The magic of winter.......

The main reason that I bought Lacy Labels was to make shaped base cards, as there are so many lovely shapes on it. This card is just as it is in the cartridge handbook (apart from the sentiment) so I literally made a large label and turned it into a card! I cut two label shapes in cardstock, one in silver mirri and one in spotted paper (DCWV Winter Stack). The cardstock pieces were adhered together at the side (hinged at the back), the silver mirri piece adhered on top and the paper one which is slightly smaller (the pieces are cut to nest perfectly) adhered on top of that. The silver mirri snowflake frame was adhered to the front of the card with foam pads. I added white glittercard snowflakes (cut out with the layer function) and some clear gems to the centres of the snowflakes and around the frame. The sentiment was cut from white glittercard shadowed with blue mirri and then a larger silver mirri shadow. It was adhered to the centre of the card with foam pads. To complete the card I added a sheer double bow with a snowflake over the knot.

As the bottom of the card was bowed I cut a sliver off it to make it stand level.

Carts used:

Card base/snowflake frame- Lacy Labels

Magic Of Winter word art-Winter Woodland

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Heather xxx

Precious Ones.........

I bought a new cartridge at the beginning of this month, one that I'd been umming and aahing over for ages. I decided to buy it and am I glad that I did! My giddy aunt! This cart is FAB! I bought it just for making shaped card bases with (can you guess which cart it is is?) Crikey! There are tons of shapes on this cart and I've been having a great time making some super shaped cards. I've just finished a wedding card for the weekend- I'll show you that one later- and I'm chuffed at how it turned out. For now though, I've got a couple of baby cards to show you. For the card base I cut two scalloped ovals in card (joined together at the side) and one in paper which was adhered to the scalloped card base. Then I cut a scalloped oval 'doiley' from white card which was adhered to the card front with foam pads. A plain white oval (embossed after cutting) shadowed with a gingham patterned paper oval holds the 'Precious One' sentiment which was cut from Papermania shimmer cardstock. I added a bow, a floral arrangement and a smattering of pearls to complete the card.
Have you guessed which cartridge I used yet?
It was Lacy Labels!!!
Carts used:
Card base, and doiley topper- Lacy Labels
Ovals-Storybook
Precious One- Phrases
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Heather xxx

Thanks A Ton!........

I've really dug into the murky depths of my card photos for this one! I made this card yonks ago and for some reason haven't posted it. This one was really quick to put together, and I used mostly scraps from my paper offcuts stash. The paisley patterned paper was quite Indian looking (although from the size of the ears that's an African elephant!) but I think it works. The elephant was cut from tan cardstock (don't know of any brown elephants!) and the word art from brown, turquoise and tan cardstock. Both elements were adhered with foam pads. I added some blue and brown Card Candi to finish. No ribbons & flowers on this one so it could be given to a guy.
Cart used:
Elephant & word art- Everyday Pop-Up Cards
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Heather xxx

Polar bear kisses.......

I have had the cart  with this cute bear on forever,  but have never cut him out. WHY??!!! He's absolutely gorgeous! The fab papers on the front of the card are from a book called Christmas Card Ideas by Papercraft Inspirations that I picked up from W.H.Smith's. There are 149 card ideas, plus 24 A4 double-sided papers (on good quality paper, not cheap shiny stuff) and templates for £7.99. I used two different designs for this card, and the kissing polar bears on the paper above the ribbon are uncannily like the little chap on the scalloped oval. I cut the scarf from a scrap of spotty paper. The polar bear was cut from white glittercard then adhered to the scalloped oval with foam pads. I added a Safmat sentiment, some punched glittercard hearts and a poinsetta and punched holly leaves to finish.

Carts used:

Polar bears-Joys Of The Season

Scalloped oval-A Child's Year

Oval-George

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Heather xxx

Amy.......

I hear a collective sharp intake of breath! Surely your eyes are deceiving you? Is that a STAMPED image on one of HEATHER's cards?!!! No you don't need to go to Specsavers, for 'tis true! That IS a stamped image, but I didn't stamp it (although I did colour it!) It was one image from a pack of  LOTV images given free with a mag, and the little cutie looks just like one of the GirliezNext Door, Amy, who was 8 yesterday. I coloured it with Papermania permanent markers (not too badly!) cut around it leaving a narrow white border, then mounted it with foam pads to an embossed circle, which in turn was adhered to a scalloped circle. The card base is what I call a twisted side step easel. These cards are easy to make:
*Fold a piece of A4 cardstock in half (to A5) then cut down to 8"x4"
*With the fold at the top, make a mark at 4" top & bottom
*Open the card out, keeping the fold at the top, then using a craft knife cut down between the marks,   creating two 4x4 panels
*Cut the right hand panel down to 4"x3" , then score across at 1 1/2" creating a 1 1/2"x 4" tent fold easel
*On the left hand panel ,score diagonally from the top left to bottom (centre) right, crease along score line
*Cut a piece of cardstock 4"x4"
*Apply adhesive to the triangular left-hand section and adhere square piece of cardstock
Back to my card, I used Dovecraft Forever Friends papers to cover the base and both the twisted & side- step panels. I created a stop for the two panels with a piece of punched cardstock, decorated with a contrasting strip of paper and ribbon. It was adhered to the base of the card with foam tape. 'AMY' was cut from glitter cardstock, shadowed (by hand) with pink cardstock then adhered to the border with foam pads. The scalloped circle with the LOTV image on it was adhered to the square panel with foam pads, and a scalloped oval holding the 'happy birthday' sentiment was adhered to the side step. A ribbon bow, some punched flowers and a little glitter completes the card.
Carts used:
Scalloped circle- Winter Woodland
Scalloped oval/Happy Birthday- A Child's Year
Circle & Oval- George
AMY-Lyrical Letters (Jumbo font)
Phew!!!
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Heather xxx

Rhea......

This is the second card that I sent to Australia last week, this time for Rhea, the second daughter of our very good friends. The papers that I used on this one were First Edition Love Letters paper, and the figure was cut from Papermania Shimmer cardstock. I added a strip of sheer satin-edged ribbon running vertically down the front of the card behind the figure. She was adhered to a shaped panel to the front of the card. 'Rhea' was cut from pink shimmer cardstock and adhered vertically on the card with foam pads. A smattering of pearls and a floral arrangement in the top right hand corner of the panel completes the card.

Carts used:

Figure/Rhea- Art Nouveau

Shaped panel-StoryBook

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Heather xxx

Kabir Construction......

The adorable son of some friends has his 6th birthday today. Happy Birthday Kabir!! This truck reminds me of  a Tonka Truck (anyone remember them?!) and what little boy doesn't like dumper trucks? This one was so easy to make. I cut and assembled the dumper truck, from Bazzill cardstock and silver mirri. I added a number 6 adhered with foam pads, and 'Kabir' and 'construction' cut from blue & black cardstock and adhered flat. The completed truck was adhered with foam pads to a grey shadow. Then I adhered the shadowed truck to a side folded C5 card placing the front of the truck slightly overlapping the fold in the card, then cut around it leaving a small border. Voila! A dumper truck-shaped card!  Happy Birthday cut from black cardstock was adhered inside the card.

Carts used:

Dumper truck/Kabir Construction/6- Boys Will Be Boys

Happy Birthday (not shown)- A Child's Year

I think I'll be making more of these!

Before I sign off I'd like to thank the ladies who came to the Swarm today. They made some great cards and we had a great time!

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Heather xxx