What a difference a colour change makes!......

 I've got a couple of cards for you this evening to show you how a colour change can make all the difference on a card. I LOVE the dramatic black/aqua colour palette of this first card. Again I used the DCWV Street Lace 8x8 pad (it's almost all gone now! Boo Hoo!) The card base is a standard C5 covered with black textured cardstock. I added a smaller panel of patterned paper to the centre of the card, then a punched, ribbon-trimmed border to one side. A shaped panel was adhered with foam pads to the centre of the panel. It was topped with an embossed rectangle, then a beautiful oriental lady cut from black and white cardstock and patterned paper. The 'Beauty' sentiment was cut from black cardstock, trimmed (it's part of a sentiment panel) then matted onto aqua cardstock. A couple of punched flowers with pearls centres were added as embellishment. A satin bow and aqua bloom completes the card.

The pastel version is much softer and delicate. It was made in exactly the same  way with papers from the 'Hot Diggety Dog' A4 pack  by Andrea Jayne (from Dovecraft) and a scrap of paper from a 6x6 freebie pad (courtesy of a mag yonks ago) for the kimino. I added a little punched daisy to the lady's hair and a WOC Helibore, and flower printed sheer ribbon bow.

A smattering of pearls completes the card.

Carts used:

(For both cards)

Oriental Ladies- Pagoda

Word panels- Pagoda

Shaped panels- Elegant Edges

Thanks for dropping by and have a great (but very probably soggy!) Bank Holiday

See ya!

Heather xxx

Workshop Wednesday.......

 Welcome to another workshop Wednesday folks, and another fun day was had by all!... First up (above) is Angie.....

 ..then Jenny.....

 ....Lesley, with her cute Create A Critter puddy tat and mousey........

 ...Lucy, her first time at a Cricut Workshop. Didn't she do well?!.......

 ....Monica.....

 ......Sue........

.....and last but not least Vicky's skater birthday cards for a skating club.

Well done ladies, lovely cards as usual!

Thanks for dropping in today!

Heather xxx

A pop-out side stepper....OR IS IT??!!!

 I made this card for No2 son's friend's sister. On the surface it looks like a stepper card, but it isn't! It looks as though you've created a fancy fold card, but you haven't! It very easy to do. Just take a C5 card then add panels to make it look like a stepper.

You can see from this photo how it looks from the side.

I used papers from the DCWV Street Lace 8x8 stack, matting each of the panels onto hot pink card.

The back two lace effect panels go on first- its just a piece of pink cardstock cut to fit the front, then two narrow panels adhered at either end leaving a narrow border. Then the central panel goes on next (this is cut slightly taller than the card front so that it protrudes over the top fold) with foam pads. The final piece to go on is the narrow horizontal panel on the front, adhered with foam pads. Ta Da! Easy Peasy! A 'stepper card' with none of the work!

Then you just decorate it. Each of the side panels were decorated with a black, glittercard flourish embellished with teeny punched flowers. I cut a shaped panel for the front, then adhered a glittery '18' to it with foam pads. 'Hannah' was cut from glittercard then adhered along the front horizontal panel. A ribbon bow, layered bloom and a smattering of pearls completes the card.

Carts used:

Shaped panel- Elegant Edges

'18' & 'Hannah'- Winter Woodland

Flourishes- Home Decor

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx

Wishes do come true.....

I wanted to make a baby card for something other than a birth, and what better than an Adoption card?

I decided to go for an image for an older child and found this sweet highchair. I cut a circular card base, backing it with a coloured circle to go behind the cut-out sections. I cut a smaller circle from patterned paper and shadowed it with coloured cardstock. I added a punched, ribbon-trimmed border across the card, slightly lower than the centre. The highchair was cut from coloured cardstock with patterned backrest. It was adhered to the card front with foam pads. The lovely sentiment is a Pink Petticoat download. The sentiments were printed onto white textured cardstock, trimmed and matted with coloured cardstock, then adhered to the card with foam pads. A teeny punched flower on the sentiment completes the card.

Carts used:

Circular card bases- I can't remember which cart I used (I've wracked my brains to no avail!) but there is a similar one on Wild Card. If I remember I'll put it on this post

High chairs- Baby Steps

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx

Celebrate!......

Our nephew Skanda, who lives in Sydney, Australia was 18 last week and this is the card that I made for him. It wasn't the first effort- that went in the circular file- this one was MUCH better! It's a C5 card base. Silver holographic cardstock was matted onto brown cardstock and adhered to the front of the card. I printed a celebration image and some drinking glasses from a Madaboutcards 'One for the boys' download, onto glossy photo paper. The boy image was matted onto brown cardstock, and the other images were cut out leaving a smidgen of a white border. The image was adhered to the centre front of the card, and the glasses and bottle adhered around the image. Three punched stars were added to fill the gap. 'UR' & 'CELEBRATE' were cut from brown mirri card, the '18' from brown glitter card, then adhered to the card with foam pads.

Cart used:

UR, 18 & CELEBRATE- Opposites Attract

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx



Swarm Saturday......

Evening all! A good day was had by all at the Swarm today. Here is a selection of cards made today..

Above is a card made by Chris (below) last year for a wedding. She made another one today (see further down post) and this pretty little high chair card...

 Dawn made this cute little oriental card....

 Dawn no2 made a little coffee themed card.....

 Doreen made a Father's Day card and an elegant dancing lady card.....

 Chris made a Best Wishes card.....

 and Chris no2 made a card for a poorly friend......

 Wendy made birthday card for her Poker playing brother and a beautiful Christening/Confirmation card..

 and Lorraine made a HUGE card for her daughter Marissa's 18th.....

 ..Sue made a ginormous flower ......

 Natalie made a card with matching box....

 ..and last but not least Chris' wedding waterfall card!

Phew!!! There were some other ladies at the Swarm too but they didn't complete any cards- they cut the bits out to put together at home- they were Chrissie, Valerie, Karen and Carol. Carol's  naughty Cricut gave up the ghost half way through. Luckily the shop machine was available to use! I hope you can get it fixed Carol! Well done ladies, great cards and thanks for a great day!

Thanks for dropping by today!

Heather xxx

Edited to add:

I forgot to take a photo of Julie's card (you can see a smidgen of it next to Dawn's coffee card) and to add her to the list of attendees. Sorry Julie! Bring the card along next time (workshop or Swarm) and I'll put it on then!

Duh brain!!

Heather xxx

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