Christmas Day 21st .......

On the Monday before Christmas I got an e-mail from Debbie, one of my hubby's secretaries- could I please make a 21st Birthday card to be delivered on CHRISTMAS DAY?!!!- no pressure then!!! How to get it made, then sent from Hampshire to Berkshire in 5 working days in Christmas week? Luckily for said secretary, hubby was going to the hospital on Wednesday so he could deliver it then. So I made it on Tuesday, he delivered it to Debbie on Wednesday and she gave it to Holly in time for her birthday on Christmas Day!

I've made other cards for Debbie for her three daughters, Paige, Sophie & Jade. The brief for this card was for an A4 card with a ballet theme. I used papers from a Papermania 12x12 pack (Summer Garden or something like that, I think) and a beautiful ballet dancer image cut from pink mirri card. I adhered her to a frilly frame with foam pads. '21' and 'HOLLY' were cut from pale green glittercard shadowed with pink mirri. 'HOLLY' was adhered over a piece of sheer pink ribbon, and '21' was adhered inside the frame. A bow, floral arrangemnet and some pearls added to the ballerina's hair completes the card.

Carts used:

Ballerina- Wall Decor & More

'21' & 'HOLLY'- Winter Woodland

Frame- Elegant Edges

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx

Boxing Day Birthday.....

 Pia, the eldest daughter of our friends Khalid and Adele, was 21 on Boxing Day. Khalid was my OH's Best Man at our wedding, and Adele and I were pregnant together- me with Krishnan and Adele with Pia. Pia is now at Uni studying Medicine and Krishnan is studying Law in London- in fact he's in his final year now! Time sure does fly and it seems like only yesterday that they were both babies!
For Pia's card I used a Z-fold A5 card base and First Edition 'Dreamcatcher' papers. I've used this 'girl on a scooter' image before albeit yonks ago, so I decided to give it another airing. I cut her from purple glittercard and adhered her with foam pads to a large shaped panel along with some BoBunny ribbon and a lilac glittercard '21'.

A smaller panel inside holds the 'Happy Birthday Pia' sentiment cut from  more glittercard. A WOC floral arrangement completes the card.

Carts used:

Shaped panels- Elegant Edges

Girl on scooter- Sweethearts

'Pia' & '21'- Quarter Note (font 1)

Happy Birthday & 'Congrats!'- Wild Card (RDS on)

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx

Have a SUPER day!........

 Happy New Year everyone! I've been neglecting my blog over Christmas so I'm getting my finger(s!) out today to show you the card that I made for my youngest brother Nick for his 43rd birthday which was on 12th December. I'd just taken possession of a new cart and it has this great Superman image on it. So I dug out some sparkly blue and holographic cardstock to make the base card which is an A5 Z-fold. I cut the cityscape from silver holographic cardstock and adhered it along the bottom edge of the card. Superman was cut from black, flesh, blue & yellow textured cardstock, then adhered with foam pads to the front folded back section of the card.

I cut a circle from more holographic cardstock and added a '43' cut from blue sparkly card. The completed circle was adhered to the card with foam pads. The name and sentiment were cut from holographic card and adhered flat. A smattering of punched stars completes the card.

Carts used:

Superman- Summer Celebrations

Circle- George

Cityscape, '43'and both sentiments- Plantin Schoolbook

Well, that's Christmas over for another year! It comes and goes so quickly doesn't it? Now it's nose to the grindstone preparing for all new Workshops starting next week. No rest for the wicked!!

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx

The Big Day.......

 ...No! Not Christmas Day, but a wedding day!  I made this card for my hubby to take to India last month. One of his friends' daughter got married and he asked me to make her a card. I didn't go for an 'indian wedding' look, as you can see, but decided on something pretty and delicate. I used a Z-fold A5 card base and punched the long edges with a MS heart punch. The papers are from the Fairytale 8x8 pack from Dovecraft. Although the mirri I used on this card looks gold it's actually silver. To decorate the panel on the front of the card I cut a fancy heart from pearlised pink card and backed it with a silver mirri blackout which I embossed after cutting. The hearts were adhered together with foam pads. I then cut a heart from white pearlised card, embossed with a heart folder after cutting, and shadowed with silver mirri. This heart was then adhered to the centre of the fancy heart with foam pads. Two pairs of  doves (one cut on 'flip') were cut from pearlised card, the wings removed from two doves, curled and then adhered to the other two doves to add dimension. I added a teeny gold pearl to each of the doves for eyes. The completed birds were adhered to the white heart. A sheer bow, pink WOC rose, pearl strand, gold heart-shaped pearl and the bride and groom's initials completes the front of the card.

 I computer generated a verse onto white cardstock, trimmed it to size, matted it onto silver mirri and adhered it inside the card......

...and to keep the card safe on it's journey to India I made a box from pearlised card, added an embossed, matted panel to the front with 'The Big Day' and a trio of punched hearts adhered to it.

Carts used:

Pink heart and blackout- Love Struck

White heart- George

Doves- Wedding Solutions

The Big Day- Phrases

'N' & 'P'- Calligraphy

I liked this card so much that I made another one for my stash!

I'd just like to wish you all a very merry Christmas, and a peaceful and prosperous 2012. Thanks to all of you who follow my little blog, and I'd like to extend a thankyou to all the lovely ladies who attend my workshops and Swarms who keep me on my toes!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS ONE AND ALL!!!!!!

Heather xxx

Here we go again!..........

I'm posting tonight from my Mum's place in Stafford. It looks like we are having a repeat of the chaos we endured last Winter! We've had some snow flurries here, but my brother who lives in Tunstall, Stoke-On-Trent, is snowed in!!! The M6 is in trouble, idiots are driving in dreadful conditions AND USING THEIR MOBILES AT THE SAME TIME! PUT THEM DOWN YOU MORONS!! Give me strength! What does it take to get through to these people? Anyhow I'm keeping an eye on the weather, and I may have to hightail it home early!

Well, onto today's cards. I was commissioned to make these cards by one of hubby's secretaries for her twin daughters' 21st birthdays.

The pink card, for Sophie is A4 in size and I used paper from the DCWV Mango Frost 12x12 stack. I kept the layout simple ( I always do for commission cards) and simply added a punched border bearing the name and a gorgeous frame which holds the '21'. I finished the card with some hot pink ribbon, a Prima bloom and a smattering of pearls.

Jade's card (also A4) was also made with Mango Frost papers, with the addition of a couple of swirls, some butterflies, white satin ribbon, pearls and Prima fabric bloom.

Carts used:

Sophie's card:

Ornate circular frame- Lacy Labels

'Sophie' & '21'- Art Nouveau

Jade's card:

'Jade' & '21'- Quarternote (font1)

Swirl-Home Decor

Butterflies-Stamping Solutions

Thanks for dropping by. Keep safe and keep warm!!!!

Heather xxx

Holli......

Holli, my little great-niece, was three last Wednesday and this is the card that I made for her. The card base is a Z-fold A5 and the papers are new from Dovecraft called Princess Fairytale. I punched each of the short edges with an EK Success punch. I used a star print paper for the front and inside back and a Princess and the pea print for the panel on the front of the card. I cut a princess from a second piece of paper and decoupaged it onto the original print. 'Holli' and '3' were cut from pale pink glittercard then adhered to the space above the illustration on the panel, Holli flat and 3 with foam pads.

For the inside of the card I embossed a piece of white cardstock with a butterly trail embossing folder and adhered it to the inside back of the card. Happy Birthday was cut from more pale pink glittercard and adhered flat to the panel. To finish I added a WOC floral arrangement and a smattering of pearls.

Carts used:

Holli & 3- Lyrical Letters (Jumbo font)

Happy Birthday- ZooBalloo

Thanks for visiting!

Heather xxx



Butterfly hugs......

I've had a request to show this card today, so Lorraine this is for you! Lorraine comes to my Swarms and she saw it on Saturday and wanted to make it so I said that I'd blog it for her. The papers are Dreamcatcher again, this time in purple and yellow with teeny butterflies. I cut a large tag from white cardstock, then embossed it. I then shadowed it with a purple tag. I added a piece of patterned, punched paper to the bottom of the tag. 'HUGS' was cut from purple glittercard and adhered with foam pads above the punched border. A butterfly cut from Papermania shimmer cardstock in two shades of purple, with pearls added to the body, was adhered above the sentiment. A Prima and WOC floral arrangement was adhered to the bottom left hand corner of the tag, and a satin bow to the top. The completed tag was adhered to the card front with foam tape.

Carts used:

Tag- Lacy Labels (if you don't have this cart there are 2 tags on George)

Hugs-Lacy Labels

Butterfly-Everyday Pop-Up Cards

Good luck with the card Lorraine!

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx