Warmest Wishes and please send my mojo back!........

I got fed up with making Christmas cards (I'm making them for workshops and Swarms so I need a constant supply of new cards!) so I took a break and made some everyday cards for my stash, and this is one of them. It's nice to make a guy's card every now and then if only to step outside your comfort zone and keep the old mojo going- mine's taken a hike at the moment and it's driving me nuts! I've started so many cards these last few days- got half-way then chucked 'em in a drawer because I can't think what to do next with them! MOJO, COME BAAAAACCKK!! I NEED YOU!!

Anyway, back to the card. I really like the autumnal colours in this card- quite appropriate for the time of year I think. I used DCWV papers from the Neutral stack, in a really simple layout. The heron was cut from textured cardstock and adhered to a shaped, embossed panel. I added some ribbon (yes, you can put ribbon a guy's card!) but instead of a bow I threaded a small piece under the ribbon and tied it in a knot. I added the sentiment, cut from brown cardstock and adhered flat, and a trio of Card Candi to finish.

Carts used:

Heron- Art Nouveau

Shaped panel- Lacy Labels

Warmest Wishes- Wild Card

Thanks for dropping by today!

Heather xxx

Bliss......

Isn't this humming bird beautiful?!

I cut it from cardstock in jewel colours with just a little brown for the underneath of the wing feathers. I added glitter to the completed bird and some fab multi-coloured Stickle-type glitter to the 'Bliss' sentiment. The bird and sentiment were adhered to an embossed panel matted onto glossy green patterned paper. All patterned papers are from a DCWV stack. I added a sheer ribbon bow and a layered bloom to finish.

Carts used:

Hummingbird- Art Nouveau

Shaped panel & 'Bliss'- Lacy Labels

THanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx

Incredible!........

I won a couple of carts on Ebay last week- woohoo!- Batman and Best Of Pixar, and this fab image of Mr. Incredible beckoned to me! I love The Incredibles, it's such a great movie and Mr Incredible is a hoot! He's a mild mannered Insurance clerk, married  to Mrs. Incredible (aka Elastogirl) with three children, Violet, Dash & Jak-Jak. Even the children have special powers!

Unlike the Disney carts which are really faffy to put together, the images on this cart are easy-peasy with minimal little bits.

I cut 'Bob' (his real name) from textured cardstock, and adhered all the pieces flat. I picked up a fab embossing folder which looks like a brick wall last week, so I embossed a piece of white cardstock and cut away some of the bricks to make a hole. I adhered a piece of black cardstock behind it and then adhered Bob over it with foam pads, so that it looks as though he's punched a hole in the wall! I added a 'POW!' cut from textured cardstock and adhered with foam pads, and a computer-generated sentiment. I kept the layout and materials simple, because I wanted the image to really pop, and I think I've achieved that! What do you think?

Cart used:

Bob (Mr. Incredible) & 'POW!'- Best Of Pixar

Thanks for dropping by!

Heather xxx

Rock On!......

My brother Andrew hit the big 50 last Friday so I made and sent him a card, but not this one! I forgot to photograph it before I posted it, but luckily I'd made another almost identical one (Andrew's had a '50' and his name on it). I used foiled paper from the DCWV Rock Star stack and silver and black mirri card with some holographic card for the keyboard and the sentiment. The guitarist was cut from black mirri and I added a scrap of holographic card behind the guitar. The keyboard was cut from black mirri then adhered to a piece of holographic cardstock which was then trimmed to shape by hand. Both cut elements were adhered to an embossed mirri card panel with foam pads. 'Happy Birthday' was cut from holographic cardstock and adhered with foam pads below the panel. A smattering of punched black mirri stars and a couple of musical notes completes the card.

Carts used:

Guitarist/keyboard & musical notes- Quarternote

Happy Birthday- Stamping Solutions

Thanks for looking!

Heather xxx

Acorn best wishes.........

I have bought three new First Edition paper pads from The Range over the last couple of weeks and I made this card with one of them, New Leaf. It's full of lovely autumnal colours with leaves and flowers and some lovely toning fabric-look plains. I thought that this leaf paper would make a great masculine card. I used a square fold-back card base, with a shaped panel on the front. I also added a smaller script embossed panel to hold the acorn cluster and sentiment which were cut from textured cardstock. They were both adhered to the shaped panel with foam pads. The inside back of the card was covered with a fabric-look plain paper in a grey-green colour. Card Candi in the same colours as the leaves on the paper completes the card.

Carts used:

Acorn cluster-Art Nouveau

Shaped panels & Best Wishes- Lacy Labels

Is it me or does that 'b' in the Best Wishes look a bit wonky?!

Thanks for dropping by today!

Heather xxx

Wisteria..with love...

My late Dad planted a fabulous wisteria outside the front-room window of my parent's house, and year after year it has blossomed to give a glorious display of 'weeping' lavender coloured blooms, pretty much like the one on the front of this card. I loved this image as soon as I saw it and knew just how I was going to use it...as a frame. The bloom was cut from Papermania Shimmer Cardstock, layered up and adhered with foam pads to an embossed panel, wrapped with olive green ribbon and a bow. The embossed panel was, in turn, adhered to a slightly larger panel with a punched end. The card base was created by cutting a couple of inches off the front of an A5 card. The papers are from an old issue of Creative Cardmaking. The decorated panel was adhered to the front of the card with foam pads, adhereing the left-hand side only. The sentiment was cut from more shimmer cardstock and adhered with foam pads. A smattering of pearls completes the card.
Carts used:
Wisteria bloom- Art Nouveau
With Love-Sentimentals
Thanks for looking!
Heather xxx

Proud as a Peacock.......

When I saw this peacock on the Art Nouveau cartridge I just knew that it would be gorgeous when cut and assembled- and I wasn't wrong! It's beautiful, especially when cut in shimmer cardstock as this was. I chose two shades of aqua and a deep peacock (!!) blue for the body and tail, and cream and brown for the wing under-feathers. The 'eyes' of the tail feathers and the head crest were blinged up with some Stickles and a black gem added for the bird's eye. The completed Peacock was adhered to an embossed oval, which in turn was adhered to a large tag. The card base is an A5 tent fold, and the papers are from the First Edition New Leaf pad. The pink patterned paper was edged with an EK Success punch.I added some narrow satin ribbon, a bow, some WOC cherry blossom blooms and a smattering of pearls.The sentiment was cut from more shimmer cardstock and adhered with foam pads.
Carts used:
Peacock & tag- Art Nouveau
Ovals- George
Sentiment-Phrases
Thanks for dropping by!
Heather xxx