Where has Jiminy been?........

Hi everyone!! I've been a long time posting because I've been in India! My hubby did his medical training in the Indian army at the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) in Pune, and this year they celebrated the 50th year of the college. One of my hubby's classmates is now the Dean of the college so it made the celebrations extra special. It was wonderful for him to catch up with all his classmates and meet the wives too.

We stayed in the Taj Blue Diamond hotel in Pune and to my surprise it was bedecked in Christmas decorations including this splendid tree. I had almost forgotten how near to Christmas it was until I saw the tree!

We went out every evening for dinner to the Officer's Mess and of course we had to dress up. This is us (hubby and I are at the end on the right) in the hotel lobby just before leaving for dinner.

I couldn't finish this post without leaving you with something crafty. I made some pretty little boxes to give as gifts to friends. The boxes were cut from double-sided heavyweight paper. The apertures were covered with acetate, then the boxes were filled with four rose-scented tea light candles. I added a sheer bow, paper rose, die cut leaf and a stamped tag.

Cart used:

Box- Wild Card

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx

 

Aged to perfection!......

Number 1 son's girlfriend Sofia asked me to make her a card to give to her Dad on his 50th birthday. She left the design to me and this is what I came up with. The card base is an 8" square and the papers are from Papermanias Elegance A4 pad. The papers were matted onto black cardstock, the central panel being raised on foam pads. The bottle was cut from dark green pearlescent card with lighter green highlight. The label was cut from gold cardstock and I added 'DAD' and the 'vintage' cut from black mirri. '50' was cut from gold cardstock shadowed with black and adhered with foam pads, and 'aged to perfection' was cut from black mirri and adhered flat.

I added a label stamped with a happy birthday sentiment with bow embellishment and three gold card candi to finish.

Carts used:

Bottle- Suburbia

'50' and 'aged to perfection'- Over The Hill

1962 and DAD- Lyrical Letters

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx



Groovy @ 50!!!!

Back in September our friend Adele was 50 and she had a 70's themed party. Unfortunately we couldn't go but I sent this 'groovy' card instead! The card base is a C5 and I used some funky paper from my stash for the background and some irridescent, colour changing paper for the off-set panel (the paper changes colour when you tip the card back and forth) I added a large pink daisy topped with a velvet bloom and floral brad behind the panel, and a groovy girl cut from brown glittercard. All the elements of the sentiment were cut from glittercard and adhered with foam pads. An acrylic flower sticker to the centre of the '0' completes the card.

Groovy man!!!

Carts used:

Girl & 'groovy'- Groovy Times

Adele- Opposites Attract

@ and 50- Lifes A Party

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx



Friendship's garden.......

I have been informed by my aunty that I'm not updating my blog enough. I hereby declare that I will try harder to blog on a more regular basis!

This card was one that I made for my last set of workshops. It was a very popular one with my ladies, I have to say. I found this friendship quote on t'internet and thought that it would look great inside this lych gate. The gate and fence were cut from white pearlescent cardstock and decorated with lots of teeny flowers punched from more pearlescent cardstock using a Martha Stewart Hydrangea punch. The gate was adhered with foam pads to a piece of patterned paper (leaving the gates unstuck) which was matted onto coloured cardstock with satin ribbon trim and bow. The sentiment was computer generated onto Safmat and adhered inside the gate arch. A smattering of pearls completes the card.

Cart used:

Lych gate and fence- Spring Cottage

Thanks for dropping by today!

Heather xxx

Blogger problems.....

Hi Folks!
I haven't forgotten you all but I'm having issues with Blogger! It won't let me upload any more pics for the time being so I'll sort it out and be back!
SORRY!
Heather xx

A magical birthday wish.....

Last month Kabir, the delightful son of our good friends was seven and I sent him magical birthday wishes with this card featuring the Genie from Disney's Alladin. As Disney characters go this one was easier than most to put together with just a few fiddly-tiddly bits. The layout is uber-simple with starry paper from a past edition of Creative Cardmaking simply double matted with red and gold card, the genie adhered with foam pads and Kabir's name and age cut from gold starry holographic card to finish.

Simples!

Carts used:

Genie- Disney's Dreams Come True

Kabir & 7- Plantin Schoolbook

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx



All the best........

I've got another commission card for you today. One of my hubby's colleagues left the hospital last month to return to Ireland, and another colleague Dawn, asked me to make a card for the Department to sign, so what's a gal to do? Make a card of course! As usual it's an A4, and the design was left up to me. I used papers from a past edition of Creative Cardmaking and a fancy frame cut from white pearlised card. I added some flourishes, and flowers punched from gold and blue cardstock. The wording was cut from gold cardstock, the name being shadowed with blue. The wording was adhered flat (too many foam pad slivers otherwise!) and 'Mary' was adhered with foam pads. A ribbon bow across one top corner completes the card.

Carts used:

Fancy frame- Ornamental Iron 2

Mary-Sophisticated

Remaining sentiment-Plantin Schoolbook

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx