,silhouetted rectangle (money slot) & circles- George

Scalloped circles- Winter Woodland

Pound sign-Ashlyn's Alphabet

Thanks for dropping by!

TTFN

Heather xxx

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