Big Pins!.....

Does anybody use nappy pins anymore? I used to for my boys. We lived in Saudi when they were little (until No1 son was 4 & No2 son 18mths) and I could dry a line of terry nappies in no time under the Saudi sun! But I never used pins THIS big! These pins are TOO big I think but heyho!
Standard C5 card bases were used along with scrummy K & Co 'Itsy Bitsy' papers. The bottom edge of the card base was punched with a Woodware ribbon slot punch (on the front of the card only) and polka dot ribbon threaded through it and a bow added with glue dots. The pin, cut from silver mirri and glittercard, was adhered to an embossed panel which was adhered to the card front with foam tape. A scalloped circle holds the sentiment also cut from glittercard. A pearl heart was adhered to each of the pins, and a WOC rose adhered to the corner of the embossed panel completes each card.
Carts used:
Pin-Wild Card (or you can use one of 3 pins on the New Arrival cart)
Scalloped/plain circle-Winter Woodland
Little One sentiment-Stamping Solutions
Thanks for dropping by on this glorious spring morning! It's beautiful here in Hampshire!
Heather xx

Happy Birthday Hannah.....

No 2 son trundled off to his friend's sister's birthday party last Saturday and he took this card with him.
The card base is a standard C5 and the papers are from g.c.d Studios 'Material Girl' 8x8 pad.The layout is simple,with three patterned and two plain papers.The dress was cut from plain white card then patterned paper and the two pieces adhered together (this makes a nice solid embellishment that doesn't sag). The hanger was cut from silver mirri.The completed dress and a rather funky shaped panel, cut from Papermania pink textured cardstock and plain paper was adhered over a ribbon trimmed panel.
'17', 'Happy Birthday' and 'Hannah' were all cut from blue glitter card. '17' was adhered to a scalloped circle. 'Happy Birthday'and it's pink shadow and 'Hannah' were adhered with foam pads.
A bow and a layered bloom completes the card.
Carts used:
Dress & shaped mount-Formal Occasions
'Happy Birthday'-Stamping Solutions
'17', 'Hannah' & scalloped/plain circle-Winter Woodland
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

Happy Birthday Kate!......

It was my niece Kate's birthday on Saturday and this is the card that I made for her. I used a trifold diagonal cut card as a base and papers from Design Objectives (DO) Born to Shop 'Bubbles' A4 paper pack. The edge of the card was punched with a Woodware border punch. A little tip here if you want to punch the edges of your cards- when you cut the front off the card, measure approx 1cm across the top of the card from the fold then cut from this mark. This allows you to punch the front of the card without the design being punched onto the back of the card. Try it on a piece of waste first 'til you get it right.
I used two different papers, one quite busy with little flying handbags and one not quite so busy with a bubble design.A punched border with grosgrain ribbon and bow were adhered to the bottom of the front portion of the card with foam pads. The handbag was cut from black mirri card and a piece of crocodile skin effect paper was adhered to it and trimmed away (the paper wouldn't cut on the Cricut as it has HUGE bubbles in it!)A couple of large black pearls were added to the clasp,some detail added with a dressmaker's wheel and a large lace-effect black and white flower with green fabric brad was adhered to the bag front with silicone. I also created a mobile from black & silver mirri which was adhered over the bag with foam pads.'Happy Birthday Kate' was cut from black mirri and adhered flat to the centre panel of the card.Three punched flowers were adhered to the top of the back panel of the card.Small pearls were created from Card Candy and adhered to the flowers on the back of the card and to the flower centres on the punched edges.
Carts used:
Handbag-Forever Young
Mobile-Paisley
'Happy Birthday'-Calligraphy
'KATE'-Lyrical Letters
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

Sweet Pea.......

I cut this little pea pod out a few months ago just to see what it was like nad I loved it, but it's only now that I've actually used it on a card. I've tarted the cut up a bit because on the cartridge it's quite basic. I added some details to the baby's face and I paper pieced a pillow and coverlet.The card base is a C5 Z-fold and the papers are K & Co 'Itsy Bitsy'. The pea pod was cut twice from green cardstock and then embossed with a Fiskars texture plate.I cut away part of the second pod and adhered it to the complete pod with foam pads to add dimension. The baby's face was coloured with marker pens and a blender pen, and a little glitter added to the hairline. The blanket was made srom patterned paper with a scalloped edged trim. The pod was adhered to an embossed panel which was punched with a Woodware ribbon slot border punch. I threaded ribbon through the slots and added a bow.A WOC rose and some teeny pearls made from Card Candy completes the front of the card.

The inside back of the card was embellished with a scalloped circle holding the 'Sweet Pea' sentiment and the 'Welcome' sentiment was adhered above it.
A teeny floral arrangement was adhered to the scalloped circle to complete the card.
Carts used:
Baby in pea pod/'Sweet Pea' sentiment-New Arrival
Scalloped circle-Winter Woodland
Plain circle-George
'Welcome'-Sentimentals
Thanks for visiting!
Heather xxx

Elegant Fan....

Of all the cartridges I've got not one of them has a decent fan. I have the Heritage cart and you would have thought that there would have been a fan on that one, but no. I know that there are some lovely fans on Pagoda but I don't have that cart because I'm not a huge fan of Oriental. So you can imagine my delight when I received my latest cart and there was this lovely fan on it. OK, it's not very fancy but you can make it so depending upon what you cut it out of.
I used Dovecraft Pampered Pets papers for this card. I cut the fan base from silver mirri (embossed after cutting) and the top from aqua floral paper. I embossed lines on the fan and then creased it gently along the embossed lines. I also added detail with a dressmaker's wheel. The patterned portion of the fan was adhered to the silver base with foam pads. I punched a hole in the handle of the fan and threaded some narrow peach ribbon through it. The handle was then embellished with a floral arrangement and some pearl strands.The fan was then adhered to a panel with punched edge & ribbon trim. The sentiment was adhered inside a bookplate cut from patterned paper and white cardstock. The bookplate was adhered to the card front with foam pads. A smattering of pearls completes the front of the card.

The inside of the card was decorated with more patterned paper, a sentiment panel with punched edge, and a small patterned paper fan.
Carts used:
Fan- Formal Occasions
Bookplate-Fabulous Finds
Elegant-Forever Young
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

Special Delivery....

I've got a couple of cute baby cards for you today. Aren't these babies the cutest things? Although they are crawling babies, I think that they look great for new baby cards. There are a couple of swaddled babies on the cart but I preferred these.
The base card is a double twisted easel, decorated with Dovecraft Back To Basics papers. A piece of cardstock slightly larger than the base of the card was punched with an MS Broderie Anglaise embossing punch, then trimmed to fit.I added patterned paper, an embossed border and sheer ribbon/bow trim.I cut the pink baby from glittercard and the blue baby from Gemstones cardstock, then both were shadowed with white. I added some glitter to the nappies and a teeny punched heart. 'Special Delivery' was cut from the same cardstock as the babies. The babies and sentiments were adhered with foam pads to scalloped square panels, one on each of the easels.The decorated panels were embellished with floral arrangements.
I created some small 'pearls' from Card Candy using the largest hole on my Cropodile. These were adhered to the cards with silicone glue. Three teeny punched hearts below the sentiments complete the cards.
Carts used:
Scalloped squares- Accent Essentials (there is a scalloped square on Celebrations- just use the blackout feature to remove the corner holes)
Babies-Car Decals
Special Delivery-Life's A Party
Thanks for dropping by today!
Heather xxx

Roll With It!.....

Happy Monday! Hope you all had a great weekend-now it's back to the grindstone eh?!
Today's card is a square version of Friday's. It's also a little more 'girlified' with pink skates and VERY floral paper which was from a magazine freebie. The boots were cut from two shades of pink cardstock with white for the laces and grey for the wheels/base. I added a couple of trimmed silver Card Candy circles for the wheel centres. A punched, ribbon-trimmed border holds the 'Roll With It' sentiment on a scalloped circle.The border acts as the stop for the top portion of the card. Another scalloped circle, embellished with a pink daisy was adhered to the top of the card next to the skates. A scattering of Card Candy completes the card.
Carts used:
Skates-Nifty Fifties
Scalloped squares-Accent Essentials
Scalloped circles-Winter Woodland
Plain circles- George
Sentiments-Rock Princess (heart font)
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx