Surf's Up, Dude!

With the fab weather we've been having lately I thought I'd show you a very summery card especially for the blokes! I used this super duper paper covered with beach inspired words and a contrast paper. I also had some paper covered with surf boards from which I cut one board and stuck it to a piece of card to give it added rigidity, then cut it out. I added a piece of knotted raffia (not too girly??) and some candy dots. Finally, a suitable surfing sentiment- done!! Cowabunga!!!

Carts used:

Sentiments- Don Juan (Under Pressure)
Thanks for looking!

Heather

Off to the woods!

I loved this paper when I saw it but I have had it for ages and only just got down to cutting into it! The layout is simple just a piece of dark cardstock adhered to the card and a smaller panel of patterned paper, opposing corners rounded, applied on top with foam tape. The patterned panel was decorated with felt trim from Papermania & candy dots in green & orange. I cut out a moose and mounted it onto a square of cream cardstock and also a circular embellishment that reads 'fresh air'. The card front sentiment was adhered with foam pads. I decorated the inside too.

Carts used:

Square mount for moose- George

Moose(s??!!)- Animal Kingdom

Off To The Woods- Animal Kingdom

Circular' Fresh Air' embellishment- Graphically Speaking

Inside sentiment- Lyrical Letters

Thanks for looking!

Heather

A Pirate's life for me!!!!

This is another card made with the Boy stack from DCWV. I used a word paper which has piratey terminology all over it. I them made a panel from a sheet of paper that has this great pirate ship in the bottom corner. I didn't want to cut into it too much so I just curved the bottom edge and added a couple of large eyelets with some string threaded through them & knotted. I added a hand cut ship's wheel (courtesy of Cards For Men from Papercrafts Inspirations) A skull & crossbones (with googly eyes!) and a yo ho ho complete the card. I added a suitably piratey sentiment inside.

Carts used:

Skull- Paper Doll Dress Up (RDS on)

Sentiments- Lyrical Letters

Thank ye for lookin' me hearties!!!

Heather

Laura

Yet ANOTHER last minute card for my eldest to give to a classmate! Party at 12pm-'Mum, I need a card for Laura!' so I got to it! I swear to God that I make some of my best cards when I'm on a deadline! This one was such a simple layout that apart from the little character it took about 10 mins to put together. I used paper from DCWV Sweet stack and the character was from a pack of 6x6 papers from Dovecraft from The Range. I chose a character, cut her out roughly & adhered her to a piece of card. I then cut her out leaving a narrow white border all round. I adhered her to an oval mounted onto a scalloped oval and added some lilac bling. A folded layered bloom with gemstone centre was slipped beneath the oval. A strip of sparkly pink paper matted onto a scalloped border was adhered with foam tape and the name Laura was added with smaller foam pads. A little more bling and glitter added to the flower complete the card.

Carts used:

Oval-George

Scalloped oval-StoryBook

LAURA & inside sentiment-StoryBook

Thanks for looking!

Heather

My Hero!

Here's another card made with the Boy stack from DCWV,this time in bold blue & yellow- SUPER colours for a SUPER hero! I used the same layout as yesterday's card and added a huge star and a cutout of a SuperHero. I added some star brads (I cut the 'legs' off and stick them down with silicone glue)red ribbon and glittery sentiments. The super hero was on another piece of the paper so I cut him out & raised him up on foam pads.

Carts used:

Star & shadow- George

Sentiments- Don Juan (Under Pressure feature)
Thanks for visiting!

Heather

Zoom!!!

Here's a card that's a little bit out of this world!!! I got these DCWV Boy papers which have fabbo designs ranging from robots to superheroes. I thought that this spacemen themed paper would go great with this little space ship. I cut the spaceship from mirri card which has an 'oil on water' effect, and again in cardstock then pieced them together. I cut out the centre of the dome and added a piece of glittered acetate behind it. I then ran around all the edges with a dressmaker's wheel to give a look of rivets. I cut out the ring and added a solid green one behind it and added star brads and a little piece of paper with a friendly alien on it! Two panels matted on the same mirri card, some silver metallic ribbon, star brads and the word 'ZOOM!' cut from gold mirri and pierced with a paper piercer complete the card!

Carts used:

Spaceship-Paper Doll Dress Up

Ring-Accent Essentials

ZOOM! & sentiment-Lyrical Letters (Jumbo font)

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather

Beach Babe!

I bought this beautiful frangipane flower along with many others from Calico Crafts. They come in many summery colours and are great on a more exotic card. I thought that it would suit a beach/summer themed card, and I have had this paper for while so I decided to put them all together & this is the result! I used 2 designs of paper & layered them as you can see. I cut a scalloped circle frame from spotted paper & added a small ring of the word paper around the aperture. I decorated the frame with the frangipane flower & a beach ball cut from the patterned paper. Some spotty ribbon & a spotty fabric brad adorn the flower. I cut the Beach Babe sentiment, stuck it into the aperture & glittered it.

Carts used:

Scalloped circle frame- Wild Card

Patterned ring around aperture- George (silhouette feature enabled)

Sentiments- Lyrical Letters

Hope you are having a great day enjoying the glorious sunshine today, and thanks for stopping by!

Heather