From The Heart......

I'm just loving these Prima roses at the moment (what's not to love?!) and I'm using this particular arrangement quite a lot. There isn't too much to this card because the paper is so pretty. The side panels have no embellishment on them as the paper alone is too pretty to cover up! I just added some glitter randomly. A EK Success Chain border punch was used for the horizontal panel, I just added some lilac ribbon across the centre of the ribbon, a bow to one side & white pearls to the other. The shaped panel was cut from more patterned paper with a lilac shadow then adhered with foam pads to the large centre panel. I added an arrangment of Prima and Wild Orchid Crafts roses and some pearl sprays (also WOC). The sentiment was cut from Purple glitter paper and adhered flat. A smattering of white pearls complete the card.

Carts used:

Shaped panel- Winter Woodland

Sentiment- Stamping Solutions

Thanks for dropping in!

Heather xxx

Never Give Up......

My Christmas card making has come to a halt (except for additions to my workshop samples) as I've been busying myself with general greetings cards. For this card, I used the floral spray in the corner of the front panel as inspiration. The papers are by DCWV and I used two papers, the pale blue floral paper and aqua polka dot for the other panels. All the panels were matted onto chocolate brown cardstock then adhered with foam tape. I added brown polka dot ribbon to the long panel along with a gorgeous Prima bloom. I cut vines for the side panels (one with Flip function enabled) and added brown glittercard flutterbys and punched flowers with gem centres. I added another flutterby to the centre panel along with the glittercard sentiment which was shadowed with more brown card. The sentiment was adhered with foam pads. The punched edge of the centre panel was created with an X-Cut border punch.

Carts used:

Sentiment-Wall Decor & More

Vines-Winter Frolic

Flutterbys-Stamping Solutions

Thanks for visiting!

Heather xxx

I'd rather be shopping!.....

...Not! I hate shopping! Unless it's for Crafty Stash...then I can shop for England! This card looks pink (must be the light!) but it's actually lilac. The papers are from the new Woodland Folk A4 paper pack by DoCrafts. I used a floral and a teeny polka dot print (which is double sided) The card base is a pop-up stepper. I adhered matted polka dot paper to the side and horizontal panels and matted floral paper to the large centre panel. I used the reverse side of the polka dot paper (which I embossed) to make further, smaller panels which were adhered with foam pads. I downloaded a picture of credit cards from Google Images,printed them onto glossy paper, cut them out and adhered them to the side panels with foam pads. The bag was cut from floral paper with pink mirri card trim. The sentiment was cut from pink glittercard with a purple shadow. This was then adhered below the bag. I added ribbon trim on a punched EK Success border, ribbon bows,layered blooms and a gorgeous Prima flower with some punched leaves to finish the card.

Carts used:

Bag-Doodlecharms

Sentiment-Wall Decor & More

Thanks for visiting today!

Heather xxx

Believe......

I must be going down with something!!! I actually made a bog-standard card! I really don't know what came over me, but I had an urge to make a normal card. I've had this gorgeous stamp forever...now I'm definately NOT a stamper...but I make an exception for this stamp. The image is very intricate, with lots of swirls and snowflakes, and the Santa has a pair of specs balanced on his nose. I stamped him in green ink onto cream textured cardstock, cut around it and matted it onto red card. I added some glue with a Quickie glue pen to parts of the image and sprinkled it with glamour dust for a subtle twinkle. The papers on this card are by Dovecraft. 'Believe' was cut from green glittercard with a red shadow, then adhered with foam pads below the image. I added a bow made with fab red & green ribbon, a poinsetta and some punched leaves. A smattering of gems complete the card.

Carts used:

'Believe'-Wall Decor & More

Thanks for looking & have a great weekend!

Heather xxx

Juke Box Birthday.....

It's not only Rememberance Day today ( I have to say I had a tear or two in my eye at 11am), it's my brother Andrew's birthday. My brother's always been musical, teaching himself to play keyboards and guitar and he was an enormous Queen fan. He gigs with my nephew David (his card also had a musical theme-a few posts back) at one of his local pubs, so when I saw this FAB juke box I knew I wanted to use it on his card. I used a pop-up stepper for the base, then covered the base front entirely with black card (re-doing the cuts and scores) Holographic card was used for the panels. They were all adhered with foam tape. The juke box was cut from several different colours of mirror card the assembled with PVA, and foam pads to some parts. The completed juke box was adhered to the front panel with foam pads. 45rpm 'vinyl' records were cut from black watermarked mirri with coloured mirri labels, 'Happy Birthday' was cut from gold mirri with black shadow, and 'Andrew' was cut from red mirri with black shadow. The words 'gig' & 'band' and a smattering of black mirricard notes complete the card.
Carts used:
Happy Birthday-Stamping Solutions
All other cuts- Nifty Fifties
Thanks for looking today
Heather xxx

Oh Christmas Tree......

I told you that I prefer 'off-the wall' colours for Christmas cards diddle I? I really love this pretty lickle card! I used a pop-up stepper for the base and papers from Daisy & Dandelion. Both papers have glittery elements on them. I matted the panels onto pink cardstock then adhered them in place with foam tape. The centre panel is a little longer on this card to accomodate the punched border at the bottom. I wrapped the border with pretty snowflake print ribbon. The stylised tree was cut from white glittercard and varying colours of pearls were added as baubles. I punched a star from dark pink glittercard and adhered it to the top of the tree with silicone glue (only because I wanted it raised, otherwise I use PVA)

'Christmas' was cut twice from pink glittercard with a white shadow, then adhered with foam pads. A few more punched stars with pearl centres complete the card.

Carts used:

Tree & 'Christmas'-Designer's Calendar

Thanks for dropping in!

Heather xxx

A partridge in a pear tree.......

I have another pop-up stepper card for you today. I struggled with this one because it's in traditional colours- I prefer 'off-the-wall' colours for my Christmas cards, but I persevered with it and have to say I'm quite pleased with the finished result. I used Papermania papers (1 double-sided sheet actually) red card for matting & layering, green ribbon and an MS border punch. The reverse spotty side of the paper was used for the side and horizontal panel and the main side Partridge print was used for the main centre panel. I cut a couple of the partridge images out by hand and mounted them onto scalloped circles, then adhered them to the side panels with foam pads. The tree was cut from green card (the cut has baubles not pears) and the partridge from dull gold card. The partridge was adhered to the tree with foam pads. I cut 6 small pears from gold card and adhered them over the baubles. The finished tree was adhered to a white embossed circle, which was adhered flat to a scalloped circle. The wording around the circle was created with teeny peel-off letters coloured black with a permanent marker.The whole thing was adhered to the front of the card with foam pads. A green satin bow adhered beneath the panel, and a smattering of pearls complete the card.

Carts used:

Partridge & tree- Winter Frolic

Scalloped/plain circles-Winter Woodland

Pears-Joys Of The Season

Thanks for visiting today!

Heather xxx