Home Sweet Home.......

 This card may look familiar to you..Barbie, one of my Wednesday ladies made one at a workshop and showcased it on a Workshop Wednesday (scroll down to find the post). I originally found one similar to mine on KittieKraft's blog and I changed it to a square Z-fold card. The papers are Dovecraft from a couple of seasons ago. The birdhouse was cut from cardstock first, then paper and the two adhered together for stability. It was then mounted onto a shaped panel with an embossed, ribbon-trimmed mat. The teeny flowers were made with a Papermania red punch. A trio of pearls completes the front of the card.

The inside of the card was decorated with a smaller shaped panel holding the 'Home Sweet Home' sentiment.

Carts used:

Birdhouse- Stretch Your Imagination

Shaped panels- Elegant Edges

Home Sweet Home (individual letters) - Calligraphy

Tomorrow I'm hosting a Swarm, so for the benefit of the ladies who'll be coming, if you've got the following carts it would be very helpful if you could bring them along:

Elegant Edges

Lacy Labels

Ornamental Iron 1 or 2 (or both!)

Paper Lace

All the usual carts will be available to use.

I look forward to catching up with you all tomorrow

Thanks for dropping by today!

Heather xxx

Score!......

 I made this card back in February for our friends' son Rubin. He is, if I remember correctly, a Liverpool fan (I hope!) so I thought that this footy shirt was just the ticket. The shirt and word art were cut from red, black and white cardstock and the ball from black and white. The papers are from a Making Cards Men's Cards Special Edition from last year.

The inside back of the card holds a simple panel with a sentiment, 'Rubin' and a player border.

The little footballs on the front of the card were cut from football paper, to which I added small acrylic Page Pebbles to give them a glossy, dimensional feel.

Carts used:

Footy shirt, word art & player border- Sports Mania

Football- Life's a party

'Rubin'- Don Juan

Happy Birthday- Stamping Solutions

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx



Key to my heart......

 I've got a stack of photos on my camera, ready to upload, of more recent cards that I've made, so I'm having to trawl through my blog cards to find something to post. I'm afraid that  the cards that I'll be posting over the next few days will be oldies (for me at least!) although my ladies will probably recognise them! I made this card around Valentine's day, but to be quite honest it could be given at any time from one sweetheart to another. I haven't made a z-fold card for a while- I'm on a shaped card kick at the mo- so it was nice to see this one again. The card base is a z-fold square, and the papers are Tilda Flower Garden.

The scalloped heart was cut from white textured cardstock and topped with a plain polka dot patterned heart. A keyhole was cut from white textured cardstock to go with the silver key. The heart was finished with a floral arrangement, punched leaves and a satin bow.

The inside of the card was adorned with a smaller scalloped heart topped with an embossed plain heart and the 'key to my heart' sentiment cut from shimmer card. A trio of pearls completes the card.

Carts used:

Hearts, keyhole & key- Victorian Romance

Key to my heart- Sentimentals

Thanks for dropping by today!

Heather xxx

Precious baby rosettes........

I've got a couple of sweet baby cards for you today.  These babies are so cute that I couldn't resist using them. They were cut from textured cardstock, and patterned paper for the nappies and headwear.

They were then mounted onto rosettes made from two 12" x 1 3/4" strips (for each rosette) of paper scored at 1cm intervals, topped with scalloped circles. The rosettes, in turn, were adhered to a panel of embossed cardstock with a punched edge and ribbon trim. 'Precious' was cut from shimmer cardstock and adhered below the ribbon. The paper on the front of the cards is from K & CO's Itsy Bitsy Boy & Girl collection. A WOC bloom and punched leaves complete the cards.

Carts used:

Babies- Baby Steps

Precious- Phrases

Scalloped circle- Lacy Labels

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx

Fan-tastic birthday......

I've been a bad blogger again! It's a week since I last posted. I've been busy with new cards for a new set of workshops and just don't seem to have had time to put fingers to keys as it were!

Black and hot pink has to be one of my fave colour palettes to work with. I especially love the paper that I used on this card from the DCWV Street Lace 8x8 stack. There is also a fab lime green in the pack too. This card is a stepper card, made by adding a folded piece of card to a standard 6" square card- the extension piece is about 3" high. I covered the back of the card with black cardstock and added a piece of the hot pink paper cut slightly smaller to create a border all round. I punched one edge of a piece of black cardstock with an MS punch and adhered it to the front, shorter portion of the card with the punched edge protruding over the mountain fold. I added a piece of black patterned paper wrapped with hot pink satin ribbon. The fan was cut from pink mirri card and black lace-effect patterned paper. I added a piece of black lace, giving the fan a Spanish feel. I cut a flourish from black glitter card, adhered it across the fan, then adhered a large pink bloom and some smaller punched flowers with pearl centres. Another flourish corner was cut from black glittercard along with a 'Happy Birthday' sentiment, and both were adhered flat to the back portion of the card. A smattering of pearls completes the card.

Carts used:

Fan- Pagoda

Flourish on fan- Home Decor

Corner flourish- Heritage

Happy Birthday- Wild Card

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx

A baby is a kiss from Heaven.......

I've got a couple of baby cards for you today. I thought that the sentiment was perfect for these cute babies sleeping on a crescent moon. The card is a 6" square tent fold with a punched bottom edge. The papers are from Dovecraft's New Arrival 6" pad. I added a border with a punched edge and trimmed with satin polka dot ribbon. A scalloped oval holds the cute baby cut from flesh-coloured cardstock and patterned paper. The moons were cut from sparkly gift wrap and adhered to a base image cut from plain cardstock. The clouds and plain oval (embossed with the Dovecraft 'Boofle' embossing folder after cutting) were cut from white textured cardstock. The 'moon babies' were adhered to the embossed ovals with foam pads. These in turn were adhered to the scalloped ovals and adhered with more foam pads to the front of the card. The ovals were embellished with a WOC bloom. The sentiment was computer generated onto white textured cardstock, matted with coloured card and then adhered to the card front with foam pads. A trio of punched stars completes the card.

Carts used:

Moon baby- Baby Steps

Scalloped ovals- Elegant Edges

Plain ovals- Opposites Attract

I've found that this oval from Opposites Attract fits most scalloped ovals, especially the ones from StoryBook. The ovals on George are a little too elongated to fit perfectly, whereas these ovals are a little more 'squat' and fit perfectly.

Thanks for dropping by today!

Heather xxx

Farewell Carolyne.........

One of my hubby's secretaries left the hospital on Friday to begin a new job and he asked me to make a card that her colleagues could all sign. He left the design to me (as always!) only specifying that it should be A4 in size. I chose an aqua palette from a 12x12 stack by Grace Taylor called 'Vintage' (fromThe Range) and kept the design simple. I cut out a scalloped 'eyelet lace' panel adding an embossed, matted panel in the centre holding the 'Good Luck Carolyne' legend. I added some wide sheer ribbon, an aqua rose, hat pin, and a smattering of pearls to finish.
Carts used:
Scalloped panel- Elegant Edges
Good Luck- Wrap It Up
Carolyne- Stamped (Smooth font)
Thanks for dropping by today!
Heather xxx