Camper van 60th....

I made this card for a commission last year. The client wanted a card for his Mum's 60th birthday featuring a baby blue Volkswagen camper van. I knew that there were no VW's on any cartridge so I Googled an image and used it to cut the van from two shades of blue card stock, trimmed with silver Mirri. The card base is A4 and I used some pretty funky paper from an old DCWV stack. The letters and numbers were cut from contrasting paper, shadowed with blue card stock. I embossed a piece of green card stock and adhered all the elements with foam pads onto it. 'Happy Birthday' is an XCut die.

Cart used:

Mum & 60 - Plantin Schoolbook

Thanks for looking

Heatherxxx

Menai and Krishan........

Rhea's big sister Menai married her lovely fiancé Krishan back in September, and I wanted to make a real keepsake card for them, so I created a book! The all-white palette makes it difficult to photo so please excuse the less than perfect photos! 

I created the book with loads of white textured pearlised cardstock and paper and numerous die-cuts and Cricut generated frames. I won't go into too much detail as the pages speak for themselves, but I chose a 'Love quotes from literature' theme, searching the Internet for suitable quotes and came up with some truly lovely quotes.

The picture above shows the cover of the book.....

 

                                    

 ....first page, details of the wedding.......

..then a quote from my favourite book, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte....

 ...The Bridge Across Forever by Richard Bach.....

 ...The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks.......

 ...Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte.....

 Anne's House Of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery.....

 ....Dr. Zhivago by Boris Pasternak.....

 ..and finally a sentiment....

 ...and a box to put it in!.....

....and finally, the happy couple themselves!

Phew!!!!!

Carts used:

All frames- Elegant Edges

Balloons- George

Initials- Sophisticated

Ivy leaves, hearts and flowers- various dies & punches

All quotes computer-generated onto pearlised paper

Thanks for sticking with me to the end!

Heather xxx

Art Deco Anniversary.......

My brother and SIL celebrated their 13th Anniversary at the beginning of last month, and this is the card that I made for them. I used the Papermania Art Deco 'Roaring Twenties' toppers and foiled papers. The card base is an 8" square, layered up with black, silver and aqua papers. I embossed an Art Deco frame with an embossing folder, cutting out the centre to create an aperture. I adhered the dancing couple topper behind it with foam tape. I decorated the frame with gems from the same collection, a black marabou feather and greeny, silver bow. NICK & LISA and the number 13 were cut from black mirri card and silver glitter card, then adhered to the card with foam pads.

Cart used:

NICK, LISA & 13- Art Deco

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Heather xxx

With Sympathy

Today I have a card for one of those occasions that is always difficult to create for. My boss lost her beloved mum recently and I wanted to pass on my condolences with a card. I used a white and silver colour palette to create this simple but hopefully tasteful card. The card size s A5 and I used textured white card on a silver Mirri mat. I added a window cut from silver Mirri and backed with vellum. I cut a cross from two different silver card stock and adhered it to the window along with a trio of calla lilies, punched greenery and white satin ribbon bow. The sentiment was stamped in silver ink onto a die-cut label and adhered with foam pads below the window. I finished the card with an ivy die-cut in each corner.

Carts used:

Window- Ornamental Iron

Cross- Wedding Solutions

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Heatherxx

Jon & Kitty

My boss' son Jonathan married his sweetheart Kitty back in August. They had a very striking colour scheme of blue & yellow, so I made them an equally striking (IMHO!) card.

The card is 8" square and I used gold card and blue and white pearlised card for matting, the punched edges and for the filigree heart in the centre of the card. The white panel was embossed and a pearl added to the cross-over points in the design. The heart was cut from blue card then adhered to a scalloped heart. A separate heart was cut for the centre and embossed before adhering. I added gold ribbon, a yellow rose and a pair of wedding rings. The heart was finished with gold pearls.'JON' & 'KITTY' was cut from blue card with gold shadow and adhered with foam pads.

Carts used:

Filagree heartwith scalloped layer- Victorian Romance

Heart in centre- George

JON & KITTY- Sophisticated

Thanks for looking

 

I am hosting a Swarm at Jendenink Craftworks in Fareham tomorrow, and I'd just like to let the ladies who are attending that I'm afraid the dreaded 'C' time has come so you'll need to bring Christmas papers, ribbons etc. Look forward to seeing you tomorrow

Heather xxx

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Richa & Callum II..........

As promised (albeit a tad later than promised!) here is the card that I took up to Edinburgh for Richa & Callum's wedding back in July

The car is an 8x8 fold back square card. I used Pink Petticoat downloads for the backing papers, printed in Goldenrod onto pearlised paper.

The front of the card holds a square panel, embossed with a Sheena Douglass Indian embossing folder. I added sheer ribbon and a decorative heart cut from white pearlised card shadowed with cream pearlised card. 'Richa' & 'Callum' was cut from champagne coloured glittercard and adhered flat. The front of the card was finished with die cut flourishes and leaves and a couple of sheer flowers. A smattering of pearls and a pearl heart completes the front of the card.....

...... I computer generated a 'Recipe For Love' printed onto pearlised paper, matted it onto cream pearlised card, then adhered to the inside left panel.....

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....and a mini card, adhered to the back panel, holds a wedding sentiment, and inside is a personal greeting. A ribbon holds the card closed and die-cut flourishes finish the back panel......

....and finally, as usual with my Keepsake cards, a box to keep it safe, decorated with  a pearls decorated heart and champagne glitter letters.

Carts used:

Heart flourish on front of card- Tie The Knot

Names & initials- Suburbia (Housewife font)

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx

 



Richa & Callum.....

 

The middle daughter of our good friends Ashok & Anju, got married in Edingurgh

in July. We flew up there, and had a great weekend in the Scottish capital.

I made this card for our friends Mary & Imroz to give to the newly-weds (I'll show you the card from me next time). The papers were a download printed onto pearlised paper which was matted onto silver mirri, then adhered to an 8" square card. I added a strip with punched edges, horizontally across the centre, then added another strip, embossed and matted onto silver mirri. 'Richa & Callum' was cut from textured silver card, then adhered flat to the embossed strip. I added a lace strip and bow, die-cut leaves and flourishes and a silk bloom to the left hand side of the card. A smattering of pearls completes the card.

Cart used:

Richa & Callum- Storybook

 

Punched edge of card- Tonic Studio

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xx