A teenager no longer!!!.....

My baby left his teenage years behind him at the beginning of this month. I can't believe how the years have flown. He's now in York and has almost finished his first year at uni. I made him a music themed card using this fab birthday word art laid out on music staves. I cut a 7 1/2" card base with an aperture (using a 24" mat) then covered the card with papers from my stash. The Happy Birthday word art was cut from gunmetal grey mirri and adhered behind the aperture. I added some 'vinyl' records a pair of headphones, some punched stars and my boy's name and age cut from denim effect paper. All the elements were adhered to the card with foam pads. I added a piece of green paper behind the aperture to finish.

Carts used:

Card base- Don Juan

Birthday word art- Paper Lace 2

Naren/20/vinyl records- Suburbia

Headphones- Rock Princess

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx



Time To Relax......

I made this card for my colleague and friend Vicky's hubby Alex. He's recently retired and I thought that the sun-lounger 'lounger' in a holiday isle setting was perfect. The card is an 8x8 square, and I topped it with this fab palm tree and beach (complete with sun shade and coconut!) cut from textured cardstock. I added 'sea' with shimmery paper (you can see the effect better in the next pic) and an image of a very rotund gent from last month's Making Cards For Men Special Edition. I adhered the rough cut image onto card to give it stability, then cut it out and adhered it to the scene with foam pads.

Here you can see how the sea shimmers- makes you wanna take a dip!- and that great image!

I added a blue shadow to the whole image then adhered it to the card with foam pads. The sentiment was cut from brown cardstock and adhered flat around the image.

Carts used:

Island scene- Formal Occasion (there are other scenes available on the cart)

Sentiment- Life's A Beach

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx

Sophie.......

One of the GirliezNextDoor had a birthday last month. She's a teenager now so I made her a girly card. It's almost the same as a previous card that I made for Sam, my boss Jennie's daughter. I used the same figure but dressed her differently. I used papers from First Edition's latest 8x8 stack called New Bloom, on a C5 card base. I punched the bottom edge of the centre panel with a MS punch. I added some sheer ribbon and a bow and topped it with a sheer bloom and a heart shaped pin. 'Sophie' was cut from purple glittercard and adhered flat (looks a bit on the wonk!) and 'Happy Birthday' was cut from purple mirri. The parcel was hand cut from embossed mirri, and wrapped with fine silver cord. It was adhered to the card with foam pads. A smattering of purple gems completes the card.

Carts used:

Figure- Paper Doll Teen Scene

Happy Birthday- Paper Lace

Sophie- Lyrical Letters

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xx

The perfect excuse to buy shoes!.......

Not that our niece Anita needs an excuse! It was her birthday last month and this is the card that I made her. I got inspiration for this card from my local gift shop that has some really nice girly cards featuring silhouettes. The original had a girl leaning over the top of a pair of shoes, but I wanted mine leaning against a pair of shoes. So I cut out a ginormous shoe from black and red mirri and chopped it to fit the card which is an 8x8 square.

I then cut the figure twice (one flipped) from black pearlised cardstock and once from red glittercard. I changed the left arm by cutting it off and adding the right arm from the second figure so that both elbows were crooked (in the original cut the left arm is extended upwards. I then removed the head and arms from the red glittercard figure, shaping the front of the dress and adding shoestring straps to cover the join in the arm. I blinged up the figure with red and clear gems, then adhered her to the shoe.

The background paper is a Printable Heaven download, matted onto black and red cardstock. I added a wide satin ribbon and bow, and the name cut from black glittercard. The sentiment was computer generated, matted then adhered to the card with foam pads.

Carts used:

Figure/Anita- Suburbia

Shoe- Wedding Solutions

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xx

Aneurin's birthday.........

One of the little boyznextdoor (he's actually not so little anymore!) had a birthday last month and this is the card that I made for him. It's a C5 card base and the backing paper is some old stuff from my stash. I cut a shaped panel from white cardstock and shadowed it with red. The white panel was embossed with a football design. The footballer was cut from textured cardstock (I also embossed the bottom green layer with a Fiskars 'grass' texture plate) and I also added some detail to his face with Promarkers. The football was adhered to the grass with foam pads. The name and sentiment were cut from plain cardstock and adhered flat, the footballer was adhered with foam pads.

Carts used:

Shaped panel- Elegant Edges

Footballer- All Sports

Happy Birthday- ZooBalloo

Aneurin- Lyrical Letters

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Heather xxx

Nautical Retirement.......

I have another large commission card for you today. I was asked to make an A4 card for one of my hubby's colleagues who is retiring. Now, the Bernie in question is a lady, but for the life of me I couldn't make this card feminine. Flowers and bows wouldn't have gone with the nautical feel so I could only add a knot using metallic cord to try to feminise it. I am assured that my cutomer loved it, and that's all that matters.

I had no nautical paper so I downloaded a sheet, blue with little white sailboats, from www.printableheaven.co.uk (formerly Madaboutcards). I matted it onto mid blue and navy blue cardstock, then added a white panel, similarly matted, to the centre of the card. I added a lifebouy and ships wheel cut from textured cardstock, and anchors and a compass cut from silver mirri. The sentiment was cut from blue cardstock and the name from blue glittercard. The knot was made from metallic cord using a tutorial from the web.

Carts used:

Sentiment and name- Stamped

Anchors/Ships wheel- Going Places

Compass- Wall Decor & More

Lifebouy- Life's a Beach

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx

Dad's shirt......

This is another card that I made for my workshops as a response for men's cards. This one is about as simple as it gets. I used herringbone paper from a DCWV Neutral stack and checked paper from a Paper Cellar 6x6 pack. I cut the shirt from the check paper and trimmed it with blue revers, collar and cuffs. I added white pearls for buttons, then adhered it to a shaped, embossed panel. 'Happy Birthday' was stamped onto a piece of card then cut into a banner shape. 'Dad' was cut from more checked paper and shadowed with blue cardstock. All the elements were adhered to the central panel with foam pads. I adhered a trio of buttons with glue dots as a finishing touch.

Shirt- Suburbia

Dad- Beyond Birthdays

Shaped panel- Elegant Edges

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx