Kate....

It's my niece Kate's 18th birthday today..Happy Birthday Kate!...... and this is the card that I made for here. I used a layout inspired by a sketch (TESC104) from here and papers from Dovecraft. I went with a purple & green colourway with a white embossed panel for the name. I cut the model out of black card and then the clothes were cut twice, in purple handmade paper and green fabric-effect paper. The purple piece was cut down to create a sleeveless top which was then adhered over the whole green piece. I added a necklace made from silver cord and a square jewelled brad, and some silver pearls around the neck and around the waist for a funky belt. I added some more cord around the wrists for bracelets and added some more tiny silver pearls for earrings. The completed model was adhered to the card front with foam pads. I added irridescent purple ribbon and a bow with a green jewelled brad in the centre. 'Kate' was cut from purple glittercard and adhered with foam pads in the white panel & '18' was cut from green glittercard & adhered in the smaller blue panel. The card was completed with some gemstones on the name panel and a simple sentiment inside cut from purple glittercard.
Carts used:
Model- Forever Young
'Kate' , '18' & 'Birthday Wishes'- Lyrical Letters (Jumbo font)
Thanks for dropping by today!
Heatherxxx

Who needs rules?!!!.....

Here's a guy card for you today but it could be made really grungy and would be great for a teenager with attitude! Whatever!!! I used paper from MME and glittercard in brown and lime green. The layout is simple, just 2 main panels with a border strip on the left. I added some leather ribbon and large eyelets to the strip to butch it up a bit and I adhered the sentiment panel over it on foam pads. The green and brown shadows were hand cut. I completed the sentiment with Heidi black rub-ons from Making Memories. I made a sentiment panel for the inside using brown glittercard again.
Carts used:
Who Needs Rules? panel- Graphically Speaking
Go For It!- Don Juan
Thanks for looking!
Heatherxxx

A shower of birthday wishes.....

This is another brolly which is slightly plainer than the other brolly shown in a previous post so it could be used on a man's card too. For this brolly I cut it first in silver mirri then the top was cut on shift from patterned paper, then they were adhered together. I put a little trim around the ferule at the top. The layout for this card is the same as for yesterday's. I added sheer ribbon and a layered flower and a sentiment, inside & out, created with the Papermania mini alphas from the Country Roses Collection. I finished the card by lightly glittering the letters and the spots on the brolly.
Carts used:
Umbrella- Forever Young
WOW! Only ONE cart?!!!
Thanks for looking!
Heatherxxx

Vintage silhouette.....

When I got the Heritage cart I really wanted to use the cameo-style silhouettes,there are about 6 on the cart but I decided to go with this one. I cut the silhouette frame from aqua glittercard and then the cameo itself from pink glittercard. I backed the oval frame with spotted glittered vellum, then adhered the pink cameo over the base silhouette with silicone. I added a pearl necklace made from adhesive pearls and a bow and rose speared with a pearl hatpin from here.
I mounted the completed frame onto a layered panel with punched edged and ribbon trim. I completed the card with large pearl adhesive hearts. The inside of the card(not shown) was designed for Mother's Day but it could be given to any female acquaintance.
Carts used:
Cameo frame & frame inside card (not shown)- Heritage
Happy Mother's Day (not shown)- Mother's Day Limited Edition 2010
Thanks for visiting!
Heatherxxx

Happy Mother's Day!.........

to all the lovely Mums out there..especially mine! Love you Mum! This is the card that I made for the boys to give to their Nanny..there other grandmother lives in Australia and their Mother's Day is later on (June I think!) I used Dovecraft papers from the All Loved Up collection, and a fairly simple layout using 3 different papers. I cut a pretty little umbrella from mirri card & paper and positioned it upside down on a scalloped oval. I then filled the upturned brolly with roses of different sizes. I added a bow. glittercard wording and a layered flower. I added another scalloped oval to the inide of the card and a Happy Mother's Day sentiment.
Carts used:
Brolly- Paisley
Scalloped Oval-Storybook
Nanny- Lyrical Letters (Jumbo font)
Happy Mother's Day- Mother's Day Limited Edition
Thanks for dropping by today!
Heatherxxx

He is risen!......

Easter cards seem to be all fluffy and eggy so I decided to make a more religious themed one.. that IS what it's all about after all. I used only one piece of patterned paper for this card and mirri...boy I wish it was easier to photograph this stuff!..and this fab book cut. I cut the book 3 times..in grey leatherlook cardstock, silver mirri & then white cardstock. I cut away the relevant pieces and layered them up. I added 'page' detail with a dressmaker's wheel and some peel-offs (shock, horror!). I cut the cross and added a bunch of mini roses and silver ribbon, then mounted it onto a scalloped oval. 'He Is Risen' was cut from silver mirri and adhered flat. A bookmark ribbon was attached and finished with some adhesive pearls and punched daisies with pearl centres were added to the corners. A frame and sentiment was adhered inside the card.
Carts used:
Book & circular frame- Heritage
Cross- Wedding Solutions
Sentiments- Calligraphy
Scalloped oval-Storybook
Thanks for looking!
Heatherxxx

You are my cup of tea.....

The layout for this card was CASEd from here When I saw this little tea time combo (I think that it's actually a coffee pot but what the heck!) I thought of teaming it with 'you are my cup of tea'. I used Papermania Rose Garden papers and little alphas. I cut a scalloped oval and topped it with an embossed, shadowed oval cut with a Colluzle template. I added a teatime combo cut from aqua glittercard and adhered it with foam pads. I added a layered flower and the little alphas (also adhered with foam pads). I cut another scalloped oval for the inside of the card leaving it blank to add your own message.
Carts used:
Teatime combo- Heritage
Scalloped oval- Storybook
Thanks for dropping by!
Heatherxxx