Mother's Day wishes.....

I hope all you Mums out there had a great day yesterday. Both my boys were at home so mine was great! I wanted to share with you today the cards that I made for my lovely Mum (who I know drops into my blog every now & then-she's new to this computer lark but is doing great with it!) from the boys and me & my other half. Hubby's Mum lives in Oz so she'll get a card in May (Aussie Mother's Day) I used some fab new papers for both cards from First Edition Paper called 'Hideaway' (zingy citrus palette) and 'Spring Feast' (pastel pinks & greens) which I got from The Range.
Now I normally use paper/fabric flowers on my cards, but when I saw this cute bouquet I knew that I wouldn't need to use any on this card. I cut the bouquet from different colours of textured cardstock, layered 'em up, added some irridescent medium for some bling, and a narrow ribbon bow. I cut 2 scalloped oval panels, adding an embossed oval to one and a patterned paper oval to the other one. 'Nan' was cut from lemon glittercard and adhered to an orange shadow. The bouquet & 'Nan' were adhered to the panels with foam pads. 'Happy Mother's Day' was cut from more lemon glittercard, again shadowed with orange, the adhered with foam pads over a punched, ribbon trimmed border.

The other card is a tent fold landscape with the bottom 2 corners rounded off. I added a punched, ribbon trimmed border to conceal the join in the two papers. I cut a frame with circular aperture and a shadow, layered them up and added a piece of paper behind the aperture to hold the sentiment cut from white glittercard. 'Mum' was cut from the same paper used on the bottom of the card, shadowed with white textured card then adhered to the border with foam pads. I added a smattering of pearls to the larger flower centres, three pearls to the bottom right hand corner of the card and to the frame which was enhanced with a Prima bloom, WOC 10mm roses and a Bo Bunny ribbon bow.

The inside of the card was decorated with a simple punched border and Mother's Day sentiment.
Carts used:
NAN CARD-
Bouquet,scalloped/plain ovals-Formal Occasion
Nan-Life's a Party
Happy Mother's Day-Calligraphy Collection
MUM CARD-
Frame-Ashlyn's Alphabet
'Mum'-Beyond Birthdays
Simply the best sentiment-Wild Card
Happy Mother's Day-Calligraphy Collection
Thanks for looking!
Heather xxx

Thanks so much!.....

I haven't posted a double twisted easel in a while so here is one for you today. I've used this cute pot before on a couple of Mother's Day cards but I thought that I'd use it this time for a Thank You card. I used papers from the Dovecraft Sugar & Spice 8x8 pack. The flower pot and shoot was cut from different colours of textured cardstock, chopped about and re-constructed. It was then adhered to a scalloped embossed circle and a bloom added with silicone glue. The sentiment was cut from pink cardstock shadowed with brown, then also adhered to a scalloped circle. Both circles were attached to the panels with foam pads.
A punched, ribbon trimmed border creates the stop.
Carts used:
Shoot in pot-Wall Decor & More
Scalloped/plain circles-Winter Woodland
Sentiment-Stamping Solutions
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

Big Night Out.......

This (hideous!) glittery pink limo took No 2 son and his friends to their end of school Prom a couple of years ago. I thought that it was ideal inspiration for a card, whether for a Prom or a special night out.
There's not a lot of work on this card, the layout is super simple. The card base is a C5 tent fold and papers are DO Born 2 Shop 'Bubbles' A4 papers.
I added a glittercard star border cut with an EK Success punch under the top panel. The limo was cut from black mirri and very pale pink glittercard, then adhered to the central panel with foam pads. The sentiment was cut from black mirri. A Prima flower completes the card.

Carts used:
Stretch Limo-Formal Occasion
Sentiment-Lyrical Letters
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx

Hubby's Birthday.....

It was my other half's birthday on Sunday and these are the cards that I made for him, from me and the boys.
I used standard C5 and 6" square cards for the bases and for my card I used MME 'Complete Boy' stack, and for the boys' card I used some ancient DCWV paper.
My card was completed on Sunday morning at 6am! We'd been to a wedding at the Dorchester hotel in London on Saturday evening and didn't get in 'til stupid o'clock in the morning and what with preparation on Saturday I didn't have time to finish it! I'd made the one from the boys in the morning but had left mine (as usual!) 'til the last minute.That's why I cheated and used metal letters for the 'Husband' sentiment. I didn't have a letter 'A' so I used an inverted 'V' instead! Hubby didn't notice! I created a panel for the front of the card covered with 3 different strips of paper, and tied with black cord.This panel was adhered to the front of the card with foam tape. A shaped panel topped with a cute truck filled with punched red mirri/glittercard hearts was adhered to the panel with foam pads. The metal letters, backed with red cardstock,teeny faux brads created from Candi Dots,and a Safmat computer generated sentiment completes the card.

The card for the boys was simple. I cut a piece of patterned paper slightly smaller than the front of the card, matted it and adhered it to the front of the card. A shaped panel was cut from white shiny DCWV glittercard, embossed after cutting, then matted onto blue cardstock. 'Dad' was cut from brown glittercard and the sentiment cut 3 times and chopped up and re-constructed to create a tri-coloured image. The candle was cut from chequered mirri card with a gold glittercard flame. All the elements were adhered to the card with foam pads.
The inside of the card was decorated with a paper strip, shaped panel and sentiment cut from brown glittercard.
Carts used:
Hubby card:-
Shaped panel & truck-Just Because Cards
Dad card:-
Shaped panels-Formal Occasions
Candle sentiment/inside sentiment-Life's A Party
Thanks for dropping by today!
Heather xxx

A new angle for Jiminyjapes!.......

I thought that today I'd show you something different- for me anyhow! Now I know that most of you use cartridges in your Cricut as do I, but not everyone can afford to buy carts on a regular basis. There are the Solutions carts that are cheaper, but another alternative are SVG's (Sizeable Vector Graphics) Now people, compared to carts these are DIRT CHEAP! I've found them online for as little as $1 (about 75p I think!) up to $6. They are a little faffy but are great fun and the cut is SUPERB! I bought SCAL2 (Sure Cuts A Lot)loaded it to my laptop and now when I have a few spare minutes I create the cut and save it to use at a later date.
Here are a few sites that I use:
svgcuts.com
letteringdelights.com
myscrapchick.com
I bought my SCAL2 from Scrappy-Go-Lucky (scrappygolucky.com)but you can download it from t'internet - it's approximately £40. Just type SCAL2 into a search engine.
I bought the image on today's card from My Scrap Chick. I bought 4 japanese images (three little maids and and a cherry blossom branch), 12 cards and frames and 30 boxes. Because I spent more than $20 I got 60% off so the whole lot only cost me $10! BARGAIN! How much would I have had to spend on carts to get that little lot? Well over £150 I should think-no brainer really.
One thing I will say is that you don't get too many images, certainly not as many as you would on a cart, but when you are squeezed for cash they are a viable alternative. DISCLAIMER- A word of warning though- go to svgcuts.com,click on 'blog' and read the article about the lawsuit that Provocraft have launched against Make The Cut with regards to using SVG's on the Cricut before you make your purchase. Only you can decide if it's worth the risk to spend money on SVG's only to be unable to use them if PC win it's case. PC will make it impossible to use SVG's in new Cricuts that it produces so if yours goes kaput you probably won't be able to use them in a new machine.
Ok, on to today's card.
The base is a twisted easel and papers are 'Tea House' by Dovecraft. I thought that they'd be perfect for this little japanese lady. I'm not a fan of 'oriental' but I love this little image-she's so cute and demure looking! I cut her from different colours of textured cardstock, then embossed the kimono pieces. You could, of course, cut the kimono pieces from patterned japanese papers. I adhered her to an embossed panel and added the cherry blossom above her. Two punched borders, some ribbon, a sentiment circle and a WOC cherry blossom bloom completes the card. **This card could be made with the Pagoda cart as there are some little japanese dolls and cherry bossom on it**
Carts used:
Sentiment-Beyond Birthdays
Scalloped/plain circles-Winter Woodland
SVG cuts:
Little maid (1 of 3) and cherry blossom branch- myscrapchick.com ($6 for 4 cuts)
Thanks for dropping by today!
Heather xxx

Cinderella is proof......

that a new pair of shoes can change your life'
What a great sentiment! I found it whilst blog-hopping. It was actually a stamped sentiment but I computer generated it and added it to my card.
The card base is a take on a double twisted easel, only there is one twisted panel and the other is a short side step, so I suppose that you could call it a twisted easel side step card! The base is made the same way as as a double twisted easel but only one panel is scored diagonally. The other panel is shortened by an inch and scored horizontally.
The papers are from a scrummy 8x8 pack by First Edtion called 'Spring Feast' which I got from The Range. I used four different designs on this card. The fab shoes are cut from glittercard and gunmetal grey mirri. The buckles were cut from silver mirri and blinged up with clear gems. They were adhered to an oval of glittered paper which was mounted onto an embossed scalloped oval. The Cinderella sentiment was computer generated onto Safmat then adhered to another scalloped oval. Both scalloped ovals were mounted onto the panels with foam pads.The sentiment panel was embellished with a cheapo flower from The Works and some more bling. A sheer ribbon and bow were adhered to a punched border, adhered to the card with foam pads to create the stop.
Carts used:
Shoes,scalloped/plain ovals-Formal Occasions
WOW! Only one cart!
Thanks for dropping by today!
Heather xxx

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